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INDEX
Confederate Veteran
PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF
CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS
VOLUME XX.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Nashville, Tenn.
1912
INDEX— VOLUME XX,
Abulilion t'rusadc and lis Consequences IMS. IMT
About Murfreesboro and Lebanon :!T:i
A Hoy ("onfi-derate •i'> 1
Arlion of Missouri Comrades 5B7
Adams. Cid. James T.. and Wife fiUit
Address at Cave Hill »"2
After McCook'.s Raid below Atlanta 115
Alex Poston — A Hero of Fort Donelson 392
An Almost Forgotten Shrine 59
Andeison. Capt. Joseph M 42 1
Anderson. .Maj. Joseph W.. How Killed ICG
An Old Confederate in East Tennessee ITii
A Pair of Blankets s;i
Apple Tree at Appomattox 4J:>
Arkansas Soldiers in Virginia Jfi*
Arlington Monument . 62. 118. 153. 210. 2G.->. :ni. 365. 455. 501. 5,S1
Arm.v of Northern Virginia 52U
Army of Tennessee. Injustice to 469. 55S
Asbury, Col. A. E 242
Atlanta in War Times 375
Attack at (\>ld Harbor 511
A Veteran I'oet 18
A Virginia Hoy in the GU's 105
lianjoist of the Arin.\' of Northern N'irginia 112
Barbara Krietchie .Myth. The 3os. 556
Battle Field Map of Georgia 369
Battle of Hilton Uouge. What Happened in 469
Battle of Franklin, I'iftieth Anni\-ersar>" 551
Battle of Gettysburg. Blunder in 417
Battle of Lexington [f2:',. 467
Battle of .Murfreesboro, Sketch of 519
rjattle of New Market. Va 71
Battle of Oak Hill. Survivors of 525
Battle of Baymond. Miss.. After the 87
Battle of Williamsburg 271
Bell. Conductor J. L. 431
Bells from South Sold in Boston 14
Berry. Dr. T. F. — Error :;21
Birthday Visions 515
Black Flag. Favoring the 563
Blue with Gray to Mingle 158
Board of Cliarity 310
Bocock. Mrs. Thomas S 261
Books Commendeii and Coiulenined at Macon Reunion.... 443
Border Warfare in Old Kentucky 3!tl
Boston G. A. R. to New Orleans Camp. U. C. V 46
Bowie Brothers, The 254
Boy Confederate. A 36 4
Brackin. M rs. May Belle Gregor.\' 4 2
Burning of Columbia 117
Butler, General, and Mrs. .Muniford 559
Cadets at New Market 361
Camp Beauregard. Reminiscences of 523
Camp Chase, Help for 16
(7amp (7hase Memorial Exercises 3 15
Camp Jackson. Mo 27
Camp Morton. Contrast of Commanders 52 1
(Vaptain Cai-nes at Chickamauga 1 :,
Captui-es Coloi-s of a Kegiiiieiit 3S1
Care of Wounded Prisonei-s at Haltinmre 421
Casualties among Generals of Both .-\rmies 511
Caveat Scriptor 1 00
Chapter Flag, Beautifiil 11
C'hattanooga and tlie .\exl Ucuiiion 2 47
Children of the Confederacy, Atlanta 348
Christian. Julia Jackson 184
"Civil War" Phrase. Tlie 347
Cleburne's, Genei'al, Boots 358
Comma niler of Pnint Lookout Prison 524
Commands in Hoods Texas Brigade 281
Commenilation of the Veteran 27:i
Comments b.v Comrades 21. 405
Compan>- IJ. First I-'Iorida Infantr.v 156
Compliment to a Georgia Comra<le 201
Condemnation of "The South in the Building of the Na-
tion" .' 23
Confederate Armies. Tlie 275
Confederate Brothers 308. 41 4
Confederate Choirs 192-viii.
Confederate from Colorado 4 GO
Confederate Generals — Statistics 277
Confederate Girls' Home for Tennessee 512
Confederate Gray Uniforms 157
Confederate Home of Kentucky 152
Confederate Home of Louisiana 20
Confederate Home of Texas G 1
Confederate Monuments by States 43
Confederate Officers (General) from Texas 391
Confederate Prisoners near Gettj'sburg 217
Confederate Relics in Maine 8S
Confederate Reunion Balls 149. 346
Confederate Soldier's Experience 113
Confederate Woman's Home 51"
Confederates in Colorado 61
Confederates Should Remain United 358
Confederated Southern Memorial Association. .316. 368. 406. 508
Congratulations to President-Elect Wilson 582
Crane. J. J IS
t^redit to Wheeler Claimed by Others 82
Criticism of "The Long Roll" 4 2
Cotton Tax. The 57. 120, 152, 209
Courage of a ^lississippi Ensign 416
Daniel's. Senator. Oratittns 298
Date for Chattanooga Reunion 556
Davis Home Association 366. 393. 455
Davis's. Jefferson. Birthplace 417
Davis. Jefferson, and Robert Toombs 170
Davis's. President. Last Address ^'. 215. 567
Davis. Capt. N. C 4 52
Davis. Sam. ^Memorial A\'iniln\\- iii Confcdei-atc Museum.
Richmond 580
Death of Gen. J. E. B. St\iart 120
DeBray. Gen. X. B 468
Depps, Thomas 17
Diana Smith, One of the Soutli's Heroines 395
Distinguislied Men, Two 355
Dixie Book of Days ill
Dixie Flyer. The , 246
Doxey. W. M 36 !
Dunlap, Mrs. Samuel Car>* 480
l^aster Gi-eeting 212
Editorial 10. 56. 104, 152, 200, 264. 312. 360. 408. 456. 504. 552
Edwards, Mrs. J. G 1 92-viii.
ICdwards. Richard Vomers 196
Elson's History 1 o:;
lOmergency Commissions III. 2 43
Emergency I'^unds. Importance of 4 41
Enforcing the Law in Virginia 409
Enlistments in Confederate Armies 275
Errors Corrected 555
Escapades near Close of the War 362
E.xecution of William B. Mumford 415
Experiences as a Spy 370
Experiences of a Boy Soldier 440
Inexperiences of a Missouri Woman 211
Experiences of the Tenth Tennessee Regiment 274
Qoi>federat(^ l/eterai), fCV^^l/
Facts of History 147
False History .Sliould Be Stopped 345
Fairview Baptist Cliurcli — A Memorial 408
Faithful Servant. A 43
Faithful Service 331
i'"aithful to tlie Old Jlamniy 5S2
l-'atalities in One Company at Perryville 210
l''avoring tlic Black l'"lag. Reasons for 563
I'aycttevillP. X. (_'.. Road Fight S3. 84, 423
I'Vderal \'eteran's K.xperience in Floi'ida 364
I*'ederal Soldier at Gettysburg 123
l''ield's Book. Al 43
I'islit at Riclifleld, Mo 426
I-'ighlinK aI>out the Hatchie Bi-idge 121
First Chapter of U. D. C. Out of tlie So\itl\ 363
l''irst ("ivil War Novel 57
I'Mrsl ('onfedei-ate l^'lagr 55S
p'irst Federal Defeat at Sabine Bass 108
I-'irst Missouri Battery, C. S. A 417
I*'irst Private in Confederate Service 121
l^'laK of the Tliirteenth Georgia lis
Florida Girl Gave Slioes to Soldier 443. 516
l*%n-rest'.s, Genei'al, Marriage 210
I-'orty-Ninlh Tennessee at Franklin ^ 172
l'"ourtli Alaljama Brigade, U. C. V 213
l-'ourlli Tennessee Cavalry 395
l*'i-auds at Reunions 155
l''rict<-lii(\ To Honiu- Barbara 308
Garner. Sanfonl. and 1 lis Son 107
Gale City Guard and Peace Monument. .Mlanta 451
t^eneral Confederate Officers from Texas 301
(lellysburg 555
tielt>"sluirg. Conti-o\'ers>- abovil 465
(Jettysburg. 0\'e!' the I-'ield of 562
Girl of the '60s in Richmond. A 279
(!irl 1 Left Behind Me, Tlie 557
Good Cau.se. A 4 63
c.ood Xanie, A — Its Responsibility 50S
Gord.in. (!en. G. \V 427
(bissip\- l.cller from Georgia 520
t»o\'ernment l*ensions to Confederates 227
(iraidmry's Scouts. Gen. H. B 420
Gratitude of a I'aitbful Servant 410
Graves of (Jeneral Hooil and Wife 123
(ireal .Seal of Confederate States 376
Gregoi\\-. Samiu'l Moorman 112
Growing I lid Gracefully 5o:i
Hall of I'-anir. In I lie 4 77
Hard. ■man. Miss JOIIa 516
1 Iar<l Times about Murfreesboi-o 515
Harris. Cid. N, K 147
llai-l.an I-^amily Reunion 302
llalton Mcnuiment at T..ebanon 300
lleiss. Maj. Henry 214
Hendrickson. Mlisha. and His Furlough 490
Hickman, .lohn P.. Soldier and l^risoner 112
Historic Southern Monuments 1.S4
History of the Ku-Klux Klan 134
I lobson. Geiuge S 213
I bike. (len. R. 1'' 437, 570
Home for .N'eedy Confederate Women 510
Honor for the Old-Time Negro 410
Hood, Gen. ,lohn. Grave of 123
Hospilalily at Raymoth 273
I low Forrest Won over Streight 380
How ."Sergeant Fleming Captured lOight Men 323
Hume, I ir. Alfred 508
Hyman, K. II 148
Importance of Sent hern His lory 512
1 nciilent of a .Sword 150
Indian Agent under President Davis 381
Inciuiries abinit Veterans 18. 136, 365, 583
Insult to Memory of Gen. R. K. I,ee 91
In the Hall of Fame 471
Iowa and a South Carolina I'lag 331
.lackson. Stonewall — A Homily 58
.laikson. Stoni'wall. by an Knglisb Clergyman 217
.lackson. Sl.mc'W all. in Winter Quarters 24
Jefferson Davis Home Association 366, 393, 455
Johnston Monument at Dalton 203
Journal of Julie LeGrand 134
Keith Springs Propert>* 347
Killed at Fort Donelson 30S, 392, 453
Kimberlins in the .Sixties. The 517
Home of Mrs. \A', D. Lamar, Maeon 310
Ku-Klux Klan 134
Kuykendall Family. The ico
Lamar Home in Macon. Ga 310
Last Days in Front of Richmond 119
Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson 69
Laying Corner Stone at Arlington 549
Leake. I'rank 154
Lee. General, and the Apple Tree at Appomattox 516
Longstreel's Forces at ChicUamauga 422, 564
Locke. Col. M. F 317
Looking Backward Fifty Years 223
Lord's Pri^yer. The 39
Louisiana Campaign of 1804 172
I.,ouisiana \'eterans. Sorts, and Daughters 499
Macon, Ga., Places of Historic Interest 252
Maid of Honor for the South 201
Master and I'^tithful Slave 410
Mayes, W. C, Tribute to IS
McAlestei;, Gov. J.J 21
McCausland Home at Lexington. Mo 21
McClain. Mrs. Levisa L 122
McCreary. Gov. J. B 2G
McCue. John — A Tyiiical Southern Boy 116
Mcintosh's Battery at Sbarpsburg 204
iSU*Kinne>-. John \' 202
McLaws's Division at Chickaniauga 509
McMillin. Brown 156, 500
Members of Thirly-Sevenlh Mississippi Regiment 412
Memorial Address on Gen. George W. Gordon 427
Memorial Day at t^ave Hill. I.,ouisville 327
Memorial Da.v at b'ranklm. fenn jGS, 371
Memorial Day in North Carolina 409
Memorials to the Stars and Bars 521
Memorial Services at Radf.nd, V'a 333
Merging .Sons and Daughters in Texas 253
Milk and Hoccake. Knew' Where to Gel 573
"Miss Georgia U. D. C." 63
:Mission of the U. D. C 440
Missouri and the Confederacy 221
Missouri Confederate Records 208
Missouri.ans Fnlisted for l'^ort>' Years 41
Mistaken View of N. H. Man 88
Monument at Brooksville. Miss 15
Mi>nunuMit at Cidumluis. Miss 510
Monum^'tit at Covington. Va 374
Monument at l''lmira. N. V 312
Monument at Harrisburg. Miss 490
Monument al Macon, tia 359
Monument at Quitman. Miss 511
Monument at ITnion (Mty. Tenn 22
Monument at Vaiden. Miss 412
Monument at Victoria, Tex 13, 411
Miuuinu'nt to Gen. Joseph R Johnston 203
Monument to (^en. Robert Hatlon 309
Monument to Henry Wyatt 506
Monument to Mar>'land Women 516
Monument to Missouri Confederates 243
Monument to North Carolina Soldiers 490
Monument to North Carolina Women 3
Morris. G. Roger 102
Moss Neck. Memories of 24
Mothers of Confederate Soldiers 136. 301. 407, 460, 613
Mnmford Case, The 415, 559
Murrow, J. S 381
My War Experience 242
Names Coniiiiled by U. D. C 13
Nashville. Tenn 43
Naval Officers in the 'eO's 19
Neff-Rice Camp. V. C. V.. New Market. Va 209
Negro Servants w lib Harvey Scouts 515
182C19
QoQfederat? l/eteraQ.
■ New Market Campaign. 1S6I ••'-
Now Hari-ilies in Louisiana. Names of j*"-'*
Xew.xom. -Mis. Wla K. Trader. Work of 1S4
.N"ew Soillli and Lost I'ause =>'<"
New York Times ^48
.N'icknanies Given Soldiers of the States SIS
.\iO)et. Miss Blanche :i»l
North Carolina and the Confederacy 1<>''
Noxon. Mr.s. A. B :i!' I
Numbers Led by Sam Houston agalnsl Santa .\nna 1"!
Objectionable Hislory ( I'. I>. V.) •'»"
Ollicial .Votes alimil Reunion 1112-v.
Officer al Ander-onville. Address Wanted "S
Old Plantation. The. Keniiniscences of HfiS
Olitstee and How 1 Was Captured -IT^
One of Life's Tragedies 1 ('!'
One of tlie Souths Heroines ''•■'^>
OppositUin to Secession in the South 161
Orations of Senator I ianiels 298
0\er the l'"ield of CctlyshuiK 562
Owen Memi>rial. .1111. I l!i. i;i:!. I. 2i;i. 307. 3i;fi. Mil. I.".:!. .■>IIL>. .'i.';2
Pace. Mr.s. K. D 2r. I
Patience for Heyhiirn Pati-iots 215
Patriotic Women. Oisci-imination between 423
I'atterson. Capt. .lames W 473
Pelh.im's Battery and Stviarl's Horse Artillery 3311
Pension Applicants and Law 209, .500
Pension Law of Kentucky 10"
Pensions to Confederates. Government 227
Personal Knmily Not among Soldiers 57
Personal Kxperiences at Pea Ridge 17
Pholograpliic History of the War 13rj
Pioneer I-'amily of .Nashville 213
Places of Historic Interest in Macon. Ga 2S2
Plan to Release Our Men at Point LnoUoul 69
Plea for Peace 60, 31S
l'oi)Ulatloii of Texas 467
Prichard. Mrs. Mary G 460
Prison ICxperiences 19
Prison IO.vi)eriences at l^lmira 327
Prison Life at Camp Chase 294
I'risoner.s Captured Guanls 27-
Prize Kssa.N' at Columhiis College 341
Uamho. .Miss Regiiia 193
fieal .-Xinerica in Romani-c 39. 249
Relialile ( ?) War .Vews .\oilh in ISC.L' 431
Iteniiniscences of the Old Plantation ,56S
itesolve for Kver.v Morning 90
Respected His Cause 400
Reunion Badges 247
Reunion. Date for Chattanooga 5.50
Reunion .lim Pearce Camp. The Kiglitivnl li 472
Reunion with <\ipt. l''rank Giirley '..... 463
Richmond's l'"irst Iteunion 123
Jtock Island Cemetery 157
J{ock Island Pi-ison lOxperiences 05
Rock Island Pi-ison. t'onservali ve \'iew <tf 27s
R.irl; I';!,!!!.! Prison in Peace 421
KdcU Nl.ni.l. Story nf 99
Sanders. Senator .Vvwell 254
Sang Dixie as Her 1 Ionic Hiirned 1 58, 260
Scott, Col. T. M 221
Scout, The 89
Scouting about Memphis 205
Scrimmage near Lancaster. S. C SS
Seal Maker for the Confederac.v, Official 471
Seal of Confederate States. Great 3o7. 376
.Secessi<)n Convention. Soutli Carolina 16S
Secession in Texas 216
Sentiment on the Kastern Shore 510
.Service in Virginia 561
Severe Cavalr.v I'ighlitig at Chickamauga 87
Shiloh Battle Field 321
Shiloh Monument Fund.
II. '.Ml, 111. 153, 202, 265, 321, 350. 405, 463, 502
Shiloh Moniiinciil, Initial Work for 500
Shiloh Monument Workers in Texas 64
Shy's Hill 409, 522
.•^intpb- .'-Jtin-.v of a ."stddier 442. 457. 536. 571
.Sixth anil .Nintli Tennessee, Members of 525
Sketch of the .Murfreesboro Battle 519
.Social lleadipiarters at Macon Reunion 310
.Soldier-Bishop. Capers, The 51
Soldiers from I lifferent States 513
Soldiei-s' Memorial at Yale University 190
Sons and the Veteran. The 152
".South in the Building of the .Naticni. The" 23
Southern Boy at Antietam 3CS
Southern Guards, The -i^l
Siuithern Presbyterian Leaders 134
.Southern Society at Chicago 16
Southern Woman, interesting Career of a 537
Southern Woman's .M.muincut 3
Speech by H. 1 1. Voung 27
.Sponsors and iMaids of Honor at Macon 374
Stampede at Lafayette, Ga.. The 473
State Committees for (h-l(ysburg Celebration 509
Statehood for Arizona 2 10
Stevens. Mrs. Martha 459
Stonewall Jacksim Calendar 135
Street Signs to Teach History 229
Strife of Br.)tlier.s. The 540
Stuart. Gen. .1, K. B.. Death of 120
.Stuart's Horse Artillery 130
Suggestion from X'nion \'ctcran Ito
Sydnor h'aTnily, Tlu- 105
Tale of a Grandmother 573
Taylor. Hon. Robert I- 251
Tennessee Soldiers' Home I.,ihrary 213
Tliird Texas Cavalry 521
Tliirteenth Georgia Regiment 205
Thirty-Seventh Mississippi Regiment 112
Toast to the -Army 1 -'
'Too Ohl to Go to W.ir _ 364
Towsou, Ge)i. .1, Williani .' 359
Tragic Death of Two Arkansas Women 100
Travel through Southern Battle I'ields 2 MI
Trout House, .\tlanta 375
Trutli Crushed to ICarth 400
Truth about Chickanuuiga 43
Typical Characters in Slavery 173
Typical of the Obi South 202
T,\piral Soul III in l".o.\- 116
U. C. v.. Commander in Cliief ' 14 7, 313
U. C, v.. h'oiirth Alabama Brigade 213
V. C. v.. .Veff-Rice Cami'. New Market. Va 209
I". C. v., Reunion at Macon, Ga 51. 260, 359
I'. C. \'.. Reunion of I''lorida Division I 29
V. (.'. v.. Reunion of Georgia Division 4 54
V. C. v.. Reunion of Mississippi Divison I 92-vii.
U. C. v., Reunion of Missouri Division 192-vi., 57:;
TI. C, v.. Reunion of North Carolina Division 402
r. C. v.. Kcuiiioii of Oklahoma Division 444, 401
II. C. \'.. lieu 11 in 1 1 of West Virginia Division INI
U. C. v.. Uiiiiii I' 'I'lnnessee Division 55 1
V. C. v.. KiiiiiHiii of Texas Division 500
V. C. v., Trans-Mississippi Depart nn-nt 315
IT. C. v.. Work of 259
U. C. \'.. Fuwise Actiiin of Camps 311
U. C. v.. W. B. Tate Camp 375
U. D. C 51. 14S. 192-viii.
U. D. C, Associate Members 11
U. D, C, at Chesterfield, Va 212
U. D. C. Beautiful Cliapter Flag 11
U. 1). C., Confederate Flag in Washington. D. i; 54S
V. I>. •'. Convention in Wa.shington 4, 155. 547. 49'.i
r. 1 1, c. Convention — The Girls from Dixie 557
r. 1). ('.. Denver Chaiiter 400
V. 1 1. C., l'"irst Chaiiter Out of the South 36:'.
U. D. C. Georgia Division MS
U. D. C I'-ounlain at Hopkinsville. Ky 13
II, D. ('., Historian General 5 4, 44 1
IT. D. C. in California 220
V. 1 ). ('.. Letter from President General 403
U. D. C Mission of 440
U. D. C. Mississippi Division 89. 227, 326, 413
Qo^federat^ l/eterar?.
. Hi. 20. :!15,
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IT. D. C, Missouri Convention
\'. i I. L"., New Orleans Chapter
r. J). C, Objectionable Hi.story
U. J). C. of Oklahoma
LT. n. C Philncielpliia Cliaiilei- 1^
U. I>. C, Pre-iident Oeneral in Xew lOnfrlanil
IT. 1 >. <-'., Tennessee I>i\-ision
U. L). C, Transportation lo Wasliington. I). ('. . .
U. U. C, Twelftli California Convention
V. n. C. Welcome b.v President Taft
P I >. C. Work of a Tennessee Ciiapter
r. I>. C, Zeal at tlie North
Uncle Sam's Confederate Memorial
Union Veteran at Xational Cemetery, Nashville.
Union Vetei-an 1 lonors a l''oe
Union Veteran's Cliai'se
University of Virginia lo Honor Veterans
U. S. C. \"
U. S. 1
U, S. I'
, \'. of Tennessee
V In Uc Menilii>rs of U
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\'aniialisni in .Missouri
Variety of "Novels" in tlie Veteran
\'eiiuouter lieturns Kindness in VirKinia.
\"ctrian Walkins to tlie Reunion
\'ie\v of ilie War Issues liy a Student....
\'irj;iiiia in llie War Tragedies
V. .\1. I Cailets at New Market
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W.ii- in Missouri
W.ir of the States
War Ueciuds
Walt. Mrs. lOliKabelli K
Welih. Mrs. Mary. Tribute to.
West. Gen. A. .1
Wh.it Old Hickory Uld fiu- tlie
W 1 1,1 1 \\;n- Is. People Know ,
Whceh'r. Cell, .losepli. and the Army of Tennessee.
WlK'u President Davis Was Keleased
White. C.eiieral Koherl. Retires
Whiltier .iiul Aholiticm
Williams, .1. C
With Armistead When lie l'"ell
With I'Mre and Sword
Woman's Miuiulucnt. .Arkansas
Woman's Miuinmeut at .lackstm. Miss
Woman's Jli>iuimeul, North Carolina
Woniau's Monunieiil, South Carolina
Woiiieu of .Volt Invest Arkansas
Work •<!' a (;.'..vt;ia Wiuii.ni
Wouldn't ("nuiinanil .VeKioes in Service
Woulil lli'lii M.iimed Confederates
Would Put C.uifederate I'MaK Out of Sight
Wound, d Trio ..u Two Mattresses
W\ ;ii I Mniinni'Ul Hi'dicalion
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Yankee Swcci potatoes at I'^ranklin . . . .
YoiniR, Henni-tl II , Commander U. C. V
Zeal of U. 11. C. at the Niuth
ZollicotTcr Relics
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Arkansas Monument to C(oifcdcratc Women.
Raptist Church at l-'airviinv, K,\-
Reauvoir
Rerry Residence, W. W
Rowie Rrot hers
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Colonel Asbury's Old Coat....
(^omm.anders in Chi<*f. U. <'. V
Confederate Seal
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Tiesign for Richanl Owen Miunori.il . . .
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Group <.f Camp .Members at .Vitus, okla 4 44
Group of tJeoiKia U. I >. C 213
Group of Shiloh Chapter. U. 1). C 500
Group of S>diioi' l-'amil.\' U17
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309
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Hardie Rroihcrs
Hatton Monument at Tjcbjinon.
Henry Wyalt Monuinent
House Where Uorrest Was Marri
Killed at Fort liouelson
Kimberlin Brothers
Lookout Mountain ,'
Loving Cup to Mr.s. S. K. F. Rose
Ma.ior Alderson's War Horse
McCausland Home. Lexington, i\lo
Menrber.s of Oktibbeha Camp
^Monument at Hrooksville, Miss
Monument at Columbus, Miss
Monument at Co\'inslon. \'a
Monument at Macon. Ga
Monument at Union Cit.w Tt-nn
Monument at Victoria. Tex 13.
Monument to Confederate Women of Florida
Moss Neck, ,lackson's A\'inter Quarters
Mrs. Thrash and the Flafi
New 'N'ork Times Ruildiu^
Official Hailge. U. C. V
Original Confederate l'"laK, I'^acsimile of
Owen Memorial at Indianapolis
Peace IMolluilU'lU
Plan of Davis Home .it F.iirview
Plan of Keith Springs Property
Presentation of Flag to .\. .1. Harris Chapter, Nashville...
itevinion of \'eteraus at Ra>-mo1h. .\shc\ille. .\'. C
Shy's Hill
South Carolina Woman's Monument
Stockdale Camp. U. C. V.. Magnolia, Miss
Street Scenes in Macon, Ga 22. 2.1, 24
Sydnor Home ;ind l-'amily lOti,
Tenne.ssee Window in Confederate Mnsenni, Riclimond
View of Rock Islan.l Prison
Fell
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517
247
413
295
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359
411
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Allen, Samuel ...
Alley, 11. R
.Allison, Capl. ,1.
Anderson, \A*est
.Armstrong, Mrs.
.Ariiold, .loseph H
Asiicom, R, H
Atwood, Capt. W. H
Avirett. Dr. .1. B 234,
Rarron. Capt. S. R
Rates, Wilson
Rean, Robert
Reckliam, Col. T. r.
Rennet t. W. .1
Rern.ard, tTC<ir.ge >S
Rerry, ,1. M
RIack. Capt. .lohn F
Rhuk, Dr. .1. S
Roalright, ,1. H
Roggs. Gen. W. R
Rond. Robert T 4SS,
Rone, Dr. H. P
Rowles, ,Tobn S
Rrittain, F. W
Bruce, D. 11
Buck, Capt. I. A
Bunch, George R
Rurke, Micliael
Bush, AVilliam G
Rutler, W. !■■
Ryers, I-^llwood
Byrnes, .1. M
2.S9
2S9
SO
124
231
35
7r.
1S3
182
1S2
S34
33G
2S4
436
235
79
435
3S3
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211
387
338
35
57G
3G
77
479
392
635
235
130
57G
532
34
434
Lakclan.l, Fla. . .
Lexington. \'a . .
at \A':ixahachie.
Cabell, Verne
Spring
Caldwell, Tlu.mas C 130
Caldwell. W. H 574
Camp at l*'ai'mers\-ille.
La IS2
Camp at Greensboro 182
Camp at
Cainp at
C a 111 II
Tcx. .
Ca m 1
Tex
C a m J) Gordon
Place. Ga
Camp .Joseph H. Lewis..
Camp Lomax, Monlgom-
ery. Ala
Camp Mitcliell, Saluda, S.
C
Camp Pleinons, Amarlllo,
Tcx
Campbell, D. A
Cannon, Capt. 1'^ W
Caveiuler. W. W 1S1,
C b a m b e r I a i 11 , Capt.
George
Chase, P. W
Clarke. K. P
Cleburne Camp, W a o o ,
Tex
('lift, Capt. M. H
Cobb, T. W 232.
Complon, Miss Loulie. . .
Cook, R. M
Cook, Mrs. G. .\I. M
Cook, Mrs. AV. .1
Cooper. Capt. .1. P
Corson, .lodge T. R
Cotton, .lames M
Cowan, .lohn W
Cowling, S. A\'
Cox, Capt, George
Cox, Matthew
Crawford, 11. A
i^reed. F. S
Crowder, U. S
Crowe. Ma.i. James R, . . .
Crutcbtield, F. M
558
145
419
4 OS
347
11
273
522
245
511
, 25
107
5S0
67
40
129
175
179
383
383
292
178
337
485
285
12G
287
125
33 G
43G
334
131
335
527
81
337
28S
483
174
385
79
174
480
174
125
178
530
37
52D
18£01..9
^opfederat<^ l/eterai).
DaBgelt. F. M ssr,
Davis, Horatio 531
Uean. H. A 433
IJecker Camp, Saiilis.
Miss J^I
Deupree, James W ''^^
Dillaid. H. M 2s 4
DoiiBlas, Byrd 3SS
Ixiwlen. Haiils ITS
Dowtin. l>. \V 2Sri
Duke, Mrs. I.. Z 2t1
Dunlvin, .liilin H f>2S
Dyer, B. L 231
Kastland, Charles D 231
ICaves, Josei>li C 2S6
Ecliols. MaJ. W. H 30
Edmondson. K. K 2il2
Edwards. .). G 2SH
Ellis, Mrs, J. E 390
Elms, Maj. G. 0 232
Evans, H. AV 237
Everett, C. C 23fl
Ezekiel, E. M 232
Einley, Dr. D. T 231
EitztiuBli, Frank 382
Flcwi-llen, Dr. E. A 33
l-%»wler. .1. C 533, .^iTit
Frazee, W. D S2T
Gamliill. \V. .S 3.s;i
Ganit, ,lames B 33 1
Gass, James A 2S7
Gaut, Mrs. .S. E 187
Gilbert, Capt. J. E 574
Glass, John V 7S
Glenn. Capl. J. M 17s
Gooding, William J 3SS
Goodloe. Rev. A. T 240
Gordon, W. W r>2G
Govan, Mrs. A. U 31
Graham, W. B 4S2
Gray, Col. John W 30
Gregory, James W 2S7
Hailey, Andrew 233
Hamill, Mr.s. A. J 4sr,
Hane. U. H 3s.-,
Hanna, Capt. 11. 11 iss
Hannaford. Capt. J. T... 3s:'.
Hardle, Capt. R. A .■)2 7
Harl, John 335
Harlow, Relmer 2S5
Harper. David 2S5
Haskins. Dr. B. A 43!)
Haw, William 43 I
Hayes, R. P 2S7
Henderson, I)r. H. A. M.. 126
llenson, James B 57s
lleir. Capl. \V. W 127
lliKhl. .lohn W 175. 2S!1
Hilger. Louis 3S7
Hockersmith. H. H 33 1
Hodnett, John I' 232
Hoke, Gen. R. 1' 437
Hood, Capt. C. 1! 1S3
Hopkins, Rev. A. C 2Sii
Howard, J. W 3S2
Howell, Zaik 125
Hiilih.in. .\1. 11 2Sfi
Jackson, W. L 131
Jamison, Robert D 52(i
Jewell, Gen. \V. H 3SG
Joe Johnston Camp. lle.\-
ia. Tex 570
Johnson. John J 432
Johnson, R. Y 5Ta
Johnston Camp. Corinth.
Miss 1'4
Jones. Dr. D. C 1S3
Jordan, E. F 2SS
Kean. Aleck (<ol.) 293
Kemp, John K "7
Keys, R. I :'4
KillouKh, Capl. W. 1) 23fi
Kirk, U H 3S2
Kolilheim, Capt. C. F. . . . 57S
Kiihllieini. 1 >r. l.onis 578
Latham. Judge T. J.. .3S. 230
Latta. Capt. S. R 3t
Lee, n. C 339
Leflwich, J. A 3S1
Lindsey. H. B 79
Luttrell. William ISO
Lloyil. Charlei I' 33
Lolland. Mrs. E. .1 43f.
Lytle. Capl. F. H 131
.Marcum. .IucIkc W. \V . . . . 231
Marshall. Jami-s C, 34
Martin. Capl. W. W SI
.Mason, C, H 175
.McCulln, h. I'.. I, W. H 529
.McDonald. .Ma.i. E. H 530
.McFall. Mrs. A. E 240
.McKinney. John J ISO
McMahon. .1. .1 77
McNeill. Cai>l. .1. C 52S
McReynohls, Ma.i. !•". C... 47S
.Melvin. William 11 52!)
.Middlcbrook. L. 1 3S3
Milam. Dr. T. R 236
.Miller. John McQ 236
Mitchell. A. E 35
Mitchell. Mrs. L. C 4S2
Moncrief. O. L 576
Montgomery. Victor .... ISl
Moore. Ma.1. C. B 125
Moore. Thomas 284
Moran. Jolin W 291
Morris. Jolin W 241
Murray. M. -M 336
Mnrteshaw. Dr. S. W.... 127
Myers. W. G 3S6
.\'al-(Mi. Capl. C.. W 479
.Vasll. H. T 4S6
Xeil. Judge 11. 11 76
.Nelms, Mrs. (!. W 4S4
.\elson, Mrs. 10. K 2:16
.\ewell, Capt. T. h' 1X1
.Xewman. M I"'9
Xorris. George S 531
.Xorris. H. Clay 288
.\unn, Col. D. A 132
Ogilvic. W. !••. . . .
Owen, James A, . ,
Oxiey. Mis. A. K.
293
76
239
Fr.vor, t'apt. A. J . .
Rakestraw. G. A. .
Ransom. D. R
Raybinn. ■Aiinl" J
(col. I
Reed. W. A
Iteese. R. I
Reynolds, M. .\" . . . ,
Rhodes. N. i)
Richardson. .Inlm
Rielli. 1). C
Roberdeau. Mr.-s. .
Rollins, Jnlin T.
Ross. C.ipl. i:. B
Russell, 11. 1
Russell. William
Kylalld. Dr. J. H
230
287
W. .
1. D.
Sanford. D. B
Sanders, J. W. and W. 11.
.Saunders, Capt. T. Jl . . . .
Schaul). Julius L
Scott, Capt. T. .M
Scruggs, S. M
.Searcy, Mark W
Seay, William M
Seip, Ma.i. F
Semmes, Capt. S. S
Settle, L. 11
.Shaw, Angus
Shields. Dr. T. 1'
Simmons, Rev. K. Z
Sims, Col. M. W
Simpson, .1. B
tSimpson. Col. R. W
Sitgreaves. Capl. J. A...
,Sizemore. Mrs. S
Smith. Dr. Q. C
Smith, Miss M. A
Spivey, J. I
Stewart. Col. W. 11
Stone. Hon. 10. .\'
Stonewall Cam|p. Gaines-
ville. T'"la
Stonewall Caul]). Forts-
mouth. Va
.Slrikeleathej', J. A
Stringfellow, Capt. H. M.
Sydnor, George B
293
so
37
12S
3 1
177
529
230
174
176
238
333
129
337
34
34
179
124
235
485
239
2S5
ISO
389
382
239
ISO
526
435
130
233
132
436
338
12S
530
4S1
3S1
Taylor, David B
Taylor, J. G
Taylor, W. H
Teaney, Capt. Charles.
Terrell, Judge J. W,.
Thomas, Mrs. M. M . .
Tinsley, Capt. R. W. .
Todd. Mrs. R. B
Tompkins, W. B
Troup County Camp.
Grange. Ga
Truss. George N
Turnell. Perry W
T,\Tee. Capt. S. F. . . .
339
386
130
575
4S4
532
32
121
481
36
340
230
3SS
3SS
Vance. Col. C. R SO
Vandiver, Charles II 78
Vanmeter, Mrs. K. Jl . . . . 33,-.
Veterans at Reedville,
Va 382
Veterans at White Pine,
Tenn 3S7
Wade, J. H 129
Wade, William 2 11
Waggener, Col. T. L 4 32
Walker. Ben.1aiTiin 4S I
Waller. C. M 289
Walthall Camp. Sweetwa-
ter. Tex 32
Ward. B. Q
Ware, Thomas H. . . .
Ware, Rev. T. II
Welch, R. 11
Weller. C. O
Westbrook, Josluui .
White, Mrs. J. A. . . .
White, R. H
White, W. L
White, W. M
W'liitehead, Rev. R. H
Whiteside, James L..
Wilcox, W. A
Williamson, Dr. J. J.
Wilson, Rev. J. H
Woodside Camp. Conch-
ville. JIo 57 I
Wienff, B. W 241
Wrenn, George L 533
Wright. Mrs. E. A 488
Wyles. John F 33 6
3S7
237
129
133
338
340
12 1
4 78
3S7
526
23 1
4 33
PORTRAITS.
Pace. C.ipl. .1. .M 532
Packwood. Ca|it. G. F. ... 17S
Parham. Col. W. C 340
Pearce, H. D 385
Peck, Capt. W. S 574
Peete, Albert (col.l 293
Perry. Dr. .1. W 3S3
Phillips, .hi.lge .1. .M 36
Picketl, .\. .1 175
Pickett, James K 481
Poindexler, Rev. J. E, , , , 340
Porter, Hon. James D, , . . 290
Pretl. Heneau 288
Price, Preston G 531
Price, W, C 382
Adams, Col. James T.,
and Wife 509
Alderson, J. (^oleman, , , , 297
Alexander, 1 1. W 289
Allen, Caiit, .\l. II SO
Allison, Capl. .1.11 35
Anderson. Capt. J. .M . . . . 424
Anderson, Ma.i. J. W 466
Anderson, William F. . . . 424
,\rmstrong. Mrs. V. B. . . . 183
Asbury. A. E 242
Ashcom. Benjamin H.... 182
Aviielt, Rev. .1. B 336
Barron, Capt, S. 1! 2S1
Bean Robert 235
Berry, Capt. J. M 286
Berry, Dr. T. 1' 65
Black, Mrs. ,lohn W 154
Bocock, Mr,s. T. S 261
Bond, Robert T 576
Bouldin, Capt. 10. A 294
Bowie Brotliers 254
Brackin, Mrs. M. B. G 42
Bradley. R. H 507
Brevard, Miss Marie 20S
Brittain, Lieut. W. F. . . . 479
Brown, Miss Bessie 310
Brown. W. A. . .
Bruce, D. H
Buck, Capt. I. A.
Byers, Ellwo<.d .
Byrnes, J. M . . . .
3 1 0
. . 535
.. 34
. . 435
Caldwell, Thoinas C 180
Campbell, D. A 285
Cannon. Caiit. 10. W 126
Cavender, AN*. A\' 287
Chamberlaine, Capt. Geo. 125
Christian, Julia Jackson, 184
Clark, Judge W 228
Clift, Maj. M. H 132
Cobb, T. W 335
Cockrill, F. M 243
Compton, ]Miss Loulie..,. 527
Cook. B. M 81
Cooper, Capt. J. P 4S3
Corbin. Jane 26
Corson, Judge T. B 174
Cowan, John W 79
Crane, J. J is
Crowe, Mnj. James R.... 37
Danley, Maj. W. L 236
Davis, X. C 452
Davenport, H. T 454
Qo^federati^ l/eterai).
Dean, H. A iMo
Denniss, Capt. K. F iilM
1 )epp. Thomas 17
J ipupree, James W 5:i«
nickinson. Miss Rebecca. ]!*:»
i touglas, Byrd 3NS
liDXf.v. \V. M :i(i I
lnuiley, Miss Loiiisp liiiG
Uiilie, Jlrs. I... Z 2 11
Diinlap. Mrs. S. C 4s;i
liyei-. a. I^ :!:!I
I'lilicils. Ma.i. AV. II :!U
I'Mwiinls, Mrs. J. G . . . I ;i:;-viii.
ICilwanls, Kiclianl S 1!IT
I'Mlis, Capt. H, C :!:iii
I'Mlis. Mrs. ,1. 10 ii'.i"
I'lMKiLsdii. .Mrs. W. F .Ml"
l''icld. Al C, l.-.ll
l''iisler. Maj. W. !•' 3(i;)
I'liwlei'. .Toscph (' 57"J
ClaliaK:"!. I'alil. A. ,1 :!J:i
Oamliill, \V. S 3s;i
Canit, .Tudse -T. H 33 1
Caul, Mr.s. S. K -I.ST
C.lcnn. Capl. .1. M ITS
(icKKllue. A. T 2jn
Gonicm, Gen. G. W ■I2.S
Oniman. Miss Gladys.... JG2
Graham. \V. H 4S2
Gray. Capl, .I.>lin W 31
ll.nnill. II. M 212
llamill, Mrs. A. .1 ASC,
llaiikins, Samvioi -irtS
llaidcman. Miss litla.... rilS
llardio Biiithers 30S
Harris. Judge N. K 2G8
llaskins. Dr. B. A 43:1
Haw, William J31
llciss. Ma.i. Henry 211
I Irndricksiin. lOIisha .... mil
Hickman, John 1'. ... 1 I I. T,:,:>
Hicks. K. M .'ilH
Hicks, R. H r>(Hi, 50 7
HiKhl. John W 2S!I
llolisiMi. Gcoi-Re S 213
HnUe. Gen. R. K 43S
lloUanii, ,1(1,")
H.ipkins, Dr. A. G 2Sr)
I liinic. I>i-, Alfred .5()S
I lyni.in. K. II MS
.lackson. Sloncwall 2.^
.lacksnn. W. 1 131
.lamisnn. K, I) . :,■_'('>
.li'Well. Gen. W. II 3S(;
Kcnij*. .lohn K 77
KilliMlHh, W. D 236
Kinihcrlin Brothci-s 23fi
Kirknian. I'apl. James P. 27-1
Knlilhiim. I'apt. C. F 578
Kidillnnn. Dr. Louis 57,s
l..ini.n-. .Mrs. W. I >. . . .!;3, 2.''>2
l..-allam, Judye T. .1 3S
I.ce, Mrs. J. C Ill
l.ockc, Pol. M. F 31 S
lainipkiii. Miss Grace.... 22:»
.Malay. Gen. II. P 2s2
M.-illciry. Miss t'ur.a 2112
Markham, Fdwin 10
Marshall, Gov. T. l'\.]50, 3,53
McClain, Mrs. I.cvisa..., 122
McCreary. Gov. J. B 26
McDonald, Ma.i. K. U HSO
Mcl-'all, Airs. A. 10 240
McKarland. L. B 429
Mclnlo.sh, Gel. D. G., and
Brother 20 1
McKim, Rev. K. H 27U
IMcKinnej', John 202
McMillin, Brown 13i>
McNeill, Capt. J. C U2X
Middlehrook, Hon. L. D. . ,5S3
Jliller, Jliss Jean fllio
Mitchell, Mrs. Caroline. . . ."iso
.Mitchell. Mrs. L. B 513
.Mitchencr, John A 507
Monlgiinicr\'. ,Tiidge Vic-
tor I.^l
Moran. .lohn \V 2;i|
Morris, G. Koser 102
Morris. J. \V 241
Morris. \V. II S3
JInmford. Mrs, W. I! IK!
.Miiinfonl. W. .M 41 r,
.Marrow. J, .'^ 3SI
Nisbet, Miss Blanche.... 2UI
Norris. George S 531
.Xurin. I> .\ 133
Ochs. A. S
Ogilvio, W. F
Pace. .M rs, 10 II
Pcarce, II. D
Peck, Capt. \V. S
Peetc. Albert (col.)
T'eters^m, .\. li
I'hillips, JvalKc J. M.
Pickett, A. J
I'olk, Dr. \V. M
INirter. Hon. .lames Ii
Prichard, Mr.s. M. G . .
24S
292
254
574
293
272
3G
2H(i
UiO
Rakestraw. G. .-V 4S0
Ramhu, Miss R. F...193, 512
Ray, Mrs. A. O . . 273
Rice, Robert H 387
Rielti, D. C 529
Rose, Mrs. S. K. F 89
Ross, Capt. Kd B 17(i, 177
Rutherford, Miss M...5I. 539
Sanders, Capt. Xewell. . . . 254
Sanford. Capt. D. B 337
.Schaub. Col. J. D 179
Scott, Col. T. M 12 1
Searcy. Mark \V 4S5
Seay, W. M 239
Semmes, Admiral 330
Semmes, Capt. S. S ISO
Shelby. Miss Gladys 155
Sluunate. W. T
Sims, Col. M. W
Sloan, Mrs. H. F
Smith, Dr. Q. C
Smith, Miss Aileen..
Smith, Miss M. A . . . .
Spive.v, Miss lOula...
Stewart. Col. W. H. .
Stone, Hon. 10. N . . , ,
SuKR. Lieutenant . . .
Sydnor. George B. . . .
338,
Tanner, Corporal
Tanner, Mi.ss Lassie..
Taylor, David B
Tayhu'. Hon. Robert L
Terrell. Hon. A. W
Thornton. Miss B. A. .
Thorp, T. 11
Thrash, Mrs. T. W. . .
Tlnsley, R. W
Toilhiinter, Miss Kmily
Towson, Ma.i. Gen.
William
Treanor, Jolin ()
Tru.ss, George N
Turney, Hon. .lohn 10.
551
199
33
251
573
462
507
558
533
;-vi.
-vii.
233
481
90
SO
Vance, Capt. c. R. . . .
Vandivei-, C. H 78
Vanmeler, Mrs. Kate.... 335
VanWyck, Mrs. Sidney.. 221
Wade, J. H
\\'aggencr. Col. T. L
Walker. Ben.iamin
Walker, Gen. (."■. 1 61,
Walker, Mrs. tiwen
Waril. B. Q
Ware, Rev. Thomas H
Watt, Mr.-<. R. R
Watt, Mrs. W. W
Weller, C. O
West, Gen. A. J
White. Mrs. A. B 1. 52,
White, Mrs. Julia A
White. W. L
Whitehead, Rev. R. H
Williams. J. C
Williamson. Dr. J. J
AVillingham. Miss Mary..
Wilson. Woodrow
Wrenn. t'Jeorge L
Wright. Rev. 10. A
129
432
481
147
196
230
436
^'ol^n,g. Bennett II.
APTHiiRS,
Ahcrnalhy. D. H. B 513
Adamson. A. P lis
Alderson, J. C 2!M
Alexander. E. H 468
Allain. Miss Lisa 20
Allen, W. G S7
Anderson, Josejih R 100
Anderson, L. M 44 4
.Armstrcmg. Robert 4 67
.\rnold. D. A 539
Ballard. D, M 409
Bannerman. Mrs. M. M. . . II
Barhee, J. T 89
Barger. Rev. \V. D 562
Barrett, Mrs. Charles G. . 321
Baumgardner. James, Jr, 573
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T. 563
Bee, Hon. Carlos 411
Belk, S. E 8S
Berry, Dr. T. 1'' 65
Betts. Rev. A. D 346
Bishop, S. D 582
P.huk Hawk
Blantcm. L. H
Blocker, .lohn S. . .
Bolton, R. R
Bond. Mrs. O. Z. . .
Boyle, Mr.s. V. F. .
Bradford, Gamaliel
Brewer. Rev. G. E.
Bricn. William G. . . .
Bright, Hon. John M
Brown. Hon. W. J...
Bi-own, Jlrs. A. 10. . .
Buck. Capt. I. A
Buford. ^'irginia P. .
Burnett, A. C
Cadman, Rev. S. P. ..
Calhoun, C. M
Campbell. Charles 10.
Campbell, Mrs. A. A.
Casey. A. .1
Jr. .
.468,
Cassell. T. W
Cave, R. Lin.
121 (?halmers 514
577 ("hapman. W. S 565
539 Cheshire, R. M 471
127 Clark, H. 0 312
207 Clark. Judge Walter 227
SI Clark, Mrs. M. B 376
406 Clark, W, A 86
339 Claik, W. V 565
128 Clement, Mrs. R. D 538
452 Coleman, Samuel 410
384 Collier, D. W 381
Cone, A. J 524
Conway, Dr. W. B 422
Cook, Judge H. H 371
Cosgrove. J. H 511
Cummings. t\ C .'J66
Cummins, ,1. A 221
Carrie, A 52 1
Daffan, Miss Katie 421
Daniel, Col. W. R 402
Darling. P. B IS
Denson, E. T 567
Dent. W. F 471
Dei>p. Thomas 17
Dickinson. J. M 404
Doig. James 1 364
Donnell, Dan 87
Dowell, W. G 460
Doyle, W. 10 222. 277
DuBose, John W 84
Ducloux, Charles 555
Dunovant, Miss .\. A.... 311
lOakin. George N 4 77
Easley, D. B 379
Edwards, Harry S 196
Elmore, Capt. A. R 117
Emerson. A. J 5S
lOmerson, Mr.s. B. A. C.43, 2S2
lOvuns, Mrs. R. R 57
Everett, Lloyd T 154
Faulkner, Thomas R 90
I'^leming, R. F 323
1-ogg. D. W 3US
I'oIU. Dr. 10. 10 375
l-'ontaine. Ijamar 21
Fordyce, Ma.i. S. W 366
Foster. Ma.i. W. V 369
I'^'oxworth. Sophia G 514
I'-ranklin, Mrs. H. M 63
Futrell. Thomas A 443
Gahagan. Capt. A. .1 32S
Galloway, Mrs. M. M 160
CJentry. Mrs. L. McCoy. . 211
Gibbons. J. R 120
(5ilison. Capt. Thomas... 27 1
lilies. Mrs. V. C 61
Glanville. A. E 409
Goodloe, James L 136, 515
Goolrick, Judge J. T 459
(Jordon. Ma.i. E. C 4 65
Gi'acie. Archibald 43
Gi'acey. James B 1.""
Gray, Charles G 123
Greathouse, B. H 168
Greeley. Gen. A. W 368
Griffln. Gen. Samuel 374
Guild. Ma.i. George B 395
Hall, J. J 311
Halsey. Mrs. James T. . . 278
Hanian. J. B 412
llamill. H. M 193, 212
Hammer. Dr. MR 75
llankins, S..4 42. 457, 536, 571
I lardie, Joseph 308
Harlan, 10. R 331
107 Harris. Judge N. E 267
512 Hart, W. 0 59
557
237
201
497
133
340
478
149
234
205
353
53 4
571
410
470
156
312
112
314
123
558
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, . 573
.. 557
, . 364
.. 184
. . 120
. . 392
. . 217
. . S2
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. . 100
. . 309
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Qopfederat^ l/eterai?.
Hasell. N. 1 IS*
Hazen. H. C '•>''
Heiss. Maj. Henry - 1 ■•
Henry, Pat ■'-'
Herbert. Hon. H. A "'••
Hickman. John P "•»
Hicks. !•:. M !■■>'•'• •'■'■''
Hollanil. Mrs, H -". ^H"'
Hord. Henry -"•''
Home. Hon. Asliley 1 1 -
Home. n. (' '"'•'
Huffniaster. .losepli l'-'
Hume. L,elanil "I-
Hunley. W. M 1'^-
Hynenian. D. .1 •*""
Inge. Mrs. A. 10 -15
Ingram. M. H SG"
p^lar. W. V --«
JelTress. Tlionias I> '"^
Johnston. Krank ^'>'•
Jones. A. C ^''^
Jones. C. Kilgewortli '-'j
Joy, Charles G I'"
Kellogg. J •^■>>^
Kelly, T. f SI"
Kendall. l>. J '"-
Kennedy. Capl. A. J I'-'"
Kimberlin. J. N S' '
Kinsolving. -Mrs. K. C. . . Si
Kipling. Hiidyard -0
Lankfonl. A. II "•»
T-arinmre, 1*. *' ^'■*
Lathrop. K. C S',20
Leathers, J. H S'-'-i
Ledden. Rufus 50S
Lee, Jessie W 18S
Lee. W. A 121
Leigh. W. L :"'J
Lighliap. Louise L IX'J
Little, Mr.s. M. M IST. 22!»
Loughman, James II :!:!»
Magruder. James M 315
Marsliall. Park :ir':i. ■>--
Martin. Capt. J. H...:!G2. T.ei
Massie, Annie G IIJ-'
Mather, A. I ^^^
Matthews. R. S -'-^
McCausland. Mrs. S. A.
223. -187
McCoy-Gentry. Mrs. Lou. -126
McCreless, W. M US'
llcCuUom. A. S 3"3
McFarland. L. H l^?
McFerrin. Porter :i:!2. 540
Mcintosh. Col. U. G 20 1
McKellar. Hon. R. U 427
McKim, Rev. R. H 275
McKinney, Wm^. R. W.
4. 90, 111, 15.3, 202. 205, 32l,
356, 405. 463. 502.
McMlUin. Brown 150
McNeilly, Rev. J. H
134. 172. 298
Mearcs. Mi.ss Kate l>eK..
MerrifieUl. J. K
Miles. L. 11
Miller. F. T
Milton. Aliliy <■
Minnitli. J. VV
Milrliell. Mrs. C. A
Mitchell. Mrs. Cliarles J
Mitcliell. T. L
Moffett. Judge \V. \V. . .
.Morgan. J. M
Morgan. W. H
Moore. 1'". P
Moore. Jolin
Morris. Hoherl L
Morri.s. W. 11
Morton. M. H •'■'.
Mumford. \V. U.. Jr.. 4 16.
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Nance, Belliciiia II.
Nelson, H. O
Norris, Mrs. .M. T. .
.Vcirth. A. A
Norlhrup. ("apt. T. 1".
Noxon. Anna H
Noyes. P. J
Nugent, Miss Anna U.
Ohenchain. .Mai. W. A...
Ory, Mrs. B
Overley. Milford
Owen, H. T
Patterson. Miss Caroline.
Pendleton. Mrs. F. S....
Perry. J. W
Peterson, A. G
Peters, M. H
Pierce, J. I>
Pinson, Rev. W. VV
i'olk. Dr. W. M
Powers, L. A
Prichard, Mrs. M. J
I'ritcliard. 'Williani C.
Randolph, Mrs. N. V
Ray. B. F
Reid. George H
Rice. Joel 13
Robinson. Miss M. C...
Rogers, B. J
Rogers, W. T
Rose, airs. S. K. F.
220, 229, 32i
Ruffner, Capt. S. T 2'
Rutherford, Miss M. L-5
161 Sliearer, W. B
330 Sheibley, Miss M. B...
] 12 Sluiniate, \V. T
279 Sickles. Gen. 1). F
470 Slatter, W. J
564 Slaughter. Mrs. L. S...
;!S0 Slocum, Ccd. A. C. G...
.Ml! Smitli, James P
.-il5 Smitli, Mrs. Jolin lO. . . .
424 Smitli. Lee
4GS Smitli. William B
565 Solomon. Mrs. 1. P....
209 Steel. Rev. S. A
21G Stevens, Mrs. F. F. . . .
i:i5 Stewart. Col. W. H
S3 Stiles, M. !•'
Stone, Mrs. C. B
Sweet, S, Fmory
Sydiiur, H. C
Tafl. President
Tanner, G. R
Tanner, Corporal Jan«
r
Taylor. Dr. G. T
Terry, W. C
Thompson. Mrs. F. C.
Thompson, M. .S
511 Thompson. Col. R. A.
505 Thrash, Mrs. J. W
5 12 Timherlake, AV. L....
19 Tinsley, J. W
Todd, George T
Torrence. "W. C
Towson, J. William..
Trader, Mrs. F. K. . .
Trice, C. W
Trimmer, W. H
Tucker, G. L
221
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Turner, F. R. . .
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Valentine, Mrs. M -'79
Vaughan. Mrs. George... 243
VauglU. Mrs. P. A. S 340
420
Wa.ldell, Dr. D. B
Walker. -Mrs. Owen. . .
\Va.ssell. Mrs. S. S. . .
Walkins, l>r. F. W. .
Watrous. J. A
Watterson. Henry . .
Wells. T. L
West, Mrs. 1 >. L
Wheeler, Mary F. . .
White. Mis. A. B.
51. 14S, 192-viii.. :
501. 547.
Wliite. Frank L
White, Gen. Robert. .
Wiess, William
Wilc.i.\. Flla Wheeler
Williams, Mrs. L. F.
Williams. Z. I
Wilson. Dr. V. C
Wilson, Lelia B
Wise, H. A
Witt, W. P
Wooten, C. S
Wright, Rev. A. 10. . .
Wright. Henry P. . .
Wright, Gen. M. J..
Wriglil. P. H
Wyeth, Dr. John A.
Wyckoft, Rev. J. M .
Wylie, Mrs
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Young, Col. H. F. . . .
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Sandell, J. W
Savage, R. R . . . .
Saw.ver, W. ('. . .
Schaeffer, J. L..
Schenck, J. H. . .
Scott, Mrs. M. T
Sellers, C. N. . . .
Semper, C. S. . . .
Sharp, A. H
Shaw, W. T
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-A Man"
A Memorial
Arlington
Barbara Frietcliie —
Mytii
Battle of Chickamauga
Cadets at New Market.
Cleburne • al P.inggn
Gap
Dixie Land
God's Ways Accept
Greetings to Comrades..
Heroes in Gray
He Wore the Gray
Lee
Little by Little
Macon's Welcome
Memorial Day in Mary-
land
Men of Dixie
Our Commanders
O u r Southern Military
Leaders
Purport of a Confederate
Monument
PO.
20
574
462
477
4 OS
SO
5 12
2 15
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320
402
57
213
150
395
112
315
97
120
,MS.
R. F. Lee
Reunions Blue and Gray.
Salve et Vale
.Seven Pines
Shilnh
Tllc^ute-Bellum Woman.
229,
Tlle Boys Wlio Never
Came Back
The Fagle
The Hallowed Gray
The Last Ride
The Officer's Funeral....
The Portrait
The Southern Cro.ss of
Honor
The Veteran's Sleep
Tribute to A. S. Johnston.
Tribute to James Z.
George
We Are Kin of the Fng-
lishman
Woman's Rights
136
209
193
226
420
394
477
159
492
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Qopfederate l/etera9.
I'Uni.ISIIED MOXTHLV IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS.
Eiilcrod ill llic post office at Nashville, Tenn., as socoiul -class inallor. OFFICIALLV REPRFSE\TS •
Contributors ari' rt(]\ii:sli.cl to usf only onf side of the papir, and toalibrevi-
ale as iimch as praclicabli-. Thi-su su};i;i'Slions arc iniporlaal. ^ xlTF.n Conkkderate VETEtJANs,
Where clippiiis;s are sent copy should he kepi, as the Veteran cannot un- V.NITED Daughters ok the Confederacy,
derlake to return iheni. Advertising rates furnished on application. Sons of Veterans, and Other Organizations,
The date to a subscription is always given In the month lufnrr it ends. For Confederated Southern Memorial Association.
instance, if the Veteran is ordered to henin with lantiarv, the date on mail tIi^ v«T-i.„,xf :.. . j j • j j a: • n i , j
list will be Deceniber, and the subscriber is entitled io that nnn.ber. elevated n^^,^^!'^^ \ ni proved and .ndorsed ofhc.al y by a larffer and more
olc\atea palronagc, dounlli-ss, lh:in :iny ollu-r piiblic.ihnn in existence.
The r/T'// war was tnd lotiij •.\^^.^ \.v> Ih* callt-d tlic late war, and wlu-n cor- "*"- .
respoiutiMits iisi- Ihat term " War iH-tween the ^liiti-s" will No suhstiluted. TItoueh men drscrve. thcv iiiav not win success;
The terms "New South" and " lost cause"' arcolijectionahic tolbe \'kteran. The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none llic less.
s,^oLVco?v:!5S,??s.i V"'-XX. NASHVILLE, TENN., JANUARY, 1912. No. i. | ^- ^ ?S^^?J1«^-
LV..\Dl\C, .Ik-TICLES IX THIS XTMBER. Confederacy pledged by my friend, Col. Ashley Home, inonu-
.Muiiiinuiu Up Wiiineii of the Sixties 3 '"S"' 'o be after the design submitted by Miss Kinney and to
Synopsis of C. 1). C. Convention, Richmond, Va 4-9 '"^ placed on the grounds of the capitol at Raleigh."
I'xlitorial — "Twetielh Year and All Is Well'' 10
Shiloh JMoinnnent h'tnul 11 Another Contkiuutor — from Mis.sissippi.
Toast, "To the Army," by Mrs. Walter l.amar 12 Gen. Charles Scott, of Rosedalc, Miss., chairman and leader
U. D. Work of the Philadelphia Chapter 17 of the ;Mi.ssissippi Women's Monument Committee, and al.so
Inquiries for and about Veterans 18 a member of the general committee for the South, originally
Xaval Officers of the Sixties ly made a handsome subscription to the monument fund of
Lexington, Mo.— The McCausland Home 21 $250. On his return from a summer's absence he found thai
Union City, Tenn.— Dedication of Monument 22 the fund had not been materially increased, so he makes a
Moss Neck, Va.— "Old Jack's" Winter Quarters 24 strong appeal to the people of Mississippi to raise the balance
Gov. J. B. McCrcary When a Prisoner 26 needed. Moreover, he sets a splendid example to his people
Missouri— The War I'.egan at Camp Jackson 27 by adding $750 to his previous subscription, making his
Last Roll and Miscellany 30-4S patriotic donation one thousand dollars. This is the largest
amount contributed by any one man to the women's monu-
.-\ri,i.\(;tu.\' Monumknt Reports. — Two monthly sl.itcments nients in the entire South save the i)rincely gift of $10,000 by
by Mr. Wallace Streatcr, Treasurer of Arlington Monument, Colonel Ashley Home for the Xorth Carolina momnnent.
came too late for appearance in this issue. He reports ab-
scncc from Washington as the cause of delay. The list may U.mformitv of Desicx Hesir.\bi.e.
be expected in the next issue of the Veter.vn-. 1 lis aggregate ^ j^ ,„ ,,, ^eeplv regretted that the South Carolina Women's
on hand ncccmber i, 1911, was $21,673.70. Monument Commission was obliged to adopt a design before
tbat most beautiful, appropriate, and expressive design of
MONUMENT TO NORTH CAROUXA WOMEN. Miss Belle Kinney had been even conceived, for then the
Hon. Ashley Home has contributed ten thousand dollars State could have acted in sympathy with her sister State in
for a monument to the women of the sixties in North Caro- having a uniform design for the bronzes. It was planned
lina. In a letter to Col. Bryan Grimes he writes: "I have that while each State should erect its own monument, yet by
been thinking for a long time that the State would never build the similarity of the bronze group that all the women of the
a woman's Confederate monument; and, being a soldier of South would be honored as well as those of each State, and
Lee's army for four years, and seeing the work that the wom- it is now suggested that South Carolina should erect another
en of my State did in carrying food and clothing, and bein.t; monument — one of the Kinney design — in some other part of
in every battle that was fought around Richmond, and know- the State to be in line with the other Southern Slates.
ing that they were as great, or greater, soldiers than the men,
I have decided to build this monument myself. The time has A subscriber in declining to renew for the \'i:ti.:r.\n states:
come in my life when I think no loyal citizen of the State "I think all has been published that will be of much impor-
iduld think that 1 h:i\e :in ulterior motive in so doing." tance." If truly a friend of the Veter.\n, he would be sur-
It is understood that the design by Miss Belle Kinney. prised to see the accumulation of manuscripts, wdiich are re-
reared in Nashville but now a resident of New York, 61 Fifth ccived much faster than they can be used. In truth, the im-
.^venuc, has been adopted. portance of the publication is enhanced every month.
Gen. Juli;in S. Carr w^red Gen. C. Irvine W:ilker, Chair- Comrades and Daughters of the Confederacy should sccure
man Executive Committee, at Charleston, S. C, from Dur- from every person friendly to the South a careful investigation
ham, N. C, December 10, 1911: "I have the good fortune to of the Veter.\n. Surely they could aflford to try it one year,
hand you as a Christmas gift a ten-thousand-dollar subscrip- If they would do tint :nul read it. they would realize their duty
tion for the erection of a niomiment to the women of the in keeping informed upon the subjects that it treats.
C^oijfederat^ l/eteraij.
>).'.('/ '.s/.i uj- t . V. i. (.oxriixTiox h'F.roin.
KEIMKT IIV MRS, li IV \V. m'kINNKY, RElORHIXci SKlKKTARV.
The npriiing corfiiioiiics <if llic Kightociith Annu.il Coiiveii-
linn <if llic I'liitcil l):ii!gliliTs of the Confcclcrac) vvrii- hi'lil in
till' AiMtli-mj I if Mii>ic. KkliiiiiiiKl \'.i.. 'riicsilav cMMiiiij;. No-
vi'iliber 7. igil. 'I'lu- cunvi-nlinii \v;is lallfd to onKr In Mrs.
Nonnaii \'. Ramlolph. Pnsiilciit ol tin- hostiss Cliapa-r. ami
tlic itivocation was offcrcil l)y Rev. Dr. James Powers Sniilli.
iiiil rfr iniiif on the staflf of (Jeiieral Stonewall Jackson. L'n-
(ler the direction of Miss l-lvelyn Rex. a choir of Jwo luindreil
children of the SprinK'ield pnhlic school of Ricliniimd. ar-
ranged ))ictures(|nely n|i:in llie stafje to form the "Stars and
ISars." rendered tlic opening chorus. .Mrs. Xathan 1 >. I'lUr.
of the Virginia Division, welcomed the Fresidciii (KUer.il.
.Mrs. Virginia I'.udkner .McSherrv. .Addresses of welcome
were delivered, on behalf of the Stale, by His l^xcellenc>.
Gov. William Hodges Mann, and on behalf of Richnioiid 1i\
Mayor D. C. Richardson. The Confederate Memorial Liter-
ary Society gave a welcome by its President, Mrs. Lizzie Cary
Daniel, throngli Hon. (ieorge L. Christian 'I'lie President
(ieneral introdnced Mrs. Daisy .McLaurin Slc\en>. oi .Missis-
sippi, who responded happily to the words of welcome. The
gavel of oflice was then presented to the President (ieneral
by Mrs. .\. .-v. Campbell. President of the X'irginia Division.
The President General introduced .Mrs. William Cnmmins
Story, President of the .Manhattan Chapter D. A. R.. of New
^'ork, who presented to the President (icncral |)erson.ill\ and
to the convention two gavels of ]'!.i;yptian cypres>. iii.ide tniiii
ii tree which had been a gift of the Khedive of l'.gy])t to the
ICmperor Napoleon and jjlanted upon the grounds of Wash-
ingtcm's head(|narters on Manhattan Island.
■{"he I'residein General announced the following connnitlees :
iicncrol Mriiiiirial Cmnmillcc. — .Mrs. Lizzie George Hender-
son, Mississi|)pi ; Miss Mar\ Poppenheim. .South Carolhia;
.Miss Dccca Lamar West, Texas.
litilrs ami Rcauhil'uiiis. — Mrs. W. R. CUment. Oklahoma;
.Mrs. W. W. Watt, Korth Carolina; .Mrs. J<.hn Willis Heat-
liehl, Illinois; Mrs. H, I', Sloan, .Arkansas; Mis- .M:iry Strih-
ling, West Virginia.
.hnciidiiiriilx. — :\lrs. James .\. Rounsaville. (ieorgia ; Mrs.
.\. L. Dowdell. .Mabam.i ; .Sister Lslher Carlotta. I'lorida.
Kesolulioiis. — Mrs. 1!. I!. Ross, .Alabama; Mrs. Janus ^',
Leigh. Virgiui;i ; Mrs. .Mourne .\lcClnrg. Mississippi; .Mrs. L.
7. Dnke, Xew ^'ork ; .Mrs, William K. I'.i'.ird, I'ennsyK ania ;
Mrs. Roma J. Wornall. .Missouri.
President's l<i-ciiiiiiiinnlcilii>iis.^'S\r-. }<'hn P. Hickman. Ten-
nessee; Mrs. V. (',, < lilrnlu-inu-r. Maryland; .Mrs. 1). .\. S.
Vatight. Louisiana; .Mr-, I, T. .Stevens, Georgia; Mrs, John
L. Woodbury. KeiUncky.
On behalf of ilu- Ricbnion.l Cb.iiinr, .Mr-; X. \'. K.indolpli
imd Mrs. J, I-'., 1!, Smart pn-senled Confeder.-ile balilr Hags to
the Richmond Howitzers and llii' Richmond Light liifantrv
l?lues in ntemory of the ConfciU r.ile dead of those companies.
The I inblems were accepted by Caiilain Willi.am M. Myers, of
the Howitzers, and Ser.giant James McGraw, Jr.. of the Pines.
With the singing of "Dixie." the meeting adjourned to con
vene the next morning .at in o'clock in llio auditorimn nf ilic
Jefferson Ibjlel.
Mou.NiNi; .SicssioN. Wi-:ii.\-i:sii AV. Xiixkmi'.kk X,
The couwnliou met at lo ..'cKn-k in ilk' anditorinni of the
Jefferson llolel. ,uiil \\:is c.-dKcl to order ]iy the President
General. .After prayer by Rev. J. Powers Smith and the read-
ing of the ritn.-d. the memorial service was held and resolutions
of resi)eei to the memory if Generals C. .\. luans, George \\ .
Gordon, W. L. Cabell, and D. C. Cowan, also .Mrs. S. IC.
(iabbett and Mrs. I'Mg.ir James were drawn up. Mrs. Lizzie
Henderson, Chairman of the General Memorial Committee,
presented resolutions as to members in general of the I'. D. C.
who had died since the last convention.
Roll call of the general officers showed all present.
.\ roll call of States was had. and in response the repre-
-ent:ilives came forward and presented their .State Hag. These
were presented by the Custodian of Flags and Pennants. Mrs.
I'rank .\nthony Walke, to the hostess Chapter.
Mrs. H. .\. Pilenner. of Virginia, presented the report of the
Credential Comniiltee. which gave a total of i.Stjo votes to the
convention.
Many tele.gr.ams of greetings were received and sent, and
the report of the Committee on Rules and Regulations was
presented by the Chairman. Mrs. W. R. Clement, of Okla-
homa, and. with .some amendments, was adopted.
.\t one o'clock a recess was taken, and the delegates were
entertained at Lee Camp Hall, where a delightful luncheon
was served.
.\l TEU.XOON SeSSIO.N'.
.\fter llie .Secretary read a report of the opening ceremonies
at the .Academy of Music, which was ordered printed in the
minutes of the convention, Mrs. Raines, of Georgia, gave no-
tice of the following amendment to the By-Law's: "That the
Treasurer shall be a member of the Credential Committee, and
llial her books .sliall close thirty da\s prior lo the General
.Convention."
'J'hr Prcsidciil (.jcncral's Derisions.
i. That no one who cannot give proof of ever having joined
the Confederate .Army can receive a cross of honor.
2. That a Chapter receiving a mcmlier from another active
Chapter should require a demit.
3. That a member of one Chapter wishing to join another
should certainly ask for a demit from the former Chapter and
present it to the latter. Her name may, if desired, be retained
on the roll of her old Chapter as a past or honorary member
without due's and without a vote in that Chapter.
4. That under the constitution Chapters of the V. D. C. can-
not affiliate with the Consolidated Charities.
5. Tlial the V. 1). C. Chapters of Little Rock can admit into
their membership members of the Margaret Rose Auxiliary
who had already been .idmitted into the auxiliary prior to the
Little Rock convention. ( See Decision 4, Fifteenth .Annual
Convention, Mrs, Cornelia Branch Stone, President General,)
6. That the U. D, C, have no authority under the constitu-
tion to decide whether a State Division President may reside
cMitside her State, l)nt it is certainly inex|H-dient that she should
do so,
(Since rendering Decision 6, further sludy and thought have
convinced your President General that she erred, and she
wishes to reverse it herself, feeling that .Article IIL, Section 5
sujiplies authority by analogy for rec|uirin,g a Division Presi-
dent to reside within her Division; and Decisioji 2, Fifteenth
.Annual Convention. Mrs. C. B. Stone, former President Gen-
eral, also required such residence. So the Chairman of the
Jurisprudence Committee is requested to submit ti> her com-
mittee the revised decision. )
7. That certilicates of membership cannot be signed l>y a re-
tired Division President, even when the Chapter for which
they are intended was orgatlized under her administration.
8. That ((;) a Chapter is not obligated to accept as a meinber
one who is not personally acceptable to the Chapter, however
C^OQfederati^ Ueterai^.
eligible she may be; [b) a Chapter is nut obligated to accept a
member by demit who is not personally acceptable to the Chap-
ter merely l.iecause she has a demit from another Chapter ; ( <■ )
a Chapter is not obligated to give a demit lo a member merely
because her dues are paid, if she is nut I'lberwise in good
standing in the Chapter.
Rccoinmciidiilioiis ^y llu- I'rcsidriil (.iciicral.
1. '1 hat the principle of dealing with the Divisions through
tile Stale Presidents as established by the Little Rock Conven-
tion be maintained in nil things, except that the minutes of
annual conventions may be sent direct to Chapter Presidents
by the Recording Secretary (leneral. so that the expense of
sending them may be borne directly by the Cieneral Association.
This manner of dealing with Divisions may have seemed dif-
licult at lirst. but in the main it has been satisfactory and is
steadily becoming more so. It is the correct princijile. ibe
most business-like way of administr.Uion, :nid is for the in-
terest of the work.
2. That a By-Law be adopted by ibis eon\eniion recpiesting
all individuals or Chapters in the L'. D. C. who wish to appeal
to the Chapters of ihe Cieneral .\ssociation for eoiuributions
to secure fu'st the indorsement of the President Cieneral, so
that Chaplers or indiviilual Daughters receiving such apjieals
without .such indorsemenl ma\ know that tliey are not otVicially
.lutborizcd. .Apiieals maile within a Division should have the
indorsement of the President of that Division. This will be a
I)roteetion to Chapters without conflicting with their rights to
give where lliev wish.
,i I'bal for ollieial or formal occasions the iusigni.i of the
\ssoci;Uion sliall be suspended from, or worn upon. ,i red.
while. ,111(1 reil ribbon, to gi\e it the dignity to wliieii il is
entitled and lo ])re\eiil its being uoni as a brooch.
4. That the Honorary Presi<lents of the .Association be al-
lowed to have a badge, to be selected In them, with the ap-
prov.il of the convention. This badge lo be paid for by the
llonor.ary Presidents and to be tlie personal properi\ of
each, tlius liein.g an article of v.ilne and honor for llieir faniilv.
,s. Tliat llie Committee on the Revision .-uid Condensation of
tile Minnies be alxilished and llie preparation of the minutes
for publication be left in the hands <if the President (ieneral
and Recording .Seeretarx (ieneral of tlie convention, for these
reasons: (i) These two officers are resporsible for the min-
utes under parliamentary law by obligation of office; (2")
ibere is always a difficulty in liiuling ladies who can remain
after the convention to serve on the committee; .and (,^t ,i
needless expense is iniiio-ed on ihe Association.
6. That thoroughly aiiproving of an amendment lo come be-
fore this eonventiiHi from our able Past President General.
Mrs. Lizzie (u'orge Henderson, that the constitution shall re-
main untouched for :\ period of live \ears. your President
Cener.il. onl i'i lur experience in working under the present
coiistilulioii, would ri-commend tli.il sueli .amendment be
.idopied willi ,1 clause deferring its .going into elTecl un-
til such liiiic as the constitution m.iy be revised by a com-
IK'tciU constitutional committee, so that its lacks may be reme-
died and any superriuous mailer be removed to the by-laws.
7. One more recoinmend.ition \onr President C.eneral
would make, in ihe iiileresl of our work and for the sake of
enr future Presidents (ieneral. which is: That ibis .Associa-
tion .shall allow to the office of President General an expense
fund, to be paid from the trea-sury upon pniper \oncbers.
sufficient lo enable the eiicnmbeni of the office to meet llie
expense of ncccss.ary liiiancial demands incurred in tin- i)roper
discharge of the duties of the office. Rt\isoiis. — l i ) ll is due
lo the self respect of an .Association so important as ours lliat
all necessary experses of its offices be paid by the .Association ;
( 2) it will prevent the deelinalion of our highest office by wc-.m-
en most cap.able of lilling it with honor to the .Association on
acconnt of the inexitable expense attached to it.
The President General's report from lirst lo l.isi gave evi-
dence of a tborou.gh knowledge of the work of tin- C 1). C.
.uid of an .idininislralion of great credit to her and to the
.\ssociation.
The report of the Recording Secretary (ieneral tidd of ihe
continued growth of Ihe organization. During the liseal year
5.03(1 application blanks. ,?.J?5 cerlilicales of nieinbership. ,ind
7.? charters lia\ e been issued.
The Corresponding Secretary (ieneral reported JyS Idlers
written. 220 circular letters sent out. .uul 250 letters received.
The Registrar (ieneral brougbl iwo xolnmes. which were
id.iced in the Confederate .Museum. I he lirst M>lnme contains,
in round numbers, 4.I.000 names, and the second \iiluine has a
lotal of 20.088 names. This represents three years of the most
careful work of the Registrar, who took the oflice when there
was nothing back of it to give her support, lliron.gh her ef-
forts it has brought forth these sjdendid records .and lakes its
pl.ace as one of the most iniporl.inl offices of ilie .\ssoci:ition-
riie Custodi.in of ihe Cross of llomu- in making her report
c:dled special allenlion lo the iiMpcu'l.inee of llie fad Ihal "(hi
and after November. 1012. no more crosses will be issued."
riiis makes il necessary for recorders to send as early as
possible for all blanks, so that the Custodian can supply the
demmul withoul h.iving large innnbers left when the ilale of
bestowal expires.
The Custodian of blags auil Penn.inls reported llie llags in
good condition, bill 110 new flags 10 care for.
The llistori.m (ieiieral's report is now in iianipblet form
and is a great credit lo ibe orgaiiizalion .ind to the retired
llis|ori,ni (iener,il, llie maker of llie office, Mrs J b'liders
Robinson.
I Here is included in the reporl the program of the "Third
Historical Kvening," in which Mrs. J. l-'ndcrs Robinson. His-
torian General, pays appreciated tribnie lo Mr. S. A. Cunning-
ham for the preservation of Ihe original copy of "Dixie."]
After the reports of the officers, the Convention adjourned
lo allend .1 reception al the Confederate Muscnm.
AloKN'INi; SkSSIOX. TlllHSll.W. NinEMIlF.R (-).
Rev. Dr. Cecil opened the convenlion with prayer, .\fler
the miiinles were read and ,ippro\ed. Mrs. James V. Leigh
.innoniiced tli.at .Mrs. J. P.. 1'., Smart was in the h.ill. and llie
Chair requested -Mrs. Leigh to escort Mrs. Stuart to the ros-
trum. -Mrs. Cianll asked that Mrs. tirif. Edwards should sing
"Dixie." in honor of Mrs. Stnart. for the convention. Mrs.
b'dwards came to the platform and delighted the audience
with her voice and llie olil words of "Dixie "
llie report of ihe .\rlin.glon Monument Committee w.is
taken np. and Col. llilarx' .\. Herbert presented the report of
the Kxccutive Committee. The chairman reports the work
of the monument progressing in a most satisfactory manner.
The heroic li.gure. which is lo represent the South, is nearl\
completed in plaster, and the iiboiographs transmitted by the
artist for the use of the commillee indicale that it will be very
beautiful. Two payments have been m:ide. one of $2,000 and
the other amounting lo $.i,coo. the latter being for the pur-
chase of material for the monument, which is to be of certain
volcanic stone found in llalv
With the coming two years .ipproximately $25,000 must be
raised to meet the Danghlers' obligations, I'ollowing the re-
Qo9federat<^ l/eterap,
port, for which a vote of thanks was extended, Colonel Her-
bert presented the following resolution which was adopted :
"Rcsohed, That this convention hereby approve the prop-
osition of Sir Moses Kzckiel, the artist, that, of the $50,000
dollars heretofore voted as the price of ihe Confederate monu-
ment at Arlington, $^0,000 shall he paid to him for the work
he has agreed to do, and that the remaining $10,000 be re-
served for expenses with the shipment, foundation, .iiul dedi-
cation of said monument."
(The reports of the other officers of the committee hriviir.;
not been received \i\ the .Secretary, are unavoidably omitle ! 1
After Mrs. B. B. Ross presented the report of the Central
Committee on Seals of the l'"Ioreiice Chapter, it was decided
to appropriate $100 aniiu.dly from the V. D. C. Treasury for
the expense of this committee, and that a further sum of
$100 be appropriated from the treasury, and that the Florence
Chapter be requested to accept that amount toward reimburse-
ment for the sum so generously expended in the dissemina-
tion of information and distribution of seals for the benefit
of the Association. Great interest was manifested in the
-success of the seals, and the convention was enthusiastic in
the support of the enterprise.
.After the Corresponding Secretary read tin- cnnimunicatioiis
and several invitations were extended to the ilelegatcs. the
convention adjourned until 2:2a I'.M.
.Xftf.rnoox Sf.ssio.n'.
When the afternoon meeting was called to order the Presi-
dent- General introduced Mrs. William Gerry Slade, of New
York, President of the United States Daughters of 181.2, who
extended the greetings of her organization to the U. D. C.
Mrs. Williams, of Kentucky, presented the following reso-
lution, which was adopted :
"Resolved, That the convention of the I'. D. C, through a
committee consisting of a member from each Division, and
Chapter where no Division exists, appeal to the next Congress
to enact a law prescribing that hereafter wherever any official
allusion is made to the war from 1861 to 1865 it be designated
as the 'War between the States.' "
Mrs. Bocock, of Virginia, and Mis. Odcnhcimer, of Mary-
land, asked the convention to lend its aid in the sale of "The
Dixie Book of Days," by Matthew Page Andrews. "The
Journal of Julia Le Grande," the "History of the U. D. C."
by Mrs. James B. Gantt, and the "Historical Account of the
U. D. C," by Mrs. Aunc Bachman Hyde, received connnciula-
tory notice from the convention.
The report of the Treasurer was made and received with
thanks. (This report has not xef been received.)
Mrs. Wassell, of Arkansas, ofTered a resolution ;is follows :
"Whereas the Confederate Navy and its wonderfid achieve-
ments were the admiration of all lands; be it
"Resolved, That this, the Eighteenth Annual Convention,
now being held in the former capital of the Confederacy, do
also add the flag of the Confederate Navy, thereby showing a
just and proud appreciation of Admiral Semmes and all offi-
cers and seamen who faithfully served the Confederacy during
those strenuous days ; and that the State of .-Vlaljai-na, in honor
of the Alabama, be the first to present the flag, the othL-r
States to be accorded this honor in alphabetical order."
Sister Esther Carlotla, of Florida, called attention to the
naval ensign which had been indorsed by the U. C. V. and
offered as an amendment to Mrs. Wassell's resolution that
that design be the one adopted for presentation. The reso-
lution as amended was adopted.
Mrs. A. R. Howard, of Texas, spoke in opposition to the
use of Elson's "History" and offering this resolution:
"Resolved, That no university could use this history as a
textbook or in any way that gives it prominence without cre-
ating in the mind of the student a distrust of all that pertains
to the South, its institutions, and its statesmen, and that they
will in time become ashamed of the noble, self-respecting ac-
tions (if their fathers in the terrible days of the War between
the Sl;ites: and that we, as an organization, join against the
attempt to force this history upon the youth of the South and
by our outward acts repudiate its biased teaching ;uid ask
with one voice that all universities that have used it discard
it in the future."
Mrs. Eller added to the strong protest from Texas the fol-
lowing resolutions from the Virginia Division :
"Whereas we as a body of Southern women have organized
ourselves together for the purpose of defending the honor of
the South and to see that a truthful history of our Soutliland
and of the War between the States is written ; and whereas
this convention desires to be frankly understood in this mat-
ter; therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That we most positively and heartily con-
demn this Elson's 'History.' as it ignorantly and falsely repre-
sents the Southern character in dealing with its history be-
fore the war and in chronicling the history of the War be-
tween the States. It is written with a prejudiced heart that
, obscures the truth and renders this production unfit for use.
"2. That the thanks of this convention be extended to Judge
W. W. Moffctt, of Salem, Va., who first discovered that this
history was being used in an institution in Virginia, and who
indignantly exposed its false teachings and protested against
its use ; also to the press of Virginia for the stand they have
taken for truth and honor, and to our friend, Mr. Cunningham,
of the Confederate Veter.kn, whose work of 16ve for the
South deserves the gratitude of all.
"3. That we will combat and condemn, with all our strength
and might, individually and collectively, this Elson's 'History,'
or any other history defamatory or unfair to the South, and
we will not desist till none other than a fair and true history
of the war from 1861 to 1865 be taught in our schools and
colleges."
So hearty was the approval of the convention that both
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Miss Poppcnheim addressed the convention, commending
the history now being written by Col. Hilary A. Herbert, and
oiTered the following resolution, which was adopted :
"Resolved. That we believe that the true history of the
causes of the War between the States should be taught in
our schools, and to that end we recommend for use in our
Southern schools for supplemental reading in the study of
American history the book entitled 'The Abolition Crusade
and Its Consequences,' by Hilary A. Herbert."
The "History of the United States," by Mrs. S. I'. Lee;
Rhodes's "History;" and "Our Republic," by Professor Hamil-
ton, of North Carolina, Professor Riely, of Mississippi, and
Professor Chandler, of Virginia, were favorably mentioned
at the convention.
When the convention adjourned, the delegates were en-
tertained at a reception at the Home for Needy Confederate
Women in the afternoon and a reception at the Jefferson
Hotel in the evening.
(^orjfederat^ l/eteraij.
Morning Session, Friday, Nonemiier lo.
After the convention was called to order and opened witli
jirayer by Rev. Dr. Poindexter, the minutes were approved
Mrs. Randolph, of Virginia, thanked the convention lu'-
Iiaving, on the previous afternoon, invited her guest, Mrs.
Cooley, of Florida, to a scat on the platform, in honor of hot
services as Corresponding Secretary (ieneral of the L'. H. C,
and Director of tlie Jeflferson Davis Momuiient .\ssociation.
Mrs. Ilallilnirton, of Arkansas, anno\niced that Miss Xellie
Wilson, of Fort Smith, .Ark., had a swor<l lliat her father had
ol)l,iincd during the war, liearing upon it the name of Capt.
John A. Bell, 6t1i Alahama Regiment, C. S. .\.. which Miss
Wilson is desirous of returning to the former owner.
Mrs, J. F.ndcrs Robinson, of \'irginia, offered the follow-
ing resolution :
"Whereas the eil.\- of Richnioml. \'.-i . the former capital nf
the Confederate Slates of .\nieriea. was evacuated upon tli'.-
night of Sunday, .\pril _>, l8;)5: and whereas the Monorablo
Joseph Mn.\(). tlu- war nia.\or of Richmond, and a party of
promitieni ;ind reprcsenlative citizens left tlie city that night
.Mill wrnt nut .nid met the oncoming bVderal forces at a point
M'Mv.il niiirs 1(1 tlie southeast of the tlien city limits for Ibo
purpose of Miirenili'riug the city lo said forces with a viiw
lo reilitcing to a ininimum the proliabilily nf pillage and riot-
ing; and whereas the growth of the eity has become so rapid
in recent years thai point will soon be obliterated bejond
idenliliealion ; and whereas those now living and able lo aid
in the location and idcntilicalion of said spot are fast going to
their reward: therefore be it
"I\'rsolz\ul. That Ibis, the said I'^igbteenlb .\un;ial Conven-
tion ni ilu' C. I). C,, di> hereby petition the city of Richmond,
Va., and lion. D.-ivid C. Richardson, ihc maycu- of tlie city — lo
whose ofHce the work of lionoring his predecessor in oftice
would most naturally fall — to take such steps as may be nec-
essary to locate llie spot where ihe above-mentioned negntia-
tions took place and to have the said spot marked by an ap-
propriately inscribed granite marker."
rile resoliitlniis were adopted and seiil al once to the ma>.ir.
wlio at once expressed his approval of the matter.
Mrs, James Pryor Tarvin, of Kentucky, on behalf cl .Miss
.Mice Uristol, presented the U. D. C. a scholarship in the
Bristol School at Washington, valued al $1,000 per annum.
This splendid gill was received with many expressions of
appreciation and lli;uiks to both Miss Bristol and Mrs. Tar-
\ in. The scholarship is tlie largest ever given the .Associa-
tion and is calle<I the "Alice Bristol Scholarship,"
Mrs. Wornall. of Missouri, offered the following resolution :
"Kcsoli'cd, liy the Missouri State Conlerence of ihe Daugh-
ters of the .\merican Revolution, in annual session at St.
Louis on the twentieth day of October, 191 1, That the V. D. C.
in .general session al Richmond, Va., be invited to participate
with the D, A. R, of the State of Missouri in awakening
public interest in ihe establishment of a national highw-ay from
ocean to ocean along the historic trail made famous by the
pioneers; and that appropriate steps be taken to prei)are and
lay before Congress memorials for the esiablisbnunt and eon-
si ruction of such highways by national aid "
Mrs. Dibrell. of Texas, offered the following substitute.
which was adopted :
"T hat we. the U, D. C. indorse the highway movement and
request that each Slate make an effort lo have historical
points and battlelields marked by historical Confederate roads
and highways leading to them, thus giving tliem Confederate
recognition as Confederate roadways."
Mrs. Cantrell. of Kentucky, presented the report of the Com-
mittee on Mottoes and l-"mblems and displayed a model of the
Jefferson Davis platter.
Miss West, of Texas, offered the following resolution, which
was adopted :
"Kcsok'cd. That in the future the names of members who
have died during the \ear shall be sent, one month prior to the
convention, to the Corresponding Secretary General, who shall
prepare a typewritten list and furnish a copy to the Chairman
of the Memorial Committee; that this memorial service shall
lake place the first hour of the afternoon session of the first
day's meeting. Krasnii. — It would tend to make the list cor-
rect and the memorial service more filling and impressive."
Miss Poppenheim presented the splendid report of the Com-
mittee on lulucation. This report should be carefully read
by every one interested in the education of the youth of the
South. The report is divided into two parts. In summing up
Part I we lind nine L'. 1), C. scholarships, six filled and three
v.icant. The value of these scholarships is $1,260. an increase
Dver last year of two sebohirships and a money value of $2.40.
In summing up Part 2 we lind .1 total of one hundred and sixly-
li\ e scholarships at $l.j.920. an increase from last year of nine-
teen scholarships. To ibis aild the nine general scholarships
valued at $1,260, and we have .1 total of one hundred and
sevenly-four scholarships, \alued at $16,180, an increase over
l;st yc.ir 'f tv.enty-one scholari^hips and a money value of
$ivoi)2. an I .111 increase in money expended for education of
ibirly-lhree |)er cent. The report was received and adopted
with iimcb (■i'll;.isiasm.
I'pon motio.i III Mrs. Williams, of Kentucky, it was decideri
to appropriate $.wo amiually to pay ihc living expenses of the
.Association's student at Washington and Lee University,
.\ftf.rnoon Session.
Ihe convention reassembled at 2 :,^o p.m.
Miss Rutherford, nf Georgia, offered the following resolu-
tions, which were .adopted:
"Rcsolrrd : 1, That we as Daughters of ihc Confederacy
heartily indoise the movement on the part of Ihe Medical
.Association of the .Army and Navy of the Confederate Slates
lo erect here in Richmond a monunKiil lo Samuel Preston
Moore. Surgeon General of Ihe Confederacy, and his able
assistants, and thus commemorate ihe valuable work done by
him and his assistants during 'the lime that tried men's souls.'
"2. That we as Chapters will stand ready, if possible, to aid
ihe -Association financially in this work, if they request it,
rejoicing in an opportunily to honor such heroic men. who loo
long have remained mihonored by us as a body of Confederate
women."
Mrs. \\"bile, 01 Tennessee, Director (ieneral of the Shiloh
.MoniiiiK'iit Committee, presented her report. (This report
is r.ot yet in the bands of the .Secretary and cannot lie re-
viewed.)
Mrs, McKinney read ihe Treasurer's report of the Shiloh
Monument Committee, which showed the collections of the
year lo be $3,881.18. Total in hands of Treasurer, $12,361.07.
Mrs. Merwin, of the District of Columbia, extended an in-
vitation to the convention to hold its next meeting in Wash-
ington, D. C, and Sister Esther Carlotta urged the acceptance
of the invitation to St. Augustine, Fla. The vote was taken
by roll call of States, and resulted in Washington receiving
1609 votes and St. .Augustine 219.
8
C^opfederati^ Ueterap.
Mrs. Hyde, of Arkansas, spi)kc to the convention in iK-lialt
of seme fntnrc memorial to the soldiers who died in yoinh
and left no descendants. She snggcsted the establishment in
each State of a scholarship named for some conspicnous sac-
rifice, or a bronze tablet in each State honse marked in an
appropriate way.
Mrs. Rose, of .Mississippi, offered the following resolution:
"Whereas the Conff.hkr.xte Vetekan, pnblished monthly by
Mr. S. A. Cnnningbani. at N'ashville, Tenn., has stood ibrongh
all these years a faithful 'watchman on the tower.' keeping the
trnths of our Sonthern liistory before the world and defending
onr Southland from false statements, ever lionoring the cause
for which our noble sires and grandsires stood; and wliereas
it is the duty of onr organization to supjjort our Confederac
publications and disseminate onr literature and place on lile
crpics of the Co.nfeiier.vte Veter.x.v (containing as they I'lo
valuable historical .irticles ) so as to be of easy access as ref-
erence books in our homes and towns: ami whereas several
years ago Mr. Cunningham gave complimentary subscrip-
tiors for a year to all U. D. C. chapters and lias repeatedly
asked for onr sniii)ort. especially now th.it the veterans, who
have been the loyal supporters of this puldication since it was
first started, arc now so rapidly passing .iway : ibcrefore lie it
"Kisohed. That the V. I). C. give substantial proof of their
loyalty to the Coxfedeu.xte V'eteu.w and tliat every chapter
pledge to subscribe to the Veteh.w tliis yi-ar, ami that each
Division President notify all Chapters in lur Division and se-
cure their subscriptions and send llieni lo tlie Vi;rr.RAN her-
self as soon as possible after this cnnveuliun,"
Mrs. Parker, of Xew VorK. suggested that an amendment
be made to the resolution, that each Division President write
to their Chapters and urge upon tliem very strenuously to re-
spond to this appeal. The resolution as amended was adopted.
The meeting adjourned, and at eight o'clock the delegates
atteiKled a meeting at Lee Camp Hall, where the books of
Mrs. L. U. Raines, Custodian of the Cros-- of llomn". were
given into the keeping of the Solid South Room of the Con-
federate Museum. Mrs. Raines was prcsculcd with a beauti-
ful silver .service is ;. testinmnial of ajiprecialiiin for the work
she has done.
MoKM.v'i: Sfssio.n. .S.\i ikh.w. Nox'km im:u ii.
The lirst business after the reading of the minutes was the
election of officers, whicli resulted in the election of the fol-
lowing:
.Mrs. Alexander Ii. White, Paris. Tenn.. President (jeneral.
Mrs. Frank G. Odeidieinier. Jessuji. Md.. l-'irst Vice Presi-
dent General.
Mrs. Drury Conway l.udlow. Washingtm,, 1). C., Seeuii.l
Vice President General.
Mrs. J. J. Mc.-Mester. McAlester. Okla.. 'I'hinl Vice Presi-
dent General.
Mrs. Roy Weaks McKinney. Paducali. Ky., Recordin.g Sec-
retary General.
Mrs. Katie Childress Schnabcl. Xew Orleans. I -a. Corre-
sponding Secretary General.
Mrs. C. B. Tate, Draper. Va., Treasurer (jeneral.
Mrs. James B. Gantt. Jefferson City, Mr)., Registrar General.
Miss Mildred Rutherford, .\thens, Ga., Historian General.
Mrs. L. H. Raines, Savannah, Custodian of Cross of Himor.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Walke. Xorfolk. Custodian of Fla,t;s.
Mrs. L. H. Raines, Savannah, f;,i.. Custodian of Badge.
Immediately after the election .\lr>. J. K. B. Stuart read to
the convention a touching letter written by Cnl. Ji^hn S. .Mosbv
to his troop.
.\fter adjournment the delegates were the guests of the
1). .\. K. at a reception ,it home of .Mrs. .\1. .Mien Chambers.
.\FrERNO!lN SeSSIoX.
The Corresponding Secretary re.id two letters from Gen.
C. Irvine Walker, one extending an invitation to the unveiling
of the South Carolin.-i woman's monument, the oth.er express-
ing greetings to llie ciineiition and asking the President Gen-
eral to serve as ni.atron of Imnor at the reunion at M.acon. (i;i.
i hese letters were reeeued with a])])reei;ilion and thanks.
Mrs, A. ].. Dowdell. of .\labama. presented the .Association
bound volumes of the minutes during her term of office as
Reeordin,; Secretary General.
L'pon motion^of Miss Rutlu-rfiird. the fuUowing resohuion
was adopted :
"Rcsnl'i'ccl. Th.it we as L'nited Daughters of the Ci.mfeder-
aey indorse .Mrs. I-'.. K. Tr.ider. of Wiishinglon City, as most
worthy of our loving symi)athy : that we express to her our
deep appreciation of the valuable services she rendered her
beloved South during the War between the States and sax !m
her that if at any time we as Daughters of the Confederacy
in i>nr various Chapters can serve Iter we will c\er be ready
lo respond as we arc able."
Cpon niolion o| .Mr.v \\'iili;niis. of .Xorlh Carolina, the a'--
tion of the President (leneral in making the investigation .in.l
notifying the Chapters in the way she did was indorsed.
" Miss Mary Johnston, the authoress, was i)resented lo ilie
convention and made .a pleasing talk expre-sive of the pU-:i-.-
ure she felt at being alile to be present.
Mrs. Ronnsaxille. of (ieorgia. Chairman of the Committee
on .Amendments, presented the report of that committee. She
moved that the reconunendation of the President General tlni
a committee be appointed by her to revise the constitution and
by-laws and report .at the next convention be adopted.
Mrs. R. C. Cooley. of h'lin-ida. wlnvliad proposed Amend-
ment No. X. in tlie connnittee's report, asked the privilege of
the door, which, upon motion of Mrs. McKinney, was accord-
ed. Mrs, Cooley read her proposed amendment, as follows:
"Article I'll. I ndorsciiicnt of President General. — .Ml cir-
culars or Ullers sent to chapters or members of the U. D. C.
soliciting funds sh:dl be.ir llie indoisenient of the President
General. No recognition sh.all lie gisen jjetitions for funds
unless so indorsed."
Mrs. Cooley asked that the committee amend its re|inrt
by recommending that this amendment be considered at thai
time in order lli.it the incoming President General uiight not
be put to any eniharrassment in regard to any solicitations for
assistance that might come to the Daughters during the year.
Mrs. Ronnsaxille re])lied ih.il if it were adopted as a stand-
ing rule it could lie printed m the nnnutes. Mrs. Cooley ac-
cepted this reconunendation, and. cm motion of Mrs. White,
of Tennessee, it was carried.
The conunittee recommended that .\mendmenls Xos. i. -'.
:uid 3 be referred to the Conunittee on Revision, and that
.\mendment No. 4 be adopted as a standing rule, wliich xvas
accordingly done, .\mendments Xos. 5 and 6 xverc read, and
Mrs. Ronnsaxille stated that as Nos. ,t and (i covered the same
Ijoint the conunittee reeonunended the adoption of No. d.
which reconunendation xvas. on nintion of Mrs. Vanght. ni
Louisiana, adopted, .\mendnienl No. 7 xvas referred to the
Revision Committee, .-\niendnient No. g was read. and. on
Qopfederat^ l/eterap.
motion, was adopted. The report as amended was adopted as
a whole.
Mrs. McClurg, of Mississippi, moved that the Treasurer
General be allowed clerical assistance for two months at $25
per month. The motion prevailed, and the convention ad-
journed to meet at 8 p.m.
Closing Session, Saturday, November it.
The report of the Executive Board was read by the Secre-
tary, the report of the Stationary Committee was presented by
the Chairman, Mrs. Heatfield, and Mrs. Tench submitted the
report of the Committee on Cross of Honor. All three of
these reports were adopted.
Mrs. Schuyler presented the report of the Connnittec on
Prize Essay at Teachers' College. The subject of the essay
was "The South's Part in the War between the States," and
the prize was awarded to Miss Kathcrine de Rosset Mearcs. of
Ridgeway, S. C. [This essay is in type for the Veteran. — En.]
Miss Benning, of Georgia, presented the report of the Com-
mittee on Selection of Badges for General Officers.
Mrs. Stone, of Texas, moved that the report be adopted, and
that the present insignia be enlarged and bcautilied as much
as the conunittee may see lit and used for the President alone
(the others to be provided at some future time when the
treasury would permit). The motion prevailed.
The report of the Committee on Correction of Elags was
read by Mrs. Walkc, of Virginia, who also told of her visit
to President Taft in the interest of having the proposed fort
at Cape Henry natned after Commodore Maury.
Mrs. Raines read the report of the Conunittee on Insignia,
and it was adopted. The present cost of the badge with the
State bar is $4.50; without the bar, $3.75.
Mrs. Leigh, of Virginia, asked the convention to indorse the
"Echoes of Dixie," a collection of Soutlicrn songs by Mrs.
(iriff. Edwards, and, upon motion of Mrs. Rose, of Mississippi,
this was done.
The sum of If/O was subscribed and $131 was appropriated
from the treasury to pay the balance due on the portrait of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, which was unveiled at the Confederate
Museum during the convention.
The report of the Jurisprudence Conunittee was presented
by Sister Esther Carlotta, the Chairman. (The report has
not been submitted to the Secretary and cannot be reviewed.)
Mrs. W. R. ClemeiU, of Oklahoma, asked that part of the
report bearing upon the Oklahoma Chapter question should
not be adopted until the other side might be presented. She
said that she did not know that this would be referred to the
conunittee or come before tltc conveiUion in any way, and that
they had had only one side of the proceedings presented to
them, which soinided very logical and very good. She also
said that she woidd like' at some future time to present the
other side and have action deferred \\uu\ that lime. She hardly
expected that "State Rights" would be interfered with.
The Chair stated that' when the President General on the
first day of the convention was asked by Mrs. Gill, President
of the Atoka Chapter, to make a decision the President Gen-
eral referred Mrs. Gill to Mrs. Stone, a member of the com-
mittee, for advice, and the report was the decision of the
committee. After discussion the matter was referred back to
the Division for settlement.
A motion was made and carried to omit the whole matter
from the report of the Jurisprudence Committee.
Mrs. A. E. Dowdell. Chairman of the Einance Committee,
presented that report. The following expenditures were ap-
proved by the committee: $-'50 appropriated each to Shiloh
and Arlington by Little Rock Convention; $100 to reimburse
the Elorence Chapter for expenses on seals; $100 for expense
of Seal Committee; $600 for historical china, to be paid on
demand, recommending that such payments be paid in install-
ments, if such arrangements can be made; $300 for Washing-
ton and Lee scholarship; $100 for expense of office of Presi-
dent General; $50 for expense of office of Treasurer General;
$131 for balance on portrait of Mrs. Jefferson Davis; $400
each to the Shiloh and Arlington Eunds.
The conmiittee recommended that the Treasurer General be
empowered to send checks for these appropriations. The re-
Iiort. with its recommendations, was adopted, with thanks to
the committee.
The report of the Conunittee on Recommendations of the
President General was presented by Mrs. Odenheimer in the
absence of the Chairman, Mrs. Hickman, of Tennessee, and
was, in full :
"Your Committee on Recommendations of the President
General would state that after consideration w-e would recom-
mend the indor.sement of Recommendations Nos. i, 2, 3, 5,
and 6. We recommend as a substitute to No. 4 that an Hon-
orary President be allowed to add to the insignia and her
State bar a second bar with "Honorary President, U. D. C."
engraved thereon. Regarding No. 7, we respectfully suggest
that $100 be set aside from the General Treasury to be used
as an expense fund at the discretion of the President General."
On motion of Mrs. Randolph the report was adopted.
The report of the Committee on Resolutions was read by
Mrs. B. B. Ross, of Alaliama, and eloquently expressed the
appreciation of the convention of the many attentions and
pleasures received by delegates from Richmond people.
A resplution oflfered by Mrs. E. E. Moffett, of North Caro-
lina, was adopted indorsing the present-day movement for the
judicial settlement of international disputes by other means
than that of war.
Miss West, of Texas, oflfered the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the convention sustain the rule made by the
Atlanta Convention that entertainments at conventions be lim-
ited to one afternoon and one evening, with the exception of
midday luncheons."
The resolution was duly seconded and adopted.
Upon motion of Mrs. Dibbrell, of Texas, it was decided that
a Program Committee should make out a complete program,
with the full order of business for each day during the entire
meeting of the convention to appear printed upon the program
and with a specified time given each number: and that the
program shall he submitted to the President General at least
thirty days prior to the meeting of the convention.
Miss West moved that the President appoint a special Pro-
gram Committee, one member of which should be a member
of the hostess Chapter. The motion carried.
L'pon motion of Mrs. Randolph, of Virginia, it was decided
that a Relief Committee be appointed by the Association to
solicit funds from the Chapters, these funds to be sent to the
General Treasury.
The new President General and the other officers were pre-
sented to the convention by the Chair, and the rl 1, familiar
hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," was sung, after which
the President General declared that the Eighteenth Annual
Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy stood
adjourned. The next meeting will be held in Washington,
D. C. November. toi2.
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Qopfederat^ Ueteraij,
Qoijfederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUXNIXGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, X;ishville, Tenn,
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
ciations throue:hout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
Cooperate in extending its circulation. Let e;tch one be constantly diligent.
THE TIFEXTIETH YEAR AXD ALL IS WELL.
Trusting that this number of the Veteran will be read by
many thousands during the holiday season, it bears greeting
to all of its friends, with expression of profoundest gratitude
to the Creator and Preserver of the humble founder and
editor. He is grateful above all else for the fact that in only
small parts of two issues has he been unable to direct every
sentence that has appeared on about eleven thousand pages in
an aggregate circulation of more than four millions of copies.
The most satisfying feature is that in all these he did the
best he could all the time.
He is next grateful for the steadfast patronage of thou-
sands of men and women whom he has never seen. A sur-
pri.'iing and painful reminiscence is that a multitude of per-
sonal friends who have sympathized with his work have not
become patrons. Many of these care not for the price. They
may wait for him to solicit them. They ought not to do so.
There has prevailed the unreasonable supposition that the
Veter.\n is intended only for those who served in the war.
Can anybody explain this? Such not being the fact, won't
comrades universally use their influence to bring about a
revolution? Don't young people feel interest in this particular
history? It is the rule of life to know the history of one's
own country.
The liberal policy of awaiting the convenience of patrons
to pay has caused deplorable loss. The families of a multi-
tude who have died allow the issues to continue a year
and more, paying no attention until receipt of statement, when
they usually make the callous reply that " is dead,"
without inquiry as to what is overdue. Now, comrade, will
you be the cause of such loss? You don't expect to die, but
you will. Won't you make the request of those who will sur-
vive you to give this attention? If you don't regard this
obligation as important, please direct that the subscription be
discontinued while you live. With so widespread circulation,
it is utterly impossible for anybody in the world to know-
enough of patrons to do otherwise than to trust their in-
tegrity. Again, it is desirable to pay brief 'tribute especially
to every comrade patron who dies, and yet you surely are
patriotic enough to influence some one to give such notice,
and that the Veteran print your name as a record to be pre-
served until the judgment day. Those who pay are entitled
to the best tliat. can be given, so the comrade who takes ad-
vantage does injustice to the sacred cause and his comrades.
The response to appeal for friendly notices by all Southern
newspapers in the December issue is most gratifying. The
best daily papers were surprisingly prompt and liberal. The
only objection known was by a man who resides in an adjoin-
ing State, who in a personal letter commented' upon the re-
quest that it was "a smart Yankcy trick," He evidently had
never heard of the Veteran before, although he is conspicuous
in Confederate gray. This fact recalls the embarrassing at-
titude occasionally of U. C. V. officials who know nothing of
the great work the Veteran is accomplishing; men who are
at the time decorated with wreath and stars. Friends,
patriots, all be zealous for the cause. The founder would not
have undone the great good accomplished by the Veteran
during the last nineteen years for all the millions owned by
the richest man in tlie world. Please help him to do more
and more. Tell anybody to read three issues, and if not
pleased the money will be returned.
Liberal Sentiment on the Other SiBeI •''
Henry Campbell, Superintendent of Purchases of the De-
partment of Public Works, Misneapolis, Minn., w-rites :
"Through tlie kindness of my friend. Col. J. Watrous, I
find myself receiving and reading the Confeder.\te Veteran.
and derive much pleasure in doing so. Colonel Watrous and
I are a unit in our sentiments toward the boys who wore the
gray through those terrible four years. A large part of my
time for the last ten or twelve years has been spent in the
South and among Southern people, and I have learned to like
them, as who could help it? Next to meeting one of my own
immediate comrades, I think I derive more pleasure from
meeting one of the veterans of the Confederate army than in
meeting a stranger who served on the Federal side. I get the
other fellow's viewpoint, which we should all strive to do.
"A few years ago while in Northern Georgia I had occasion
to spend the evening in the mountains, taking up my quarters
with an ex-Confederate soldier, one who had been wounded
and crippled in the battle of New Hope Church, in which I
also was engaged. A more enjoyable evening I have seldom
passed, and we kept it up till nearly three o'clock in the morn-
ing. It was a great pleasure to me to exchange experiences
with him, and I think it was to him.
"I find much pleasure in the Confederate Veteran to com-
mend as tending to obliterate the factional lines which divided
us during the war and has divided us more or less since."
SEEKING A CHRISTMAS PRESE.\ F.
The best present any American patron can make and one
that would exert an influence for good all the way down the
ages is requested by the Veteran. It is to help pay for a
monument heretofore mentioned in the Veteran to a Fed-
eral officer of Indiana, permission having been given by that
great State in the choicest spot in its capital city for that pur-
pose. No matter who you are or where you served in the war,
provided you are "a friend to the 4,000 Confederates" who
were generously and most kindly treated by Col. Richard
Owen in the winter and spring of 1862, fifty years ago.
The Editor of the Veteran is one of the very few, com-
paratively speaking, of those prisoners yet living. He in-
tends to build that monument, and he asks the help of his
friends and all ethers who approve the principle. Each dollar
will add its credit to Confederates and to the country
The cause is as worthy as was ever proposed. Miss Belle
Kinney, the eminent sculptor and the noble woman, will
create it, and a fine bust will be made in his honor.
A complete list of contributors will be printed erelong.
Will you send your name and any amount from one dollar
up? Such, whether large or small, will be the most worthily
applied patriotic money in America.
A revision of the rule in regard to Last Roll notices must
be made. The Veteran seeks to pay tribute to the virtues of
Confederate veterans whose careers have ended in this world,
but contributors must confine themselves to the statement of
leading facts. Preference is given to the records of those ,
who were patrons. Let every friend cooperate. 1
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BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER FLAG— A. 1. HARRIS.
The Capt. A. J. Harris Chapter U. D. C, of Nashville,
Tenn., was organized with fifty charter member on April 25,
1911, by Mrs. M. M. Ginn, President of William B. Bate
Chapter, assisted by Mrs. J. B. McDougal and Mrs. Harvey
Hogg, of the same chapter. Greetings were read from the
State President, Mrs, R. H. Sansom, and Mrs, M, C, Goodlett,
The following officers were elected : President, Miss Grace
Handley; Vice Presidents, Mrs, J. B. Armstrong, Mrs. Charles
G. Allen; Secretary, Mrs. L. A. McMurry ; Treasurer, Mrs.
Mattie Alexander; Registrar, Mrs. Charles Price; Historian,
Mrs. Lucretia Price.
Miss Handley and her sisters have been diligent visitors to
the Confederate Home and have made many friends there.
Mrs. A. J. TT.irris dnn.'ilnl ,t Ii.mil-niin- ll.i'j 1.1 lliis rii.iptrr
Presentation ok I-'lag to the CiiArrtR.
In appreciation of the honor paid to her beloved husband
in naming the Chapter for him Mrs. A. J. Harris presented the
Chapter with a magnificent flag. The Tulane Hotel parlors
were chosen for the formal service, and Rev. R, M, Inlow,
pastor of the First Baptist Church, made an invocation and two
little granddaughters of Captain and Mrs. Harris made the
presentation. Frances Harris, on the right in the picture, stand-
ing in front of her mother, Mrs. Eugene O. Harris, said;
"Madam President, in the name of my much-beloved grand-
father, Capt. Andrew Jackson Harris, I present you this flag,
the first flag of the Confederacy, the stars and bars. On behalf
of my grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Harris, who donates this flag,
I ask of you to accept it in memory of ona who wore the gray
and fought for the Confederate cause."
Then following this gracious speech little Miss Harriet
Brush, daughter of Mrs. Ida Harris Brush, of Austin, Tex.,
standing on the left in front of her mother, said: "Madam
President, my grandfather, Capt, A, J, Harris, (ought in an
Alabama division during the war. This flag is a reproduc-
tion of the original one which my grandmother h^ped to make
and which she has now in her possession."
Miss Handley, the recipient of the flag for the Chapter, ac-
cepted it very graciously, reminding the fair presenters that
"a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and lov-
ing favor than silver and gold." In accepting the flag she
pledged the sacred care of it by the Chapter, and bespoke for
its members the emulation of the virtues of the noble man
whose name is inscribed in fine gold letters on the streamer.
THE SHILOH MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Rov W. McKinnev, Treasurer, Previous
TO December 12, ipii.
District of Columbia: Post cards sold by Mrs. Munroe, $10,
Georgia: Marietta Chapter, $1; Thomaston Chapter, $5;
Griflin Chapter for post cards, $1,
Illinois: Mrs. May Walton Kent, Chicago (personal). $1.
Kentucky: Col. Ed Crossland Chapter, Fulton (for post
cards), $2,50,
Tennessee : Maury County Chapter, Columbia, $5 ; Winnie
Davis Chapter, Columbia, $5; R, E, Lee Chapter, Puryear,
$25; Miss Susie Gentry, Franklin (personal), $1; Frank
Cheatham Chapter, Memphis, $5; Mrs. R. A. Hardin, Savan-
nah (personal), $1; Miss Sue Irwin, Savannah (personal),
$1; Miss Mariah Sevier, Savannah (personal), $1 ; Mrs. James
M. Paisley, Savannah (personal), 50 cents.
Virginia: Mrs. Kemp (personal), $5; post cards, 55 cents.
Total reported at Richmond convention, $i2,,^6i,o".
Total collections since convention, $70.55.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $12,431.62.
Associate Members United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The following quotation will be interesting to many : "Any
Chapter may elect as associate members those who, not en-
titled to membership in any organization, are in sympathy
with and desire to aid in the work. Such members shall bo
members of the Chapters only ; therefore not entitled to cer-
tificates of membership or U. D, C. badges, and may not vote
except on matters pertaining to Cliapler to which they belong
and may not have representation in Division or General U.
D. C. Conventions."
Home of Col. (afterwards Ge.\.) R. E. Lee, Baltimore,
Rev, H, M, Wharton, pastor of the Brantly Church, Balti-
more, Md., writes: "During the fifties Gen. Robert E. Lee
had his home in this city. He was then Colonel Lee. We pro-
pose to purchase that home as a memorial to our great leader.
The Veteran readers will hail with delight the idea of such
a memorial in Baltimore.
Information is desired of the war record of Maj. George
Boardman Clark, adjutant of the 4th Missouri Infantry, He
was perhaps also captain of one of the companies, and at the
close of the war an aid on the staff of Gen, Martin E. Green
and discharged at Shreveport, La. Major Clark, or Captain
Clark, as he may be recalled by comrades, was State Auditor
of Missouri from 1872 to 1876. Any friend of his in service
will oblige his daughter. Miss Catherine S.-ilinon Clark, care
John B. Wilkes, Pulaski, Tenn.
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TOAST TO THE ARMY.
Among the many delightful social functions that made the
entertainment of the Georgia Division Convention at Griffin
memorable, none was more enjoyed than the luncheon given
by the D. A. R. of that city. A delicious luncheon was
ser\'ed in several courses, and the toastmislrcss, Mrs. Drake,
conducted the speech-making of the day with ease and bril-
liancy. Response to the toast, "The Confederate Army," was
made by Mrs. Lamar, President of the Sidney Lanier Chapter
of Macon, and was received by the several hundred women
present with hearty appreciation. She said :
"The Confederate army! What a militant sound! What
glorious charges! What marvelous tactics! What masterly
retreats! The roster of that army is but a roll call of world-
heroes, each man actuated by the highest principles, loving
his cause, his country, and his home.
"Born with the martial spirit, nurtured in an atmosphere of
highest ideals, impressed with his country's right to live in his
own way, impelled to service by birth, environment, and justice,
the Confederate soldier was the incarnation of righteous in-
dignation, the most powerful force known in any conflict,
"Achievements at Gettysburg and Shiloh redound to the
glory of the Confederate armj — as surely as the signal vic-
tories at Manassas and Bull Run. Pickett's charge at Gettys-
burg was as fierce and desperate as was the charge at Bala-
klava when 'Into the jaws of death rode the six hundred.'
The defense of Sabine Pass was as determined and brave as
the conflict at Therniopjlae.
"Land and sea beheld valorous deeds of the Confederate^
soldier. Thrice armed was he, having his quarrel just. Great
in battle, he was yet greater in defeat. There is not in the
history of the world a more thrilling or more hallowed scene
than the surrender at Appomattox. There of a truth the
Southern soldier sufTercd ! The crashing of bones, the tear-
ing of flesh, the ebbing of life blood, the groans of physical
suffering were as naught to the agony of spirit that submerged
his soul on that sad day. Wasted in body, tattered in garmenl.
he turned sorrowfully to his burned or pilfered home.
"Into the fierce flames of Reconstruction Days strode he,
nor ever quavered his spirit, nor ever faltered his arm. The
same determination that leveled his gun or thrust his saber
forth on the field of battle, now directed the salvation of his
heloved Southland from the foul fiend of carpetbaggery anil
rid the country of the vultures that thought her dead.
"Is it any wonder that we, descendants of these men, glory
in the records of the Confederate army? The wonder is that
there are some who have not established their direct descent
•from these heroes. This should be done, not to cultivate a
spirit of opposition to the flag of a reunited country, but that
-we may look upon the splendor of the past and build thereon
worthily. Let the army of descendants from Confederate sol-
diers that now people and rejoice the Southland wake to the
glory that is theirs. Look to thy record, O man and woman
-of the South ! Establish thou it !
"The time is coming when your children's children will
prize that story of the glory of their grandsires. Let the
LTnited Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Sons of
Confederate Veterans form in the Confederate army of to-day,
•confederated on the glorious history nf their sires and emu-
lating their courage and nobility for the duties that arise.
" 'Sing it as you will, it never can be sung;
Tell it as you may, it never can be told —
All the glory of the story of the men wlio wore the gray,' "
ZEAL OF U. D. C. AT THE XORTH.
I
Close readers of the Veter.\n will have observed during
several months the zealous service of the United Daughters j
of the Confederacy in Northern cities, from New York and I
Philadelphia to the far Northwest. These things argue mudi i
for our cause in general. A recent issue of the Evansville •
(Ind.) Courier States: "Tjie Evansville Chapter, United;
Daughters of the Confederacy, met Monday afternoon at the j
home of Mrs. W. T. Gregson, on Powell Avenue. A very large !
number were in attendance, and several new members joined. '
It was a most enthusiastic and delightful meeting."
MRS. WATT, ORG.\NIZER OF CHILDREN OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reed Watt, daughter of William Gibbons
Reed, of Savannah, Ga., an officer in the Confederate army,
with Mrs. Stonewall Jackson organized Julia Jackson Chapter,
Children of the Confederacy, and was its first leader under her
Mrs. Watt served as State Registrar of the North Carolin i
Division, U. D. C, and for three years was a member of tlu
Committee on Education of the general organization.
She served as Regent of the Thomas Polk Chapter, D. A
R., of North Carolina, as State President for the North Car.-
lina National Society U. S. Daughters of 1812, and was tlu
North Carolina member for the Jackson Highway Committee.
The interesting poem by A. H. Sharp, page 581 Decem-
ber Veteran, on Sam Davis should not have been quoted.
The author of the article was also the author of the poem.
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-THE LAST STAXLr—MOXUMEXT AT VICTORIA.
The subject for this monument of bronze to be erected
June 3, 1912, in Victoria, Tex., is designated "The Last Stand''
by the William P. Rogers Chapter, U. D. C.
The artist's conception of the Confederate soldier was to
follow the truth of history and embody in this figure the
heroic struggle in which he had engaged for four long years
and the sublime sacrifice and undaunted purpose with which
he is making his "last stand."
No dress parade soldier on an elevated shaft can exprc^^;
this. As one gazes upon the handsome young face and lithe
form of this youthful figure the heart is thrilled with the
sublime devotion that called for such sacrifice for home and
native land.
"The strength whereby
The patriot girds himself to die.
The unconquerable power which fills
Tlic freeman battling on his native hills."
UtSlGN iOR Tin: \H 10K1.\ mo.nument.
I ho monument is now being cast in the Roman Bronze
Wnrks, New York, is to cost $5,000, and is the work of Mr.
I'nnipco Coppini, sculptor.
The committee is composed of Mrs. M. Wheeler, Mrs.
I liiimas O'Connor, Mrs. M. O. Pridham, Mrs. Eula Mnrmion,
Mrs. John B. Hudson, Mrs. C. AUnoch, Miss G. Power, M.
1' Monserratte, E. Parker (Treasurer), Mrs. J. M. Brown-
^"11 (Chairman).
Perry Henderson, Commander of Camp No. 400, U. C. V., at
Athens, Ala., seeks the address of Elder G. B. Noland (or
Nowland), of Co. I. S4th .Mabama Vohmtcrs. Important.
MARBLE FOUNTAIN, U. D. C. AT HOPKINSVILLE.
With impressive ceremonies a beautiful drinking fountain
given by the Hopkinsville (Ky.) Chapter. U. D. C. in honor
of the Confederate soldiers of Christian County was formally
presented November 29, 191 1. The fountain is seven feet in
height and of white Georgia marble. It cost about $700; and,
except for a $50 contribution from the Albert Sidney Johnston
Chapter of Louisville, the amount was raised entirely by the
Christian County Daughters.
Capt. Charles F. Jarrett, Commander of Ned Meriwether
Camp, LT. C. V., presided. The orator of the occasion was the
Hon. Charles K. Wheeler, of Paducah. who paid eloquent
tribute to the virtues and valor of Southern soldiers and the
nobility of its w-omen, with special reference to the splendid
service of the Christian County men and women identified with
the cause. Mrs. W. E. Warfield, of Casky, with brief and
beautiful remarks, presented the fountain to Hopkinsville, and
Mayor C. M. Mcacham accepted the gift for the city in a
short and thoroughly appropriate address.
The theater where the service was held was crowded. Spe-
cial seats were occupied by members of the Christian County
Chapter, L^. D. C, and the Ned Meriwether Camp, U. C. V.
In honor of the occasion the public schools and the high
school were given a half holiday.
Following the exercises the unveiling of the fountain at
Ninth and Main Streets took place and the curtains of red,
white, and red were drawn by little Miss Elizabeth Dudley
Wood, the youngest member of the U. D. C. Chapter, daugh-
ter of Judge Hunter Wood, Jr., and a granddaughter of Mrs.
L. McFarland Blakcmore, former President of the Kentucky
Division, L'nifed Daughters of the Confederacy.
The benediction was pronounced by Rev. George C. Abbitt,
rector of Grace Church.
GREAT RECORD OF NAMES COMPILED BY U. D. C.
The Richmond (Va.) News-Leader states:
"Mrs. L. H. Raines, of Savannah. Ga., was the proudest
woman of all those at the reception at R. E. Lee Camp in
Richmond given in honor of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. She was the recipient of an elegant silver serv-
ice which came as a token of appreciation from the U. D. C.
for her long and faithful labors as Custodian General of the
association. The service is a combination tea and coffee set
consisting of a tray and five pieces, the latter having gold
lining. Inscribed on the tray were these words : 'Presented
to Mrs. L. H. Raines by the General Association of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in loving appreciation of her
labor so thoroughly and conscientiously performed as Cus-
todian of the Cross of Honor.'
"In fitting words Mrs. Virginia Faulkner McSherry, Presi-
dent General of the U. D. C, presented the gift on behalf of
the association.
"Immediately after this ceremony Mrs. Raines was presented'
with a gorgeous bouquet of white chrysanthemums by the
Georgia Division, Mrs. Walter D. Lamar, of Macon, President
of the Division, making the address.
"At the same time Mrs. Raines formally turned over all her
books for safe keeping in the Confederate Museum. These
are models of tlieir kind, having been kept in perfect order
and containing the names of more than 50,000 Confederate
veterans upon whom crosses of honor have been bestowed.
"Mrs. Raines will retire from the office in 19 12, when the
time limit for bestowal of crosses will expire."
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BELLS FROM THE SOUTH SOLD L\' BOSTON.
BY MRS. M. M. BANNERMAN, GRAND CANE, LA.
I notice in the November Veteran, page 547, a request for
the story of "how, when, and under what circumstances the
large lot of bells fell into the hands of Butler which he shipped
North and sold for government aid." Believing the following
in a measure answers the question and at the same time may
not prove uninteresting to many of your readers, I take pleas-
ure in submitting an extract from "Beauty and Booty," by
Marion Southwood, of New Orleans, published in 1869 :
"General Beauregard's appeal for the bells was a very
touching one. He knew how highly they were prized by the
owners and how useful they were; still, nothing daunted, he
knew they were needed, and such faith was placed in his re-
quest that all the bells which could be gathered were placed
at his disposal.
"Why the Bells Were Needed.
"The supply of tin was deficient, while copper was abundant
to furnish the material for bronze. Bells contain so much tin
that two thousand four hundred weight of bell metal mixed
with the proper quantity of copper will sufilce for a field bat-
tery of six pieces.
"Beauregard's solicitation was for the purpose of providing
light artillery for the public defense. When General Butler
took possession, the first thing his eyes gloated upon were the
bells. He forthwith seized upon them and sent them North
as a trophy, the first trophy of his hard-earned victory."
Although General Beauregard in his proclamation only
called for the "plantation bells" along the Mississippi River,
it is yet clear from the tenor of his remarks that the church
bells would likewise be acceptable. We find that a single vil-
lage (Marietta) contributed the bells belonging to its three
churches, and doubtless others followed the noble example.
It was to illustrate the moral grandeur of such sacrifices that
the following beautiful verses were composed by P. H. Haync :
Beauregard's Appeal.
Yea, though the need is bitter,
Take down those sacred bells
Whose music speaks of our hallowed joys
And passionate farewells!
But ere ye fall, dismantled,
Ring out deep bells once more
And pour on the waves of the passing wind
The symphonies of yore.
Let the latest born be welcomed
By pealings glad and long;
Let the latest dead in the churchyard bed
Be laid with solemn song.
And the bells above them throbbing
Should sound in mournful tone,
As if in the grief for a human death
They prophesied their own.
Who says 'tis a desecration
To strip the temple towers
And invest the metal of peaceful notes
With death-compelling powers?
A truce to cant and folly !
With faith itself at stake.
Can we heed the cry of the shallow fool
Or pause for the bigot's sake?
Then crush the struggling sorrow!
Feed high your furnace fires
That shall mold into deep-mouthed guns of bronze
The bells from a hundred spires.
Methinks no common vengeance,
No transient war eclipse
Will follow the awful thunder burst
From their "adamantine lips."
A cause like ours is holy
And useth holy things,
And over the storm of a righteous strife
May shine the angel's wings.
Where'er our duty leads us,
The grace of God is there,
And the lurid shrine of war may hold
The eucharist of prayer.
Having the bells sold in Boston was one of Butler's diable-
ries. The satisfaction at having such trophies sent them is
shown in the following piece taken from one of their papers,
the Boston Traveler :
"N. A. Thompson & Co. sold at auction this forenoon at
Lombard's north wharf, East Boston, the lot of church, plan-
tation, school, factory, and other bells, which had been pre-
sented to the. Rebel government to be cast into cannon, but
were captured at New Orleans and confiscated. There were
418 in all, a motley collection in shape, size, weight, color,
ornament, and tone. There were the mellow wedding bells,
loud alarm bells, brazen bells, bells with molten golden notes
and liquid tones.
"There were metal dealers, relic seekers, Church and school
committees from the country, and some only curious. The labels
which declared where they had been used were mostly torn
off, although some were found indicating their donors. The
greater part of them were cast at the Buckeye Foundry, Cin-
cinnati, though many were from foundries at New York,
West Troy, Pittsburg, and Louisville. Among the number
were several Catholic bells cast in France — one with the in-
scription, 'Fait par Jean Bagin, 1785,' over a cross; another
cast at Nantes, France, 1786; others cast in 1775, 1776, and
1783. One very elaborately ornamented was from the First
Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, La.
"Colonel Thompson before beginning the sale read a note
from a Mr. De Peyster, of Dutchess County, N. Y., who de-
sired the privilege of purchasing a bell which he gave several
years ago to the Episcopal church at Nacogdoches, Tex.,
founded by a friend of his. Rev. Thomas Bacon, who was
driven from the place on account of his Union sentiments.
The Colonel also took the opportunity to make a stirring
speech on enlisting, taking for a text the bells as an evidence
of the terrible earnestness of the South.
"All were sold in lots of from three to one hundred and
eighty-seven, except the three heaviest, sold separately, and a
few others bought as relics and for individual use. One was
bought having painted on it the words : 'G. T. Beauregard,
from the Baptist Church of Durhamville, Tenn.' The prices
ranged from twenty-one and a quarter to thirty cents a pound.
The bidding was spirited, and the amount realized was prob-
ably upwards of $30,000."
[The foregoing illustrates strongly the great benefit of gath-
ering fragments of history while survivors of the sixties are
living. When the inquiry was published, it seemed hardly
worth while.]
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CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT BKOOKVILLE, MISS.
September 14, 191 1, will long be known as a great day in
the history of Brookville, Miss., for it was the day that the
Confederate monument, so long the object of earnest efforts,
was unveiled with fitting ceremonies in the presence of many
interested spectators. For several years the women of Brook-
ville worked faithfully and untiringly for this monument, and
their efforts were aided especially by Dr. J. S. Stanley, who
had given four of the best years of his life to the Confederacy.
The exercises were at the school auditorium and the lead-
ing address was by Adjt. Gen. E. T. Sykes, of Columbus, with
Hon. E. D. Cavett, of Macon, closing.
The Xoxnlicc Kifles Cb.iplcr. I', O, C. was most prdniincnt
in working for this monument. The Noxubee Rifles took an
important part in the brilliant history of the nth Mississippi
Infantry Regiment, .\. X. V., and in honor of its members the
Chapter was named.
After completion of the program, the line of march was
formed for the grand parade to Russell Square, where the
monument stands. One of the floats forming a part of the
effective parade contained thirteen young ladies, wearing white
dresses and large red hats, who represented the Confederate
States. Upon reaching the square the calvary company and
medical corps formed on the outside, while the Veterans, Maids
and Matrons' Club, and the U. D.C.'s formed in front of them.
The young ladies representing the States then marched around
the monument, placing laurel wreaths on the base and sang
"The Bonnie Blue Flag," after which the monument was un-
veiled by Mi.ss Sue McLeod, daughter of a gallant Confeder-
ate soldier, assisted by Misses Ida May Jamison and Edna
McLeod. When the beautiful shaft w-as revealed, standing as
a silent token of esteem for the brave men who laid down
their lives for their country, a great shout burst from the
throng of people standing about. The ceremony w-as closed
by the singing of "Dixie" by the Confederate Choir, and
Troop A fired a salute.
This monument is the second to be erected in Noxubee
County. The statue surmounting it is of Italian marble, and
represents a young and handsome soldier. On the front of
the die is this inscription "Love's tribute to the noble men who
marched 'neath the flag of the stars and bars and were faith-
ful to the end."
CAPT. (I". (C. CARNES AT CHICKAMAUGA.
BY J.\MES B.\RNETT CRACEV, BRIGHTON, TENN.
A few weeks ago I stood on the battle field of Chickamauga
on the very spot where there were heaped in a pile forty-nine
dead horses with the ground all around strewn with dead and
dying men. I w^ish I could fitly portray to all survivors the
brave young captain of that battery as he stood with tears
streaming down his face, his sword aloft, urging the few men
that were left to stand firm. The hnttery was every moment
in jeopardy of capture, and did become temporarily the prop-
erty of the enemy; but after some of the mightiest surges of
battle from two o'clock until dark it was at last the undisputed
property of the original owner. The heroism of that brave
and modest captain is not marked by this instance alone, but
in every battle that he engaged in he wore the marks of a true
patriot and Christian soldier.
Such deeds as these cannot be known to all ; and since this
hero is modest in the extreme, it is clearly the duty of some
friend to record that of which he forbid the slightest men-
tion. He was then a small black-headed captain of artillery
of Cheatham's Division— W. W. Carncs, of Memphis, Tenn.
No braver man ever lived, and the old veterans could do them-
selves no greater honor than in honoring him.
J. Fred Keplinger. of Shepherdstown, W. Va,. desires to
locate a comrade of Elmira Prison named Edward Pegg. Of
their first acquaintance he says: "I found a letter addressed to
Mr. Pegg on the sidewalk at Elmira Prison in which there
was seventy-nine cents, I put a notice on the bulletin board
asking Mr, Pegg to come forward and receive the letter. The
following day I found a notice on the bulletin board for me to
report to Major Colt at the adjutant's ofiice, where Mr. Pe.gg
was secretary to Major Colt. Is Comrade Pegg still living?"
Mrs. M. J. Eagan, of Crystal Springs, Miss., desires to re-
cover the sword of her father, Lieut. Thomas H. Lewis, who
was killed in the battle of Shiloh. The sword was then given
by her mother to Capt. Tol Lindsey, Company F, 6th Mis-
sissippi, who was also killed in some battle. Information
about his sword will be very much appreciated by her.
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MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN SOCIETY, CHICAGO.
How Robert Lincoln and Fred Grant Became Members.
When it was announced that J. M. Dickinson had been ap-
pointed a member of President Taft's cabinet, a reception
was given in his honor by the Southern Society of Chicago,
at which a number of speeches were made. The Hon. Robert
T. Lincoln, former Secretary of War, and Maj. Gen. Fred-
crick D. Grant, on account of the well-known friendship
existing between them and Mr. Dickinson, were guests of
honor and sat upon the platform. In the course of the pro-
ceedings the president of the society stated that it was proper
for him to explain why he would not call upon Mr. Lincoln
to make a speech, for otherwise the omission would naturally
cause comment. He said that when Mr. Lincoln accepted he
stated that, on account of his health, it was coupled with the
condition that he would not be expected to speak. Mr. Lin-
coln immediately arose and said: "Yes, I will speak; I want
to speak." He proceeded to talk in a most attractive and in-
teresting manner. He said, among other things, that the
most pathetic thing to him in connection with the war was the
suflfering endured and the heroism displayed by the Southern
women; that he read every book of memoirs and reminiscences
written by them; that it was an unceasing source of interest
to him and always aroused his profoundest sympathy. He re-
lated an incident in substance as follows :
He and other officers went under flag of truce with a com-
munication from General Grant to General Lee. The weather
w'as intensely hot, and he and his companions wore loose
negligee garments, making themselves as comfortable as pos-
sible. He was surprised and ashamed when he met the Confed-
erate officers, all of whom were in full uniform, with coats but-
toned to the chin in perfect military style. A long time after the
war he met one of these officers and they referred to the inci-
dent. He in an apologetic way commented to the Confederate
officer upon the difference in their appearance and expressed
his mortification at the contrast. The Confederate officer
replied : "O Mr. Lincoln, you must not feel bad about that,
for it was not designed on our part. We had to button to the
chin, for not a man in the crowd had on a shirt."
Mr. Lincoln's address was received with genuine and en-
thusiastic applause. Immediately the president arose and
said that, as Mr. Lincoln's parents were both Southern-born,
he was eligible to membership in the society, and that if he
would consent it was moved that he be made an honorary
member. Mr. Lincoln at once most graciously expressed his
pleasure at the proposed honor, and it was unanimously voted.
At once General Grant arose and said that his mother was a
Southern woman, from Missouri, and that his wife was a
Kcntuckian, and that he thought that he was just as eligible
as Mr. Lincoln. It goes without saying that General Grant
was also elected, and thus the sons of the two most con-
spicuous men on the Northern side during the war became
and are members of the Chicago Southern Society.
GOOD WAY TO HELP CAMP CHASE.
Associate Members to R. E. Lee Chapter Solicited.
The few organized Southerners in Columbus, Ohio, are try-
ing to carry out a plan to provide means to care properly for the
2,205 graves in the cemetery there of men who died as prison-
ers in the sixties. Mrs. Leroy Rose, President of the R. E.
Lee Chapter, and Robert B. Harrison, Secretary of the Pub-
licity Committee, send out an appeal for associate member-
ship, the annual fee of which is $l, while $5 constitutes a
life membership. Mr. Mahlon Brow is Chairman of the Mem-
bership Committee, to whom application should be made with
remittance. Mrs. E. T. Sells, 63 Cleveland Avenue, Chair-
man of the Associate Membership Committee, also makes-
earnest plea. These good friends should not only have co-
operation but the gratitude of Southern people in their worthy
work. It would seem especially fitting that every one who-
has a loved one in that cemetery and can respond should do so.
The dead there are from the States named as follows : Ala-
bama, 431 ; Arkansas, 55; Florida, 62; Georgia, 265; Kentucky,
158; Louisiana, 52; Maryland, 9; Mississippi, 202; Missouri,
8; South Carolina, 85; Tennessee, 239; Texas, 22; Virginia,
337; unknown, 280.
The fond love and affection of dear ones at home that
could not reach these valiant soldiers who died in the enemy's
prison can now do much to help beautify their last resting
places. Loving hands and warm hearts cannot show their
appreciation more generously than to help in this cause.
Robert E. Lee Chapter, No. 519, U. D. C, of Columbus,
Ohio, is doing everything in its power to beautify Camp Chase
Cemetery, but it has a membership of only thirty-six.
The local Chapter desires to raise a fund sufficiently large
to perpetuate this work, and through the veterans, the s^s
and the daughters of veterans, and the press generally solicits-
associate members to further this end. Kindly interest your
newspaper in giving this work publicity if you can do so.
TENNESSEE DIVISION CONVENTION.
The Louisiana Division, U. C. V., passed resolutions at its
last meeting on several subjects worthy of record.
Tribute is paid to Gen. George W. Gordon, the late Com-
mander in Chief U. C. V. They commend the achievements
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and recapitulate
some of the important things done by them. They urged
vigilant and generous action for the completion of the Southern
woman's monument, which was indorsed at the Opelousas
convention with the appointment of the following officers :
Gen. T. W. Castleman, President; Gen. A. B. Booth, Vice
President; Cols. W. W. Whittington and M. L. Costley, Sec-
retaries ; Col. Alden McLellan, Treasurer. They are now pro-
ceeding with the work of raising funds for this sacred and
patriotic work. The following resolution was passed :
"Resolved, That this convention does most heartily urge all
Confederates and Confederate organizations and citizens to
aid us in this glorious work, that we may in the very near
future have a beautiful and lasting testimonial to the worth
and loyalty of our Confederate women which cannot do them
full justice (for no work from the hands of man could do that)
and which shall stand as a testimonial after we are gone, that
we held them as the most sacred, patriotic, and inspiring gift
of God to our people in the entire history of the South."
At a second meeting they urged the importance of com-
pleting the records of the Louisiana Confederate soldiers and
commended the necessary legislative action for that purpose.
They approved a resolution submitted to them by the LeRoy-
Stafford Camp for the pension of all deserving widows of
Confederate soldiers. This is to include all widows of Con-
federate veterans who were married previous to April 9, 1883,
a limit of twenty years after Appomattox. The LeRoy-Stafford
Camp also submitted resolutions in behalf of a monument to
the women of the Confederacy. A resolution was adopted
to the effect that all honors to individuals connected with the
Confederate cause include Jefferson Davis as the sole and
eminently worthy President of the Confederate States.
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PERSONAL EXPERIEXCE AT PEA RIDGE.
BY THOMAS DEPP, CHKISTIANSBURG, VA.
After reading the paper by Rev. J. R. Perkins in the Vet-
eran for October, I write briefl)' of the battle of Pea Ridge
or Ellvhorn Tavern. I served in the ist Brigade and 2d Regi-
ment of the Missouri volunteers, C. S. A., and Gen. F. M.
Cockrell was my captain.
General Curtis was in camp north of us and fortified on the
south. General Price marched his division all night from
Elm Springs, which was seven miles west of General Curtis,
to a point north of him, and at the dawn of day he came to
where General Sigel had been camped, and there formed his
command along a ridge overlooking the camp. When it was
liglit enough to see, the last wagon was moving out. We had
marched all night so silently that little was heard but the
tread of the soldiers' feet and the moving of trees that had
THOMAS DEPP.
been cut and thrown across the road. We followed on. and
about ten o'clock the battle began north of the old tavern. I
was standing near Captain Cockrell when a bullet passed
through the flesh of my left arm and into my left side and the
shoulder blade, turning downward. My gun fell and 1 sank to
the ground. 1 was left within a mile or so of the battle ground
in a small log cabin in which young Gilbreath and his wife
lived. They did all they could for me for three weeks.
I was told that a Northern soldier said General Curtis had
corraled his wagons to burn iheni just a little while before
our army retreated. He said: "You left us the battle ground,
but had gained the victory." I learned also from a Southern
soldier that General Price had requested General Van Dorn to
give him one-half hour longer and he would min the b.illle.
but it was not granted him.
Gen. F. M. Cockrell, now United States Senator from Mis-
souri! could give a true history nf that battle, ,*in aeeonnt of
,**
what I endured and learned during the war would sound more
like fiction. It has been but a few years since the pains in my
side ceased. I have had good health since, and am now in my
seventy-fourth year. I have been in Virginia about five years,
and belong to the Preston Camp. U. C. V., of Christiansburg!
Ihere is only one otiicr member from Missouri.
WORK OF THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER, U. D. C.
BY MRS. IRENE PACE SOLOMON, 723 PINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
Perhaps the readers of the Veteran would be interested in
knowing something of the life of a U. D. C. Chapter planted
on Northern soil. The Philadelphia Chapter was organized
in March, 1906, with twenty-five charter members. The in-
tervening years have shown the hard work of its officers and
members by a steady growth in numbers and an increasing
power and influence in the community.
In spite of the hated word "Confederacy" which "r'iles"
many of our Yankee neighbors, they are looking upon us in a
more friendly spirit.
We now number one hundred and twenty, representing every
State in the South but one. We hold interesting, well attended
meetings once a month, some of a business character, others
purely social, all pervaded by the cordial spirit of the true
daughters of Dixie. The newspapers are always intcres
and give us nice notices.
We have several associate members, some of them North-
ern women, the wives of Southerners. One of these enter-
tained the Chapter beautifully at her country home on Jeffer-
son Davis's birthday. General Lee's birthday is always cele-
brated in an impressive manner.
Once a year we give a subscription luncheon at the best
hotel in the city, and our Northern friends are there in goodly
numbers and enjoy our hospitality, our songs, and our stories.
While not forgetting the monuments raised to our honored
dead, charity and philanthropy are the objects dearest to our
hearts. Since their inception we have sent $115 to Shiloh and
$185 to Arlington, at the same time helping smaller monu-
ments to the best of our ability. Poor veterans are helped
while living and buried when dead. One was sent by us to
the Soldiers' Home at Richmond, there to spend his last days
in comfort and peace. Three indigent Southern gentlewomen
have been helped to enter homes for the aged, there to round
'lut in security their hitherto storm-tossed lives. .\ family
of four helpless and sick Southerners, two women and two
children, were helped to health and self-support; and when
the old grandmother died, she was buried with honor in a lot
llie Chapter liad purchased. Another Southern woman ( de
serted by her husband), young and ignorant of work, with two
children to care for, was supported until a suitable position
was found, where she is now happily earning her way.
The Chapter has recently established a scholarship for a girl,
the lineal descendant of a Confederate veteran, in the Virginia
College at Roanoke, V'.i.
Many more instances might be cited of deeds .-lecomplished.
We must not seem egotistical, but our experience may be an
inspiration to other Chapters struggling against opposition and
drawbacks. Never despair, my sisters. Determine to do and
dare, and success will crown your efforts. With best wishes
for the Veter,\x,
W, S, Frceland, of Wapello, Iowa, decides to stay witli the
X'eteran a little longer; "I was going to stop my subscription
in .Vu.gust, but delayed. From the way you old Johnnies talk
it seems as thou.cb von were right anil we were wrong."
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IXQUIKES FOR AND ABOUT rETERAXS.
Mrs. A. A. Hamilton, 1522 St. Mao' Street, New Orleans,
La., desires to secure information of the war record of her
husband, John Walkinshaw Hamilton. He served in the iS4tli
Tennessee Regiment under Colonel Preston Smith and Lieut.
Col. Marcus J. Wright. He was prisoner at Johnson Island
in 1863-64, and was a member of the U. C. V. camp at Gal-
veston, Tex., at the time of his death, 1894.
George J. Shelton writes from Windsor, Mo.: "I bclongol
to Company G, 6th Texas Cavalry, L. S. Ross's regiment. 1
was wounded at Thompson Station, Tenn., in March, l86,^.
and taken from there to Columbia, where Mrs. James K
Polk and Mrs. Pillow cared for me while in the hospital. 1
was next taken to Pulaski, Tenn., and there, as in Columbia.
fell in the hands of some of the best women God ever put
on earth, of whom I can reinember Miss Etta Pankcy, Misses
Sallie and Maggie Riddle, Miss Mollie Keelin, and Miss Molli
Ezell. H any of them or their descendants should see this, I
would be gratified to hear from them. After my discharge
from Quitman Hospital, in Mississippi, I was on my way back
to my old command when I met the soldiers returning home
God grant that I may never feel again as I did at that time !"
Capt. Perry JkL dcLeon, of Atlanta, Ga. (care Capital Cit.\
Club), is writing a history of the Confederate States navy, and
makes inquiry for any of the kindred or friends of Com-
modore James W. Cook, who commanded the Albemarle. He
is also writing a "Life of Admiral Buchanan," and will appre-
ciate any important data in regard to him.
Todd M. George, of Lee's Summit, Mo., would like to he.ar
from any comrades of his father, who was Richard Bohannoii
George and went into the Confederate army from Versailles,
Ky., under General Buford. He seeks his father's record.
TRIBUTE TO W. C. MAYES FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
BY P. B. DARLING, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
In the October Veteran the Last Roll sketch of Lieut. Wil-
liam Curtis Mayes, of Company D, 62d Alabama, interested
me. As an ex-Federal soldier I wish to pay a loving tribute
to Mr. Mayes.' He and I never met, but had corresponded for
some time. None other than a good man could write such
letters as he wrote to me. We fought each other at Spanish
Fort and Blakely, Ala., in March and April, 1S65, for thirteen
days, and much of the time we were not more than two hun-
dred yards apart. I know he was a true Confederate soldier
He was a loyal citizen of the Southland, to which he was ar-
dently devoted. He was a true husband, father, and Christian.
At the time mentioned, although but eighteen years of age.
he commanded Company D, and was on outpost or vidette
post that Sunday afternoon, April g, when the Federals made
the charge at Blakely. They charged past Lieutenant Mayes
and his company ; so they were not captured.
Mr. Mayes and I believed that after those two great men,
Lee and Grant, signed those papers at the McLean House,
Appomattox, all of us were American citizens. We had
in our correspondence hoped and prayed that we might be
spared to meet, and we had arranged that if ever the gray
and blue held a reunion and we were spared to attend that
we would lodge together. We knew that the war was over.
A lETERA.X FOET—J. J. CRA.XE.
J. J. Crane, author of "The Unconquered Banner," a poem
published in the Veteran for August, page 372, was the young-
est of four brothers who espoused the Confederate cause, and
he alone survived the unequal contest between the States. He
was mustered into State service at Canton, Miss., April 22.
1861, and went to Corinth, Miss., where on June 7, he en-
listed with Company C (color company), iSth Mississippi
Regiment. The regiment went to Manassas by way of Lynch-
burg, and was initiated at Bull Run into the horrors of war.
It was Julius M. Joyner (not Payne), of Byhalia, Miss.,
who made the correction in the November Veteran of the
statement by Earl Mead in his speech before the Sons of Vet-
erans at Manchester, Mass.
J. J. CRANE.
From there they went to Leesburg and participated in the bat-
tle at that place, where were killed, wounded, drowned, and
captured more men than the Confederates had engaged. The
regiment stayed at Leesburg until March, 1862, and was then
sent to the Peninsular via Richmond to meet General Mc-
Clellan. Later military movements made it necessary to with-
draw and form a line of defense around Richmond, where the
batteries were supported for several days in artillery duels
between the two armies. Stonewall Jackson having charged
and doubled the right wing of the opposing army back on then
center, the center was then forced back to Savage Station
June 30, and there again driven from their position. On
Monday, July l, was fought the battle of Malvern Hill, onr
of the most desperate struggles of the war.
"Here was shot down by my side," said Comrade Crane,
"my noble, gallant brother, G. B. Crane, who was a classmate
of Burton Harrison, President Davis's private secretary, and
for whom came next morning a commission from President
Davis ; but, alas ! too late, as he was borne from the battle
field to his last resting place at Hollywood Cemetery to awake
in blissful immortality."
At Fredericksburg J. J. Crane had the calf of his riglit leg
torn off by a shell. This wound kept him in the hospital at
Richmond for five months, "more dead than alive;" but he
finally got back to Mississippi. He suffered for some thirty-
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six years from liis wound, going on crutches mucli of that time.
He writes that he is still working and waiting to join the
innumerable hosts "beyond the river."
After getting back to Canton, Miss., though he had to go
about on crutches, Comrade Crane was appointed adjutant by
Capt. J. A. Flanagan, who was assigned to special duty in Mis-
sissippi, his promotion being awarded for gallantry on the fields
of Malvern Hill and Fredericksburg.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. MARY WEBB.
nv JOSEPH HUFFM ASTER.
I attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Webb at Terrell, 'ICx.
She was a pioneer of that city. No woman was ever more
highly respected and beloved in the community. Such was her
holy and upright life that she could go into a crowd of the
roughest men that ever assembled there and be treated with
reverence and motherly respect. Each man recognized the in-
fluence of her godly life and would respectfully bow in her pres-
ence. She was left a widow when her children were very
young. They have grown under her watchful care and super-
vision, and she could at any time have pointed to them and
said: "These are my jewels." I saw at her funeral the repre-
sentatives of many families in whose homes I knew Mrs.
Webb had been a ministering angel. In their suffering and
sorrow she alleviated their pains and wiped away their tears.
In that mighty day that is to come when the earth and the sea
shall give up their dead there will be many poor people who
will point to her and say : "When I was sick, ye visited mc ;
when I was hungry, ye gave me bread."
She lived in the stormy period of the Civil War. Fx
pcriencing many hardships, she knew what it meant to l»c
turned out of home and deprived of the necessaries of life by
bands of ruthless soldiers. She was true to the Confederate
cause, and ever honored and loved the Confederate soldiers.
Perhaps she did more for the cause of the old soldiers at Ter-
rell than any other woman. She sympathized with and en-
couraged them personally in all their undertakings. At the
time of her death she was actively interested in the Confederate
monument work. She was buried the very day the work upon
it conniicnccd. The old soldiers came many miles to attend
her funeral. They buried her with military honors, firing
three rounds of musketry at her grave. This is a distinction
that was never before tlius p.iid to a w'onian outside
oflicial circles. It was a tribute to her worth as a Southern
woman and friend of the men who bared their bosoms to tli
blasts of battle in the dark and bloody days that tried mcr
souls. Those floral offerings surpassed anything I ever saw.
Some lady's pen will have to describe them; I cannot
"PRISON EXPERIEXCES."
KV .1. W. S.\NDELL, M.\r.X0HA. MISS.
An article in the Veteran for November under the above
heading moves me to write. 1 enlisted in the Confederate
army in March. 1862. in Company K, 39th Mississippi Volun-
teers, and was elected second lieutenant. Our regiment was
in the siege of Port Hudson in March, 1863. when the Fed
erals attacked the port from the Mississippi River and got
possession of that waterway between Vicksburg and Port
Hudson. 1 saw the burin'ng Mississippi float dowwi the river
and heard the explosion of her magazine.
General Gardner ws in command and held the port until
July 9. 1S63. after \'.:ksburg surrendered. The oflicers were
sent In Jiilmson's Island at diflferent times. Some of them
were kept in the customhouse in New Orleans about two
months. I was in a group that arrived on Johnson's Island the
last day of September, 1S63. The article by John Orr, of
.Austin, Tex., calls to my mind many interesting features of
our confinement there. I was a local preacher in the M. E.
Church, South, when I entered the Confederate army in Pike
County, Miss. An attack of measles was followed by declining
health through the war, but in the good providence of God 1
have survived and entered my eighty-third year. I know of
only two of my surviving Johnson's Island comrades to-day.
J. J. White and W. W. J. Maye. a David and a Jonathan in
deed to me.
Many of our Southern preachers joined the Confederate
army. They had an abiding conviction that the cause was
just. I met with a considerable number of them in prison.
Colonel Hamilton, of an Alabajna regiment, died there. Col-
onel Lewis, of a Missouri regiment, was a very eloquent and
popular preacher. Many entered the ministry of the gospel
of Christ. Many souls were brought to life through the
preaching and prayers of the ministry in prison, and the ordi-
nance of baptism was performed there and in Lake Erie. It
was there that impressions developed which brought to light
the little book, "The United States in Scripture," by th.-
writer, and this book has been given to ministers of the gospel,
and Confederate veterans to help along worthy undertakings.
NAVAL OFFICERS IX THE SIXTIES.
BY H. T. OWEN, 260I E. FRANKLIN STREET, RICHMOND, V\
The total number of officers in the United Stales navy when
the war commenced in 1861 was 1,563. Of these, 892 were
from the Northern free States and 671 from the Southern
slave States. Prior to June 4, 1861, the number that resigned
to enter the Confederate navy was 321. while 350 remained in
the United States service. Eighteen months later (October.
1862) there were 1,464 officers in the United States navy, of
whom 298 were from the slave States. Among the Southern-
born officers who became conspicuous during the war were :
Rear admirals; David G. Farragut, Tennessee; E. A. F.
I.avalette, Virginia; Samuel Phillips Lee, Virginia; William
B. Shubrick. South Carolina. (4).
Commodores: Henry H. Bell, North Carolina; Thomas
Crabbe, Maryland; William H. Gardner, Maryland; William
M. Glendy, Virginia; John S. Missroon, South Carolina; Wil
Ham C. Nicholson, Maryland; G. J. Pendergrast, Kentucky; C.
Ringgold, Maryland; William Smith, Kentucky; C. K. Strib-
bling. South Carolina. (10.)
Captains: James Armstrong, Kentucky; John H. .Xulick,
Virginia; John M. Berrien, Georgia; Charles Boarman, Mary-
land ; Percival Drayton, South Carolina ; John P. Gillis, Dela-
ware; William Jameson, Virginia; Thorton A. Jenkins, Vir-
ginia; A. J. Kilty, Maryland; William K. Latimer, Maryland;
:\. K. Long, Maryland ; Charles Lowndes, Maryland ; John \
Nicholas, Virginia; L. M. Powell, Virginia; Cicero Price,
Kentucky ; John Rogers, Maryland ; William Radford, Vir-
ginia; William Ramsay, Virginia; Alfred Taylor, Virginia:
Thomas Turner, Virginia; Henry Walke, Virginia; William
M. Walker. Maryland ; John A. Winslow, North Carolina,
captain of the Kearsarge that sunk the Alabama. (23.)
Commanders : George B. Balch. Tennessee ; John P. Bank-
head. Virginia; J. C. Carter, Virginia; Thomas G. Corbin. Vir-
ginia; Henry K. Davenport. Georgia; Edward Donaldson.
Maryland ; B. D. Moore, Virginia : Donald McN. Fairfax ;
Va. ; James i\L Frailly. Maryland: .Mex Gibson, Virginia:
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John Guest, Missouri; D. A. Harrell, Virginia; N. 13. Harri-
son, Virginia; Charles H. Jackson, Georgia; E. Lanier, Vir-
ginia ; M. C. Marin, Florida ; Edward Middlcton, South Caro-
lina: l'. K. Murray, Kentucky; E. T. N'icols, Georgia: Thonn-i
H. Patterson, Louisiana; Alex M. Pennock, Virginia; R.
Perry. Maryland; D. B. Ridgeley, Kentucky; H. Rolands,
South Carolina ; B. F. Sands, Maryland ; G. H. Scott, Vir-
ginia ; James H. Spotts, North Carolina ; Fabias StanUy.
Xorlh Carolina; Charles Stcadman, South Carolina; Rogtr
Slunbel, Maryland; James M. Watson, Virginia. (31.)
In addition to the above list, there were twenty-seven lieu-
tenant commanders, twenly-onc lieutenants on the active list,
ten surgeons ranking as commanders, fourteen surgeons rank
ing with lieutenants and two ranking next to lieutenants, niiK-
assistant surgeons ranking next after masters, three paymasters
ranking with commanders, and twelve paymasters ranking
with lieutenants — all born in the Southern slave States.
When Admiral Farragut's Mississippi flotilla of twenty ves-
sels attacked Forts Jackson and St. Philip in February,
1862, eight of Ivis ships were commanded by Soutliern-liorn
officers ; while the forts were heroically defended until the rising
waters drove the artillerists from their guns by Gen. Johnson
K. Duncan, a native of Pennsylvania.
Corrections of and comments upon above list desired.
The foregoing names were garnered from the United States
navy register. 1861-62, and tabulated for publication before.
The Vftekan should record the facts.
TENNESSEE U. D. C. ANNOUNCEMENT.
BY MRS. H.\KRIET HOLLAND, PRES. TENN. DIVISION, U. D. C.
API-OINTMENTS MaDE BY PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF RESIGNATIONS.
Mrs. W. B. Dobbins, on account of sickness in her family,
resigns the chairmanship of the Sam Davis Memorial Con-
mittee, and Mrs. Albert Dodson, of Humboldt, is made chair-
man. She will push to completion by the early spring the
memorial window in the museum at Richmond.
Mrs. Clift is succeeded as chairman of the Educational Com-
mittee by Mrs. W. T. Davis, of Xashville. Miss Martha
Handly is succeeded by Mrs. J. B. Armstrong on the commit-
tee for service at the Soldiers' Home.
The State Convention of 1912 will be held at Dayton.
Mrs. Ellis, our State Recording Secretary, has had to leave
for Florida on account of a sick son and resigns, being unable
to discharge further duties, Your President called the Ex-
ecutive Board together, but failed to get a quorum to elect
a successor to her; so she appointed Miss Sue White, of
Jackson, to fill the unexpired term, which ends in May, 1912.
The name of Mrs. L. E. Williams should be replaced by that
of Mrs. C. B. Tate, of Pulaski. Va. (See Nashville Minutes.)
Your President's address through the winter months will
be Jacksonville. Fla., P. O. Box 723. I am looking for a
prosperous year's work in our organization.
THE LOUISIANA SOI.DIIiKS' HOME.
ny MISS LISE ALI..\IN (2033 PRVTAXIA .STKKKT), NEW ORLEANS.
The Soldiers' Home of Louisiana, Camp Nicholls as it
is called, is situated on picturesque Bayou St. John, one of the
most beautiful bayous in the State. This haven of rest, where
the white-haired warriors of the Civil War can dream tlieir
dreams of peace and sing their songs of camp and battle, is
named after Governor Nicholls, once Governor of Louisiana,
and whu w:!S himself a Confederate veteran.
The Home is managed by a board of directors and a super-
intendent. This board is composed of members of the various
organizations in New Orleans. The superintendent is elected
by the board, and he is responsible to it for his management
of the Home. The board of directors supply the veterans with
.all possible comfort and administer the affairs of the Home
so that the best possible use is made of the revenue which is
derived from the State.
There are in the Home an average of one hundred aii<l
thirty veterans the year around. Many of these are hearty old
soldiers with whom time and marches and battles have dealt
kindly. Others again are infirm, bent with the weight of years,
l'"or these an infirmary is specially furnished. Here there are
Iwenty-five white-enameled beds, easy chairs, and all the ac-
cessories of a sick room. The infirmary is under the sn])cr-
vision of an experienced nurse and two assistants. Here tlie
sick are served their special diets and are looked after with
tender care.
While the sick are receiving attention and consolation, the
welt are being looked after with as much solicitude. For the
veterans are the especial care of their old comrades, the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and the United Sons of Con
federate Veterans.
Every Christmas the old soldiers are feted and remembered
with gifts. This celebration is imder the especial charge of
the Custodian of the Louisiana Division, U. D. C. Contribu-
tions of good things to eat and nice things to wear are made
by the various Chapters throughout the State. It is the duty
of the Custodian appointed by the State Division, U. D. C, to
receive these contributions. Besides this feast, there are music
and Christmas trees and good cheer. Nor are the soldiers for-
gotten on other holidays. On these occasions they are pro-
vided with extra good dinners, even as on the Fourth of July
and then with a watermelon party which they enjoy hugely.
The HoiTie is open to visitors on week days as well as on
Sundays, and every courtesy is extended by the superintendent
and veterans to those who wish to spend an afternoon here.
RUDYARD KIPLING DESCRIBES ".-I .1/. / A."
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
Rut make allowance for their doubting, too :
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies:
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise;
If you can dream and not make dreams your m.ister,
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim.
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same :
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
Or w-atch the things you gave your life to, broken,
.And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools ;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch :
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you.
If all men count, with you, but none too much :
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run —
Yours is the earth and everything that's in it,
.And, which is more, you'll be a man. mv son !
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THE OFFICER'S FUNERAL.
Hark to the shrill trumpet's calling
As it pierceth the soft summer's air ;
Tears from each comrade are falling
For the widow and orphan not there ;
The bayonets earthward are turning
And the drum's muffled breath rolls around ;
Yet he hears not the voice of their mourning.
Nor awakes to the bugle's sound.
But though hearts that now mourn for tliem sadly.
Soon joyous as ever shall be;
Thy brigrtt orphan boy shall laugh gladly
.\s he sits on some kind comrade's knee :
The nian thou didst love as a brother
A friend in thy place shall have gained :
Thy dog shall keep watch for anotlicr,
.And thy steed by a stranger be reined.
Sleep, soldier, though many regret thee
Who stand 'round tliy cold bier to-day;
Soon, soon shall the kindest forget thee
And thy name from the earth pass away ;
Yet there's One who will still pay thee duty
t)f tears for the true and the brave,
.\s when first in the bloom of her beauty
She wept o'er her soldier's grave.
The foregoin.g is sent by Lamar Fontaine, w ho wrote :
"In the November (1911) Vetf.r.\n I saw a request for a copy
of the above song. It was a great favorite during the war,
and was frequently sung around our camp fires. The word>
are very old and were coexistent with 'The Burial of Sir John
^foore,' 'The Grave of Bonaparte,' and 'I'll Hang My Harp
on a Willow Tree,' etc. I do not know who composed them.
as their genesis is lost down the dim shades of the brave oli
stream of time. I sent a copy to the gentleman whose addres.-
was given in the Veter.vn. With kind regards for you and
those near and dear to you, I am, as in the long past, in sun
shine or shower vour friend and comrade."
Rriek Sketch of Lieut. Governor J. J. McAi.ester. — Re-
quest for sketch of Gov. J. J. McAlester was answered, but
came too late for use in November Veter.\n — see page 509 —
so it is given here. He was born in Sebastian County,
in the State of Arkansas, in 1842. He served four years in
the Confederate army, commencing as a private and closing as
second senior captain of his regiment. He was complimented
and taken from one company and put in command of another
at the close of the battle of Helena. He left the State of
-Arkansas and came to the Indian Territory in 1866. He has
lived in the Indian Territory, what is now Oklahoma, from
that date until the present time. He was United States Mar-
shal under Cleveland's administration four years. He served
as one of the members of the Corporation Commission for
three years. He is now Lieutenant Governor of the State of
Oklahoma, and he prides himself on having been a faithful
supporter of white supremacy all his life.
MCAUSLAXD HOME IX LEXIXGTOX, MO.
In June, 1861, when General Price marched west from Boon-
ville, Mo., to Camp Holloway, near Independence, in that
State, he became ill and was nursed back to health in this
historic house, which was then owned by Mr. George Wilson.
Then in September, when Price's army marched into Lexing-
ton, after having fought the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Springfield, this same house was occupied as a hospital. The
Wilson family moved upstairs, and the lower floor was used
for the sick and dying Confederates. Over twent.v wounded
men were nursed there, and five of them died. The floors still
bear stains of the blood of those Confederate patriots.
Mrs. William McCausland was a bride of a few months
when the battle of Lexington was fought, and was living a
few blocks from the home she now- occupies. (Her husband
purchased this present home some twenty-five years ago. )
FROM recent photo 01- THE HOME.
It is told of this beautiful bride that when Mulligan's army
marched up the street from the river and passed her home
she rushed to the window and, leaning far out, waved the
first Confederate flag that was waved that day in Lexington.
For her daring courage she was forced to yield her precious
Hag to a Federal oflicer. In August, 1910, Judge and Mrs.
McCausland celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
The engraving gives an imperfect view of the landscape.
Standing on the lawn, except in the immediate front, a mag-
nificent view is had for miles along the Missouri River valley,
as it is on a high bluff of the river. The old fortifications of
Lexington are still well outlined along the bluffs.
E. R. Cone, of St. Louis, Mo., writes : "My old comrade,
John Fitzp.itrick. of Slingerlands, N. Y., having passed away
from this life, will need the CoNrEDER.\TE 'Veter.\n no more.
I suggest that you send the paper for the unexpired term to
some poor 'Johnnie.' I paid for subscription for him."
COMMENTS FROM FRIEXDS OF THE rETERAX.
M. A. Draiie writes from Charleston, Mo.: "I am a sub-
scriber to the 'Veter.vn, and my leisure hours are spent in read-
ing the many interesting communications found in its columns.
.After finishing one number, I wait impatiently for the time to
come when I will receive the next.''
From J. R. Gibbons, Bauxite, Ark. ; "The Veteran is worthy
to be read in every household in America ; and when you have
done so much for the South in publishing this magazine, the
only medium we have for correcting history and getting the
facts of the Southern side before the people, it well behoove-,
all Southern people to assist you in every way. It gives me
great pleasure to get the Veter.\n in the hands of those who
are not familiar with it."
W. S. Askew, of Newnan, Ga., says: "The happiest moments
of my life are those when I am reading the Confeder.ate Vet-
eran, and I assure you of my hearty support and cooperation
in your great work."
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AT UNVEILISG OF UXIOS CITY MONUMENT.
[The presentation was by Dr. W. M. Polk for tlie Leonidas
Polk Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. He is the
only son of the bishop-general who gave his life to the Confed-
eracy on Lost Mountain, Georgia. Dr. Polk is not only an
M.D. but an LL.D. of Columbia University. He is President
of the New York Academy of Medicine and Dean of the Cor-
nell Medical College.]
Had any one of those for whom this monument is now raised
looked over the confederated States some thirty-five years ago,
he might have had occasion for some troubled reflections upon
the attitude of his people toward the events of the Civil War
and toward the memories of the deeds performed by himself,
his comrades, and his leaders in maintaining their obligations
in that unequal strife. While from a large body of survivors
many and able voices were raised in defense and praise and
some few monuments were erected to the memory of the
greater leaders, this was with few exceptions the work of
relatives and personal admirers, but which, accepted and appro-
priated by the people, was not of their initiative ; and, indeed,
monuments even of this kind were so few and far between
he might well have asked: "Have my people no monuments?
Have they nothing in their history which they care to com-
memorate? If such be their attitude, surely defeat has borne
its deadly fruit in them. For show me a people without monu-
ments and I show you a people barbarous or in decay."
Turning to another part of the now common country, he
saw monuments being erected in rapid succession to the
valorous dead who had gone from their own midst to contend
in mortal fight for principles which they themselves believed
in and which they intended if possible to enforce in the con-
trol and government of this country.
The contrast forced upon him another question : "Had he
and his kind been forgotten, had all that he and those who
had stood with him given been buried in defeat? Was it all
to be ignored as useless sacrifice? Was oblivion to be not
only the fate of himself and associates, but was his faith, that
for which he fought and died, also to be blotted out?" The
bitterest thing in life is the realization that of our own volition
cur lives have been spent in useless toil and sacrifice. No
consciousness of the planes of heroic life upon which we may
have displayed devotion to our cause suffices to assuage this
feeling. But one thing overcomes it : the sympathy and ap-
preciation of our neighbors, of our companions. Time, it is
true, does for it what it does for all things— destroys it— but
while passing through time the defeated must look with heavy
hearts upon the relics of his failure and value as priceless
loving appreciation of "his Confederate cause."
Looking more deeply and widely, the observer would realize
the conditions among this people, giving ample explanation for
what was but a forced indilTerence : A defeated, prostrate peo-
ple, a ravished, exhausted country, many fatherless homes, and
a disjointed political and social organization everywhere.
Turning the pages of history, one must seek in the Thirty
Years' War in Germany to find a parallel in modern days of
what this people were passing through. No part of them tasted
it more thoroughly than those right here in Western Ten-
nessee, where not only sectional but civil strife was fully in-
trenclied. Perhaps some semblance might be found in studying
the annals of our Revolutionary War as it was enacted in
South and North Carolina (a region, by the way, from which
came the forebears of very many of the people of this section
of Tennessee). Seeing and realizing the weight of all this
adversity the doubting shade would feel, before accepting the
evidence of indifference and forgetfulness as real, it was best
to wait upon his people somewhat longer.
About this time upon which my memory dwells I happened
to meet in conversation Dean Stanley, Dean of Westminster
and a personal friend of Queen Victoria. He had been in Vir-
ginia to visit friends, and the conversation was upon the South.
AT UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT.
He said : "I marvel at the manner in which the people of the
South, the conquered portion of the Union, are facing the dire
conditions which reconstruction is forcing upon them." I re-
plied: "We do it because we come of British stock." "Yes,"
he said; "but I doubt if we could do it." "Perhaps not," 1
answered, "although no people can tell what they can do till
forced to choose between what they really abhor and the su
preme effort of conquest."
The problem now faced was far more serious than the one
in which we had just failed. That was a contest with outside
forces; this was a contest with those forces of good and evil
within ourselves. The good God gives labor to those who
engage in this task, the best gift ever bestowed upon man
Homes had to be rebuilt in all their bearings and relations,
domestic, educational, social, political. Outside aid was a
negligible quantity. All had to come from within, literally
from the earth upon which the people stood, touched and
fructified by the soul which possessed them. Had the people
of the South taken counsel of their justified fears, they would
indeed have been wiped from the face of the earth, and truly
they would have deserved it ; but, taking counsel of their cour-
age instead, they have fulfilled one of the marvels of history —
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the rehabilitation of this country in the face of economical,
social, and political chaos.
We hear much to-day about the privileges of women. There
can be no question that three-fourths of a man's life and its
works revolve about women as a center. Starting within the
home and continuing up to the topmost plane of social life and
government, woman and all that woman implies w'ill be found
to be the central influence. For her and what she stands for in
this world's scheme, hoine, social, business, political, and gov-
ernmental organizations have been created and carried on. Re-
move her and all those things we call civilization would be
impossible ; men would not take the trouble to build or pre-
serve it. Without her life really would not be worth the living.
It is interesting to note what her influence has done for
tliose confederated States. From 1861 to 1865, inclusive, men
in this region had been doing men's work to retain in proper
form just those things I have enumerated. Collapse and fail-
ure were their portion, but not so for the women.
In 1865 the men collapsed. Many believe had they been sup-
ported by the unanimous action of their own male popula-
tion the cause they represented would have won ; but it was
not to be, and now was witnessed the most powerful asser-
tion of the rights of women ever demonstrated in this or any
section. During the period of active strife they and the chil-
dren, while an incentive to action in one sense, had been a
source of anxiety and distraction to the inen engaged therein
— a most natural condition of afTairs. Present with them and
able to bestow time and attention lo their wants — such was the
depth of this want that this, together with the consciousness
of defeat in their own eflfort, tried every phase of their man-
hood. But for the home already there or the prospect of some
day creating one with woman as the center doubt is per-
missible as to what the men would have done; perhaps, as
the Hun, gather themselves together and move on to other
fields to find them. Herein lies a hint to conquerors who wish
to obliterate and disperse a pniplp : dcstrov nil the women and
The history of the Civil War South belongs to the "men
and women." The history of reconstruction belongs to the
"women and men." Civilization and all it implies is more
needed by women than by men. Instinctively seeing it threat-
ened here in that dire period, she faced the situation, and.
bringing all her resources to play, won for her section and its
jieople what we see to-day. To understand this, let every man
go down into his heart as it worked from 1865 to 1888 and deal
candidly with what it rested upon — the vision of the future
as revealed in the daily contact with the fears, hopes, aspira-
tions of his women folk, and the inspiration derived there-
from. He thought he fought "pro aris et focis" from 1861 to
1865, but he really fought for "field and fireside" from 1865
to 1880. And then under woman's guidance and influence he
accomplished what the South is to-day.
From this prosperity the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy have gathered the spiritual and material resources with
which to erect the stately monuments to the Confederate sol-
dier, now so numerous throughout the late confederated
States. In this manner has been lifted the seeming indiflferencc
which for a time poverty forced upon those who loved, who
honored his glorious deeds. Conspicuous among these shafts
this monument, topped with its realistic replica of the "man
in gray" will ever stand in token of the love and admiration
of the people of Obion County and of their devotion to the
principles for which he suffered and died. And now in the
name of the Leonidas Polk Chapter of the United Daughter.s
of the Confederacy I have the great honor of presenting this
monument to the people of Obion County and placing it more
particularly in the keeping of the citizens of this center of its
influence and prosperity — Union City.
UK. w. M. roi.K.
children. But in this instance they were left, and history
shows they were able to meet and overcome the crisis.
The South in "The Building of the Nation" Condemned.
The following resolution was adopted and ordered pub-
lished also at the same reunion in Hinton, W. Va. :
"Whereas in a publication called 'The Building of the Na-
tion,' published at Richmond, Va., under the supervision of
what is called 'The Southern Historical Publication Society,'
edited by one J. M. Callahan, 'Professor of History and Po-
litical Science at the University of West Virginia,' there ap-
pears much matter that is false and most offensive to all old
Confederate soldiers, their children and children's children. In
this book, for instance, he states that West Virginia Confeder-
ates on their return to their homes from the war are charged
with having organized bands of marauders who committed
murders and robberies in several West Virginia counties ; and
whereas such libelous and false statements proceeded either
from shameful ignorance or vicious falsifying on the part of
this alleged historian and should be condemned by all good
citizens ; therefore be it
"Resolved. That this Division of United Confederate Vet-
erans in unqualified terms denounces these malicious false-
hoods and libels upon some of the best and bravest of our
citizens who risked their lives and their all in honorable war-
fare for the right as they saw it, while their traduccrs, without
courage or manhood in war, are now' slandering brave men in
times of peace."
A most absurd error appears in the article on "Prison Ex-
periences," by John Orr, of Texas, page 532 November Vet-
ER.-\N, in which Hays's Louisig^ia Brigade is mentioned as "of
West Virginia." The error can only be attributed to one of
those mysterious slips in the work of printing.
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mOXElVALL JACKSOS l.\ II LXTEli QUARTERS.
Memories of Moss Xeck in the Winter of 1862-63.
IIV MRS. ROBERT.A C.\RY CORBI.V KI.VSOLVING, WASHINGTON, D. C.
While much has been said and written about the "Gallant
Slonewall," our beloved Gen. T. J. Jackson, of the Southern
Confederacy, I give a few personal recollections of the win-
ter of 1862 and 1863, when the .Xrmy of Northern Virginia lay
in winter quarters around my old home. Moss Xeck, upon the
Kappahannock, about ten miles below Fredericksburg. Many
an old soldier will remember Moss Neck "standing like a jewel
in its setting of ancestral oaks, amid lovely surroundings and
crowning a hill which overlooked one of the handsomest es-
tates upon that historic stream." These were years of thrilling
events. Well do I remember the night General Jackson canu-
to Moss Xeck and selected the place as his head(|uartcrs.
On the I2th of December, 1862, our quiet country neighbor-
hood had been startled by many rumors afloat of a coming
battle. Early that morning my husband's sister and I started
off on an inspection tour. We were eager to see and hear all
that we could. There was with us at the time a young lad,
Willie Roberts; and as we had only two riding horses, I took
Willie upon my pony behind me as our cavalier escort. Zephyr
was small in stature, but fully equal to the double weight.
Thus we set out. a miniature cavalcade, Zephyr and Flirt,
Kate's pony, shaking their heads and making the dust fly.
We rode to Belle Hill, the home of my husband's father,
Maj. James Parke Corbin, and there we spent the day, hearing
accounts of troops moving up from Port Royal and from
Guinea Station to Fredericksburg. Toward twilight we re-
turned to Moss Xeck, meeting many Southern soldiers on
the way — not an uncommon occurrence at this time — to whom
we gave a nod and a smile. However, as we drew nearer home
uniforms became more numerous, and presently a fine-looking
officer, cap in hand, stepped forward and said in a courteous
tone : "Ladies, you are about to meet several regiments. In-
deed, a whole division is just now coming." While he was
speaking we saw opening ranks before us and long lines of
soldiers, who stood aside to leave the road clear. Thus we
made a triumphal entry between ranks of infantry who were
quite surprised at two ladies passing escorted in such a novel
fashion.
Most cnibarrasseil were wc and most respectful were the
soldiers as we ran the gauntlet; yet when wc got through and
drew near the house we found that the whole place was occu-
pied by troops. So dense were they that we were compelled
to dismount and to creep in through the back way into our
own house. "All strategy is fair in war." Yard, stable lot,
and all the place had become one moving mass of soldiers — on
foot, on horseback, with wagons, ambulances, and artillery
pieces — all moving as nearly as possible in a bee line, remov-
ing obstacles, fences, etc., and making short cuts through the
fields.
That night wc did not go to bed. The troops were moving
all night long, and the tramp, tramp, tramp of the marching
men and the heavy rolling of the wagons and artillery drove
away all thought of sleep. At daybreak we heard the noise
of distant firing. Every window in the large house rattled as
in a violent wind storm. The roar of artillery I can liken
to nothing but one continuous peal of thunder, although we
were fen miles from the field of battle. The battle of Fred-
ericksburg had begun !
We were all in the greatest state of excitement, not fright-
ened, but full of curiosity ; and as all the soldiers had gone,
we were able to hear nothing definite from the front. So
again Kate and I hastily donned our riding habits, and, with
Willie this time mounted on another horse, we w-ere soon off
again en roule to Belle Hill. There was no one at home ex-
cept Maj. James Parke Corbin, my husband's father, who said :
"Girls, you must not ride across that field, exposed every min-
ute to the fire from the gunboats." This was said to prevent
us from riding on to Mt. Zion, the home of the Cnnways and
the highest point in the vicinity.
The Conways owned a field glass, and this was another
reason for our eagerness to reach this haven. Like all reck-
less young bloods, we moved forward by our impulses,
and galloped across the field, much excited. We arrived safe
and sound and obtained the much-coveted view of the distant
battle ground. From the summit of these hills the broad
river fields can be seen for miles, and on a clear day the spires
of churches in Fredericksburg are plainly visible.
At this momentous time old Mansfield, the home of the
Bernards, gleamed through the trees, the river fields spread
out like a map, the Rappahannock winding in and out like a
band of silver, over all of which in the background rose clouds
M\1U WI.NTER SCENE OF MOSS NECK. IT WILL INTEREST SURVIVORS OF J.\CKSOn's COMM.^NU.
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of smoke from the musketry ant! flashes of the big guns froiu
the batteries, while long afterwards was heard the sound of
the voices from their metallic throats. Thus w'e became fa-
miliar with the different batteries, calling them by naine. The
huge Whitworth gun made the greatest noise as it plowed up
and down the river road. \Vc could see portions of the cavalry
on tlie extreme wing, while many items of interest were
gleaned from couriers, wdio were galloping hither and thither
in wildest haste. The day is burned upon my memory in char-
acters of fire, because "it was a glorious victory."
We lingered at Mt. Zion until nearly nightfall, and then gal-
loped home full of news to relate to our friends. The Misses
Lizzie and Fanny Bernard and their brother were refugeeing
witli us, occupying one wing of Moss Neck, which aflforded
ample accommodation for all. What a contrast the place pre-
sented to the bustle and stir of the previous night 1 Vet it was
but "a calm before the storm," as will be observed.
CoiTiparative quiet reigned for a day or two. The night of
the l6th of December. I think, we had all retired, and were
just beginning to feel comfortably drowsy when wc were
aroused by a loud knocking at the front door. Dear little
Miss Lizzie Bernard had not retired, and, somewhat scared,
she went to the door and timorously inquired: "Who is there?"
"General Jackson and staff, madam," a voice replied. "We
came to see if we could be entertained for the night, as it is
late to put up tents, and the General is suffering W'ith ear-
ache." By this time Willie Roberts had made his appearance,
and politely ushered in the tired General and some of his staff.
We soon learned that the whole ariuy w'as going into camp
round about us. Poor fellows! Many of them slept that
night upon the ground, and it was raining !
What excitement we had making the General and the others
comfortable for the night ! Next morning I had several long
tables set, and, having killed our winter "porkers" (in lieu of
the fatted calf), we were able to serve a pretty fair war-
time repast of sausage, pork steaks, waffles, muffins, etc., for
our distinguished guests.
i.KN. T. J. JACKSON.
1 wish 1 could repeat the delightful breakfast chat, for all
was bright and gay and festive after the glorious victory.
.\fter breakfast I asked General Jackson to take one of the
wings of the house for his headquarters, but he replied that
he would prefer to use the "office" in the yard ; that the house
was "too luxurious for a soldier, who should sleep in a tent,"
These were his own words. Many old Virginia homes had
"offices" built near the main house where the gentlemen were
wont to attend to their business, and this one had three rooms
and afforded very good quarters. (The room in which he
received his officers was decorated with some fine old racing
and sporting pictures, which were quite a joke with some of
his friends, especially Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.) The General's
sleeping there was the source of a feeling of greatest security
all winter. We felt as safe as though in a castle with the
bridge drawn and portcullis barred. There was a guard sta-
tioned all around the place. Thus did Moss Neck become the
headquarters of the great Stonewall Jackson for this notable
winter, so memorable to all who lived in those stirring times
of direful conflict.
I think General Jackson remained at Moss Neck until he
went to Hamilton's Crossing. Imagine the transformation of
our quiet country homestead ! Thousands of soldiers in sight,
the hills echoing with the noises of army life, fife and drum,
brisk tattoo and reveille, the sound of many axes, the crashing
of great trees as they fell — all became our daily fare of strange
experience. The great forests surrounding Moss Neck were
literally mowed down. Almost instantly there sprang into life
settlements of log huts, with here and there dotted white tents
among them. The smoke curled upward from many camp
fires. It was a moving scene, a panorama of busy life and
activity. How the sounds of camp life haunt me still! The
hum of voices, the music of the bands, especially the "Stonewall
Brigade Band," stationed right in front of the house! Some-
times amid the bustle of this active life of the soldiers would
steal out through the dim twilight a dirge from a band at the
burial of some poor soldier whose mortal career had ended,
sometimes doubtless from lack of woman's nursing. They
were laid to rest far from home and mother.
I can never hear to-day that old hymn tune, "Mear," with-
out the chill of unutterable sadness creeping over me. There
were bright sides to the story, however, and many pleasant
episodes. Often there would be a fine dress parade or grand
re\new, when the whole neighborhood would come to witness
tlie drill. As a rule, however, the ladies remained at home,
for the "corduroy" roads were dreadful. The soldiers often
gave the Rebel yell, and anything from "Old Jack" to a rabbit
would set them oflf. The bad roads did not keep the home-
sick fellows from visiting, and all the neighbors kept open
house. It was my delight to give them the treat of a good
supper now and then. The clanking of spurs often mingled
with music and dancing, and good old war-time songs of
"Lorcna." "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," "Ever of
1 bee,'' and other ballads filled many an evening and soothed
many a lonely heart.
Now while our men were quietly resting around Moss Neck
General Hooker's army was encamped at Farley Vale, home
of S. Wellford Corbin, on the other side of the river, in
King George County. From our garden hill could be seen
their tents, and we could also hear the music of their bands.
1 have sat for hours listening to the fine music of those
Northern bands and seeing their balloons sailing through the
air. Wonderfully near they seeincd ! It has been stated re-
cently in the public press that the celebrated Count Zeppelin,
whose recent experiments with the dirigible balloon are world-
wide in their fame, was with General Grant during the Civil
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I.1TTI.E JANE CORIilN.
War. It is most likely that he was across the river from us,
even then experimenting with balloons, and it may have been
some sent up by him which we saw.
During the winter I had ample opportunity to see and know
some of our most distinguished officers : Generals Lee, Stuart,
A. P. and D. H. Hill, and others. Often seated by my win-
dow, I saw General Lee ride by like a crusader of old. Gen-
eral Stuart with his plumes waving in the wind, Von Borcke
upon his huge horse (selected on account of his immense size),
and other distinguished personages. I became well acquainted
with General Jackson. 1 saw him almost every day. He and
the old Sorrel and "Uncle Jim" were most familiar objects
Uncle Jim was his well-known body servant, and the little sor-
rel liis much-used steed. General Jackson was not only a
great soldier but a man as loving and as tender as a woman
in his sympathies and interests. "The bravest are the tenderest,
the loving are the daring." He
was very fond of children.
especially of little Jane Well-
ford Corbin, our only child,
who was at this time about five
years of age, winning in her
ways, and the pet and darling
of the whole staff. Indeed, she
was beloved by all our army
friends. General Jackson
would send for her to come to
the office and see him in the
mornings. She would play
there for hours at a time. SIic would sit on tlie floor, cut
paper dolls, and entertain the General with her childish prattle.
One favorite amusement of his as well as of hers was her
folding a piece of paper and cutting a long string of dolls all
joined together in ranks which she called her "Stonewall Bri-
gade." I can imagine a smile and a merry twinkle in his eyes
as he scanned these miniature soldiers, funny little bow-legged
fellows they were. I have some of them now between the
leaves of my old Bible. I am sure any of the old veterans
would laugh to sec their diminutive representatives.
Janie particularly admired the new military cap with its
broad gilt band, not long before sent to the General by Mrs.
Jackson, and she also admired the new uniform which I have
heard was given to him by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, which was
worn the day of the battle of Fredericksburg, making him
thus unconsciously a target for the enemy. One day he took
the end of his pen knife, and, ripping the band from the cap.
he pinned it round the cliild's hair like a coronet. He said :
"Janie, it suits a little girl like you better than it does an
old soldier like me." She came running in, her eyes sparkling.
to show it to mother and to tell what he s.tid. Afterwards
she wore it in the same ornamental way when she was dressed
for the evening. Regally she wore her crown : the gold of the
band blended with the gold in her hair. Dear little girl, we
did not dream that for this gift of General Jackson her name
would become historic. The incident has been mentioned in
many a history as an evidence of his great, loving heart ami
regard for little children. The little piece of braid, now faded
and tarnished, I kept and am preserving still as a precious
souvenir with priceless associations.
Not many weeks afterwards this lovely child was seized with
malignant scarlet fever, and in less than forty-eight hours
this dreadful scourge of childhood had ended her sweet young
life. She died the very morning after General Jackson left
Moss Creek to prepare to open his spring campaign. She
seemed but the avant courier of the brilliant star so soon to
set. Only a month or two later Jackson too was taken away
from us. The army went into active service. The battles of
Chancellorsville and the Wilderness followed. The brave
leader fell, wounded by his own men. He was carried to
Guinea Station, where he lingered for a brief while, nursed
by his beloved wife and his faithful physician. There he
closed his eyes and "passed over the river to rest in the shade
of the trees," Brave Christian soldier!
GOr. J. B. M'CREARV WHEN A PRISONER.
Hon. James B. McCreary has been elected Governor of
Kentucky for the second time. This honor has been be-
stowed on but two men in the history of that State. Governor
Shelby was elected in 1798 and again in 1812. Governor Mc-
Creary was elected in 1875 and again in 1911 after an interim
of thirty-six years.
Governor McCreary was major of the nth Kentucky Cav-
alry, C. S. A.; and when Col. David W. Chenault was killed
at the Green River Stockade on July 4, 1863, Governor Mc-
Creary became lieutenant colonel of the regiment and com-
manded it on the Ohio raid. He was in the United States
Senate for one term (six years). Congressman for the
Eighth Kentucky District ten years, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and twice elected Governor, as stated. He
was a gallant soldier as well as a most distinguished states-
man. His Confederate comrades throughout the South will
rejt)ice that his native commonwealth has done him the honor
of again bestowing on him tlie oflice of chief executive.
GOV. JAMES B. M CREAKY.
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The following extracts from a speech of Geii. Bennett 11.
Young, Commander Department Army of Tennessee, during
:i recent campaign stirred the pride of his comrades.
Extracts from Speech by Gen. Bennett H. Young.
On the Fourth of July, 1863, at the very beginning of Mor-
gan's Ohio raid the battle of Green River occurred. The nth
Kentucky bore the brunt of that conflict. Colonel Moore, of
a Union Iowa regiment, was in charge of a stockade at that
point. General Morgan had easy sailing from where he had
•crossed the Cumberland River to this place. A demand for
surrender met with the response that "the Fourth of July
was a bad day to ask a Union soldier to surrender, and that
if General Morgan wanted him he would have to come and get
him."
.\n assault was immediately ordered. It was met with
determined resistance, and in the end with a deadly repulse.
While standing by Colonel Chcnault that officer was slioi
through the head and fell dead at Major McCreary's fee!
.\ssuniing cotnmand of the regiment, he passed along the line
to designate Captain Treble as his second in command : and
as the order was issued and Treble waved his hand in ac-
knowledgment of the promotion, he too was shot down by Mc-
Creary's side. A second captain w-as killed in like manner.
Maj. Theophilus Steele rode up to learn what were the con
<litions, and his horse was killed as he leaned over to hear the
report from the gallant McCreary. On that day no man cvci
acted with calmer courage or handled a regiment with more
skill or bravery.
And lie won the admiration and respect of all his command
by his splendid bearing. * * * Brave men as a rule are true
men, and a man who w-ent faultlessly through such an ordeal
can be trusted in all the affairs of life.
You will remember that all of Morgan's officers who were
captured on the Ohio raid were confined for some months in
the Ohio penitentiary. Among these was Lieut. Col. James
B. McCreary. From this prison General Morgan and some
of his companions escaped by tunneling into an air shaft and
sewer. To escape became the highest hope and ambition of
those prisoners. Colonel McCreary had concealed $100 in
gold in the seams of his clothing. With part of this he had
induced a Federal soldier to sell him a long knife. Tt was
agreed that McCreary with the knife should grapple the sol-
dier, overpower him, then the two escape to Canada.
The fact that McCreary had a knife was in some way be-
trayed to the warden of the penitentiary. He demanded its
production, and the prisoner refused its surrender. He w-as
thoroughly examined for its presence and threatened with the
dungeon if it was not given up. Search was in vain, but
finally a detective advised ripping open the mattress in the
cell and the knife was discovered. The thermometer was then
below zero. Colonel McCreary was hurried into a dark, dis-
mal dungeon, with no furniture, no bed. Without food or
water, he was kept in tliis horrible place for thirty-si.x hours,
and then the name of the person who had given him the knife
was again demanded. This was positively refused.
"You may kill me or freeze me or starve me, but I will not
betray the man who gave me the knife." was the courageous
response of this young Kentuckian. He was returned to the
dungeon, where he could keep from dying with cold only by
walking across the floor of his cell for two days and nights.
In the awful isolation, in the terrifying darkness, tortured
with hunger and burning with thirst, the only relief that came
to the dreadfulness of the place was one tin cup of water and
a slice of bread handed in through a small opening of the
door. Death seemed near at hand, but another demand for the
name of the man who had given him the knife was met with
a calm and determined refusal. After an awful experience
for many hours, the surgeon of the penitentiary passed in
front of the dungeon. He heard the moaning of what he be-
lieved to be a struggling, dying human being. He ordered the
door opened, removed the unconscious soldier to the hospital,
and by humane and merciful attendance saved his life.
Fellow citizens, a man who courted death rather than be-
tray a Federal soldier who had sold him a knife is incapable
of a mean or dishonorable act. If this thing were to happen
in the year 191 1, the Carnegie medal fund would give him .1
splendid testimonial and in addition add enough to make him
comfortable for the remainder of his life.
Xo man in Kentucky has emerged from as many political
conflicts with a better record. He can hold up his hands with
the liine light of truth shining through and through, and not
a single dollar in his political life ever stuck to his fingers.
He was always kind and courteous and true to his party and
to his principles. He never politically did anything of which
a Kentuckian need be ashamed.
ir.iR IX yfissouRi begas at camp jackson.
BV S. T. RfFFNER. FRONT ROYAL. V.\.
Missouri was in i8(x)-6i unquestionably opposed to the seces-
sion of the State. The position she sought to occupy was
one of neutrality : but so closely was she identified with the
South by reason of her institutions as well as the origin of ;■
large portion of her inhabitants that she became an object of
suspicion and of prompt military occupation by the troops of
the United States.
At the inception of this proceeding there were thus two
bodies of troops in the State, the militia or State Guard of
Missouri — one brigade from each Congressional district, en-
rolled by order of the legislature, under command of Maj.
Gen. Sterling Price — and the United States forces under Gen-
eral Harney, commanding the Department of the West, a
geographic division which included the State of Missouri.
General Price was a known "Union" man, had seen service
in the Mexican War. was an ex-Governor, a born leader and
commander of men, and well qualified to discharge the duties
of his delicate and responsible position.
By the law of the State an annual encampment of the mili-
tia was held for the purpose of instruction in tactics. The
place selected for encampment in 1861 was then about half a
mile from the city of St. Louis, between Olive Street and
Laclede Avenue, known as Lindell's Grove. Here about the
1st of May, 1861, several companies of militia numbering 636
men and fifty officers, commanded by Gen. D. M. Frost, an
old army man, set up their camp, calling it Camp Jackson
after Claiborne F. Jackson, the Governor of the State.
There w-as no appearance of hostility in this camp. No
sentinels were set to guard against surprise, visitors were
freely admitted, the wives, sweethearts, children even, and
schoolboys, and families of officers and men coming out from
the city to witness the daily drill and exercises.
In the temporary absence of General Harney Capt. Nathaniel
Lyon, of the United States army, was in charge of the arsenal
and Union forces in St. Louis. Lyon was a New England
man, active, wiry, and brave; but he had no liking for South-
ern people or Southern institutions, and sided with the ex-
tremists in favor of coercion. Unfortunately Lyon conceived
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the impression that the enlistment and collecting of the Stall-
militia was designed to make an attack on his men and to get
possession of the arsenal. Hence he wrote exciting and exag-
gerated statements to the War Department at Washington
asking permission to increase his forces by enlisting troops
from the almost solid Gernvin population in the southern part
of the city. Authority was given him by Mr. Lincoln to raise
ten regiments. Of these by May lo, 1861, he had formed seven
regiments, and had organized and drilled them quietly with-
out arousing any alarm in the city. He had also two regi-
ments of regular soldiers.
The rumor came to Frost that Lyon was preparing to at-
tack Camp Jackson. Acting upon this. General Frost ad-
dressed a communication to Captain Lyon, assuring him that
no assault upon the arsenal or the United Slates troops
was intended, saying that he was at Camp Jackson under
the Constitution to drill and train the mililia ; that no
flag but the stars and stripes, with its fellow, the coat of arms
of the State, had ever floated over their camp; moreover,
that the services of himself and his command, and if neces-
sary the whole power of the State, was proffered to protect
the United States in the full possession of the arsenal and all
other government property.
Lyon, discrediting the sincerity of Frost's letter, replied in
substance as follows: "Your command is regarded as hostile
toward the government of the United States. It is made up
of secessionists, is in correspondence with the Confederacy,
and is acting under the orders of the Governor of Missouri.
who is a Rebel. I therefore demand the immediate surrender
of your command and the dispersion of your troops."
The masses of the great city of 300,000 people had little
knowledge of the condition of military matters around them.
They did know that the air was full of rumors and that the
talk was of w-ar; but in spite of an inevitable feeling of disquiet,
they were plying their various pursuits and vocations in the
usual way, when suddenly on the lolh of May Lyon moved his
army. Some estimated it at 6,000 men; Lyon in his official
report calls it a "great number." They marched in platoons,
reaching from curb to curb, up from the southern part of the
city through several of the principal streets toward Olive
Street. The appearance of so formidable an army on the
inarch naturally e.xcited attention as it passed, and many
were the speculations as to its meaning and destination. Busy
tradesmen left their counters to become spectators, and crowds
of men, women, and children soon packed the sidewalks, and,
filled with curiosity, followed along, the number incre;'sing as
they went. It was half past three o'clock in the afternoon as
the columns turned down Olive Street, and the city high
schools were just dismissed for the day. The boys pouring
out of the buildings, book satchels in hand, eager to see what
was going on, quickly joined the procession.
On they w-ent, the curious but unalarmed crowd of citizens
keeping pace. Lindell's Grove was reached, Camp Jackson
surrounded, and its immediate surrender demanded. General
Frost, while protesting at "the unlawful procedure," made
no resistance, but yielded to the inevitable.
After the State troops had surrendered and been disarmed,
Lyon's men opened fire upon the mass of wondering specta-
tors—a thousand, perhaps several thousand of whom had been
inclosed within the ranks — killing and wounding many. Of
this incident various versions have been given. Frost in his
report says : "After we w-ere disarmed and had sui-rendered,
a fire was opened upon a portion of us by Lyon's troops, and
a number of men put to death, together with several innocent
lookers on." Lyon in his report of Ma}- 12 to Col. L. Thomas,
adjutant general at Washington, says : "My command on re-
turning to their station were fired upon by a mob, which lire
was returned by the troops, from which all told on both sides
about twelve persons were killed, two of whom were United
States troops."
P. S. Sanderson, chief clerk, stated that after being fired
upon Captain Blondow-sky ordered the L'nited States troops
to fire upon the crowd.
The following account of this affair is given by an eye-
witness (Rev. P. D. Stephenson, D.D., a former member of
Company — , Washington Artillery, now a distinguished Pres-
byterian minister of Woodstock, Va.), a man of intelligence
and character, reared in St. Louis, then a student of one of
the city schools, and one of those inclosed within the square
of armed soldiery. This gentleman refers to the fact that
these troops were for the most part Germans, speaking a dif-
ferent language, employed by the government to swell the
ranks of Lyon's forces, with possibly but a crude conception of
the issues at stake and therefore unrestrained from deeds of
lawlessness and violence. He also says that after the militia
had surrendered and given up their arms the citizens were kept
standing for some time, scarcely knowing how to escape from
the snare into which they had unwittingly been enmeshed, but
little dreaming of any violent demonstration on the part of
the army. While thus waiting for release a lad from out the
group of students in a spirit of bravado or possibly of boyish
sport pitched a clod of dirt at a mounted German officer and
sfruck him on the leg. Immediately the officer drew his
sword, wheeled his horse toward his men, and gave the signal
to fire. Realizing too late the perils to which they had sub-
jected themselves, the helpless citizens ran to the outer side
of the square and were fired upon from that dirction. It was
some time before order was restored and the firing upon in-
nocent victims ceased. Among the killed was a woman with
a babe in her arms and a young girl.
Lyon finally marched the State troops down through the
city as prisoners of war to the arsenal, where they were kept
until paroled by the intervention of General Harney.
A charitable explanation of the unwarranted and brutal at-
tack upon unarmed men and innocent women and children
might be in the suggestion that the German troops, excited by
so large a crowd of citizens following along after them. Became
suspicious, or that Captain Blondowsky, incensed by the jeers
of mischievous boys laughing at the unusual appearance of
the "foreign horde," when struck by the clod of dirt, gave vent
to his anger and ordered the firing.
The taking of Camp Jackson was a great blunder, and one
that might have been avoided had the Union leaders in St.
Louis heeded the counsel of conservative men on both sides,
such as Harney and Price. But impetuous and prejudiced as
Lyon was, there were others, radical politicians who had in-
fluence at Washington, that were urging him on.
The taking of Camp Jackson was also a great wrong to Mis-
souri. It sent a thrill of indignation over the State and in-
volved Missouri in a war with the general government. It cut
her oflf from supplies of arms and ammunition and threw an
organized army of 10,000 troops into her defenselses bounda-
ries. All the hard-fought battles, all the outrages perpetrated
by both parties in Missouri during the war and immediately
after may be traced to this deplorable incident. It set a prece-
dent to the Union soldier to disregard personal rights and
menaced the safety of all Southern men. It took from Mis-
sourians all civil protection; it stimulated oppression on one
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side and provoked rctalintion and revenge on tlie otlicr. Mis-
souri's only hope was to stand upon licr constitutiDnal rights.
This was denied her.
The War West of the Mississippi River.
The taking of Camp Jackson, with its accompanying tragedy,
greatly inflamed the minds of the people throughout the State.
^Jany were openly advocating war, others favored taking a
neutral position, thinking resistance futile.
On June 12, 1861, Gov. Claiborne Jackson issued a proclama-
tion calling for fifty thousand volunteers to defend the Stale
against the invasion. On the second day after the proclama-
tion General Lyon began to move his army from St. Louis
toward the capital, taking part of his forces, including one
regiment of regular United States troops, Col. Frank I'.
Blair's regiment of volunteers, and Lieutenant Toltcn's bat-
tery, by steamboats. The other parts under Col. Franz Sigel
went by rail. They reached Jeflferson City on the afternoon
of the next day, and took possession of the town without re-
sistance, the Governor and other officials having hastily taken
leave southward. Lyon proceeded up the Missouri River, land-
ing on the 17th a few miles below Boonvillc, where he met
with a stubborn resistance from citizen volunteers who were
without artillery, and, not being able to withstand 'I'ottcn's
Battery, retreated.
Lyon continued his march through Sedalia and toward tin-
southwest. Simultaneous with this movement Gen. S. I'
Sturgis, of the Federal army, with a like force set out from
Leavenworth, Kans., moving in the direction of Springficlil,
Mo., at which point the two forces united July 31.
In the meanwhile General Price was rapidly recruiting .in
army of State troops near tlie Arkansas border, where he wa-
joined by Gen, Benjamin McCulloch's conmiand of Arkansas
and Texas troops, and one Louisiana regiment (the 3d), under
Col. Lewis Hebcrt. known as the "Pelican Rifles." The two
armies were now about forty miles apart; they were fairly
matched in numbers, having about ten thousand men on each
side. The Federal troops were well armed, while about one
thousand mounted men in Price's camp were without arms of
any kind. The battle of Wilson's Creek was fought eight
miles from Springfield on August 10, 1861. It was a hard and
bloody struggle fought in an open field, lasting seven hours.
Most of the Southern men had never been under fire and had
never been drilled ; while the I'ederal troops were well equipped
and trained for this stage of the war, some of them having
served in the regular L'nitcd '^tates army. General Sigel's
men were German volunteers. ~.ome of whom had done mili-
t,iry service in the old country. Sterling Price was a veteran
of the Mexican War. General McCuIloch was a Texan vet-
eran who had helped to avenge the butchery of the heroes of
the Alamo at San Jacinto.
Lyon surrounded the Southern canui in the night. The
battle began about sunrise in an attack on the front and rear
of the Confederate line. The surprise was almost complete.
ALany of the Southern soldiers were either in bed or pre-
paring breakfast when Tottcn's Battery opened fire from an
elevation overlooking their camp. This was afterwards known
as Bloody Hill. I cannot here enter into the details of this
battle ; others have done it well. That it was stubborn and
deadly is shown by the losses on both sides and the close
proximity of those left on the field. The killed and wounded
of the Federals numbered twelve humlreJ and thirty-five, and
the Southern loss was about the same.
The fighting was always at close range and without cessa-
lion from the start to the end. It was a fatal day for Lyon
and his command when he brought his lines within easy range
of the double-barreled shotguns of the Southern frontiersmen.
The LInion army was routed and driven from the field through
Springfield toward Rolla, the nearest point to the railroad.
Price and McCulloch buried their dead on the battle field,
and the next day moved into Springfield and went into camp.
Thus it will be seen that just three months to the day from
the taking of Camp Jackson Lyon's army was utterly beaten
and himself slain while rallying the ist Iowa Regiment for
one more charge. The battle suddenly ended, and the vic-
tory of Wilson's Creek was emblazoned on the arms of the
Confederates.
While these things were taking place in the field tlie Union
politicians were busy in St. Louis. A State convention w-as
tailed and met in that city July 20. Of course no Southern
sympathizer could be present. This convention arbitrarily de-
clared vacant the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and Secretary of State, and filled the offices by appointment.
These depositions from office also applied to members of the
legislature. Gamble was appointed and installed Governor.
The State had passed no formal act of secession ; but the
army assumed common cause with the seceded States, and
on November 2 Governor Jackson called a meeting of the
legislature at Neosho. A quorum of Southern sympathizers
were present, and they passed an act ratifying an agreement
made between the State and the commissioners of the Confed-
erate government by which Missouri was to become a member
of the Confederacy, and elected George G. Vest and John B.
Clark, Sr., to the Senate at Richmond.
Tlie first election in the State after the war began was held
in 1864, when the notorious Drake Constitution was adopted
and the disfranchisement of Southern soldiers and sympa-
thizers was enacted, debarring all such per.sons from holding
office or place of trust, prohibiting from the practice of law.
teaching school, or preaching the gospel and all who were un-
willing to take oath of loyalty to the Federal government.
Citizens who had been enjoying a lifelong ideal freedom,
dwelling in the full liberty of their peaceful and quiet liomes,
faring sumptuously on the rich products of a virgin soil which
their industry had reclaimed from its native State and under
a government which they regarded as the best in the world,
little dreamed of the trying ordeal through which they were
so soon to pass — disfranchisement, the invasion of the sacred
precincts of home by military searches, confiscation of prop-
erty, exposure to indignities, or prison and banishment —
and for what offense? Divested of fanaticism and passion,
the impartial historian will answer: "Because he advocated
and defended the sublime principle of State sovereignty."
From Remote New Engi..\ni). — A. I. Mather, Secretary of
the Masonic Temple Association, Rockland, Maine, writes:
"On April 10, 1912, I shall have reached the age of three-
score years and ten. As I grow older I think more of the
old days when we were campaigning in Vir.gini.t. I am espe-
cially interested in that last campaign which ended at .Appo-
mattox. I was young then and full 'of ginger. * * * I
send special greetings to my old comrades in gray who were
in that particular camp:iign, and through the Veter.\n I wish
to convey my wishes for their prosperity. I am always glad
to communicate with any of the glorious old .\rmy of North-
ern Virginia, and anticipate meeting them at the proposed
reunion of the blue and gray at Gettysburg in 1913. May all
of us be spared to participate in tlial gr.nul event 1"
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with high spirit and courage, undying sense of truth, honor,
and high ideals tliat go to make for manhood in all things.
Major Echols's grandfather, William Echols, went from
Pittsylvania County, Va., to Alabama in 1816. His father,
also William Echols, at that time sixteen years of age. con-
tinued a resident of Alabama the remainder of his life.
Major Echols was married in Huntsville January 19, 1859, to
Mrirv Beirne Patton, daughter of Dr. Charles H. Patton and
M.\.l. \\ll-l.l.^M lloLDiNr. Mciioi.s.
William Holding Echols was born in Huntsville, Ala., March
11, 1834. He received his preliminary education at Green
Academy, in Huntsville ; then he engaged in business in Hunts-
ville, and also for one year in Mississippi. Receiving an ap-
pointment as cadet, he entered the United States Military
Academy at West Point July i, 1854, and was graduated fourth
in his class on July i, 1858, at which date he received his com-
mission in the army and was assigned as brevet second lieu-
tenant to the Corps of Topographical Engineers. He was re-
tained at West Point as instructor in the Military .Academy
until September, 1858. In October of that year he was ordered
to Fort Vancouver, W. T., for duty at Headquarters Depart-
ment of Oregon. This order was subsequently changed, and
Lieutenant Echols was assigned to the Department of Texas
with headquarters at San .-Xntonio, where he served until the
breaking out of the Civil War.
In the capacity of engineer in charge of the survey Lieu-
tenant Echols for two years made expeditions throughout
Northwest Texas with camels, imported by the government
for that purpose, in search of available routes through those
arid wastes to the California coast. His penciled notes
of those experiences, taken in the field and embodied in his
field books, are full of vivid interest.
Lieutenant Echols resigned from the United States army on
March 21, 1861, and joined the Confederate army. He was
appointed by President Davis as captain of engineers in the
regular Confederate army March 29, 1861, and was assigned
to duty as engineer in charge of Fort Jackson and St. Philip,
La., whence, after a brief service, he was ordered on April 17,
1861, to Savannah, Ga., where he was employed as chief engi-
neer in charge of defenses, in building fortifications, and also
in organizing and drilling troops under Gen. A. R. Lawton.
He was commissioned on December 30, 1861, by Gov. Joseph
E. Brown, of Georgia, as colonel of the 29th Georgia Volun-
teers, a position which he greatly desired to accept. But, not-
withstanding General Lawton's indorsement of his cause.
President Davis wrote him : "The number of engineer officers
m our service is quite too small to permit them being placed
in command of troops." He was then promoted to be major
of engineers, and as chief engineer of South Carolina was or-
dered to the defense of Charleston Harbor, where he served
under Generals Beauregard, Pemberton, and Hardee until the
evacuation of Charleston, in 1865. He was proceeding on his
way through North Carolina to join the Army of Virginia
when the surrender took place.
Major Echols returned to his native place, Huntsville, where
in 1866 he served as civil engineer on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad. In 1868 he rehabilitated and reorgan-
ized the Bell Factory Cotton Mills, one of the oldest cotton
mills in the South. He subsequently became President of the
First National Bank of Huntsville. the duties of which posi-
tion he continued to perform until a few monllis before his
death, on November 13, 1909.
Major Echols was modest, iinassinning, and lender-hearted,
^m.^
Ai^g0^
.M.\J. W. H. ECHOLS.
Susan Beirne Patton, He is survived by his wife, two sons,
and a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Spragins, of Huntsville. One
son is Col. Charles P. Echols, of the United States army, now
Professor of Mathematics at the Military Academy at West
Point; the other son, William H. Echols, Jr., has been for
twenty years Professor of Mathematics in the .University of
Virginia. Major Echols is also survived by two sisters, Mrs
Wm. C. Collier and Mrs. Eliza Richardson, of Nashville, Tenn.
CoL, John W. Gray.
One of the most venerable of Georgia pioneers was Col.
John W. Gray, who lived for seventy-nine years at Adairs-
ville before that town (halfway between Chattanooga and
Atlanta") was founded. His father settled there in 1833, at
which time the Indians were so numerous and the whites
so scarce that the lad's playmates were chiefly the papooses.
Colonel Gray was one of the best-known men in North Geor-
gia. As a young man he went West in search of gold as
one of the "forty-niners," but erelong he returned. He went
away again in t86i ; and after the four years of war, in which
he was a gallant field officer of the 8th Georgia Infantry and
later on tlie stafT of Gen. W. T. Wotiford, he returned to
Adairsville, and of course that was home all the while.
He was a fine model of the pioneer type. He was over six
feet tall, .nnd until the last was "as straight as an Indian, as
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hard as a hickory knot, sinewy, active, clcar-niinded. and clear-
blooded." He was a fine example of a vanishing kind that cut
their way through the frontier in the old days and faced
bravely whatever wasbefore them. He was one of the bitter
opponents of secession. He fought it with determination, and
he helped to carry Bartow County in a vot« against it. But
when Georgia did secede and war was on, he was one of the
lirst to step to the front and declare his loyalty to his State.
And during the war he proved himself a gallant soldier.
After the war, when sensibilities were raw and feelings
were bitter, he was one of the leaders in the regeneration of
the stricken South. Bartow County had its share of scalla-
wags — a lawless lot. They infested his own neighborhood until
he laid aside the ways of peace and used violence upon them,
risking himself single-handed against their combined lot, and
he saw them scatter.
In the early seventies he was a member of the lower house
of the Georgia Legislature, but he loved straightforward talk
and quick action. He did not know the meaning of fear.
After the war Colonel Gray returned to Adairsville. He
took up merchandising, and for years was one of the best
merchants of that section, being noted for his honest dealings.
His father gave him a rightful inheritance to his pioneer
ways. He had penetrated from North Carolina into Georgia.
locating first in Columbia County, next in Carroll, and then
permanently in Cass County, which afterwards became Bartow.
The elder James Gray was the father of several children, of
wlion: this son was the last survivor.
On June 12, 1909, an automobile in which were his son.
James R. Gray, and several guests stopped in front of his
house on its way from Atlanta to a good roads meeting in
Dalton, and a reporter of the Atlanta Journal, which paper is
owned by the son, James R. Gray, wrote : "Eighty years of
COL. JOHN W,- GRAY.
winter and summer have passed over his head, but they have
left it little silvered. \or have they bent him nor broken him,
for he stands as straight in his tracks as a university squad
youth, and his voice is deep and full-toned. He is a remarka-
ble living demonstration of the healthful and preservative
qualities of the North Georgia air in which he was born and
reared. His son, himself a proud grandfather, was one of
the party that stopped to pay the vigorous old gentleman of
pioneer Georgia their respects on his own threshold. Colonel
Gray said : T have lived right on this knoll for seventy-nine
years. I played with the little Indians here. They were my
only playmates for years. I can well remember the first white
boy I ever got acquainted with. He went out to California
with me a good many years later and came back with me. He
died about ten years ago.' It seemed but a step from the voice
that was speaking back to the unknown das's when the red-
skins roamed the woods about and traded their wares at the
kitchen door with the slave cooks, while the little white boy
in the wilderness got acquainted with their bare-thighed sons
in the yard. His good-by was the benediction of a patriarch."
Capt. S. R. Latta. ' - y
Capt. S. R. Latta, one of the oldest citizens of Dyersburg,
Tcim., died there on July 12, 191 1, after nearly a year's ill-
ness. He was eighty-six years of age, and had lived there
sixty-one years. He was a native of Pennsylvania. When the
war broke out, he organized a company at Dyersburg and
served as its captain through the war. After the war he
began the practice of law, and continued in the profession
until his retirement on account of advanced age. He was a
prominent member of the Confederate Veteran Camp at Dyers-
burg, and it was his custom to give his old comrades a picnic
on his lawn once a year, and the boys in gray always had a
good time on those occasions. They loved their old captain
and will ever revere his memory. His wife survives him, also
three sons and three daughters. Mrs. W. M. Anderson, wife
of Rev. Dr. Anderson, formerly pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Nashville, is his eldest daughter. Captain
Latta was a Mason and a charter member of the local lodge,
which is one of the oldest in the State.
(It is a coincidence recurred to many times by the Editor
that Captain Latta and Gen. O. F. Strahl. both of Northern
rearing, commanded the two first companies from Dyer County
for the Confederate army, than whom there were no more
faithful Confederates. General Strahl was killed at Franklin,
buried at Ashwood, and reinterred at Dyersbtirg.] .
Mrs. a. R. GovA>f. ~ |
At a meeting of the Seven Generals Chapter, United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, of Helena, resolutions were adopted
m memory of Mrs. Andrew Govan, naming her as one of its
most faithful and beloved women and expressing keenly the
loss of so noble a character and firm supporter. They pay
tribute to her words of counsel and her undaunted zeal in
their work to perpetuate the memory of our noble dead. She
was a true and loyal type of Southern womanhood and an
inspiration and guide to influence her associates in noble deeds.
A memorial page is set apart in the records of the Chapter
and copies of resolutions are sent to the sorrowing husband
and f.imily with the profound and heartfelt sympathy of the
Chapter in their great bereavement, and also to the Veteran.
Miss Jessie Thompson and Mrs JcnTuc Pillor Rightor,
committee.
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Qo9federat(^ l/eteraij.
Tribute by Vetekans to Miss Mary AMtuA Smith.
The Grand Camp Confederate Veterans, of Virginia, moved
by the chivalrous sentiment which inspired its members dur-
ing our great struggle for our inheritance as bequeathed by
the fathers of the republic— a sentiment they still cherish —
deems it an honor to show its profound respect to the memory
of Miss Mary Amelia Smith, the beloved daughter of \'ir-
ginia's warrior-statesman. Gov. William Smith, who died at
her home in Warrcnion, Va., on September 20, 191 1. full of
years and of honors.
Having "kept the faith," she has fuiislud her course and will
"henceforth wear a crown of righteousness which the Lord.
the righteous Judge, shall give" her.
Miss Smith's love for the Confederate cause, its noble cliaiii-
pions. and high ideals was the absorbing passion of her life,
and there was none among all the devoted women of the Sontli
who strove more earnestly and labored more unceasingly U)
Iceep them in undimmed remembrance. She was among the
first and most zealous by her cflForts and her gifts to per-
petuate in marble and in bronze the fame of our comrades who
fought for country and for truth under the Southern cross.
.\s Regent of her home Chapter and head of the Virginia
Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy she
aroused interest and enthusiasm in the good work and added
largely to their rolls.
There stands in the Confederate part of ilic cenielcry at
\V'arrcnt6n the first of the monuments erected in Virginia,
bearing the inscription, "Virginia's Daughters to Virginia's
Defenders," which attest alike her zeal and her generosity.
She was joint contributor to the splendid statue of her
heroic father which graces the Capitol Square in Richmond.
The grounds of our Soldiers' Home, the memorial window
in its chapel, and the "Smith Cottage," where many a Virginia
veteran overtaken by adverse fortune has found case and com-
fort in his declining years attest her generous fidelity.
The Grand Camp is glad to honor the memory of this true-
representative of the noble women of the South, who never
failed to respond with soul and heart and hand to the limitless
demand upon their fortitude and self-sacrifice. May her patri-
otic devotion to the precious memories of our glorious strug-
gle be an inspiration and an example to the South's daughters
through all the coming years !
Mrs. Rosa Bukwkli, Todi).
Mrs. r<osa llnrwcll Todd, the wife of Dr. C. H. Todd, and
one of the best-known and most highly respected wonv-n of
Owensboro, died at her home in N'ovember, 191 1, after an ill-
ness of two weeks. Mrs. Todd was a daughter of the late
Col. William M. Hiirwell, of Bedford County, Va., and a grand-
daughter of Hon. William .\. Hurwell, priv.ite Secretary to
Thomas Jefferson.
Mrs. Todd was nnrried to Dr. C. II. Todd in February,
1865, and in September of that year with her husband re-
moved to Owensboro, where she resided until her death. Mrs.
Todd was known as a woman of strong personality. She was
a writer for several well-known magazines in this country.
She was an active member of the D. A. R., and for two years
was Regent of the State of Kentucky. Besides her husband,
three children. Misses Rosa and Frances Todd and Mr.
Stuart Todd, survive her.
A special meeting of the Rice F. Graves Camp of Confeder-
ate Veterans was held in Owensboro November 10, 1911, and
action was taken in regard to Mrs. Todd as follows:
"Kc'SDkcd, That the officers and members of thi^Camp have
with deep regret learned of the death of Mrs. Rosa B. Todd.
wife of Dr. C. H. Todd, Commander of the Rice E. Graves
Camp. This Camp hereby extends its sincere sympathies to its
Commander, Dr. Todd, and his family, and join witli thcni in
their grief occasioned by their irreparable loss.
"The members of the Camp personally knew Mrs. Todd
well; they admired and loved her for her womanly virtues and
high character. She w-as a child of the 'Old South.' attached
by tradition and education to its institutions and its people.
"Confederate soldiers never had a more loyal friend or a
more intelligent or faithful defender of the cause for which
they fought than Mrs. Rosa B, Todd, and in her death the
Rice E. Graves Camp fully recognizes it has lost one of the
most ardent and accomplished supporters of the principles for
which the Confederate organization stands.
"Born and reared in a home of wealth and culture which
was often visited by the most distinguished men of the South,
among whom were Gen. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson,
she grew from childhood into glorious young womanhood de-
votedly attached to the South. A descendant from Revolu-
tionary ancestry, she was for years a conspicuous figure in that
patriotic organization, the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion. With the passing of Mrs. Todd, Owensboro has lost one
of its most learned and brilliant women, and surviving Confed-
erate soldiers have a most capable and consistent advocate."
Dr. Todd was surgeon of the 13th Virginia Infantry Regi-
ment under Stonewall Jackson and surrendered at Appomat-
tox.* His friends and those of his surviving family sympathize
with them in their sad bereavement.
Deaths in E. C. Walthall Camp. Swektwater. Tex.,
Since January, 19 10.
Dr. R. J. Pope died April 6, 1910, aged about sixly-scven
vcars. He w-as a member of Company E, 3d Tennessee In-
fantry, and served in the A. X. V.
J. M. Fay, of the 63d North Carolinn, died .A.ugust 14, 1910.
aged seventy-seven years. He was in the secret service most
of the war, often within the enemy's lines, and more than once
captui-cd. at one time making his escape from Fortress Mon-
roe. Comrade Fay had the unqualified confidence of his su-
perior officers, and was often selected for dispatch under-
takings. He w-as know-n in the secret service as "White Oak."
and there are probably some yet living who remember him by
this name.
B. F. Roberts, of Company F, 431! Georgia Inf:inlry, died
-August 23, 1911, aged seventy-two years. He served in the
.Army of Tennessee.
W. D. Beall, captain of Company K, 7th Texas Infantry,
Trans-Mississippi Department, died on .August 24, 1911. He
was born eighty-three years ago in Mississippi. He was in
California at the beginning of the war, but hastened overland
to Texas to enlist.
G. W. Campbell, of Company F, 45th Mississippi Infantry,
died on October Q, igii. He was born sixty-nine years ago
at St. Johns, New Brunswick, and was a sailor for a num-
ber of years, traveling very extensively. He was an enthusi-
astic Mason.
J. Z. Linn, captain Company E, 12th Kentucky Cavalry, died
October 11, 191 1. He was born in Calhoun County, Ky., in
1836. He was a railroad conductor at the beginning of the
war, and was elected captain of his company while away in
charge of his train. He served under General Forrest.
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David Bayley Taylor.
Suddenly yet quietly ended the beautiful life of David Bay-
ley Taylor on April 24, 191 1, at his home, in Staunton, Va..
at the age of seventy-three. He was reared in Accomac County
and educated at Margaret Academy, at that time one of the
best schools of the State. In 1855 he went into the mercantile
business in Norfolk, Va., and there became a member of the
Norfolk Blues, with which he did some service at Harper's
Ferry during the "John Brown Raid" in 1859. He was one of
the first of Virginians to respond to the call of his State for
Tolunteers, and in May, 1861, he joined the Chesapeake Cav-
alry, under Captain Simpson, in the 5lh Virginia Cavalry. He
was active and efficient in the command except during a few
months' confinement with typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hos-
pital, Richmond. While convalescing he was assistant to Cap-
tain Presmore in Lexington, Va., as enrolling officer. He was
in many severe battles. He was paroled June 15, 1865.
Soon after the war he went to Baltimore, where he en-
gaged in the wholesale dry goods business until the destructive
fire there in 1904. Failing health caused him to seek a home
in the valley of Virginia, and in 1905 he located in Staunton.
DAVID BAVLEV TAYLOR.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss .'Vgncs Montgomery,
of Virginia, and one daughter.
Comrade Ta'ylor was indeed a true type of the "old Vir-
ginia gentleman," with sweetness of temper, genial disposi-
tion, readiness to help, and unwillingness to think or speak
evil of any that so charactcri7.es those in which the spirit of
Christian charity has been developed.
Comrade Taylor was a charter member of the .\rmy and
Navy Society of the Confederate States in the State of Mary-
land. So ardent was his love for the Confederate cause that
he had a memorial window (a St. Andrew's cross) of red and
white placed in his hall, where were also his trophies and pic-
tures of the Civil War. In that "Confederate corner" reposed
his body, clad in gray, until borne by his comrades of Stone-
wall Camp to its last resting place in beautiful Thornrosc
Cemetery.
Dr. E. a. Flewellen.
With the death of Dr. E. A. Flewellen at his home. The
Rock, Georgia, one of the most prominent men of his county
has passed into the higher life. He was born in Warren
County, Ga., on September 17, 1819, and had therefore en-
tered into his ninety-second year. He was educated at Ran-
dolph-Macon College, Virginia, and graduated from the Jef-
ferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1851. For several
years he practiced medicine and surgery in Upson County,
his home being at Thomaston. Early in 1861 he enlisted with
a company from Thomaston, and on May 19 he was commis-
sioned as surgeon of the Jth Georgia Regiment, C. S. A., with
the rank of major. His first service was rendered at Fort
Barancas and Fort Pickens, Fla. In the summer of 1862
he was announced by General Bragg in general orders as
medical director of the Army of Tennessee Department, and or-
dered to Murfrcesboro. Tcnn., tn relieve Medical Dircclor F""oard,
who was transferred to the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
In July of that year Dr. Flewellen, by order of General John-
ston, was made inspector of hospitals, which position he filled
until paroled at Macon, Ga., May 18, 1865.
Dr. Flewellen had served his county and State in the legis-
lature before the war, and in 1877 he was made a member of
the Georgia Constitutional Convention.
In January. 1872, Dr. Flewellen was commissioned by Gov.
Tames M. Smith as Superintendent of Public Works of Geor-
gia, and in 1874 was put in charge of the North and South
Railroad and of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. While
in charge of the latter a report was made to the Governor
which saved to the State the sum of $600,000, with several
years' interest. Soon after the Macon and Brunswick Rail-
road was sold by the State Dr. Flewellen was put in charge of
the Columbus and Western Railroad, which was extended from
Goodwater to Birmingham, Ala. After some months of this
service, he returned to private life in Upson County, undis-
turbed by any official duties except six years' service as County
Commissioner and two years as State Senator in 1896 and
1897 and several years as President of the Upson County Rail-
road. In addition to the many positions of honor and trust
which Dr. Flewellen had filled, he was also Adjutant General
of the State. He never sought office without success.
Like many other men of prominence in the service of the
Confederacy, he came out of the conflict between the States with
no means and with a badly impaired constitution. He quickly
became a figure in a business way, and soon amassed a com-
petency. He was never married, and his estate goes to his
nieces and nephews living in Virginia and Texas. Dr. Flewel-
lyn had preserved a large quantity of official records which,
with those left by Dr. S. H. Stout, should be in Washington.
Chaklf.s C. Lloyd.
Charles Croley Lloyd was born in Hancock County, Ga.,
July .3, 183T ; and died on .'\ngust 14, 1910, at the home of his
son, James Lloyd, in Alexandria, Ala.
In 1862 Mr. Lloyd enlisted in Company A of the ,^ist In-
fantry, and was a faithful soldier until the close of the war.
At the age of twenty-two Mr. Lloyd was married to Rebecca
J. Calvert, of Spartanburg, S. C, who died in 1895, leaving
nine children. In 1898 Mr. Lloyd was married to Mrs. Mary
Andrews, of Piedmont, Ala.
At the age of eighteen Mr. Lloyd joined the Baptist Church,
and remained a consistent member until his death. He was
universally loved, and it is said that he had no enemy on earth.
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N. O. Rhodes, J. W. and S. H. Sanders.
Robert J. Rhodes, of Wliitcvillc. Tenn., writes of two
brotliiTs, comrades, who grew up with him in the same com-
munity, and all went to war together in April, 1861, in Captain
Hurt's company, D, of the 9th Tennessee Infantry, from Fay-
ette County — viz., J. W. Sanders, of Laconia, Tenn., who died
on October 1, 1911, aged seventy-one years, and S. H. Sanders,
his brother, who died on October 13, 1911, aged sixty-eight
years. Also another associate and comrade, N. O. Rhodes,
died in November, 1904, at the age of sixty-five years.
E1.LWOOD BVERS.
Mr. Ellwood Bycr.-;, of Philadelphia, Pa., a Confederate vet-
eran, died in that city May 22, 1910, aged seventy-two years.
He was born in Lynchburg, Va., May 4, 1838, his father,
Joseph Byers, civil engineer, being then in charge of the
Lynchburg section of the James River and Kanawha Canal.
Among the eight civil engineers in the family Joseph Byers, the
brother of Ellwood, served throughout the war in the Pelhani
Artillery. A cousin, James Davis Byers, was killed at New-
town, Va., Novem-
ber 12, 1863, while
serving as color
sergeant of the 8th
Virginia Cavalry.
Ellwood Byers
enlisted in 1861
with Maj. Henry
St. Paul's "Cha';-
scurs de Pied," ist
Louisiana Foot
Rifles, and later
with Company K,
2d Virginia Cav-
alry, Col. Thomas
T. Mumford. He
was paroled at Ap-
pomattox, Va.,
April 10, 1865.
He engaged in
personal business
from 1865 to 1875.
when he entered
the service of the
Reading Railroad
in the real estate dcprirtment. In 1878 he became chief clerk
to Mr. William Lorenz, Chief Engineer, until the latter's
death, in 1SS4, when he was again transferred to the real
estate department. When the Spanish War began, he offered
his services to the government on April 23, 1898, and was en-
rolled in the Volunteer Reserves. He was an invalid for six
years before his death.
His body was enveloped in red and white roses by the
Philadelphia Chapter, U. D. C. He was buried at Hollywood,
Richmond. A squad of uniformed Confederate veterans from
Pickett Camp, Petersburg, bore his coflin to the grave, en-
veloped by the Confederate flag. The officient at the inter-
ment service was Rev. H. E. Hayden, another U. C. V. Mr,
Byers is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Craig.
James Gregg Marshall.
At the home of his brother, John G. Marshall, near Stone-
wall, La., occurred the death of James G. Marshall on Sep-
tember 8, 191 1. He was born near Cheraw, S. C, in 1840, and
ELLWOOD BYERS.
wiili his parents went to DeSoto Parish, La., in January, 18.^4.
He entered the South Carolina College in 1859, and when the
war broke out went with the college cadets to Charleston.
.After the surrender of Fort Sumter, he went to Virginia with
the intention of joining the 2d Louisiana Regiment, but was
stricken with typhoid fever; and, being unfit for service at the
time, he returned to Louisiana and assisted Major Furnian in
raising Company E, 2d Louisiana Cavalry, in which he served
with conspicuous gallantry until the surrender. His father,
Col. John G. Marshall, gave six sons to the cause of the Con-
federacy, all of whom were gallant soldiers and made useful
citizens after the war. Of this heroic band, only two of the
brothers, David and John, survive.
In 1872 Jaines Marshall was married to Miss Mary Means,
who died in 1904. To them were born four children — three
sons and a daughter. One son died of yellow fever in 1898.
During the days of reconstruction James Marshall bore a
conspicuous part as one of the leaders of the White League,
and rendered efficient service in ridding the State of scala-
wags and carpetbaggers and in establishing white supremacy.
He was one of the charter members of Camp Mouton, No. 41,
U. C. v., and served as Commander for several years. Through
all o' the duties and relations of life no trust was ever vio-
lated an<l he was esteemed by companions and friends.
Capt. Thomas Mabry Saunders.
On the gth of October. 1911, occurred the death of Capt.
Thomas M. Saunders, of Chester County, S. C, in his sixty-
tighth year. He had lived all his life near the town of Ches-
ter. He lost his father when a child and was reared by a
devoted grandfather. When quite young he was sent to the
military school at York, from which he ran away to join the
army when not quite seventeen years old. He became a mem-
l)er of Company D, ist South Carolina Regiment, under Capt.
W. Alex Walker. He was detailed from his company as
courier on Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's staff, where he served, as he
said, until he wore out three horses carrying dispatches.
In the redemption of his State from misrule in 1876 Captain
Saunders did heroic service, commanding a company in that
stirring period. He was ever ready to do anything for his
country's good or the betterment of his fellow men. He was a
Christian of simple, ardent, and direct character.
After the war Captain Saunders was married to Miss Ada
Elizabeth Walker, youngest daughter of Adam Terry Walker
and Elizabeth Newport Head Walker, and to them were born
seven children — four sons and three daughters. He was of
Scotch-Irish descent, and also a lineal descendant of Sir Peter
Osborne, of Kent, England.
Robert L. Keys.
The death of Robert L. Keys occurred in October at the
home of Mr. Samuel Powers, of Anderson, S. C. He was the
fourth brother to die in eighteen months. He is survived by
two brothers and a sister. For thirty years or more he was
agent at Anderson for the Southern Express Company and
in later years had been a successful farmer.
Robert Keys enlisted in the Confederate service as a mem-
ber of the Palmetto Riflemen, Company C, of Anderson, with
which he served throughout the war. He was made color ser-
geant for the Palmetto Riflemen with the 4th Regiment, of
which his original company had been a part. He served with
distinction and was twice wounded. At the close of the war
he returned to Anderson, and in 1868 was married to Miss
Annie C. Archer, who died some eleven years ago.
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Capt. J. H. Allison.
Capt. J. H. Allison was born in Limestone County, Ala., on
January 21, 1841 ; and died at his home, in Manor, Tex., March
6, 191 1. Through a year's illness he displayed the same forti-
tude that he did throughout the four years of war. He was a
good and kind neighbor, a genial friend and companion,
a devoted husband and father, and was ever ready to extend
help to those in distress or need.
Captain Allison enlisted as a private in March, i86i, at
Mobile, Ala., in Company B, loth Mississippi Infantry. At
the end of the year, his term of enlistment having expired, he
was discharged at Corinth, Miss., and went to Athens, Ala.,
where he was elected lieutenant of a cavalry company which
soon after became Company C of the 7th and later the gth
Alabama Regiment. The regiment served in General Wheeler's
C.\PT. J. H. ALLISON.
command from November, 1862, until the surrender of John-
ston's army at Grcen.sboro. N. C. Captain Allison was in com-
mand of his company at the close, but did not surrender. He
left the army for Texas, as did many of his faithful comrades,
with the forlorn hope of ultimate success of the cause which
had animated him to many deeds of daring upon the field of
battle. He was with his company all through the war except
when wounded and a few weeks in prison. No one ever heard
"Roney" Allison complain of the hardships imposed upon him
as a soldier, but he was ever ready to respond to the bugle
call of duty and cheerful under all circumstances.
Captain Allison is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Martha J. Clem, of Limestone County, Ala., and eleven chil-
dren. He was first married to Miss Mary French, of Lime-
stone County, who died leaving two children. His second
wife, Miss Sallie French, died in 1874, leaving one child. Of
the third marriage there were eight children.
Gen. \V. R. Boggs.
The death of Gen. W. R. Boggs, of North Carolina, at his
home, in Winston-Salem, in September, 191 1, took yet another
from the fast-thinning ranks of those distinguished for their
service to the Confederacy.
General Boggs was born in Augusta, Ga.. in 1829. He was
graduated from West Point about 1850 third in his class. He
was commissioned as second lieutenant of engineers in the
United States army, and was later promoted to captain. In
1S61, while stationed at St. Louis, Mo., he resigned his com-
mission in the United States army and accepted a captaincy of
engineers in the C. S. A. He was soon promoted to the rank
of colonel, and was placed as engineer officer in charge of the
fortifications of the coasts of Georgia and Florida. The close
of the war found him chief of staff to Gen. Kirby Smith,
commander in chief of the Trans-Mississippi Department, with
the rank of brigadier general. As General Smith's chief of
staff he issued the last order of the Confederate armies. Gen-
eral Boggs was in charge of the erection of the fortifications
at Savannah and .Atlanta, and later had charge of the pro-
viding of gunpowder for the western division of the Confed-
erate armies.
After the war General Boggs followed the profession of
civil engineering, but the greater part of his time was given
to work which aided in rebuilding the South. For a time he
was professor of engineering at what was then the Virginia
Mechanical College, now the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Some twenty-five years ago he located in Winston-Salem,
where he had lived the quiet and unassuming life of one who
had earned a respite from his labors.
General Boggs was married in 1853 to Miss Mary Syming-
ton, of Baltimore, daughter of Col. John Symington, of the
I'nited States army, and of this union there were six children,
three of whom, with their mother, have passed into the beyond.
Two sons and a daughter survive, and it was with this daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. B. Taylor, the youngest of the family, that the
General made his home.
General Boggs was one of those rare individuals whose lives
are replete with achievements and wonderfully well-rounded.
He was a passenger on the first steamboat on the Mississippi
and a passenger on the first completed line of railway in the
United States. With the training he had received and his
naturally keen powers of observation, these incidents were
treasured and retained, and his friends never tired of hearing
him relate them. His reminiscences of the Civil War which
have never been published contain much of interest concern-
ing the affairs of the Confederacy.
Arthur E. Mitchell.
Arthur E. Mitchell was born in Polk County, Mo., November
I. 1838; and died at Morrisville, in the same county, on .^ugust
16, 191 1. The town of Morrisville and Morrisville College,
located at that place, were named for his father, Morris
Mitchell. Comrade Mitchell was reared on a farm and con-
tinued to be a farmer through life.
He volunteered in the Confederate army in January, 1862,
in Company C, 5th Missouri Infantry, commanded by Col.
James McCowan. This regiment was of the ist Missouri
Brigade, commanded by Gens. Henry C. Little, John S. Bowcn,
and Francis M. Cockrell. General Little was killed at luka.
Miss., and General Bowen died a few days after the sur-
render at Vicksburg.
Comrade Mitchell was captured at Port Gibson, Miss., May
I, 1863, and was a prisoner at Alton, 111., until June. When
with the command he never missed a battle, and was always
at the front. He was among the bravest of the brave. Some
of the battles in which he participated were Elk Horn, Farm-
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inglon, luka, Corinth. Port Gibson, New Hope Church. Lost
Mountain, Kcnncsaw Mountain, and the battles around At-
lanta. He was with General Hood in Tennessee, and finally
surrendered with the brigade at Fort Blakcly, near Mobile,
Ala., in April, 1865. He was paroled at Jackson, Miss.. May
12, 1865.
He returned to Polk County. Mo., and on Xovember 6.
1865. he was married to Miss Hannah Oakley, who survives
him. He was a devoted Christian from boyhood and an officer
in his Church for many years. He was also an honored
Mason and a true Confederate to the end. A short time be-
fore he died he wrote a sketch of his soldier life, closing with
this : "I loved the South and the cause for which we fought,
and have never regretted my course and action in the great
war."
Dr. H. p. Bone.
On September 2, 1911, at his home, near Maysville. Ala., oc-
curred the death of Dr. H. P. Bone in the seventy-fourth year
of his age. He was a native of Kentucky, having been born
at Elkton in 1838, but grew to manhood and spent his life in
Madison County, Ala., where he became a most substantial
citizen. He was graduated from Cumberland University in
1857, later taking a degree from the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery.
Upon the outbreak of the War between the States he joined
a cavalry company that was organized at New Market. Ala.,
with Dr. D. C. Kelley for captain. This company was known
as "Kelley 's Troopers," and became a part of Forrest's orig-
inal command, serving through the operations around Fort
Donelson.
After taking part in the great battle of Shiloh, Dr. Bone
was on sick furlough for a time. When sufficiently recovered
he was appointed steward in the hospital at Tullahoma, Tenn.,
Cleburne's Division, under General Bragg. He served in this
capacity all through Bragg's Chickamauga campaign.
Field hospitals were abandoned after the battle of Chicka-
mauga, and Dr. Bone was then attached to the staff of D. A.
Lintliicum, chief surgeon of Cleburne's Division. He was
placed in charge of all medical and hospital supplies for the
army, and remained at this post throughout Johnston's mem-
orable campaign in Georgia, and also under Hood when he
superseded Johnston.
.After the disaster of Hood at Franklin and the consequent
disorganization, many of his men rallied to the command of
General Johnston in North Carolina, Dr. Bone among the
number ; and when Johnston surrendered, he was paroled and
returned to his home in North Alabama, where he devoted the
remainder of his life to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.
Perry W. Turnell.
Perry W. Turnell, whose death occurred at Bridgeport,
Tex., on March 20, 191 1, was for more than thirty years an
honored citizen of Bridgeport and vicinity, holding several
positions of trust and responsibility, and was of that heroic
manhood which was typical of the Confederate soldier. He
served under Johnston and 'Bragg and Hood. He enlisted in
the 6th Texas Cavalry on June 6, 1861, and served till the end
of the war, taking part in many battles and numerous small
engagements. He was at Elkhorn, at Corinth, and luka, on
the Big Black, and at Yazoo, Miss. He was with Johnston
from Dalton to Atlanta, at New Hope Church, Kennesaw
Mountain, Marietta, and Newnan, Ga. He was with Hood
all through the Tennessee campaign.
Judge John M. Phillips.
Judge John M. Phillips was born in Catahoula Parish, La.,
July 4, 184s ; and died in Kansas City, Mo., April 20, 1911,
sixty-five years of age. He peacefully sleeps there beneath the
shadow of the Confederate monument in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Judge Phillips was a man of distinctive personality, and few
men bore the attachment to friends that he did. He was greatly-
beloved and respected as a citizen, a scholar, and a companion.
His was a well-known, beautifullv rounded Christian life.
JUDGE J. M. PHILLIPS.
Judge Phillips received his early education under the careful
instruction of private tutors in his Southern home. When the
war came, though a mere boy, he joined the Confederate army,
serving in Watkins's Battalion, Purvis's command, until the
end. He then entered Kentucky University, at Lexington,
where he ranked first among the students in scholarship and
deportment. He read law under Col. T. P. Hill, a distin-
guished lawyer of Stanford, Ky., and practiced law success-
fully at that place until he removed to Kansas City, Mo., in
1886. There he devoted his energies to the real estate and
loan business until he retired about two years ago.
He took great interest in everything pertaining to Confed-
erate history and Confederate organizations, and his last read-
ing was the Confederate Veter.\n — welcomed always. He
represented Camp No. 80, U. C. V., at many reunions, where
he found keenest enjoyment in meeting old friends.
Judge Phillips married Miss Virginia Dare Apperson, of
Richmond, Va., and few lives have been as completely and
beautifully blended as was theirs.
"They are passing away from us, passing away,
The dear old boys, the true old boys, that marched in ranks
of grav."
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Maj. James R. Crowe.
After an illness of several montlis. Maj. James R. Crowe
<lied at his home, in Sheffield, Ala., on July 14, 191 1. The
<ieath of Major Crowe brought sorrow to hosts of friends who
•esteemed him highly for his many fine traits of character. He
was a progressive citizen, having at heart always the welfare
of his State and county, and especially the city of his long
Tesidence, in which he had large interests.
Major Crowe was born January 29, 1838, in Pulaski, Tenn.,
to which place he returned after the war, and for many years
was a prominent factor in the business and political life of
Tennessee. Naturally a leader, he held front rank in any
body of men in which it was his fortune to be thrown.
MAJ. JAMES R. CROWE.
lie was a Confederate soldier, having enlisted at Marion,
Ala., a few hours after Alabama seceded from the Union, and
was a member of Company G in the celebrated 4th Alabama
Regiment. He was severely wounded in the first battle of
Manassas, and was taken to Charlottesville, Va., and later to
Pulaski. He was discharged from the army unsolicited, but
his discharge was never accepted. In November, 1861. he was
appointed drillmastcr, as the government refused to accept him
in service on account of his physical condition. Gen. Albert
S. Johnston assigned him to duty in the 53d Tennessee Regi-
ment at Camp Weakley, East Nashville. This regiment was
ordered to Fort Donelson, and he participated in that battle
February 14-16 with an arm in a sling. Being unable to load.
Private Charles Scoggins would load and he would fire both
guns. He escaped with others to Nashville, and was ordered by
General Pillow to go to Pulaski and collect up soldiers at home
on furloughs, obtain recruits, and rendezvous at Decatur, Ala.
They gathered together about one hundred and fifty men and
reported at Decatur. He walked to Shiloh and participated
in the second day's battle. Retreating with the army to
Corinth, he was detached as officer in charge to take several
hundred prisoners to Tuscaloosa.
When reorganization took place in May, 1862, he was as-
signed to duty with the 35th Tennessee Infantry under Col.
B. J. Hill. In command of a picked company of sharpshooters
of sixty men, he was in the battle of Shclton's Hill on May
29, 1862. Colonel Hill ordered Captain Crowe's company of
sharpshooters forward and said : "Crowe, deploy yofir men, go
to the right oblique, and unmask our regiment. I want you to
be the first man to reach the Shelton house." He obeyed the
order to the letter and engaged the enemy, while the regiment
came on rapidly behind. The enemy had planted a battery of
six or eight guns near the Shelton house and expected the
Confederates to charge the battery. Captain Crowe said that
in all the battles in which he was engaged he never knew such
rapid and heavy firing. In this affair he lost more than half
of his men. General Beauregard issued a special order in
tribute to this regiment for gallantry on the field.
Captain Crowe surrendered in Memphis on June 16, 1865. No
one served longer than he. as shown by dates of enlistment
and surrender. Major Crowe was one of the six young men
who founded the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tenn. He was
Colonel on General Harrison's staff of Alabama Confederate
Veterans, also Colonel on the staffs of all the Commanders-
in-Chief U. C. V. As a Mason Major Crowe attained the high
rank of Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council
of Tennessee in 1886. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, and was always active in its councils.
Major Crowe is survived by his wife, three daughters, and
one son — viz., Mrs. Charles J. AUeyn, of Memphis; Mrs. Lou
P. McFarland, of Lebanon ; Mrs. John W. Alleyn, of Savannah.
Ga. ; and James R. Crowe. Jr.. who is professor of science at
Henderson College. Arkadelphia, Ark.
The remains of Major Crowe were buried in Pulaski July
16, 191 1, by his old comrades with their impressive burial
service.
Richard L. Reese.
Richard Lewis Reese died in Jacksonville, Fla., November
21, 1911, and was buried beside his wife at Micanopy, Fla.
Comrade Reese w-as born near Pendleton. S. C, in March,
1838. He entered the army at the beginning of the war, serv-
ing first in the Auburn Guards, ist Alabama Regiment, at
Pensacola, Fla., and later in the 37th Alabama Regiment, where
he remained throughout the war.
He was an intrepid soldier; his career was bold, full of dan-
ger, and brilliant. He showed the courage of his Revolutionary
ancestors. Twenty-two of his kinsmen on his mother's side
were in the famous battle of King's Mountain in 1780. Com-
rade Reese was first lieutenant of Company D, 37th Alabama
Regiment, and commanded and led his company in many bat-
tles. He was engaged in the battles of luka, Corinth, Baker's
Creek, Fort Washington, in the siege of Vicksburg (lasting
forty-nine days, where he in part lived on mule meat and rats).
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Mill Creek Gap, Resaca.
Noonday Creek. Kennesaw, and the battles around Atlanta.
During the battle of Corinth he was promoted for gallantry.
In much perilous service he received only slight wounds.
At the close of the war he returned to his home in Auburn,
Ala. On November 26, 1868, he married Miss Carrie Light-
foot, of Auburn, and moved to Texas, where he lived for
many years. Later he moved to Florida, where he lived for
thirty years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and
was a soldier of the cross as well as of the Confederacy, hav-
ing lived a true, upright life. He leaves three sons in Florida
and one daughter in New York, besides many relatives and
friends to mourn his loss.
[Sketch by T. H. Glower, Co. F, 12th Alabama, Opelika.]
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JUDGE T. J. LATHAM.
The death of Judge T. J. Latham occurred at his residence,
in Memphis. July 24. 191 1. He was born in Washington
Ojunty, N. C, November 22, 1831, but two years later his
family moved to Tennessee, where he lived his remaining
seventy-seven years, first in Weakley County, but the latter
part, of over forty years, he resided in Memphis. While a
student in the Western Military Institute, at Georgetown, Ky..
one of his instructors was James G. Blaine. He was admitted
to the bar at Dresden, Tenn.. in 1857. He enlisted zealously
at an early age under the Whig banner. He espoused the
Union side in the issues of the sixties, and was ever steadfast
for that side: but he opposed disfranchisement, and he pre-
sided at the first "conservative" convention in Western Ten-
nessee after the war. After the franchise was restored, he
took no further part in politics.
In 1866 he removed to Memphis, and after two years' prac-
tice was appointed by Chief Justice Chase in 1868 register in
bankruptcy for that congressional district, a position of great
responsibility at that time. The results attending his admin-
istration of that office gained for him the confidence and es-
teem of the legal fraternity and of the public. In 1870 he was
the choice of the conservative element for Congress, the press
of Memphis and many of those in the district favoring his
nomination. When his nomination and election seemed al-
most assured, he positively declined to accept the nomination.
In 1872 he practically retired from law, and soon became
largely interested in Memphis enterprises. United States Cir-
cuit Court Judge John Baxter selected Judge Latham for re-
ceiver of Memphis in 1879, and his labors did much to settle
many intricate questions in which the city was involved.
Helped the Yellow Fever Cause.
The Memphis Appeal of August, 1879, said of him : "One of
the most public-spirited of our absent citizens has been heard
from in a very substantial manner. Judge T. J. Latliam, after
sending several contributions, has sent his check for a blank
sum to Dr. Porter to be filled for such amount as he may need
in providing for the fever-stricken people of Memphis. This
is not the first time Judge Latham has come to the rescue of
the city. Some years ago, when a much-needed sum of many
thousand dollars was required, he advanced it, and the city
did not settle it promptly, if at all. Few men after such an
experience would have acted so nobly.
"In 1868, soon after making Memphis his home, a claim for
$20,000 against the city was placed in his hands as attorney
for collection by a nonresident creditor, who pressed his suit
in the United States court to judgment. Execution was is-
sued and levied on every fire engine, engine house, and other
accessible dollar of city property, placing him just ahead of
hundreds of thousands of other debts. The day of the sale
arrived, findin;,' the city absolutely powerless to prevent the
sacrifice of $100,000 worth of property. Mayor Leftwich and
Judge R. J. Morgan, City Attorney, were, in their extremity,
importuning Attorney Latham to postpone the sale thirty days.
Meantime a syndicate of three or four had organized to buy
the property. Every possible appeal for immediate sale was
made to him. An enormous certain profit was pointed out, in
which he was offered an equal share to allow the sale to
proceed. He declined, and. going to the United States mar-
shal, directed the sale deferred thirty days. When the time
expired, the city's condition was more helpless than before,
and the syndicate was happy. But the sale did not occur.
To avoid it, Judge Latham gave his own check for the amount.
taking the note of the city, with such guarantees from the
city officials as he thought made him secure."
It would take pages to enumerate all of the generous deeds
of Judge Latliam to his city and State. He was a valued mem-
ber throughout its history as a trustee and as president for
years of the Tennessee Industrial S/chool, and his counsel was
valued by Colonel Cole (who gave the property to the Slate)"'
and his associates.
The Commercial Appeal at the time of his death stated:
"Throughout life he was a man of the most exemplary
habits and deportment. In 1871 he became a member of the
Linden Avenue Christian Church, where he held consistent
membership and in which he was an elder for forty years.
JUDGE T. J. LATHAM.
"Scholarly in his tastes, he was a great reader, and even
during his most active business career he kept abreast of the
best thoughts of the day. He was cultured, without a trace
of pedantry or a thought of imperiousness. For his friends
he had a frank, warm, and loyal attachment, which was warm
ly reciprocated. Benevolent and kind of heart, he practiced
charity extensively, but in an unostentatious manner. In social
life he was affable and pleasant. His home life was ideal in
its congeniality, mutual love, and esteem.
U. D. C. Memorial Service,
"Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock in the Linden Avenue
Christian Church the members of the Sarah Law and Mary
Latham Chapters joined in a beautiful memorial service as a
tribute to their late honorary member. Judge T. J. Latham,
and also for Mrs. Louise Carlisle, Mrs. Shelton W. White,
Mrs. Carrie Law Irwin, and Mrs. Henry C. Myers, who were
members of Sarah Law Chapter, and Mrs. Helen Messick
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MSjor and Miss Willona Earp, who were members of Mary
Latham Chapter. The Rev. T. E. Sharp, D.D., of St. John's
Methodist Church, Chaplain of Mary Latham Claapter, pre-
sided, assisted by the Rev. H. P. Hurt, D.D., of the Bellevue
Baptist Church. The music was sympathetically rendered by a
quartet composed of Mrs. M. E. Josey, Mrs. E. B. Douglass,
Mr. Hoffman, and Edwin Browne. The church was most
fittingly prepared for the service with Easter lilies and other
floral emblems from the U. D. C. and D. A. R. Chapters."
It must ever have been a sacrifice with Judge Latham to be
against his North Carolina ancestry in the stupendous issues
of the si.xties. Yet while steadfast in his political faith, he was
ever generously indulgent and helpful to his wife in her Con-
federate work. Mrs. Latham's friends universally sympathize
with her in this the greatest loss of her life.
THE LORD'S PRAYER.
The following composition, it is said, was found during
the great war at Yorktown, Va. It was printed on very
heavy satin July 4, 182,^ A soldier in the Army of the Po-
tomac picked it up the morning the Confederates evacuated
Yorktown, May 5, 1862 :
Thou to the mercy seat our souls doth gather
To do our duty unto thee, OUR FATHER,
To whom all praises, all honor should be given ;
I'or thou art the great God WHO ART IN HEAVEN.
Thou, by thy wisdom, rul'st the w-orld's whole fame
Forever, therefore HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
Let nevermore delays divide us from
Thy glorious grace, but let THY KINGDOM COME.
Let thy commands opposed be by none,
But thy good pleasure and THY WILL BE DONE.
■Vnd let our promptness to obey be even
The very same ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
Then, for our souls, O Lord, we also pray,
Ihou wouldst be pleased to GIVE US THIS DAY
The food of life, wherewith our souls arc fed;
Sufficient raiment, and OUR DAILY BREAD.
Of every needful thing do thou relieve us,
And of thy mercy, pity AND FORGIVE US
.\11 our misdeeds for him whom tliou didst please
To make an offering for OUR TRESPASSES.
And for as much, O Lord, as we believe
Let that love teach, wherewith thou dost acquaint us
Ihat thou wilt pardon us AS WE FORGIVE,
To parden all THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
And though sOHictimes thou find'st we have forgot
This love for thee, yet help AND LEAD US NOT
Through soul or body wants to desperation.
Nor let earth's gain drive us INTO TEMPTATION.
Let not the soul of any true believer
Fall in the time of toil, BUT DELIVER.
Yea. save them from the malice of the devil ;
And, both in life and death, keep US FROM EVIL.
Thus pray we, Lord, for that of thee, from whom
This may be had, FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM.
This world is of thy work; its wondrous story
To thee belongs. THE POWER AND THE GLORY,
.'\nd all thy wond'rous works have ended never.
But will remain forever and FOREVER.
Thus we poor creatures would confess again,
And thus would say eternally. AMEN.
[Sent by Mrs. R. C. Mccham, Inglesidc, Ga.j
"THE REAL AMERICA IS ROMAXCE."
"The Real America in Romance." Edited by Edwin Mark-
ham. Published by William H. Wise and Conijiany, Chica-
go. Thirteen volumes. .. . .
The study of history should rightfully be one of the most
alluring of mental pursuits. Properly approached, history is a
human document of high intrinsic interest. The statement, of
course, is a commonplace, but it may suitably be repeated
here. Nothing could be more fascinating than the search for
an understanding knowledge of the clash of surging passions,
the urge of strong personalities, the play of interwoven circum-
stances that have gone to the building up of States, and the
evolution of society.
That history has not taken its rightful place in popularity
is largely due to the historians. It is incorrectly charged with
being dry. Historians may be dry; history is full of juice.
We who would care for the body are given tl-.c bones to pick.
We who have red blood in our veins are asked to dissect mum-
mies for our knowledge. We who live and love life are intrci-
duced for our merriment by the historian to the company of
the dead. The flesh, the blood, the joyous soul of life are in
all history, but they are denied us.
This desire for an intimacy with the past has been catered
to by writers of historical novels. No doubt many of us have
derived our most vivid impressions of history from such
sources. But the effect is not satisfying. We are conscious
that we are getting nothing more than impressions. We do
not know where truth leaves off and fiction begins. We must
verify what we read — but we don't. Realizing this, Edwin
Markhani undertook "The Real America in Romance." and ar-
rived at achievement. He has breathed the breath of life
into the dead past. He has made history vivid, lucid, personal.
The basic idea of this work is unique and fascinating.
Briefly described. "The Real America in Romance" is a com-
plete and authentic history of our country from its discovery
by Columbus through the Spanish war. The four countries
covered are divided into thirteen average lifetime periods ; each
generation is treated in successive romances in which the de-
scendants of one family appear as principal characters. Be-
ginning with a story built aromid the boy companion of Co-
lumbus. Mr. Markham carries the descendants of the boy
through the thirteen romances that comprise the series. As.
the scope of history expands and enlarges, the ramifications,
of the family keep pace. Every event, every episode is in-
cluded in the experiences of some of the descendants of the
man who was with the discoverer of the country at La Rabida
and who stood beside him on the deck when he first beheld
the shores of the new land. \
This in itself is going a long way toward making history de-
lectable. To the accomplishment of his purpose, Mr. Mark-
ham has brought a story-telling skill of high order. You
will not find better reading. As reviewers say. the stories
"grip" one. The effect is an intimate and sympathetic under-
standing on the part of the reader of all those things that
have made up our remarkable history as a nation and as a
people. It is a friend of yours who suffers the struggles for
life through which the first clinging colonies passed. Some
one you know and love feels the throbs of the nation's birth.
You feel the love and hatred, the griefs and the joys of one
who experienced the tribulations of soul and body of the young
republic. Y'ou call by his first name a man who swelled with
solemn pride in the growth of the nation to grandeur. He
who was caught in the tragic climax of fifty years ago is an
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intimate of yours; you knew his grandfatlier ; you could tell
liim the love stor>' of his parents; you reach out your hand
and grasp his in the great and bitter passion that swept his
manhood. And you stand shoulder to shoulder, a life-long
friend, with the one who is now quickened to the heavy trust
SPOT WHERE STONEWALL JACKSON FELL AT CHANCELLORSVILLE.
{Krttm "The Real America in Rom;iiice.")
that rests upon present citizenship. You live history ; you
cannot help it. So well has Mr. Markham's art come to the
support of his big idea.
But close as he comes to his story, Mr. Markham does not
lose perspective. One of the most satisfying things about "The
Real America in Romance" is its sense of detachment. That is
because Mr. Markham has the soul of a poet, which is the soul
of a seer. Through all the stress and strain of events he
sees the steady truth. His poise is superb. His justice is con-
vincing, being sincere. He is tremendously wise. With the
poet's passion for the truth, he combines the vision of a poet.
In no volume is his grasp better shown than in the twelfth,
which deals with the War between the States. The subject is
difficult. Inherited resentments and traditional prejudices still
persist in more or less isolated instances North and South.
Bitterness is for the most part subconscious, but it is often
ready to be stirred to the surface. In some years it will have
disappeared. Mr. Markham's volume on the Civil War will
do much to hasten that glad time. He does not smooth the
facts with gloved hands for sensitive skins; he sets them forth
with naked fingers, building them into a structure of funda-
mental truth. His passion for the truth and his vision of
it, born in his poet's soul, lift him over the pitfalls in the path
of a historian of those times. He dissects to the last moti-
vating shred the souls of the brothers who flung themselves
into hatred. He brings the tear of sorrow to eyes that see
their mistakes and the sigh of pride to hearts that knew they
did no wrong. He does not vindicate the South, knowing
that the South needs no vindication ; he does not present a
brief for the North, knowing that the North needs none. He
is aware that each was right and each was wrong. He per-
ceives that they were the victims of circumstances that had
their inception in the long years that had gone before. He
is sanely conscious of the fact that the events that culminated
in the terrible War between the States took their train from
the earliest days of our nationality; that the thing was in-
evitable and inexorable.
The achieTement is the more impressive when one con-
siders the obstacles that must be met by a historian who would
arrive at the truth of those times. It is not enough that one
should desire to do justice; it is necessary that one should
have the soul of a seer and a poet. To the ordinary mind the
truth is illusive and hard to find. The sources to which the
historian is obliged to go for his data are contaminated on
both sides by the passions and the biases of the conflict. Al-
though the rancor has died out and the burn has now left the
wound, the modern author must go back for his information
to the time when rancor was high and the wounds were being
dealt and received. Few could have discerned the light in
the wilderness through which his researches lead him. Mark-
ham has succeeded where a lesser would have failed gropingly.
Following a device used throughout the series, Mr. Mark-
ham has made use of heroes on both sides of the conflict.
Each is made the mouthpiece and exponent of his respective
.iffiliations. The sincerity, the earnestness, the honesty of
each is made convincing. Through them the reader is made
to glimpse both sides as he has never been brought to glimpse
them before unless he has set about a deliberate and dispas-
sionate study. We know, reading his book, that if we had
been Oliver Stevens we would have fought with Stonewall
Jackson and with Lee, and that if we- had been Frederick
Stevens, his cousin, we would have been with McDowell and
McClellan and Hooker and Grant.
And through these two he brings the reader into personal
acquaintance with many of the great characters of the times.
He holds before our eyes a human glass through which we see
the living men who, to most of us, have been abstractions —
njmes connected with events merely. We feel the pathos of
the leaders, both Kentuckians, in what each believed to be the
right; we suffer the bitterness that was in the heart of the
great Lee when his army was at last beaten away from him
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by the overwhelming resources of the North applied through
the persistency of that bulldog of fighters, Grant. We thrill
at the exploits of Stonewall Jackson ; our hearts go with
Pickett on his mad and marvelous charge. We shudder at
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llic liorriil cani;i<;o of tin- Urrili'c li.iltlis. W'c ;irc ri>I)i>cd of
passinii by till' tr,iK<-ily nf il all. We arc >iilicluc(l to a com-
passionate sorrow bv tlic iiilinitc sailiu-ss of those whose cause
was lost. And in tlie etui we feel a proijlielic joy in tlie loving
reunion of the two cousins who liad been embattled against
each otiier on ?iiany a bloody field. Whatever anger may have
lingered in ns is swept away li\ the i)oet"s vision and his
lender woman's heart.
There are passages in llu- Iwelftli volnnie tliat reach gran-
deur, notably the one that apostrophizes the army in \'irginia
after tlie surrender at Appomattox. We <|Uote :
".Iniiy of Xoi'thcni I'irjiiniii: \m\ have fought the good
fight, and ) ou have not prevailed. I'resentlv, when the word
reaches you, yon uill dis])ersi' in a thousand ways, seeking
the homes, if the war has left you homes, that you have not
seen for lour long years, ^'ou will take up the life > ou left
ntT .and lix to piece together the broken pieces, old and new.
".\riiiy of Xorlhern Virginia, and you men of that .irmw
no more will you follow your starry liattle tligs across 1
lilood-red sw.ird while the shrapnel's hiss and scream aroover
\onr head .iiiil ihe lliumler of your artillery beyond you makes
icverbrranl llie world. Xo luore will \ou fi.x your level bavo-
iHls on the eiid^ oi \t.ur shining muskets and r;ice across the
narrow interspace to where the bristling earthworks lie. Xo
more will you level those shining iiuiskets .it long lines of
blue that stand or waver or break before the fire of your onset.
On the lields where you have fought, which arc \et red with
llie blood of Miu and your foes, where \et the bullets lie
thick bene.uli the trees, no sound lienccforth shall remind
those fields of you. The trees that hid you while your bolt
was making ready for its launching shall never see you again,
for you hive taken peace for your portion and never war again
MK.\r\nni. nuMK ok .ikfkkrsox n.wis i\ Mississippi.
tl-rdiii "I'lic Iti-al .\iiuTica in K'Hiinncc")
".\rmy of Xortbern Mr.ginia, tlie swords that vnu have
worn so bravely shall tarnisli now on dusty walls; the guns
that woke a ihousand echoes of their full-throated chorus
shall sound no more in b.itlle; the horses that Mill of the
cavalrv rode beneath a shrieking war cloud of smoke and
tlanie shall find their work now in the )ie.icefnl husbandry of
Ihe farm. Thex shall distend their blood-red nostrils no more
at tlie thrilling sound of bugles that set the nerves a(|uiver:
their work is the plow's head now — just as yours is at the
plow's li.indle. Sometimes in the night you will awnke and
fancy that you hear the bugle's call to war. the life's quickstep
shrill ; you shall awaken with the cold swe.it upon _\ our brow,
having dreaiucd that out of the dim distance you have seen
\ague blue armies rush, and you shall brace your muscles to
resist the dreaiu charge of those empty memories, which yet
for you shall be the dearest memories of all the world.
"There are not many of you left to hold those memories.
Where have fled all the gay youths that ailvanccd so bravely
.along the greensward of Manassas? Wliere have gone the
ll'.ousands that followed Pickelt on his charge? They are not
here, and \ ou who remain after all that have come and gone
are not a han<lsonie company. Here and there an arm. a leg
is missing from the body of a man who followed old Stonew.il'
Jackson as long as he was left to follow, and after h
I'well or Jeb Stuart on his dashing war horse. Years and
battles anil hunger and nights on the march have turned the
hair of your heads to gray, have crasefl the free lines of youth
from your faces, and put thereon the w rinkles of pain, of sor-
row, or of a.ge. You are but the shadow of the army of your
vouth. a ten times decimated band whose strength the years
have taken, but whose glory will never die while the sun
shines in the South.
"Let not the South alone, for which \ on fought, be proud oi
Miu. Let such valor as yours, such fidelity to such a leader,
be remembered as long as there is memory in the land. .Many
.1 p.atron saint has been less loved than you have loved the
sad-faced man who comes now to hear you the word you
dread, ^'on would have followed him to the jaws of hell: and
while the courage that you showed and the fidelity that you
gave w'ere in the end all vain, they are not so in the last
arbitrament. Goodly is the heritage that you han<I down to
>iiur children and your children's children. Judgment is a
matter of the mind; courage is of the soul. Your judgment
was false. >o>ir courage true, and souls are Ihe immortal things
after sll ' "
"The Real America in Romance " is an achievement. I'ldwin
M.irkham h:s accomplished a prose epic. .\nd to further en-
hance Ihe work, the publishers have done the illustrating in
a manner befitting the text. There are in the series over three
ihousand half-tone etchings of the sacred landmarks of our
country. These illustrations enable the reader to realize the
history of his country more fully than he could from the read-
ing of any text. One cannot study these pictures without hav-
ing a keener appreciation of the sacrifices that have been made
for the liberties we enjoy lo-d,iy.
MlSSOl'h'I.IXS IIX LISTED FOR I-OKTV Yh.lKS.
In the Confederate States of America, Second Congress,
first session, the follow'ing joint resolution of thanks to Mis-
souri officers and soldiers in the Confederate service east of
the Mississippi River was adopted and approved May Ji. 1864;
"Kcsolird by the Congress of the Confederate States of
.\nierica, 1 hat the thanks of Congress arc eminently due. and
.are hereby tendered, to Brig. Gen. F. M. Cockrill and the of-
ficers and soldiers composing the 1st, 2d, 3d. 4th. 5th, and 6th
Regiments of Missouri Infantry; ist, 2d, and 3d Regiments of
.Missouri Cavalry; the batteries of Bledsoe. Landis, Guibor.
Walsh, Dawson, and Barrett ; and W'oodson's detached com-
pany, all in the service of the Confederacy east of the Mis-
sissippi River, for the prompt renewal of their pledges of
fidelity to the cause of SoiUhern independence for forty years,
unless independence and peace, without curlaihucnt of boun<l-
aries, shall be sooner secured."
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■run loxc roll" CKiTicis.\L-i.
William Clayton Torreiicc writes an article in tlic Ricliimind
Times- Dispatch on "The Long Roll" controversy which occu-
pies the greater part of a page, and is comprised almost entirely
of extracts from the works of General Jackson's historians, in-
cluding his recognized champion. Colonel Henderson, of the
English army, and concludes with extracts from "The Long
Roll" :
"And here 1 close the tesitmony gathered.
"Now let us turn to The Long Roll.' It is s.iid that Miss
Johnston has not once given him credit for his sympathy and
gentleness. Let those who make this charge read carefully the
incident, touchingly told, of General Jackson's stojjping his
whole army for a woman to find her son, to wliuni she had
lironghf 'some socks and two shirts and a cliickcn anil a poi
of apple butter.' Atul now, listen to this : 'The General
turned to the old woman with the geiitlest blue eyes and
the kindliest slow smile.' "V'et .she has never made General
Jackson appear other than sour and crabbed ! I want this
quotation read, also, and well marked : 'His men received
him with a cry of greeting and enthusiasm that was like
a shriek, it was so wild and high. His power uiicm tliem
had grown and grown. He was Stonewall Jack
lit
Stonewall Jackson! First, tlu-y would die fur tlmse battle
flags and the cause they represented ; secondly, they would die
for one another, comrades, brethren ! Thirdly, they would die
for Stonewall Jackson! They lifted their voices for him now,
gaimt and ragged troops with burning eyes. Sloncwall Jack-
son! Stonewall Jackson! Virginia! 'Virginia! Virginia!
The South ! The South ! . . . They had a loved leader, a
great, strong headman, who ruled iheni well ;nid led them on
to victc.ry.' 'The man on tlie sorrel na.ij traveled with no
backward look. In his right hand was the thunderbolt, and
near at hand the place from which to hurl it. He rode like
incarnate intention. 'Jackson and little sorrel bad slipped
into their battle aspect. You would ha\e said that every
auburn hair of the general's head and beard was a vital thing.
His eyes glowed as though there were lamps behind, and his
voice rose like a trumpet of promise and doom.' 'Never
jovial, seldom genial, he was on one day much what be was on
another — saving always battle days.' 'You don't know Gen-
eral Jackson as we do, wdio have been with him ever since a
year ago at Harper's Ferry. In any number of things he's as
gentle as a woman; in a few others he — isn't.' 'Stonewall
Jackson, sitting stiffly, looked at the other [A. 1', Hill] stand-
ing tense, energetic, before him. Sonielhlug slole into his
face that, without being a smile, w.ms like ;i smile. It gave a
strange effect of mildness, tenderness. It was gone almost
;is soon as it had come, but it had been there.'
"lint why tnultiply quotations? Let the critics really and
with an earnest spirit read 'The Long Roll.' .\nd let him who
charges lightness and frivolity to Miss Johnston in her draw-
ing of the great man read, if he can, through the tears that
will dim his eyes if he has any feeling at all, a certain chapter
which she calls 'The River.'
"Relative to the much discussed action — or lack of action —
of General Jackson during the seven days' lighting around
Richinond, especially at the White Oak Swamp, let me advise
a close comparison of the accounts of Gen. D. 11. Hill. Gen.
E. P. Alexander, and Colonel Henderson. Space forbids any
discussion of the matter here. The three above-named author-
ities may be consulted, not separately, but together, with nuicli
profit.
"It will be charged that the excerpts made for this article
are wrenched from their context. Let him who makes the
cliarge first read in full — not in part — the sources from which
they are drawn. Injustice to Miss Johnston has resulted from
a failure to take her work as a whole.
" 'The Long Roll' as a whole forms a strong aiipreciation
and eulogy of General Jackson. One critic has suggested that
the public read the last chapter of the first volume of Hen-
derson and likewise the last chapter of volume two. Let the
public read the last chapter of 'The Long Roll.' Better still,
let the public read the whole of both works. Henderson men-
tions the idiosyncrasies of General Jackson ; bow at lirst
opinion was against him ; how harsh and crazed he appeared
to his soldiers; how by sheer force of genius he grew luitil his
soldiers and the South adored him; how often there was found
in him a geiniiue tenderness, a sweetness of sentiment ; how
deeply religious he was. Miss Joluision likewise tells all these
things.
"The excerpts herein given may look as tliough they were
gathered with only the object in view of proclaiming General
Jackson's eccentricities. The sincere reader will see that they
are gathered but to substantiate a part of Miss Johnston's
characterizations of General Jackson. .\u(l here forever this
side rests its case."
MRS. MAI BELLE GREGORY BR.\CK1N,
Her father and licr gramlfather were Confederate soldiers.
The lovely Nashville woman whose picture appears above
was chosen years ago as the most beautiful woman in Ameri-
ca, and received' as a prize a handsoine necklace from
a New York newspaper. The prize picture was sent the pub-
lishers by a friend, and the notoriety given her was dreadfully
humiliating. Stage people importuned her to appear before
Qor;federat^ Ueterap.
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fuotliglils, one reputable showman proposing to give licr
$1,000 a week for forty weeks in succession; but she declined
I he offer, preferring to keep house for her beloved mother,
who wa-s teaching school. She later married Mr. Silas
Brackin, and her devoted husband was building a lovely home
when some shavings caiiglit (ire and she was fatally burned.
She left a little girl, who is being reared by the grandmother
and father. She was of happy disposition and a typic;i.I
Southern woman.
run TKum aboi't ciiickamauga.
.Mr. Arihibald Gracie. of W.ishington, D. C, reports that
his book on "The TriUli about Chickamauga" is in press and
will be issued verv scion. Mr. Gracie has given his talent and
energies to this work. He has combated errors published in
war records and otherwise in a way that must secure for him
ihe gratitude of both Confederates and Federals.
.Mr. Gracie writes: "I have spared myself neither in labor
nor in expense in connection with this production. My work
has been so intense that it has been continued during the night
as well as day, in summer as well as in winter. .\s to expense,
I may slate that even if my whole first edition is sold at the
price named, I shall not be compensated for the cash actually
laid out in the manufacture of the book. These portraits are
the best collection extant. The maps arc also a s|)ecial fea-
ture, six of which were prepared under my personal super-
vision. 1 know' that you recognize the fact that my labor has
been preeminently what the old Roman called 'a pious task." "
.■\ singidar statement occurs in a circular concerning the
book — viz., that the book "is written from the point of view
of the Federal soldier," since the father of Mr. Gracie was
a gallant brigadier general in the Confederate army. The book
itself may furnish satisfactory explanation.
CO XI- EDI- K. I Til MOX I'M EX TS B 5 " ST A TES.
Mrs. B. A. C. limerson, of Denver, Col., author of "Historic
Southern Monuments," has compiled a list of Confederate
monuments, numbering 64.4. Has any one a larger list? The
numbers liv Stales arc as follows:
Xew Jersey i
New York i
Ohio 3
Pennsylvania i
Scotland (Smith, Ky.).. I
South Carolina 46
Tennessee 49
Texas 28
Virginia i.V^
West Virginia 14
Wisconsin I
.\hibama 36
Arkansas 24
Florida 12
Georgia 87
Illinois 3
liuli.ma 1
Kentucky ,36
Louisiana 30
Maryland 13
Mississippi 48
Missouri 13
Xorlh Carolina 63
Total 644
This volume gives a i)resent;ilion of 143 monuments. lea\ -
iug 501 yet to be published. If the work is ever completed, it
will require three more volumes.
Mrs. F-merson writes: "I have the data of 180 more of these
monuments, but not available pictures. My publishers refuse
post card pictures. I beg friends to furnish the 180 photo-
graphs needed for the second volume. If T had money enough,
1 would buy them, but 1 have not. When the four volumes
are completed, the people of the South will be proud of them.
It will be a patriotic deed to get a photograph of every Con-
federate nK^ninnenl and scud it to me at .^631 West Thirtieth
Avenue, Denver, Col. I am trying to collect data and photo-
graphs of all ibat I have liot as yet secured. 1 ask your aid,
my U. D. C.'s. These monuments are your heritage. In 1865
you began the work of honoring your fallen heroes by erecting
monuments to commemorate their valor and patriotism. The
above figures show how well you have succeeded in this work,
a labor of love indeed! At the close of Ib.at terrible war on
the South our people were impoverished, but not crushed or
conquered. They rose in their might and have triumphed."
XASHIIl.LIi—lMrROl'EMEXTS AXD STATISTICS.
Population of city estimated, 1,^0,677; area, square miles,
18.2; elevation above sea, 654 feet: parks, 9: area of parks,
2S3; public schools, 31; teachers. 3,^0: pupils enrolled. 16,000;
lirivate schools, 4": medical colleges, 3: hospitals, homes, and
as.\lums, 40; churches in city, 224; public libraries. 12; miles
of street railway, 82: miles of intcrurban railway, 19.3: Y. M.
C. A. building. $200,000; V. W. C. building, $12.^,000; hotels,
31: bridges crossing street, 6; miles of street. 275; streets
paved and graded, 180: miles of water main laid. 113; capacity
water supply. 50,000.000 gallons; miles of public sewers, 98;
electric light plants. 2; gas plant, l; daily newspapers, 3;
telephones used in city. 8.929; employees of police department.
120; of fire deparlment. 114; post office receipts (year ending
March 31, 1911), $586,928.07; bank clearances. $210,475.4^2:
free dispensaries. 3; banks. 17; cost of Old Women's Home.
$25,000; railroads, 4.
•■AS I REMEMBER IT"—AL C. FIELDS BOOK.
".\s I Remember It" is the title of a book written by Al G.
Field, the undisputed minstrelsy leader. More than ordinary
interest has been excited in the book not only among those
intimate with Mr. Field but the genera! public. Certain mat-
ters of interest to many are handled in a manner entirely
Fieldcsque. The inside facts relative to happenings never be-
fore made public arc exquisitely revealed.
Many persons ima.gined the book wouhl be a history of
minstrelsy — a sort of theatrical history — when as a matter
of fact things theatrical have but little space in the work.
It is a breezy and humorous narrative, with a touch of the
pathetic, written in the third person, up to the time of Mr.
Field's invasion of the show business. Many persons and
places are chronicled in an interesting manner. People in
all sections of the country will be surprised to read of them-
selves in this book. A writer states : "As for originality it is
a scream, a rush, and a touch-down." Mr. Field's ability as a
scribe and his genuine sympathy with human nature will stand
the acid test of lime.
A F'.MTHFII. SkRV.WT of THE L,\TK Col.. Wll ARTIlX J. CiRKE.N.
— .\ peculiar mark of respect was paid to a Cumberland
County negro by the white people of Fayetteville, N. C. He
was Guilford Christmas. His life of devotion in the service
of his former master, Col. Wharton J. Green, endeared him to
the family of Colonel Green. White people sent flowers and
leading white citizens acted as pallbearers. During the war
he wa4 body servant to Colonel Green at the front. They
understood each other thoroughly; they were reared together.
This funeral and the tributes emphasize the kindly feeling that
still abides in the South between the whites and those who
were slaves.
"The Scout."— By Judge C. W. Tyler, of Clarksville,
Tenn., now ready at Veter.vx office. Price, $1.
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Prophietor.
Tho ;itu-iiliiin of Soutlu-rn lu-wspapers is called to page 56.
SciitiiiuiU in bch.ilf of llic Col. Riclianl Owen memorial — ■
;i crcditalile monnnient — is growing beautifully. The list of
all contributors will be in March or .April number. I'lense send
your name promplly. statins; tlie sum you would like to give.
TlUl M.ICOX REUNION MAY 7-9, 'P'-'-
■|'hc U. C. V. Headquarters names Reunion dates as May 7-9:
"For a second time in the history of this association the
patriotic people of the great State of Georgia ask that the
survivors of the Southern armies be their guests, and promise
that our sojourn in their midst shall be full of pleasure.
"No State of the Union can present for admiration such an
array of noble names: Cordon and Evans (both Comn;anders
of the U. C. v.).
.Stephens. Cobb,
Mcl.aws, Vonng,
Wright, Hartow,
r o (1 ni I1 s. i-oni;-
strcet, Kell. W.ilk-
er. Lam.ir, I'lul-
loch, Twiggs, Tat-
nail (the great
naval officer who
is said to have
shed tears ulun
informed tli.il ho
was too old lo
have charge of a
Confederate gim
boat on the liig'i
seas), and nuni-
ber-s of other gre.it
and gallant men.
"By her thou-
sands of Confed-
erate historic
spots, by tile fields of battle, where the Southron manfully
met his foe, by the homes, sheltering her women and chil-
.dreii, ruthlessly destroyed by Sherman's hordes, Georgia pre-
sents many, many points to attract the deepest interest of
LIEUT. GEN.
iKVi.NE vv.\lki:r.
all Confederates and their loya! descendants. Let us all
gatlicr at her shrine and show the glorious people of this
glorious State that we value her patriotic devotion to the Con-
federacy and w-ill forever sacredly treasure the sufferings by
w hich she proved her loyalty to the stars and bars.
"The city of Macon. Ga., is lillcd with people of we.ilth,
intelligence, and social standing: and each citizen promises
that nothing shall be lacking to add to the comfort and en-
joyment of those who once were in the armies of the Con-
federacy. The Lieutenant General commanding, then, urges
all his beloved comrades to take part in this Reunion.
"The Lieutenant General commanding with much pleasure
.mnounces, at the request of its most energetic President.
Mrs. W. J. Behan, that the Confederated Southern Memorial
Association will hold its meeting at the same time.
"The Lieutenant General commanding sincerely hopes tliat
the press of the entire country will stir up interest in the
coming meeting, and to this end he requests that this order
be published and editorial comment made thereon.''
W.\R or iiiK St.\ti;s— Yes. \V.\r or- thk St.\ti:s.
Let us call it that. This term did not originate with the
\iTEKAN, but it adopts it, believing that many will .approve.
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
r.\ MRS. .\Li:.\.\Nr)I-.R n. white, PKESIDEXT general, P.VRIS. TEXX
-l/.v Dear Friends: For bestowing upon me the highest honor
ill your gift, the greatest honor that can come to a Southern
woman. I thank you. I appreciate the confidence you showed
in mc when you made me the official head of our great or-
ginization, and 1 also appreciate the approbation of the action
of the Richmond Convention as evidenced by the many letters
th;it have come to me from all over the I'nilcd States. It is
,1 stimulus for me to give you the very best service possible.
Th.it I intend 10 do, and I hope to have your cooperation.
1 must call your attention to and ask your observance of a
st.inding rule adopted by the Richmond Convention— viz.,
any person or enterprise seeking money contributions from
the United Daughters of the Confederacy must have the in-
dorsement or approval of the President General U. D. C, and
when contributions are solicited within a State the sanction
QoQfederati^ l/eterap.
of tlie State President is necessary. This was done, not to
curtail your liberty in giving, but for your protection, for
too nnicli unauthorized soliciting has been done and some
Chapters have been victimized.
Our next Convention will be held in Washington, wliere our
position will be unique, when we will be in the limelight and
will be the cynosure of all eyes — more than we have ever
been in our liistory. Meeting at the national capital, where
many conventions meet, the paradise of special correspondents
who note everything, we will have an oi)i)ortunity of show-
ing the whole country what a model convention should be,
what good a woman's organization can do, which may reflect
great credit upon our organization, ourselves, and our host-
■esses. the U. D. C. of Washington. Let us be equal to our
■opportunities.
To that end I want us It) go to W.-isliinylon with our forces
-well org.mized, ;ill Chapters with dues paid up and with rep-
Tcsentation in the Convention at least by proxy, and to show
..-in unusually fine year's work in all lines, with a gain in
TOcmbership and in new Chapters, and with all Divisions and
Chaptc"s united and harmonious, actuated by devotion to the
•cause and not by selfish interests.
I want to ask you State Presidents to make .greater efforts
to awaken dormant Chapters, to secure new Chapters, more
•children's Chapters, and to increase the membership of every
Division. Although we have a membership of So.ooo, that
tlocs not represent a fourth of wliat our membership could
be, and I trust all you Chapter Presidents will secure for your
Chapters all the desirable members in your neighborhood,
and thus help your State President to increase the membership
■of your Division.
P>elieving good work should have special recognition, I
•ofler to the Divisions or Chajiters not in a Division the one
showing the greatest per cent of increase of membership during
this year a certificate of merit. This will be decided by the
increase of the general membership of the Division, by the
Tiinnber of new Chapters organized and chartered, new Chap-
ters or au.xiliarics of children, by the number of Chapters
represented in the Washington Convention, and by the per
■capita ta.N paid. This certificate of merit will cover all points
mentioned above, and will be signed by the President General,
Recording Secretary General, Treasurer General, and Chair-
man of the Credential Committee, and it will be presented
■during the Convention. The decision \v\\\ be made from the
■credential report and rejjorts to be sent to me ten days before
the Convention, showing your present enrollment and your
membership the 1st of Xovember.
Do not neglect the work of interesting the children nor of
■seeing that they are taught true history. With them lies the
■future of our organization, the fruition of all our hopes. A
twig will grow as bent.
1 hope every Division and Chapter will make a fine record
in their endeavor to win the silk banner offered by Mrs. L.
H. Raines for the best history work done this year. Historical
work is a personal benefit to you who do it as well as tO' the
■cause of true history in the South. Let us be vigilant in
liaving only true history ptiblishcd and taught. The republica-
tion of strongly biased sectional articles written fifty years
iigo can do no good and possibly much harm and will give
wrong impressions to our children.
The time for the bestowal of crosses of honor expires No-
vember I, 1912; only four dates on which they may be be-
stowed remain. I ask all of you to give all pidjlicity possible
to these facts through newspapers and through letters, so that
no one entitled to a cross may fail to .get one.
The corner stone of the .Arlington monnmeiU is to be laid
when we meet in Washington, and the .\rlington Monument
.■\ssociation has nwdc contracts calling for the completion of
and payment for thi^ monument in two years. If the artist
meets his p.irt ' 4ft tlje tontract. we must meet ours. The
MRS. ,\I.K.\.\XI)ER B. WHITE, PRESIDENT CENEK.M,.
(Till' i-ngravin^ on tiUe-paiie ftirjaimarv was vt-py uiisatisfactorv.)
United Daughters of the Confederacy w-ill of course meet
every contract they make, and the association's hope is in
j-ou. Do not fail to lieli) them to raise the money all you can.
Shiloh needs your aid too. A little boy going through
Shiloh Military Park with his father had monument after
monument to the Federal soldiers pointed out to him. He
read the inscriptions and finally asked: "Father, didn't the
South have an\- heroes at Shiloh?" Six long trenches of
Confederate dead ask that question. They ask it of you.
The Shiloh Monument Committee will furnish to all Chap-
ters a Shiloh program for the April meeting, and I ask all of
you to use it and have a Shiloh Day.
We ha\e been working for these two monuments full long
already, so let us turn to them with singleness of purpose and
finish them. Let us concentrate our work upon them instead
of dividing it .among so many objects. Concentration will
accomplish great lhin.gs. (_)ne urgent need of getting these
monuments off our hands is that other work is pressing upon
us, calling to us — education and relief work. The grand-
children of our veterans must not be allowed to sink to the
plane of an inferior race for the need of an education, and
they must have our help. Our veterans and their wives and
Qoi)federat(^ l/eterai).
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widows an- KniwiiiH iiiciru lucljle, llicir liealtli failing witli
agf. and nil friends tu aid tlu-ni except the Daughters of tlic-
Confederacy. In tlie nexl few xears this work will make
heavier and heavier demands njion lis. So let us get our
monuments out of iht way and be ready for all such calls.
'Ihc relief work is headed by Mrs. N'orman "\'. Randolph,
and she and her committee arc anthorizi-d to soliiit fuml
from Chapters for this w-ork.
Let us take .greater interest in ihe I'nited Confederate Vet-
erans as ,in assoei.ition and attend their Reunions and do all
we e.m lo nrd-ce iliem gala occasions for the "boys in gray."
Let us hold out a helping hand lo our brothers, the L'nited
Sons of Confederate Veterans, for the growth of their or-
ganization, for Ihe comjiletion of the State archives, and for
all iheir wurk wliieh really suppleiuenis ours.
1 wish for all of uin .1 h.ippy, prosperous year, and that it
nriy be ;i year <levoled lo the good of our beloved cause and
oul of which we shall cast all uncharitablcncss .and have onl>
forbe.ar.mee for llie shortcomings of one ;m.):her.
".i//.s'.v c.iiORc.iA r. P. C"
SNKiiii i:\ MKS. ni:Ki!ii(r m. kk.v.nklin. .skcond vu k prksihent.
IN IMK .VTL.WT.V lONSTlTL'TION.
The Georgia Division. V. D, C, is a lovely maiden of sweet
sixteen. On November tj she celebrated her seventeenth birth-
day, and she enters upon ihe work of another year with all
the enthusiasm of aclive, lively young girlhood. She was an
unusually precocious little girl : and while yet an infant, she
began no( only to "sit U]) and take notice" but lo reach out her
baby arms in the desire lo help others, lo use her sweet in-
fluence for good, uplifting purposes.
I'.arly she began to think of young girls nol so forlunatc as
herself, and llie Winnie Davis memorial was the result. As
she advances inlo young ladyhood she is busy at work for the
I'lartow niemori.al educational fund, for the benefit of the
boys and girls in the mountains around Rabun Gap. Her
hands are busy with works of love for the old soldiers and
Iheir wives, and she rejoices in ministralions of comfort and
cheer to her a.gcd anrl beloved friends, llow she docs delight
to honor llie veterans! With what joy does she pin with her
gentle hands Ihe cross of honor on his noble breast!
With sweel. leiiikr reverence she is erecting monuments all
over the Stale to the Confederate dead. She is using her
time and talenls for the erection of a lilting memorial to Gen-
eral Lee at ;\rliiigtoii. to ihe boys in gray who sleep at Sliiloh.
By her essay contest she is encouraging her younger brothers
and sisters to learn of the glorious deeds of our Southland.
She is persevering in her study of history in her monthly pro-
grams. She frowns on every textbook used in our schools
which does not teach the truth of history and give justice to
the South. She is constantly beslowing scholarships upon
needy boys and .girls; she is adorning the walls of Georgia's
schools willi porlrails of Lee and Davis.
In her room at Richmond are valuable treasures of the War
of the States. She is planning to erect a coping around
the monumeiil to the memory of Major Wirz. She is working
up a travelin.g libniry which will be both interesting and
prolilablc. Her li.glit is shining with such brilliance thai
women all over the State see her good works and long to join
the radiant circle: so new Chapters are springing up like
magic uiicKr the .gentle beams. She loves the children loo,
and uses her sweet influence to organize bands of Children
of the Confedcracv.
Girllikc, she is (jnile proud of her beautiful sorority pin,
the r. D. C. badge, and with just enough vanity to lend attrac-
tion she clothes herself in her lovely gowns of Confederate-
colors, with jewels of memory, history, benevolence, educa-
tion, is a brilliant social queen.
In fact, this wonderful girl is just the dearest, sweetest,,
most accomplished sixteen-year-old that anybody ever kuewv
this lovely Miss Georgia U. D. C.
Xow, let nic whisper a secret. Listen! She has ,1 beau.
Her admirers all over the land arc forming Camps of Sons^
of Veterans, and this son is in high favor. She is giving him
much encouragement ; she is leading him on in many counties
of the State, and as igi2 is leap year she ma\ .grow bolder m
her advances until the month of May brings a union as welt
as a reunion of Miss Georgia L'. D. C. and Mr. Son V. C. V.
"Then here's to Miss Georgia L". D. C.
The maid of sweet sixteen :
O'er kingdoms of mind and heart may she
Forever reign as queen !"
Xew President of the Georgi.v Division. L'. D. C.
The Geor.gia Daughters have evidently been most foriunate
ill choosing for their State President ^frs. Eugenia Dorothy
I'lount L.-nnr. of Macon. Hrr parents. Col. James H. Blount
MKS. w.m.tek u. I,.\M-\K.
and Miss Eugenia Wiley, were married in 1861. Colonel
»Ionnt went early with his battalion to Norfolk, Va. His
command was known as Blount's Cavalry. After the War
of the States, be served in Congress, and was sent by Presi-
dent Cleveland as Special Commissioner to Hawaii in 1893.
Mrs. Lamar is a graduate of Ihe Wesleyan and of Wcllesley
Colleges. Much of her girlhood was spent in Washington.
C^opfederat<^ l/eterap.
Sj/c was President of the Sidney Lanier Chapter of the
V. I). C, which grew rapidly to a membership of nearly two
hmulred. Her first pubHc office was President of the Free
Kindergarten. Girls have been educated and fitted for life
v.ork. women have had their homes saved by rent paid, widows
of veterans are housed, fed, and clothed, and nurses provided.
Mrs. Lamar is President of the Macon .\tlienaeum, an even-
ing literary club where men and women enjoy lectures and
literary talk with witty chat. She is First Vice President of
the Woman's Club, and is a devoted Presbyterian.
Mrs. S C. Moore, of Macon, w-rites of her in the .\tlanta
Constitution: "Of magnetic presence, keen and cultured mind,
she is equally approachable by rich and poor, and her palatial
home is a meeting place for cultured people. Born to lead,
^he does it with such innate sweetness and grace that women
often say: "I wouldn't have done that except for Mrs. Lamar.'
The Confederate Veterans' Reunion is her latest activity
With the talent of a general, she has organized her forces.
and success will be assured. When some one said to her. 'This
reunion is appalling: how can you undertake so much?' she
<;uie!ly replied: 'It may be there will never be another oppor-
tunity like this to do sonielhing for Macon.' She seems to
incarnate the thought. 'Make life, death, and that vast for-
ever one grand, noble song.' "
KliQUESrS HY r. n. c. iiistoriax gexeral.
I In an open letter to all State Historians. Chairmen of His-
torical Committees, and Chapter Historians of the United
D.inghters of the Confederacy Miss Mildred Lewis Ruther-
I'.ird, Historian General, U. D. C, Athens, Ga., has much of
importance to say.]
SunST.^NCE OF .AnDRF.SS TO St.\TE AND Cn.M'TIIR HiSTORI.VNS.
I'irst. 1 wish to send to you a loving greeting and to assure
yon that 1 appreciate the honor bestowed upon me at Rich-
inoiid. Va., where 1 was made Historian General of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the highest gift that is in their
power to bestow, so I regard it. Secondly, I rejoice that you
have a part with lue in this historical work, the most vital
work of our organization. Let us, then, together resolve to
secure while we can the unwritten history of our beloved
South. This history can only be secured from the veteran
men and women now living. The mistake too often made by
L . D. C. historians is to prepare papers upon subjects already
treated of in printed history. What it behooves us to secure
now is the unw^-itteii facts from those who alone know them.
Our veterans are fast passing away and the lime is growing
shorter and shorter for this work to be done. Let the vet-
cr;ins tell us the story of themselves. Let sentiment enter into
that story so long as it does not interfere with facts. What
we wish is history. The historical spot where an event took
place must be accurately located, the date accurately given,
and no "think so" must be recorded as fact.
.\ppreciatiiig how difficult it is to secure these facts, I have
outlined a method which may answer as suggestive until
something better is found. During the year I shall be glad
to have suggestions from each of you. All must work to-
gether as a whole if we wish the work well done.
DlUKCTlONS OF THi; HiSTORIAN GenKRAL.
Use uniform paper, 7xg]4 inches. Leave one-inch margin
on the left, (tf any Division has been using uniform paper
of different size, continue that, so that all inainiscript shall
lie the same in that Division.)
'1 o insure tint .all shall get the paper of uniform size, prop-
erly punched, it may be well to send to your Historian Gen-
eral $2 for the first order, sufficient for one volume, 400 sheets,
ihis will also pay express or postage. After that, your own
bookdealer can cut and punch paper to fit the cover.
Write on one side only, typewritten preferred.
When volume is completed, send to your State Historian,
to be kept fin- future reference — 400 to 500 pages to a volume.
Index your volume, carefulh- numbering the pages.
Paste newspaper clippings on page to avoid copying.
When volume is completed, order a cover from your State
Historian. (The covers we use in Georgia are of gray cloth,
so arranged that leaves may be added or removed at any
time. 1 he backs to the covers have red leather labels, upon
which the name of Chapter, the number of volume, the State
Division, and name of State Historian are plainly marked.
Thus: "Historical Records of the Georgia Division, U. D. C,
Mildred Lewis Rutherford, State Historian ;" "Minutes U. D.
C. Convention, 1896-igoo;" "L:uira Rutherford Chapter,
Athens, Ga.")
Another volume is used for muster roll. The request is made
to "enroll by companies the names of those soldiers who en-
listed from your town and county. Try to get a complete
roster of those killed and wounded." ( 1 f the veterans in your
county are doing this work, you can s;ifely leave it in their
Irinds and proceed to Volume H.)
MISS MILDRED RUTHERFORD.
[Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford was born in Athens, Ga.,
July 16, 1851, a daughter of Prof. William R. and Laura Bat-
taile Roots Cobb Rutherford. She graduated at the Lucy
Cobb Institute in 1868, and was teacher of literature and co-
principal of her Alma Mater from 1880 to 1898. She has been
President of the Athens Ladies' Memorial Association since
18S8, State Historian of the Georgia Division, U. D. C. (elected
for life). Chairman of the Y. W. C. A. for the Gulf States,
and President of the Federated Mission L^nion. She is the
author of school textbooks (English Authors, American .Au-
thors. French Authors, 1907 ; "Minnie Brown ;" Bible Ques-
tion Book ; "The South in History and Literature," 1907. At
the Richmond Convention in November, 1911, she was elected
Historian General LTiiited Daughters of the Confederacy.]
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Record all deeds of bravery pertaining to soldiers enlisting
from your town and county during the War of the States
(jr incidents of battle as told by the veterans now living in
your midst, whether they enlisted from your county or not.
(Application papers for membership in your Chapter and for
crosses of honor will greatly aid you in securing dates.)
Secure sketches of women who lived during the war in
your county and were identified with the aid societies, way-
side hoiTies and hospitals, and of women after the war promi-
nent in Ladies' Memorial Associations or those who aided
in erecting monuinents to the Confederate dead.
Keep a record of all Confederate relics in the possession of
any in your county, writing full description of the same, by
whom owned and how secured. Thus an interest w'ill be
awakened in collecting and preserving Confederate souvenirs.
looking toward a future Confe<leratc museum of vast propor-
tions.
Ciivc till- date of organization of your Cliapter, names of
charter members, names of officers from date of organiza-
tion, history of the work accomplished, women prominent in
the work, amount of money contributed to various objects,
monuments erected, liistory of the erection, inscriptions
copied, especially the date and under whose auspices erected.
Give the number of crosses bestowed by your Chapter and
names of veterans and descendants receiving them.
Hind application blanks for crosses for future reference.
Hind ap])lication for Chapter membership for reference.
Hind mimUes of State and of U. D. C. Conventions.
Hind Co.M'KDEKATiv Veti;r.\n. published at Nasliville, Tenn.,
for historical reference in your Chapter.
Preserve as history sketches not only of the old mammy
of the South but of the many faithful slaves to whose care
the women and children were conlided when our brave men
were at the tmnl and of those irne to their former owners
after the war closed.
Give the story of the secession of your own State and a
copy of the secession ordinance and signers, the part men
from your county took in the Provisional Congress that met
at Montgomery, Ala., the names of President Davis's cabinet,
the copy of the Confeder.-ite Constitution, by whom drafted
and signed, and the story of the Freedmen's Bureau, of the
Ku Klux Klan ( wlty a necessity), of war-time experiences of
refugees, and of Reconstruction period.
Write up the part the navy pl.ayed in our war and sketches
of the naval heroes.
Tell all about the hospital work, how carried on during the
war, and the difficulties in securing medicine and proper sur-
gical instruments and appliances.
Write the story of the diflferent flags of the Confederacy
and the necessity for changes in them, and copy any poems
concerning them.
Secure names of all books written in your town or county
by a Soutlierner or about the South, with a short sketch of
life of author.
I ask State Presidents so to legislate at their Convi-ntions
that their State Historian sliall be sent to the C U. C. Con-
vention .it the Division's expense. The inspiration received
from the intercourse with other Historians will more than
repay the amount expended.
I ask that State Historians urge their Chapter Historians
to comply with the request of their Historian General in col-
lecting and preserving this historical data.
f I ask that their report (typewritten") be sent to me thirty
days before the I'. D. C. Convention convenes, and that thi';
report include statistical facts concisely given, so that I may
be able to cull the exact amount done during the year by the
Divisions.
I ask that no excuses be sent to me. but to the State Presi-
dents, so that I shall not be blamed if no report of the State
work is given at the next U. D. C. Convention.
I ask that they plan to be present at the V. D. C. Conven-
tion, and notify me thirty days before the Convention coii-
venes if they can or cannot.
I want all Chapter Presidents to .send me full name and
address of their Chapter Historians and to plan to have their
Historians sent as delegates to the State Convention that
they may come in touch with the State Historian and receive
an inspiration from meeting her and the other Historians.
This is very important.
May I suggest a plan that has worked so well with our
Georgia Division? Have a Program Committee appointed by
the Division and issue monthly programs to be used by all
Chapters. (I am sure our Chairman of the Program Com-
mittee, Mrs. J. D. Franklin, Tennille, Ga.. will be glad to
send a sample copy of one of our Georgia programs. Send
her a stamp for reply.) Then have the Chapter Historian
prepare a paper on local U. D. C. history for each month's
program. If not time to have read, it can be filed among
Chapter records. This insures at least one historical paper
a month.
I ask that ,ill textbooks, poems, pamphlets, works of fiction,
etc., be sent to the State Historian for review, so that she
may make a report to the Historian General of such books
as are untrue to the South, in order that she may use her
influence to have the U. D. C. legislate to condemn such books
and ask their removal from schools and libraries.
Read carefully this circular before you write asking ques
lions. You may find that very question answ-ered, and thus
save her time, your time, and U. D. C. money.
Promise not to throw this circular into the trash basket.
but pin it up in a prominent place to be a daily reminder of
what is expected from you as a loyal Daughter of the Con-
federacy.
Don't allow the War of the Stales to be called a Civil
War. If wt allow this, we own that we were one State, not
many, as we contended.
Don't allow our Memorial Day to be called Decoration Day.
The latter term belongs wholly to the North.
Don't even in sport speak of yourself as a rebel. There
was a rebellion, but it was north of Mason and Dixon's line.
Don't give your indorsement to a book until you are ab.so-
lutely sure it is true to the South as well as the Xorth.
Don't procrastinate, but do the work you have pledged your-
self to do when you accepted the honor conferred upon you.
What we wish is the truth and nothing but the truth.
If this circular reaches one who is no longer State or Chap-
ter Historian, will she see that it is forwarded to the one who
succeeded her in office?
To encourage an interest in historical work, Mrs. L. H.
Raines. Custodian of the Cross of Honor. 908 Duffy Street, S.,
Savannah, Ga., has offered to present to that Division (or
Chapter where no Division exists) which accomplishes most
in collecting and compiling historical records this year, 1912,
a beautiful silk banner. The presentation is to take place
during the U. D. C. Convention in Xoveniber. Communicate
with Mrs. Raines in regard to requirements for contest.
[This synopsis is subject to correction. — Ed. Veteran.]
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Qopfederat^ Meterar).
Confederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUNXIXGHAXI, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Huilding, N:ishville, Tenn.
This publication Is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an orj;an for Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronasre and to
cooperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
RliSl'OXSF.S BY SOUTHIIKX XEU'SPAPERS.
The appeal to the entire press of the South for coninienda-
tioii of the important work of the Vktkrax. referred to in the
December issue, was respontled to with a h'bcrahty uncqualcd
perhaps in the annals of journalism. It would have required
many thousands of dollars to secure such space even as ad-
vertising, while these notices were given in editorial form
and have conveyed the information to millions of people. To
these papers expression of profound gratitude is made. Club
rates for subscriptions will be offered to every one of them.
Remember that exchange is not desired, but instead marked
copies of papers containing important information to the
Veter.v.v would be appreciated. Please don"t put the Vet-
EHA.N on your mail list. It requires more time to examine
than can possibly be given. .\ revision of our exchange list
will be made, and it will be sent only to papers cooperating.
If response is not made to the request of any publisher, he
would do the \'etei<.\n a great favor to give notice at once.
/(■//.;•/ MAY !U- EXPECTED OF OCR YOIJXG MEX.
The alarming fatality among Confederate veterans during
the past year or so— which induced the United Daughters of
the Confederacy to adopt such active measures for the Vet-
eran- in their Convention in November at Richmond— has
caused anxious meditation upon the part that the men of the
South should take in estaldishing our correct history.
In the course of human government their fathers went to
war; they fought hard and long and lost. Terrific as was
the struggle, the survivors were young and hardened— those
who were not too severely maimed by wounds— and the.\-
were strong enough while going through the anguish nf re-
construction to recuperate largely family losses, and ni.iny
of them amassed fortunes. In history-making their fathers
attended their veteran Camps and Reunions, being active
in maintaining the merit of their deeds for the principles of
government that have existed since the first revolution in this
country — a government by individuals — and now the condi-
tion is upon the South whereby her women arc becoming the
sole protectors of the honor of ancestors.
While this comment points critically to the Sons of Vet-
erans, the fact is well understood that they are not as cen-
surable as would seem. M;iny of them became bread winners
for the veterans and the Confederate mothers, and the or-
ganization, U. S. C. v., was made in a number of instances
a means of advancement in politics or other mercenary ways,
so that thousands and thousands of the younger patriots did
not apprehend its beneficial prospects and have taken no
part in Ihe organization. Tliis failure to coiiperate has been
misconstrued, and the unjust sentiment prevails to a large
extent that the.se noble men are not interested in the sacri-
fices that their fathers and mothers made fifty years ago, The
organization of Sons has by these misunderstandings in many
respects become a hindrance rather than a blessing to the cause
for which it was created, despite the zeal and constancy of
a small proportion of its working members. The conditions
are now drawing near, and rapidly, when the men of tb
, South born after the war will have to take part in the pres
ervation of correct history 60 zealously pursued by the great
and grand organization of our women, or else much of the
sacrifice of a half centjry will l)e forgotten, the wealth of the
best part of .\merican manhood will be lost, and the best of
our civilization will be retarded inestimably.
'1 o avoid such calamity, there must be cooperation, and
the \'i:terax begs comrades to consider before the Macon
Reunion the wisdom of a radical change whereby the sons
and grandsons of veterans may become eligible to member-
ship in the veteran organizations. Conditions are such th.it
another year should not pass before such action is taken.
Cooperation is the great need now of Southern men. Their
wives, daughters, and granddaughters — the U. D. C. and the
Children of the Confederacy — would hail with great joy such
action as would be their support in the great work they are
doing. The Sons of Confederate Veterans must cooperate,
and speedily, before the veteran remnant is dead if they
would honor their fathers and mothers, if they would have
tlie highest quality of human societies remain in tlie land.
Let the Veterans and the organized Sons consider this
grave subject and be prepared to take part at Macon. Every-
body ought to cooperate in a systematic way. They should
all be as united as the people of the South were in the sixties.
There should be one channel of information, and every man
should consult it and money should be spent without stint to
that end. Daughters of the Confederacy, ardent as they are,
could do much more by diligence in bringing about this one
thing. What could be done, if all of them would cooperate ir»
pressi. ,; upon the men whose fathers and mothers made sucli
sacrifices, would cause such zealous action at the M:icon Re-
union as would amaze the best people of the North, wdio are
now in the spirit to give our people justice in motive and
action. They realize the injustice of conditions to the South.
This plea is not for sectional benefit beyond simple justice,
but it is made in behalf of the peace, the unity, and the Chris-
tian elevation of all the people in the land. Noble men who
fought to perpetuate the Union will concur in the merit of
this plea. Thousands of them have the profoundest respect
for the South's motives and deeds.
ACrH'E FOR THE VETERAX IX WEST riRGIXLl.
Col. J. Coleman .Mderson is preparing a booklet account
of the reunion held at llinton. W. Va.. which will contain
the following on an important subject, after copying the reso-
lution adopted by the United Dau.ghters of the Confederacy
in the recent Convention in Richmond: "No Veteran, Son, or
Daughter should be without this most valuable publication
(the Veteran), which is going into over 20,000 homes
throughout the United States every month. It is now in its
twentieth year of faithful service. It represents officially
every general Confederate organization, .-[iiil is enthusiastically
supported by every one familiar with it. It disseminates in-
formation about soldiers of the war on both sides, and it se-
cures intercommunication between friends of long ago. Its
'Last Roll' records the services and deaths of those of our
comrades who have passed over the river — all without cost, a
work of love which entitles Comrade Cunningham to the
gratitude of all true Southerners. It is the duty, and should
be the pleasure, of the Commanders and Adjutants of every
Camp in this Division to secure subscriptions to the Veteran-
The night will soon come 'when no man can work.'"
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SOLDIERS NEVER HAD PERSONAL ENMITY.
The Ledger, of Broken Arrow, Okla., gives the follow-
ing : "C. E. Creager, our former member of Congress in
his Muscogee Republican breathes forth this lofty sentiment
after having received a copy of the Confederate Veteran,
published in the interest of those who wore the gray. * * *
But one of the prettiest and one of the most sublime senti-
ments that now recall the war and prove the manhood of
the real Southern veteran is the movement to erect a monu-
ment to the memory of Col. Richard Owen, a Union soldier
commandant at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, where many pris-
oners were held. To show their appreciation of real bravery
and treatment accorded by a real soldier. Confederates who
were imprisoned there and others are contributing to a fund
with which to purchase the monument and defray the expense
of its erection and dedication. One veteran in sending his
contribution to the Veteran said : 'The spirit manifested by
Colonel Owen under the circumstances was Christlike and
heroic and should be propagated and perpetuated as you pro-
pose.' With those who fought the war is over."
[There is no doubt that the men in Camp Morton would
at that time have glndly pledged themselves to honor Colonel
Owen wlicncver able to do so. — En. Veteran]
SEND THE COTTON TAX BACK TO THE SOUTH.
By a singular and unintended omission from tlic petition to
Congre-ss for distribution of the large fund collected and held
by the United States Treasury since Reconstruction times as
set forth by the Ben McCulloch Camp, U. C. V., at Idabcl,
Okla. (see page 560 of Veteran for December, 191 1), the
plea was for survivors and the widows of such instead of
"surviving widows." The Veteran comn:rnds the action of
the Ben McCulloch Camp. Let all other Camps and every
person interested in fair play and in Southern prosperity
e.xercise their influence in persuading Congressmen to have
tliis money returned to the South, and if it can't be re-
turned to the rightful owners, which would .seem impossible
as an exaction, let it be distributed in such way as suggested
by these comrades.
FATE OF FIRST CIVIL JVAR NOVEL.
.\ clever story tells the fate of "the first war novel" of the
tragedies of the sixties, by Major John W. De Forrest, who
served in a Union regiment. The book appeared in 1867, and
the title was "Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to
Loyalty." That it appeared "too soon" after the war was
Riven as the cause of failure, but Mark Twain said :
"It was a splendid novel. The descriptive battle writing
that it contained still remains unsurpassed. It would probably
have been a great popular success had it been given a title that
gripped. It was a failure because of its name."
S.M.EM (Va.) Daughters on Objectionable History.
In resolutions sent to the Richmond U. D. C. Convention
Mrs. Rosylind Roberts Evans, of Salem, Va., stated:
"Madam President and United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy in Convention Assembled: Permission is asked to bring
tefore this convention the consideration of a so-called history
of the United States, known as 'Elson's History,' which has
found its way through unguarded channels into some of the
schools and colleges of the South. It is prejudicial to the
South and abounds in misrepresentations and falsehoods, l^n-
just to the South throughout, it misrepresents ike causes that
led to the war, reflects upon our peerless Robert E. Lee, and
glorifies John Brown, while its assertions pertaining to the
social life of the South are almost unmentionable. The false-
hoods are not confined to a few isolated pages, but the warp
and woof of the book is vicious and pernicious."
"Whereas our handsome monuments scattered over our be-
loved Southland, our beautiful memorials, and our labors of
love will count for naught if we perinit such willful, wicked, and
slanderous statements to go unrebuked and unchallenged ;
therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That the thanks of this Convention be ex-
tended to Judge W. W. Moffett, of Salem, Va., who indig-
nantly exposed its false teachings and protested against its
use; also to the press of Virginia for the stand they have
taken for truth and honor: and to our friend, Mr. Cunning-
liam, of the Confederate Veteran, whose work of love for
the South deserves the gratitude of all the people.
"2. That we will combat and condemn with all our strength
and might, individually and collectively, this 'Elson's History'
or any other history defamatory or unfair to the South, and
we will not desist till none other than a fair and true history
from '61 to '65 be taught in our schools and colleges."
She quotes from the book some horrible assertions.
Growth of Just Sentiment at the North. — A wonderful
change has taken place in the public mind north of the Ohio
River since the close of the War of the States. Instead of
"traitors deserving to be hanged," the Lees, the Jacksons,
and their like are now classed with Washington and his
geuerals as patriots and true Americans. — Prof. J. H. Brunner.
Leetown Chapter, U. D. C, of Middleway, W. Va., has
placed markers at the graves of the soldiers who died in their
little village and are buried in the Masonic Cemetery. The
list is herewith given in the hope that friends will be relieved
by seeing that these graves are taken care of:
Peter A. Geriner, Co. A. ist N. C. Regt.
Josiah Leath, Co. C, 41st Va. Regt.
William M. Harris, Co. K, 19th Va.
Redin English. Co. K, 8th Fla.
Sergt. Robert Barber. Co. K. 4,3d N. C.
Julius Cox, Co. C, 14th N. C.
Maj. B. S. Boggin, North Carolina.
Robert Passmore, Co. I, 26th Ga. Regt., Evans's Brigade.
W. W. Hennington. Co. H, 9th La.
Carthage Kendall, second corporal of Chew's Battery.
LEE.
He sleeps, the chieftain at his rest;
His heart is stilled within his breast;
His flag is furled ; the Stars and Bars
No longer wave through crimson wars.
No longer martial echoes float.
No more the Southern bugle note.
His brave though waning lines of gray.
The myriad hosts he held at bay
Have vanished like the winter snows;
Alike are gone his friends and foes.
But still within the Southern heart.
When homage greets the honored name of Lee,
The life blood leaps with sudden start.
The eyelids quiver, and the tears are free.
^H. C. Haccn. 440 South Crittenden Street. San Jose, Cal.
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STO::EiVALL JACKSON: A HOMILY.
BV A. J. EMERSON.
Dear Brethren and Sisters: Please stop. Let Mary Johnston
alone. Was Stonewall Jackson a faultless mnn? No; but he
was one of the world's greatest generals, and his fame reflects
honor upon all the people of the Southern States, if not of tlie
whole United Slates.
Is Mary Johnston a faultless writer? No; but in "The
Long Roll" she has produced one of the greatest books ever
written in America, if not the very greatest; a work which
reflects honor upon all the people of the South and heightens
the fame of Stonewall Jackson; a book that deservesto stand
in a class with Hugo's "Les Miserables" and Tolstoi's "War
and Peace.''
The story of Stonewall Jackson half a century ago leaped
beyond the bounds of the Southern Confederacy and belongs
to the world. People will read it and tell it. And has any
one told that story better than Mary Johnston has told it?
Has any one brought out the sublime features of that aston-
ishing career more clearly than she has? li so, who? Who
else has written an epic prose poem with Stonewall Jackson
for its hero?
T. J. Jackson's fame is so secure that historians may ex-
press differing opinions about him without harm. The lit-
erary muse takes delight in walking around a really great
man when she has found one and looking at him from every
possible angle. It keeps up the talk about him and causes him
to fill a larger space in the world's thought. Think of the
vast variety of opinions that have been expressed concerning
Napoleon or concerning Shakespeare. Not only opinions, but
books and books have been written about them. It only adds
to their fame. So if we are to have a Stonewall Jackson lit-
erature, as seems likely, it will but fix his name up on the
high shelf with Shakespeare and Napoleon.
The rest of us do not take the allusions to his alleged ec-
centricities so seriously as do the close friends of Gen. T. J.
Jackson. We do so exceedingly admire him for his heroic
deeds that we take a childlike delight in the odd things he
does and says, the unheroic actions ; he is so above us that we
need this point of contact. The people love a hero about
whom they can tell a good joke now and then. That is one
feature of hero worship. The plume which Jeb Stuart wore
in his hat (there is a good joke about that plumed hat) and
his passion for the banjo music of Sweeny, whom he kept by
his side, are eccentricities of a great man; but how delightful
they are to talk of and to read about! And they show one
phase of his character. They are the outcroppings of that
perpetual g.iyety and those high spirits with which Stuart was
endowed above all other generals of the army, which kept his
men from dejection in the camp and on the march, and were
a tonic to them when they heard the round, full notes of the
cavalier hero's voice as he went singing into battle. Let
Stuart wear his plume. I like it.
But I love to see on Stonewall Jackson's head that "old
forage cap" which Mary Johnston places there, because above
it is the aureole of glory. I like those "old dust-covered
clothes." Yea. the dust that settles on hat and faded coat rose up
from under the feet of his invincible legions, our brothers, as
they marched and wrested hard-won victories from the best
soldiers (except themselves) in the world — the dust of Manas-
sas, of Winclie'^tcr. of Chancellorsville. That dust has turned
to gold and shines with a luster that will endure to the end
of time. I like that upward thrust of the hand. We heard
of it often in i86j and 1863. It was then thought to be a
prayer signal to heaven. The soldiers thought so. " "Old
Jack' does the praying, we do the fighting, and it all w'orks
out right." The people of the South thought so. Many felt
and said : "As long as that man lives the Confederacy is safe."
I don't think they ever felt quite that way about any other
man. The people loved to believe that Stonewall prayed in
time of battle, and that he prayed at midnight before the bat-
tle. They believe that those prayers were answered in part ;
that they will yet be answered ; that within the Union substan-
tial victory will come to the South as to her main contention —
that is, the right to manage her own domestic and social rela-
tions in her own way. Let us not banish that uplifted hand
from our histories.
In the midst of the roar of battle the soldiers saw Jackson
calmly sucking lemons. They did not deem it an eccentricity,
hut a mystery. Where did he get them? For owing to the
blockade lemons were scarce, very scarce. To see a man
sucking a lemon then was like seeing an airship to-day.
"Where did 'Old Jack' get those lemons?" says one.
"He got 'em from his commissary," says the other.
"Our commissary hasn't any lemons, I know."
" 'Old Jack' got 'em from his other commissary."
"What other commissary?"
"Banks. Yes, 'Old Jack' draws all our rations from Banks."
"How?"
"Captures his wagon trains. Gets one about every other
day. 'Old Jack' sent word to the man that makes wagons
for Banks up at Wheeling to make the wagon tongues
stronger ; that too many of them broke about the time they
were turned over to our men. Y'es, sir, 'Old Jack' is sucking
Banks's lemons to-day, and day after to-morrow he will
squeeze old Banks himself."
So much for eccentricities; they are too good to cut out.
There remains to be considered the frontispiece of "The
Long Roll," the caricature, "the hideous picture," as it has
been called. I shall not discourse upon art or taste or book-
making, but will tell the story of Aunt Patty and Polyphemus.
Away back yonder about the year 1845, when I was a small
boy, there was a pleasant-faced, sweet-tempered old black
mammy who often sat churning in the shade of the trees near
our kitchen, and she always got butter. Churning was her
favorite sort of work, for she was too fat to enjoy standing
up. She was a very good person, and was fond of telling
stories to the children, white and black. One which she
told made a deep impression in a soft spot (soft then, not
now) in my head. It was about a giant much bigger than our
o'd friend Goliath of Gath. He was so big that he could
pluck up a good-sized tree by the roots and use it for a
walking stick as he waded out into the ocean to recapture his
escaped prisoners whom he intended to eat — one every day.
She said his name was Polyphemus.
Some years later when at school I got into Virgil to my
surprise I read in Latin substantially the same story Aunt
Patty the good had told me about terrible Polyphemus. I
wondered how Aunt Patty, an unlettered negro, had come
to know the story. Had her forbears brought it with them
from Africa? or had some smart boy reading Virgil told it
to her? If so, what boy? Before I had the opportunity to
ask her how she learned it. Aunt Patty died and went to
heaven, I believe, for she talked more about heaven than an\
one I have ever known in my pilgrimage through this world.
I have retained all these years a good memory picture of
Aunt Patty, but a rather shadowy conception of Polyphemus.
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I have ©ften wondered since those days if there existed any-
where a picture of Polyphemus. I would like to have one.
Some months ago while looking through the big show win-
dow of a bookstore I saw a display of books, every one of
which showed the picture of a dim. shadowy being of giant-
like proportions, mysterious and awful. Instantly the thought
came to me: "That may be Polyphemus!" On closer in-
spection it proved to be an alleged picture of Stonewall Jack-
son, and the book was "The Long Roll." Now, I will say
here that I do not believe that Miss Johnston is responsible
for this picture. If she is, I have no doubt that she will
leave it out as soon as it can possibly be done. If the pub-
lishers are responsible, let us hope that they will heed the
voice of protest that has been given. In the meantime I sug-
gest this course: Let all who own the book get some old
gold paint (for the book is golden), paint out the picture, and
go on reading it and lending it to their neighbors.
I do not believe that the artist who painted the picture from
which the photograph was taken intended caricature at all.
He intended probably by what has been termed "the mon-
strous physical likeness" to convey an impression of Jack-
son's greatness. The result has been unfortunate. Instead of
suggesting a hero, it suggests a giant. Instead of pleasing,
it hurts. Yet there is a place for the original after all. I
should like to possess it. Though I reject it utterly as a
picture of Stonewall, our great, our unmatched, our beloved
Stonewall Jackson, yet I should like to hang it on the wall of
my study as a picture of my long-lost Polyphemus.
THAT "LAST MEETING OF LEE AND JACKSON."
BY W. 0. HART, PAST COMMANDANT CAMP BEAUREGARD,
NO. 130, U. S. C. v., NEW ORLIiANS.
In regard to the article in your December Veteran con-
cerning Julio's painting, "The Last Meeting of Lee and Jack-
son," I beg to state that the original painting was owned for
many years by Lieut. Col. John B. Richardson, of New Or-
leans, who died in 1906. He belonged to the Washington Ar-
tillery, and for a long time before and after his death the pic-
ture occupied a place of honor in the armory of the artillery.
Recently the fainily sold it to Col. J. B. Sinnott, also of New
Orleans, who was in the Army of Northern Virginia, and was
present at "the last meeting" of Lee and Jackson. Certainly
the picture could not have a more appropriate owner.
I remember as a boy seeing Julio working on the picture.
His studio was on the third floor of what was then No. 3H
Carondelet Street, now No. 121. The one at Baton Rouge,
if painted by Jidio, is a replica, and not the original. There
is also a copy of the picture in the St. Charles Hotel, New-
Orleans. I do not know who the artist was who made it,
but it was ordered by Col. A. R. Blakely, also of the Wash-
ington Artillery, who for many years was proprietor of the
St. Charles. He died some years ago.
Several years ago there were published some beautiful steel
engravings of the picture, and I suppose the picture on the
title-page of your magazine was taken from one of them. At
the Mobile Reunion in TpTO I saw some post cards of the
painting, whiih were very well executed.
From a Little Rebel. — Charlie Pace Knaip writes from his
home in Kansas City. Mo.: "Please send me the Coxfedi;rate
Veteran for one voir. I am ten years old, and used to live
at the Confodi-rritc Home when iny grandpa, Col. J. L. Pace,
was Superintendent. He died two years ago. I like to read it."
AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN SHRINE.
BY H. O. NELSEN, KNOXVILLE, TENN.
Reading recently of the present appearance of the battle
field of Appomattox, Va., I was reminded of the battle ground
of San Jacinto, Tex., where the flower of Santa Anna's army
struck its colors to the father of the Texas Republic — Sam
Houston. As we, the grand army of the South, still cherish
the devotion with which we followed the stars and bars, the
symbol of George Washington's own coat of arms, so do we
love to review at our yearly Reunions the tilts we had with
our friends the enemy from 1861 to 1865.
At a Reunion some years ago in New Orleans I could not
repress my desire to visit old San Jacinto, where in the fall
of 1862 we patched and primed our rusting arms and navy
for a surprise party to the Federal fleet, then in possession
of Galveston. At early dawn on January i, 1863, our com-
manders had decided to impress their New Year resolutions
upon the enemy by recapturing our main seaport on the Texas
coast. The battle of Galveston is a chapter in the history of
the Civil War and not otherwise connected with this sketch.
San Jacinto was a hamlet of the old Spanish regime at the
time when Europe still claimed the right to shape the destiny
of the Western world. This is the spot where Anglo-Saxon
civilization first drew the line against Latin rule in the South-
west. It was in 1836, after the battle of the Alamo, that the
Texas army of 90 men, led by Sam Houston, routed Santa
Anna's army of 2,000 men, of which 1,000 Mexicans
remained upon the spot as silent witnesses of their defeat.
With the battle cry of "Reiueniber the Alamo!" that invincible
squad of Texans shot, stabbed, and strangled one-half of
Santa Anna's army within thirty minutes. This, then, is the
spot upon which the "Lone Star" republic had its birth. The
captured chieftain, Santa Anna, here made a permanent re-
linquishment of all claims to the territory east of the Rio
Grande River.
This prelude leads to my picture of San Jacinto as it was
and as it is to-day. In the summer of 1862 our infant navy,
flying the stars and bars, was ordered to recuperate at San
Jacinto, where a shipyard gave facilities for needed repairs
to our vessels. Here upon the battle field of twenty-five years
previous to our coming we built barracks and batteries at the
junction of San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou, where both
join Galveston Bay. We traded our Confederate money to
the storekeepers of San Jacinto for anything they were will-
ing to part with, and we listened to the stories of the "oldest
inhabitants" of how the Texans fought in 1836. We boys in
gray claimed the courage then displayed by Houston's men if
the Yankees would give the opportunity.
I had learned the gunsmith's trade in Germany, from which
country I ha<l emigrated in 1S60, and I became an active
member of our ordnance department. We converted an old
abandoned sawmill into an armory, where flintlock guns were
changed for percussion caps, and where we made Bowie knives
fashioned after an original one in possession of our major.
A razorlike edge was put to every weapon that left my
armory, with a cow horn for a handle and copper guard made
from the boiler tubes within the mill. A rawhide scabbard
hid this vicious "toothpick." We tripped the light fantastic
with the Texas girls and mcient senoritas of the town until
we left for closer rclatic 1 with the enemy at Galveston.
Picture my surprise, then, on my visit to the scene of my
youthful g-iyety nearly half a century ago! Leaving the train
at Deer Park, the nearest crossroads station to San Jacinto
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on the Galveston-Houston Railroad, the mail bag and I were
the only visible evidences that this was a stopping place.
From a shanty close by an old rig, an old pony, and still older
man drove up for the mail bag. I inquired as to distance,
time, and terms upon which I might ride with this mail agent
to Lynchburg, which is just across the river from San Jacinto.
The driver, an old Swede, expressed surprise of my inquiry
concerning that ancient village, since nobody lived in San
Jacinto any more. Being assured that the rig was substantial
and the pony strong enough to pull my additional weight, we
started at a modest gait.
Ncaring the shrine dedicated to the "Independence of the
Republic of Texas," we saw a twenty-horse power steam
boiler in the marsh, which, according to my informant, had
been washed there by the great flood of Galveston. He
likewise related much of the havoc wrought by that flood,
which swept the remaining ruins of San Jacinto ofT their
base. No vestige of the place was to be seen except a lone
negro cabin half submerged.
I failed to find a single soul who knew of San Jacinto.
The postmaster of Lynchburg was too young, and so was
everybody else around the place. Anxious to verify what they
called my "fairy tales," I insisted that somebody accompany
me in a skiflf in search of some landmark that I knew. Halt-
ing at a peculiar turn in the river, we went ashore in search
of a brick foundation of the old sawmill, my erstwhile
armory. Brushing aside some debris along the muddy bank,
a companion soon laid bare the brick pillars that once upon a
time were laid in hard cement. Encouraged by this find, we
hunted for the fort which we had built in 1862. Finally my
searcli was rewarded by finding the old ditch and parapet on
which I tramped from gun to gun as sentinel at night. Some
tuft of Spanish moss I gathered from a tree close by as a
memento of my visit after so many years.
Knowing that the "Daughters of the Texas Revolution"
had erected a monument to the memory of those who gave
their lives that their country might live, my guide admitted
having heard of such a shaft. We groped through cane-
brakes tall and thick till we beheld a lonely shaft as evidence
that here those heroes of the struggle were laid side by side
for final rest.
Such is the story of my visit to the battle field of San
Jacinto as it appeared four years ago. The Texas State
authorities have in these later years decided to make a park
of the old battle ground. They have acquired ownership of
the territory and placed markers at salient points to com-
memorate the cradle of Texas independence and the battle
cry of Sam Houston : "The bridge is cut ! Fight for your
lives and remember the Alamo !"
PLEA FOR PEACE.
FROM APDRESS BY HENRY WATTERSON IN ATLANTA.
."Xtlanta gave Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier-
Journal and the most distinguished one in America, an au-
dience of 7.000 people on Christmas Eve. After pleasant per-
sonal allusions he said:
"In the peace treaty now before the United States Senate
for ratification provision is made for two tribunals — one of
inquiry and the other for arbitration. The first will be com-
posed of nine commissioners, three from France, three from
England, and three from the United States.
"The duty of the members of the first committee will be to
determine whetlier or not a question is arbitrable. Any two
votes will negative the affirmative of the other seven. If the
vote should be unanimous and the issue is decided to be arbi-
trable, that decision does not become binding until accepted by
the President and ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
Those who think of arbitration as a modern institution and
experiment are contradicted by the fact that there were six
cases of arbitration between nations in the eighteenth century
and that there have been one hundred and fifty cases since
1900.
"The notion that war is necessary to vitality of manhood is
contradicted by every example history furnishes. The wars of
Greece and Rome depleted their manhood ; the wars of Napo-
leon depleted France ; our own sectional war robbed the
South of the flower of her manhood and spilled needlessly the
blood of thousands of our best families. We do not need
Sherman to tell us that war is hell. It is a debauch of blood.
"President David Starr Jordan says, 'War is degeneracy,'
and this statement should be elevated to the digtiity of a
dogma. Mr. Jordan further sets out that war leads to the
depletion of manhood more than does wealth and luxury and
their alleged vices.
"But the world moves on apace. After wireless telegraphy
nothing is impossible. I am a Methodist to the extent that
I believe we are growing from one grace into another.
"Massachusetts and Mississippi are convertible terms ; put
a Green Mountain boy in Texas, with a gun in his belt and a
rattlesnake skin for a hat band and he forgets that his an-
cestors did not fight at San Jacinto.
"Boston in Massachusetts and Charleston in South Carolina
are twin cities, for in the Algonquin Club of the one and the
Palmetto Club of the other it is impossible to distinguish
which is which after 10 o'clock at night.
"Join me in at least making war unfashionable. Let your
voice reach to Washington. The Senate may sometimes be
good for nothing, and it is necessary for the people to make
their will known. Say to the Senate, 'Let us stop this quib-
bling and let hair-splitting cease.'
"We are happy to be called a world-power. But what kind
of a world-power? Accept these arbitration treaties, and we
put ourselves forward as leaders of the world, to fulfill the
mission of the fathers of the republic, a nation of free men
and not of traders, a nation of Christians and not of pagans."
Personal Tribute to Mr. Watterson.
In introducing the speaker, Mr. Clark Howell said of liim :
"There is no audience to which Mr. Watterson could be
introduced that would know him better than the audience now
before me. Especially is this true in Atlanta, where his name
was associated with the earliest struggles of the city. Since
that time his name has belonged not merely to the South, not
to the country, but to civilization at large.
"A man always ready to put on the shield of war, if neces-
sary, he has now joined for the greatest fight of his life, en-
listed his mentality in the cause of peace, that peace may reign
throughout the world. How appropriate that he comes to
speak to us on Christmas Eve in behalf of universal peace !
"Annually now every country is spending millions for war,
and the world is rolling under a debt of two billions yearly
for armament and maintenance. This has been going on for
centuries until at last the civilized nations have awakened to
realize that the time has come to stop wasting the enthusiasm,
energy, and resources of the world and to take this unneces-
sary burden from the people. This sentiment is disclosed
through the efforts made by President Taft and others and
the proposed peace agreements with France and England.
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"We are to hear of the motives prompting these movements
from the South's most eminent editor, the South's most elo-
quent orator, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens in
the confines of the great republic which we are all glad has
become the greatest on the face of the earth."
TEXAS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME A MODEL.
(From the Austin Statesman.)
"They are furnished everything in the world except the
breath of life; the Lord furnishes them that," is the way R.
M. Wynne, Superintendent of the Confederate Home, char-
acterizes the treatment the "old boys" receive at the hands
of the State. "Everything is made as comfortable for them
as possible for their services in the great cause as well as the
natural reverence for gray hairs and broken step. Their last
years must be made as pleasant as possible."
One of the most interesting places imaginable, particularly
to the stranger, is the Confederate Home, a place wherein
four hundred and fifty old men are spending their last days,
and they know it. Here is where the State is caring for in-
digent men who were in their prime active fighters in the civil
struggle between the States. Here the old men sit and talk
of the days that are gone, retell stories of their life strug-
gles, of war, of love, perhaps tragedy, indulge in reminiscences
when the world to them was young and bright and cheery and
a life long before them to mold as they would.
There are as many interesting characters in this institution
as there are men. Each man is an individual wealth of in-
teresting, romantic, unique experiences. All as much as
seventy years old, their lives are behind them, and for this
reason each is a unit of interesting experiences in himself.
Each man is worth while stopping to listen to.
The social side of their existence is a study in itself, and
has presented a problem that has been solved by few super-
intendents as successfully as by Mr. Wynne. He has provided
pavilions, cool for the hot summer days, with all sorts of
tables and chairs, dominoes, cards, and other games for the old
men to while away their waking hours, and they enjoy sucli
cards from daylight to dark, recessing only long enough for
games. They have diversion with checkers, dominoes, or
meals. These games have aided much in causing the social
instinct to be kept alive, to cause the old men to feel kindly
toward each other. This comradeship that has grown out of
such granies pleases the officials very much.
However, occasionally the "old men" will fall out about
something, generally some trivial thing, and "fight" like young-
sters. It may be over a domino game or it may be a dispute
over what colonel led the attack of certain commands at cer-
tain battles, each belligerent contending for the right to the
best of his memory. Then the "old boys" have been known
to scrap over newspapers, magazines, and even food and bed
clothing and washing. But fights are rare occurrences now.
Many of the inmates are very decrepit. When one becomes
unable to attend to himself and keep his room in order,
he is taken to the hospital, a well-appointed building, where
he is kept until well again or until he dies. On the other
hand, there are many "spry old bucks," as they call themselves.
They step around, exercising their physical attributes and men-
tal faculties, as well as men of fifty years.
For as much work as they can do Superintendent Wynne
hires the old soldiers around the place. They do the yard-
cleaning, building of fences, repairing of buildings, mending
of clothing and shoes, beautifying the grounds, and so on. For
this they receive "tobacco money."
On one side of the grounds is a row of small huts — one-
room affairs — which are called "individual barracks." These
are built by the old soldiers who have sufficient means
and who desire to be with the "rest of the old boys." There
are some dozen or more of these huts, several occupied by
officers in the Confederate army.
Much credit is due Superintendent Wynne for the present
smoothness with which things are run at the Home. He has
been Superintendent for two years. During this time he has
seen to the building of room for forty additional old men,
repairing and painting of every building, beautifying the
grounds, and many other things. In the hospital he introduced
women nurses to replace young men nurses, and has found the
women much more satisfactory.
Under the constitutional amendment the legislature is al-
lowed to appropriate as much as $100,000 a year for the
maintenance of the Home, and there are just about as many
men in the Home now as this amount will properly care for;
yet others desire places there.
Every railroad in Texas except the Katy and the Frisco
extend free transportation to the old soldiers to and from any
point in Texas or even outside the State. All they are re-
quired to do is to apply. T. J. Freeman, of the International
and Great Northern Railroad, always furnishes not only free
transportation but sends a special private car for the Con-
federates and routes it when they desire to go out of the
State to a reunion or convention or on some special occasion
Some of the Rules and Regulations of the Institution.
The use of intoxicating liquors in the buildings or on the
grounds is forbidden unless administered on the order of the
surgeon and under the direction of the Superintendent, and
then strictly in such quantity as is prescribed. Any inmate
bringing liquor on the premises is punished, and repeated in-
fraction of this rule followed by the summary discharge
from the Home.
Profanity and vulgarity are forbidden, and quarrels among
the inmates or employees will subject the offenders to punish-
ment. No inmate will be allowed to carry about his person
or to have in his quarters or about the Home any deadly
weapon, whether concealed or displayed.
For habitual intoxication, disrespectful language or conduct
toward the Superintendent or other officers or visitors, dis-
obedience of any orders, or refusal to perform duty assigned
them prompt dismissal of the offender from the Home results.
Inmates are required to keep their quarters clean.
No food shall be carried away from the kitchen or dining
hall to the rooms and hospital, except by permission of the
Superintendent, and the inmates are not allowed to visit the
kitchen for the purpose of procuring food from the cook, or
otherwise, after meal time.
Religious services may be held every Sunday at the Home,
at such time and place as the Superintendent may designate,
and at such other times as the Superintendent may approve,
by the ministers of any denomination who may volunteer for
the benefit of the inmates, subject to the approval and direction
of the board.
Interesting Bits of History of the Institution.
The John B. Hood Camp in 1889 acquired from the State a
charter for the purpose of organizing and supporting a home
for indigent Confederate soldiers. The Albert Sidney John-
ston Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, cooperating
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with tlicm, tlicy raised by donation and otlicrwise a consider-
able amount of money, with which they purchased near the
city sixteen and two-thirds acres of land, and in a modest way
prepared to care for their comrades. The legislature of 1891
made an appropriation of the rents of the temporary capitol,
certain fees of the office of the Secretary of State, all moneys
in the treasury accumulated from escheated estates, etc., and
from these funds John B. Hood Camp erected several brick
cottages for inmates.
From these sources the twenty-third legislature appropri-
ated $75,000 for the additional buildings and maintenance of
the Home for the next two years, ending February 28, 1895. At
the same time the legislature passed a concurrent resolution
proposing an amendment to the constitution, so as to specifi-
cally grant power to the legislature to appropriate money for
the maintenance of the Home, not to exceed $100,000. This
was adopted December 22, 1894. The twenty-fifth legislature put
in force the constitutional amendment, whereupon the John B.
Hood Camp deeded the property of the Home to the State,
at which time there were fifty-three inmates of the Home.
.'\fter the transfer, and at a cost of $10,000, the administra-
tion building was erected. Also ten acres of land were added
to the original purchase. The twenty-si.xth legislature provided
by direct appropriation for the Home and the erection of the
hospital. This hospital proving inefficient, it was converted
into barracks for the inmates and a new hospital provided for,
at a cost of $10,000, appropriated by the twenty-seventh leg-
islature.
The inmates and the sick and afflicted increasing in such
numbers, this hospital was in turn converted into barracks and
chapel for worship and a new model hospital provided for by
the twenty-eighth legislature at an expense of $20,000, which
has all conveniences and a capacity of 100. The twenty-ninth
legislature appropriated $3,750, perfecting the sewerage and
otherwise greatly improving the property. [This $3,750 must
be too small. — Editor Veteran.] In January, 1902, the inmates
numbered 280, and the twenty-seventh legislature appropriated
for their maintenance $90,000 for the two fiscal years, ending
August 31, 1903. This was supplemented by a deficiency of
$16,000, granted by the twenty-eighth legislature.
Subsequent appropriations for the maintenance of the insti-
tution have been liberal.
The work which has been done by Mr. Wynne he reports
as follows :
"The grounds of the Home I have beautified. I have built
roads and driveways, laid ofT lawns, planted shrubbery, trees,
vines, and flowers, so as to make it have all the attractions of
a real home, and I am pleased to say that, while the inmates
of the Home at the outset look but little interest in these
adornments and embellishments, they have become deeply in-
terested in them and take great pride in them. They seem to
feel that this is their home and that the improvements are
done for their benefit.
"I have built pavilions, cool places in which the old sol-
diers can meet together and play their games and enjoy them-
selves socially. I have striven to make them feel kindly
toward each other. The greatest distress I had at first in the
Home was the discovery that there was a great want of com-
radeship and affection among the inmates. This condition 1
have earnestly sought to remove, and believe that I can say
with confidence that there is more comradeship, more affection
and sympathy between the inmates of the Home at this time
than ever before in its existence. I am proud to say that now
for many months there have been only a few differences be-
tween the inmates, and that peace, contentment, and happiness
seem to prevail as much as could be expected with men
situated as these old soldiers are.
"In my view it should be made the most attractive, the
most comfortable, and the most beautiful of any Soldiers"
Homes in the South, and this is my ambition. Is not Texas
the greatest State? Were her soldiers not among the greatest
soldiers of the South? And is it not characteristic of Texas
to do whatever she undertakes better than is done by any
other commonwealth?"
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Treasurer's Receipts for Month Ending October 30, 191 1.
Mrs. Chappell Cory, Director for Alabama, $423.
Mrs. Clementine W. Boles, Director for Arkansas, $42.60.
Contributed by David O. Dodd Chapter, No. 212, U. D. C,
Pine Blufif, Ark., $10.10; Fanny Scott Chr.r.ter, No. 579, U. D.
C, Harrison, Ark., $6.50; H. L. Grimstead Chapter, No. 575,
U. D. C, Camden, Ark., 50 cents; T. C. Hindman Chapter, No.
408, U. D. C., Lonoke, Ark., $g; Sidney Johnson Chapter No.
135, U. D. C, Batesville, Ark., $5; from Little Rock bazaar
fund, $1.50; Prairie Grove Chapter 1006, U. D. C, Prairie
Grove, Ark., $5; Hot Springs Chapter, No. 805, U. D. C. Hot
Springs, Ark., $5.
Mrs. B. A. C. Emerson, Director for Colorado, $2.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida, $43. Con-
tributed by Apalachicola Chapter, No. 826, U. D. C, Apalachi-
cola, Fla., $3 ; Mrs. B. C. May, Miami, Fla., $10; Mrs. Oltrogge,
Jacksonville, Fla., $4; Annie Coleman Chapter, No. 225, U.
D. C, Orlando, Fla,, $5; Mrs. J. H. Livingston, Ocala, Fla.,
$5 ; Mildred Lee Chapter, Children of the Confederacy,
Gainesville, Fla., $3 ; Kirby Smith Chapter, No. 202, U. D. C,
Gainesville, Fla., $10; Winnie Davis Chapter, Children of the
Confederacy, Jacksonville, Fla., $3.
Miss Caby M. Froman, Director for Kentucky, $90.50. Con-
tributed by Kate M. Breckinridge Chapter, No. 454, U. D. C,
Danville, Ky., $5; A. Madeira Chapter, No. 448, U. D. C,
Covington, Ky., $10; Alex Posten Chapter, No. 387, U. D. C,
Cadiz, Ky., $1; Mayfield Chapter, No. 35', U. D. C, Mayfield,
Ky., $5; Lady Polk Chapter, No. 1025, U. D. C, Columbus,
Ky., $1 ; A. E. Reese Chapter, No. 622, U. D. C, Madison-
ville, Ky., $5; Henrietta Hunt Morgan Chapter, No. 289, U.
D. C, Newport, Ky., $13.50; Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter,
No. 120, U. D. C, Louisville, Ky., $50.
Miss Doriska Gautreaux, Director for Louisiana, $48. From
sources not specified.
Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer, Director for Maryland, $12. Con-
tributed by Ridgely Brown Chapter, U. D. C, Rockville,
Md., $10; E. V. White Chapter, U. D. C, Pooleville, Md.,
$1 ; Miss Georgie Bright, Baltimore, Md., $[.
Robert E; Lee Chapter, No. 1131, U. D. C, Minneapolis,
Minn., $10.
Mrs. J. B. Gantt, Director for Missouri, $37-50. Con-
tributed by Kansas City Chapter, No. 149, U. D. C, Kansas
City, Mo., $25 ; Confederate Home Chapter, No. 293, U. D.
C, Higginsville, Mo., $10; Mrs. E. D. Hornbrook, Kansas
City, Mo., $2.50.
Oregon Chapter, No. 742, U. D. C, Portland, Oregon, $5.
Mrs. Thomas W. Keitt, Director for South Carolina, $24.36.
Contributed by Paul McMichael Chapter, No. 437, U. D. C,
Orangeburg, S. C, $5; Abbeville Chapter, No. 62, U. D. C,
Abbeville, S. C, $2; Drayton Rutherford Chapter, No. 152,
U. D. C, Newberry, S. C, $1 ; Pupils Graded School, Marion,
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S. C, $5; Pickens Chapter, No. 656, U. D. C. Pickens, S. C.
$5.60; Graded School, Pickens, S. C, 76 cents; Mr-s. J. A.
Burton, sale of charts, $5.
Mrs. J. W. Clapp, Director for Tennessee, $628. Con-
tributed by Miss Eliza Claybrook, Nashville, Tenn., $5 ; Mar-
tin Chapter. No. 843, U. D. C, Martin, Tenn., $5; Jeffer-
son Davis Chapter. No. 900, U. D. C, Cleveland, Tenn., $5;
Confederate Historical Association, Memphis, Tenn.. $5; Rus-
sell-Hill Chapter, No. 390, U. D. C, Trenton, Tenn. $4; Mrs.
Francis F. Brown, Chattanooga. Tenn., $5; Miss Ballentine.
Pulaski Tenn., $2; Lebanon Chapter, No. 3.'?9, U. D. C,
Lebanon, Tenn., $5; Tennessee Division, U. D. C, $50: Musi-
doro McCorry Chapter, No. 1243, U. D. C, Jackson, Tenn..
$10; Miss Sue White, Jackson, Tenn., $5; John Sutherland
Chapter, No. 1019, U. D. C, Ripley, Tenn., $5; Kirby Smith
Chapter, No. 327. U. D. C, Sewance, Tenn.. $2; Clark Chap-
ter, No. 13. U. D. C, Gallatin, Tenn.. $5; Neely Chapter. No.
981, U. D. C. Bolivar. Tenn., $5; Winnie Davis Chapter. No.
447, U. D. C, Columbia, Tenn., $10; Mrs. T. J. Latham.
Memphis, Tenn., in memory of her husband. Judge T. J.
Latham, $500.
Varina Jefferson Davis Chapter. No. 17, U. D. C, Galves-
ton, Tex., $10.
Mrs. J. B. Dibrell. Director for Texas. $106.50. Contributed
by little Billy Clinc, $1 ; little Ruth Aldridgc, $1 : Marshall
Chapter, No. 412, U. D. C. Marshall. Tex., $5; Auxiliary to
Marshall Chapter, No. 412, U. D. C, Marshall, Tex., $1 ; Miss
Fannie Jackson, $1 ; Camp Buchel Chapter, No. 1121, U. D. C,
Fredericksburg. Tex., $7.50; Sims-Watson Chapter, No. 512,
U. D, C. Waxahachie, Tex., $5 ; Hannibal Boone Chapter, No.
523, U. D. C, Navasota, Tex., $5 ; Navarro Chapter, No. 108,
U. D. C, Corsicana, Tex., $2.5", sale of seals (in which is in-
cluded a personal donation of the Director of $20), $35.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock. Director for Virginia, $11. Con-
tributed by 17th Virginia Regiment Chapter, No. 41, U. D. C.
Alexandria, Va., $5 ; McComas Chapter, No. 66, U. D. C,
Pearisburg Va.. $1 ; Culpeper Chapter. No. 173, U. D. C.
Culpeper. Va.. $5.
Rosser-Gibbons Camp. No. 1161, L'. C. V.. Luray. Va.. $5.
Arlington Confederate Memorial Day Committee (ipii").
Capt. John M. Hickey. Chairman, $800.
Dr. Randolph H. McKim. Washington, D. C, $25.
Mrs. Nannie H. Williams, Birmingham, Ala., $2.
Total for the month, $2,325.46.
Balance on hand September 30. iQio, $18,349.99.
Total to be accounted for. $20,675.45.
Balance on hand November i. 191 1, $20,675.45.
Treasurer's Receipts for Month Ending November 30, 191 1.
Mrs. J. W. Tench, Director for Florida. $24. Contributed
by J. J. Finlcy Chapter, No. 685, U. D. C, Gainesville, Fla.,
$10; Mrs. A. R. Harper, Gainesville, Fla., $1; Mrs. J. L
Stringfellow, Gainesville, Fla., $2; Famiy R. Gary Chapter,
Children of the Confederacy, Ocala, Fla., $1 ; Anna Dummett
Chapter. No. 1089, U. D. C, St. Augustine, Fla., $10.
Mrs. J. A. Rounsaville, Director for Georgia, $530.01. Con-
tributed by Augusta Chapter, No. 22, U. D. C. Augusta, Ga.,
$10; Atlanta Chapter, No. 18, U. D. C, Atlanta, Ga.. $120.60;
Ladies' Memorial .Association, Atlanta, Ga., $10; Julia Jack-
son Chapter, Children of the Confederacy. Atlanta, Ga., $5 ;
Dougherty County Chapter, No. 187, U. D. C, Albany, Ga.,
$5 ; Laura Rutherford Chapter, No. 88, U. D. C, Athens, Ga.,
$10; Clement A. Evans Chapter, No. 138, U. D. C, Brunswick,
Ga., $13.76; Marion County Chapter, No. 962. U. D. C. Buena
Vista, Ga., $5; Bill Arp Chapter, No. 714. U. D. C, Buford,
Ga., $1; Mrs. Zebulon Walker, Canton, Ga., $5: R. E. Lee
Chapter. No. 1157, U. D. C, College Park. Ga., $25; J. E. B.
Stuart Chapter, No. 884. U. D. C, Commerce. Ga., $5 ; Alex-
ander Stephens Chapter, No 328. U. D. C. Crawfordsville,
Ga.. $3 : Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 1026, U. D. C, Cuth-
bert, Ga., $2; .\gnes Lee Chapter, No. 434. U. D. C, Decatur.
Ga., $10.10: Dixie Chapter, No. 210, U. D. C, Eatonton, Ga.,
$5; Ben Hill Chapter, No. 1137, U. D. C, Fitzgerald. Ga.,
$5; Mr. S. A. Cunningham, editor Confederate Veteran, for
Forsyth Chapter, No. 415. U. D. C, Forsyth. Ga.. $5; Charles
D. Anderson Chapter, No. 658, U. D. C. Fort Valley, Ga., $5;
Boynton Chapter, No. 222, Griffin, Ga., $5 ; Hartwell Chapter,
No. 490, U. D. C. Hartwell, Ga., $5; O. C. Home Chapter,
No. 282, Hawkinsville, Ga.. $5: Jesup Chapter. No. 551. U. D.
C, Jesup, Ga.. $5 : Twiggs County Chapter, No. 1227, U. D.
C, Jeffersonville, Ga., $1 ; Chickamauga Chapter, No. 400, U.
D. C. Lafayette, Ga.. $5; Oglethorpe Chapter, No. 1292, U.
D. C, Lexington, Ga., $5; Lavonia Chapter, No. 1216, U. D.
C, Lavonia, Ga., $1 ; McDonough Chapter, No. 921, U. D. C,
McDonou.gh, Ga.. $i ; Sidney Lanier Chapter, No. 25 ; Macon,
Ga., $25 ; Kennesaw Chapter, No. 241, U. D. C, Marietta, Ga.,
S25; R. E. Lee Chapter, No. 115, U. D. C, Milledgeville, Ga.,
$1 ; Monticcllo Chapter, No. 654, U. D. C. Monticello. Ga.,
$5; Newnan Chapter, No. 599, U. D. C, Newnan, Ga., $19.60;
L P. Thomas Chapter, No. 320. U. D. C, Norcross, Ga., $5.;
Pelham Chapter, No. 1193, U. D. C, Pclham, Ga.. $5: Rome
Chapter, No. 28, U. D. C, Rome, Ga., $15; Savannah Chapter,
No. 2; U. D. C, Savannah, Ga., $5; Winnie Davis Chapter,
Children of the Confederacy, Savannah, Ga.. $12.50; Joe
Wheeler Chapter, No. 980, U. D. C, Stockbridge, Ga,. $1;
John S, Cleghorn Chapter, No. 1203, U. D. C. Summerville,
Ga., $2: Charlotte Carson Chapter. No. 1140, U. D. C, Tif-
ton, Ga., $r ; Screven County Chapter, No. 1086. U. D. C,
Sylvania, Ga., $5 ; John B. Gordon Chapter, No. 382, Thomas-
ville, Ga., $1 ; Toccoa Chapter, No. 1294, U. D. C, Toccoa,
Ga., $6.45; Vienna Chapter, No. 1097, U. D. C, Vienna, Ga.,
$5; Last Cabinet Chapter, No. 298, U. D. C, Washington,
Ga., $2; Margaret Jones Chapter, No. 27, U. D. C, Waynes-
boro. Ga., $5; Fort Tyler Chapter, No. 39, U. D. C. West
Point. Ga., $10; Georgia Division, U. D. C. $100.
Mrs. J. W. Heatfield, Director for Illinois, $56. Con-
tributed by Mr. Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., Chicago, 111., $S;
Mr. N. Jarnazio, Chicago, 111., $1 ; Chicago Chapter, No. 858,
U. D. C, Chicago, 111.. $25; Stonewall Chapter, No. 10.^8. U.
D. C, Chicago, 111., $25.
Mrs. F. P. Odenheimer, Director for Maryland. $50. Con-
tributed by Miss Annie R. Jackson, Baltimore, Md., through
Miss Georgie G. Bright.
Mrs. Lillie F. Worthington, Director for Mississippi, $190.
Contributed by William Fitzgerald Chapter, No. 696, U. D.
C, Webb, Miss.. $75; Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 975.
U. D. C, Swan Lake, Miss., $25 ; Regina Harrison Lee Chap-
ter, No. 830, U. D. C, Starkville, Miss.. $10; F. A. Mont-
gomery Chapter, No. 464, U. D. C, Rosedale, Miss., $10;
Mississippi Division, U. D. C, $50: Miss Jennie W. Gilmour,
$10; sale of seals to Northern friends, $4.60; sale of Con-
federate post cards, $5.40.
Mrs. J. B. Gantt, Director for Missouri, $10. Contributed
by Mary Louise Dalton Chapter, No. 1106, U. D. C, Wentz-
ville. Mo.
Mrs. I. W. Faison. Director for North Carolina, $63.80.
Contributed by Cape Fear Chapter, No. 3. U. D. C, Wilming-
ton, N. C, $6.02; Henry L. Wyatt Chapter, No. 882, U. D.
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C, Selma, X. C, $4; Bricrfield Chapter, No. 1151, U. D. C,
Thomasville, N. C, $1.25; Halifax Chapter, No. 1232, U. D.
C, Halifax, N. C, $10.75; Faison-Hicks Chapter, No. 539,
U. D. C, Faison, N. C, $1.75; Ransom Sherrill Chapter, No.
653, U. D. C, Newton, N. C, $2.25 ; Abel A. Sluibel Chapter,
No. 1211, U. D. C, Hickory, N. C, $9.42; Margaret Davis
Hayes Chapter, No. 821, U. D. C, Hcndersonville, N. C,
$2.75; Southern Stars Chapter, No. 477, U. D. C., Lincolnton,
N. C, $6.05; Confederate Grays Chapter, No. 834, U. D. C,
Mt. Olive. N. C, $350; Cleveland Guards Chapter, No. 443,
U. D. C, Shelby, N. C, $3 ; Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 220,
U. D. C, Charlotte, N. C, $6.20; Bethel Heroes Chapter,
No. 636, U. D. C, Rocky Mount, N. C, $2.52; Jane Hughes,
Children's Auxiliary, New Berne, N. C, $4.44.
Mrs. Thomas \V. Keitt, Director for South Carolina, $9.44.
Contributed by John K Mclver Chapter, No. 92, U. D. C,
Darlington, S. C, $2; Crafts School, Charleston, S. C, $7.44.
Mrs. J. W. Clapp, Director for Tennessee, $10. Contributed
by Jefferson Davis Chapter, No. 900, U. D. C, Cleveland,
Tenn., $5; John R. Neal Chapter, No. 1153, U. D. C, Spring
City, Tenn., $5.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia, $30. Con-
tributed by Pickett-Buchanan Chapter, No. 2r, U. D. C,
Norfolk, Va., $25; Mrs. M. P. Anderson, sale of "Dixie
calendar," $5.
Mrs. A. W. Rapley, Knoxville, Tenn., $5.
Mrs. C. B. Stone, Galveston, Tex., $20.
Total receipts for the month, $998.25.
Balance on hand November i, 191 1, $20,675.45.
Balance on hand December i, 191 1, $21,673,70.
W..\LLACE Streater, Treasurer.
TEXAS WORKERS FOR THE SHILOH MONUMENT.
BY MRS. VAL C. GILES, CHAIRMAN TEXAS DIVISION, U. D. C.
Since my appointment to the State chairmanship of the
Shiloh monument fund by our State President, Mrs. A. R.
Howard, last January, I have received the following:
Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 105, Austin, Tex.. $50 00
St. George T. C. Bryan, Birmingham, Ala i 00
John W. Castleberry, Boonville, Ark i 00
Columbus H. Allen, New Orleans, La i 00
J. K. P. Jamison, Clarksville, Tex I 00
Joseph McCoy, Baird, Tex r 00
John T. Storey, Lockhart, Tex 2 50
Mary West Chapter, Waco, Tex., through its Treasurer,
Mrs. C. N. Smith 2 00
Mrs. S. T. Price, Waco, through Mrs. C. N. Smith i 00
Fitzhugh Lee Chapter, Graham, through Mrs. J. D.
Covert, Fort Worth 5 00
Lee-Jackson Chapter, Coleman, Tex., through Mrs. M.
H. Affleck 1000
W. H. Howcott, Quaker Realty Co., New Orleans, La.. 10 00
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Fields, Austin, Tex i 50
Miss A. C. Raney, Manor, Tex i 00
Julia Jackson Chapter, Fort Worth, Tex 2 00
T. N. Waul Chapter, Hearne, Tex 10 00
Mr. Storey contributes through his exemplary mother, Mrs.
L. J. Storey, ever faithful to all pertaining to the Confederacy.
Mrs. Affleck, of Brenham, is a member of my committee, a
genuine woman of the Old South and equal to any emergency.
Mr. Howcott, of New Orleans, states: "I notice your ap-
peal in the Confederate Veteran for funds for the Shiloh
monument. I was a soldier from Mississippi, and lost many
dear friends in that battle. Inclosed please find check for
ten dollars in response to your appeal."
In response to my appeal through the Veteran I have re-
ceived from the soldiers who participated in the battle of Shi-
loh many letters giving much valuable information. Some of
the writers claim to have escorted the body of Albert Sidney
Johnston back to Corinth, and one claims to have helped him
from his horse when in a fainting condition from loss of
blood after being wounded. These letters will be properly
placed on file in the U. D. C. Room at the State Capitol.
Any survivor, relative, sympathizer, or friend of those who
participated in the battle of Shiloh may contribute to this
fund by sending a donation to Mrs. Val C. Giles, 710 W. 22d
Street, .'\ustin, Tex.
CONFEDERATES IN CANON CITY, COLO.
Comrade G. R. Tanner writes from Canon City, Colo. :
"There are only a few of the 'old boys' scattered about in this
country. They are all honorable men and good citizens. The
city gave us a block of ground in the cemetery. Upon this
we erected a monument, and there are now twelve graves.
On Decoration Day we go with the Grand Army to their
mound, and after their ceremonies are over they in turn go
with us to ours and participate with us."
At the last Memorial Day service Mrs. Emma Ghent Curtis
read a poem from which extracts are made :
"They are part of the nation's de?.d.
And the tale of their valor shall be
A legacy priceless and rare
For the reunited free.
Their banner is folded away.
But folded within our own,
For their pitiful faults — and ours —
Let proven virtues atone.
May the mystery we call God
That has never forsaken our State,
That has led us through pathways of gloom
To a destiny proud and great,
As he in the past has preserved —
May he father us evermore,
And send us whatever he will
So he send not civil war."
H. C. Burgess, of Strasburg, Va., in renewing his subscrip-
tion writes : "I want the Veteran as long as I live. I am now
sixty-five years old, and think if I get the Veteran regularly
each month I will Uve to be ninety-nine. My happiest mo-
ments are when I am reading the Veteran ; it is the only pub-
lication of which I know that gives the true and correct ac-
count of the war. The first ration issued to me was in 1865
when a boy, and was a pound of rye meal and half a pound
of fat bacon — nothing to cook it in, no tent, one blanket, no
haversack, a gun and some ammunition — but I went to war
with a vim and did the best I could. I slept on the cold ground
with my feet upward, believing that the God who doeth all
things right would care for me, and he has done it to this day.
I am not sorry for anything I did in regard to that war.
* * * I know of but one member of my company hving
besides myself, and that is W. W. Patterson, of Charlottes-
ville, Va. God bless him! He stole a chicken and ate it all
at one meal, and at the same time I ate thirteen hard-boiled
eggs ; but we did not eat any more for three days."
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DR. T. F. BERRV.
PRISON EXPERIENCES ON ROCK ISLAND.
BY DR. THOMAS F. BERRY, PAULS VALLEY, OKLA.
Recently in looking over some old 1904 numbers of the Vet-
eran I found some very interesting data in the May number
from the pen of one of my old fellow prisoners at Rock Island.
His article is a vivid pen picture of the conditions as they
existed in that prison.
The short story of Mr. S. S. Priest of the escape of himself,
John Totts, Tom Daily, Thomas F. Berry, of Kentucky, and
of J. W. Emmerson, of the 8th Texas, in its details is true
except the date should be in November instead of in December,
1863. The articles by Comrades B. M. Hord and W. J. Bohon
are absolutely correct, and may la verified by many living wit-
nesses ; yet all the horrid details of the terrible experiences
of starvation which existed
are not given, perhaps ow-
ing to the limited space al-
lowed him.
My recollections of this
horrible period would fill a
small volume. I had been
captured some eight times
before this period and had
escaped from six prisons,
and several times while on
the way to prison, and I
know the treatment ac-
corded Confederate prison-
ers by the Yankees, and es-
pecially the men of Gen.
John H. Morgan's com-
mand. I was captured altogether thirteen different times dur-
ing the war and made my escape from eight difFereiit prisons
and five times while on the way to Yankee prisons, escaping
twice from Rock Island Prison, once on November 2, 1863,
when I made my escape with Mr. S. S. Priest and the other
comrades named above.
I was severely wounded at Cynthiana on Gen. John Morgan's
first campaign into Kentucky, was taken to Covington to a
hospital, and remained there for some thirty days, when I was
transferred to the jail in Cincinnati. I tried to send a letter
home secretly, but it was intercepted, and I was vilified by a
blear-eyed, drunken officer. I was sent away on some cattle
cars, being in one of two car loads of "Johnnies." None of
us knew our destination. My wounds were still unhealed. We
were l.inded in Rock Island about the last day of October. This
island is in the Mississippi River opposite Rock Island City and
Davenport. la. I was assigned to Barracks 84, where I found
several friends and acquaintances. A large number of Mor-
gan's men were sent to this far-away prison to deter any at-
tempt to escape, for it was alleged as almost impossible to keep
them in any ordinary prison walls. I had experienced tough
times in the other prisons, but nothing had equaled my suf-
ferings on Rock Island. Our treatment beggars description,
and my comrade, B. M. Hord, told only a small part of the
terrible and barbarous brutality of the officers and soldiers
stationed here to the unfortunate and helpless prisoners con-
fined in this prison. Comrade Hord has portrayed the true
conditions and a correct history of this prison as far as he
goes, but there were many phases that he did not touch upon.
When I arrived at this prison, there was already established
a ditch or "dead line" — a death line, for to stand or approach
near it meant instant death or a grievous wound. There were
2**
many Confederates shot to death even when not near this
line. This, however, I do not think occurred while Colonel
Rust was in charge. This man was kind-hearted and just to
the prisoners; but he was removed and two most brutal and
cowardly men were placed in charge— viz.. Col. A. J. Johnson
and Lieutenant Colonel Carrier. It would be difficult to say
which was the more inhuman and brutal. They seemed to
vie with each other in inventing some new method of torture
for their helpless victims. They belonged to a peculiar
class. They were in command of a negro regiment, and the
negroes under them seemed eager and pleased to carry out
their brutal orders.
The prison inclosure contained about thirty-five or forty
acres: the barracks were eighty or one hundred feet apart on
intersecting strets, and were about one hundred feet long
and numbered. Each barracks had a "mess sergeant." We
had roll call morning and evening, and the provisions were is-
sued to the sergeants. They consisted of navy beans and fat sides
of meat, often with worms in it. A large iron kettle was used
for cooking the beans, and sometimes scrap pieces of bacon
were thrown into this kettle with the beans. This was our
principal food. A pint of bran soup and a piece of cornbread
(yellow as a ripe pumpkin) and only about half cooked was
a ration. This ration was always cold. The menu was some-
times varied by rice and baker's bread.
While Colonel Rust was in charge we were allowed to re-
ceive boxes and clothing from home ; but when Colonel John-
son and Lieutenant Colonel Carrier came, all this was cut off.
The boxes of edibles were often held so long they would spoil.
If we complained, we were informed that we should not re-
ceive anything more, and then they would appropriate it to
themselves or feed it to the hogs or dogs or give it to the
negroes about headquarters. Many of the comrades were in
rags or had very thin clothing, and the bleak wintry winds
aimost froze the blood and forced many to remain within the
barracks. Coal would often run short, when we would almost
freeze to death. Often blankets were lacking, and two or three
men would bunk together and "spoon" it to keep from freezing.
About this time there was instituted the worst barbarism
and villainy ever heard of. These men, Johnson and Carrier,
ordered all the prisoners to be vaccinated for the ostensible
purpose of preventing smallpox in this prison, but the real
reason was soon demonstrated. Poisonous virus of a loath-
some disease was used, and this soon manifested itself among
those who had submitted to this diabolical outrage. Many of
these helpless victims died with a complication of diseases
superinduced by the vaccination, many lost arms and legs and
eyes, and those who recovered were maimed for life. I asked
permission to attend these unfortunates, but was angrily re-
fused. From this time forward this officer persecuted me al-
most continuously for trivial offenses. He had me tied up by
the thumbs three different times within a month. A four-inch
block was placed under my feet, then stout cords were tied
around my thumbs, and a strong negro placed above me on
the parapet, a heavy spike driven in the wall, and this negro
would catch hold of these cords tied to my thumbs and stretch
me up, drawing them tight, and the blocks were then kicked
from under my feet. I was left thus helpless, a victim of a
cowardly, brutal nature that always seemed absolutely callous
and devoid of all human sympathy. I look back upon this
period and shudder with horror at the remembrance of these
inhumanities. Many of my comrades were treated in the same
way during my stay in this hell hole of torment.
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There was still another and terrible method devised by this
imp of Satan. I will describe the "Morgan Mule." It con-
sisted of three 4x4 scantlings fourteen feet long. A notch
two inches deep was sawed into the ends of two of these to
admit the square surface of the ends of the third scantling,
placed with the sharp edge, or corner, of this third scantling
upward. This third scantling was then nailed firmly into the
notches in the other two scantlings. Two holes were made
sufficiently deep in the ground to place the two scantlings
upright in these holes and pack the dirt tightly around
them, and there were nailed some slats on one of these
to climb up on. This was what was called "Morgan's Mule."
This sharp-edged crossbeam was a source of excruciating pain,
and the victims were required to ride this improved means
of Yankee torture, especially if it was. cold, freezing weather.
Many victims were forced to mount this during very cold
weather, and at the point of a bayonet were kept up there for
hours, and often the hapless victim would fall off this high
perch of twelve and a half feet numb and almost lifeless.
Very few were able to walk alone, but had to be supported to
their barracks. We were almost hourly shot at, starved,
poisoned, and frozen. These scenes were enacted daily for
months. They are as vivid to me now as when they were
visited upon many of us.
During 1864 there came into the prison a number of work-
ingmen with saws and hatches and picks and a lot of lumber
under a heavy guard. All of the prisoners in twelve barracks
were moved out. The barracks were now fenced off from the
main prison. Next morning at roll call all the prisoners were
m formed that the United States had determined to open a re-
cruiting office in our prison walls, and that all who would like
to take the oath and join the United States army would re-
ceive $100 bounty and would be moved into the new inclosure.
We called it the calf pen. There never was on earth a more
barefaced, insulting infamy put up to poor suffering human
nature. They were promised abundant rations, no guard
duty ; they were told that warm, comfortable clothing would
be furnished them, and that they would not be required to be
sent South, but would be sent out on the frontier to fight the
Indians or hold them in check. Ye gods and men ! I blush
still when I recall this crime against helpless, suffering hu-
manity. These monsters called themselves "Americans."
I recall now the pitiful scenes of these starved, emaciated
victims; those once proud, grizzled, and bold warriors, vic-
torious soldiers on many a battle field. They went forward
now shamefully, struggling with honor and patriotism, and,
losing all shame, bowed to a fate worse than death. Starved,
poisoned, weakened, disgusted, and sick at heart, they were
ready for any degradation. It was pitiful to behold. Our
rations had been cut down twice to force or to produce these
dire results. Rats were hunted constantly, traps set for them,
and I paid seventy-five cents apiece for them and twenty
cents a pound for bones to pound up and boil and $1.50 a
pound for stale tallow, for we were on one-fourth rations then.
Many accepted this offer, but not enough to please our in-
human tormentor, and he swore that he would have seven
thousand recruits from this prison or starve every Confed-
erate in there to death. Our rations were now again cut in
two. This bought results that were startling. Many men
now joined, as starvation was doing its desired work, and
many actually died of starvation. Emaciated forms wandered
about and hollow-eyed men, looking like skeletons, were every-
where in evidence.
About this time there came an order from the War Depart-
ment (see "Records of the Rebellion," Series II., Vol. VIII.)
creating a prisoners' fund under the sinister pretext to still
further reduce rations 'to create this fund to pay for medicine's
and clothing and caring for prisoners in the Federal govern-
ment's hands. This order was issued by the War Department
and was enforced by these infamous and brutal men. O, the
gaunt forms of once powerful, vigorous men, with wolfish
eyes, cursing the Yankees and taking the hated oath that
would kill every manly sentiment of patriotism and honor and
self-respect, with tears streaming down their faces ! Alas t
for human weakness and human frailties ! There are no
words adequate to depict or describe the terrible suffering and
the outrageous cruelties and barbarities that were inflicted
upon the prisoners there by those in charge. It is almost be-
yond belief. The arch fiend himself could not have devised a
more diabolical scheme of cruelty.
Comrade Ben McCullough Hord has perfectly described the
dungeon at this place. It was also called the "guardhouse."
It was under the ground and was entered by a trap door.
A pair of steps, ten in number, led down into this dark,
foul, and damp room — pitch darkness, so thick one could feel
and taste it — without an exit except by this trap door, and it
was kept closed. One who has not experienced such a place
cannot have the most remote conception of it. I had the
honor to be placed in this terrible and terrifying place. No
fresh air reaches the hapless victim. After remaining there
for a few days, the ears ring, the head swims and feels like
it would burst open, the heart beats like a trip hammer, and
the breathing is slow and labored. When I was called for
after three days and nights, I could not mount the steps, but
had to be assisted up and could not walk alone. I was placed
in this to make me tell the secrets of the "7 C. K.," or the
mystic order of this prison — the Seven Confederate Knights.
I was one of the chiefs of a subdivision of the 7 C. K.
mystic order. W. J. Bohon, a Kentuckian, as is well known
to Veter,\n readers, was an active member of this oath-
bound organization of Confederate prisoners. It was formed
during the darkest hours of our prison life. These men took
a solemn oath to stand by each other and the cause under all
circumstances and die in prison rather than take the oath so
hated or to join the United States army. I had been betrayed
by some weak-kneed traitor who had joined the army. Some
of them had told Carrier that I belonged to this order, and I
was taken before this beast in human form. He said : "Now,
Berry, I know all about you and your secret orders and your
plans and schemes to escape ; also the secret of your 7 C. K.,
your signs, grips, passwords, and badges. So you had better
tell me all about these and I will release you and not punish
you any more." I replied: "Colonel Carrier, as you say you
know all about these matters, why do you ask me? I have
nothing to tell you. You only add insult to brutal infamy. I
would not tell you even to save my life or yours. I would
kill you like a mad dog for this and many other foul and
brutal wrongs you have done me and my friends ; and if I
ever regain my liberty, I shall take just vengeance upon you.
So you need not bother me further. Do you understand me,
you infamous coward? Arm me with sword or pistol, and I
will fight you and any two of your nigger officers here and
now, you infamous, cowardly beast."
I was as weak as water after my dungeon experience. He
now forced my hands behind me and tied them and made his
niggers force me into a shallow steam sweat box. I begged
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BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE PRISON AT ROCK ISLAND, ILL,
him to kill me. This box was barely large enough to admit
my body. He placed the lid on, turned on steam, and I was
soon unconscious and know not how long I was in this box.
After suflfering most intense pains in my body and legs and
at times my head from the barbarous treatment for days after
this, I redoubled my efforts to escape, for it was evident that
the officials had been informed of many of our plans.
A few days after these terrible experiences I formed a plan
with several of my fellow prisoners to escape through a sewer.
The sewer was under construction at this time, and three of us
chipped in and bribed one of the masons on the work to place
the rock at this part of the sewer wall so they could be easily
removed. This was done and he received his pay, and on
November 4, 1863, I believe, instead of December 3, 1863, as
stated by my comrade, S. S. Priest, we escaped. My date is
taken from a diary kept by me of those dark days of trials.
John Totts, Tom Daily, J. W. S. Emmerson, S. S. Priest,
and myself were all from Kentucky with the exception of
Emmerson, who was from Texas. When we parted in Chica-
go, 111., I went South and was captured near Louisville, but
escaped. I was again recaptured in Cincinnati, Ohio, and re-
turned to Rock Island Prison. I was betrayed by a deserter
who knew me. Upon my being again placed in this prison
I was placed in irons. The shackles were of strap iron, half
an inch thick and one and a half inches wide, w-ith a chain ten
inches long — a very rough affair. This trammeled my move-
ments very much. And O merciful Father in heaven, how it
galled my pride ! and how often have I prayed to let me for-
get those dark hours of suflfering and shame ! I was fed on
stale cold cornbread with mold on it, and water.
The trap door to the dungeon mentioned above was kept
closed. The air as a result was very foul and damp. The bed
was a board fourteen inches wide and five feet long, and it
had a thin, worn blanket on it. I was kept in this damp,
dark, foul pit in this utter darkness for three days and nights,
and when taken out was blinded by the sunlight on the snow.
I could not see for several hours and suffered severe pains in
my eyes. I was taken before my brutal persecutors the next
day and was told by them that if I would take the oath of
allegiance they would release me and give me a bounty of
$300 and a captain's commission and send me to the Wyoming
frontier to fight the Indians. I replied : "Colonel Carrier, give
me a sword or pistol and have any two of your officers and
yourself in a twelve-foot room, lock the doors, and we will
soon settle all our difTercnces between us."
I was sent back into the prison at my old barracks, where I
renewed my allegiance to the "7 C. K.," and was soon engaged
with other true and faithful soldiers of the Southland in dig-
ging gopher holes under ground toward the fence to gain our
liberty. Each of us would take turn about, digging for two
hours to each relief. When finally we reached the outside of
the wall or fence, we were betrayed by some traitor, and one
of our faithful band (Comrade Claypool, of Tennessee) on
breaking the crust of ground on the surface was bayoneted
and captured. I have never heard what became of him. Being
discovered, all the rest of the boys made their way back to
their barracks. Many such baffling disappointments came to us.
It may interest your readers to know something more about
our mystic order, "7 C. K." The badges were made of pearl,
bone, or rubber highly polished. The device was a star with
seven points, and our motto was "Dulcc et decorum est j^ro
tatria mori," which means, "It is sweet and glorious to die for
one's country." The initial letter of one of these Latin words
is in each point of the star. In the center of the star was a
shield on which were the emblematic Ic'.'.crs "C. K." and the
figure "7." Our organization was formed ir.to companies and
battalions under proper officers for each subdivision — lieu-
tenants, captains, majors, colonels, and generals. At one time
we contemplated storming the parapets as we did at Camp
Morton at Indianapolis earlier in the war. At that place I
led one of these subdivisions and made good my escape. But
we were betrayed at Rock Island and our plans were frus-
trated, the guards were doubled, and great precautions were
taken by the authorities.
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Being thus thwarted again by some traitor among us, I now
turned my thoughts to other schemes to gain my liberty. I
had made my escape from several Yankee prisons before this,
as before stated— namely, Camp Morton, Camp Chase, and
Camp Douglas, twice from Louisville and once from Cairo,
III., once from Rock Island, and five times while on iny way to
prison — once near Lebanon, Tenn., once near Bardstown, once
near Springfield, Ky., once off the boat at Cincinnati on the
Ohio River when Morgan's command was captured at Buffing-
ton Island, and once near Kno.xville, Tenn. After this I made
good my escape from this prison late in December, and once
again still later in 1864 from Tullahoma, Tenn.
While at Rock Island the second time I met a very remarka-
ble lady and her daughter, a Mrs. Culbertson, a Kentuck-y-
reared woman who had married a Northern man. It vi^as
through her solicitations and influences that my shackles were
removed. She visited our prisoners often, and was allowed
privileges that but few could obtain. She was the means of
muph relief to our boys on many occasions of suffering, and
was an angel of mercy to many unfortunate "Johnnies." She
consented to take a letter out for me, which was the final
cause of my escape. I afterwards told her of my plans and
my name. She had known my father in her girlhood "days,
and she now consented to assist in my escape, and I laid my
plans accordingly.
I could not again make my escape by or through the sewer,
as that passage was discovered and closed. I broached the
matter to a number of my comrades. Many of them declined
because the plan was too hazardous and desperate. I finally
met a negro boy I had known at home. After several futile
efforts, I induced him to accept a bribe of a stated amount of
gold. He finally consented to accept an offer of one hundred
and twenty-seven dollars as the price of the liberty of seven
of us. Having arranged all the details, he pledged himself to
do all in his power to assist our escape. We tore up our
blankets and took the stove pokers and heated and bent the
ends to make hooks ; we then plaited the blankets into ropes
and securely fastened these iron hooks into the rope ladder
which we made of the plaited blankets. We practiced daily
throwing these hooks over the tops of our bunks, which were
the same height as the parapet walls. We all became proficient
in this practice by the time we were to make our final effort
to escape. We threw heads and tails to see who should lead
and throw the hook ladder over the parapet walls, and it fell
to my lot.
It was the coldest part of the winter, December 14, 1864,
and a new moon seemed to accentuate rather than relieve the
darkness. All of the seven had made final preparations for this
desperate venture, for had not all of us been victims of the
most cruel and brutal punishments? Consequently we were
ready for any fate that awaited us. I again saw the guard
and rehearsed with him the details of the work in hand. His
relief came on at 2 a.m. Dark, shadowy clouds floated athwart
the blue dome of heaven. The final hour approached for
action, silence reigned over the sleeping prisoners, and the new
moon came up slowly from under the clouds. We now moved
stealthily and silently toward the parapet walls, which we
reached, receiving the agreed signal. I threw the grappling
hook ladder over the wall, and, mounting this, I slid down to
the parapet, being followed rapidly by my comrades closely
behind me. There were three standing near me, two more
coming from the top of the wall, and one head appearing at
the top at this time, and I stepped up to the sentinel and
handed him the money agreed upon and glanced down to the
ground and along the fence eastward. The moon shining
through the clouds glinted on forty or fifty muskets, still,
silent, ominous, and ready now to open with a deadly roar.
I had only time to whisper to the man next behind : "We are
betrayed !" At this instant the rattle of musketry broke the
stillness of the night air. I fell flat upon the parapet, pulling
my comrade down with me. Three of the boys fell, two of
them dead and one grievously wounded. Two more fell inside
the walls ; one was killed and the other ran to his barracks door
and fell there. Jim Mally and Henry Stivers fell dead and
John Enloe ran to his barracks door and fell mortally
wounded.
Leak Arnett and myself, preferring death outside to the hell
inside, jumped to the ground almost upon the dead bodies of
our comrades, and under the cover of the dense smoke fol-
lowing the first volley we ran to the Mississippi River, about
one hundred yards away, the prison being on an island.
Reaching the river under cover of the smoke, we found it
covered or frozen over with ice reaching far out into the
channel. We intended to swim for it as soon as we reached
the open water, but the ice gave way under our weight and a
large piece became detached from the shore. We then floated
downstream on this natural raft for some three miles. The
ice would sink at times until we were waist-deep in the water ;
but the air was so much colder than the water that
it seemed warm in comparison. About three miles down the
stream we were stopped by another more solid layer
of ice, and here we went ashore, following the river bank until
we found a drain or gulch, which we followed some distance
inland and reached a place where this drain ended in a natural
excavation. In this recess we found a secure retreat or refuge
from the cold, bleak, freezing winds which had so covered this
recess with tumbling weeds and leaves that we were able to
hide entirely from view. This saved us both from freezing and
discovery during the remaining part of the night and the next
day after this terrible night.
The next day a battalion of soldiers was sent to scour the
country along the river front for miles for us, and some of
the searching party came close to our hiding place and actually
fired into this recess, which was made by the action of running
water, the bottom at the rear being lower than the ground
front. We were in this depression and covered with weeds
and leaves, so we were not discovered or wounded, and lay
perfectly still until they left this vicinity. We lay in hiding
here till darkness spread its protecting shadows over us, when
we ventured forth in search of more pleasant quarters. We
retraced our steps along the river bank until near the city
limits of Davenport, la.
In this city lived our good angel of mercy. This noble
Samaritan was none other than Mrs. Culbertson and her
lovely daughter, who had been apprised of our thrilling
adventure. We had been reported killed ; this was favorable to
our future plans. It was understood that if we did not show
up by the second night we had been lost, recaptured, or
died. This lady — Southern by birth and sympathy — was on
the lookout for us. We went on Main Street and soon found
our way to this house, which had been described to us and
which we found with little trouble. I left Comrade Arnett at
the front gate and went to the door, raised the knocker, and
it sounded like my death knell. It seemed ages before any
answer came ; but the lady herself answered by opening the
door a small crack and peeped. Recognizing me, she seemed
greatly startled, and she only had time to say: "Stable twenty
minutes." Her husband was at her back. We had run into
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the prison officers in her house, and they were at this very
moment talking about us and of the desperate chances Con-
federate prisoners took to regain their liberty. I glanced
through the small opening in the door and saw several officers
of the prison sitting around a blazing fire in her parlor. I
turned quickly and silently away through the gate and around
to the stable and waited impatiently for developments. As
her husband asked, "Who is it?" my heart was in my mouth.
Mrs. Culbertson soon came out and guided us up the back
stairway to the attic in her house, and in this friendly and
seemingly secure retreat we remained for five weeks, treating
our chilblains and frost bites, as we were badly frozen. We
then sent home for more money, which soon came to us
through the hand of our patron saint, and Leak Arnett and I
were soon ready for any duty that fate had in store for us
Having received our clothing, we offered our good Samaritan
pay for her trouble, expense, and kindness. She seemed sur-
prised, not to say angry. She would receive nothing for all
she had done for us. We thanked her many times over and
bade her and her beautiful daughter farewell, "for did we
not owe our lives to her?" There were some hearts at least
in the North tender, true, and responsive to human sympathy
and suffering.
I was wounded sixteen times in the Confederate service and
five times in my foreign service — twenty-one wounds in all.
PLAN TO RELEASE OUR MEN AT POINT LOOKOUT.
BY MAGNt;S S. THOMPSON, WASHINGTON, D. C.
The generally accepted impression derived from literature
bearing upon General Early's campaign in 1864, when he
threatened Washington, was that of a repetition of the strategy
of 1862 — i. e., to withdraw troops from General Lee's front —
and while such a demonstration necessarily would very nat-
urally produce that result, the facts as shown by official cor-
respondence and orders develop a much more important and
far-reaching plan which this article will briefly disclose.
The depleted ranks of Lee's army demanded means of re-
lief. The sources from which recruits had come were ex-
hausted, hence other fields and other means must be resorted
to. Facing those conditions, General Lee conceived the idea
of releasing the prisoners at Point Lookout, Md., and on
June 26, 1864, submitted it to President Davis in the following
letter : "General Hunter has escaped and will make good his
retreat. * * * I think it better that he (Early) should
move down the valley, if he can obtain provisions, which
would draw Hunter after him, and may enable him to strike
Pope before he effect a junction wilh Hunter. I should
also recommend his crossing the Potomac. I think I can main-
tain our lines here against General Grant. He does not seem
disposed to attack and has thrown himself strictly on the de-
fensive. I am less uneasy about holding our position than
about our ability to procure supplies for the army. I fear
the latter difficulty will oblige me to attack General Grant in
his intrenchmcnts, which I would not hesitate to do but for
the loss it will inevitably entail. A want of success would,
in my opinion, be almost fatal, and this causes me to hesitate
in the hope that some relief may be procured without run-
ning such great hazard. * * * Great benefit might be
drawn from the release of our prisoners at Point Lookout if
it can be accomplished, * * * but I am at a loss to know
where to find a proper leader. * * * \ have understood
that most of the garrison at Point Lookout was composed of
negroes. I should suppose that the commander of such troops
would be poor and feeble. A stubborn resistance, therefore,
may not reasonably be expected. * * * I think the guard
might be overpowered, the prisoners liberated, organized, and
marched immediately on the route to Washington. Such a
body of men under an able leader, although they might not
be able without assistance to capture Washington, could march
around it and cross the river above. * * * The reported
success of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, besides its general good
effect, will favor Early's movement, if it could be united with
the release of the prisoners at Point Lookout, and the ad-
vantages would be great. I believe the latter only requires
a proper leader. * « * The operations on the river must
be confided to an able officer of the navy, who I know will
be found in Colonel Wood. * * * The subject is one
worthy of consideration and can only be matured by reflec-
tion, but the sooner it is put into execution the better. I
should like much to have the benefit of your Excellency's good
judgment and views upon this subject."
Mr. Davis called into consultation Col. Commander John
Taylor Wood, commanding the Confederate States Steam-
ship Tallahassee, then at Wilmington, N. C. (he having al-
ready won distinction for his daring and successful capture
of two or more of the enemy's vessels), and the plan of ac-
tion was then and there decided upon. Commander Wood
left for Wilmington to prepare and equip the Tallahassee
for the expedition with several field pieces and 20,000 stand
of arms with which to arm the released prisoners at Point
Lookout. On the 9th of July, 1864, the day Early defeated
Gen. Lew Wallace at Monocacy, Commander Wood wired
President Davis: "Will try to get out to-night." All was
in readiness, awaiting orders to put to sea as soon as noti-
fied of Early's move toward Washington. Gen. G. W. Cus-
tis Lee was ordered to join Commander John Taylor Wood
at Wilmington, N. C. with a sufficient number of marines to
overpower the guard at Point Lookout and organize the
liberated prisoners under the command of the officers of their
several States, and, thus organized, join General Early near
Washington. The Tallahassee on the night of July 10, 1864,
steamed down to the inlet, and while waiting for the tide to
enable her to cross the bar she received orders to abandon
the expedition, as the news had reached the enemy.
The run from Wilmington, N. C, to Point Lookout is
about 390 knots, and would have required about twenty-four
hours for vessels of the speed of that period. Leaving Wil-
mington after dark, she could run the blockage and remain on
the high seas off the capes of the Chesapeake, and after dark
pass in the capes and reach by 2 or 3 a.m. the following morn-
ing Point Lookout, which at that time was guarded by only
one regiment of dismounted Massachusetts colored cavalry,
while the North Atlantic Squadron, as the records show,
was busily engaged in the James River and on the coast of
North Carolina, thus affording a swift vessel like the Talla-
hassee, with such a commander as John Taylor Wood, a
full complement of officers, and a veteran crew, an oppor-
tunity to accomplish beyond doubt the object of their mis-
sion. With these 20.000 armed veteran prisoners they were
to march up through Maryland and unite with Early near
Washington; and as reenforcements for the defense of Wash-
ington would be sent from General Grant by transports up
the Potomac River, the field pieces could destroy or capture
them. This force, combined with Early's, would have in-
sured the capture of Washington or Baltimore.
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, commanding the cavalry with
Early, was to pass east of Washington near Hyattsville
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(which he did) for the purpose of meeting this column and
accompanying it to General Early. He (General Early), after
defeating General Hunter at Lynchburg, passed down the vaj-
ley to Marlinsburg, where he defeated General Sigel's force,
driving it to Maryland Heights, and then he went to the Mo-
nocacy, and defeated Gen. Lew Wallace. The cavalry, under
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, was sent to cut the Northern Cen-
tral and the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroads, which they
succeeded in doing, destroying the bridges over Gunpowder
Creek two miles in length. This latter feat was accomplished
by Major Gilmore, who, with his battalion, was detached for
that purpose. Gilmore also upturned and destroyed two pas-
senger trains, in one of which he found Major General Frank-
lin, who subsequently escaped through the carelessness of his
guards. General Johnson then passed between Baltimore
and Washington, and was on his way to Point Lookout ; but
his recall was made necessary when General Early determined
to retire from before Washington.
However, this brilliant and thoroughly practical plan was
doomed, for on July lo, 1864, when the Tallahassee had
steamed up and Commander Wood was anxiously awaiting
orders to put to sea, and General Early had turned toward
Washington from the Monocacy, President Davis wired Com-
mander Wood to abandon the trip, as he had fortunately
learned that the plan had been conveyed to the enemy, and
he feared they would concentrate a fleet at the entrance to the
Chesapeake and be prepared to destroy him.
Subsequent events and orders establish the fact that the
release of the prisoners would have been successful; for while
the information may have gotten out, when Mr. Davis or-
dered the abandonment of the expedition the date for its
accomplishment was not known. For not until July 18, which
was six days after General Early retired from in front of
Washington and by slow marches reached Winchester in the
Valley of Virginia, did Secretary Welles telegraph Rear
Admiral S. P. Lee, commanding the North Atlantic Block-
ading Squadron, that through refugees he had learned a plan
was contemplated by the enemy to release the prisoners at
Point Lookout, and to use every means to forestall it. Ad-
miral S. P. Lee at once ordered Capt. B. F. Sands, divisional
officer off the Western Bar, to repair at once with the Santi-
ago de Cuba, Monticello, Cohasset, and dispatch boat Har-
court to the mouth of the Chesapeake, and on the same day
ordered Capt. O. S. Glisson, commanding the blockade off
New Inlet, to "exercise the strictest vigilance against a pos-
sible attack by Commander John Taylor Wood, of the Con-
federate States navy, who, with 800 sailors and two armed
vessels, was to attempt the release of the prisoners at Point
Lookout."
Hence it is shown how ignorant the enemy was of the date
of the contemplated expedition, how unprepared, and how
easy of accomplishment it was had it been prosecuted as
planned. The release of 20,000 veterans from prison was
vastly more important, it can readily be seen, than the with-
drawing of troops from Lee's front, for General Lee held
General Grant's entire army at bay until April, 1865.
The official orders and telegrams that General Early's
movements elicited and the consternation that little army of
less than 10,000 veterans, fully 300 miles from any support,
occasioned is astounding, necessitating, as is shown, the call-
ing out of the militia of the States of New York, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania. On July 3 General Grant assured the Sec-
retary of War that Early had returned from Lynchburg and
was with Lee in his (Grant's) front, when on that day he was
near Harper's Ferry, about fifty miles from Washington, and
not until about July 7 did they locate him, when he was cross-
ing Crampton's Gap.
Again on July 10 General Grant wired President Lincoln
that the 6th Corps, one division of the 19th Corps, besides
3,000 other troops, had been sent for the defense of Wash-
ington, and 6,000 were then on the way. This force, with that
of General Wright, would be able to compete with General
Early, and before he could send more troops Hunter would
with 10,000 be able to join Wright in the enemj'"s rear.
General Early in his report dated Leesburg, July 14, 1864,
in part says : "I determined at first to make an assault on
Washington, but before it could be made it became apparent
that the enemy had been strongly reenforced, and we knew
the 6th Corps had arrived from Grant's army and others
en route; and after consultation with my divisional com-
manders, I became satisfied that the assault, even if successful,
would be attended with great sacrifice. * * * Gen. Brad-
ley T. Johnson passed between Washington and Baltimore,
and was on his way to Point Lookout when my reluctant de-
termination to retire made his recall necessary." * * *
Hence it is seen by official reports that the release of the
20,000 prisoners at Point Lookout, as well as the capture of
Washington, was the plan contemplated, although not hereto-
fore published, and known to but few. The accomplishment
of this cooperative movement would undoubtedly have changed
the entire campaign of the armies of Grant and Lee, the out-
come of which military critics could hardly measure.
In support of the feasibility of the expedition and its more
than probable success, the official records state that on Au-
gust 6, 1864, which was twenty-seven days subsequent to its
abandonment and nineteen days after the Federal authorities
had learned of the contemplated movement and had made
preparation to forestall it. Commander Wood ran the blockade
at Wilmington with the Tallahassee, passed northeast along
the coast, stood off New York two days, and then passed on
to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he remained nearly two days
coaling. He then stood to sea, and on the 26th of that month
again ran the blockade into Wilmington without the loss of a
man or a mishap of any character. He captured during the
eighteen days at sea thirty-three vessels, which were dis-
posed of as follows: Burned, 16; scuttled, 10; bonded, s; re-
leased, 2. During this remarkable feat a large number of
armed vessels were sent out to capture or destroy the Talla-
hassee, which they failed to do. This is one incident of others
going to shovi' that she could have reached Point Lookout.
It is sad to look back and see where so many "ifs" frustrated
brilliant achievements and finally overpowered but never de-
feated that invincible army. Facing as we did such over-
whelming numbers, such illimitable resources, such innumera-
ble obstacles, the final result of that struggle is not surpris-
ing. Nevertheless, we have the pleasing consciousness of duty
performed beyond the limit of any that history records, and
it is but fitting to close with the following lines:
"Speak, History! Who are life's victors?
Unroll thy long annals and say !
Are they those whom the world called the victors,
Who won the success of a day?
The martyrs or Nero?
The Spartans who fell at Thermoplyje's tryst
Or the Persians and Xerxes?
His judges or Socrates,
Pilate or Christ?"
Qoi^feclerat^ l/eteraij.
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THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET.
BY EDWARD RAYMOND TURNER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
By the winter of 1863 the South had spent its aggressive
force and was nearly exhausted. It was facing its enemies
like a hon whom the pursuing hunters dread to attack, yet it
was, as we know now, wounded and stricken and weak. The
contest was at last coming to seem hopeless. The beginning
of the next year was for the Confederacy the beginning of
the end.
To the North also the protracted contest had come to be
so disheartening that some, weary of endless slaughter and
repeated disaster, were murmuring and asking for peace. For
the most part, however, the people were resolved that the
blood and treasure expended should not have been expended
in vain. Therefore like a giant with inexhaustible vigor the
nation gathered its strength once more and made ready to
crush its antagonist by a scries of mighty blows.
In the spring of 1864 the Federal armies were moved upon
the South from all sides at once. This war the time when
Grant plaimcd to overwhelm the Confederate resistance by
combined strategy and simultaneous advance. Sherman was
to march through the heart of the South and break up the
army of Johnston. The work in the East, the most dif!icult
task. Grant reserved for himself.
The report rendered by General Grant on July 22, 1865,
shows how carefully he made his plans. Lee's army of North-
ern Virginia, which had so long stood at bay, was to be sur-
rounded and attacked from all sides at once. Grant with the
main army was to advance in front. From Fort Monroe
Butler was to move up the James River and attack Richmond.
In Lee's rear Union troops were to raid the Shenandoah Val-
ley and get possession of Southwestern Virginia.
Of the struggle which followed the details are well known.
In carrying out the frontal attack Grant soon became locked
in a death grapple with Lee in the Wilderness. On the Penin-
sula the unlucky Butler accomplished nothing, but was im-
mediately shut up between the James and the Appomattox as
completely, contemporaries said, as if he had been in a bottle
corked. Meanwhile, however, it seemed likely that the move-
ments in Southwestern Virginia would destroy the Confed-
erate rear.
At the beginning of 1864 the Federal Department of West
Virginia was under the command of Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel,
a German-.\merican. Along with other enthusiasts he had
attempted to establish a republic in Germany in 1849. When
the movement collapsed, he fled to America, where he had
gained distinction in the Federal service. At this time he had
altogether about 25.000 men, widely scattered, since the ter-
ritory to be covered was large and since it was necessary to
guard the Baltimore and Oliio Railroad, the all-important
line from Washington to the West. The two largest bodies of
troops were a force under Sigel himself near Martinsburg and
a force under Crook in Southwest Virginia. It was Grant's
intention that these forces should seize Lynchburg, cut the
Confederate railroads, and destroy Lee's base of supplies. So
toward the end of March Sigel was ordered to march up the
Shenandoah Valley with 7,000 men and Crook was to come to
meet him with 10,000 more. Crook was expected to do the
important part of the work, while Sigel was to eflfect a diver-
sion in his favor. "If Sigel can't skin himself, he can hold
a leg whilst some one else skins," Grant wrote to Sherman.
The junction was to be made at Lynchburg.
For the Confederates this country, known as the Western
Department of Virginia, was held by Gen. John Cabell Breck-
inridge, one of the finest types of the manhood of the Old
South. A splendid career in politics had been followed by bril-
liant success in war. He had been Vice President with Buch-
anan, and then the Southern candidate for the presidency
against Lincoln. When the Civil War began, he entered the
service of the South, believing with Lee that the question of
State rights was the paramovmt issue. By 1864 he had taken
part in numerous battles and had gained a high reputation
for boldness, energy, and dash. He was the idol of his men,
who long afterwards remembered his magnificent appearance
as he rode past them on horseback. "As Breckinridge and his
staff approached," wrote John S. Wise twenty-five years later,
"we joined in the huzza as that soldierly man, mounted mag-
nificently, dashed past us, uncovered, bowing, and riding like
the Cid."
To defend his widely extended jurisdiction, the frontier of
which was several hundred miles in length, Breckinridge had
all told about 10,000 men, much dispersed. It is a certain in-
dication of how far the Southern forces were depleted, that
this district, upon which Lee depended for the maintenance of
his army, was held by such a scanty force. On every side
Breckinridge was threatened by superior numbers. He had
the single advantage that he was acting upon interior lines.
When the Federal armies began to move, Breckinridge
hastened to concentrate such forces as he could bring to-
gether. It was soon evident that the movement of Crook was
less dangerous than that of Sigel ; so Breckinridge prepared
for a forced march into the Shenandoah Valley to meet him.
Sigel had set out up the valley on May I with perhaps 6.500
men. His objective point was Staunton. The march thither
was made with the exceeding slowness which characterized his
subsequent operations ; so that it took two weeks to get from
Winchester to New Market, a distance of fifty miles. During
this march he was confronted by Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden,
who had about 1.600 men. Imboden was continually pressed
back, but he handled his force in the ablest manner, harassing
the enemy at every turn. First, he sent McNeill's Virginia
Partisan Rangers to make a dash around Sigel. This was
done, and McNeill struck the railroad at Piedmont in Sigel's
rear, burning the bridge and machine shops and destroying
property worth several millions of dollars. Then when Sigel
sent out strong bodies of cavalry to cover his flanks, Imboden
by rapid and daring movements struck them separately and
completely destroyed them. Accordingly the advance of the
Federal army was retarded; but Imboden was hard pressed,
so that it was most welcome news when he learned after a
few days that Breckinridge with 4,000 men was hastening by
forced marches to succor him.
Breckinridge set out on May 6, taking Echols's Brigade,
consisting of the 22d Virginia Regiment, the 26th Virginia Bat-
talion, and the 23d Battalion; parts of Wharton's Brigade,
the 51st Virginia Regiment and Clarke's Battalion; and Chap-
man's Battery. Meanwhile Imboden had called out the re-
serves of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, who seem to
liave taken no active part in the campaign which followed;
and on the 9th of May, so dire was the need, he summoned
the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, situated in Lex-
ington, a short distance away. On the nth of May the cadets
marched out under the command of Lieut. Col. Scott Shipp.
The part played by the cadets was so romantic and unique
as to make necessary some digression.
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Qopfederat^ l/eterap.
The Virginia Military Institute had been the principal
military training school in the South since its establishment
by the State in 1839. When the CIntI War began, it became
more prominent than ever before, holding in the Confederacy
a position something like that held by West Point in the
North. During the war it passed through numerous vicissi-
tudes. At one time it was closed. Continually its students
were called away for active service in the Confederate armies.
A number of Southern commanders came from its faculty,
Stonewall Jackson having been a professor of mathematics
there. The boys who remained, some of them from the best
families in the South, chafed at the solitude and inactivity
while their comrades were away in the field. One who was
then a student has left a vivid account of this.
At the beginning of 1864 the cadets asked General Lee to
let them fight under him, but he replied that they were of
more use at Lexington. Jefferson Davis declared that these
boys were the seed corn of the Confederacy, its future com-
manders, who must be spared at all costs. Now, however, at
last when the Confederacy was drained dry of soldiers, when
Sigel was coming up the valley, and when it seemed possible
that he would cut the railroad lines, the call of the cadets
came, and they answered. Before daybreak on the morning
of May 1 1 they marched out of Lexington. There were about
250 of them.
By the evening of May 14 the two hosts were near to each
other. On May 13 Sigel had sent forward a force of cavalry
and infantry and one battery under Col. Augustus Moor. On
the morning of May 14 Moor struck part of Imboden's force
near Mount Jackson, drove it across the Shenandoah River,
got possession of the bridge, and followed the Confederates to
New Market, seven miles beyond. This success is perhaps the
explanation of Sigel's failure, though the failure was not neces-
sary. The Federal army was now in two divisions, part of it
at New Market and part at Woodstock, nineteen miles in the
rear. At no time during the battle which followed did it prove
possible to unite them. The next day when Sigel himself
arrived on the field he told his subordinates that the belated
regiments were coming. "Yes, General, but too late," Colonel
Lang answered him.
The nominal strength of Sigel's army was about 6,500. It
is probable that he actually had available at New Market about
4,000 infantry, 1,140 cavalry, and 360 artillerymen, though it
is very difficult to be certain about this. He seems, then, to
have had 5,500 men and 28 guns. In the case of the Confed-
erates it is even more difficult to make a correct estimate. It
is possible that Breckinridge may have had 6,000 men all told,
but it is much more probable that he had available in the
battle 3,200 infantry, 800 cavalry, and less than 200 artillery-
men. He had probably about 4,200 men and 14 guns. When
the battle was about to be fought, there was much uncertain-
ty in the opposing camps as to the strength of the enemy, and
there were exaggerations which have persisted to the present.
Sigel believed at one time that the Confederates outnumbered
him; while to this day there arc men in the South who assert
that Breckinridge with 3,000 overwhelmed a force of 10,000
men.
Breckinridge, who believed he was outnumbered, and who
was outnumbered, but who could not as yet see that the divi-
sion of the enemy's troops made a victory probable, hoped to
lure the Federals into attacking him. On the night of the 14th,
he sent out a force to annoy Moor's men in New Market, and
the next morning he sent forward his skirmishers. Sigel,
however, who was slowly bringing the rest of his army across
the Shenandoah, would not attack. Breckinridge therefore
made ready to begin the battle himself. "It's now eleven
o'clock," he is reported to have said, "and we can't wait any
longer for them to attack us. We can attack and whip them
here, and I'll do it."
In topography the field of New Market is not unlike such
battle fields as Waterloo and Gettysburg, where hostile armies
have confronted each other from opposing hills. In 1864 the
town of New Market was made up of a row or two of houses
along the pike which runs northeast through the Shenandoah
Valley. It had no little strategic importance because it lay at
the intersection of the valley turnpike and the road which runs
across the valley to Luray. The town lies in a depression, down
which ran a stream to empty into the south fork of the Shen-
andoah, which flows nearly parallel with the pike. Along the
river there are high blufYs from which the land slopes gently
down toward the pike. To the north and to the southwest
of the town are hills, the slopes of which in 1864 were pastures
and wheatfields, intersected by fences and dotted with farm
buildings. On these hills at one time or another the opposing
armies made their stand. To the east of the pike ran Smith's
Creek, beyond which the wooded country was bounded by the
Massanutten Mountain a mile or more away. On the west,
then, was the river; on the east the mountain; to the north
and the south were the hills seized by the hostile forces ; down
the middle ran the road, and in the center was New Market.
Sunday, May 15, the day on which the battle was fought,
was gloomy and disagreeable. One of the cadets says : "The
rains, which had fallen more or less about every day since we
left Lexington, gave us a thorough drenching on the 14th, and
did not hold up for us on the 15th. The roads and fields were
wet, the plowed fields almost miry, so that to march across
the fields even at slow time was hard work, and at double-
quick exhausting. The sky was overcast all day, and there
were several hard showers and a heavy, damp atmosphere."
The battle of New Market may be divided into three parts.
There was first the struggle between the Confederates and
the advance force of Federals under Moor, the contest lasting
for an hour or more just before and after midday; second,
the struggle between the advancing Confederates and the larger
portion of Sigel's army posted on Bushong's Hill, to the
north of the town ; and, third, the desultory contest at Rude's
Hill, while the Federal army was making its retreat across
the river.
In maneuvering his troops Breckinridge showed much skill.
During the morning, while his men were still posted on Sher-
ley's Hill, he played, as Colonel Edgar says, "the old strategic
trick of countermarching his men with the view of multiply-
ing their numbers in the eyes of the enemy." Then, while
the skirmishers were going ahead, he drew up his troops in
echelon, making his army seem three times as numerous as it
really was. "The enemy in three strong lines now issued from
the woods," says Major Peale, of the iSth Connecticut Regi-
ment, in his official report ; and it was a long time before the
Federal commanders would believe that Breckinridge had only
one line of battle.
Meanwhile the Federal troops under Moor were not pre-
pared to sustain the shock of the advancing Confederates.
Moor had three regiments of infantry, the 34th Massachu-
setts, the 1st West Virginia, and the 123d Ohio, a force of
cavalry, and six guns. Urgent messages were sent to Sigel
asking that more troops be sent. These troops were indeed
on the way, but meanwhile Breckinridge began the battle.
Major Lang, of Sigel's staff, says: "I witnessed a splendid
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formation of the Confederates. First was the advance— creep-
ing and dodging along from point to point — their sharp-
shooters. Later a line reaching from side to side of the v.il-
ley, moving forward slowly, cautiously — this was the skirmi.'ili
line. The practiced eye of the veteran soldier knew what
this meant, and I did not have to wait long for the meaning.
The line of battle hove in sight a little south of New Market,
and a magnificent line it was.''
First, the Federal skirmish line was driven in ; then tin-
artillery began its work. Moor ordered his guns to open fire
upon the advancing lines, after which the Confederate bat-
teries sent a rain of shells into New Market. The Federal
gunners were posted in a tiny churchyard among the tomb
stones. The place was aroar with the firing and filled with
the bustle of troops. "The little town," says an observer,
"which a moment before had seemed to sleep so peacefully
upon that Sabbath morn, was now wreathed in battle smoke
and swarming with troops hurrying to their positions. \Vc
had their range beautifully, and every shell, striking some
obstruction, exploded in the streets." The Confederates con-
tinued their advance steadily.
This part of the contest was concluded shortly after midday
with the evacuation of New Market by the Federal forces
and their retreat to Bushong's Hill, about a mile to the north.
The greater part of Sigel's army had now reached this posi-
tion, though two of his regiment and one battery were still far
in the rear. New Market was the more readily abandoned in
that the positioti on Bushong's Hill was the strongest one in the
vicinity, and Sigel wisely concluded that the decisive struggle
could take place more advantageously there than in the town.
The positions occupied by the troops in the second part of
the battle are not easily ascertained. They were ill understood
by contemporaries, and have never been satisfactorily settled
since. Indeed, the historian is here in nearly the same quan-
dary as that in which the writer about Bannockburn finds him-
self. On the authority of Barbour's "Brus" it was for a long
time believed that 100,000 English marched under Edward H.,
but modern investigations have shown indisputably that so
large a number could not possibly have maneuvered in the
field. It is probable that there were not more than 30,000.
In like manner in dealing with tlie battle of New Market a
careful study of the ofticinl reports and military reminiscences
makes it possible to place the different commands side by side
according to a scheme corroborated at every point and satis-
fying all requirements save one only, that the lines of battle
thus arranged cannot possibly be contained between the
Shenandoah River and Smith's Creek. It would seem that
there were various shiftings and rearrangements which were
not recorded at the time and which cannot now be discovered.
What follows must be understood with these qualifications.
The Federal troops were now drawn up in a long line from
the river bluffs to Smith's Creek. Over by the Shenandoah
was a detached company of the 34th Massachusetts. Next,
counting from the Federal right to the left, came Carlin's Bat-
tery, Snow's Battery, the 34th Massachusetts (Colonel Wells),
the 1st West Virginia (Colonel Weddlc), and the 54th Penn-
sylvania (Colonel Campbell). Behind Carlin and Snow was
the I2th West Virginia (Colonel Curtis) in reserve. Some
two hundred yards in front of the 54th Pennsylvania the iSth
Connecticut (Major Peale) and the 123d Ohio (Major Kel-
logg) were posted with Von Kleiser's battery on their left.
These commands were soon driven back through the Federal
line to the rear. Ewing's Battery and Stahel's Cavalry filled
in the space between the Federal infantry and the creek.
Breckinridge's dispositions are even more difficult to under-
stand, since as he advanced he changed his echelon formation
to one long line. The 51st Virginia (Colonel Forsberg) and
the 62d Virginia (Colonel Smith) had made up the first
echelon ; the second had been composed of the 22d Virg^inia
(Colonel Patton) and the 23d Battalion (Colonel Derrick) ;
the third of the 26th Battalion (Colonel Edgar) and the
Corps of Cadets (Lieutenant Colonel Shipp). As a result
of complicated changes most of the troops came into a single
line, with some of the commands in advance and some in the
rear at various times. Later on the approximate relative
positions from the Confederate left to right were the 26th
Virginia Battalion, the 51st Virginia Regiment, the Corps of
Cadets, the 30th Virginia Battalion, the 62d Virginia Regi-
ment, the 22d Virginia Regiment, and the 23d Virginia Bat-
talion. Part of the artillery, under Captain Chapman and
Cadet Captain Minge, was in the rear to the right near the
turnpike.
Meanwhile Imboden by a curious maneuver had taken the
Confederate cavalry and part of the artillery out of tlie reach
of every one else. He reported to General Breckinridge that
there was a way across Smith's Creek by which he could at-
tain a position right upon the flank of the enemy where they
could not reach him. Breckinridge's answer was : "Tell Gen-
eral Imboden, as he knows this ground and I don't, to make
any movement he thinks advantageous, and I will take all the
responsibility and consequences." Then Imboden took across
the creek the 18th Virginia Cavalry, McNeill's Rangers, and
two pieces of artillery. In after years, when he wrote his
history of the battle, Imboden spoke of the terrific effect which
his shell fire produced upon Stahel's horsemen over the creek
and how he caused the whole Federal force to fall back in
confusion. Sigel, who was writing his account about the same
time, appears to corroborate this; but recent investigations
make it seem probable that Ewing's and Von Kleiser's power-
ful batteries, near Stahel, could have silenced Imboden's two
guns in a moment had he been near the Federal forces. Nor
was Imboden more fortunate in his subsequent movements.
Breckinridge desired him to get his cavalry around to the rear
of Sigel's army and cut off his retreat across the Shenandoah.
Smith's Creek, however, proved to be so deep that Imboden
could not recross it, and was not able to get near the Federal
army again. Thus the Confederate cavalry, which had done
such superb service in the days preceding, was of little or no
use in the battle itself.
Between two and three in the afternoon Breckinridge re-
newed the contest. The conditions were now less favorable
for him, and a commander less bold might well have hesitated.
The Federal troops in line were now at least as numerous as
his own, they were posted in a very strong position, and their
artillery was overwhelmingly superior to his.
As the advance was continued, at first in echelon, the Con-
federate left under Wharton first struck the enemy where his
position was strongest, on the high ground near the Shenan-
doah. The 51st Virginia and the 62d Virginia, along with
the 30th Battalion, which had been skirmishing, received the
full effects of the Federal fire. To add to the difficulties of
the situation, the Sist Regiment became divided by a wooded
hill, part of the regiment having to advance near the river,
while the rest of the men were out of sight of their comrades
to the east of the hill. The fire from the Federal infantry
and cannon was terrible. Had it not been that many of the
gunners aimed too low and that the balls buried themselves
in the mud, advance would have been impossible. As it was,
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that part of the sist nearest the river fell into confusion and
began breaking to the rear. The remainder of the regiment
seems to have halted and begun firing. For a short time
Colonel Smith continued to lead the 62d on into a perfect
storm of death, but up on the slope the Federal army believed
that victory was near.
Meanwhile the whole course of the struggle was being
changed by several movements which are difficult to describe
because they are complicated, because they occupied some time,
and because they were partly simultaneous.
The first of these was the advance of Edgar with the 26tli
Battalion. Breckinridge is said to have realized that the most
difficult task was upon the extreme Confederate left; hence
he shifted the 26th from the third echelon, where it was
marching with the cadets, to a front position on the extreme
left over by the river. Edgar's men were marching just be-
hind the left portion of the 51st, when the men in front of
them broke ranks under the terrible fire ahead. Fortunately
the confusion did not spread to the 26th, which pressed on
through the disordered ranks straight for the supports of the
Federal battery. There was a stern conflict of which we do
not know a great many of the details. Part of the time it was
raining, and the smoke from the Federal guns hung low over
the field, shutting off the view. After a while, however, as the
struggle continued, the Federal troops began to give way.
"We saw the legs of the enemy by looking through under the
smoke," says one of Edgar's men, "and could see that they
were very busy carrying their owners to the rear; but when
we emerged from this column of smoke, the sight was thrilling.
The foe in our front — artillery, supports, reserves, and all —
were in the first stages of a complete rout. Some of the guns
were already moving as fast as the horses could take them,
one was just coupling up to go, men were flying as if before a
cyclone, and nobody was taking time to look back." Two
guns were captured and a third was afterwards found aban-
doned in a pond, the infantry along the bluffs being dislodged.
The importance of the movement lay in the fact that the Fed-
eral line had been pierced at its strongest point and that the
Federal flank was now turned. Moreover, the Federal artillery
fire was materially lessened, since Carlin and Snow were
forced to limber up their batteries and move them back.
The second movement, and the one which has become more
famous than anything else in the battle, was that by which the
cadets of the Virginia Military Institute moved up from the
rear and took a position in the van of the battle.
The cadets had already suffered some casualties. Capt.
Frank Preston, of Company B, who wrote a few days after
the battle, says : "Marching down the first hill we were ex-
posed to the enemy's batteries, but were too far (away) to reply
with small arms. In this advance one man was killed in the
first line and several wounded in oiir battalion. After getting
to the bottom of the hill, we were entirely covered, and here
we waited half an hour, while some change was made in the
lines. A half hour of intense suspense — the artillery on either
side firing, the shot and shell flying and bursting high over our
heads — knowing that in a short time we must charge the in-
fantry, whose dark lines we saw drawn up in the woods.
After some time the first line began to move forward up the
hill. Then the second line began to move, and our nerves were
strung and our lips firmly closed, our breath coming short and
quick, waiting for the crash of musketry which we expected
would receive the first line." A Federal officer, who was
watching them through field glasses, speaks of their admirable
formation. During this time several of the cadets were killed
and a number wounded. Nevertheless, they kept their order,
as some one said, as if they had been marching upon dress
parade.
It is probable that Breckinridge did not intend to expose
these boys, but wished them to remain in the rear as reserves.
Their youthful ardor made it hard to keep them there. Col.
J S. Johnston. Breckinridge's chief of staff, afterwards wrote:
"The youthful character of the cadets made Breckinridge hesi-
tate to put them into action. In fact, he had quite made up
his mind to place them in charge of the baggage train. Several
of the cadets, learning that this was contemplated, pleaded so .
earnestly with him that he abandoned the idea. They said
they had been called out several times and assigned to that
duty, and on their return to Lexington had been jeered with
such remarks as, 'Now the war is over, there comes the bag-
gage guard,' and jibes even more stinging. There was no re-
sisting the fervor of their appeal to be put into action." As yet
they remained in the third echelon, but now when the need
in the front became great Colonel Shipp boldly led his
command into the forefront of the battle.
At this moment the situation of the Confederates seemed
desperate, for Edgar being behind the hill, his triumphant
progress was as yet unknown. Colonel Smith had taken the
62d Virginia forward unsupported. His men were subjected
to a fire concentrated and terrific, so that in a very few min-
utes they had lost nearly half of their number. Seeing, as he
says, that he would be exposed to destruction if he remained
where he was, he drew the remnant of his command back in
good order and waited behind a low ridge until the Confeder-
ate right under Echols should come up.
It seemed now to the Federals upon the ridge that the tide
of battle was running strongly in their favor. "Our front
fire was heavy," says Colonel Wells, of the 34th Massachusetts,
"and the artillery had an enfilading fire, under which their
first line went down. They staggered, went back, and their
whole advance halted. Their fire ceased to be effective. A
cheer ran along our line, and the first success was ours." Ac-
cordingly a countercharge was resolved upon. There was a
gap in the Confederate line between the 30th and the 51st.
It seemed that the line might be pierced.
This was the moment when the cadets reached the front.
Colonel Shipp had led them up the slope of the hill past the
Bushong house and out into the orchard beyond. The fire was
so heavy that the young soldiers lay down behind the worm
fence along the edge of the orchard and began shooting at the
enemy. They had filled in the gap between the Sist and the
30th.
The position was most perilous. "At the time we passed the
house," says one of the cadets, "the Federals were directing
their fire upon us, and the house was made a sounding board
by the striking of the missiles upon its sides." Another says
that after they had come into the orchard "the canister and
other missiles were raining like hail." In a quarter of an
hour they lost one-fifth of their number.
This was the moment when the Federal infantry began their
charge. They came on splendidly part of the way, but now
the Confederates were ready. "We met the entire Rebel force
advancing and firing," says Colonel Wells. "The regiment on
my left, which first met the fire, turned and went back, leaving
the 34th rushing along into the enemy's line." After a gallant
charge almost up to the Confederate line, the 34th was driven
back with heavy losses. The charge might have succeeded
had the gap filled by the cadets remained open. This is the
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opinion of one of the Confederate officers, who says that at
this point the cadets saved the day.
It is more proper to say that the tide of battle was now
definitely turned because all the Confederate commands were
ready to renew the advance. On the right of the 62d the 22d
Regiment had come up. Together they formed a solid line of
veterans. Again Smith moved forward, and this time there
was no check. The Federal troops, already in confusion re-
sulting from their unlucky charge, made no effective re-
sistance, but were quickly swept away. At this moment Cadet
Capt. Henry A. Wise (for Colonel Shipp had fallen) waved
his sword and shouted to the cadets to get up and "give the
Yankees h — ." At once the young soldiers sprang up and
plunged forward, while on each side the veterans, moved to
enthusiasm at the sight, raced forward with them. "Look at
the 'Seed Corn Battalion !' " was the cry. "They yelled, we
yelled with them, the onrush was irresistible."
A thunderstorm burst over the field, and the air was dim
with the driving rain and the smoke clouds. The mud was so
deep in places that advance was very difficult. But nothing
could stop the Confederates now. The 34th Massachusetts
made a desperate resistance, and did not give way until it was
nearly surrounded. After a short time, however, the whole
Federal army was in retreat.
While all this had been taking place on the Confederate cen-
ter and left, success had come to them also on the right.
Here was the weakest part of Breckinridge's line. Indeed,
Derrick had to extend his 23d Battalion in loose skirmish for-
mation in order to cover the wide space assigned him. Op-
posed to him was Stahel's powerful force of cavalry. The ut-
most that he could hope to do was to keep the enemy from
breaking through. Had it not been for the Confederate ar-
tillery behind him, his task would have been an impossible one.
About the time when Sigel advanced his infantry on his
right he ordered his cavalry to charge on his left. The horse-
men came thundering down the pike, while Derrick's men ran
to cover wherever they could find it. But just as the cavalry
came to a little stone bridge Chapman's Battery got the range
and began dropping shells into their midst, while Derrick on
the one side and part of the 22d on the other took them with
an enfilading fire. In a few moments the charge was at an
end. Only a handful of troopers reached the Confederate lines.
The decisive part of the battle was now over. Everywhere
Sigel's army was falling back weary and dispirited. The Con-
federates, however, were never able to turn this retreat into a
rout. Du Font's Battery at last came into action and, firing by
platoon, covered the Federal march. On the other hand, the
Confederates themselves were too exhausted to pursue vigor-
ously, and soon came to a halt.
Sigel took up a third position on Rude's Hill, back near the
river crossing. When the Confederates moved on once more,
there was an artillery duel which lasted until almost dusk,
but Sigel had no mind to renew the battle. He had made a
last stand to cover the withdrawal of his troops across the
Shenandoah. When this was completed, his rear guard de-
stroyed the bridge, and the fight was at an end.
That the battle had been bitterly contested was shown by the
heavy losses. In some of the commands they were terrific.
The 34th Massachusetts lost 202 men ; the S4th Pennsylvania,
174 out of 566. On the other side the 62d Virginia lost 241
out of 500; the cadets, 52 out of the 220 who were in line.
Altogether Sigel lost about 800 men out of his 5,500, while
Breckinridge lost 600 out of his 4,200, nearly one-seventh on
each side. The Confederates captured five pieces of artillery.
It is possible that Sigel's difficulties were great and are not
easily estimated. Nevertheless, he had failed ingloriously and
his campaign had ended in disaster. When Grant heard the
news, he wrote : "Sigel is in full retreat. He will do nothing
but run." Hunter was immediately put in his place.
On the other hand, Breckinridge had won a splendid
triumph. Such had been his celerity, his boldness, and his
skill that a contemporary remarked that the days of Stonewall
Jackson were not over. He had accomplished all that he was
asked to do, and for the present Lee's base of supplies was
safe. It is true the work was soon undone ; but this was be-
cause the North could draw upon fresh and inexhaustible sup-
plies of men, while the South had literally used her last sol-
diers.
Nowhere is this fact more evident than in the struggle at
New Market, when in her desperate need the Confederacy
called out the boys of a training school and, hurrying on to
meet her foe, let them fight in the forefront of the battle.
SEEKS ADDRESS OF OFFICER AT ANDERSONVILLE.
BV DR. M. R. HAMMER, NEWTON, IOWA.
1 have in my library a book, "Five Hundred Days in a Rebel
Prison," written by Charles Fosdick, a member of Company
L, 5th Iowa Volunteers, U. S. A., who was captured at Mission-
ary Ridge near the railroad tunnel, as were at the same lime two
of my mother's brothers, Matthew T, Sparks and William H.
Sparks, both of whom died in Andersonville Prison. They
were members of the Sth Iowa also. Mr. Fosdick was captured
on November 25, 1863, and released in March, 1865, after about
sixteen months ; or, as he says, he was a prisoner five hundred
days. The book contains one hundred and nineteen pages. On
page Zi he says : "The soldiers on duty at the prison as guards
were the 26th Alabama and several companies of Georgia
Home Guards or State Militia. Colonel Sanders commanded
the 26th, while Colonel Iverson had charge of the militia."
On pages 55 and 56 he writes : "The 26th Alabama did not
make frivolous excuses to shoot men, and to my knowl-
edge shot but one man while they remained as our guards,
and he went over the 'dead line' to have an end put to his
misery, and was not killed until he had been repeatedly or-
dered back and would not go, but told the guard to fire, which
he reluctantly did."
The colonel of this regiment protested against the unneces-
sary cruelty that was daily practiced against us, and urged that
we be better fed and cared for, but his protests were unheeded.
In July, 1864, the 26th Alabama was ordered to join Gen.
Joe E. Johnston, and he was relieved by Georgia militia.
I wish some Veteran readers would write me about Colonel
Sanders if he is still alive. I would greatly appreciate a line
from him. If he is deceased and his friends will write where
he is buried, I will raise by subscription some money to erect
a suitable monument for his kindness to the Federal soldiers
under his care at Andersonville, and I will personally con-
tribute ten dollars to start the fund and will also circulate
the petition.
Dr. Hammer has visited within a year many Southern battle
fields, and he is very anxious to pay tribute to "Colonel San-
ders." There is an error in the premises. The Records do
not give such a name as colonel of that regiment. It was
kno\«n as (E. A.) O'Neal's. A point in this connection is
made for Col. Richard Owen. No worthier act of patriotism
and evidence of good wmII has been proposed than that which
is determined by the Veteran for that noble man and patriot.
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The Rose Still Grows Beyond the Wall.
Near a shady wall a rose once grew.
Budded and blossomed in God's free light,
Watered and fed by morning dew,
Shedding its sweetness day and night.
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall.
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a beam of light.
Onward it crept with added strength,
With never a thought of fear or pride.
It followed the light through the crevice's length
And unfolded itself on the other side.
The light, the dew, the broadening view
Were found the same as they were before;
And it lost itself in beauties new.
Breathing its fragrance more and more.
Shall claim of death cause us to grieve
And make our courage faint or fail?
Nay ! let us faith and hope receive ;
The rose still grows beyond the wall,
Scattering fragrance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore.
Just as it did on the other side.
Just as it will forever more. — A. L. Frink.
Judge H. H. Neill.
Associate Justice Hal H. Neill, of the Court of Civil Ap-
peals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District of Texas, died
at Cloudcroft, N. M., of apoplexy on September i, 191 1. His
death came as a great shock. He had recently been in El
Paso on a visit to his son, Robert T. Neill, a young lawyer in
that city, but he had gone to Cloudcroft, where he has been
accustomed to spend the summer.
The son went to Cloudcroft on the first train and accom-
panied the body to Alamogordo, where it was prepared for
burial. The funeral was conducted in El Paso, Judge Neill's
former home, the Masons of that city having charge. The
bench and bar of El Paso took part, and the Masons and bar
of San Antonio sent delegations. Mrs. Neill, who was at San
Antonio, left for El Paso on an early train. Her daughter,
Mrs. Frederick N. Raymond, of Raymondville, in the Lower
Rio Grande country, could not attend the funeral. Just a day
or two before his death Justice Neill was elated by receipt of
a telegram stating that a son had been born to Mrs. Raymond.
The death of Justice Neill causes the first vacancy in the
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals since it was appointed by the
late Governor Hogg in 1893. With John H. James, of San
Antonio, as chief justice and W. S. Fly, of Gonzales, and H.
H. Neill, of El Paso, associate justices, the court was a re-
markably able one, and it had existed for eighteen years.
Judge Neill as a lawyer had few equals. His mastery of
the law was general, and he went into the abtruse fields of law
much deeper than the ordinary jurist does. His industry was
indefatigable ; he frequently worked far into the night rather
than fail to finish investigation of a case.
Justice Neill's ancestry is traced in an unbroken line to the
junior branch of the family of the last The O'Neill of Ireland,
who was buried in Rome in 1616, and whose grave is still
marked.
Judge Neill was a native of Carroll County, Miss. He was
born January 29, 1848, and was reared in the old colonial home
of his father, Col. G. F. Neill, four miles from CarroUton.
His father and his mother, Caroline Hart, were of Robinson
County, Tenn.
In the last year of the Civil War Hal H. Neill, then sixteen
years old, joined the Confederate Army. Although his father
was colonel of the 13th Mississippi, he became one of
Capt. Ike S. Harvey's scouts and saw service in Tennessee,
Alabama, and Mississippi under Generals Forrest and Hood.
After the war he entered the University of Mississippi. Most
of the university students had served in the army, and there
"never was such a class of freshmen as those who entered the
university just after the war."
In 1872 he moved to Stephensville, Erath County, Tex., and
in 1877 he was married to Dora Fagan, of Stephensville, who
survives him. Of their five children two are living, Robert
T. Neill and Mrs. Dora Raymond. He moved to El Paso
in 1882, where he made his home until Governor Hogg ap-
pointed him to the bench, when he made San Antonio his home.
Judge Neill was particularly the friend of young lawyers.
He went out of his way to talk with them on terms of kindly
intimacy and advice. One of these young men is Judge George
Harvey, a Supreme Court judge in the Philippines. Harvey
was his stenographer in his El Paso office, and while in this
capacity he studied law. After the Spanish-American War
Harvey went to the Philippines with letters from Justice Neill
that obtained a hearing and a successful issue.
Justice Neill was a lawyer of national repute. Two of his
opinions handed down on this bench involving the law of di-
vorce and of breach of promise suits have been incorporated
in the textbook taught in the Columbia University law school.
A system of leading cases edited and published in England
containing opinions of the House of Lords and of leading tri-
bunals of the world have contained Justice Neill's opinions.
He had taken all the degrees of Masonry, was an Odd Fellow,
and was a member of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Con-
federate Veterans.
"Jim Abb" Owen.
James A. Owen, a member of Camp W. A. Johnson, at
Tuscumbia, Ala., died at his home, near Cherokee, in Octo-
ber, 1911. He joined Company A, i6th Alabama Regiment, in
June, 1861, was under Zollicoffer at Fishing Creek, under Cle-
burne at Shiloh, and afterwards until that gallant officer was
killed at Franklin. He was severely wounded at Murfrees-
boro, Tenn., and his brother, Arch Owen, was killed at Frank-
lin in front of General Cleburne. J. N. Thompson,
Commander Caml> W. A. Johnson, U. C. V., Tuscumbia, Ala.
Anderson. — West Anderson, who was first lieutenant of
Company A, 28th Mississippi Regiment, died in Durant, Miss.,
on November i, 191 1, aged sixty-nine years. After some years
of ill health, he succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy. He was
a native of Holmes County, Miss., and made a faithful and
brave Confederate soldier. His U. C. V. membership was in
the Holmes County Camp, No. 398.
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John R. Kemp.
John R. Kemp, whose death occurred at Chnton, Ky., July
9, 191 1, was the son of William T. and Sallie Emerson Kemp,
and was born at Burkesville, Ky., May 18, 1844. His parents
moved to Hickman County when he was eight years old, and
the greater part of his life was spent there. At the age of
seventeen he enlisted in the Confederate Army, first joining
the I2th Tennessee Regiment, and he was in that "first
battle" at Belmont, Mo.
After the battle of Shiloh his company was placed with
the 3d Kentucky. In 1864 it was mounted and assigned to
General Forrest. He was in active and hard service for four
years, and was believed to be fatally wounded in the battle
near Franklin. He was carried to the McLemore home, where
he was nursed back to life. Miss McLemore made him her
special charge, and to her unremitting attentions was due his
ultimate recovery. The friendship thus cemented was dissolved
only by death, and the younger generations of both families
still cherish it. Mr. T. M. Rogers, of Florence, Ala., a son of
the former Miss McLemore, journeyed to Clinton to lend the
comfort of his presence to the family in their bereavement.
JOHN R. KEMP.
After the war Mr. Kemp was in Mississippi and Louisiana
for several years. In 1870 he was married at Byhalia, Miss.,
to Miss Julia Raiford, who, with two daughters and a son,
survives him
In 1880 Mr. Kemp was elected circuit clerk of Hickman
County, serving for six years, and was then elected to the
State Senate. He was publisher and editor of the old Clinton
I Democrat for several years. In 1897 he was elected circuit
•1 clerk for the second time, and was filling that office most effi-
ciently at the time of his death.
Mr. Kemp was a faithful member of the Church, also a
Mason, and for years had been Commandant of Ed Crossland
Camp U. C. V. at Clinton. He possessed a most delightful
personality. No appeal to him for charity or sympathy was
ever made in vain. He was the friend and counselor of many.
J. J. C. McMahan.
Capt. J. J. Crittenden McMahan was born in Newport,
East Tennessee, on December 30, 1846; and died at Rome, Ga.,
on September 20, 191 1, while in attendance at the annual re-
union of the Georgia Division, U. C. V.
Captain McMahan enlisted while a mere boy in the 5th Ten-
nessee Cavalry in August, 1864, which was a part of the famed
Wheeler's Cavalo'- He endured with unflinching courage all
the dangers and hardships of his regiment until the surrender
of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in April, 1865.
Soon after the close of the war he moved to Georgia, going
first to Acworth, and from there, after a short residence, tp
Crawford, where he engaged in the mercantile business until
his removal in 1886 to Athens, which was his home at the time
of his death.
In iSfig he married Miss Georgia Myers, of Acworth, who,
with two sons and two daughters, surv'ives him.
"Crit" McMahan, as he was familiarly known, was a man of
strong character and decided individuality, and left his im-
press for good on every community in which he lived. In all
the relations of life his one purpose seemed to be to discharge
every duty incumbent on him and to do the right in all thffigs
as he saw it. A man of rare business judgment, he a'ccutftu-
lated means sufficient to leave his family a tidrnpctency, and
this without stint to others, for his heart, his hands,' ancflhis
purse were ever freely opeii to the calls of the needy and to
every good cause.
He served as Mayor of Athens for one term and as Repre-
sentative from his county in the State legislature for two
terms, and so universal was the confidence in him that he had
no opposition as a candidate.
At the date of his death he was Commander of the local
Camp, U. C. V. in Athens, which position he had held suc-
cessively for seven years. He was also a member of the staff
of the General commanding the Georgia Division. He left
Athens on September 19 to attend the reunion at Rome in com-
pany of comrades, many of whom were able to go through his
kindness and generosity. He was taken suddenly ill after
reaching Rome and breathed his last the next day.
A devoted Christian, distinguished citizen, a courtly gentle-
man, an upright man. he has left behind him a good name as a
heritage for his children.
John S. Bowles.
John Solomon Bowles was born in Houston, Tex., September
13, 1842. Five years later he was taken by his parents to
Austin, and that became his home the remainder of his life.
In 1868 he was married to Miss Marcella Huling, who, with
three sons and four daughters, survives him. He was dis-
tinguished by scrupulous regard for his obligations of every
kind. Of high moral character, he was exemplary in habits
and in devotion to the right.
As a Texas ranger with Big Foot Wallace and other dis-
tinguished Indian fighters he was frequently engaged against
marauding bands of Indians and Mexicans making predatory
incursions into the territory of Texas. A cordial friendship
sprang up between Big Foot Wallace and himself which never
waned until the death of Wallace. He was a gallant Confed-
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erate soldier, having enlisted on October 4, 1861, in Company
A, sth Texas Regiment, for the war, long or short. He par-
ticipated in the battles of Val Verde and Gloretta, N. Mex.,
under General Sibley and with Tom Green as colonel of his
regiment. He was with Gen. Tom Green in his great Louisi-
ana campaign, taking part in the battles for the recapture of
Galveston, the battles of Berwick Bay, La Fourche, Ver-
millionvillc. Yellow Bayou, Pleasant Hill, and the great battle
of Mansfield, La., from which the Confederates carried away
as spoils of victory the enemy's entire artillery, all his equip-
ment for transportation, and four thousand prisoners. He
saw long and hard service, but his ardent patriotism made him
leap to meet it with buoyancy and enthusiasm. He was paroled
by Gen. Wesley Merrett July 26, 1865.
In later years he was employed in various positions at the
State Capitol under the administration of Governors Hogg,
Sayers, Lauban, Campbell, and Colquitt. He was ever faith-
ful in the duties that devolved upon him. He did not die in
the ranks amid the battle's roar and carnage; but on his way
home from his work to dinner on November I he fell by the
way with a stroke of apoplexy, from which he never recovered.
[Data from a tribute by Rev. R. J. Briggs at the funeral.]
John V. Glass.
AN APPRECIATION BY A FRIEND.
A good man is one of nature's best gifts in every age of the
world. His value is never fully estimated and known. A con-
scious spirit of right, fragrant with esteem, rises as incense
from the consecrated altar of a noble life and permeates the
very heart of the community. He thus conveys imperceptibly
his life into the lives of his fellows and leaves this impress
upon them. And while they rejoice in the power of his pres-
ence as he moves through earth, they appreciate his counsel
and footsteps when he is gone.
John V. Glass was in the highest and best sense a good man.
He maintained this reputation from his youth. Always and
everywhere he wore "the white flower of a stainless life." He
was born June 28, 1838; and passed to his reward July 5,
191 1, in Birmingham, Ala. When a mere boy he was con-
verted in the home, and with such saving power of Christ that
he rose above the vices and follies so common to youth.
The foundation of a Christian character was deeply laid in
the soil of his young heart, fostering a love for God, with a
lofty appreciation of all that is noble and uplifting in the hfe
of humanity. He was educated in the local schools of the day,
with an extended academic course in Centenary Institute at
Summerfield, Ala., and thence in a line of excellence became
in i860 the first graduate of the Southern University. I knew
him best as a fellow student, having been intimate for a term
of years, enjoyed his association, and honored him for the
rare virtues that crowned his life.
Soon after graduating he was married to Miss Adella Tay-
lor, of Forkland, Ala., who became a continuous blessing to
him, comforting, encouraging, and sustaining him all the days
of their pilgrim.ige together. She preceded him over two
years to the spirit land, leaving him to the companionship of
his children, who, in a spirit of love, administered the healing
balm and softened life's cares as he approached the end of the
way. Three sons and a daughter cherish his memory.
Not only was he a good citizen and active Christian, but he
made a true and valiant soldier, giving willing service to the
South in the War between the States. He was a member of
Company K, 19th Alabama Regiment, and served in the Army
of Tennessee under Generals Bragg, Johnston, and Hood in
their successive campaigns in Tennessee and Georgia. E.\-
cepting a brief time in the hospital while suffering from a
severe wound, he was always on duty with his command.
John Glass learned in early life the blessedness of toil, with
the value of time, and through efficiency and courteous bear-
ing in the discharge of duty he won the esteem and confidence
of coworkers and employers. He was ever ready to draw the
mantle of charity over the faults of others, and had a sym-
pathetic word for all who were in need of a friend. His best
monument is not of brick or bronze, but in the men and wom-
en for whom his character is a lesson and his words a noble
inspiration. In the garden of God his beautiful spirit will live
on, and the fragrance of his life must ever make our lives
better and sweeter.
Charles H. Vandiver.
On May I, 1840, Charles H. Vandiver was born in Hamp-
shire County, Old Virginia, a son of Archibald and Rebecca
Vandiver. He enlisted early in the C. S. A., and was made
first lieutenant in Company F, 7th Virginia Cavalry, com-
manded by Colonel Ashby. This regiment was under General
Rosser and known as the "Laurel Brigade." Young Vandiver
was a brave and gallant soldier, and while riding at the head
of his company received a wound which incapacitated him for
further active serv-
ice. On August 7,
1864, Lieut. Col.
Thomas Marshall,
then in command of
the regiment, wrote
to Lieutenant Van-
diver, assuring him
of the high esteem in
which he was held
by his comrades, and
expressing regret that
the ties which bound
him to them as a sol-
dier had been so
rudely snapped
asunder. No doubt
that letter was a per-
petual inspiration to
young Vandiver
through life. Colonel
Marshall (he soon
afterwards fell in
battle) closed his letter with these words: "But should 'the
chance of war,' as by some it is called, cause us to meet no
more in this Hfe, I trust that in a higher, holier, and happier
world our acquaintance will be renewed, never to be broken."
At the close of the war he studied law, and later became the
editor of a paper at Keyser, W. Va. For ten years he was
the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of West Virginia. Major
Vandiver, as he was known to most o.f his Missouri friends,
moved to Vernon County, Mo., in 1880, and afterwards in
1883 to Lafayette County, where he continued to reside until
the day of his death, September 7, 191 1. In 1896 Major Van-
diver was elected to the Missouri State Senate from the
Seventeenth District, and was the author of the law making
the Confederate Home of Missouri a State institution.
In early youth he became a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and for many years prior to his death was an elder
in the Church at Higginsville, Mo.
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During his career as a soldier, from 1861 until June, 1864,
he was engaged in a number of battles, and was thrice
wounded and had seven horses shot under him. He was ever
kind-hearted and suave in his manners. The granite of his
nature was covered with flowers.
John W. Cow.^n.
John W. Cowan, a prominent citizen and business man
of Nashville, Tenn., died at his home on April 17, igii, after
a brief illness, in his seventy-fifth year. He was of remark-
able vigor and vitality up to within a short period before his
death. He was born in the County Derry, Ireland, near the
city of Londonderry, on January 15, 1837. He came to this
country with the family in his youth.
He enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbreak of the
Civil War, and served with distinction under Gen. Kirby
Smith and other commanders. At the close of the war he
returned to his home at Shelbyvillc, Tenn., and entered the
firm of Eakin & Cowan, which later became the firm of J. W.
Cowan & Co. In 1874 he removed to Nashville to join his
brothers in the wholesale house of Cowan & Co., retaining,
however, the old family plantation near Shelbyvillc. During
his later years he was engaged in looking after his personal
investments. Possessed of fine business judgment and the
loftiest standard of integrity, he held the esteem of every one
JOHN VV. COWAN.
■who knew him, and he was up to the time of his death the
counselor and helper of many in their business affairs.
He was of deep religious convictions, and the interest he
had and the love he showed for those who had dealings with
him gave him the real friendship of a wide circle of men in
all walks of life. He took an active personal interest in the
affairs of young men, and sought to aid them when practica-
ble. No call was ever made of him but that he would put aside
his personal affairs to answer it. He never married, but
took the deepest interest in his sisters, several of whom lived
with him. He was notably prompt in his business transac-
tions. [He kept the Veter.vn in the name of his sister. Miss
Maggie Cowan, renewing it on the first day of the year. Last
year began on Sunday, and on Monday morning early he
called to renew it.]
Mr. Cowan is survived by two brothers and three sisters —
Capt. George L. Cowan, of Franklin ; Mrs. James H. Clay-
ton, Sr., of Murfreesboro ; R. S. Cowan. Miss Leah Cowan,
and Mrs. Samuel Kinkade, of Nashville.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. James I.
Vance, assisted by Rev. J. H. McNeilly, in the First Presby-
terian Church, of which he was a member.
Col. Thomas C. Beckham.
Maj. Thomas Chisholm Beckham was born at Landsford,
S. C, June 8, 1832; and died at his home, in Rock Hill, S.
C, September 30, 191 1, while in the act of signing an official
paper as a magistrate. At the beginning of the War of the
States he enlisted for one year as a private in Company B,
5th South Carolina Regiment. At the reorganization of his
command at Yorktown he was made captain, and so remained
until the second battle of Manassas, when he was promoted to
be major.
At the close of the war he was lieutenant colonel, but his
title of major, won by "gallant disobedience of orders," stuck,
and by that he was affectionately known. The circumstances
of that "disobedience" were in substance as follows : His regi-
ment, temporarily commanded by another captain, was drawn
up in an open field, affording fine target for a body of
the enemy in the woods in front. The situation called for
action of some kind, and the acting colonel not seeming to
realize the situation. Captain Beckham ran down the line and
begged him to order the regiment either forward or back-
ward. He was ordered to return to his company and attend
to his own business. Rushing back to his command. Captain
Beckham shouted : "Forward, Company B !" The company
obeyed, and the others, thinking the order general, joined in
the charge, and drove the Yankees out of the woods in
short order. Captain Beckham was called to division head-
quarters that night. Both sides of the affair were considered,
and he was made major the next day. Major Beckham was
in many battles, and was three times wounded — once severely
at Chattanooga, and was out of service for three months.
He was buried in a colonel's uniform and in a casket of
gray. The casket was draped with the stars and bars and
decorated with laurel supplied by the U. D. C. Chapters.
[From sketch by Dr. W. A. Pressley, of Rock Hill.]
Harrison B. Lindsev.
Harrison Lindsey died on November 27, igii, at his home
in Ashley County, Ark., after a prolonged illness. He was
born in Pulaski County, Ark., December 19, 1841. His parents
moved soon after to Ashley County, where he resided after-
wards. On June 9, 1861, he volunteered in Company B of
the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, C. S. A. He served faithfully the
four years and never had a furlough. The 3rd Arkansas was
the only regiment from the State in the army of Northern
Virginia. It was a part of Hood's Texas Brigade. After the
surrender at Appomattox he walked to East Tennessee, then
took train to Nashville. There he took a boat for Mem-
phis, and from there traveled on a gunboat to Gaines's
Landing, Ark., whence he walked fifty miles to his old home.
In 1868 he was married to Miss Fannie Morris, who, with
two sons and three daughters, survive him. There being no
Camp in his vicinity, he never joined one, although up to the
time of his death nothing gave him more pleasure than meet-
ing old comrades and talking of war times.
H. B. Lindsey was an honorable, upright man. as well as a
gallant soldier, and had the confidence of all who knew him.
[Data for above from Dr. R. W. Lindsey, of Little Rock.]
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CAPT. M. H. ALLEN.
Capt. M. H. Allen.
Capt. M. H. Allen, a worthy citizen, devoted husband and
father, died on December 20, 1910, at Winona, Miss. Captain
Allen was born in Marion County, Ala., in 1834, but was taken
to Mississippi as an infant, and in that State he spent his use-
ful life with the exception of
about seven years in California
during the fifties. Soon after
his return from the West, Mis-
sissippi seceded from the Union,
and he volunteered his services
to the Confederacy. He en-
listed with the Winona Stars,
which became Company B of
the 15th Mississippi Infantr)',
filling with credit to himself and
honor to his regiment several
offices in his company, and for
some time he acted as quarter-
master of the regiment. He was
severely wounded in the battle of Franklin, Tenn. ; and when
his troops were repulsed and seeing that General Loring was
trying to rally his men for another charge, he walked up to
the General and offered his services to his division.
Captain Allen was married to Miss Mary M. Evans in
Winona on June 24, 1869, and several children survive him.
As a citizen of Montgomery County he was highly respected,
and was twice a member of the State legislature— in 1878 and
in 1908. He died as he had lived, an honest man and a Chris-
tian gentleman.
' CoL. Charles Robektson Vance.
Colonel Vance was born at the Indian settlement, Cherokee,
on the Nolichucky River, in Washington County, Tenn., on
August 22, 1835. His father was Dr. Joseph Harvey Vance,
of Greeneville, and his mother was Jane Sevier, a daughter of
Valentine Sevier, of Greeneville.
Colonel Vance was educated at Rogersville and Rutherford
Academies and at Washington College. After finishing school
he was employed for a year in the store of his uncle, Mr.
George Jones, at Greeneville. He studied law under Judge
Thomas A. R. Nelson and began the practice of his profes-
sion in 1858 at Kingsport.
When the War between the States broke out, he enlisted
in Company K, 19th Tennessee Regiment, and served until
the campaign about Nashville. He contracted typhoid fever
while sleeping in the trenches at Murfreesboro. He had been
designated to take command of a regiment, but his illness
prevented his return to active service. He was mustered out •
of active service into the quartermaster's department. Later
during the war, when it became necessary for the Confederacy
to secure arms, he was commissioned to collect arms in East-
ern Tennessee. Conditions were such in that strongly divided
section of the State that threats were made to kill any one
who would attempt to carry out this commission. The matter
was in the hands of Col. J. G. King, of Bristol. Colonel Vance
was well known throughout that section of the State and had
the confidence of both Northern and Southern sympathizers.
The people said that if he would consent, they would turn
over their arms to him but that otherwise they would make
determined resistance. At the earnest solicitation of Colonel
King, Colonel Vance accepted this commission, collected guns,
gave to each owner a certificate, then had the guns boxed and
shipped to Knoxville, Tenn., without any disturbance what-
ever.
On October 16, i860 he was married in Arcadia, Tenn., by
Rev. Daniel Rogan, to Miss Margaret Jane Newland, the
daughter of Joseph M. Newland and Rebecca Anderson. Soon
after his marriage he moved to Kingsport and began the
practice of law, but a little later he removed to Bristol.
Owing to the bitterness of the reconstruction period, it be-
came necessary for him to refugee for three years. He went
to Estilville (now Gate City), Va. At the close of this period
he returned to his residence at Bristol and again resumed the
practice of his profession there and for thirty years was one
of the foremost members of the Eastern Tennessee bar. Dur-
ing the greater part of this time, until 1885, he was in a law
partnership with Capt. J. H. Wood, under the firm name of
Vance & Wood.
Colonel Vance united with the Presbyterian Church at
Kingsport when he was a lad, under the preaching of Dr.
Rogan. When he moved to Bristol, he was made an elder in
the Church and then clerk of session, which position he held
for about thirty-five years. In the nineties he was a candidate
for Congress on the prohibition ticket, and in the Tilden and
Hendricks campaign he was a Democratic elector and the mes-
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COL. CHARLES R. VANCE.
senger carrying the vote of Tennessee to Washington for that
ticket. He represented the Church as commissioner to the
General Assembly, and for twenty years was President of the
Board of Trustees of King College.
Two of his three sons, James I. and Joseph A., are eminent
ministers; the other, Charles R., is a physician. His two
daughters. Miss Margaret J. and Mrs. C. L. Hedrick, reside
in Bristol with their widowed mother.
Colonel Vance's funeral took place from the First Presby-
terian Church of Bristol on Tuesday, November 14, 191 1, and
his remains were interred in the cemetery there.
A Centenarian Dies by Accident.
William A. Reed died recently in the California Soldiers'
Home, at the age of one hundred and one years and seven
months, through a slight injury to a foot. He was a native
of Vicksburg, Miss., and a Mexican veteran.
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Barnett M. Cook.
Barnett M. Cook entered the Confederate army April 20,
1864, when in his eighteenth year, in Company G, 12th Ken-
tucky Cavalry, Forrest's Corps (composed of Graves and Cal-
loway County men), commanded by the ever-gallant Capt.
James F. Melton, now deceased.
In the fighting on July 14, 1864, in front of Harrisburg.
Miss., Barnett M. Cook was of the one hundred and fifty
skirmishers covering the front of the Kentucky
brigade and participated in the famous charge of
that brigade on that fatal day. These skirmishers
were commanded by the redoubtable Irish captain,
J. J. Kellcher, of Company H (killed at Duck River
B. M.COOK. ^^^ Hood's retreat from Nashville), and Lieut.
William J. Mathis, of Company G. same regiment. They at-
tained the nearest proximity to the Federal breastworks of
any of the Confederate troops, but lost more than fifty per
cent of their number.
Barnett M. Cook was a soldier wholly without venditation,
and did his full duty on all occasions and with an alacrity
characteristic of the gallant men of that company and regi-
ment, and he still lives in the memory and in the hearts of his
surviving comrades. His parole, dated May 16, 1865, which
he kept inviolate, attested his adherence to the waning cause
of the Confederacy.
He was born at Roydvillc, Graves County, Ky., September
18, 1846; and died at Elmo, Independence County, Ark., Octo-
ber 18, 191 1, of complications superinduced by a stroke of
paralysis. He was a faithful soldier of the cross, of the
Baptist persuasion, and an active Mason.
Dead of John R. Dickens Camp, Sardis, Miss.
L. F. Rainwater, Adjt. of John R. Dickens Camp, reports:
"At the reorganization of our Camp on April 3, 1909, there
were enrolled thirty-six members. Since that date thirteen
have passed 'over the river' to rest. In the two years and
eight months one-third of our membership have answered
the "last roll call.' Our ranks are being more rapidly depleted
now than they were during the four years of war. We es-
caped death from whistling Minies, roaring cannon, and
bursting shell to fall a victim to time's imerring shaft, from
whose deadly aim there is no retreat nor protecting bulwark.
"The names of the thirteen dead are as follows : Capt. E. S.
Walton, Commander of the Camp, Hudson's Mississippi Bat-
tery; A. \V. Rudisill, Treasurer, Co. A, 4th Reg. Tenn. Inf.;
Dr. John Wright, Surgeon 15th Miss. Inf.; T. J. Taylor,
4th Miss. Inf.; R. T. Hunter, Co. H, 18th Miss. Cav.; Ed L.
Wright, Virginia Battery; N. R. Sledge, Co. H, 28th Miss.
Cav.: J. D. Hanson, Co. A. 14th Miss. Light Art.; W. H.
Short, Co. F, I2th Miss. Inf.; W. H. Wall, Confederate
States Navy ; J. Low, Co. K, Ballentine's Miss. Cav. ; R.
Dcnman, 4th Miss. Inf.: A. D. Harris, Co. H, 5th Miss. Cav."
MISS MARY AMELIA SMITH.
[Sec Sketch of this Ncjhle. Kiiithful Daughter in Jami:irv Vi-:tek.\n, pagje 52.
Capt. William W. Martin.
William W. Martin was born at Bunker Hill, White
County, Tenn., February 20, 1835 ; and died at Conway, Ark.,
December 10, 1911. When he was thirteen years old, his
father moved to a farm in Van Buren County. Ark., and here
the boy grew to manhood.
Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the
Confederate army, aiding in the organization of Company
A, loth Arkansas Infantry, of which he was made third lieu-
tenant. He served to the end of the war, and was promoted
to the rank of captain. No truer, braver soldier ever wore
the gray. An example of his dauntless courage was his es-
cape from a Federal prison with the Confederate uniform on
and making his way for hundreds of miles through the terri-
tory of the enemy to his homeland in the South.
He loved the Confederate soldier, and never missed a Re-
union. His standing among his comrades at home is attested
by his being Commander of Jeff Davis Camp, No. 213, U. C.
v., when he died.
To the end of his life he was a fighter; but the energy and
courage and fidelity that held him true as steel to a soldier's
duty during the war had since the war been directed to the
destruction of what he conceived to be wrong and the build-
ing up of what he conceived to be right and good. He was a
successful and influential business man, and he took an active
interest in all the movements and enterprises that had for
their aim the uplift of the people. He gave liberally his time,
his thought, and his money to the poor and afflicted, to im-
provement of business and farm methods, to better streets and
better roads, to better sanitary and moral conditions, to
Churches, schoolhouses, and colleges. Three colleges in his
home town enjoy his munificence, and to one of them, Hen-
drix, a college for boys, he has given not less than $75,000.
For a number of years he was Mayor of his town, and
several times he was elected representative of his county in
the legislature or other positions, but only when these positions
offered opportunity for signal service to his people. On ac-
count of his progressiveness, his qualities of leadership, and
his strikingly unselfish life he had a State-wide influence, and
was known and honored beyond her borders. By common
acclamation he was the foremost citizen of his community.
It is on everybody's lips : "We shall not see his like again."
He was never married. That part of his fortune he did
not administer himself in benevolence he left to his brothers
and sisters and their children. To his county and State he
leaves the example of a spotless character, and to the thinning
lines of Confederate soldiers he bequeaths a stainless name.
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CREDIT TO WHEELER CLAIMED TOR OTHERS.
[C. M. Calhoun in Columbia (S. C. ) State]
I exceedingly regret to brand again certain communications
appearing in the September Veteran bearing on tlie part taken
by Generals Hampton, Butler, and Wheeler in the charge on
General Kilpatrick's cainp on the morning of March lo, 1865,
as infamous and false. Such would not have been written if
cither of the three were now living. I had hoped that abler
pens than mine would have answered these untruth lil charges
against our command and commanders. Finding none, I take
up the cudgel myself in defense of right and justice.
Years ago there appeared in the Veteran an account of this
battle by one of General Wheeler's men, giving the former all
credit and not once mentioning Generals Hampton and But-
ler. I took it upon myself to reply. The Veteran refused to
publish it, saying, "Our pages are not open to controversy.
Vou might be mistaken as well as they."
While General Wheeler and his command possessed many
good fighting qualities, yet neither he nor his men were immune
to many bad ones. It is a well-known fact that they as a whole
cr in part were badly disciplined, and were greatly dreaded
even by their friends at times. It is also a well-known fact
that there was great dissatisfaction among them when Gen-
eral Hampton was placed in command, superseding General
Wheeler.
Xow as to the point at issue, I will give their side of this
fight; next I will see what Kilpalrick said; next, Generals
Hampton and Butler; and, lastly, what came under my own
observation, letting the reader draw his own conclusion as to
praise or censure in this conflict.
W. G. Allen, of Dayton, Tenn., says: "On Alarch 9, 1865,
General Wheeler laid the plan of the early morning attack of
the loth on Kilpatrick's camp. When near the point we were
to occupy, we bogged so that but few of the men got through.
[Mark this last expression.] General Wheeler brought on
the attack. W. S. Redderick, of the sth Tennessee, told me he
was the first man to reach Kilpatrick's quarters and he had
left his sword, uniform, and boots ; also a woman, presumably
his wife. I did not see General Butler and General Wheeler
did not speak of him. W. S. Redderick is an elder of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church." I suppose the fact of his
being an elder makes the above declaration beyond dispute.
Report of Joseph A. Jones, Company K, 51st Alabama:
"We marched all day March 9 in a rain. At 3 a.m. on the loth
we were halted and ordered to dismount, and on the appear-
ance of day moved to the top of the hill in front of us, where
we beheld the sleeping camp of 8,000 of Kilpatrick's cavalry
well armed and mounted. General Wheeler from 2 a.m. on
March 10 had gone around Kilpatrick's camp, dismounted,
with his escort and had captured all the pickets and reserves ;
and when our brigade of Alabamians went into line of bat-
tle, we could see over the entire camp, and I saw but one Fed-
eral soldier stirring. It was a complete surprise. General
Wheeler dashed up to General Hampton, saying, 'With your
permission I will dismount my men, making the capture of the
entire camp sure.' With quiet dignity General Hampton re-
plied: 'General Wheeler, as a cavalryman I prefer making this
capture mounted." The cyclonic operations following this
bugle sound can better be imagined than described. General
Butler commanded the Hampton Legion (this legion was
then a part of Gen. Mart Gary's command in Virginia)."
Continuing, this writer of history says : "A few minutes
after the fight began I saw the South Carolinians, with
Wheeler in their front begging them to go forward to the
assistance of their comrades, but they refused."
Sam Bennett, another Richmond in the field, who saw
from afar off, says: "Our regiment was within three hundred
yards of the house where Kilpatrick ran from. We captured
his spotted pony and gave it to Wheeler. I don't know any-
thing of General Butler being there."
Soldiers of Hampton and Butler, what have you to say of
such slander? What about it. Gen. U. R. Brooks, a courier of
Butler? What about it. Major Eison and Capt. Hugh Scott,
two famous scouts of Hampton and Butler?
Now let us see what Kilpatrick has to say. He gives Hamp-
ton and Butler some recognition at least :
"Headquarters C.-walrv Command in the Field.
March 11, 1865.
"I rode through one of General Hampton's divisions, which
at II P.M. had flanked General Atkins. My escort of fifteen
men were captured, but I escaped with my staff. General
Hampton had marched all day and rested his men about three
miles from Colonel Jordan's position at 2 a.m., and just before
daylight charged my position with three divisions of cavalry,
Hampton led the center, and in less than a minute had driven
back my men, taken possession of my headquarters, captured
my aids, and the whole command was flying before the most
formidable cavalry charge I have ever witnessed. Colonel
Spencer and my staff were virtually taken prisoners. On foot
I succeeded in reaching my retreating columns in a swamp,
whose penetration was impossible to friend or foe,"
We charged with only two small brigades, Butler's and
Young's of Georgia, forming as it did a part of Butler's Di-
vision sent back from Virginia.
Now as to General Butler's version of the fight, as often re-
lated in private and public speeches. The reader will see he
is very mild and says but little of General Wheeler. I will
give only a synopsis of it : "With a small bodyguard, riding at
the head of the column on the night previous to the charge
of Kilpatrick's camp, I spied a troop of cavalry approaching.
I hailed them and found they were a company of Kilpatrick's
men returning to picket the road, I ordered them to advance,
at the same time opening my column ; and when they did so,
I captured the whole bunch without the firing of a gun. Seeing
the predicament the enemy's camp was now in, I immediately
communicated the situation to General Hampton, when plans
were made to charge the enemy's camp at daylight. General
Wheeler was also notified. He was on another road, and was
to make the charge on his side at the first sound of our guns.
I sent some of my scouts into the camp to locate Kilpatrick's
headquarters, which they did. At the dawn of day I placed
these men thirty feet in front of my column and told them
that at the command to charge they were to make right for
Kilpatrick's camp and capture him. He ran out in his night
clothes and escaped capture. After many charges had been
made wdierever any of the enemy could be found, General
Wheeler rode up, remarking, 'General, where are your men?'
General Butler replied: 'Scattered like — ! Where is your
command?' General Wheeler replied: 'We could not get
across a certain swamp to your assistance.' "
I have never heard General Hampton's report of the bat-
tle, but when he met Kilpatrick under flag of truce at the
armistice, Kilpatrick remarked : "I had been working hard
for promotion to a major generalship; but when I heard
the Rebel yell of your command right in my camp, I said:
'Well, after all these years, all is lost.' "
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Now, this is quite long enougli ; yet 1 will beg leave to tell
only what I saw and nothing of what I heard, and I propose
to be impartial too.
Butler's and Young's badly depleted brigades formed then
Butler's Division, Hampton's command of it, and Wheeler's
Cavalry. We had been in the saddle for many days without a
square meal, sometimes in front, sometimes in the rear of the
enemy. Soine time in the day of March 9, 1865, w'e struck
upon Kilpatrick's trail and followed it until we saw a deserted
camp with fires still burning. Halting but a minute or two,
we marched on in the darkness a short distance in a drizzling
rain, and soon halted again. My regiment and company was
leading the column. At this moment I saw the outline of a
party of men under guard being taken back along the line to
the rear. Some one remarked: "Our scouts have captured
their pickets." We were then marched a mile or so and halted
and dismounted, awaiting daylight. The order was passed
down in undertone to mount and move forward. Soon we saw
the sleeping camp of the enemy. Butler's Brigade soon formed
into line, led by General Hampton in person, General Young's
brigade, led by General Butler, being at right angles with ours,
forming a half square; while General Wheeler, not being with
us. but on another road, I suppose was to bring up the other
side of the square.
Butler's Brigade, to wliich I belonged, charged in on the
prison side of the enemy's camp, W'hcn several hundred Con-
federates they had as prisoners broke their guard and came,
meeting us on the first sound of the Rebel yell. This some-
what disconcerted some of our men at first, and, sad to say,
one overjoyous fellow was shot with his arms around the neck
of one of our trooper's horse. Several charges were made back
and forth, often by companies, wherever a squad of the enemy
was in sight. The proudest man I saw was Abe Broadwater,
who captured a major, getting a fme horse, watch, and $1,^5 in
greenbacks. Many hand-to-hand fights were had by individual
soldiers. My captain's life was saved by another.
Our boys for a time had things their own way. Finally
there were few of the enemy to be found. It surely was a
grand achievement, and would have had no dark side had our
troops then been called ofT, for up to this time our loss was
quite small indeed. It must be remembered that our men were
starved out. There was nothing in the commissary and less
in our stomachs, for virtually we were then living on air and
but little water, not being allowed at times to quench the thirst
of man or horse when crossing a stream. In this condition is
it not natural for the men, after the enemy had been routed and
thoy were left in the possession of a camp rich in everything
to satisfy a hungry man, to make greedily for those things?
The enemy, no doubt, anticipated this, rallied, and, being re-
enforced, came down upon us.
It was at this time that General Wheeler made his appear-
ance and had the conversation with General Butler. Now I
ask if General Wheeler could not carry out his part of the
plan and cross a certain swamp that the enemy fled to, where
was his command when he himself came? But these Whccler-
ites attempted to write history after these three noted gen-
erals are dead, trying to make it appear that they did it all,
even to the first charge of the enemy's camp, when, like
Sampson at Santiago, they were many miles oflf. I have serious
doubts if his loss of the few that did finally come to our as-
sistance with Wheeler would amount to a score of men, while
itiy company alone lost half of its men, and did not leave the
ground until called oflf by our commander.
Kilpatrick must have had many horses, for I saw two that
we captured at his headquarters, and they were roans and
not spotted.
I did not see Kilpatrick myself, but was told by a batch of
prisoners I went out w'ith that after running out in his night
clothes he mounted a horse without saddle or bridle and made
his escape. One of our men, dashing up. asked, "Where is
Kilpatrick?" and was told by Kilpatrick himself: "There he
goes — on that horse." It proved to be one of his aids, which
were all captured, but he saved his own hide thereby.
Wheeler's men might just as well claim the victory over a
company of the enemy on the streets of Fayetteville next day
as to lay claim to this. It is really a worse case than Samp-
som and Schley, or of the old man, Betsey, and the bear.
THE OTHER SIDE AT FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
BY W. H. MORRIS, CO. B, lOTH OHIO VOLS., SUNBURV, OHIO.
As you are publishing communications on the fight near
Fayetteville, N. C, and as they are very interesting to me, I
thought it might be of some interest to your readers to know
what force was opposed to them.
We had been crossing the head of the Pedec River (on the
9th of March), which was mostly swamp, and the Confed-
erate cavalry was crossing the river a mile to our left, and
after crossing we came to where the roads forked. Our ist
and 3d Brigades were in advance, and they moved on, and
then the Confederates moved on the same road; then our 2d
Brigade moved on the same road. Thus Wheeler and Hamp-
ton were sandwiched between our ist and 3d Brigades and
our 2d Brigade.
Not knowing this, Kilpatrick, being with the ist and 3d
Brigades, did not throw out a rear guard, supposing our 2d
Brigade was in his rear, which was the reason that he was
surprised. Our 2d Bri-
gade came up to the
Confederate camp and
formed a line without
being discovered, and we
expected to charge
through the camp in the
night. I confess I did
not like the prospect, as
I was on the extreme
lift. But wc got orders
10 take another road
iround to our left; and
when we came to that
■oad, Hardee's Corps, or
\hat was left of Hood's
rmy, was marching on
I, and we could not go
hat way. I felt that I
would rather go back and
nttack the Confederate
camp that w^as asleep.
Hut we found a citizen
who for '$500 in green-
backs and $5,000 in Confederate money agreed to pilot our 2d
Brigade around to our right: so the 2d Brigade was not in the
fight, but was four miles oflf at the time.
Our 1st Brigade was made up of the 3d and 8th Indiana,
2d and 3d Kentucky, and the 9th Pennsylvania. The 3d Bri-
gade was composed of the ist Alabama (white"), 5th Ken-
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tucky, 5th Ohio, 13th Pennsylvania, and three hundred dis-
mounted men, also the 23d New York Light Battery and the
loth Wisconsin Light Battery.
That was all that were in the fight at Fayetteville — a
force between 3.500 and 4,000 strong. Our brigade was about
1,500 strong. Our 2d Brigade consisted of the pad Illinois
Mounted Infantry, gth Michigan, 9th and loth Ohio, and Mc-
Laughlin's Ohio Squadron.
Mr. Morris Reports Capture of Col. Alfred Rhett.
We had forty picked scouts from the division — there was
one from my company — and they were dressed in gray and
went in and out of the Confederate lines almost with im-
punity. At a small skirmish in North Carolina (I think be-
fore we got to Fayetteville) Col. Alfred Rhett was in front
of his line when our scouts rode out of his line and up to
him and told him he was a prisoner, and if he made any re-
sistance they would kill him. Then the scouts ordered him to
lead them and brought him in our lines.
I remember him as about twenty-five or thirty years old,
about five feet six inches tall. He was dressed in a new uni-
form and was as clean as a new pin. He was brought into our
lines near where I was. He had on a very fine pair of patent
leather boots, and the boys said they were so small that none
of us could get them on.
Our scouts were commanded by a lieutenant who was a
North Carolinian and had (to me) the peculiar speech of the
Southern people, which kept the scouts from being detected.
Another Account by Dr. E. W. Watkins, Elijah, Ga.
I was in the fight near Fayetteville, N. C, and no event of
the war left a more vivid recollection. I belonged to Com-
pany D, 6th Georgia Cavalry (John R. Hart), under Wheeler.
On March 9, 1865, Wheeler's Brigade marched slowly in a
misty rain most of the day, moving toward Fayetteville, N.
C, and when night came we continued to march until about
2 or 3 A.M. of the loth. During the march after nightfall,
while riding leisurely along, it being rather dark, to my sur-
prise, I discovered a Yankee riding in our columns by my
side, which I reported to our commander at the head of our
column. A halt was made and a detail of picked men given
me with orders to go back after our rear guard, which we
supposed had a number of prisoners. On going back no guard
was found, but in lieu of that a column of Yankees who had
captured our guard and prisoners. Returning and reporting
this, we were halted. The Yankees were marching on a paral-
lel road and soon "mixed up with us." We remained here
until just before day. In the meantime we were within from
four t» six hundred yards of where Kilpatrick went into camp.
While resting Wheeler went in person, with staff and some
other men, and captured all sentinels placed on picket ; so when
day dawned, we had nothing to do but to ride on into their
camp, which we did without the firing of a gun.
It was now daylight, and the head of our column rode up to
the top of the ridge to a cabin which I took to be an old
schoolhouse, where Kilpatrick's headquarters were. I was
within one hundred and twenty-five yards of the headquarters,
as I was in the sixth company (D) and necessarily down
toward the foot of the hill. The Yankees, being surprised,
hustled out from under their little tents, some with pants on,
others with only their night clothing, carrying their guns, and
ran across the ridge. No firing was done as we went in on
them. They ran out, leaving all horses and equipage. The
Yanks fell back over the hill, formed, and came back, then
the fight began. I dismounted, picked out the best horse I
could find, saddled him with the best saddle, picked out good
equipage, saddlebags, blankets, etc., and mounted. Having
a led horse now, I was not in much fix for fighting, and too
many others were like me in equipping themselves instead of
fighting. My excuse was that I had lost two good horses —
one shot under me, the other captured with me — and I was
trying to play even.
As I saw it, the 6th Georgia Regiment under Wheeler were
the first Confederate troops to reach Kilpatrick (no other
troops in sight) ; but when the mix-up came, others came in
and participated. We fought until eleven or twelve that day,
having our orderly sergeant killed and some others wounded.
THE FAYETTEVILLE (N. C.) ROAD FIGHT.
BY JOHN W. DU HOSE, ALLENVILLE, ALA.
On March 5, 1865, General Wheeler, accompanied by Mc-
Knight and Nance, privates in a Texas regiment, swam the
Yadkin River, then in extraordinary flood and about a mile
wide, leaving the command on the Southern side. The
anxiety of the General was to know the respective routes that
had been taken by Hardee after crossing the Pedee at
Cheraw and by Sherman's cavalry under Kilpatrick. It was
believed at Cheraw that Sherman intended to reach the rear
of Lee at Petersburg by way of Charlotte and Lynchburg.
But after Hardee crossed on the Cheraw bridge, immediately
burned by Gen. M. C. Butler, it was ascertained tliat Sher-
man was marching for Fayetteville, and not for Charlotte.
Wheeler, therefore, considered it his duty to communicate
with Hardee at all hazards. The oldest river men had never
seen higher water nor a more angry current. No boat
could live in it. The fiats had all been taken away, in fact,
to prevent their use by the foe.
On the 7th Wheeler found that Captain Shannon, com-
mander of his scouts, with about thirty-five men, had crossed
at a ferry higher up. He took command in person, and,
coming upon a marauding party of Kilpatrick's, charged
them and killed a considerable number.
The river subsided rapidly, and on the 8th the entire com-
mand crossed. Up to this time the two commands, Wheeler's
and Butler's, had never operated as one. Hampton, among
other South Carolina officers of distinction, had been ordered
to his State from the Army of Northern Virginia for politi-
cal effect, and Hampton was promoted over his senior,
Wheeler, for political reasons. It was Lieutenant General
Hampton, commanding Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler's division,
about 800 strong, and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's corps of
several divisions, about 4,000 strong.
It must be said in acknowledgment of the high-bred cour-
tesy of Hampton that he studiously avoided any show of
authority over Wheeler that was avoidable. He assumed the
duties the government had assigned to him without his con-
sent, but he gave Wheeler free rein. He never went into a
fight to command him, and always treated him with studied
consideration in personal and official contact. It was only
one among other evidences of his greatness.
On the 9th it was ascertained that Kilpatrick was between
Hampton, on the march, and Hardee at Fayetteville. Some-
thing had to be done, and done without delay. Kilpatrick had
been passing from one detachment of his command to another
during the day of the gth. A part of the time he rode in the
carriage of the gentleman in the low country of South Caro-
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lina whom he had robbed. In the carriage was the girl he
had brought out from Savannah to escort home in security to
her friends in the North. Lieut. H. Clay Reynolds, of Shan-
non's Scouts, had been captured during some daring feat on the
night of the 8th. All next day his captors made him march
afoot and a part of the time trailing behind the carriage of the
invading general, who lay with his head in the girl's lap for
greater consolation in troublous times. Reynolds wore a
pair of hightop boots, the like of which it would not be easy
to find in any shoe store in the Confederacy. His captors
removed them and put on him a pair of brogans that blis-
tered his soles and wore off both big toe nails. On the night
of the gth he escaped, as was usual with him, and he re-
joined his command for the serious work it was to engage in
at dawn of the loth.
In the gloaming of the evening of the pth General Butler,
riding at the head of Humphrey's Regiment of his own
troops, saw in the short distance some troops approaching
on a fork road. Speaking low, he inquired of the colonel who
they were. Humphreys did not know. He had out no de-
tachment. Quick as thought Butler halted Humphreys and
rode alone to the junction of the two roads. "Who comes
there?" he shouted. "Fifth Kentucky," answered the officer
connnanding. "Ride forward, sir. I would confer with you."
The officer, with an orderly, approached. Butler turned his
horse, requesting the officer to follow. As the two struck
the head of Humphreys's column Butler drew his revolver,
pressed it against the head of the captive officer, and com-
manded his surrender. Humphreys was required to go with
his command to surround the 5th Kentucky, which was cap-
tured without firing a gun. General Kilpatrick himself was
with that detachment at that moment, but escaped with his
staff.
General Butler immediately reported this occurrence to
General Hampton. Scouts were sent out. and on their report
Hampton ordered all his command. Wheeler and Butler, to
attack the enemy's camp at dawn next day.
Kilpatrick reported: "Hampton had marched all day and
rested his men about three miles from Colonel Jordan's
position at two o'clock in the morning, and just before day-
light charged my position with three divisions of cavalry,
Humes's, .Mien's, and Butler's. Hampton led the center
division (Butler's), and in less than a minute had driven
back my people and taken possession of my headquarters,
captured the artillery, and the whole command was fleeing
before the most formidable cavalry charge I ever have wit-
nessed. Colonel Spencer and a large part of my staff were
virtually taken prisoners,"
Wliccler and Butler in personal letters to this writer say
that General Hampton was not on the field. Wheeler was
tlic ranking officer on the field. I attach here a personal let-
ter written by one of Shannon's Scouts, a sergeant of that
commnnd. He is a gentleman of the highest standing in the
business world, one of several brothers, natives of Alabama,
who were prominent Confederate soldiers and later distin-
guished civilians :
"Dallas, Tex., August 15, 191 1.
"Shannon's Scouts were in the lead (of the column in
order of attack') when General Wheeler came forward in the
darkness and ordered Captain Shannon to go out and capture
the pickets, and to do so if possible without firing a gun. This
was done. We captured the videttes and then the reserve.
Captain Shannon was anxious to locate General Kilpatrick's
headquarters and to locate 118 of our men who were prisoners.
He sent Joe Rogers and B. Peebles into the camp on foot, and
they located both. As Rogers and Peebles came back they
brought two horses each. General Wheeler rode up just as
they came back, and Captain Shannon told him that two of
his men had just been in the enemy's camp. General Wheeler
had them to tell him all about where the prisoners were and
where General Kilpatrick's headquarters were. He seemed
astonished that they could bring out the horses.
"General Wheeler then ordered Captain Shannon to place
his scouts around close up as pickets, which was done. Burke,
from the nth Texas, and myself, from the sist Alabama,
were placed on the right about one hundred yards from the
sleeping enemy. While sitting on our horses and keeping a
strict watch for any movement, we heard some one coming
from the direction of our command on horseback. We sat
alert, with pistols cocked, waiting for him to ride up, as we
were too close to the enemy to challenge him. When he rode
up, we discovered that it was General Wheeler; and as he
knew each member of the scouts by name, I said: 'This is
Hardie, General.' He asked: 'Where are the enemy?' Point-
ing to them, I said: 'There they are. General.' 'What, that
near and all asleep?" he said. 'Won't we have a picnic at
daylight?' 'What brigade is in front, General?' I asked.
'The Alabama brigade,' he answered. I said: 'I wish it was
the Texas brigade because they arc armed with six-shooters.
'The Texas brigade is just behind the Alabama and will
charge on the right,' he replied.
"The Alabama brigade, with the escort, General Wheeler
and Shannon's Scouts, charged the center, where were Gen-
eral Kilpatrick's headquarters and where our men were held
as prisoners.
"The Texas brigade ran into a marsh and had to turn
back, but they were turned to the left and soon came up and
joined in with the others, but still a little to the right of the
.Alabama brigade.
"As soon as our men who were prisoners heard the shots
they told the guards : 'That is Wheeler charging ; you had
better save yourselves.' The guard dashed away and the
prisoners began to help them.selvcs to arms, horses, and what-
ever they wanted. They secured all of General Kilpatrick's
personal horses. He had two fine stallions — one a little
spotted horse and the other a large black. The spotted horse
was secured by a man named Scales, of the 51st Alabama,
who also got General Kilpatrick's sword and pistols. * * * *
General Kilpatrick left his hat, coat, pants, sword, and pistols,
etc. Butler's Division charged on our right and entered the
enemy's camp as soon as we did. A. F. Hardie."
A continuation of the narrative is made from the account
of Edward Kennedy, then a youth and member of Shannon's
Scouts, now a responsible man of business in Alabama.
Among other things of interest, he tells how the bugler of
General Kilpatrick's headquarters stood while it was not yet
light with the mouthpiece at his lips and breath drawn. At
the instant Pelote, Wheeler's bugler, riding by the General's
side, sounded the charge. "To-day I feel the blood tingle in
my finger tips as that bugle call returns to me," writes Ken-
nedy. Kilpatrick's bugler never sounded the note.
General Kilpatrick told General Butler in Washington that
he had just stepped from his door to walk around, as was his
habit, to see his horses fed in the early morning, when he saw
the gray cavalrymen in full charge. Perhaps so. Did major
general on a damp and chilly March morning ever before
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walk out without boots or hat, without trousers or cloak to
see his horses fed? Some Alabamiaiis saw the commander
of Sherman's Cavalry leap dishabille from the low window
of his bedroom, and five Alabamians claim to have shot at
him as he ran.
Lieutenant Reynolds tells how in the fighting General
Wheeler rode up to him, saying : "Come with me. I have
neither staff nor escort." The Lieutenant remarked : "Gen-
eral, we are between our line and the enemy's, and both are
shooting this way." "Never mind that; we must keep our
men advancing," said the General, and the two rode on,
cheering as they went.
[This account of the fight at Fayctteville, N. C., is con-
tributed by Mr. DiiBose from his book on "General Wheeler
and the Army of Tennessee," now in process of publication.
Much has appeared in the Veteran about this Fayetteville
fight in the last year or so, and the vivid account here given
of what was but a minor engagement of that command prom-
ises much for the book. The Nance mentioned as having
swum the river with General Wheeler was not an Alabamian.
but a Tcnnesseean, a resident of Nashville, and when in
Nashville General Wheeler would always see hini. He was
a bugler. — Editor Veter.\n.]
THE BOY CADETS AT NEW MARKET, VA.
BY WALTER A. CLARK, AUGUSTA, GA.
I wrote the following verses some years ago in general
recognition of the g.illantry of the boyish corps whose timely
aid saved the Confederacy from serious disaster. I repro-
duce them here in special memory of Dr. John F. Bransford,
who began his military life as a boy cadet in this gallant
charge and whose whole career as a surgeon and soldier was
marked by a lifelong heroism and soldierly devotion to duty.
In May, 1864, General Lee's coinmunications with the
Shenandoah Valley were seriously threatened by the advance
of General Sigcl's Federal command upon Staunton, Va.
Lee's army was confronted by a force so largely its superior
in numbers that no troops could be spared from its lines, and
Breckinridge's two small divisions seemed entirely inade-
quate to check the movement. General Lee was reluctant to
use the boy cadets at the Virginia Military Institute, but the
emergency was so great that the order was finally given. As
they filed into camp the old soldiers greeted them with tlic
nursery song of "Rock-a-By Baby," but they fought like vet-
erans, capturing four pieces of artillery and a hundred prison-
ers and losing in killed and wounded 56 of the 225 boys
in line.
General Breckinridge had shared General Lee's reluctance
to subjecting these young lads to the horrors of war, and
had ordered them held in reserve, but through misconception
or disregard of his instructions they were placed in tlie center
of the b:ittle line. As they moved with faultless step through
the lead-smitten air, Breckinridge turned his head away —
the sight was too patlietic even for his soldierly eyes.
On the college ground the boys liad played
With their mimic drill and their dress parade,
But the time had come that wartime spring
To give them a taste of the real thing.
Far up the valley came Sigol's Corps
With his horse and foot and his guns galore,
And to stem the tide there were barely then
Four thousand of Echol's and Wharton's men.
So the order came for the boy cadets
'lo fight by the side of the war-worn "vets."
And forth they marched at the battle cry,
Ready to dare and ready to die.
Their dress was new and their guns were bright,
And their step was true and trim and light,
And their girlish faces smooth and fair
As they marched to war with a jaunty air.
On the battle line they filed in place
With a faultless step and a boyish grace,
While across the plain the "blue" drums roll
And cannon are bristling from every knoll.
"Sling knapsacks!" falls from the leader's lips.
And to fighting trim each fair boy strips.
While he nervously tightens his battle gear,
And the drawn lips whiten, but not with fear.
Then "Forward the line !" and the ranks are game.
Though the enemy's guns are belching flame,
And the missiles are playing hide and seek
As they rend the air with a fiendish shriek.
The ridge is passed ; there's a flash and a roar.
And five of the boys are stretched in gore
By a villainous rifle shell — and then
The orderly sings out : "Close up, men !"
And they close the ranks and press straight on.
With never a falter, never a groan,
While the marching front as they near the "blue"
Seems straight as the line of a field review.
From the gullied lane the foe is pressed,
But he stands at bay on the plateau's crest,
While his shot and shell sad breaches tore
In the tender ranks of the boyish corps.
But on they go through the leaden hail
And on, though the tender faces pale ;
And on to the flash of the smoking gun,
Though the lads are dropping one by one.
Their leader falls, but a stripling hand
A bright sword waves as he takes command
And leads thein on through the crimson rain
To the goal, that thunder across the plain.
And now they're up with Wharton's men.
And the ranks are halted and formed again;
And then with a rush and a yell they go.
And the day is won from the routed foe.
But alas I on the cruel path they trod
Their young blood reddened the battle sod,
And many a face so young and fair
Lay cold and still in the soft spring air.
Ah ! never before on hill or plain
Has the hand of war reaped fairer grain
Than it garnered in that grim May day
From the ranks of the boy cadets in gray.
And when in the South's great Pantheon
Her hero dead shall be carved in stone.
Far up by the side of the war-worn "vets"
Will be graven the names of the "Boy Cadets."
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SEVERE C.-irALRY FIGHTIXU AT CHICKAMAUGA.
FROM ACCOUNT BY LIEUT. W. G. ALLEN.
On Saturday morning, September 19, 1863, about two o'clock
our brigade was ordered from Leas Springs back to the Red
House Bridge. Before we reached the bridge we encountered
the enemy. Colonel Scott ordered Lieut. Col. Hal Gillespie,
who was in command of Colonel Ashby's 2d Tennessee
(Colonel Ashby was absent on account of wounds), to take the
bridge. Colonel Gillespie ordered Captain Owens, who was
commanding that splendid Knoxville company, to charge the
enemy's picket post. He drove them half a mile, when he
ran into an ambush, where that gallant officer and seven of the
company were killed and many others wounded. The narrow
road was filled with dead men and horses.
The 2d Tennessee came to a sudden halt, and the 5th Ten-
nessee was ordered forward. We passed through a thick
growth of scrub pine higher than our heads. Wc struck the
enemy's left flank, and drove them across the Chattanooga
and Ringgold road. They fell back some half a mile and
formed a new line.
Colonel Scott ordered our line forward. The enemy soon
gave way and formed a new line. By this time we could hear
General Pcgram's artillery on our right and Colonel Scott's
two pieces on our left. Again we were ordered forward, and
their line again fell back. They fell back and took position
on the opposite side of a field about one hundred and fifty
yards wide, with a low wet-weather drainage near the center.
They had been reenforced with a battery. Their sharp-
shooters and our advance had kept up a continuous fire for
several hours. Our right rested on .m ciev.-ition where Colonel
McKenzic could sec along the line, i l.cir cannon were raking
our line, making our men lay low. Colonel McKenzie ordered
the adjutant to take Companies A and D and capture the battery.
I rode down the line under cover of the rise that was pro-
tecting our men. Giving my bridle to one of the boys, I gave
Capt. Jack Ragan the colors of Companies A and D and
started in a run for the battery. Wc had gone but a short
distance when Captain Ragan and Lieuts. Sam Wilson, Sam
Croxton, and M. D. Lunksford all fell together with over
half of these two fine companies. Just before we reached the
battery they unlinibcred and drew it back, and a brigade of
infantry rose up and poured a heavy volley at us; but they
overshot us. I then ordered the men to take shelter behind
a house just to our left. In a ravine beyond the house we ran
upon a regiment of Federals under cover of the branch bank.
I told the boys they were there and commenced to fire my
pistol into their line. They poured a volley into our small
squad, and seven men fell. They pierced my left arm and my
left lung each with an ounce ball which came out just below
my shoulder blade and another through my right leg. I told
the boys 1 was wounded and to fall back.
We had gone but a short distance when they opened fire
on us again with canister and grape shot. A shot struck
William Carwin's leg and cut it nearly off. He fell and said :
"Here, Green Nelson, take my pistol. I don't want the d — d
Yankees to get it.'' Nelson was supporting me. I told him to
carry Carwin out. Only a few men of these few gillant com-
panies got under shelter of the woods without wounds. Every
commissioned officer had fallen, and Orderly Sergeant J. D.
Guinn, of Company D, was in command of the remnant of
Companies .V and D. Dr. Sam Day soon started with me
and the others to the field hospital, the blood coming out of
my mouth and six gunshot holes. As we passed to the rear
I remember the top of a pine tree, cut off by a cannon shot,
falling in front of us. The next thing I knew I was lying on
the ground with many others, and a boy, John Loyd, was
standing over me. I sent for Dr. Day. When he came, I
asked him to pull a handkerchief through me. He said I
would not know the difference in a few hours. He tied a
strip of domestic around my sore breast and leg. I then sent
for the brigade surgeon, but he refused to do anything, saying:
"You cannot live." 1 then sent Loyd after the division sur-
geon. He spoke in a foreign tongue, but I could understand
his swearing. He said : "No need of doing anything ; you can't
live." They are all dead and I am still here by the will of
the good Lord.
I determined I would not go to the hospital ; so I sent Loyd
to bring my gentle horse from our headquarters' wagon. It
was ten or eleven o'clock when he got back. I was getting
very weak and sore. He helped me on my horse, and we rode
away from the dead and dying toward Ringgold. I rode as
long as I could, w-ould then lie down on the ground and rest,
remount, and ride again as far as I could. I had lost a great
deal of blood. There was a heavy frost that night, and I
nearly froze.
At sunup Sunday morning, the 20th, I was at Ringgold. I
passed through the gap of the mountain south of Ringgold
and turned southwest down Dogwood Valley, riding awhile
,'ind then lying on the ground. 1 could hear the roar of the
cannons and wondered how many of that noble army would
be left. Late in the evening I became so weak I could go no
farther. I dismounted in front of a large house, and soon an
old gentleman, J. C. Blackstock, and wife came out to me.
The old lady called to Annie and Angeline to fix the parlor
bed, but I asked for a back room and a cot. While they were
preparing the bed I became so w-cak and stiflf that I could
not get up. They helped me to the bed. Soon the old lady
sent in one of the girls with a cup of coffee. I had not eaten
anything for forty-eight hours. The old gentleman, with
Loyd's help, removed my dirty, bloody clothes and put a
clean undersuit on me. I asked them to take a large bucket
and drive a nail through the bottom so drops of water would
fall all the time and suspend it over my bed, and while awake
or asleep the water dripped on my breast and arm. There 1
lay for two long weeks, with that good old father and mother
ministering to my wants as far as was in their power. I
have often thanked the good Lord for their kindness to me.
AFTER THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND, MISS.
BY DAN DONNELL. ATHENS. TEX.
I belonged to Company C, "th Texas (Granbury's) Regi-
ment. Greer's Brigade. We met the enemy in an open field
and fought nearly all day, driving them back through the field,
although against great odds. About 3 p.m. we came to a
creek in a skirt of woods, and there came a standstill. An
order came down the line for us to go on to the top of the
hill, and our company went on about a hundred yards in
advance of the regiment. Of the thirty-three men in our com-
pany, only one got back to the regiment. That was Frank
Henderson. I was wounded through the neck and shoulder
and left on the field until in the night, when the Yankees
carried us back some two miles to the house of an old man
named McDonald. He had a good many bales of cotton in
his yard, and these the Yankees tore to pieces and made beds
for the wounded. The next day they built a brush arbor over
us to keep off the sun. The day after excessive rain fell. I
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thought we would all be drowned. McDonald was very kind
to us, and he had a daughter, Elmira, who did what she could.
She gave mc a good shirt and dressed my wound.
I tliink we stayed at McDonald's farm four days, when the
Yankees moved us to Raymond and put us in the courthouse,
where the ladies of Raymond visited us every day, bringing
what they could for us to eat. Of them, I remember Miss
Martha Dabney and Miss Elmira McDonald. I would like to
hear from any of them. I am now past "three-score and ten."
IVHAT A MISTAKE BY A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN!
BY P. J. NOYES, LANCASTER, N. H.
The Veteran was subscribed for and sent to me by an old
Confederate soldier. I have read it with interest, but not
much satisfaction. If I judge rightly, it reflects the aims of
certain ladies of the South, exploiting an active propaganda
having for its object the perpetuation and intensifying of sec-
tional hatred, glorifying the "Lost Cause" [note the source
whence this term is used. — Ed. Veteran.], and inculcating in
the minds of the youth of the South that object of patri-
otism is to watch and wait for the opportunity to strike the
blow that will destroy this government and establish a South-
ern Confederacy on its ruins. This organization of Southern
women, with their sinister, revolutionary teachings and in-
fluence, I believe to be the most dangerous element in this
country to-day, and your magazine is the medium through
which this dangerous influence is being disseminated.
All sensible women and men in the South know that had
the South succeeded it would have been the greatest disaster
that ever befell humanity. It would have meant the end of
human liberty, and the down-trodden of the earth would have
gazed at the spectacle in helpless despair. This nation, in-
stead of now being in a position to dictate terms to the world.
would have been a lot of warring, insignificant republics, the
laughingstock of the world.
It is right and proper that the people of the South should
glorify and keep in memory the heroic deeds of the splendid
men who fought and of the sacrifices of its Spartan women.
I was a Northern soldier and fought through the entire
war, and I have the highest respect for the men whom we
met and fought. Many of my best friends are Confederates.
I have given money at times for the relief and comfort of
the suffering in Confederate homes, and shall do it as often
as opportunity offers. I have the deepest sympathy for the
Confederate veteran, but nothing but contempt for those,
North or South, who are engaged in perpetuating and ex-
aggerating sectional hatred, and for those who by their teach-
ings and influence become potential traitors to the best, most
prosperous, and freest government on the face of the earth.
There are many things that the people of the South cannot
and should not forget, prominent among which is the Re-
construction criminal farce. That was the act of politicians,
and should not be charged to Northern sentiment, per se ;
but repugnant as this crime was, it does not furnish any ex-
cuse for an attempt to destroy the government.
You must admit that the government is extremely lenient —
and in my estimation criminally negligent — in permitting the
Confederate flag to be displayed on public occasions. It
teaches the youth to reverence the emblem of treason and
conversely to hate the flag of their country. The people of
the South had better exert their energies in the development
of their splendid resources rather than in debauching their
youth, which must ultimately result in their own destruction.
[What a pity that this comrade of the blue is so in-
congruous in his comment ! The "Spartan women" to whom
he refers are these same Daughters of the Confederacy, their
daughters and their granddaughters. With knowledge acquired
by being present at every general convention of the great or-
ganization, U. D. C, the Editor of the Veteran does not re-
call one of them in which during the proceedings there was
not manifestation of the profoundest reverence for the prin-
ciples of government founded by their ancestors and genuine
reverence for the flag that was adopted by the approval of
George Washington and under which many of his soldiers
died. Mr. Noyes is one of the few Union veterans who have so
seriously misconstrued the purposes of the noblest, most un-
selfish, and most patriotic body of Christian women on earth.
Don't seek to destroy the Confederate flag and its memories.
There is not enough power in the world to do that. Re-
construction days are past. Mr. Noyes doesn't understand the
situation at all. There has long been a gush about "old glory"
by the ninety days' G. A. R. men that retards reconciliation.]
A CONFEDERATE RELIC IN MAINE.
BY A. I. MATHER, ROCKLAND, MAINE.
I have in my possession a pocket formulary and physicians'
manual of Thomas S. Powell, M.D., at Sparta, Ga., found in
an unoccupied house on April 23, 1865, some twenty miles
south of Petersburg. The house had been occupied by the
Confederates as a hospital. The book in question is in diary
form 4x6 inches fastened with a flap and much worn. The
book is stained in places as though nitrate of silver had
been carried in the little pocket at the back of the book. A
name written in the book in pencil is indistinct. It appears
to be W. B. Trim or W. B. Prim or Prince. The initials of
W. B. T. or W. B. P. are well pronounced. I would be
pleased to restore the souvenir to a proper claimant.
I served in the 3d Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac.
"SCRIMMAGE" NEAR LANCASTER, S. C.
S. E. Belk, of Monroe, N. C, writes of a "little scrimmage"
that took place at his old home, seven miles north of Lancas-
ter, S. C, and near the North Carolina line, during Sherman's
raid. It was late in February or early in March that about
fifteen members of Kilpatrick's Cavalry went one morning to
his humble log cabin home and immediately proceeded to rifle
the smokehouse, tying the meat to their horses. Some of
Wheeler's Cavalry came in on them, so the meat was cut loose
and the robbers tried to escape, with Wheeler's men close
after them. During the chase one of the Federals, named
Leroy Vanconey, was killed. He had letters from Ohio in
his pockets. Two others. Smith and Williams, were wounded
and captured. Wheeler's men went back by the house and
told Mrs. Belk to get some help and have the wounded men
brought there. She and her daughter went out and brought
back Smith in a sheet; the other could walk. Mr. Belk's
mother and sister dressed their wounds and kept them until
the next evening, when an ambulance was sent for them from
their camp under flag of truce. As the creek near the house
was very high, the ambulance could not be brought across ;
so the Federals took their wounded comrades in sheets across
a foot log to the ambulance. It was learned that Smith died
that night.
Mr. Belk says : "Vanconey was buried near where I was
born and lived until twenty-one years old. I was out with the
sixteen-year-old boys from Lancaster when this little engage-
ment took place."
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OII-ICERS or MISSISSIPPI DIVISlOX, U. D. C.
The following are the officers of the Mississippi Division,
U. D. C. ck-cle'I al the last State convention held at Meridian,
Miss.. .May j-5. 191 1 : Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, President. Wci-t
Point: Mrs. Sarah Dabney Egglcston, Honorary President.
Raymond: Miss Mary Harrison, Vice President, Columbus;
Mrs Mary K. Wallace. Honorary Vice Presi<Icnt. Beauvoir;
Mrs. Lillie Scales Slaughter. Recording Secretary, Starkvillc;
Mrs. Minnie G. Cavett, Corresponding Secretary, Tupelo ;
Mrs. Willie Marnion, Treasurer, Tupelo: Mrs. Dunbar Row-
land, Historian. Jackson: Miss Lizzie Craft, Registrar, Holl\
Springs: Mrs. Madge H. Holmes. Organizer. Hattiesburg:
Mrs. Perlc Lyle Harris. Recorder of Crosses, Collierville.
Tcnn. ; .Mrs. Lizzie Hunter Blewett, Editor Official Organ.
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MRS. S. E. F. ROSE.
KciM' U.I-. Miss Laura Martin, a niember of one 01
the most prominent families of Giles County and Tennessee.
She is one of the most zealous and best known of the U. D. C.
workers. It was she who. when her name w.as presented in
the Richmond Convention. L'. 1). C, in Xovembcr for His-
torian Cieneral, promptly declined in favor of Miss Ruther-
ford, who had alrc;id.\ been proposed. And it was her reso-
Ir.tion in liehalf of tlie \'eti-;r.\n that resulted in the action
that 'vti; .Si;iie President write to every Chapter in Iht
Division ur.nin.y the iniimrtance of extending its circulation.
"A PAIR OF BLANKETS."
Col. William 11 Stewart, of Portsmouth, has a new book
with the title. ".\ P.iir of Blankets.'' that promises much to
history. It is so fasein;iting in style that it will be wiilely
read. I lie Portsmouth Star comments upon it in a le.iding
editorial. It stales:
"Colonel Stewart has undertaken to tell the story of the
campaigns, battles. ;nul sieges of the war fnmi the stand-
point of a soldier .and in a manner that will interest the
young. Juvenile literature is the most alluring field of author-
ship. Kipling r.ites his 'Jmi.E!'c Stories' as his greatest work.
I'ndoubtedly Mark Twain will be longest remembered and
best beloved for his ''rom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.'
"Judged by this standard. Colonel Stewart has produced in
'.\ Pair of ]51ankets' a work that will insure his fame as a
writer of war stories, not founded on fact, but fact itself.
His book is not a history, and it is no sense liction. It is the
intimate personal narrative, abounding in entertaining detail,
that would adorn the story told by the soldier-uncle to his
absorbed nephews. In this lucky relationship will be included
all the readers of this splendid collection of war reminiscences.
Written lirst in the form of letters to the nephews, to whom
the boc k is inscribed, they present the form of a connected
narrative, a history of the great civil strife, its hardships and
privations, its pageantry and appeal to the martial in the
youthful blood in a way that only the story of the man who
has helped enact the scenes he describes can do.
"The work will be of especial interest to the people of
Portsmouth and its vicinity not only on account of their inti-
mate knowledge of the gallant author and their friendship
and love for him but because the scenes he describes deal
very largely with this section of the State. The description
of the raising of the colonel's first company, how the boys
marched away, many never to return, the battle of the Mcr-
limac and Monitor, the burning of the navy yar.l in this
city, and the terrible scenes through which the pjople of
Portsmouth had to pass on that memorable night — all these
incidents are dwelt upon in vivid style.
"The reader is then transported to the Valley, and he
marches and fights with Lee and Jackson and the great
leaders of the South. But he marches with natives of Ports-
mouth and Norfolk County, and among the references to the
gallant men who fought and died for the South w^hose deeds
nf heroism are recounted in this volume many a descendant
will have the pleasure of seeing the name of this or that dis-
tinguished relative.
"The boy, or for that manner the man or woman, who does
not have a clearer idea of the great conflict and who fails to
feel a deeper patriotism after reading 'A Pair of Blankets'
will be hard to lind. The work is one of the most notable of
the year. It will be a welcome addition to the best literature
of the South."
■THE SCOUT."
BY REV. J, T. n.VRIJEE, IV.X.NHOE COURT, NO. II, N ASIIVIU.E. TEN.V.
I have just finished reading the little book called "The
Scout," by Judge C. W. Tyler, of Clarksville, Tenn. I found
it so exceedingly interesting that I read it through before 1
>topped. From it I obtained some much-desired information
(hat I had never been able to procure elsewhere in regard to
who gave Sam Davis those papers. That noble boy in his last
moments in this world uttered a sentiment w'hich ought to
be the foundation stone of every life when he said: "Do you
think I w'ould betray a trust ? I would die a thousand deaths
lirst." I most unhesitatingly recommend this book to all
lovers of sincerity and truth.
[The author of the foregoing. Rev. J. T. Barbee, is a Cum-
berland Presbyterian minister. He served one year in the
\'irginia .\rniy in (he "tli Tennessee Infantry, commanded
by Col. Robert Hatton (later General Hatton), and three
.\ears in the 4th Tennessee Cavalry, commanded by Col. Bax-
ter Smith. Harrison's Brigade, Wheeler's Corps, and is fa-
miliar with the country and places covered by "The Scout,"
which made the story the more interesting in reading "the
wonderful book." The price of the book is $1.]
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Qoijfcderat^ l/eterap.
RESOLIE FOR ElERY MORXIXG.
I will this day try to live a simple, sincere, and serene life;
repelling promptly every thought of discontent, anxiety, dis-
couragement, impurity, and self-seeking: cultivating cheerful-
ness, magnanimity, charity, and the habit of holy silence ; exer-
cising economy in expenditure, carefulness in conversation,
diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust, and a
childlike faith in God. — Bishop John H. I'incent, of Chicago.
Chautauqua, Monteagle, and all other Christian assembly
people will reperuse the foregoing with interest and with
satisfaction. It will do them good to "repel discontent." etc.
Dr. Vincent gave a series of lectures strengthened by ilie
great success of his Chautauqua career, and his visit to the
South was manifestly good so far as his influence extended.
.\n amusing circumstance attended his return journey from
the Southern Chautauqua. The writer (who founded the
Veter,\n) had written a story nf the carnage at Franklin
for the Xew York Evangeli.st, and a package of papers that
had been forwarded to Monteagle was opened in the car soon
after the train started on its way down the mountain. The
writer, seated just behind the eminent Xortherner, handed
him a copy of the paper, pointing to the article. It engaged
his earnest attention, and when through its perusal he straight-
ened himself in the seat and said: "Well, I believe that is the
truth I"
THE SHILOH MOXUMEXT fUXD.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
December 12, 191 1, to jANU.\Ry 12, 1912.
.Alabama : J. H. Finney Chapter, Jacksonville. $1 : Moun-
tain Creek Chapter, $2 : Emma Sansom Chapter, $1 : James
Cantey Chapter, Scale. $2: Lowdes Chapter, Fort Deposit, $1.
Georgia: Lizzie Rutherford Chapter, .\thens. .$10; Stone-
wall Jackson Chapter, Cuthbert. $,^.
Missouri: Louis and Mattie McCutchen (personal). Camp-
bell, $5: William W. McCutchen (personal), Campbell, $1:
Owen McCutchen (personal), Campbell, $1 ; Louis McCutchen.
Jr. (personal), Campbell, $1; H. V. Merritt (personal), Camp-
bell, $1; C. II. Overall (personal), Campbell, $1.
South Carolina: H. H. \ewton (personal), Bennettsville, $r.
LTnited Daughters of the Confederacy: Little Rock pledge,
$250; Richmond pledge, $400.
Interest: City National Bank of Paducah. $15.75.
Total collections since December report. $696.75.
Total in hands of Treasurer last report, $12,428.12.
Total collections in hands of Treasurer to date, $13,124.87.
Note a correction of $3.50 in total as given in last report.
Through error Mrs. White remitted two checks to cover con-
tribution from individuals in Shiloh Chapter. Savann:ili. Tcnn.
GOOD SUGGESTIONS FROM A UXIOX rETERAX.
Thomas R. Faulkner, of .Albright. W. Va.. who was a
Cnion soldier, enlisting at the age of seventeen, writes for
a copy of the Vetera.^, and says: "Some of you fellows shot
me in the arm at Lynchburg in 1864, but you are forgiven for
it If you coine this way, remember that 'the latchstring is
out.' Just pull it and walk in. I am for fraternity and peace
and good will not only between the boys in blue and gray
but between all. May the tiine soon come when the nations
shall have war no more, when the song of the angels shall
come true, "Glory to God in the highest, and on e:irth peace,
good will to men." Let us ilo all we can to bring about a
kindly feeling between the old soldiers and all the sections of
our common couiury. Let us look upon war as a horrible
thing and oppose militarism ;it all times. The Master pro-
nounced a blessing upon the peacemakers, and we should do
all we can in favor of the great peace moveenmt now being
considered by all Christian nations.
One G. a. R. Commander Crei)iti:d with Deed of Another.
In the editorial on page 560 of the December Veteran some
reference was tnade to the kindly action of a Commander in
Chief, G. a. R., in presenting bound volumes of the Veteran
to the Soldiers' Home at Mountain Creek, Ala. It is re-
gretted that such an error as giving the wrong name occurred.
However, correct credit for that to former Commander in
Chief Ell Torrance, of Minneapolis, Minn., had been made in
the Veteran. Ever since being the Commander in Chief
;n 1901-02, and visiting the South as such in company with
some Minneapolis friends, he has remeinbercd the veterans
at jNIountain Creek in some substantial way every Christmas
or New Year. While he was Cominander he secured con-
tributions among his comrades sufficient to erect one of the
cottages at Mountain Creek, which is known as "The Blue
and Gray Cottage." In so many ways has he shown his good
will toward those who were former enemies that his example
is inspiring in its lesson of fraternity.
The error occurred by mechanically writing Van Sant in-
stead of Torrance. Each had been Commander in Chief of
the Grand .\rniy of the Republic, each had shown beautiful
consideration for Confederate veterans, and each is a con-
stant and liberal patron of the Veteran.
Inquiry for Members of Second Georgia Regiment.
J. C. Scott, of New Hope, Va., desires to hear from mem-
bers of the I2th Georgia Regiment, which camped near the
village of New Hope, Augusta County, Va., during the winter
of 1863-64. If there are any surviving relatives of Captain Hill
or Lieutenant Mills, of the 6th, 7th, or 8th Alabama Regitnent,
who was killed in the battle of Cross Keys, Va., on June 8,
1862, please answer through the Veteran.
CAXDIDATE FOR CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE.
In a letter to the voters of Davidson County Hon. John
E. Turney states: "In announcing my candidacy for Criminal
Court Judge I desire to say that I have lived in Nashville for
forty-two years, and I am a
Democrat. I have devoted
much of my time for many
\e:irs to the practice of my
profession in our Criminal
Court. If elected, I pledge to
cM-ry one interested a full,
I'.iir, and impartial hearing. I
will have Grand and Petit
juries drawn as was originallj'
dune, and in this way insure
the public as well as those
under subpa;na for jury serv-
ice a fair and equal showing.
I am familiar with the oath
of office, know its meaning,
and will carry out same. At
an early date I hope to ineet
UO-N. JOII.N K. turnev.
my fellow citizens either at public gatherings or individually.
I will appreciate your support."
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IXSULI 'JO MEMORY Of CliX. R. E. LEE.
An nstoundiiig ihree-columii advertisement appeared in Bir-
niiigham papers on January 19, with a large picture of General
Lee, and the legend, "Coniinandcr in Chief of Whiskies," in
large display type. The vendor advertised his "display win-
dow" also. Camp Hardee took prompt action against the dis-
graceful proceeding. The newspapers evidently did not con-
sider it beyond their business counters, and it was promptly
stopped.
Resolution P.n.ssku iiv C.\mi' H.^RDEE.
"Whereas 'a good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold;' and
whereas with the Confederate Chapters and Camps of the
South there is one name held sacred above all names, save
that of Him who died on Calvary's cross, and that the name of
one of the iMust nf many noble ones who battled for the
rights of the States — one who often refused the use of his
name to many legitimate coinmercial enterprises, which would
have brought ease and lu.xury to his declining years ; and
when the great State of .Mabama, along with her sister States,
by act of her legislature saw fit to set apart a day wherein
the youth of the land can hear his name proclaimed as the
Ijcrsonification of duty, loyalty, and honor to country and to
Cod, our feelings arc deeply wounded by the display on that
day by a vender of .spirituous liquors sold and labeled with
the name of Robert E. Lee: and whereas we deeply regret that
some of our press gave publicity to same; therefore be it
"Resolved, That this Camp of Veterans, the followers of
I.ec, Johnston, and Jackson, condemn in unmeasured tcrtns
this unwarranted liberty with the name of our honored dead;
that this preamble and this resolution be published by the
liapers of the South, the Confederate X'eteran. a copy be
sent to Cien. G. W. Custis l.ee, a son of our leader, and also
be spread on the minutes of this Camp."
PiioToi.u.M'H or War Times. — Col. W, 11. Bean, 1362 E,
Si.xty- 1 bird Street, Chicago, III,, has in his possession a
jjhotograpli nf l'"d X, Bean, Chief of Special Scouts, C, S, A,,
together witli a photograph of Clinton Fort, both on the same
c.ird. On the liack of the card is a commendation of E,
XewcU Bean's service as Chief of Scouts by Brigadier Gen-
eral I'enton. conmianding. Comrade Bean would like very
iiiucli lo (!eli\cr this to E. Xcwell Bean if alive or to some
nunibov of his family, who would doubtless value it highly.
".A Soi.DiKRS Sioiiv. ■ — This lilllc book by Capl. Miles O.
Sherrill. of Raleigh. X. C. is commended as a true story of
Mildirr life in the Confedcriitc army, and its humor and pathos
will be enjoyed by old niul young. Captain Sherrill lost a leg
Ml (111- uiu(|nal conlhet. but lie is still lighting the battle of life
cheerfully. His story is publislied in pamphlet form, and U
takes only twelve cents l<i get a copy jiostpaid to any part of
tile Union. Send him MUir order.
I". M. llolbrook. Librarian of the Tennessee Confederate
ll'iiiie at llennitage. Tenn.. writes the Vkteran : "The books
anil mag.izincs in cmr library at the Home have been read and
reread until 'there'^ nothin.g new under the sun." and there is
iir>lliiii,i; Mill could do for ns that would be more appreciated
Ih.Lii to replenish our book shelves. Histories, biographies.
liMvels, .-idveiiliire. novels- — especially novels — are read with
avidity b\- all of us. We need a good history of Tennessee
and some large print Testaments. There are doubtless many
blinks .ind iii.-iy izines in your neighborlinncl wliich could l.ie
acquired for the asking, and by sending to us by freight the
cost would be very little. Will you not take an interest in the
matter and do something for us at once, not to-morrow?"
This appeal is worthy of attention and will doubtless have
liberal response from Tennessee comrades and the U. D. C.
This suggestion is made to all the Southern States. Our com-
rades in the diflfcrent Confederate Homes should have good
literature at hand. The hours drag heavily when the body is
physically incapacitated for employment, and to give their
minds employment will help to cheer the weary days.
The Editor of the Veteran presented to the Tennessee
Home at one time seventy select volumes. His sense of grati-
tude is to all alike; but. being the Historian for the Tennessee
Home, he has been the more active for it. Let friends of
Confederate Soldiers' Homes everywhere think of how in this
w-ay they can do service that would be appreciated.
■•THE DIXIE BOOK OF DAYS.-
The practical benefit of such a compilation as the "Dixie
Book of Days" is very clearly set forth by a letter from a
young Xortherner residing in Seattle, Wash., to the editor in
chief, Mr. Matthew Page Andrews, which is here given : "I
have read it from cover to cover, and have learned some things
that were not taught me at school. Kor instance, I was taught
that the Monitor "licked the stuffin' out of the Merrimac; so
to learn that such was not the case convinces me that there
are a whole lot of things about the Civil War that were never
told, and 1 am more than anxious to read more, and intend
to do so as fast as it is published. 'You have started a grand
work, and I sincerely hope you will finish it. It will do this
generation a whole lot of good to have the facts published
because it will certainly increase the Xortherner's respect and
love for the South, and 1 am glad indeed to think that it is my
privilege to know the man who is doing such a splendid work.
May success crown your every effort !"
This is but one of the many letters Mr. .\ndrews has re-
ceived from many sections of the country with reference to
the historical and educational features of this "Dixie Book of
f)ays ; or. Southern Quotation Calendar," It is not only "a
powerful and popular instrument in the dissemination of truths
of history," hut because of its "effective presentation it will
prove a great stiinulus for arousing interest in the history and
literature of the South," A member of the Maryland Society
of Xew York says : "I am amazed at the amount of reading
and patience expended to have got together .365 such apt quo-
tations," .\nd it is amazing how much can be gotten simply
from these 365 quotations.
For use in their Chapter work the U, D, C, generally will
find it very helpful. Write to the Page Publishii-ig Company,
Baltimore, Md,, for terms.
The issuance of this calendar is an event to be looked for-
ward to yearly. The one for 1913 is now under way.
XEALES CHOICE PUBLICATIONS.
The Neale Publishing Cotnpany, of Xew York and Wash-
ington, has issued a handsome catalogue of its choice publica-
tions, embracing some "notable new books and old favorites."
The book is tastefully illustrated with many rare portraits
of eminent men of letters, warriors, and statesmen. In many
instances they are accompanied by facsimile of signatures
both rare and interesting. It is as journeying through many
realms of thought to look over these pages, and is a liberal
education in itself. .A copy will be sent by the publishers upon
re(|uest. It is most convenient for reference.
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An enduring metal likeness of
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a most fitting way of expressing
the love and honor in which his
memory is held throughout all
the world. This offer enables
you to procure such a likeness
right now at slight cost.
A weli-known Southern artist and
friend of the Lee family has modeled a
remarkably correct likeness of this
wonderful man and soldier. We have
faithfully reproduced the model in - _ / . - , -i j »
f ^ , . ■ I I I 1 rk fl. (stamps or com) mailed to ua
copper-bronze. It is unquestionably the j^UCtS »<=.':'?''ej a beautiful photoBraph
most artistic and correct likeness of the
of this bust, suitable for framing
General ever produced in real metal, and it forms a most beautiful and enduring ornament
for any room. Never before has opportunity been offered to get a gen-
uine copper-bronze ornament of this character for so little money.
HIGHLY ENDORSED. This bust has won the admiralion of all wtio have seen it, and we tiave
leltprs of endorsement from soldiers, arlistsand ether authorities. Adjutant General and Chief of Stall
of the Lnited Confederate Veterans, Wm. E. Mickle, flays; "It is remarkable in its resemblance.
You have done a most creditable piece of work in every way. 1 shall give it a
conspicuous place in my Hbrary, and shall feel proud that I have it there."
Shipped on Approval — Express Prepaid.
If you could see this beautiful Lee memorial you would want to own one. We will send you ^-_-. '
a bust ot our expense for examination. \'oud 'n t have to keep itif you don't want to. y^..^}^^t
Wrile today for complete description and price. If you wish a photograph of the bust, /^\ • ei-
send 10 c-nts. Compare the photograph with other pictures of G-.-neral Lee, or with
your recollection of him if you were fortunate enough to have seen him. , .
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invite artists and other authorities to see it. Bote how it increases the attractive- /^° ^■fi ^^ *>
ness of your library. Satisfy yourself in any way you like that the bust is /\c o^ >p'^ c^' c\c*
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AGENTS WANTED-Uberal co.-npensalior, exclusive territory. A^lf^%^^<t-^'^^
1 1. W . Junes, of L'tntral Academy
(R. !■'. D. Xo. I), Miss., inquires the
whereabouts of Captain Edwards, of
the 3d Kentucky Regiment, Company
G, or any other tiffieer of that company.
J. C. ■rhorntim, of Headrick, Okla.,
will be glad to giye to relatives or
friends of Fry Dorsey, a member of
Company H, nth Te.xas Cavalry, infor-
mation .-fi to his death and burial place.
K. C. Wecdin, 117 E. Si.xth Street,
Davenport, Iowa, wishes to get all the
information possilile concerning the
movements of Ruffncr's Battery, which
operated under General Price in Mis-
souri, .-Xrkansas, and Lom'siana. His
f.-ither serveil in tli.it command.
John II. Levy, 445 Wetmorc Aveni"-.
Cohimbns, Ohio, needs the first vokime
of the Veteh.\n. that of 1893, to com-
plete his file, and would like to hear from
anv one having that volume to offer.
Capt. John Keiuiedy. of Sclma, Miss.,
is an.xious to complete his file of the
Yi;TiiK.\N, which yet lacks some num-
bers of Volumes I. and II. \\'rite him
in advance of sending any copies,
stating condition and price.
Mrs. .Mary McHngh. 1305 Gaines
Street, Little Rock, Ark., seeks infor-
mation concerning the service of her
husband, Thomas McHugh, who enlisted
in the Confederate army from Georgia.
Any information will be appreciated.
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A PAIR OF BLANKETS
War-Time HistDi-y in Letters to the Young
Pe^)ple of the South.
By COL. WM. H. STEWART
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r.iRUiry oi- "novels" in this ietlran.
Instead of the usual index to this issue, there is brief com-
ment upon the "leading articles." There arc new things under
the sun. Old things become new, and Vetera.n articles herein
are absolutely true stories — stranger than fiction. They re-
late the thrilling experiences of your own ancestors or of their
friends. How much better therefore to study these than fancy-
wrought sketches that unavoidably partake of the foibles of
the author ! A critical student of the Veteran who reads
every line of it, a young woman of Confederate ancestry,
writes as follows in regard to the merits of the two classes
of literature— the true, that gives right ideas of character,
and the false, that is misleading and rarely beneficial in any
sense : "Romance, bravery, and adventure interest and en-
trance every generation and all ages, but especially appeal to
boys and girls. Books and magazines teem with the talcs of
people more or less the creatures of the imagination, and find
eager readers in every walk of life. Do these avid readers of
fiction know that on every side are men and women who have
lived romances, who have suffered at the hands of vengeful
enemies, and given up happiness, and even offered up life it-
self, for conscience' sake? Ever)' number of the Veteran
contains accounts of actual events and incidents that stir the
blood as much as do the most exciting talcs of fiction. The
stories of vikings and of the buccaneers of tropic waters are
paralleled by the recital of experiences of blockade runners
and the capture of fleets by land forces ; the bravery of the
children's crusade is repeated in the gallantry of the cadets of
Southern military schools ; the sieges of ancient cities cannot
surpass the suffering of the people in beleaguered Southern
cities and that of prisoners in the military prisons; the bar-
barian invasions of Greece and Italy are recalled by the devas-
tation of a conquering army marching through the heart of
the Confederncy. Every copy of tilt Veteran relates such
events and incidents as these. They have the added weight of
being true and filling the twofold objects of entertaining and
instructing."
The story of "A Virginia Boy in the Sixties" (page 105)
will interest any person in this country.
"One of Life's Tragedies" (page 109) will fascinate senti
mental people, and the sketch vividly portr-.ys the period.
"The Banjoist of Lee's Army" illustrates a typical one of
"the boys" of that period.
The "Experiences of John P. Hickman" (page 113) will ho
read with interest.
The "Testimony about the Burning of Columbia" and tin-
report of the "Last Days in Front of Richmond" are of the
interesting, historic sketches. Brief sketches like that of the
"Federal Soldier and General Lee" (page 123) and many
others will not be forgotten by those who read them.
Then the "Last Roll" sketches will exalt the reader in his
estimate of manly, patriotic men who showed the fine metal
in them even in the Reconstruction Period.
DR. BERRY'S STORY OF ROCK ISLAND PRISON.
BV M. B. MORTON, M WAGINfi EDITOR NASHVILLE BANNER.
I have read with great interest the article by Dr. T. F.
Berry, of Paul's Valley, Okla., giving his remarkable experi-
ences in Rock Island prison. I knew Dr. Berry well years
ago when I was on the staff of the Courier-Journal and when
he was a practicing physician in Louisville, Ky. ; and while
his narrative of his experiences reads like a romance, I am
satisfied it is authentic.
I have long known that Dr. Berry's career in the Confed-
erate army, afterwards as a soldier in Mexico, and then in the
French army in .'\lgicrs was remarkable, and have often
thought that he ought not to let the story of his life die with
him. His father was a Confederate officer, and his brother,
the noted "One-Arm" Berry, who was executed by the Fed-
eral authorities in Louisville, was one of the most daring and
effective soldiers in the Southern armies, and was almost as
well known in Kentucky as w-as Sam Davis in Tennessee.
Notwithstanding his remarkable career as a soldier. Dr. T.
F. Berry is a man full of generous impulses and the milk of
human kindness ; he is genial and has engaging manners, and
no doubt many an old friend and comrade will be glad to
hear that he is doing well in his Oklahoma home.
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CONCERNING V. M. I. CADETS AT NEW MARKET.
Mr. Joseph R. Anderson, of Lee (Goochland County), Va.,
Historiographer of V. M. I. (Class of 1870), writes to Prof.
Edward Raymond Turner, University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor, criticizing his sketch in the February Veteran :
"I have just read with great interest your article on 'The
Battle of New Market' in the current number of the Con-
federate Veteran. I, of course, know that you have been
engaged for several years collecting data for a true history of
the battle and of the part borne by the V. M. 1. Corps of
cadets in the same. . . .
"This article in the Veteran is, I take it, but a foretaste of
the treat we shall have in your complete history. It is very
interesting and valuable, but in one respect is most disappoint-
ing. While you are quite lavish in your praise of the conduct
of the cadets, you fail to tell of their crowning glory — their
capture of the guns of Von Kleiser's Battery. Why this omis-
sion? Were you not satisfied of the historic fact that the
cadets did charge and capture those guns?
"It seems to me that no historical event has been better
established, as we have the testimonj* of participants in that
event. At least one reputable Federal officer, the late Capt.
Franklin E. Town, of the Signal Corps, United States Army,
was on the field, not to fight, but to watch, who declares that
he saw the cadets charge this battery, 'which they surrounded
and captured.' This generous-minded, one-time foe, in a
letter to an old cadet (on file in our archives), gave enthusi-
astic testimony to the superb conduct of the corps of cadets
in this most bloody battle, which culminated in the capture of
Von Kleiser's guns. He says : 'I watched this action from my
position but a few yards from the left of the battery and was
so absorbed in the spectacle (hat it did not occur to me that I
might possibly be included in the capture until the presence
•of the enemy between me and the guns brought me to a reali-
zation of my situation.' And he thus concludes his eloquent
words : 'I don't believe the history of war contains the record
of a deed more chivalrous, more daring, or more honorable
than the charge of those boys to a victory of which veterans
might well boast.'
"Survivors of this famous corps of cadets have written to
nic, anxious that in your forthcoming 'History' the records
show that the cadets charged and captured Von Kleiser's
guns. Your article in the Veteran omits credit for this
crowning act of heroism, the capture of those guns. As His-
toriographer of the V. M. I. it is my solemn duty to my com-
rades of the corps, although not a member of it, and of our
•cherished Alma Mater to protest against any history of New
.Market which shall fail to tell the true story of the V. M. I.
Corps of Cadets in that battle.
Prof. Edwarh Rav.mo.nd Turner's Reply.
"'My Dear Mr. Anderson: I have your letter concerning my
article about "The Battle of New Market" in the February
Confeder.\te Veteran, in which you criticize me for not
mentioning specifically the capture of guns from Von Kleis-
er's Battery by the cadets, in which you ask me whether I
doubt that they did this, and whether or not I will speak of
this in my history of the New Market campaign, which is about
ready for the press. It will give me pleasure to answer you,
and I ask that you transmit my reply to the Confeder.\te Vet-
eran in order that other old cadets may receive through its
columns what my professional duties make it impossible for
me to say to them individually.
"'1. I did not allude to capture of Von Kleiser's guns by
the cadets for the following reason. The Veteran account was
written more than a year ago and privately circulated for the
purpose of drawing out as much as possible all aspects of the
battle. It had accomplished this purpose very well before I
allowed it to appear in print in its original form. I tried to
reduce the events of the battle to their proper proportion.
Much had to be left out in the synopsis. Now I may be mis-
taken, but I am supported by the statements of old cadets as
well as by the opinion of military critics. The relatively im-
portant part of the work of the cadets at New Market was
not the capture of guns, but filling up the gap in the Confed-
erate line, holding the line against the Federal countercharge,
and by their inspiring conduct urging forward the charge of
the Confederates which resulted in victory. I have emphasized
this in my article, and a full discussion vvill appear in my forth-
coming book.
" '2. I have no doubt that the cadets captured one gun, possi-
bly two, from Von Kleiser's Battery. It has, however, fre-
quently been asserted that they captured a battery. This is not
so. No Federal battery was taken that day. Altogether five
guns, possibly si.\, were captured. Sigel says so in his account,
and Breckenridge confirms it in his report, the manuscript of
which is in my possession. Three of these were taken from
Carlin's Battery, two from Von Kleiser's. When the cadets
charged Von Kleiser's Battery, they captured one gun. They
may have taken the other one which he lost, but there is some
evidence that this second gun was lost by Von Kleiser on
another part of the field. I shall be glad to receive any sub-
stantiated information on this point. There has been careless,
exaggerated writirg upon this matter, which the old cadets, I
know, desire me to weigh carefully.
" '3. The charge of the cadets and the capture of the cannon
will certainly be mentioned in my book. The whole matter
will be treated at length, fully and critically, with copious
citations from the writings of the cadets themselves.
" 'I may say in conclusion that while my book is intended to
be a complete and accurate history of the New Market cam-
paign, in which the work of all the commands on both sides
will be treated at some length, yet in a peculiar sense this will
be the story of the cadets. No effort will be made to exagger-
ate their part or throw it into undue prominence; but that
work was so striking, so unique, and intrinsically so impor-
tant that I feel justified when I say that out of approximately
two hundred pages fifty will have to do with the cadets them-
selves.
" 'If Mr. Cunningham is so good as to allow this letter to
appear in the Veteran, I shall be glad to receive from any
one interested any source of contemporary information bearing
upon the subject. My work is based upon the collections and
investigations of Capt. Henry A. Wise, Col. George H. Smith,
Col. George M. Edgar, and Capt. Benjamin A. Colonna, who
have cooperated with me throughout. Something may have
escaped our search, however.
" 'I should be particularly glad to get a well authenticated
photograph of General Breckenridge or of General Sigel, of
1864, or thereabouts.'"
CAVEAT SCRIPTOR.
BY MRS. A. A. CAMPBELL, PRESIDENT VIRGINIA DIVISION, U. D. C.
Some weeks ago an individual appeared in the office of a
busy luwyer with a volume styled "The World's History and
Its Makers." He was no mere amateur in the art of making
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this work from scholariy men of the State of Virginia who
were competent judges of literature and students of history.
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the desire to disseminate valuable information in ten concise
volumes and not to derive a sordid advantage for himself.
So rare a spirit appeared to deserve encouragement, and so
the books were ordered. That they arrived c. o. d. with a
bill attached for $13.80, which had not been alluded to, making
the total cost $18.80, is a trivial detail. The point is in the
contents.
Volume VIII., entitled "American Statesmen," and Volume
VI., "Famous Warriors," for sectional bias and palpable inac-
curacy far excel Ellis, Elson, or any of those Xorthern rec-
ords of which the concrete teaching is : "The North fought
for the Union and the South for slavery." The aspect of
the question which well-nigh causes despair is that these per-
nicious volumes usually come with the indorsement of promi-
nent Southern men. It is true that these persons reap no
benefit from this indorsement, and also true that they are
usually ignorant of the real nature and tendency of the con-
tents ; but the fact remains that this commendation enables
agents to sell these works in the South. In support of the
statement that the two volumes mentioned are misleading and
false, the entire sketch of John C. Calhoun may be referred
to, as a more flagrant attempt to misrepresent a great Ameri-
can has rarely been made. Ponder these sentences : "There is
little interest attaching to Calhoun's career outside of slavery."
"When Andrew Jackson denied to Calhoun a further national
career, all personal matters went out of the South Carolinian's
mind. He became a pro-slavery fanatic, as powerful in con-
viction as John Brown on the other side. Calhoun believed
reason directed him ; John Brown believed God sent him."
It is respectfully submitted that the classification of a states-
man like Calhoun with an assassin like John Brown is suf-
ficient proof that the author is incapable of a proper estimate
of achievement and fatally deficient in the fine discrimination
which distinguishes the historian from the mere retailer of
stale falsehoods.
On page 336 in the "Biography of Abraham Lincoln" occurs
the following reference to Lincoln's candidacy for President:
"Though he was encouraged, it is likely he knew the con-
spiracy of the Southern leaders began from that very day.
Floyd, of Virginia, who had received the nullifiers' votes for
President years before, was Secretary of War. and immedi-
ately lent his department to the service of the plot."
On page 339: "At this time war was inevitable, but nobody
in authority believed it would last ninety days. It was
thought the South would fight a little and recede from the
dogma of slave extension. The nation was still under the
spell of slave-holding orators; the South claimed all the
chivalry and respectability of the Union."
The choicest excerpts can naturally be made from the sketch
of Seward, "the man who for ten years, beginning with the
rebukes of Calhoun, had sustained all the insults that free-
dom received from slavery at the hands of Jefferson Davis,
Henry .'\. Wise, Toombs. Stephens, and the rest of the slave-
holding secessionists." (Page 357.)
Sumner should have aflforded the noblest theme for the
vilification of the South, but not so. The effulgent splendor of
Sumner as a South hater was dimmed by his willingness to
dissolve the Union; therefore Sumner, while affording a good
opportunity for meretricious vindictiveness, does not get un-
stinted praise. How aggravating it is to a really truly North-
ern historian to make- the admission that the abolitionists
were as eager for secession as the slave owners !
But it is in Volume VI., "Famous Warriors," that the most
complete and consistent revelation is given of the unfitness
of tliis book for Southern libraries. The War of the States
is described as the rebellion, the Southern soldiers as rebels,
the Confederate intrenchments as rebel breastworks, and yet
in this same volume appears a sketch of Stonewall Jackson
which summarizes w-ell his brilliant campaigns and is free
from objectionable allusions. Imagine the mental confusion
of the reader who finds Tennessee full of "Rebel commanders"
who suffer a sea change into Confederates when they cross
the Virginia border! Surely consistency might be required,
if not accuracy.
The biography of Gen. Robert E. Lee is perhaps the least
obnoxious in the book: but words of praise are written with
a niggard hand, and there is complete silence as to the splen-
did years of service at Lexington, when the supreme moral
grandeur of the character of Lee was revealed in its unrivaled
greatness. There is not even a passing tribute to the genius
which could descend from the highest plane of military re-
nown to the patient task of teaching, nor a reference to the
heroic self-abnegation which imposed upon him the limits of
a college in lieu of the honors in w-hich his State would have
expressed her homage. O, that Jubal Early had read these
volumes ! His language might not have been a polite epitome
of literary criticism, but it would have been a profane classic.
Arc we remediless in the premises? Is there no forum in
which a nation can bring action for slander? Alas, none!
But we have a weapon, the Arsunieiitum ad Pockclunt. New
England did not perceive the heinous iniquity of slavery until
the forbidden traffic caused her African convoys to flap idle
sails in the Bay of Marblehead. The New England conscience
which could be lulled by the profits of the slave trade may be
awakened by the suggestion that it is financially advisable
to publish fewer falsehoods and abandon the practice of
designating the uprising of a people in defense of their rights
a rebellion. The mendacious chroniclers of other latitudes
might perhaps be taught that the dead shall not be aspersed
nor the living humiliated with impunity if we published a
list denominated "histories which should be hissed" for the
protection of our schools and our homes.
CORRECTIOS AS TO NUMBERS CONSISTENT.
T. L. Wells, of Dyersburg, Tenn., w rites : "In the February
Veter.\n, page 59, N. O. Nelsen states: 'It was in 1836, after
the battle of the Alamo, that the Texan army of ninety men led
by Sam Houston routed Santa Anna's army of 2,000 men, of
which 1,000 Mexicans remained upon the spot as silent wit-
nesses of their defeat. With the battle cry of "Remember the
Alamo!" that invincible squad of Texans shot, stabbed, and
strangled one-half of Santa Anna's army in thirty minutes.' "
It was not intended that the unreasonable statement go to
press, but before correction was made something else diverted
the thought, and so it is. Mr. Wells's letter was sent to the
author, who replied: "The facts are that one cipher was left
off the number engaged. I learn that there were seven hun-
dred and fifty infantry, sixty cavalry, and two brass cannon
known as the Twin Sisters."
Comrade H. B. Nelsen was a private in Company A, Os-
wald's Battalion, Texas Volunteer Infantry.
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ROGER MORRIS WOULDS'T BLACK BOOTS.
R. R. Savage, of Corpus Christi, Tex., writes of a soldier
lad of fifteen years who went into the war from Grenada,
Miss., as a member of Blount Craig's company in the 29th
Mississippi Regiment. Young Morris was captured in the
battle of Missionary Ridge and was sent to Rock Island
Prison. He had smallpox,
and one day while conva-
lescing he was observed by thr
commandant of the prison
After chatting with the la.i
and telling him that he ougli;
to be at home with his mother.
he took special pity on him
and said if he would be a good
boy he could stay at his (the
commandant's) office, where
he could get more to eat.
This officer told Morris in a
warning way of a certain of-
ficial at the quarters who knew
nothing of battle.
.After he had been there sev-
eral weeks, this subaltern in-
quired of him what he was
doing there, and he explained. The next day he handed his
boots to Morris and told him to clean and polish them. The
young Mississippian declined to do it, and said that he never
blacked his own boots. He was told that he would have to
do that service or go back into the main prison with the
"grown-ups." He returned to his former quarters and to the
starving methods of Rock Island. After the war he moved
to Liberty County, Tex., and was soon elected sheriflf, a posi-
tion that he held until his death, a few years ago.
kiji,i:k mokkis.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO HONOR VETERANS.
BY WILLIAM M. HUNLEV.
The University of Virginia, desiring to show in a substan-
tial way that it remembers and can never forget the time
when they looked death in the face for their country's sake,
will call back at commencement next June the survivors of
those student companies who left the University in the
stirring days at the outbreak of the Civil War and joined the
Confederate forces. The University will honor them by be-
stowing upon them some testimonial in the form of a ribbon,
a badge, or a medal. Just what form the decorating will take
has not been determined as yet. That is being considered.
Another committee, at the instance of President Alderman,
has been trying to locate all the veterans who are entitled to
the honor which the University will bestow. A good many
have been found, but the committee has been unable to find
others. In order that every survivor of the student com-
panies may be notified and brought to Charlottesville next
June, Prof. J. W. Mallet, Chairman of Committee University
of 'Virginia, has prepared the following statement, which he
hopes will reach every man entitled to the honor:
"The authorities of the University of Virginia, looking to
a reunion if possible at the next cornmencement in June of
this year of the survivors of students who went from the
halls of the University into the military or naval service of
the Confederate States, wish to collect the names and pres-
ent addresses of all such survivors, with information as to
the following points in each case :
"Full name, plainly written. Command and rank.
"University session (from 1S60-61 to 1864-65, inclusive*
in w'hich person was a student here.
"Date (exact or approximate) at which person entered the
military or naval service of the Confederacy.
"Date (exact or approximate) at which person left such
service, with what rank and under what conditions (honor-
ably discharged by reason of wounds or otherwise, paroled at
close of war, or under any other stated circumstances).
"Present post office address, plainly written.
"Any such surviving student or any one knowing of such
student or students will confer a favor, which will be appre-
ciated, if he will write to me with as little delay as possible,
i-'iving a stateinent of the particulars called for above."
University of Virginia students, as writers of the period
show in tlieir contributions to the literature of the time, took
a prominent part in the Civil War. Early in November, i860,
I wo military companies were formed at the University, and
in February, i85i, they were organized, officered, armed, and
uniformed, ready to fight for the South. The officers in com-
mand of both companies were graduates of the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute. The first company was called "The Southern
Guard" and the second "The Sons of Liberty." In April,
1861, they left Charlottesville for Harper's Ferry to take
possession of the arsenal and other property. Within a few
months, at the request of Professor Maupin, both companies
were returned to the University, but the boys did not stay
long about the campus. They left a few at a time and then
in large numbers, and soon all of them had joined the Con-
federate army or navy. They performed gallant service in
the cause of the South, and some of them won high distinc-
tion and places in the annals of history for all time, as, for
instance, Col. William J. Pegram and Col. A. S. Pendleton.
Another company was organized at the University in May,
1861. This was known as "The University Volunteers." The
Volunteers left Charlottesville July 4, 1861, in the midst of
a great demonstration on the part of the students whom they
were leaving behind and the people of the city, and proceeded
to join the command of Gen. Henry A. Wise. The next
year, after having seen much service and after having many
thrilling experiences, they were brought back to Charlottes-
ville and disbanded ; but every man had rejoined the Southern
forces within a few months.
Elaborate preparations will be made to welcome and en-
tertain the veterans when they return to Charlottesville in
June. Every effort is being inade to find them all, and any
one who can supply a name or an address in this connection
will confer a favor upon those having the matter in hand.
TENNESSEE SONS UNITED WITH THE VETERANS.
At the last Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and
Association of Confederate Soldiers in Tennessee the follow-
ing paper was presented by the Commander of the U. S. C. V. :
"The United Sons of Confederate Veterans in convention
assembled at Murfreesboro on October 11, 1911, through its
comtnittee appointed for the purpose, desires to present for
your earnest consideration and action its plea for recognition
on your part, which plea is due to the fact that the Sons
desire to come into closer relation to your organization.
"We believe that we would gain an inspiration and a fund
of information that would be invaluable to us and to our
posterity by being permitted to come into this close relation
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with you. We do not desire that kind of recognition at your
hands that would carry with it the right on our part to hold
office or to vote, but rather the privilege of close association
with you (oi sitting at the feet of Gamaliel), of hearing from
the mouths of the veterans themselves true statements and
incidents concerning the great civil strife.
"By this association we believe that we could prove more
helpful to you than would be possible by the continuance of
an entirely separate organization. Under the present con-
<lition the work of the Sons is not clearly defined, and as a
result very little has been or is being accomplished by them
through their organized capacity; but by this association with
you that we so much covet and seek we would be able to work
imder your directions, to be subject to your call, and to show
to you that attention which would reflect the respect, the
veneration, and the love we feel in our hearts.
"Anything you can or will do that will tend to bring about
this closer relation will be gratefully appreciated by us."
The signatures are : Leland Hume, Commander Tennessee
Division; James N. Cox, Division Commissary; William Win-
ion Lyon, Adjutant General and Chief of Staflf: Allen C.
Johnson and Jesse W, Sparks, Murfrcesboro.
The pica was accepted most cordially, and action was taken
authorizing the Sons to send delegates to take part in the con-
vention as members of it with same privileges as Veterans,
except that they have no votes in the selection of officers
or in the changes of any laws that may be proposed.
In presenting the above report to the Tennessee Division,
U. C. v., Mr. Leland Hume, the Division Commander of the
Sons, explained that he had for a long time felt that the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans as a separate organiza-
tion was a mistake as far as its perpetuation was concerned.
In the early days, when there were veterans by the thousands
all over the country, a separate organization was perhaps all
right ; hut it never has accomplished anything worth the name,
and now, when the ranks of the veterans are fast becoming
depleted, with age and infirmity creeping upon those of the
veterans who reinain, it devolves upon the Sons to do what
the Daughters have done, though in a different wMy. The
Sons, he said, should enter the ranks of the Veterans as Jun-
iors, with all the rights except that of voting and holding of-
fice, which should be withheld from them, certainly for years
to come: but they should he in training, so to speak; they
should be at all the meetings, listen to those who did the
fighting, and learn from the lips of heroes what true patriotism
consists of; they should be willing in their strength and might
and youthful vigor to make glad and easy the lives nf those nn
"the shady side of life."'
Mr. Huine adds: "H the Sons really and truly honor the
heroic deeds of valor and patriotism and bravery and self-
sacrifice of their fathers, they have an easy way of showing
it. For my part, I want to see the Sons get in the harness
sure enough and do hard work, and get out of dress parade,
get out of Confederate uniforms, take off the epaulets and the
braid, and show by their acts and by their deeds that they are
worthy sons of noble sires. Believing as strongly as I do
believe that the organization of Sons should be merged into
that of the Veterans and upon the conditions prescribed and
determined upon by the Veterans, I have decided that if the
Veterans will give this opportunity to merge the organization
of the Sons with them, unless the Sons cheerfully ac-
quiesce, so far as the organization itself is concerned I will
no longer take any part therein."
HYPOCRISY OF THE 'ELSON HISTORY."
Report of A. H. Lankford, Paris, Tenn.
Commander and Comrades: After a most careful study of
the book designated as "Elson's History," we find it to be
most unfair and untruthful; a most ingenious and cunningly
devised work, shaded all through with a sympathetic, hypo-
critical respect for the South, tinged with some make-believe
of affection for the whites of the South, yet an uncontrollable
love for the colored race and a desire upon the author's part,
though unexpressed, to place them in every particular upon
terms of equality with the better class of whites of the South
and entirely over and above our "poor white trash."
The author favors through the entire work from the earliest
days of the government a strong central government based
upon the most extreme and ultra plans offered by the extreme
Federalist, who but for Jefferson would no doubt have suc-
ceeded in organizing a centralized government.
His description of the condition of slavery previous to the
War of the States when he states that the North treated
slaves humanely and received them in the family ("birds of a
feather flock together") and in the South they were under
the lash of the brutal master, driven to wear their lives away
in the rice swamps and cotton fields, is so ingeniously and
cunningly expressed and so shadowed with a hypocritical ap-
peal to convince the reader of his love and respect for the
South that it is calculated to mislead the very elect.
His description of the war shows a mind ignorant of the
facts or so full of hatred that it would not permit him to
write the truth. His book contains some high eulogies of
some of our leaders, and a too hasty reading may be mis-
leading, yet a careful consideration shows it to be hypocrisy.
As an example, he charges that Wade Hampton surrendered
Columbia, S. C, after firing five hundred bales of cotton.
This after reading "Sherman's Memoirs" shows this a false
statement, for Hampton did not do it.
He admits that, while the North had the civilized world
from which to draw soldiers and supplies (the South had
only eleven States), it took them four years to reach Ap-
pomattox and Charleston. In the battles reported, possibly
sixty-five per cent of them, he approximates the loss on the
Confederate side at some 475.000 and with almost continued
success of the Federals after first Manassas to Appomattox.
Resolved by the Joe Kendall Camp, No. 1747, That we enter
our most soleinn protest and condeinnation of the use of the
book in any Southern school, even in the colored schools.
Recognizing the cunning ingenuity and the great effort to
arouse the sympathetic feeling for his colored brother and to
prejudice the mind against everything in the South but the
said colored brother, we regard it as the most dangerous and
hypocritical work before the rising generation of our beloved
Southland. In this connection we earnestly call upon those
whose duty it is to select educators for all Southern schools
of whatever grade to elect no teacher who will for one mo-
ment teach this or any other such book. We further enter
our protest against the custom of emplo>nng Northern teachers,
by whom it is almost impossible to avoid showing a prefer-
ence for their much-loved negro brother and prejudice against
the Southern whites, and we further appeal to those who have
charge of this duty to employ only teachers who exhibit patri-
otic principles and who believe in a white man's government
by a majority of the white voters of the States.
The report was adopted by a rising vote with thanks to the
author and requests that a copy be sent to the Veteran.
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Qopfederati^ l/eterap,
(Confederate l/eterap.
S. A. CUXNIXGIIAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methotlist Publishing House Huilding, N:ishville, Tenn.
This publication is the (vrsonnl property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and reaiizc Us benctits as an orf^aii for Asso-
ciations throuf^hout the South are requested to commend Us patronage and to
CoOpemte in eictending its circuLilion. Let each one be constantly diligent.
PERMANENT TRIBUTE TO COL. RICHARD OWEN.
Earnest for the best interest of mankind is the motive that
inspired tlie Richard Owen Memorial in his capital city of
Indianapolis fifty years after his deeds of iniparalleled kind-
ness to Confederate prisoners of war in Camp Morton. Care-
ful readers of the Veteran are informed of the movement
and why it was inaugurated.
A visit was made to Governor Marshall at Indianapolis re-
cently to determine the location; and after careful c.Namina-
tion of the most suitable places, the Governor showed the
spirit m.mifcsted by all the people who have considered it
with the significant and animated remark : "Mr. Cunningham,
you can place it where you wish."
Governor Marshall is so popular with his people that he
was chosen by a majority of 15.000, while the ticket of his
party was defeated by 10,000 at the last general election.
Many things about Colonel Owen's kindness to Confederate
prisoners are known. The fifty years that have elapsed since
l;c was commandant of the Camp Morton Prison have not
dimmed the memory, but intensified it rather with the few
survivors of his unstinted kindness. It was learned recently
that he wrote to his own family at New Harmony, Ind.. urg-
ing them to send books to be given the prisoners. They were
a literary people and had a large library. Everything that
has been brought out about his career in that position confirms
the sentiment of his distinctive merit and shows why the grati-
tude of every survivor is so strong. Families of those now dead
should desire to participate in honoring his memory.
Think of the people who will visit the grand State Capitol
that cost $2,003,000, and at the most prominent niche in its
grand walls will see these words, "Erected to the memory of
Col. Richard Owen, U. S. A., by Confederate prisoners and
their friends for kindness and unfailing courtesy shown them
in Camp Morton, 1862," or such in substance.
What man of the North or the South will not pause and
breathe a spirit of gratitude, or what foreigner who sees it
will not meditate upon the invincibility of Americans?
The Editor of the Veteran is inexpressibly humble in the
meditation. Friends, that monument must be erected in a
creditable manner. A worthier project has never been under-
taken. While it is the project solely of the Veteran, its
founder seeks no credit personally in any way, yet he intends
to make it as worthy as possible for the cause. He asks
every Camp, U. C. V., every Chapter, U. D. C, every Me-
morial Association, and every Son and Daughter to cooperate
collectively and individually.
Contributions to the Richard Owi:.\ Mkmukjai..
G. N. Gardner, Nashville, Tenn $ i 00
J. H. Gilfoil, Omega, I^a 2 00
VV. II. Howcott, New Orleans, La 10 00
Col. VV. H. Stewart, Portsmouth, Va i 00
J K. Womack, Eagleville, Tenn 1 00
Albert Thayer, Indianapolis, Ind 200
J. M. Campbell, Marlinsburg. W. Va i 00
George M. Jones, Springfield. Mo i 00
W. J. Miller, Burlington. Iowa i 00
James T. Rice, Iva, S. C 200
Dr. W. E. Hinson. Charleston, S. C 2 00
.\rthur Parker, Abbeville, S. C i 00
I,. .\. Powers, Athens, Tex 1 00
J. M. Comb, San Marcos, Tex i 00
John H. Lewis, Memphis, Tenn i 00
S. J. Alexander, Macon, Tenn 1 00
Miss Nannie Nutt, Alva, Fla i 00
P. E. Allen. Grand Cane, La 5 oo
Mrs. Nora Owen .Armstrong, Memphis. Tenn 2500
.\ Friend 5 no
Capt. John B. Stone, Kansas City. Mo t 00
J. S. Rosamond, Durant, Miss i 00
Sidoll Tilghman, Madison, N. J lo 00
.\. B. Hill, Memphis, Tenn 2 00
Gen. William H. Jewell, Orlando, Fla i 00
1". S. Hewes, Gulfport, Miss 2 00
Emmett Setton, Pulaski, Tenn i 00
J. M. Arnold, Covington, Ky 1 00
John Shearer, McCror\-, .\rk i 00
J. A. Magnus and wife, Cincinnati, Ohio 10 OD
J. P. Bradley, Linneus, Mo i 00
T. W. Cromwell, Cynthiana, Ky 50
T. C. Chiles, Greenwood, S. C i 00
J. P. Norwood, Lockesburg. .Ark i 00
B. H. Young, Louisville, Ky 10 00
Capt. Josepli Phillips, Nashville, Tenn 5 00
Capt. A. E. Asbury, Higginsville, Mo 1 00
B. H. Rogers, Plantersville, Miss i 00
E. G. \\'ildcr, Socrnm, Fla i 00
Mrs. E. T. Oltrogge, Jacksonville, Fla i 00
D. H. Bryant, Orlando, Fla i 00
W. A. Anderson, Holly Springs, Miss i 00
Mrs. L. A. Nutt, Alva, Fla i 00
J. N, Gaines, Brunswick, Mo i 00
Mrs. R. Y. Macbeth, Pinopolis, S. C i 00
J. M. Myers, FishersviUe, Ky i 00
.S. B. Barron, Rusk, Tex i 00
Mrs. C. B. Stones, Galveston, Tex i 00
Franklin-Buchanan Camp, U. C. ^^. Baltimore, Aid 10 00
J O. Varnadoc, Valdosta, Ga i 00
Dr. B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C i 00
W. M. Graham, Cedar Bluff, Miss i 00
R. M. DeYoung, Chase, Ala i 00
H. G. Lipscomb, Nashville, Tenn 5 00
Miss Florence Whiteside, Cleveland, Tenn i 00
W. W. Carnes, Meinphis, Tenn i 00
G. W. Dawson, Kansas City, Mo i 00
S. W. VanPelt. Farmville, Va i 00
B. R. Brown, Shouns, Tenn i 00
J. \V. Jordan, Carrollton, Va i 00
Henry Moore, Texarkana, Ark 250
C. J. DuBuisson, Ya^oo City, Miss i oa
C. J. Vanmeter, Bowling Green, Ky 5 00
John H. Lester, Deming, N. Mex i 00
G. W. R. Bell, Gaylcsville, Ala i 00
The foregoing aggregates only $161. This is discouraging,
but that monument mtist be erected. The Editor of the Vet-
eran will duplicate all of the foregoing and more still if
necessary. It must be dedicated during the administration of
Governor Marshall, and that will end next January. Please
write if your Camp or your Chapter will cooperate.
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.■^ I'lRCIXIA BOY l.\ THE SIX'ITES.
BV HENRV CLINTON SYDNOK.
Mecliaiiicsville, Hanover County, Va., where the Seven
Days' battle commenced, was a little village of two or three
stores and two blacksmith and two carpenter shops, and was
five miles north of Richmond and one-half mile north of the
Chickahominy River. About one-third of tliis village was
owned by my father. He lived a mile or so east of here, at
which place sixteen of us were born.
In Mechanicsville I saw the raising of the first Confederate
flag, and I well remember the excitement it created among
the boys of the community. My brothers were largely in-
strumental in raising the flag and talking war, war to every-
body. About this time everything was excitement over the
> war, and the boys used to assemble and see the Confederate
soldiers drill as they were mustered in every day.
About this time our family physician, who had gone with
the army, came to my father's house to dinner, and many of
the neighbors assembled to hear the news. He said the Fed-
erals were rapidly approaching Richmond, and he had better
send the girls to another part of the State, as he was confi-
1 dent there would be heavy lighting around home. So all were
' sent away except father, mother, one sister, and myself. I
was then eleven years old. I well remember the parting of
my sisters and our old slaves when they separated.
About this time I would assemble the many negro children
at night, and as their captain I would drill them and have
j sham battles with stick guns, and we had a big time. All
manner of rumors would come to us of the advance of Mc-
Clellan's army, and at last the last Confederate soldier left
us. Then my mother called me and placed around my waist
a cloth belt, and in it was placed what money my father had
at home. This consisted of gold, which we had ceased to use,
keeping it sacredly for future needs. Confederate money on'
was used as exchange among the people, and those who had
gold kept it hidden.
After our soldiers left. Uncle Tom came running in and
said: "Marse William, dey is cum for sure. My God, Marster,
de woods is full of dem Yankees ! Well, Marster, I wants to
tell you right now: all de young niggers am going to Icab
you, but you is been a good marster to me, an' you can count
on dis nigger stayin' with you till dis war am over." And
how proud we all felt of Uncle Tom ! He was one of the
most aristocratic of negroes. He seldom worked in the field,
just attended to the carriage team and occasionally went to
market. He had a consequential air, dressed well, and bossed
it over the other darkies, who looked up to him with rever-
ence and respect. I never knew him to open a gate or shut
one when a negro boy was in sight. The negroes always rated
their standing from the amount of slaves and money their
masters possessed. He always occupied the front seat in the
gallery at the church ; and when the carriage arrived at church,
all the small boys stood around and watched him as he drove
up. He would open the carriage door, let down the steps, and
help my mother and the children out, and with a wave of the
hand fold up the steps, close the door, turn his team over to
the footman, and go in to church.
Another of our negroes was Uncle Americus. No one knew
his age, but he was supposed to be about a hundred years old.
Never in my recollection had he performed any w-ork of any
kind. He would tell us children about the Revolutionary
War, .nul they were most remarkable stories. I looked up
to him in awe and admiration. When the Yankees came, he
was in his glory. They would gather around him in crowds.
I can see his bald head now shining in the sun, and the way
he imposed on their credulity was a "caution." He was a past
master in this respect. He would always ask for alms when
his story was ended.
Soon after Uncle Tom told us about the coming of troops
a few men rode up to the house and asked the negroes many
questions, and then asked me: "Are there any Rebels around
here?" I told them we were not Rebels, but Confederates.
I thought at first they would kill us all, but in a few minutes
their conversation with my father convinced me we were in
no danger of being shot just for fun, and by the next day I
had fully regained my composure and felt free to go among
them and talk with them. The officers told my father they
would respect his family and not willfully destroy his prop-
erty, but he must stay closely upon his premises.
The next day soldiers were everywhere, putting up tents
and telegraph wires, which were tacked to the trees. The
wagons, each drawn by four fine mules, seemed to be in the
thousands. A fine grove near the house was used as an en-
campment. Our large barn was also used. This barn was
the headquarters for the men who did picket duty on the
Chickahominy River, wdiich at this point was occupied by
McClcUan on the north and Lee on the south. This was a
sluggish stream about twenty-five feet wide, but there were
broad, swampy bottoms on each side extending to high hills.
On the south side hills was posted a battery of artillery in
plain view of our home. Every evening about four o'clock a
fresh regiment would relieve the one at the barn, and the
other one would return to camp. I often wondered why the
Confederates did not send shells into that barn, until one day
an officer said they knew the Confederates knew who lived
there, and they would not shell the barn or house on that
account. I was allow-ed perfect freedom, so I mingled freely
with the officers and men. Father was restricted to the im-
mediate surroundings. No light was allowed at night.
Upon arrival of the troops all work ceased with the negroes.
The cows were allowed the run of the pasture, but the boys
milked as usual, and we .sold the milk to the soldiers, who
had plenty of everything to eat, and they would frequently
give me some sugar and real coffee. Coffee in Richmond had
become scarce, and we were using parched wheat instead, with
sorghum molasses for sugar. Everj' day a lot of officers
would assemble on the porch and discuss the war with father,
and they always treated him with the respect his age de-
manded. A Major Boyd took a great fancy to us all. I
have often wished that I might know whether he sur\'ived the
awful days that followed.
My father was taken sick soon after they came, and Major
Boyd sent a doctor to see him. When the doctor came, none
of us liked him. He was so stuck up with the position he held.
He said something about the "Rebels," and when he left
father would not take the medicine. Boylike I mentioned
this to Major Boyd, so he came the next day with another
doctor. As soon as this one spoke a few words my boyish
heart went right out to him. and I said: "Father, this doctor
won't call us Rebels, and you will take his medicine." And
he did.
There was a little pasture in front of the house with a fine
stand of clover. This pasture was grazed every night by the
artillery horses. One evening they put their horses in there
before dark, the pasture being in plain view of the Confed-
erate battery. I can see a big fat Dutchman now come
prancing in among the trees riding one horse and having an-
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other with a haher. There were about twenty-five horses in
there. Men held them to graze. When the Dutchman came
riding in and before he got off his horse, 1 happened to look
toward the Confederate line and saw four small puflfs of
smoke. I told father to look out, as shells were coming.
They fell right among the horses and men. and such running
we never saw. The Dutchman's horse, friglitened, ran oflf
with him, striking a tree, and he went over the horse's head
some forty feet. I never saw men laugh as those officers on
the porch did when that fellow hit the ground. After that
they always grazed at night.
Every day the Confederate battery on the south side of the
Chickahominy would shell the woods and all around, but
never any fell in our yard. A McClellan battery would reply,
and when the duel would commence many officers would come
into our yard for protection, as they said they knew tlie shells
would not fall there.
The water in our yard was used by hundreds of tlie troops
The spring being much higher than the house, the water
came up through a big pipe and then ran ofT to the barn. The
stream was surrounded by soldiers with their canteens.
In the rear of the barn there was a small wheat field, and
it was ready to cut. The negroes said that if they went to
work the Confederates would throw shells at them ; but Uncle
Tom told them that the Confederates knew whose wheat field
it was, and they went to work under his lead. A few morn-
ings afterwards Uncle Tom and Uncle Moses came to me
and said : "Don't give us away, but we can tell you where the
stolen geese are. Some soldiers are behind the wheat shock
picking them." The night before we lost all our geese but
two or three. Now these geese were my pets ; the old gander
1 had named Major, and I used to take them on the high hills
and make them fly back home. So I went crying to the cap-
tain who had charge of the men at the barn and told him his
men had stolen my geese and killed old Major. "Well," he
said, "come with me, you little Rebel. We are not here to
make war on geese, but to take Richmond. They shall pay
you for them." So we went into the wheat field and when I
saw old Major I fell down on him and cried. The captain
took me up and called the men to him and made them pay
me fifty cents apiece for every goose except old Major, and
I took him to the house and Uncles Tom and Moses buried
him for me. Now of the few geese that escaped was one
given to us in 1840 by Mr. Thomas White, a relative, who
moved to Missouri. He said he did not know the age of this
goose, but had owned her for a number of years. She finally
went through the war, escaping all the raids that Sheridan,
Kilpatrick, and others made through our section. She was
brought to Missouri in 1870, and was killed accidentally in
1890. She reared her young every year. She was in our own
family for fifty years, and when killed was apparently young.
Before father was taken sick he had asked some privilege
from the commanding officer. He told him he was originally
a Union man, but Mr. Lincoln's call for troops to subdue the
South had changed him, and six of his sons were in the Con-
federate army. The officer told him if he would take the oath
he could have his request. He wanted to know what kind of
oath. The next day he submitted to him the following oath
for his consideration and insisted upon his subscribing to it:
"I, , of Hanover County, State of Virginia, do hereby
solemnly swear that I will bear allegiance to the United
States and support and sustain the Constitution and laws
thereof; that I will maintain the national sovereignty para-
mount to that of all State, county, or Confederate powers ;
that I will discourage, discountenance, and forever oppose
secession, rebellion, and disintegration of the Federal Uninn ;
that I disclaim and denounce all faith and fellowship with tlie
so-called Confederate armies and pledge my honor, my prop-
erty, and my life to the sacred performance of this, my sol-
emn oath of allegiance to the government of the United States
of America."
.•\fter reading it. my father handed it back to him and said
with a voice full of fire and emotion and trembling finger
pointing toward the Confederate line, his whole frame quiver-
ing: "I have six sons on yonder hill! If I sign this, it will
deny me right to welcome them home ; if I sign this, it will
deny me right to feed them; if I sign this, it will deny me
right to show to them my love and affection when with God's
will I meet them again. Never, never! How can you ask it?"
From a hill near the house the church steeples in Richmond
could be plainly seen, and every Sunday morning when tlu-
church bells were ringing the sound could be plainly heard.
Near this hill was our overseer's house. The overseer had
gone to the army, and his family were at this house, and the
officers would taunt the old lady about soon being in Rich-
mond, saying they would capture her husband and send him
home to her. One Sunday morning they came down from
the hill after listening to the Church bells and told her that
next Sunday they would themselves ring those bells. "Well,"
she said; "you have been up on the hill viewing the promised
land, have you?" "O yes." "Well, don't 3-ou know the
prophet Moses climbed the mount and viewed the promised
land, but he never got there?" This remark amused them
very much, and was the talk of the camp as long as they
stayed there.
Every still afternoon they would send up balloons — "monster
things." One evening the men in the balloon reported that Lee
was preparing to vacate Richmond, that they could see a big stir
among the troopS: They soon found out differently, as Gen.
J. E. B. Stuart was starting out on his famous raid aroundi
General McClellan's army. Next morning everything was in.
confusion, troops galloping everywhere, and for two days-
they thought Lee would attack them.
On June 25, 1862, tliere appeared every evidence of an im-
pending battle. Every man was in camp, orderlies were riding:
everywhere, and the troops were moving. The next day, June
HOME OF W. B. AND S. T. SYDNOR, MECHANICSVILLE, VA.
26, we heard the first shot of the real battle. That afternoon,
was fought the battle of Mechanicsville and EUerson Mill.
This mill being about a mile from our house, and our house-
being not in line of the battle, we escaped, but shells flew all'
around. Father being sick, Uncle Tom and Uncle Moses
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carried him down into tlie basement and laid him on a bed
where we thought it would be safer. The whole family were
in this room. An old-fashioned table with drop sides stood
in one corner, and every time a shell would burst close to the
house a moan would come from under this table. Father
called to know who it was. Under this table lay poor Uncle
Tom. who cried out : "Marse William, pray for me, pray for
me." The battle ceased about dark.
The porch was full of officers that nigln until about ten
o'clock, when suddenly all left, and everything was as quiet
as death the rest of the night. The next morning, June 27,
we looked out and could not see a soul anywhere ; so I ven-
tured out and went up to the top story of the barn and looked
over toward the Confederate lines. And as I did so I saw a
man on a horse about one-half mile away. As soon as he saw
me he motioned to me with his hat to come to him. I knew
he was a Confetlcrate soldier, and that was enough; so I hur-
ried down and ran as a boy never did before toward him, and
he came to meet me. It was my brother. I nearly fainted,
so glad was I to see him. He took me up on his horse and
carried mc to General Longstreet, who asked me many ques-
tions about McClcllan's army. I told bun all I knew, and
then in a few moments the whole of Lee's army was in motion
on their way to Cold Harbor, about two miles east, where Mc-
Clellan's army made another stand and where an awful and
bloody battle occurred. This is the fight where the New
York Zouaves of the Federal army and the New Orleans
Tigers of Lee's army met, and but few lived through it.
Longstrcct's Division passed right through our yard going
to this battle. Lee and McCIellan fought for several days.
VVc boys gathered bullets from tlie battle lleld and moulded
them into shot to hunt w-itli. Uncle Tom and Uncle Moses
remained with us, sharing our joys and our sorrows.
The day after the battle of Cold Harbor a wounded soldier
came to get a drink of water while on his way to the hos-
pital in Richmond. He asked my father to let him rest. His
wound soon began to bleed afresh, and my father dressed it
over for him. and he seemed very grateful. He was an edu-
cated gentleman, so he was invited to remain with us until
he got well. Being from New Orleans, he could not get home.
Later he joined my brother's command, and fought gallantly
until the day before the surrender of Lee, when he gave my
brother his few trinkets, asking that they be sent to his
mother in New Orleans, as he would be killed that day.
Before the sun set on that day this gallant Frenchman had
crossed the river to meet Stonewall Jackson and his many
comrades. After the war was over, his brothers came and
got his body and took it to his dear old mother. She sent my
mother a handsome gold watch as a slight token of her appre-
ciation of the many favors we had conferred upon her boy.
[The foregoing lacks a family sketch that was expected. —
Ed. Veteran.]
ABOUT SANFORD GARNER AND HIS SON.
BY T. W. CASSEU., KANSAS CITY, MO.
I will State in replying to Theo H. Graves, of Anderson,
Tex., in November Veteran that Sanford Garner and his son,
John W. Gamer, enlisted in the cause of the South from In-
dependence. Mo., in 1861. They served in Company A, i6th
Missouri Infantry, Parson's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment, and were paroled at Shrcveport, La., May 23, 1865.
Owing to the rough treatment of returning Confederates by
the State Militia in their home county, they decided to remain
away until things had quieted down, and went to Eastern
Texas, where I heard later that they both died within a short
time after reaching their destination.
The elder Garner was a rather heavy-built nian between
fifty and sixty years of age. while the son was small aJid spare-
built, and weighed scarcely one hundred pounds. His hair
was light-colored, and was always worn long. He was slight-
ly lame, but was a good soldier and always ready for duty.
His age was about twenty-two years.
I have never known what became of the other members of
their family. I would appreciate any information from Mr.
Graves or other persons concerning them and their last days.
I write from personal knowledge. I was orderly sergeant
of the company.
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C^OQfederat^ Ucteraij.
FIRST FEDERAL DEFEAT AT SABINE PASS.
(William W'icss in the Beaumont (Tex.) Enterprise.]
I was in my first fight on January 21, 1862, when the river
steamers J. H. Bell and Uncle Ben captured the sailing ship
Morning Light, of one thousand tons' capacity and one hun-
dred and twenty men, and the schooner Velocity, of about one
hundred tons and about twenty men. These vessels were
blockading the entrance to Sabine Pass and lying from one
and a half to two miles off shore from the entrance to the
channel. The Morning Light was equipped with eight 32-
pound cannon and one small gun. The Velocity had two small
guns.
As but little has ever been published about this particular
scrap, I give what actually occurred.
At that time there were possibly located at and camped
within a radius of five miles of Sabine Pass a thousand or
twelve hundred Confederates. Every soldier at Sabine wanted
to get into the fight, but it was known that not more than one
hundred and I'lfty men could go on each boat. Hence it was
decided that they should be drawn by ballot.
My brother Mark (now deceased) and I belonged to Com-
pany A, Capt. O. M. Marsh. Our captain ascertained that only
twenty-five of his men could go on the J. H. Bell ; and as
there were one hundred and twenty-five men in our company,
he had twenty-five tickets prepared, marking the word "Bell'
on each ; the others were blank.
My brother and I both drew blanks, but unfortunately two
married men from Orange, Mr. William G. RadclilTe and Mr.
Feli.x Teal, drew "Bell" tickets. I induced them to let brother
Mark and me have their tickets, reminding them that they
were married men with families, and that we were both single.
\Vc might all go to "Davy Jones's locker," so they would
be much better off at home looking out for their families.
They finally consented and let us have their tickets, for which
I gave them two $10 Confederate bills. All the men taken
aboard our boats, except the gunners, went as sharpshooters,
in order to be able to clear the decks of the Yankee gunboats.
We were armed with Enfield rifles.
Some time during the night of January 20 two steamboats
came down from either Beaumont or Orange, arriving at old
Sabine after night. They were barricaded from the hull deck
to the cabin deck with double rows of cotton bales.
The J. H. Bell had one 64-pound rifle cannon forward on
the main deck and the Uncle Ben had two 32-pound cannons.
We were marched to the boats after midnight, and at about
four o'clock in the morning we started for action, and were
possibly eight or. nine miles from the enemy.
These were first-class river steamers. The Bell had a ca-
pacity of about 1,500 bales of cotton and the Uncle Ben a
capacity of about 1,000 bales. The Bell was the faster boat of
the two.
Capt. Charles Fowler, of Galveston, was considered the
"commodore." lie was in charge of the Bell, and Capt. Wil-
liam Johnson was in charge of the Uncle Ben. The pilots were
• Capt. Lewis King, Capt. L R. Birch, and I believe CharHe
Birch was third and Captain Hall, of Lake Charles, the fourth.
Mr. Sanford Gregory was the first engineer on the Bell, Mr.
Joe Wildey was the second engineer, and Mr. Abel Coffin,
my brother-in-law, was assistant engineer. He was engineer
on the supply steamer Sunflower, but accompanied us on the
Bell. Maj. Oscar M. Watkins was in command of the troops
at Sabine ; but when the boats left Sabine Pass, the command
devolved upon the shoulders of Commodore Charles Fowler
Among others who were on the Uncle Ben were : Capts. G.
W. O'Brien, K. D. Keith, and Gibbs, and their companions.
Letter from Abel Coffin, Jr.
[An account of the capture of the Federal boat Morning
Light otf Sabine Pass by the river steamers J. H. Bell and
Uncle Ben, which account was written by Abel Coffin on the
ilyleaf of a volume of Macaulay's "Essays."]
"On the morning of the 21st of January, 1863, the block-
ading force off Sabine entrance consisted of the clipper bark
Morning Light of 1,000 tons, carrying four iron 32-pound
guns in each broadside and an inch and a quarter Butter gun
aft, with one hundred and twenty men and a leader; the
schooner Velocity, of about one hundred tons, with two 12-
pounder brass boat howitzers and some ten or twelve men.
"The river steamers J. .H. Bell and Uncle Ben, having been
clad with cotton, arrived at Sabine Pass on the morning of the
20th. The former carried a 6-inch rifle forward, with in-
fantry, cavalry, and artillery amounting to some two hundred
and fifty ; the latter had two iron 12-pounders forward and
about the same number of men as the Bell and of the same
sort.
"The morning of the 21st, clear and calm, found all in readi-
ness, and they proceeded to attack the blockaders. The Bell
was in command of Charles Fowler and the Ben in charge
of William Johnson, both good seamen and brave officers.
After a running fight of more than an hour, both vessels sur-
rendered. The Velocity was brought in and the Morning
Light was burned on the bar. * * * j ^as engineer of the
steamboat Sunflower. Abel Coffin, Jr."
This letter confirms my recollections of the event.
About the time the boats were ready to start Major Watkins
remarked to Captain Fowler jocularly that he had never
smelled any gunpowder. Captain Fowler replied : "I'll give
you a chance to smell some to-day."
Our boats were stocked with fuel, consisting of rich pine
knots, several barrels of rosin, and some bacon, so as to be
able to make plenty of steam. I clearly remember going
in the engine room and noticing that our engineer had the
safety valve tied down with monkey wrenches and sledge ham-
mers, so we really could not tell how much steam we had.
I returned to the deck, expecting every moment to see us all
go skyward.
The Bell led the way, with the Uncle Ben close in our rear.
When we left the wharf, there was no wind. When daylight
came and we were nearing the enemy, there was still but little
wind.
As soon as the blockaders saw us coming they realized there
was a fight on hand, and immediately began to spread their
sails and weigh anchors. They then got away under the
slight breeze. When we were within about one and a half
miles, we fired our first shot, and our shell fell just forward
of the bow under the bowsprit. In a very short time the
Morning Light replied with her broadside, which was four
shots, and they all fell short. We then gave them our second
shot, and much to our satisfaction and delight saw that we
had dismounted the forward gun on the Morning Light and
wounded several men. About this time the Morning Light
let us have her second round. Fortunately all of this round
went over us. It was then that Captain Fowler said : "Now
is our critical time. The next broadside will be grape and
canister." But we were running at such a rate of speed that
we were able to keep under the stern of the Morning Light,
so she was unable to get her guns to bear on us again. This
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fact, togetlier with tlie dismounting of her gun and the wound-
ing of her men, had sent nearly her entire force below.
Meantime our sharpsliooters had opened up on the Morning
Light, whicli resulted in sending the balance of her crew be-
low, with the exception of two men. One man was in the
rigging with the mast between him and the sharpshooters.
The other was Captain Dillingham, of the Morning Light,
who never did go below. He stood on the poop of his ves-
sel waving his sword in token of surrender. Shortly after
that the white flag ran up and the firing ceased.
During this fight but one man — Andrew McClurg, second
sergeant — was injured on our side. When vie were within
fifty or seventy- five yards of the Morning Light, McClurg
threw his gun down on Captain Dillingham, and our captain,
O. M. Marsh, knocked his gun up before he could fire. When
the bow of our boat struck the Morning Light, he jumped
from the cotton to the deck of the Morning Light, and in
doing so sprained his ankle. He was the only man hurt on
our side.
During this time the Uncle Ben was faking care of the
schooner Velocity. Each of our boats took a vessel in tow
and carried it back to the bar. The Uncle Ben took her tow
in over the bar in Sabine Pass ; but as the Light drew four-
teen to fifteen feet of water, we could not take her over.
After the fight was over. Captain Fowler turned the ex-
pedition over to Major Watkins. On account of certain con-
ditions he (lid not seem to be able to handle the remainder of
it to tlie best advantage.
We found that the Morning Light had on board about two
hundred barrels of beef and pork as stores and a good deal
of pig iron as ballast. The vessel could easily have been un-
loaded and brought into Sabine had it not been for the mis-
management of the party then in charge. The result was that
the next day about two o'clock two gunboats came from Gal-
veston, having possibly heard the firing on the gulf. We were
then compelled to abandon the Morning Light and set fire to
her. A part of her bones now rest on the west side of the
jetties at Sabine Pass.
The Uncle Ren and the Bell brought the prisoners to Beau-
mont. They were transferred from here to Houston.
Captain Dillingham was either a brother or imcle of Mr.
Dillingham, of Houston. He was a brave officer.
In return for my $10 Confederate bill I received a pair of
blankets and brother Mark got a suit of clothes. Each of our
boys got a relic of some kind.
Why more has not been written about this fight, I do not
know, for it was about as nervy a scrap as ever occurred.
ONE OF LIFE'S TRAGEDIES.
An Okr True Tai.e of Bfxlum and Later Days.
bv richard cartf.r horne. marshall. mo.
"No. the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close ;
As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets.
The same look she turned when he rose."
Tragedies in fiction often stir the human heart to unwonted
interest and excitement, but tragedies in real life are enacted
every day which the cunning hand of the master in histrionic
production can neither equal nor adequately portray.
There recently died in one of the Texas cities a man into
whose life was woven a heart romance the like of which was
probably never known ; one, in fact, then known only to him-
self and another, who had but lately discovered all the sad
truth, and who, with Spartan fortitude and woman's capacity
for silent suffering, had borne within her bosom a flame
kindled nearly half a century ago and which burst out anew
and burned more ardently than ever when a chance remark
in a crow'd caught her ear.
In the then Central West in ante-bellum times there lived
a young man of high purpose, fine presence, and a favorite in
his set and circle. When the Civil War came on, he, being a
Southron, espoused the cause of his class and clan, donned
the gray uniform of the country dear to him, and rode gayly
forth to battle. Within a year he was captain of a battery,
and became as dashing and fearless a beau sabrcur as ever
followed flag or fronted foe.
Shortly after Gen. Sterling Price had captured Lexington,
Mo., ably defended by Colonel Mulligan, of the Federal forces,
he and his victorious army again started South, and encamped
for several weeks upon the banks of the classic Osage, in the
southwestern part of the State. The hopes of the Confed-
eracy were then high, its star in the ascendant, and its leaders,
civil and military, felt they had an even chance to win, even
against overwhelming odds. The stars and bars were being
advanced and upheld with all the traditions and eclat of the
proud Southland, and nobody admitted possible defeat.
While the army was thus encamped for drill and to recruit
many ladies visited headquarters, and enjoyed the sights and
experience in fullest measure. Among one of the visiting
parties, chaperoned by a Mrs. Lewis, a near relative of the
Washingtons of Virginia, was a beautiful, high-born girl
whose father was a prominent Southerner, one who already
had several sons in Price's army. She and all the other
ladies were feted and toasted at the headquarters of the dif-
ferent divisions, and much of the pomp and circumstance of
war was exhibited upon that tented field to the admiring gaze
of the charming visitors. They met and were entertained by
generals, colonels, majors, and captains. Martial music and
showy uniforms completed the charm already so alluring.
Upon an ideal autumn afternoon in one of the brigade en-
campments a battery was ordered out for drill and maneuver,
and its captain was the handsome young fellow mentioned
above, and who never appeared to better advantage nor sat
his horse more gracefully. Dressed in new gray uniform,
girt with red silken sash and tassels, bowing acknowledgment
of female plaudits with all the grace of a French field mar-
shal of the old regime, it is no wonder he captivated the
younger ladies and became a favorite with all. After drill it
chanced that the young officer was introduced to the young
lady mentioned, and their short acquaintance, less than ten
days all told, rapidly ripened into a love as lasting as time
and as sacred and pure as that of the angels in heaven. Per-
sonally they had been strangers to each other, but their
families were well known and prominent ; and as for refer-
ences, the civil body of that part of the commonwealth would
have stood sponsor for the fair maid, while the whole army
would have backed the young captain with its moral and
physical support.
Those were happy days! It seemed to the young lovers as
though a universal truce had been declared for their especial
benefit and that the war— grim-visaged and terrible— w^ould
never be resumed, and that nothing but songs of love and
peace would ever again be heard in the land. They rode, they
walked, they sang, and, in fact, did everything that pure pas-
sion and chivalry inspires — she the envy of all the girls and
no
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he more than envied by the young officers in the entire camp.
Chaperons ignored their comings and goings, and they strolled
wherever and whenever they listed, unchallenged by sentries
and seemingly immune from officious espionage by their elders,
civil, military, or family.
Under these conditions and under such auspices, with the
moon and stars as mute witnesses, troths were plighted, vows
made, and tentative plans laid for marriage when the cruel
war was over. After mutually promising to communicate
whenever possible under the hard conditions war imposes, the
lovers separated — he to follow his flag and she to return home
— both with liigh hopes and fond hearts and each with un-
dying faith in the love and loyalty of the other. But "man
proposes and God disposes."
Shortly after their separation all the furious dogs of war
seemed loosed at once, and the entire South, particularly the
"Border," was rent and torn by heartless internecine strife.
Amid the general disruption and bitter persecution the young
lady's father found it imminently expedient to remove hastily
his family to another county where Southerners were not so
harassed and where life and property had some measure of
protection. This he did. and the migration was fatal to the
young lovers.
The young captain wrote at the first opportunity, directing
his letter to the town which had always been the post office
of his sweetheart. In his letter he breathed a love and tender-
ness, a faith and loyalty not to be questioned. He told her
of his hopes and fears, his increasing devotion to his flag and
his hope of its ultimate triumph, but stronger than all was his
ardent desire that the war would end quickly and that he
might reach her side at the earliest moment afterwards.
If the letter ever reached the town, it fell into the hands of
a careless or hostile postmaster, who neglected or refused to
forward it to her new address, and thus "the letter that she
longed for never came," and she imagined that he had been
slain in the far Southland, and finally ceased to hope, but
never ceased to love. He imagined that she had possibly dis-
regarded the vows made upon the Osage. Thus each was left
in doubt and cruel uncertainty as to the fidelity of the other,
though each w-as loyal, each was true and faithful.
The soldier never wavered in his devotion to the South.
He fought a good fight, was often mentioned for gallantry
upon the field, and the collapse of his loved Confederacy found
him with high rank and an untarnished name for valor and
loyalty. Like many of his brothers at arms, he never sur-
rendered, and with hundreds of them they buried their flag
in the Rio Grande, crossed over to Mexico, and, knightlike,
ofi'ered their swords to the weaker side, that of the unhappy
Maximilian, whose star was waning and upon whom was
soon to fall in the hour of French desertion and abandon-
ment an irresistible force. Unable to reach the Austrian,
they recrossed the boundary into Texas, where they scattered
to the four winds, and our artillry officer finally married and
settled down to win a competency in commercial life.
In the course of time the young lady also married, and be-
came a dutiful, loving, and faithful wife. After many vicis-
situdes and carts incident to life, both were bereft of their
lifemates, and both apparently settled down to the humdrum
of middle age existence, each unconscious of the other's be-
reavement. * * *
In the leaded dice of time and peace the lady — then a
matronly widow of pleasing appearance — attended a great
gathering in a central city. In a crowded hotel parlor, over-
hearing some one introduce a gentleman from a certain town
— the town in which the sweetheart of her youth once lived —
she sought an introduction. After the usual and conventional
pleasantries, she asked the gentleman very modestly and with
adroit finesse if he ever knew a Captain Gorham of that place.
The gentleman replied : "No, madam. I went there long after
the war was over, but I know of the captain's enlistment, his
command of a battery, and his gallant services in the army."
"Do you think it possible to ascertain his address?"
"I believe it is, provided he is living. I myself have not
heard of him for years. The last I knew of him he was living
in Texas."
"If you will inquire and write me, I shall appreciate it."
"Madam, I now recall that Captain Gorham has relatives
living near my town. They surely know of him. I will make
inquiry and inform you at once."
"Thank you. Here is my card."
The gentleman divined the motive at once, and entered
heartily into the quest to help her learn of the friend of forty
years ago. Returning home, he inquired and ascertained that
Captain Gorham was living in Galveston at the time of the
great flood of 1900, but his friends knew nothing of him since
that fearful catastrophe. The lady was informed and wrote a
most grateful reply, thanking him for the information.
Time wore on. A great Confederate Reunion was soon to
be held in a Southern city, and the lady announced to her
veteran brothers that she would like to attend the Reunion
They were delighted to have her go, and she went with them.
They were anxious to have her meet their State Commander
of Veterans, whose headquarters was at a prominent hotel,
and she went several times, but each time the Commander
was out. Finally she manifested to his secretary her disap-
pointment, when a gentleman, dignified and graceful, arose
and asked the lady: "Are you from Missouri, madam? I
myself was a Missourian."
"Indeed." she answered, "and from what part of Missouri?"
"Marshall."
The name of the place went through her like an electric
shock, but she nerved herself and said: "Please tell me your
name. I lately attended a Church denominational meeting at
Marshall, and may have met some of your friends."
"My name is Gorham."
"Were you related to Captain Gorham, of Price's army?"
Bowing with all the grace of a Chesterfield, he replied :
"Madam, I am Captain Gorham. Whom have I the honor of
addressing?" anxiously asked the old soldier.
"Do you remember Eugenia Bronaugh?"
There was a moment of staggering surprise and of lovelight
shining through eyes from hearts which the great war had
cruelly separated over forty years before, and then with Fate's
cruelest dart he turned and drove the iron into the souls of
both by introducing her to the woman he had married the
day before. A few commonplaces were said, a few questions
were asked and answered, and then each turned and went a
separate way — he to die shortly thereafter.
"God pity them both and pity us all
Who vainly the dreams of youth recall."
[In the "War Records." Series I.. Volume VIII.. Maj. D.
Herndon Lindsley in a report to Gen. Sterling Price in a
battle on March 7 and 8, 1862, states : "Capt. James C. Gor-
ham returned to the battle ground in the face of the enemy
and under a heavy fire of three guns and brought oflf a twelve-
pound howitzer that had been captured from the enemy. Such
daring as this should be suitably rewarded." — Ed. Veteran.]
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III
EMERGENCY COMMISSIOX IMPORTANT.
The Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock) of January 7 told a
pathetic story of the death of Mr. Charles Cox under the fol-
lowing startling head lines: "Old hero dies alone, homeless.
Wounded at Gettysburg and Shiloh, Charles W. Cox had not
a place to lay his head. Barred from the Confederate Home
on technicality."
Mrs. Sam S. Wassell, a prominent U. D. C. of Arkansas and
of the J. M. Keller Chapter, Little Rock, wrote the Gazette:
"Tliis did actually occur here in our own dear old Arkansas.
The State which sent Pat Cleburne, Hindeman, Churchill,
Fagan, McRae, Morgan, and many others to fight for State
rights — the State which claims to have sent more old men to
the war and more boys under age than any other State (the
State which held the most glorious Confederate Reunion on
record just ten months ago) let this hero of many battles die
of hunger and cold. This man who wore the gray had en-
listed at the early age of fifteen, serving through the entire
four years. Certainly when the Son of man shall come in his
glory and all the holy angels with him and sit upon the throne,
then shall the King say : T was an hungered, and ye gave
me not meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me not drink: I
was a stranger, and ye took me not in.' * * *
"As a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
I feel that every Southern man should know that the object
of this great Southern patriotic association is to care for the
living Confederate veterans first of all. Here in Little Rock
there are four nourishing Chapters of the U. D. C, number-
ing at least five hundred loyal Southern women, any one of
whom had she been no'''ed would have gladly attended to
the wants of this old s Jier. It is a privilege to serve them.
"As law-abiding citizens w-e do not desire to infringe upon
any laws. Neither do wc ask a single unusual privilege to
be granted any old Confederate veterans ; but do the laws of
our Confederate Home necessitate the turning away of any
old man. be he a soldier of North or South (or should he be
not a veteran at all) out in the intense cold of the past week?
And this was in the Christmas season, when every man, wom-
an, and child was glad to contribute to the comfort and pleas-
ure of each other; the season, almost the day when God
gave his only Son to the world. He too. like our old soldier,
had not a place to lay his head.
"If this is the law which is to govern any old soldiers'
home, especially our .Vrkansas Home, members of the board,
let me beg of you to change it.
"By reading over Mr. Cox's papers I found that last .^pril.
ten months ago, he received his small pension, and there were
just two or three days left of that year (igii) which proved
to be the grave technicality which kept him out of the .Xrkan-
sas Confederate Home. Finding himself left penniless on the
29th of December, he attempted to walk back to his widowed
daughter's, and was found by Mr. Donovan, of Argenta. and
taken to his home. Otherwise he would have died of cold
and hunger on the streets of Argenta.
"Too much credit cannot be given the Rev. Charles R.
Hyde, of the Central Presbyterian Church, and his most ex-
cellent wife. They not only did much to secure the funds for
the funeral expenses but had his body carried to their home,
where the Veterans and Sons of Veterans and the U. D. C. at-
tended the funeral. Donations of money were received from
the Confederate associations of Little Rock, including $5
from Judge Asher. The large floral offering was the gift of
the U. D. C. Chapters.
"To the daughters of Mr. Cox I wish to express love and
sympathy and also say that their father fills a Confederate
hero's grave, while his soul is resting in paradise with his
peerless leaders, Lee and Jackson."
Hon. C. P. Newton, of England, .Ark., a State representa-
tive, wrote the Gazette that "because it was a typical case" he
had tried to secure admission for Mr. Cox to the Soldiers'
Home, and those in authority were in sympathy with his
undertaking. He secured application blanks, and by the filling
of it his splendid record was ascertained.
If conditions had been known. Comrade Cox would have
been supplied with the best of everything.
In the granting of pensions there are individual decisions that
work injustice and seem severe, but it is a protection against
fraud and imposition to adhere to the law in such cases, as
this ver>' pathetic one. Mr. Newton states in the Gazette:
"1 happen to know that the reason his relatives did not re-
spond when notified of his death was because of poverty."
This case is not exceptional. Many are found in different
States. There is in Tennessee a noble woman whose husband
closed his fine store and made a good soldier. His wife, in
her intense loyalty to the cause, volunteered as a nurse, and
it is of historic record that she was prominent and efficient in
hospital service. Her husband's grave is in the Confederate
Cemetery at Americus. Ga. After the war she was married
again to an old man born in 181D. who was too old to be a
soldier, and he died years ago. Because of that marriage she
is ineligible for a pension as the widow of her first husband,
and there is no law whereby she can draw a pension for her
own worthy services. Now she is old. poor, and in need.
There should be appropriated in every county of every State
in which there are veterans or widows a Confederate emer-
gency fund and a commission of honorable men who would
serve without compensation to have the use of this fund for
such cases. Anything so sacred would not be abused often
enough to counterbalance the great good. Every State ought
to provide such rescue as speedily as possible.
SixTV-Fn-E Virginia Veterans' Average Age Se\'enty-
TiiREE Years.— S. L. Crute, Adjutant of William Watts Camp
at Roanoke, Va.. reports that at the Lee memorial service in
that city there were sixty-five veterans present, and their
average age was seventy-three years. The occasion was made
creditable to that people. The eminent speaker on the occa-
sion was Hon. Harry Wooding, of Danville, who said what
in substance is the theme of the Veteran : "This work has
now fallen on the shoulders of the daughters and grand-
daughters, who are so successfully carr\ing forward the work
inaugurated by their forefathers."
THE SHILOH MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinnev, Treasurer, from
January 12 to February 7, 1912.
.Mabama : Clayton Chapter, $1 ; Stonewall Chapter, $2.
Kentucky: Post cards sold by Mrs. McKinnev, 40 cents;
Mr. C. J. VanMeter (personal). Bowling Green, $5; Paducah
Chapter, post cards. 80 cents.
New York : New York Chapter, $25.
Total collections since January 12, $3420.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $13,124.87.
Total collect'ons to date, $13,15907.
Less expense f ~r stationery, $12.50.
Total in hands cf Ireasurer to date. $13,146.57.
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UEN OF DIXIE READY FOR THE CALL.
When they heard the call through Dixie in the days of sixty-one.
They bade t;ood-hy to loved ones midst the music of the grun :
For when manlioo'd of the Soutliland sees its duty, it is done.
And a duty made the story of tlie days of sixty-one.
When the dove of peace had fluttered near and finally did arrive.
They heard the call throutjh Dixie in the days of sixty-ftve.
Tile manhood of tlie ^?outltIand. to its duty e'er aiive.
True to leaclilng and to precept, met tlie call of sixty-five.
Then another call through Dixie claimed a higher courage yet.
And the manhood of the Southland learned to lahor and forget:
For the bonnie boys fiom Dixie, with their lusty Southern cheer.
Always have front-faced to duly with the ringing call of "Here !"
Now her beacon fires are smothered. Over matchless hill and
vale
Floats by day the golden -sunlight and by night the moonbeams
pale :
And they weave their mystic .spell about the heroes' deathless
fame :
The manhood of the Southland keeps its watch o'er her fair name.
When the long call sounds through Dixie and the angels open wide
The portals to tho.se mansions where the glorious shall abide,
A great gray host of heroes, with a miglily Southern cheer.
Will face their call to dutv with a full, clear chorus: "Here!"
L. Harlet Miles.
Kansas City. Mo.
BANJOIST OF ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
[B. J. Rogers, in Petersburg Index-Appeal.]
Comrade Samuel Moorman Gregory, now in his eightieth
year, was a member of Company E, 49th Virginia Infantry,
A. N. v., 1861-65. A cripple from the effects of wounds re-
ceived during the war, he is now an inmate of Lee Camp Sol-
diers' Home, Richmond, Va. Even now when he picks his
beloved banjo in his quarters and bursts into the war songs
that stirred his hearers in tlic wilderness or in the trenches
around Petersburg, the "Rebel yell'' can be heard as of old.
He is always a welcome visitor at the leading homes of
Richmond and the adjacent country. All are glad to welcome
the nervy "Old Veteran," whose anecdotes never grow stale
and whose jovial nature only mellows under the frost of time
as he plays and sings on his ancient banjo.
Gregory is famed in war annals of the South as "the
banjoist of Gen. R. E. Lee's army," who drove care from
camp fires and cheered an.xious soldiers on the eve of battle.
"Old Joe Hooker, Come Out of the Wilderness," caroled
Gregory in the camps of Lee's Infantry.
During the early years of the war Sam Sweeney was as
well known as Gregory. He belonged to the cavalry, and
followed the fortunes of "Jeb" Stuart, the gay chevalier. "If
you want to have a good time, join the cavalry," that favorite
song of Stuart's, Sweeney sang and played on the banjo on
the long cavalry marches.
With their jolly songs and banjo solos these men perfortned
valiant service in cheering the spirits of harassed soldiers,
worn and weary almost beyond human endurance.
Sweeney died of smallpox at Orange Courthouse, Va., be-
fore the conflict was half over, while the men of the South
were still light-hearted and Stuart still led his daring cav-
alry into battle. Gregory was spared to fight and play and
sing throughout the war. In the closing days Gregory's
banjo and voice were as merry in the trenches about Peters-
burg as ever. From the first Manassas to Appomattox
Courthouse Gregory marched with his gun and his banjo.
Whenever the troops stacked arms, his jolly camp tunes and
stirring martial airs cheered the hearts of the weary soldiers.
Often he was called to play at General Lee's headquarters.
He ended his military career almost on the spot that he
learned to pick the banjo strings. His popularity with his
banjo gave him liberties at headquarters that the other sol-
diers did not enjoy.
GENERAL ZOLLICOFFER'S "BRACELET."
"Mrs. Philip Martin, of Delano, Minn., says that she has a
bracelet that was taken off of General Zollicoffer's wrist after
he was shot. Any of his relatives may apply to her."
The foregoing from the National Tribune was sent by the
Veteran to Mrs. Octavia Zollicoffer Bond, of Mt. Pleas-
ant, Tenn., a daughter of the General, and she replied :
"Thanking those who would restore the bracelet, the daugh-
ters of General Zollicoffer beg to say in reply to the above
that it is not credible that their father wore such an orna-
ment. Notably simple in dress, he never wore at any time
either a ring, gold shirt button, or scarf pin, the only adorn-
ment of his scrupulously neat attire being a watch and chain,
distinctly for utility. Nor is it in keeping with his reserve
and dignity of deportment that he should have made outward
show of the sentimentality indicated by a bracelet upon the
wrist. No doubt the lady who has the trinket believes it a
genuine relic ; but equally, without doubt, it is in the class with
many other articles kindly, though mistakenly, proft'ered to
General Zollicoffer's family. For instance, the false teeth, said
to have been taken from his mouth after his death in battle,
the epaulets from his shoulders, and the pistols and field
glass from his saddle — well known to be spurious. His teeth
were all natural and quite sound. That the epaulets were not
genuine, the following letter from Dr. D. B. Cliffe, brigade
surgeon to General Zollicoffer, should go far to prove :
" 'February 4, iyo2.
"'Dear Mrs. Bond: Yours, of the 3d received. I have no
recollection of seeing your father wear a pair of epaulets.
He was unusually plain and unostentatious ; in fact, I think
he had an aversion to personal display. On the day of his
death I feel sure he had on no epaulets nor any insignia of
rank save shoulder straps. Yours truly, D. B. Cliffe.'
"In regard to the spy glass and pistols, the truth is that
they, together with sword, saddle, and horse, were brought
direct from the battle field of Mill Spring (Fishing Creek)
to General Zollicoffer's family. About the same time his body
was chivalrously sent by the victorious Federals to Bowling
Green, Ky., and there delivered under flag of truce to a Con-
federate escort to be returned to his children, who have not
been unappreciative of an act of consideration that was rare,
if not unique, in the War of the States."
[Many ideas as false as the foregoing are cnrrciil.]
Wounded Trio on Two Mattresses — Yank between Two
Johnnies. — Franklin Carter Larimore, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
who was a private in Company G, 20th Ohio Infantry, writes
to Dr. H. M. Hamill, Chaplain : "I was wounded in the left
knee and both hands about 4 p.m. April 7, 1862, at Pitts-
burg Landing, Shiloh. The ambulance that carried me to
the river arrived at the boat landing about midnight. After
sitting in the purser's chair an hour or so (as the berths
were full and the cabin was crowded), a place was found for
me on the edges of two mattresses between two Confederates
from Alabama, who were prisoners. They were wounded,
one of them in the thigh. I was about sixteen years old,
and they called me their 'baby.' They washed my face and
fed me. I traded a revolver to one of them for a watch. At
Mound City, II!., we parted. I was taken to the general hos-
pital, and they were sent to some hospital for prisoners.
My gratitude for their kind treatment is unceasing; and if
they are still alive, I would like to hear from and to see them."
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"3
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE.
Col. John P. Hickman's Talk to His Gjmrades.
Frank Cheatham Bivouac, Comrades and Friends: You ask
for my experience as a prisoner of war, but my confinement
was of such long duration that I will have to limit my ex-
perience to the most salient points after a brief account of my
previous service.
Immediately after the battle of Chickamauga General
Wheeler was sent on a raid through Tennessee in the rear of
General Rosecrans's army, primarily to cut off his communi-
cations and if possible to capture a wagon train then on its
way to provision and clothe the Army of the Cumberland.
We crossed the Tennessee River and captured the wagon train
referred to in the Sequatchie Valley. This train was a long
one, and was bountifully loaded with clothing and provisions
and guarded by 1,200 Yankees.
We took what we could carry on a rapid run and burned
the balance. We started on with our prisoners, and on ar-
riving at McMinnville we found that General Dibrell had
captured the town, with some four hundred prisoners. The
whole 1,600 prisoners were lined up in a road, made to hold
up their right hands, and swear they would not reenter the
army until exchanged. We then went on and captured Shclby-
ville, and on down to Farmington, in Marshall County.
At Farmington the officer who was in command of the
rear of General Wheeler's corps, engaged General Wilder's
cavalry. In this fight I think we had eleven killed, and I,
with one hundred and four other soldiers, was captured. This
was on October 6, 1863. Let me remark here that we fought
at Farmington some of the very soldiers we had paroled but
a few days before at McMinnville. After this fight Gen. W.
Y. C. Humes succeeded the officer mentioned.
We prisoners were marched to Shelbyville and then brought
to Nashville and incarcerated in the penitentiary. The second
day after our arrival in Nashville we were marched to and
lined up in front of the Capitol. Gov. Andrew Johnson came
out and made us a speech. In this speech he said we were
badly whipped, would freeze and suffer in a Northern prison,
and advised us to quit. He said he would let us take the oath
and go home, and requested all who wanted to take the oath
to step two steps to the front. I am sorrj' to say fourteen
marched out. I never saw them afterwards.
I being the youngest and smallest prisoner in the line,
Governor Johnson had me taken to his office. When he
learned my name and who I was, he became very insistent on
my taking the oath. He said he knew my father, who had
always been one of his supporters, and offered all kinds of in-
ducements for me to take the oath. This I, of course, refused
to do, and was taken back to the penitentiary. In a few days
we were sent to Louisville, and from thence to Camp Morton,
at Indianapolis, Ind., where I remained until June, 1864.
Tlie barracks at Camp Morton were built with upright plank
and very poorly stripped. We suffered greatly from cold,
but were allowed two blankets and an overcoat, if we had
one. The feeding was by mess, and our rations were very
limited, but were sometimes changed, and therefore we had
but few cases of scurvy. We were then in paradise to what
afterwards followed. In June, 1864, 1,500 of us were taken
out and started, as we understood, for exchange. To say that
we were happy is putting it mildly, and we guyed the people
at every station. When we arrived at Philadelphia, we were
loaded upon a boat and started down the Delaware River,
mid to our great disappointment pulled in at Fort Delaware.
3**
Fort Delaware is on an island in the head of Delaware Bay,
and the island would be quite covered by water on the incom-
ing of the evening tide if it were not for a strong and high
levee all around the island. On this levee there was a guard
house at every fifty yards, and in each a sentinel was always on
duty. Besides this, there was a ditch inside of the levee about
ten feet wide kept constantly filled with water, and it was al-
most impossible to get to the levee if we could have passed
the guards after getting there. It was one and three-quarter
miles to the New Jersey shore, the nearest point of land, even
if we could have gotten into the bay.
So there we were, cut off from the outside world, with none
to hear our wails except our guards, and they turned
a deaf ear. After our arrival, there were on the island in
round numbers 10,000 prisoners, and all were in command of
General Schoef. He had been appointed a lieutenant in the
regular army by President Polk. My stcpgrand father, the
Hon. Cave Johnson, who was in Mr. Polk's cabinet, wrote
General Schoef, asking that I might be treated with some
consideration. Therefore I was frequently carried out to
headquarters and beseeched to take the oath, offered trans-
portation home, good clothes, etc.
The prisoners were not allowed to take the oath unless they
had some good friends outside who would go bond for the
observance of the oath. However, some 1,600 did apply to
take the oath, and they were then taken out of our barracks
and put over in what was called "galvanized barracks." They
were given more and better rations than we had and had bet-
ter quarters with more liberties. We hated these galvanized
soldiers worse than we did the Yankees.
For about a month after our arrival at Fort Delaware we
were treated moderately well, but not so well as at Camp
Morton. In July, 1864, we were set aside in retaliation for
the Confederate prison at Andersonvillc, Ga., and from then
until we were released we caught what General Early said
give the Yankees. Our barracks were built with upright
planks, with only occasionally strips over the cracks. Our
bunks were three tiers high, one above another, and 320 men
to each barracks. We were allowed two bushels of coal a
(lay to each barracks, though the thermometer ranged from
ten to thirty degrees below zero.
When the coal was received, some imprudent fellows would
fill the stoves, and had the barracks comfortable for a few
hours, and then we all had to freeze the remaining part of
the twenty-four hours. Each man was allowed one blanket ;
but if he had an overcoat, he had to give up the overcoat
or the blanket. One day in every week we were taken out
on the northern point of the island, called "Hell's half acre,"
and as we came back we were searched. We were not per-
mitted to have any money (only two dollars in sutler's
checks; with these checks we could only buy pen, ink, paper,
and tobacco — nothing to eat) or a pocket knife, but were al-
lowed one blanket or an overcoat, and only one change of
underwear.
Our water supply was brought over in tugs from Brandyvvine
River during the summer and part of the spring and fall
months ; but when ice was moving, our water was pumped into
our tanks from the bay when the tide was up. Of course
this water was very brackish. Our rations were as follows :
For breakfast, from eight to ten o'clock, two crackers, with
about an inch square of pickled beef or pork and a cup of
very weak coffee ; for dinner, from one to three o'clock, two
crackers, with a cup of bean soup that scarcely had the flavor
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of beans. This diet was continuous, except occasionally a
quarter of a small loaf of liglitbread was substituted for the
crackers at dinner. The crackers we had had been condemned
for army use, and were literally filled with worms. We did
not eliminate the worms, as they helped to sustain life.
Between the mess hall and the kitchen was a sally port,
about twelve feet wide, through which the wind from the
bay blew constantly. In this prisoners were tied up by their
thumbs, their toes just touching the pavement, and in many
instances they were left there until their thumbs burst.
One poor fellow when taken down died. This punishment
was inflicted for the least infraction of the rules, and some
prisoners were tied up almost daily. Our hospital services
were execrable, and but few men who were carried to the
hospital ever returned to the barracks. They had at the hos-
pital a lot of young doctors who in learning to practice medi-
cine killed Confederate soldiers.
Fort Delaware is the only prison in the North where the
dead did not have separate graves. A long ditch was dug,
and the dead, after being entirely denuded, were dumped
therein and some dirt thrown on them. Some who lost loved
ones there have gone there since the war looking for their
dead, but could not fmd them. They were told of burial in
this or that ditcli, but they could not tell where. Therefore
the commission appointed under an act of Congress cannot
put up headstones at Fort Delaware.
Our death rate was very large, and but few soldiers could
be induced to go to the hospital, preferring to die in the bar-
racks among' their friends. The prevalent diseases were small-
pox and scurvy. We always had a number of cases in each
barrack, and dead men were constantly being taken out. The
smallpox was caused by filth. Some soldiers had no change
of clothing and never bathed. Then, being without change of
diet and drinking salt water, many died of scurvy.
In the summer and fall of 1864 there was a great cry raised
in the North on account of the deaths at Andersonville and
other Southern prisons. This howl became so insistent that
the War Department agreed to swap several thousand prison-
ers every month until all of the prisons were cleaned out.
They were not exchanged, but paroled by their respective
governments, and then furloughed pending exchange. By se-
lecting the men in this way they took from our prison the
most infirm, who could be of little service if exchanged.
In February, 1865, some 1,800 were sent around from Fort
Delaware, but I was not on the list. I had a friend, George
Edmonson, of Smyrna, in Rutlierford County, who belonged
to the 20th Tennessee Infantry and who had consumption,
who was on the list. He preferred to stay in the barracks,
and slept next to me and was my charge. When I awoke on
the morning the prisoners were to leave, I found my friend
Edmonson dead. I threw my blanket over him, got his coat
and hat, and, leaning heavily on his walking stick, I fell in
line and answered to his name.
I passed the guards and was going down to the hold of the
vessel, when I was recognized by Captain Ahl, who was an
adjutant general of the post. I was immediately arrested and
carried to headquarters. There I was tried for trying to get
away and sentenced to twelve days in the dungeon, to which
I was sent immediately. The dungeon was under the fort, and
was a horrible place, very damp. It contained a single iron cot.
The only light I had came from a small, heavily barred win-
dow several feet above my head, but I had nothing with which
to reach it. The window was about one foot high and two feet
wide. It might have been larger, but occupied all the space
above ground. My rations were more meager than when in
the barracks. Water was substituted for the thin coffee.
What I received was passed to me through a small hole.
Several times during my confinement in the dungeon I was
offered freedom if I would take the oath, and each time I re-
fused. After twelve days, which seemed a ^ear, I was taken
out of the dungeon and put back with the other prisoners.
COL. JOHN p. HICKMAN.
On May 8, 1865, the War Department ordered that all
prisoners should be released on taking the oath. They were
released several hundred at a time, and on May 28, 1865, my
time came. The war being over and our flag being furled for-
ever, I took the oath and was released. I have given the most
interesting facts only without detailing the wanton firing into
the barracks and cold-blooded murders committed and for
which there was not even an arrest, but commendation for
the continuous insults, etc.
In closing I give you some official figures on prison life.
I deal in round numbers only, the actual differences being
but a few either way: Federal prisoners in Confederate
prisons, 270,000; deaths, 22,570 — a little over eight per cent-
Confederate prisoners in Northern prisons, 220,000; deaths,
26,436 — a little over twelve per cent.
Bear in mind that the Federal government had inexhaustible
credit, with an abundance of rations and medical stores. The
Confederate government had no credit, was cut off from the
outside world, and it gave the Federal prisoners exactly what
rations its soldiers had in the field and the same medical at-
tention we had in our hospitals.
We are taught to forget and to forgive, but I can never for-
get and my power of forgiveness on my prison experience is
very limited. In the judgment when I shall have answered to-
the last roll call, if found guilty, I am confident my punish-
ment will be no more severe than I suffered during my eleven
months in Fort Delaware, especially while in the dungeon.
[Comrade Hickman, it is apparent, was only a lad in the-
service, but he has been the most prominent Adjutant Gen-
eral, with the rank of Colonel, in the history of the U. C. V.]
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AFTER M'COOK'S RAID BELOW ATLANTA.
''Boy's Story," by W. P. Witt, Ochiltree, Tex.
On July 27, 1S64, Company H, 5th Tennessee Regiment,
Ashby's Brigade, Humes's Division, the company I belonged
to, was in the rifle pits northwest of Atlanta, and was relieved
about dark with orders to overtake the command, which we
did about nine o'clock. They had stopped by a house in an
oak grove. The adjutant, Allen, came up, put his hand on
my horse, and told us about a successful fight they had that
evening, and he stated that the major of the 6th Iowa was
mortally wounded and the doctors were working with him in
the tent that was near us. The 8th Texas had captured the
officer at Varnell Station; and when they got his dead horse
off his leg, he said: "Boys, the worst I hate about this is
being captured by Wheeler's men. I kn'- him at West
Point." * * *
There was not rnuch of that regiment left by the time we
got through with it. We did dismount, but were ordered as
advance guard, and rode all night and next day until about
two o'clock. I felt as a bird out of a cage. I was reared
in the country and after having been in camp and on skir-
mish line from Tunnel Hill to be out in the country once
more, away from the army, was delightful, and I was
glad to be in the advance guard. T wanted to catch the first
Yankee. Some residents told us about a courier having
notified our wagon train that tire Yankees were coming, and
that it had moved over on the other road west. We had much
fun at tlic residents' expense. They seemed to think we were
all there was of us, and we spoke as if we were going to thrash
the Yankees at sight. Again, as we rode over a hill we saw
a house down a long slope, and the family came out to the
fence. There were two girls about my age, sixteen. One
brought water and the other a plate with two whole pics and
three pieces on top. An old lady with bowed head was in deep
meditation. 1 took a drink of water and a piece of pie and
started on. Just as I got opposite this lady she threw up her
hands and exclaimed ; "Boys, for God's sake, go back ! They
will kill every one of you." I said, "O no, we will whip them
if we can catch them;" but she replied: "O no, you can't!
There are too many of them." I never will forget that pale,
pleading face as she turned toward me. I had no thought
then that it would be but a few tninutes until I, with twelve
others, would be ordered by a major general to whip Brown-
low's 1st Tennessee and the 4th Regular Regiments.
Our road came into another and the division stopped near
the junction, and the advance guard was ordered to stop about
half a mile ahead. This advance guard decided to have a
mess of roasting ears. Some made a fire and others brought
kettle and water and the corn. About the time the water got
hot Gen. W. H. Jackson rode up and ordered us with a few
of his escort to advance for his division. We soon arrived at
Rock River. The Yankees had burned the floor of the bridge,
but the sills were wet and would not burn. There was a fence
handy, and we soon had a pile of rails fixed so we could lead
our horses over.
After this we started on, and just as I got to the top of
the hill T saw three Yankees run across the road afoot into
the bushes at the other end of a long lane. I rode back down
the hill and reported the fact to Captain Mullendore. General
Jackson came up, rode to the top of the hill, and looked a
moment; then, turning to us, he said: "Charge them, boys!"
It was about three o'clock then. We started down the lane
with a yell, and the two regiments came meeting us with their
sabers drawn, flashing in the evening sun. My thought was
that all would be killed or captured that had crossed the river,
and I expected orders, but had no idea what they would be.
Soon the captain commanded : "Halt ! Throw down the fence
on both sides and get out of the lane !"
Mac Bayless was number four, so it fell to his lot to throw
the fence down on the right, and he rode inside and oflf across
the field at right angles, and that is the last I ever saw or
heard of him. None of the party went to the right but Bay-
less and myself. I was number three in the first fours, and
so I thought I would stay in the lane till they got close enough
so I could kill a horse or man and wreck the colunm, giving
our men more time to get ready. But the lane was crooked,
and I soon saw that I could not get as good a shot as I ex-
pected. But I blazed away and went through the gap and rode
down on the inside, meeting them. I heard a bugle in the
rear of me while I was waiting, and knew it was coming as
fast as a horse could bring it. It was General Ross and his
bugler. The first Yankee that passed me was on a mule, hold-
ing each rein, while his saddle and all were about to go off
over the mule's head. He went right on between General Ross
and the bugler. I still thought I could wreck the column.
When the head of the column saw that General Ross was
not going to run, they commenced trying to stop; but the rear
ones kept jamming them up so that General Ross b.icked his
horse a little to keep from being covered up. They made some
feeble strokes with their knives, but did no harm. 1 he front
Federals were entirely too close and commenced trying to get
back. Those in the rear could not tell what was the matter.
They semcd not to understand why two men should stop two
regiments. I had been shooting on the wing, and when they
stopped I had nothing loaded. Soon they began shooting at
me while I was loading, but they were no better at shooting
than I had been. At last a fellow named Smith, who was
reared near Morristown, Tenn., took deliberate aim at me
and shot my horse just back of my left leg; so I was afoot
between two lines, and the man in the lane was also shooting
at me. It seemed to me that our men cared as little about me
being there as the Yanks did, so I walked back to General Ross.
The 6th Mis.sissippi was forming as fast as they could get
in line. They had to cross a rail pile singly and at some dis-
tance apart, and they could hardly be held in line. The boys
of the command wanted to get to the Yankees. Each one
seemed ready to tackle a regiment single-handed. As those
boys were forming I thought of their nice homes, their mothers
and sisters back in Mississippi.
The rear regiment of Yankees were already formed in the
lane, but were slow, and every second was valuable to us.
The captain of the first company of the 6th Mississippi that
had arrived sat on his horse in front of them with both hands
going, trying to keep them back till all was ready. The Yanks
got ready and started, so there was no more time, and when
they met it was soon over. Under the most difficult circum-
stances I ever saw a fight the Yanks were repulsed.
They all ran oflf and left me and a Mississippi boy who
had been number four in the fourth fours in the lane, and he
could not get a shot at the Yankees and could not leave the
lane, as he could not be spared ; but he accidentally shot him-
self down through the knee. I thought at first he had shot
his knee all to pieces, but he did not seem to mind it. I went
back with him some distance. No doctor could be found while
I was with him. The Yank who had been on a mule was
standing in the lane by himself and looked lonesome. I said:
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"Yank, have you come on a visit?" "Yes, my mule brought
me in." I said : "He was bringing you some when you passed
me." It cheered him a whole lot for me to speak to him.
A boy came to me and asked where the general was. He
said the Yanks were crossing the river down at the next bridge
and would burn our wagons that night as they went back.
[ told him where to find the general, and he went on the run;
but, nevertheless, we lay there until night and let them go as
they pleased. They were repulsed the first evening, and the
boys were ordered to stop and go into camp, where they
waited till it took until three o'clock the next evening to over-
take them. Now they had been repulsed again, and just at
that time the 5th Tennessee arrived on the ground, making
a third more than had repulsed them. It seemed strange to
me that we had to stop and wait when they could have been
captured so easily before they could have crossed the river.
Imagine a private's restlessness after working so hard to
catch them and then just having to lie there, knowing they
were retiring unmolested and would burn our wagons that
night ! I never could understand why the fight did not come
off there instead of at Newnan.
I would like to hear from the girls who gave us the pie
and water, from the boy who told me they were crossing back,
from the boy who was shot in the knee, and from Mac Bayless.
A strange coincidence is that the next horse they shot under
me was shot through the heart in front of my left leg. The
bullet took a clipping of my shin bone. He was the loth
Michigan's best race horse. I had "borrowed" him and had
made a good Confederate out of him, which he seemed very
willing to be ; but he was shot afterwards by a sergeant of the
1st Ohio Heavy Artillery with a fine breech-loading rifle.
JOIIX M'CUE, A TYPICAL SOUTHERN BOY.
[The following was in an unsigned letter from Baltimore.]
The death and burial at Staunton, Va., of John McCue, a
well-known engineer and member of one of the first families
of the Old Dominion, recall to many old residents of Balti-
more an interesting trial by court-martial in this city in
Civil War times. As a boy of fifteen and a Confederate sol-
dier he was tried for his life as a spy.
When the war broke out, the spirit of the South of '61
beat high in the breast of young John McCue ; but he was
a mere boy — twelve years old — and his father, Capt. John
McCue, St., who was in the Confederate army, forbade the
boy enlisting. To "keep him out of trouble" young McCue
was sent to the Virginia Military Institute, where it was
thought the gray uniform and drilling would be sufficient to
satisfy his military appetite.
The war dragged on, class after class of sturdy youngsters
left the institute to join the Southern army, but still John
McCue was too young. Then came the dark days of 1864,
when the beautiful Valley of the Shenandoah was overrun
with the blue troopers. In those days in Virginia boys be-
came men in a day, and the Virginia Military Institute cadets
were ordered to join the little army gathered to oppose the
march of the invaders. They fought at New Market, and
historian and poet have told how those boys charged up to
the muzzles of the Federal cannon, bayoneted the gunners,
and planted their little flag on the battery.
But the fame won by the cadets on the field of New Mar-
ket was denied John McCue. When the cadets marched to
meet the foe, they left at the institute a dozen weeping boys,
including John McCue, too small even to march with them.
That was the last straw, A few weeks later there rode
into the camp of Mosby's Rangers — Mosby, "the guerrilla" —
a mite of a boy on a pony almost as small. John McCue had
run away from school. "I want to enlist," stammered the
stranger.
A roar of laughter went up from the hardened veterans of
many a fight, and the lad's face turned purple.
"Where're your arms?" asked a ranger, looking serious.
"I've got a pistol," said McCue, producing a toy such as
boys used to burn powder on the Fourth of July.
There was another shout of laughter, and Judge Dorsey, of
Howard County, one of the rangers, said "My boy, if you
shot me with that, I'd think a mosquito had bitten me."
But the rangers knew a man when they saw one, no matter
what his age and size, and John McCue was allowed to stay
with the band to "show his mettle." He did not have long to
wait. When the Rebel yell rang out on the valley air and the
Colts began to pop, John McCue rode in the front rank of gray.
In the melee he rode up to a Federal cavalryman, thrust his
tiny pistol in the man's face, and shouted, "Surrender!" and
five minutes later, mounted on a bay horse branded "U. S.,"
and with carbine slung over his shoulder and a big Colt in hand,
John McCue joined in the chase.
Captured in Maryland.
Soon afterwards McCue and several comrades were scout-
ing in Maryland, when they ran full tilt into a party of Fed-
erals. In the fight McCue was knocked from his horse, and
after a struggle was helpless in the grasp of a big soldier
in blue. He was brought to Baltimore and locked up in Fort
McHenry to be tried for his life as a spy. At that time his
father, Captain McCue, was a prisoner of war in Fort Dela-
ware, and he wrote to Mrs. Robert Hull, of Baltimore, to try
to save his boy. She went at once to Captain Wigel, provost
marshal of Baltimore, and explained the case to him, asking
permission to employ a lawyer to defend McCue. Captain
Wigel gave her the permission, but advised her not to employ
a "secesh lawyer." Frederick Bruen, a Southern sympa-
thizer, oflfered his service to defend the boy; but Mrs. Hull
finally secured the services of Milton Whitney, of Baltimore,
famous as a criminal lawyer.
Mrs. Hull was permitted to summon witnesses for the boy,
but the only one she could secure was his father, who was
brought from Fort Delaware under guard. Believing that
the boy would be executed, Mrs. Hull summoned his father,
so he could say good-by to him.
On the stand in his defense young McCue exhibited superb
courage, claiming that he was a Confederate soldier and not
a spy. He told the court he would answer any question about
himself, but none about his comrades.
When the last day of the trial came, Mrs. Hull had given
up hope. Addressing the court, Mr. Whitney began to make
an appeal for mercy, and said that young McCue had been
"conscripted."
Hardly had he utcered the obnoxious word when McCue
jumped to his feet, stopped Mr. Whitney, and shouted: "I
was not conscripted. I ran away from school to join the
army. Take me out and shoot me now, but don't tell my
people I said I was conscripted."
That ended the trial, and Mr. Whitney turned away in
despair. As the boy was taken back to prison to await sen-
tence he said to Mrs. Hull : "Ask them not to shoot me in
the face. My mother hasn't seen me for so long she would
not know me."
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By the stand of one member of the court-martial, Colonel
Bowman, the boy's life was saved, but he was sentenced to
life imprisonment at hard labor.
Some time after the war young McCue's family and Colonel
Bowman interested General Grant in the case, and John Mc-
Cue was pardoned. While in prison McCue was set to work
making nails. The knowledge he learned there stood him
in good stead, for later he entered the nail business and was
connected with a large nail manufacturing company at Iron
Gate, Va. At the time of his death he was engaged in engi-
neering work in Canada.
TESTIMONY ABOUT BURNING OF COLUMBIA.
BY CAPT. A. R. ELMORE, GAINESVILLE, FLA.. A LIEUTENANT OF FIRST
SOUTH CAROLINA REGULARS, C. S. A.
What I State is based upon my own observation, for, 1 was at
Columbia, S. C, temporarily attached to Gen. Wade Hampton's
StafI as aid-dc-camp, with rank of second lieutenant, first South
Carolina Regulars, C. S. A. This regiment had occupied
and defended Fort Sumter up to the evacuation of Charles-
ton. I was on furlough in Columbia at the time and, being cut
off and unable to reach my regiment by reason of the occupa-
tion of Orangeburg and the consequent possession of the
South Carolina Railroad by Sherman's army, was given by
General Hampton a temporary position on his staflF. On the
morning of February 17 I was with General Hampton and the
rest of his staff on Arsenal Hill, in the northwestern part of
the city of Columbia, and not far from Young's Hill, by the
river, watching the Federals on the other side, who were pre-
paring to place one of their pontoon bridges. This was per-
haps about ten or eleven o'clock in the morning. The firing
had about ceased, with the exception of scattering musketry,
for our rear guard was being driven across the actually burn-
ing bridges — one across the Congaree River at the foot of
Bridge Street (now Gervais), and the other one two or three
miles above, where the Saluda coines into Broad River, mak-
ing the Congaree. The lower bridge was called Congaree
bridge, and the upper one Saluda bridge.
General Hampton gave no orders, nor did he make any
details of men to burn cotton. About ten or eleven o'clock,
the last of our troops having crossed the river and the bridges
either burned or burning. General Hampton ordered me
to ride rapidly to Maj. George Melton, in charge of his wagon
train at the Big Lake plantation, owned by Mrs. John Single-
ton, eleven miles below Columbia, on the Congaree River, and
to order him, under my guidance, to conduct the train by a
flank movement via the Singleton ice pond to Dent's Mill, on
the Camden road, due east of and five miles from Columbia,
and thence in a northwesterly direction and join him on the
Winnsboro road at by the Charlotte and Columbia Rail-
road, sixteen miles north of Columbia. All of this order was
successfully accomplished, and the creek bridge at Dent's Mill
was burned.
From my starting point in the extreme northwestern part
of the city my course lay to the southeast and passed through
the entire length and breadth of the city. Elmwood Avenue
was at that time the only business street in the city. At the
intersection of Elmwood Avenue with Main Street were sitii-
ated the cotton warehouses of O'Neal and of Keenan and
others. All of the cotton business being transacted in this
part of the city, it was called "Cotton Town." The only other
cotton warehouses in the city were those of Daniel Crawford
and John Caldwell, on Bridge (now Gervais) Street, near the
Charleston and Columbia depot, a mile from the State house,
and on the same street (Gervais), about halfway between
there and the Congaree bridge. Cotton Town was in the ex-
treme northern part of the city and in a section comparatively
thinly built up. Had the fire started there, it could easily have
been controlled. The warehouses of Crawford and Caldwell,
near the Charleston depot, being in the extreme western por-
tion of the city, were comparatively isolated from it by a large
pine grove near the depot, on the south side of Ger\'ais Street,
and by open ground on the north side. Fire from these ware-
houses could not have well reached the city proper. These
details as to situation are necessary in order to understand
what follows.
With the order from General Hampton, I rode straight on
Elmwood Avenue to Main Street, going east, and turned into
Main, south. One warehouse — O'Neal's, I think — was on the
northwest comer of Main Street and Elmwood Avenue, and
Cotton Town was immediately on my left. I would swear that
there was no cotton burning there. I traveled along Main
Street. South, the whole length of it, and not a cotton bale
did I see. At the State capitol I turned east into Gervais
Street and passed out of the city on my mission and saw no
cotton or fire anywhere. I quote here from Maj. George Ward
Nichols's book (he being aid-de-camp to General Sherman),
"The Story of the Great March : The Diary of a Staff Officer,"
page 164 (February 17) : "I began to-day's record early in
the evening, and while writing 1 noticed an unusual glare in
the sky and heard a sound of running to and fro in the street
with the loud talk of servants that the horses must be removed
to a safer place. Running out, I found to my surprise and
real sorrow that the centra! part of the city, including the
Hiaiii business street, was in flames, while the wind, which had
been blowing a hurricane all day, was driving the sparks and
cinders in heavy masses over the eastern portion of the city,
where the finest residences are situated. These buildings, all
wooden, were quickly ignited by the flying sparks. In half an
hour the conflagration was raging in every direction." Mark
you. Major Nichols says that the fire started in the "central"
part of the city. The pertinent question is. How did the fire
start there? Certainly no cotton was there, and all the ware-
houses in either direction were a mile and a half off. "In a
half hour the conflagration was raging in every direction."
This is absolutely true. Fire started "in every direction." but
it started from the inside — not the outside — of those handsome
residences; and it was set by the concerted action of Sher-
man's men, and not by "sparks and cinders," and it was fanned
into an avalanche of destruction by the heavy gale of wind
"which had been blowing hard all day."
As proof that Sherman's soldiers did it, let me quote Dr.
R. W. Gibbes, at that time about sixty years of age and one
of the most distinguished men of the State ; a man who had
traveled much, and collected many valuable souvenirs, coins^
etc. He says that when the Yankees entered his house, one
of the handsomest in the city, saying they intended to burn it,
he begged them to allow him to save his collection of souve-
nirs. They deliberately pocketed his valuable coins and ap-
plied the torch to his curtains. His experience was similar to
that of many others.
Again quoting from Major Nichols's book, page 166: "Va-
rious causes are assigned to explain the origin of the fire. I
am quite sure that it originated in .sparks flying from the
hundreds of bales of cotton which the Rebels had placed along
the middle of Main Street and fired as they left the city." I
have already proved above that this is untrue by the evidence
of mv own eves and that there was no cotton on Main Street.
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Besides, anybody with common sense would know that cotton,
in the bale, smolders but never "sparks" or creates "cinders."
Again, on page i66. Major Nichols says: "There were fires,
however, which must have been started independent of the
above-named cause." He then goes on to say that the escaped
prisoners, two hundred in number, set these fires in a spirit
of revenge, and adds: "Again it is said that the soldiers who
first entered the town, intoxicated with success and having a
liberal supply of bad liquor, in an insanity of exhilaration set
fire to unoccupied houses." Here we have the whole thing
in a nutshell, only add that "occupied"' and "unoccupied" resi-
dences were treated alike. The diary of a staff officer on
Sherman's staff proves by his own writing that the fires were
set by their drunken soldiers "in an insanity of exhilaration,"
and Major Nichols's own words, "in a half hour the con-
flagration was raging in every direction" — started everywhere
by the concerted action and a distinct understanding of Sher-
man's soldiers, to whom, by comparison, the Goths and Van-
dals of ancient history were angels.
My fellow townsman. Col. John W. Tench, indorses every
word I have written. He, like myself, was "on the spot," being
a major on the staff of Gen. William D. Martin, of Mississippi,
who was commanding a division of Wheeler's cavalry. He
was among the last to cross Congaree bridge, and passed im-
mediately by the South Carolina Railroad depot and the
cotton warehouses in that quarter. He states emphatically
that there was no burning cotton to be seen anywhere.
On the morning after the burning of the city, February i8.
General Hampton having headquarters at , on the Char-
lotte and Columbia Railroad, was, with his staff, going along
the road to Killians Creek, four miles nearer to the city.
We met two scouts with a Yankee prisoner. General Hamp-
ton stopped them, and the following conversation, which is
additional evidence that Sherman burned Columbia, took
place between General Hampton and the prisoner. This
conversation is indelibly impressed upon my mind. General
Hampton asked: "To what command do you belong?" The
prisoner answered: "To Kilpatrick's Cavalry." Then he asked
again, "What did you do to Columbia?" to which the prisoner
replied : "We burned it up, sir." General Hampton's almost
verbatim reply was : "Well, sir, I have every reason to believe
that you have told me the truth, for we saw the whole heavens
lit up ; but I always verify before I act, and if I find you liave
told the truth, I will shoot every man of you I catch."
Dismissing the scouts and prisoner, we proceeded on our
way toward the firing line on Killians Creek, as the firing had
become incessant. The statement of this prisoner, "We burnt
it up," is true evidence that Sherman "did burn it." After
riding perhaps half a mile General Hampton stopped and or-
dered me to ride back and get some additional information
from the prisoner. I galloped back, overtaking the scouts at a
branch wliich crossed the road, and was in speaking distance,
but not anticipating the tragedy which followed, saw one of
the scouts (now dead himself), without a word of warning
and before I could speak, send a bullet crashing through the
poor fellow's brain. Returning to General Hampton, I found
him on the firing line talking to Gen. M. C. Butler and made
my report, to which he made no reply.
FLAG OF THE THIRTIETH GEORGIA REGIMENT.
BY A. P. ADAMSON, SECRETARY REUNION ASSOCIATION.
The Reunion Association of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment
desires to learn of its old battle flag which was captured
at Nashville December i6, 1864. At that time the 30th Geor-
gia was consolidated with the 29th Georgia Regiment, and
was commanded by Col. W. D. Mitchell, of the 29th, with
Major Hendrick, of the 30th, and was attached to Gen. Henry
R. Jackson's Georgia brigade. We understood that the cap-
tors were a brigade composed of the 8th Wisconsin, nth
Missouri, 5th and Qth Minnesota Regiments, and commanded
by Col. L. F. Hubbard.
There are conflicting reports about the capture of the flag.
One is that the color bearer, David Worsham, of Company
D, 30th Georgia Regiment, was killed and that the flag was
torn to pieces by the Federal soldiers. Another is that after
being wounded he tried to save the colors by tearing them
from the flagstaff and placing them in his bosom. This is in
part corroborated by the official reports of Federal officers
found in Series I., Volume XLV., Part I., of the "War Rec-
ords," which show that several stands of colors were cap-
tured by Hubbard's Brigade, and in one instance the color
bearer, being wounded, attempted to save his colors by
tearing them from the staff, but was captured.
Again, Lieut. Jesse Anthony, of Company E, 30th Georgia
Regiment, says that on the day after the battle he, with other
captured officers, was in the second story of a building in
Nashville and saw a lot of Confederate prisoners marched
through the streets, and among them he recognized the color
bearer, David Worsham, who appeared to be severely
wounded. It is very probable he died in the prison hospital at
Nashville, as he was never heard of afterwards. It is thought
the flag was captured by either the 5th Minnesota or nth
Missouri Regiment.
The writer was in prison at Rock Island, 111., and was not
in the battle of Nashville. He has written several letters
since the war, hoping to recover the flag of his regiment, but
so far his efforts have been unsuccessful. Information is
sought either from Confederates, Federals, or any one else
concerning this flag and the fate of the color bearer.
[Comrade A. P. Adamson's address is Rex, Ga.]
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Treasurer's Report for Month Ending December 31, 1911.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida, $5. Contributed
by Stonewall Chapter, No. 47, U. D. C, , Fla.
Mrs. J. J. Crawford, Director for New York, $5. Con-
tributed by Stonewall Chapter of Manhattan, of C. M. Bruce,
Children of the Confederacy, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. J. B. Gantt, Director for Missouri, $25. Contributed
by R. E. Lee Chapter, No. 1245, U. D. C, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Thomas W. Keitt, Director for South Carolina, $27.
Contributed by Paul McMichael Chapter, No. 427, U. D. C,
Orangeburg, S. C, $25 ; John T. Morrison Chapter, No. 1286,
U. D. C, Estill, S. C, $2.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia, $13.50.
Contributed by Manassas Chapter, No. 175, U. D. C, Manas-
sas, Va., $1 ; Mrs. N. V. Randolph, Richmond, Va., sale of
seals, $10; Richmond Chapter, No. 158, U. D. C, Richmond,
Va., $2 ; cash from source not named, 50 cents.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, $250.
Total for month, $325.50.
Balance on hand December i, 1911, $21,673.70.
Total to be accounted for, $21,999.20.
To Sir Moses Ezekiel, sculptor, Rome, Italy, third payment
on account, as per contract, $5,000.
Balance on hand January i, 1912, $16,999.20.
Wallace Streater, Treasurer.
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LAST DAYS IN FRONT OF RICHMOND, 1864-65.
BY W. L. TIMBERLAKE, MOBILE, ALA.
That a siege has a most demoralizing effect upon an army
was fully demonstrated during the last months of the war
around Richmond and Petersburg. It was noticeable among
our soldiers even on the retreat from Richmond and Peters-
burg that the men were more cheerful after being foot loose
from their long, dreary confinement in the works. After the
suspense was broken, there seemed to be a general feeling of
relief and they were ready for fight.
My compr'i'. D, 2d Virginia Battalion, had held a part of
the Richmoi;.: :mes from September 29 and 30, 1864, immedi-
ately in front of Fort Harrison, where we killed a lot of
negro soldiers. Bushrod Johnson's brigade was on our right
next to the James River and Field's Division and the Texas
brigade on our left. Nearly all the winter of 1864-65 we
picketed close up to Fort Harrison, where the ground was
low, in all kinds of weather, and many a night we were soak-
ing wet and hungry. We were always hungry. I was on
picket there one evening and our artillerymen commenced to
shell the fort with mortars placed under a hill in the rear of
our lines. The Yankees replied immediately and shelled all
along our lines. Receiving no reply from our light artillery
in the works, they trained their guns on us and shelled us on
the picket line. I was in a rifle pit with a man named Shep-
herd, and several shells burst over our pit very close to us.
I remarked to Shepherd that I thought it would be safer
outside ; so, taking my gun, I crawled out and lay down on
the ground about ten feet from the pit. The next shell struck
directly in the spot that I had vacated, striking Shepherd's
gun. breaking it and covering him with dirt, but doing him no
harm. H I had remained in the pit one minute longer, I would
have been cut in two. I asked Shepherd if he was hurt, and
after he had gotten the dirt out of his eyes and mouth he
said, "No," and we laughed over the matter.
The Federals gave us very little rest that winter, as we were
often drawn out from our works and rushed to the right or
left to repel flanking attacks. Wc had a hard fight on the
Charles Cily Road and in front of New Market, where I saw
the brave General Gregg, of the Texas brigade, lying cold and
dead with a bullet through his neck.
We were drawn out from the lines during the month of
February and sent above Richmond on the Broad Street, or
Three Chop Road. I had charge of a picket on that road the
Sunday evening before the evacuation of Richmand. We were
ordered into Richmond that night, and our first stop was at
the provost marshal's oflice, on Broad Street, where we burned
a large lot of government papers. We then moved down to
the Shockoe Warehouse (filled with tobacco, about ten thou-
sand hogsheads) on Cary Street and burned it. We also took
about fifteen barrels of whisky out of a cellar on Cary Street
and knocked the heads of the barrels in and let the whisky
run down the gutter. I helped to get some ladies out of the
Columbian Hotel opposite the burning warehouse. The hotel
was burned. We were kept busy all that night.
The Last Organized Soldiers to Leave Richmond.
I have often read contentions as to who were the last troops
to leave Richmond; so I will state that after finishing our
work of destruction and the sun being well up we fell in on
Cary Street and hurried down to Mayo's Bridge. Gary's
Brigade of Cavalry had gone over and Col. Clement Sulivane,
of Gen. Custis Lee's staff, was waiting at the approach to the
bridge. The materials for burning the bridge were at hand
and distributed all across the bridge. We were hurried on the
bridge and the torch was immediately applied to the piles of
kindling, tar, and turpentine. We were certainly the last
troops to cross Mayo's bridge. Our first stop was at Chester-
field C. H., when I saw some of my friends of the Surrey Light
.Artillery. We remained here for a very short rest, and were
off again on such a march as we had never experienced.
Sunday night before leaving Richmond we had issued to us
one-third of a pound of bacon and one pound of coarse corn
meal which Comrade Marshall and I tried to cook when at
Chesterfield C. H. We had our bread in the frying pan about
half done when the bugle blew, and I said to Marshall : "I
am going to throw this away." He said: "No, don't; we will
cat the d — thing anyway." I thought this a peculiar bless-
ing to ask on the last rations we had. This was the morning
of the 3d of April, and we never tasted food again except an
ear of parched corn and the buds of sassafras trees until a
Yankee cavalryman divided his rations with me on the battle
field of Sailor's Creek the night of the 6th of April.
The last time I saw Gen. R. E. Lee was at Amelia C. H.
Just as we got there we heard an explosion that proved to be
the blowing up of a caisson. General Lee and I crossed the
road together. I think he had gone over to investigate the
explosion. From there we commenced again our weary march
of toiling and fighting. Just before we reached Sailor's Creek
we killed three sheep, but before we could get them skinned
and divided the Federals attacked us again and we had to
leave them. We skirmished all the way up to Sailor's Creek
on the north side and formed line of battle. The troops ahead
of us had thrown up a slight breastwork of rails and we lay
behind them, the Yankees shelling us constantly. While we
were here General Barton and some of his staflF rode up and
took position just behind us. I expected to see them killed.
I had taken about a dozen cartridges out and laid them on a
flat rail to be handy. General Barton said to us : "Boys, they
are going to charge us with cavalry; and when they come, I
want every man to aim just about the horses' breasts." But
they did not come, and we soon crossed the creek about waist-
deep, with the enemy right on our heels. They came over, but
we drove them back across the creek. We soon found out
that during this delay two divisions of Sheridan's Cavalry
had cut us off from the army in front and the 2d and 6th
Corps had caught up with us, and wc had to turn about and
fight a bloody battle and were finally surrounded and captured.
I had a splendid blue-barreled Enfield rifle and plenty of
the best English ammunition. I saw and did some good
shooting that evening. I was slapped on the back and com-
plimented by an officer for my good shooting.
General Ewell and the remnant of his command were cap-
tured. I saw him the next day in an ambulance going to the
rear a prisoner. We were taken back over the route we had
come on through Petersburg down to City Point, where we
were put aboard a transport and sent to Point Lookout Prison,
in Maryland, where we remained until the latter part of
June, 1865, when we were paroled.
H William C. Otey, who was a courier for General Ewell
that day, sees this, he will remember that the General came
very near riding over me as I was lying down in the grass
sharpshooting the Yankees across the creek.
J. L. Greer writes from McKinney, Tex. : "In the Veteran
for October, page 485, Ethan Allen Weaver asks who com-
posed the escort of the prisoners from the battle field of
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Chancellorsville to Richmond. It is my recollection that the
4th Georgia Regiment constituted the sole escort. I was a
lieutenant in Company D of this regiment, and have a vivid
recollection of the events of May 2, 1863."
PURPORT OF A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
BY VIRGINIA PECRAM BUFORD.
Children, whose grandsires are lying low,
Would you know ere this "thin gray Hne"
Has faded out what story this stone
In your hearts should ever enshrine?
Then ask to hear some vet'ran tell
His life's one simple story;
How at duty's call he gave his all
And stormed the heights of glory.
And plucked from the old world's honor roll
A name the South will cherish
While love and duty shall abide
And till time itself shall perish.
Children of "ages yet to be,"
Learn what this memento meaneth ;
Know that it marks the golden age.
When the South was at its zenith,
When men and women were brave and strong
And true to the God who made them.
When side by side they fought and wrought,
While love and duty stayed them.
And on and on through years to come
This stone shall be a token
That faith with our beloved dead
Shall ne'er by us be broken ;
That children's children shall tell the tale,
And tell it on forever.
That the hallowed cause for which they fought
Shall be forgotten never.
[This poem, composed by a sister of veterans, was read on
November 9, 191 1, at Lawrenceville, Va., upon the occasion
of the unveiling of a monument to the veterans of Brunswick
County— living and dead— of the War of the States ; men who
were with Buckner in the Tennessee campaign, with Stuart
in his masterful raids, with Lee at the crucial battle of Gettys-
burg; men who were in prisons, in hospitals, in unmarked
graves; and after the furhng of the banner at Appomattox,
a remnant took up the not less serious battle of life along
reconstruction lines and are still figliting it out in the old way
with indomitable patience and courage.]
CONCERNING THE DEATH OF GEN. }. E. B. STUART.
J. R. Gibbons, of Beauxite, Ark., writes the following to
Mr. J. R. Oliver, of Baltimore, Md., thanking him for his
article in the November Veteran regarding the killing of
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, of which he says :
"Not one reference in one hundred to his wounding is cor-
rect, as I understand it. It is very much like Lee's surrender-
ing under an apple tree and a good many other things that are
false in Confederate history which should be corrected. I beg
to thank you for your statement of the facts, which is much
nearer to my understanding of it than any I have seen.
"Almost the only battles missed by me during the war in
which Stuart's Cavalry engaged were the Wilderness, Chancel-
lorsville, and some fighting near Yellow Tavern. I was a
member of Company I, ist Virginia Cavalry, from Rocking-
ham County ; but during this period I was off on a twenty- four-
day furlough, the only one I received during the war. I was
visiting my father, who had refugeed from Virginia to North
Georgia. When I returned to my regiment, I sought all the
circumstances connected with General Stuart's wounding.
" 'The tale as told to me' was that the first squadron of the
ist Virginia Cavalry was ordered to charge down the Brook
Turnpike toward Richmond ; that General Stuart rode out of
the woods from the northwest (the road running southeast at
this place) to see the result of this charge, and a line of dis-
mounted Federal sharpshooters who were across the Brook
Turnpike fronting the position that you described as being
occupied by your squadron were firing at this squadron as it
went in, and Stuart was hit by a stray shot by these men. The
first squadron ran into two regiments of cavalry under the
hill already preparing for a charge. They repulsed the squad-
ron of the 1st Virginia and followed them, and Gus Ehrman,
of Company I (the first squadron was composed of Companies
A, I, and F), informed me that in being repulsed the squadron
took to the woods and rode on. General Stuart being carried
out as you described. I do not doubt that your version of it
is correct, as from your position you are certainly prepared to
know better the facts than almost any one else."
AN ARKANSAS MEMORIAL ON THE COTTON TAX.
To the Honorable United States Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives: Your memorialist, the James A. Jackson Camp,
No. 1308, U. C. v., would respectfully state that the cotton
tax levied and collected by the United States government in
1866, 1867, and 186S amounts in the aggregate to $68,072,388.99.
Of this amount, Arkansas paid $2,555,638.43, of which a small
sum has been returned for the weight of bagging and ties.
\''our memorialist would further show that at the time this
tax was collected the cotton States were in a very destitute
condition ; that it has been a grievous burden on the citizens
of those States to be taxed for the education of the colored
children in addition to the education of their own children;
that after a lapse of forty-five years it would be impossible to
refund this tax to the original producers of the cotton taxed,
as thousands of them have departed this life and many thou-
sands received no receipts for the taxes paid, as a large
amount was paid by commission merchants for the owners ;
that a very large per cent of the receipts for the tax, if in
existence at all, is in the hands of brokers or others who
did not produce the cotton or pay the tax ; that the tax was
imposed without constitutional authority unless placed upon
the cotton States as conquered provinces to reimburse the
government for the cost of the war.
Therefore your memorialist prays that a bill for an act be
introduced in Congress making an appropriation of money
to be distributed to the several States from which it was col-
lected, according to the number of bales of cotton produced
in each State during the time for which the tax was paid, and
that said fund so appropriated be paid to the Treasurers of
the respective States, and that one-half of said fund be placed
to the credit of the pension fund for disabled Confederate
soldiers and their widows, and one-half to the credit of the
common school fund of each State respectively.
Signed by Hon. D. E. Barker in connection with Camp
James A. Jackson, No. 1308, U. C. V., of Monticello, of which
J. H. Malonez is Commander and W. A. Brown, M.D., is
Adjutant.
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FIRST PRIVATE IN CONFEDERATE SERVICE.
BY W. T. SHUMATE, GREENVILLE, S. C.
In 1851-52, while the war cloud hovered over the Soutliern
States, the citizens of Greenville, S. C, organized a military
company and called it the "Butler Guards" in honor of Gen.
Pierce M. Butler, of this State, who had distinguished him-
self most gallantly in the war with Mexico. Through good
management and diplomacy the war cloud was dispersed, and
everything was serene until Lincoln was elected President.
Then everything reached fever heat. We drilled day and
night, and I think it was the best-drilled company I ever saw.
We had quite a number of companies and regiments in South
Carolina, but they were six months' troops and volunteered
for the defense of the State. My company went to Richmond,
and soon after arriving in that city orders were issued from
headquarters to muster the soldiers into the Confederate serv-
ice. My regiment, the 2d South Carolina, being the senior
regiment, was mustered in first. My company was on the
extreme right of the regiment, and I, being a tall man, was
on the right of my company; therefore I was the first private
mustered into the Confederate army. My captain, three lieu-
tenants, and the orderly sergeant marched ahead of me, but I
was the first private.
My command was very sanguine of success. We were
ordered to Fairfax C. H., where we remained until the Fed-
eral army made its appearance on its way to Bull Run, or
Manassas. We preceded
them and awaited their ad-
vance with a good deal of
impatience. We met on the
battle field and gained a great
victory. The Federals fled
in confusion, scattering their
cannon, small arms, wagons,
etc.; along the road toward
Washington. We could have
captured the capital then
with but little loss of men.
President JefTerson Davi.s
was on the battle field, but
did not think it advisable to
pursue the Federals. We did
not think the enemy would have the courage to meet us
again, and that the war would end in three months or less
time, but we were mistaken. We thought that in three months
or less we w'ould be at home with our loved ones.
We moved up nearer Washington and remained until the
Federals got over their panic and raised a large army with
which they expected to "sweep the Rebels from the earth."
I was in the following engagements: First Manassas, Mary-
land Heights, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Malvern Hill, F"red-
ericksburg, and some skirmishes. General Longstreet's com-
mand was detached from the Virginia army and sent to Gen-
eral Bragg's assistance in Georgia. I was wounded at Chicka-
niauga, and did no more military duty. I was soon after-
wards elected sheriff of my county, and returned home.
The murder of Lincoln was the greatest blow that ever
befell the Soulhcrn people; reconstruction was terrible.
I believed we had the right to secede, and I still think so;
but it is fortunate for the South as well as the North that
we were not successful. We are now a happy, prosperous,
and united people, and the whole world could not conquer us.
This is a wonderful country. I am now eighty-four years old.
FIGHTING ABOUT THE HATCHIE BRIDGE.
BY W. A. LEE, PEA RIDGE, ARK.
I was a member of the N. W. 15th Regiment Arkansas In-
fantry, Moore's Brigade, Maury's Division, which was com-
posed of three brigades — Moore's, Cabbell's, and Fifures.
Moore's Brigade w-as in the advance that morning and on the
retreat from Corinth. Between ten and eleven o'clock we had
a view of the little town of Pocahontas, and could see that it
was full of cavalry displaying white flags. The brigade
moved across the bridge, filed to the right, and formed line
of battle and waited for the other two brigades to get into like
line. As they started to cross the bridge the artillery at Poca-
hontas opened fire upon it. We had no knowledge of their
close presence until then. Their infantry was concealed
less than two hundred yards in our front when the artillery
fire began. Some sharpshooters whom we thought belonged
to the cavalry above mentioned, as we could not see them,
began to fire on us.
It was reported that General Moore, seeing that he was
trapped, gave orders for his men to get back to the north side
of the river the best way they could ; but we didn't hear his
orders at the right of the brigade. The river at our back and
15,000 infantry less than two hundred yards in our front
created, it may be imagined, much anxiety.
The N. W. 15th Arkansas was on the right of the brigade.
Observing considerable commotion down the line, one of our
regiment raised up to see what it meant, and concluded it
was a charge. We were expecting any moment to try our
hand with the cavalry half a mile away. We took the charge
for a fact and moved forward at a rapid rate and ran over
their skirmish line some forty yards from a fence that their
main line was concealed beliind.
Just a few steps farther and we realized what we should
have known before we crossed the bridge. They made for
us a sheet of fire from the third or fourth rail in the fence
that I haven't forgotten yet. Well, we surprised them as well
as being surprised ourselves at finding them concealed behind
a fence so close to us and we did not know it until this acci-
dental move was made. We lay down until their fire slack-
ened a little, and then we made good use of time to get back
to the river. We bore downstream a little and chanced to
find a tall sycamore that had fallen squarely across the river
near the other bank with drift in the top that helped us to get
to its trunk. It made a very good foot bridge, and all got
away that made a strong effort ; so their trap slipped.
I do not know how many men we lost out of our brigade.
I suppose our loss was heaviest on the left side of the brigade
near the bridge. Their attention was mainly on the bridge.
Our company (F) lost Lieutenant Metlock killed and three
or four captured. I suppose the losses of other commands
corresponded with ours.
Moore's Brigade was composed of five regiments : 2d Texas,
N. W. isth Arkansas, 35th Mississippi, 22d Arkansas, and the
42d Alabama.
If our brothers in blue love us as they would have us love
them, they would send our flags home to comfort the few old
boys that haven't crossed over.
On May I, 1863, while opposing Sherman's advance on Port
Gibson, the day they crossed the Mississippi River, the N. W.
15th .Arkansas Regiment lost its flag. Inscribed upon it were
the names and places that we had met the enemy, even Hatchie
Bridge.
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LEVIS A LEEK M'CLAIN.
[Dalton Camp pays tribute to a Confederate mother.]
Levisa Leek, daughter of Moses McElroy Dunn and Mar>
Leek Dunn, was born March 4, 1824, on York River, in
York County, S. C. She moved with her parents to Walker
County, Ga. (now Catoosa County), in 1833. Moses Dunn
bought and hved in the house of Indian Chief Hix, which
stands yet in Dogwood Valley.
Levisa helped to cook for those who gathered and guarded
the Indians prior to their departure from Georgia. She went
with and cooked for her father while building the first homes
in Cross Plains, Ga. (now Dalton), and she helped to cook
for the contractors and hands who built the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, northwest of Tunnel Hill, Ga.
She was married January 12, 1843, to Contractor Thomas
Dowling, and it was he who completed the tunnel at Tunnel
Hill. They moved shortly thereafter to the home where she
resided the major part of the following sixty-nine years. She
traveled horseback with her husband to different points in
Georgia and Alabama, passing through Atlanta when it was
little more than a blacksmith village, and drank water from
the good spring now said to be under the W. & A. Railroad
shops. She lived in Augusta while her husband built the
lock over the canal, and it was there that her veteran son,
John Dowling, was born December 4, 1845. She returned
to North Georgia in 1851, a widow with four small children.
In 1856 she was married to Jonathan McClain, of Fair-
field, S. C. She remained at home during the Civil War with
her daughters and little children, suffering many hardships
and privations in supporting those dependent upon her for
support. She often contributed to the relief of soldiers.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler's secret service men were frequently
visitors to her home, where they were made welcome. She
witnessed skirmishes and was in hearing of the battles around
Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Ringgold, Tun-
nel Hill, Rocky Face, and Dalton, and heard the roar of can-
non of several battles farther south. She had several bat-
tles with soldiers and stragglers who went with the Federal
wagon trains while pillaging her house, and they often suc-
ceeded in taking her personal property. The heavy wagons
becoming stalled in the deep and miry ford of East Chicka-
mauga, they had ample time to plunder. They often camped
on her place, and the officers kept guards at her house, but the
fences and crops were destroyed.
Excepting pillagers, she treated all kindly; and notwith-
standing her avowed loyalty to her Southland, she had good
friends among the Federal soldiers. An officer, admiring the
beautiful location of her home, said: "I will lay my land
grant here when the South is confiscated." She answered:
"You may lay it between here and Atlanta only six feet long
and three feet wide." She saw the race of the Andrews's
raiders on the engine General, pursued by the engine Texas.
She lost two stepsons in the Confederate army, Lieut. E. R.
McClain enlisted in the first Confederate regiment at the be-
ginning of hostilities and went to Pensacola, Fla., where he
enlisted for six months. Reenlisting for the war, he went to
Mobile, Ala., and from thence back to Rocky Face, Ga., and
on to Kennesaw, where he was wounded, from the effects of
which he died later and was buried in Mobile, Ala.
W. S. McClain enlisted in 1862 and served in Company G,
nth Georgia Regiment, in the Virginia Army, until General
Longstreet was sent to Chickamauga. He here received
wounds from which he died, and was buried in Knoxville.
Her son, John D. Dowling, enlisted in Company E, 1st
Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, at Fort Gaines
garrison. In January, 1864, he took part in the battle of Rocky
Face and went through the Atlanta campaign. He was in the
battle of Franklin, and was by the side of Colonel Smith when
he fell. He was among the few who went over the breast-
works in the charge. He went between the lines to rescue
his company's colors. Three had fallen in the attempt. He
was in the battle of Nashville and was captured December
16, 1864, sent to Camp Douglas, 111., and released in June, 1865.
Mrs. McClain opened her doors to all who called or needed
her hospitality, regardless of circumstances of station. Among
her guests was Col. Theodore Roosevelt, of the Spanish-Amer-
ican War, who, on taking his leave, said : "I've been across the
water and in almost every State in the Union, and in no
country have I eaten such bread as prepared by you."
MRS. M CL.MN AND HER VETERAN SON AND DAUGHTER.
Her last act of patriotism was that of making a flag quilt
for her veteran son in 1908, the Jefferson Davis centennial
year. She planted cotton in her garden, cultivated it, picked
and ginned it with her fingers, batted it, and made it into the
flag. She cut and started the quilt in 1908, finished it in 1909,
and quilted it in 1910. It had embroidered in white letters:
"J. D. Dowling, Company E, 1st Confederate Regiment,
Georgia Volunteers." It is lined with gray satin, and is con-
sidered a work of art. She made many pretty silk and velvet
quilts, and the best butter on the market.
She died at her home, between McClain Ford and McClain
Gap, October 12, 191 1. She was the mother of twelve chil-
dren, four of whom predeceased her. She was a member of
the Baptist Church for many years.
The following resolution was passed by the Joseph E. John-
ston Camp, U. C. v., at Dalton, Ga. :
"Resolved, That the officers and members of the Joseph E.
Johnston Camp, U. C. V., Dalton, Ga., have with deep re-
gret heard of the death of Mrs. McClain, and that this Camp
hereby extends its sincere sympathies to the bereaved family.
"W. W. Batey, J. H. Moore, R. H. Fox, Committee."
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RICHMOND'S FIRST REUNION— THEN AND NOW.
Mr. Charles G. Gray, a Fort Valley (Ga.) banker and a
comrade who takes deep interest in reunions, in a speech
about Macon's approaching Reunion and about the wonder-
ful recuperative powers of the Southern States said:
"When I witness the manifestations of so much prosperity,
the growth of the State along all lines, blossoming as the
rose; when I see the great industrial enterprises springing up
everywhere, the huge manufacturing plants in our cities, our
section the land of investment and development, railroads
everywhere — great through passenger and fast freight trains —
colleges and schools flourishing, people on joy rides in their
automobiles, I ask myself if the present generation has any
conception of the conditions which confronted us old sol-
diers when we returned home in '65 from the fields of battle.
"The contrast of conditions then and now is beyond ex-
pression. The most succinct description of what greeted the
home-coming of our soldiers I have ever read was by Henry
Ward Beecher in his oration on the raising of the flag at
Fort Sumter April 14, 1865. He described the situation in
these words: 'The soil has drunk blood and is glutted, mil-
lions mourn for thousands slain, towns and villages have been
razed, cities destroyed, fruitful fields have been turned back
to wilderness. It came to pass as the prophet said: "The
sun turned to darkness and the moon to blood." The course
of tlie law was ended, the sword sat chief magistrate in half
of the nation, industry was paralyzed, morals corrupted, the
public weal invalided by rapine and anarchy, whole States
were ravaged by avenging armies, the world was amazed.'
"Was devastation ever more vast? was destruction ever
more complete. At your Reunion you will meet face to face
the remnant of that ever-lessening band whose home-coming
was to witness these conditions.
"When you witness the parade, remember you behold some
of the men who restored your country, who redeemed the
land, who saved Southern civilization, brought victory out of
ruin and chaos. Your parade will be one of heroes.
"For our prosperity of to-day, for the,<;e surroundings which
rob defeat of its sting, for this grand restoration which is our
boast and pride, we owe nothing to the North ; but it is due
to the pluck, the vim, the fortitude, the patriotism of those
old soldiers, who fought and lived."
Federal Soldier and R. E. Lee at Gettysburg.
I was in the battle of Gettysburg, and an incident occurred
there wliiili largely changed my views of the Southern people.
I had been the most bitter anti-Southern man and fought
and cursed the Confederacy. I could see nothing good in any
of them. The last day of the fight I was badly wounded, a
ball shattering my left leg. I lay near Cemetery Ridge, and
as General Lee ordered his retreat he and his officers rode
near me. I recognized him; and though faint from exposure
and loss of blood, I raised up my hands, looked Lee in the
face, and shouted, "PTurrah for the Union !"
The General heard me, looked, stopped his horse, dis-
mounted, and came toward me. I confess that I thought he
meant to kill me. But as he came up he looked down at me
with such a sad expression upon his face that all fear left me,
and I wondered what he was about. He extended his hand
to me and, grasping it firmly and looking right into my eyes,
said : "My son, I hope you will soon be well."
If I live a thousand years, I shall never forget the ex-
pression of General Lee's face. There he was, defeated, re-
tiring from a field that had cost him and his cause almost
their last hope, and yet he stopped to say words like those to
a wounded soldier of the opposition who had taunted him
as he passed by. As soon as the General had left me I cried
myself to sleep there upon the bloody ground. — Gamaliel
Bradford, Jr., in the Atlantic Monthly.
The Negro Likes Warm Weather Best.
The Southern negro is famed for his remarkable endurance
of heat, says the Montgomery Advertiser. The sun never
.grows too hot for the darky. That's why he does so well
in the South. Some time ago, so the story goes, an Ala-
bama negro visited his aristocratic uncle in Boston, and while
there died. The uncle wanted the remains cremated, and he sent
the body to a near-by crematory, where the body was placed
on a slab and shoved into the hot furnace. Later the crema-
tory man went to the furnace to get the ashes of the cre-
mated body, and he heard a voice from within say: "Shet
dat do,' white man ; da's a draft comin' in heah."
"A Jolt" for Wendell by a Negro Waiter.
A long time ago Wendell Phillips, the abolitionist, went to
Charleston. He had breakfast served in his room, and was
waited upon by a slave. Mr. Phillips took the opportunity
to represent to the negro in a pathetic way that he regarded
him as a man and brother, and, more than that, that he him-
self was an abolitionist. Finally Mr. Phillips told the
darky to go away, saying that he could not bear to be
waited on by a slave. "You must 'scusc me," said the negro.
"I is 'bliged to stay here 'cause Ise 'sponsible for de silverware."
Annual Reunion Florida Division, U. C. V.
The annual reunion of the Florida Division, U. C. V., was
held at Orlando October 25 and 26. with a large attendance.
The good people of Orlando opened their homes and hearts
and gave the old veterans the best they had. After the busi-
ness of the day, there were receptions and entertainments for
the guests. It was in every way a successful reunion.
J. A. Cox, of Lakeland, was elected Commander for the en-
suing year. The next reunion will be held at Lake City.
Inquiry about the Murphys at Cross Keys, S. C. — J. M.
Stinson, of Mount Vernon, Tex., writes that in May, 1864,
his company (C, 4th Alabama Cavalry) was camped near
Cross Keys, S. C. He observed two ladies, mother and
daughter, and being attracted by the younger of the two, made
bold to introduce himself to her. Her name was Miss D. J.
Murphy. They corresponded for some time. She graciously
proposed that if he should be wounded or become ill they
would care for him at their home. If the younger woman
be living still. Comrade Stinson would rejoice to hear from
her or of her.
Graves of Gen. John B. Hood and Wife.
While there was a most liberal spirit manifested in behalf
of the children of Gen. J. B. Hood and a fund of more than
$20,000 was procured for the children — which when paid to
them exceeded $30,000 — yet the father and mother, who both
died of yellow fever, are honored by only a small stone at
their graves in New Orleans. It bears the inscription ;
"JOHN BELL HOOD,
General in the Confederate Army.
Born June 9, 183 1 ; Died August 30, 1879.
MARIE HENNON HOOD,
Born January 28, 1837; Died August 21, 1879."
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"Peace to the dead, though peace is not
In the regal dome or the pauper's cot.
Peace to the dead ; there's peace, we trust,
With the pale dreamers in the dust."
Deaths in Troup County (Ga.) Camp, No. 405.
[Report by J. L. Schaub, Commander Lagrange, Ga.]
T. G. Cameron, Company B, 4th Georgia Regiment.
W. R. Lord, Company C, Cobb's Georgia Legion.
C. O. Smith, Company C, Ferrell's Georgia Battery.
John R. Broome, Company K, 13th Alabama Regiment.
W. C. Cotton, Company I, 2d Louisiana Regiment.
S. M. Taylor, Company B, 13th Georgia Regiment.
S. P. Woodall, 1st Georgia Reserves.
John R. Ware, Company B, 37th Georgia Reserves.
Sam P. Smith, Company E, 41st Georgia Reserves.
C. F. Harris, Company D, 8th Georgia Regiment.
William M. White.
William M. White was born June 8, 1842, in White County,
Tenn. At about the age of twenty years he enlisted in the
Confederate army, and served as private until the close of
the war, making a record of honor and valor as a soldier.
While in the service near Dalton, Ga., he was converted under
the preaching of his chaplain ; and after his return home
from the war, he identified himself with the Baptist Church,
and was ordained a minister in the Church in 1870, in which
capacity he served with credit and efficiency until his death,
having the care and pastorate of four Churches at the time
of his death.
He was a Master Mason, and was buried with Masonic
rites and ceremonies in the Spring City Cemetery on Decem-
ber 17, after an impressive and appropriate religious service
conducted by Rev. G. W. Brewer, of Dayton.
Comrade White was a man of fixedness of purpose, always
on the side of strict sobriety and exemplary morals, never
faltering as to his position and stand on matters political or
religious.
Capt. Thomas Morton Scott.
Thomas M. Scott was born in Cadiz, Ohio, June 24, 1824;
and died in Melissa, Tex., March 6, 1911. He was the son of
James and Harriet (Arnold) Scott. He moved to Louis-
ville, Ky., in 1851, and married Miss Elizabeth Matilda Shir-
ley, daughter of Lewis Shirley, soldier of the War of 1812.
Surviving him are his devoted wife, three sons, and one daugh-
ter, all of whom are most honorable and useful members of
society. He was truly of military stock. His ancestor, Thomas
Scott, was an officer in Cromwell's army and member of
the English Parliament, also member of the committee whicti
signed the death warrant of Charles Stuart, king of Ens:land.
Captain Scott was a gallant soldier and officer in the Mexi-
can War. He was in California in 1849-51, and commanded
troops against hostile Ind-ans. Moving to Texas in 1852, he
joined the Confederate army in 1861, and was first lieutenant
in the 9th Texas Infantry. After the battle of Shiloh, he was
promoted to captain and assistant adjutant general by Presi-
dent Davis, and served through the war as staflf officer to
Gen. S. B. Maxey and to Gen. D. H. Cooper.
During his long military ser\'ice he was distinguished for
his skill in winning respect and admiration of troops and for
his valor in performing valuable service. He was endowed
with rare military bearing, voice, and mien, and his appear-
ance was an inspiration to every soldier. He was one of
that princely race of men whose numbers seem on the decline.
After the war Captain Scott held many positions of trust
and honor, always giving most efficient service. The greatest
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COL. THOMAS M. SCOTT.
pride of liis later years was centered in his youngest son.
Col. Willie Scott, who is a graduate of West Point, and who
is now commanding a regiment in the United States army.
[Data supplied by E. W. Kirkpatrick, of McKinney, Tex.]
A delightful journey was made by the Editor of the Vet-
eran with Colonel Scott (he deserved promotion to this rank
if ever any man did, and he was called Colonel Scott) from
the Reunion at Bowie, Tex. He was small of stature.
Though eiglity-four years old, he was very erect, and said he
had never felt the need of a walking stick. Indeed, he had
rarely ever been sick. When feeling unwell, it was his cus-
tom to take physical exercise. On one side of his farm, near
Melissa, there was a smooth road a mile long. He would
exercise on that, walking briskly for a time, and then advance
to a run. At the farther end he would rest briefly and pursue
the same rule returning. Venerable man ! He was a blessing
to his associates.
Samuel Allen.
Sam Allen was born February 28, 183S, in Williamson
County, Tenn., and lived there until his death, November 22,
1911. He served in the nth Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A.,
under Forrest. A few weeks before his death he moved to
Franklin. The Confederate flag was placed in his casket.
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Capt. George Chamberlaine.
The death of Capt. George Chamberlaine occurred in Jan-
uary at his residence in Norfolk. He was a gallant Con-
federate soldier, one of Pickett's brave men, and Norfolk
loses one of her best citizens. His illness was of a short
duration. He was cashier of the Savings Bank of Norfolk,
and to within a few days of his death he was at his desk
in the bank. While on his way home one evening he was
fatally stricken with paralysis. He was a remarkably well
preserved man. His close application to business and his
clocklike regularity at the
bank were notable. A purer,
better, and more upright
man was not to be found in
Virginia. He had lived in
Norfolk most of his life.
An exchange states :
"Captain Chamberlaine was
a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Chamberlaine, and
was born July 30, 1834. He
was educated at the Norfolk
Military Academy and the
Virginia Military Institute,
graduating in 1853. After
two years spent in the bank-
ing house of Samuel Harris
& Son, of Baltimore, he be-
came a partner of his father
in the banking business under
the firin name of R. H.
Chamberlaine & Sons, where
he remained until September
I. 1861, when he entered the Confederate service and was
made commissary. Later he served with the 9th Virginia
Infantry, Armistead's Brigade, until after the battle of Get-
tysburg. After that he was on post duty at Franklin and
Burkcville, Va. He was paroled at Richmond in April, 1865.
"At the time of his death and for many years before he was
Secretary and Treasurer of the Norfolk Academy. He was
a member of Christ Episcopal Church and a vestryman,
"Captain Chamberlaine married Miss Bcttie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John C. C. Taylor, of Norfolk. He is survived
by his wife and seven children — two sons (C. T. Chamber-
laine, of Norfolk, and R. H. Chatnbcrlaine, of Baltimore)
and five daughters (Mrs. Charles F. Burroughs and Misses
Bessie L., Eloise, l\Iary M., and Hildcgard Chamberlaine, all
of Norfolk). Three brothers and four sisters survive: W. W.
Chamberlaine, of Washington ; Charles F. and Robert L.
Chamberlaine, of New York; Mrs. Joseph Barker, Mrs. Benja-
min Fabeus, and Misses Addie and Mary B. Chamberlaine, of
New York.
"The funeral was held from Christ Episcopal Church and
was attended by Pickett-Buchanan Camp, U. D. C."
Maj. C. B. Moore.
Maj. C. B. Moore, a Confederate veteran, died at his home,
in Texarkana, Ark., on the early morning of December 6,
191 1, in his seventy-sixth year.
Major Moore was a graduate of the class of 1857 of Prince-
ton College (now Princeton University), New Jersey, having
previou.sly taken a literary course at Washington College,
Virginia (now Washington and Lee University), with the im-
mortal T. J. Jackson as one of his professors. He was ad-
1 .\JTAI.\ I II AMUKKI.AINF.
mitted to the bar and was actively engaged in the practice of
law previous to the Civil War, but at its very commence-
ment enlisted in the service of the Confederacy.
He was one of six brothers who followed the fortunes of the
Confederate flag. He was commissioned first as a captain
and then as major in the quartermaster's department, and in
this capacity served upon the staff of the commanding general
of the Trans-Mississippi Department. Prior to the battle
of Helena, July 4, 1863, by special permission, he was relieved
from his duties as quartermaster and actively participated in
that hard-fought but disastrous battle. He surrendered with
Gen. E. Kirby Smith at Shreveport, La., in May, 1865.
After the close of the war, he resumed the practice of his
profession at Little Rock, Ark., and for two terms filled the
office of Attorney-General of the State of Arkansas.
He was a consistent and devoted Christian, an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, and in a ripe old age exchanged the
cross for a crown,
H. A. Crawford.
II. A. Crawford was born near Dayton, in Rhea County,
Tenn., on October 2, 1835, and was educated in the common
schools. He stayed on his father's farm until he was about
nineteen years of age. when he clerked in the store of R, N,
Gillespie (afterwards his father-in-law) at Washington.
In about 1858 he was elected County Court Clerk of Rhea
County, and served as such until the beginning of the War
of the States, serving also as Deputy Register after the war.
At its beginning he resigned his office and entered the Con-
federate service in Company E, 26th Tennessee Regiment, of
which his father was captain. On account of efficient service
he was appointed to a position in the quartermaster's depart-
ment of Morton's Battery, where he served until the end.
When the war closed, he returned to his home, in Rhea
County, and soon took service upon the Cherokee, a steam-
boat on the Tennessee River plying between Knoxville and
Chattanooga. Later he engaged in the mercantile business at
Washington with R. N. Gillespie, Jr., doing a successful
business. He was married to Anna Neilson Gillespie, the
daughter of R. N. Gillespie, on October 8, 1868. He spent
nuch time on his farm. His wife died on November 20, 1905.
He served as a school director for Rhea County for about
twenty-five years, as justice of the peace for a number of
years, and as Chairman of the County Court, making one of
the best and most efficient chairmen that this court ever had.
He was a strong advocate of temperance and education and
for the uplift of his fellow men. He was also a fine historian,
and much of the last few years of his life was given by him
to investigation, compilation, and preservation of the history
of the county, especially as to its organization, its county
courts, and the diflferent locations of its courthouse.
He died at his home, in Dayton, on December 30, 191 1, in
the seventy-seventh year of his age, and was buried in the
Buttram Cemetery with Masonic honors. He was a Mason
for more than fifty years.
[The foregoing is from proceedings of the County Court
adopted January i, 1912, at its regular quarterly session,]
Zack Howei.l.
Death came suddenly to Zack Howell at his home, in
Shreveport, La., after a brief illness of acute indigestion. He
was born in Chester County, S. C, and was in his seventy-
seventh year. Erect, agile, and of a cheerful disposition, he
viewed life from its brightest side.
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In 1856 he went to Shreveport, where he engaged success-
fully in business as a cotton factor and a warehouseman, and
he was also interested in agricultural matters. He was a
splendid citizen as he had been a good soldier— a defender of
the Confederacy, serving in Company A, 2Sth Louisiana In-
fantry. Me was in the battles of Pcrryville, Ky., Murfrees-
boro, Tenn., and several engagements under Gen. J. E. John-
ston. At the close of the war he surrendered at Shreveport,
having been transferred from the Army of Tennessee.
Comrade Howell is survived by two daughters and two sons.
He was a member of Leroy Stafford Camp, U. C. V., from
which a delegation attended the funeral.
Dr. Howard A. M. Henderson.
At Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday morning,
January 16, after a lengthy illness, occurred the death of Dr.
Henderson, one of the noted men of the South before and
during and since the Civil War. He was in his seventy-sixth
year, and after a noble and strenuous life he was not un-
willing or afraid to die.
He was born in Kentucky, graduated from the Ohio Wes-
leyan, was a famous soldier of the Confederacy, passing up-
wards from captain to an assistant adjutant general of the
Confederacy, and was later made commissioner of exchange
of prisoners. His Southern cross of honor was liis only deco-
ration. He was prominent in all associations and councils
of Confederate soldiers since the war.
As a preacher he held the highest appointments in his
Church, among them being those in Lexington and Frankfort,
Ky., San Francisco, and New York. He was buried at Frank-
fort, Ky.
For eleven years he was Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion of his native State, Kentucky, and by reason of liis fine
scholarship and oratorical fame he was greatly in demand
upon all kinds of educational and fraternal occasions.
As a distinguished Mason he was Grand Chaplain of the
Ohio Commandery Knights Templars and Grand Chaplain of
the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Much of his ministry was
spent in Alabama and Kentucky, and in later years his home
was in Cincinnati.
As an author he won notable fame, having written along
varied lines such books as "Wealth and Workmen," "Ethics
of the Pulpit," "Diomede the Centurion," and "My Black
Mammy," a very beautiful and pathetic tribute to his life
as a boy in the Old South.
[Sketch by H. M. Haniill, Chaplain General Army Tennes-
see Department, U. C. V.]
Capt. Elihu W. Cannon.
E. W. Cannon was born at Darlington, S. C, October 3,
184 1 ; and died in Hartsville, S. C, December 23, 1911.
When the war between the sections broke out, young Can-
non was a cadet attending the military academy of D. H. Hill
(afterwards Lieutenant General Hill). The superintendent
went into service in Virginia at once and the cadets went to
their homes.
E. W. Cannon enlisted at once with the Hartsville Light
Infantry, and was promoted to be color sergeant to bear the
beautiful silk flag presented to the company by the ladies of
Hartsville. Very soon he was promoted to lieutenant of the
company, and soon became conspicuous for his soldierly bear-
ing and for his cheerful and enthusiastic devotion to duty.
He was first lieutenant of Company E, 6th South Carolina
Volunteer Infantry, and in the severe engagements at Wil-
liamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines's Mill, and Frazier's Farm
he was conspicuous. He attracted the attention of the su-
perior ofiicers by his courageous conduct and his coolness and
good judgment under fire. He was publicly commended as an
officer of unusual qualities and promise. At Frazier's Farm
he received the desperate wounds that caused the amputation
of his right leg and incapacitated him for further service.
CAPT. E. VV. CANNON.
After the close of the war, about 1876, E. W. Cannon came
to the front again. While he walked with a wooden leg, he
was able to ride horseback. Our cherished civilization was
in jeopardy, the safety of our homes, the preservation of life
and property were at stake. Wicked and corrupt men duped
the black people and obtained control of the State. Then it
was that E. W. Cannon came to our relief by organizing and
leading a red-shirt company, and succeeded in driving from
office those who had debauched the State.
Captain Cannon during his whole life was noted for his
patriotism. Governor Hampton appointed him County Treas-
urer, which office he filled with credit. Before this he had
served two terms in the State legislature from Darlington
County. Captain Cannon was ever loyal to the memories of
the Confederacy.
On Sunday, the day before Christmas, his mutilated body,
clad in his gray uniform, was buried in the Presbyterian ceme-
tery of Hartsville. A large crowd of sympathizing friends
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were at his grave to manifest their sorrow and respect for
the noble patriot and Christian.
He was an active and consistent member of the Hartsville
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Q. C. Smith.
After a long illness with severe suffering, Dr. Quintus C.
Smith died at his home, in San Diego, Cal., on October 27,
191 1, aged sixty-nine years. He was born and reared in
Humphreys County, Tenn., a son of Moab S. Smith. In his
eighteenth year Dr. Smith became a Confederate soldier in.
Company F, loth Tennessee Cavalry, in which command was
a younger brother also. He served faithfully to the end, and
as a soldier was courageous and dutiful.
After the war he studied medicine, graduating from the
old Medical College in Nashville in 1868. The first few years
of his professional life were spent near Bloomfield, where
he was married to Miss Mary Sykes, who survives him. Of
their several children, only one, Dr. Henry Stephens Smith,
-■till lives.
From Missouri Dr. Smith moved to Cloverdale, Cal., and
spent seven years ; two years were then given to special re-
searcli work in New York City, after which he practiced for
twenty-live years in Austin, Tex. He went to San Diego, Cal.,
several years ago to be with his son. He continued in active
liractice of his profession until two years ago, when the
M-rious failure of his health made it necessary for him to
letire. For many years Dr. Smith contributed liberally to
medical journals, and he was an active member in several
organizations devoted to scientific research, and was promi-
nently identified with Confederate organizations wherever he
lived. He was laid to rest in the beautiful plot reserved for
Confederate veterans in the cemetery at San Diego.
DR. Q. C. SMITH.
For many years Dr. Smith's zeal for the Veteran and its
cause never waned.
Dr. S. W. Murteshaw.
Our Camp, Omar R. Weaver Camp, No. 354, U. C. V., is
called upon to record the passing of our beloved and honored
comrade. Dr. S. W. Murteshaw, which occurred at his home,
at Jacksonville, in this county, on New Year morning.
He was born at Union, S. C, September 17, 1842, and re-
sided there with his parents until tlie outbreak of the War
of the States, when he volunteered April 15, 1861, enlisting in
Company E, 3d South Carolina Cavalry, and from that time
until honorably discharged at the close of the war he fol-
lowed the fortunes of the Confederacy in both armies, that
of the Northern Virginia and of Tennessee, according to the
transfer of military forces.
A distinctive trait in Dr. Murteshaw's character was his
modesty. He rarely talked about himself. But those who
were familiar with the details were ever eager to pay tribute
to him and his useful and self-sacrificing career down to the
end of his life.
At the close of hostilities Dr. Murteshaw, still a young
man, went west into what was then the wilderness of Arkan-
sas, and, fortunately for the people there, chose Jacksonville
as his home. From that time he illustrated the highest type
of citizenship, and proudly persisted ;n the performance of
duty, despite persecution, and calmly waited for vindication.
Capable in his profession, but with that ability which some
have of caring for himself independent of that profession, his
profession came to be a mere instrument for aiding and
comforting his neighbors and fellow citizens. In the almost
half century which has intervened he was an unmixed bless-
ing to those who needed him the most, and living and dead,
they join with us in paying this tribute to his beloved ashes.
As a Camp we request that this memorial be published in
our city papers and also in the Confederate Veteran at
Nashville, Tenn. It is directed that the Adjutant of the Camp
prepare a properly certified copy thereof and deliver the same
to the family of our honored and revered comrade.
[From Commander George L. Basham, Adjutant George
Thornburgh, and the following committee: Jonathan Kellogg.
J. Myer Pollock, and C. S. Collins.]
Capi. W11.1.1AM Wallace Herr.
In a tribute to W'illiam Wallace Herr, of the Rice E.
Graves Camp, U. C. V., Owensboro, Ky., a committee on
resolutions, E. R. Pennington, Heni^y Moorman, and W. T.
Ellis, say in substance:
"William Wallace Herr was a great soldier. He not only
followed the flag of the South until it went down, to rise no
more forever, but through all the years of peace which have
come down to us since the cause of the Confederacy suc-
cumbed to overwhelming numbers and resources to the hour
of his death we was true and loyal to the stars and bars and
to the cause of the Old South, which he so gallantly defended.
"As a young man he recruited a company for the Confeder-
ate army in Jefferson County and drilled it until it was one
of the most efficient military organizations in the Confederate
service. He was elected a lieutenant in his company, and
made one of the most efficient officers in the gallant ist Ken-
tucky Cavalry. His soldierly qualities readily attracted the
attention of the commander of the ist Kentucky Cavalry,
Col. Ben. Hardin Helm, who was a graduate of West Point.
"Colonel Helm while he commanded the ist Kentucky Cav-
alry appointed Wallace Herr sergeant major of the regiment;
and when he was promoted to the rank of a brigadier gen-
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eral and placed in command of the Orphan Brigade, he ten-
dered to Wallace Herr the position of aid-de-camp on his
staff. This position he filled with distinction, and he was
ever on the firing line.
•'General Helm relied upon him as his chief of staff. He
was with General Helm upon that memorable field of Chicka-
mauga when the latter fell mortally wounded, and died in
front of the enemy. In the midst of a leaden storm he picked
up the General and bore him to the rear, where in a short time
he died. Captain Herr then reported immediately to Col. J.
H. Lewis, of the 6th Kentucky Infantry, who, being the sen-
ior colonel of the Orphan Brigade, became its commander
upon the death of General Helm.
"Wallace Herr served through that battle, as General Lewis
says in his report of it (see 'War Records,' Series I., Vol-
ume XXX., Part II., page 206), 'Gallantly and Faithfully.'
"Later Wallace Herr served upon the staff of Gen. John S.
Williams; but being such a fine soldier, in an emergency he
was selected to command a company of scouts, which position
he filled with such efficiency, fidelity, and bravery that he be-
came one of the marked men in the Army of Tennessee.
".As a citizen in times of peace, he was a model man. He
added to the wealth of the community in which he lived ; he
was first in all enterprises that promoted the welfare of his
fellow citizens; he loved his country and its laws, and from
the close of the war to the day of his death stood ready at all
times to defend its integrity and honor against all enemies.
"We have lost a great man. But reviewing his life both
in war and in peace, reviewing his upright conduct toward his
fellows, his Christian virtues and his manly bearing at all
times, it is not too much to hope that he has passed to a 'land
which is fairer than day,' where we all hope he will meet
many another brave and loyal comrade who has gone before.
"Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to each of
the local papers and to the Confederate Veteran at Nash-
ville, Tenn., for publication."
The following members of his camp and of the W. T. Ellis
Camp, U. S. C. v., attended the remains to Louisville as es-
cort : Capt. S. H. Ford, Ben T. Field, Henry Moorman, Dr.
C. H. Todd, and Bugler Yewell Haskins.
Hon. Eli N. Stone.
Hon. Eli N. Stone was born in Madison County, Tenn., Sep-
tember 20, 1847. He was the son of Clark L. and Margaret
(Anderson) Stone, natives respectively of Virginia and Ala-
bama.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Chalmers's Battalion of
.Mississippi Cavalry, but was later transferred to Company C,
7th Tennessee Cavalry, and served as a private under General
Forrest until he surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., at the close
of the war.
In early life he was married to Miss Hattie Lowry. of Mis-
sissippi, who died, leaving him with two children, one of whom
soon followed her. Later he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Priest, who, together with nine children and a host of friends,
survive to mourn her loss.
.Mr. Stone went to Milan when he was quite a young man,
and had ever been a most valuable citizen of the town and
State. For a long time he was President of the Board of
Education there, and for a number of terms was Mayor of the
town and for two terms was a member of the State legis-
lature from this county. He was a broad-minded man, in-
terested in education, and an enthusiastic and loyal Demo-
crat. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and
Knights and Ladies of Honor, and for a number of years a
member of the Methodist Church.
No man was ever more generally loved in Milan. He was
popular with all ages, from the little children to the oldest
citizens. In his home he was kind, considerate, and hospitable.
HON. E. N. STONE.
On Monday Night, November 27, 191 1, he, like the great gen-
eral whom he so much admired, "crossed over the river to
rest under the shade of the trees," leaving, together with his
other friends, to mourn for him the members of John W.
Morton Bivouac, No. 39, U. C. V., of which he was .'Vdjutant.
M. N. Reynolds.
M. N. Reynolds died at his home, in Notasulga, Ala., in his
seventy-second year. He leaves a widow and one son, E. H.
Reynolds, a prominent merchant and planter. His wife was
Miss Joe Bailey, of Lee County, Ala. In 1861 he enlisted
in the 6th Alabama Regiment ; but after three or four months,
early in 1862, he was mustered into the service of the C. S. A.
at Loachapoka, Ala., and was elected orderly sergeant of
Company F, 34th Alabama Regiment. He was the best man
physically in the regiment, brave and fearless in battle. He
commanded his company in two battles.
He was wounded three times. He was shot through the leg
at Murfreesboro, Tenn. At Resaca, Ga., he was shot in his
cheek bone, the ball remaining there for nine days. He was
slightly wounded at Jonesboro, Ga., while in command of his
company. There were three brothers in the same company.
They were on detached service in Abbeville, S. C, when John-
ston's army surrendered. They were paroled at Atlanta, Ga.,
on May 6, 1865. He was an official member of the M. E.
Church, South, for forty years.
[Data from W. H. Reynolds, one of the tliree mentioned.]
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Deaths in Camp 1543 at Lakeland, Fla.
[Reported by C. L. Willoughby. Adjutant of the Camp]
Members of Lakeland Camp, U. C. V., No. 1543, who died
during the years 1910 and 191 1:
H. Mclnnis, enlisted October I, l86l, in Company A, ist
Florida Cavalry; discharged April 26, 1865; died October 31,
1911.
J. F. Graccy, enlisted in ist Tennessee Cavalry: discharged
at the close of the war; died April 23, 191 1.
X. B. Bowyer, first lieutenant in Company A, lOth Virginia
Cavalry; served to the end; died Dcccmb'^r 23, 1910.
O. P. Foster, Company I, 63d Georgia Infantry; died Oc-
tober 5, 1910.
W. J. Murry, Company D, 26th Georgia Infantry; died June
17. 1910.
J. E. Martin, — Alabama Cavalry ; died March 24, 1910.
William Knowlcs, — Georgia Regiment; died May 15, 1910.
A. H. Smith, 5lh Virginia Infantry; died December 3, 1910.
A. A. Scott, captain 6th Alabama Infantry; died March 24,
igio.
Roan Sapp, enlisted in l86a in Lutterloh's Cavalry; dis-
charged in May, 1865 ; died October 9, 1910.
George D. Turner, Smith's Battery; died February 11, 1910.
Z. D. Trammel, Company K. — Alabama Cavalry; died
March 17. 1910.
W. M. Boswell, lieutenant; enlisted in July, 1861, in Com-
pany G, Tst Alabama Infantry; discharged April 26, 1865;
died September 12, 191 1.
W. W. Chancy, first lieutenant; enlisted in May, 1861, in
Company K, ist Arkansas Infantry; served till the close of the
war; lost a leg in service; died July 6, loii. at Helena. Ark.
J. II. WADE.
James H. Wade was born in Bradley County. Tenn.. in
1842; and died at his home, in Quitman, Ga., on October 15,
191 1. His parents moved to Rusk County, Tex., when he was
seven years old, and it was from there that he enlisted in the
Confederate army in May, )86i, at nineteen years of age.
He was first with Coiupany G, loth Regiment of Texas Cav-
alry, but later was transferred to the ist Texas Artillery,'
which company was engaged in some of the big battles of
the Trans-Mississippi Department, such as Oak Hill and Elk-
horn. He distinguished himself for bravery and effective
service at Corinth, Miss., and during the Kentucky campaign
under Gen. Kirby Smith, taking part in the battles of Rich-
mond and Perryville. He was also with his command at
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. In the
latter battle he was cut off with several comrades and cap-
tured, but escaped during a fierce charge by a Confederate
division. Although wounded, he rejoined his command and
took heroic part in the bloody battle that followed on Sunday.
After Missionary Ridge, he followed the fortunes of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston from Ringgold Gap, through the battles
of Kingston, Rome, Kennesaw, Xew Hope Church, Peachtree
Creek, and Atlanta, and in the latter battle he was badly
wounded and captured. He was sent to Camp Douglas prison,
from which he was paroled in May, 1865. Union sentiment
was so strong in his home community that on account of his
Confederate record he left and went to Screven County, and
then to Savannah for a year, and finally to Quitman, which
he made his home for life. Few men served the Confederacy
more devotedly or more heroically. He cherished the glories
of the Confederate cause.
His wife, one son, and two daughters survive him.
Joshua Westbrook.
One of tlie Icxas pioneers, Joshua Westbrook, was born
in Alabama November 13, 1825. Texas became his home in
1835, and in 1842 he was married to Matilda McMahon. He
was a man of indomitable energy', unquestioned integrity, and
great courage. Always in the lead in matters of progress and
public affairs, his name became part of the history of Newton
County. He served on the first grand jury that convened
in that county after it separated from Jasper. Court was
held in a barn, the county having no courthouse.
At the breaking out of the War of the States he entered
the cavalry under Captain Blewitt, and remained in service
until March, 1862, when he was honorably discharged. In
the spring of 1863 he recnlisted in Captain Gibbs's company,
and continued in the service until the close of the war. Dur-
ing the latter part of his enlistment he was in the hospital
service. He was honorably discharged in 1865. He returned
to his home and family and manfully took up the work of re-
establishing himself after disastrous years of civil strife and
struggle. He prospered in all of his affairs and reared a
large family.
Dr. J. H. RvLAND.
Dr. J. H. Ryland died at the home of his brother-in-law.
Capt. W. D. Prowell, near Columbus, Miss. He was seventy-
six years old and one of Lowndes County's best-known and
most highly respected citizens. He was a Confederate veteran,
having gone to the front at the outbreak of the Civil War as
a member of the famous Tombigbce Rangers, and served
bravely throughout the great struggle.
Deceased is survived by his widow, a sister (Mrs. W. D.
Prowell), and other relatives. The funeral took place at
Friendship Cemetery, with Dr. H. G. Henderson, pastor of
ihe First Methodist Church, as the officiating clergyman. Col.
C. L. Lincoln. Messrs. S. B. Street, Sr., E. R. Sherman, J. E.
Dougherty, C. H. Jordan, and C. W. Evans officiated as pall-
bearers.
[From data furnished by a friend.]
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Capt. Charles Teaney.
(Gen. James MacGill in the Lynchburg News.)
The death of Capt. Charles L. Teaney, of Pulaski, Va.,
which occurred January 19, recalls some incidents of the war
of 1861-65. Captain Teaney and his two older brothers en-
listed in the Pulaski Guards under Capt. James A. Walker
early in 1861 as a part of the 4th Virginia Infantry in the
•'Stonewall Brigade." They were the only sons of a widowed
mother. On the battle field of Manassas, July 21. 1861, in the
first charge made by the 4th Regiment all three of the Teaney
brothers were shot down, two killed and Charles so badly
wounded that he was honorably discharged. He was then
only eighteen years of age, having been born January 19, 1843.
bi.K months later, recovering from his wounds, in spite of
an "honorable discharge" he reenlistcd in the same company,
and continued in the service throughout the war. He was
slightly wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and at Freder-
icksburg injured by a large limb of a tree (which had been
cut off by a shell") falling upon him.
Captain Teaney served the last two years of the war as a
sharpshooter in the Stonewall Brigade, and was one of the
fifty men selected by Gen. J. B. Gordon to make the assault
and capture of Fort Steadman, a strongly fortified position on
the Federal lines at Petersburg March 25, 1865. This was
a night assault, and one of the most daring feats of the war.
Mrs. Gordon made white bands of cotton to be sewed upon
each of them so that they could distinguish one another in the
night attack that was made. These fifty men were to take
the Federal pickets and rush upon the fort without firing a
gun and open the way for the three hundred selected men to
follow and endeavor to get in the rear of the Federal fortifica-
tion. This he did. Fort Steadman was captured with about
i.ooo prisoners, including General McLaughlin, nine heavy
cannon and a number of small arms, and a long line of breast-
works in both directions from the fort, with a loss of less
than half a dozen Confederates.
General Gordon held this position and awaited reenforce-
ments that were to follow, but from some cause never reached
him, and after daylight arrived and only his three hundred
select men to oppose Grant's overwhelming force they had
to retire.
Quoting from Gen. J. B. Gordon: "A consuming fire in both
flanks from the overwhelming forces of Grant forced me to
withdraw my command with heavy loss. Among the dis-
abled was the gallant Gen. Philip Cook, of Georgia, and I
myself was wounded."
I w^ould not be surprised if Captain Teaney is about the
last of this gallant band of fifty men that General Gordon
had selected for the accomplishment of this work. He died
on January 19, which was his sixty-ninth birthday as well
as the anniversary of the birth of his beloved chieftain. Gen.
R. E. Lee. He w-as laid to rest on the 21st of January, the
anniversary of the birth of his old commander, Stonewall
Jackson, whom he followed from Harper's Ferry in 1861 to
Chancellorsville in 1863. To the end of his life he wore the
Confederate gray.
C.\PT. Julius A. Sitcre.\ves.
A N'ew York special of January 23, 1912, reports the death
of Capt. J. A. Sitgreaves in the office of an art publication.
He was born in Rock Hill, S. C, seventy-four years ago, and
was in the War of the States. His company was in the first
attack on Fort Sumter, and he was one of the first to fire a
gun for the South. He lost his right leg in battle.
Michael Burke.
M. Burke was born October 11, 1827, in County Limerick,
Ireland, and emigrated to this country when quite young. He
enlisted in the Confederate army early in 1861 as a member
of Company G, 8th Kentucky Infantry. He was captured at
Fort Donelson, exchanged at Vicksburg, returned to duty
with his command, and was in many hard-fought battles
afterwards. He was badly wounded at Jackson, Miss., and
was in the hospital three months. The regiment having been
reorganized, he was next in Company A. In 1S64 the regi-
ment was mounted and sent to General Forrest, and was with
him until the surrender.
Comrade Burke returned to Kentucky, and in 1869 was
married to Miss Hannah Warner, from which union were
born six daughters and three sons, who, with their mother,
survive him. He was an honorable Christian gentleman. He
died at his home, on Red River, near Adams, Tenn., Septem-
ber II, 1911, aged eighty-three years and eleven months.
[Sketch by his comrade, A. D. Dolton, Olmstead, Ky.]
Thomas C. Caldwell.
Thomas C. Caldwell died at his home, in Independence,
Mo., on November 21, 191 1, and was buried beside his wife in
the City Cemetery. He was born in Howard County, Mo.,
in 1839, of fine old Scotch-Irish lineage on the side of his
paternal grandfather. He was related to John C. Calhoun
and also to Secretary Browning, of Lincoln's cabinet. While
always proudly self-reliant, he attributed to the latter fact
his release from prison at Camp Chase by order of Presi-
dent Lincoln, signed the day before his assassination. He
belonged to Company G, 3d Missouri Regiment, Army of
Tennessee. He en-
tered the service in
June, 1S61, and served
until his release from
Camp Chase, Ohio.
He took part in the
battles of Lexington,
Elkhorn, and other
minor engagements
west of the Ohio
River ; and in the
.Army of Tennessee
he fought at Corinth,
luka. Grand Gulf,
Port Gibson. Cham-
pion Hills, Big Black,
Vicksburg, Atlanta,
and in other engage-
ments. He was
wounded and cap-
tured in the battle of
Franklin. In the
siege of Vicksburg
the shock from a ball
paralyzed the nerve of his right eye, destroying the sight ; and
as he died from hemorrhage on the brain, one is inclined to
conjecture that this shock may have shortened his days.
He had a varied and honorable career in civil life, dis-
tinguished more by humble civic and social service than by
material accumulations. Mr. Caldwell had been County Clerk
of Jackson County, was twice Mayor of Independence, and
at the time of his death he was serving as police judge for
an old veteran of the Mexican War.
THOMAS C. CALDWELL.
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His funeral was conducted under the auspices of the First
Presbyterian Clnircli, of wliicli he had been a member for the
greater part of his life. Only the Sunday before his death he
had attended Suml.iy school and church service.
William L. Jackso.v.
William Littleton Jackson, son of George and Mary
.Ann Adams Jackson, was born near Markham, Fauquier
County, Va., July 31, 1844; and died in Archer, Fla., Decem-
ber 26, igii. He enlisted in Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry,
and served in the Valley of Virginia while a mere boy. Being
a fine horseman and thoroughly familiar with tlie Shenandoah
Valley, he became a valuable soldier, and remained until the
end. .Mways a lover of the Confederacy, he took a deep in-
VVILLIAM L. JACKSON.
terest in the Veteran, and the writer is sure it would be his
wish tliat his name appear in the Last Roll.
On August p, 1882. he was married to Mrs. Sallie Fleming
Winecoff, and in 1884 he joined the Presbyterian Church in
Archer, Fla.. and remained a faithful member unlil the call
came. He was a noble type of the "old Virginia gentleman,"
with a cordial, jolly disposition, and he was ever generous
toward his fellow men. During an illness of over a year and
a half he showed the same courage and unselfishness that
characterized his life. He was a devoted husband, and was
universally loved by rich and poor, wliite and black.
He is survived by a devoted wife, a stepson (to whom he
had always been a devoted father'), four sisters, a brother,
and a host of friends.
Capt. F. H. Lvtle.
Capt. Frank Henderson Lytic was born at Murfrcesboro,
Tenn., ^L^rch 15. 1829; and died at Stanton in Lake Weir,
Fla., November 28. IQII, aged eighty-two years. He served
as first lieutenant of Company C, iSth Tennessee Infantry, and
was promoted to captain. He was captured at Fort Donel-
son. and was confined in the Federal prison at Johnson's Is-
land. He was exchanged in September, 1862. He was ap-
pointed major on the staff of General Wheeler, and served
until again captured. He remained a prisoner on Johnson's
Island until paroled in i.%5.
Captain Lytle came of an ancestry distinguished in the civil
and military annals of the country. He was a lineal descend-
ant of an officer of the Revolution and member of the So-
ciety of the Cincinnati and a near relative of General Lytle.
He was a brave, faithful soldier, true to the cause he loved, an
earnest member of Ocala Camp No. 5, U. C. V., a Pres-
byterian, a man of strong convictions, and undeviating in
his adherence to all that was true, honorable, and just.
Captain Lytle was married January 31, 1850, to Sophia E.
Burriss, who died, leaving three sons. On June 20, 1865, he
was again married to Sarah E. Dumas, who died several years
ago. He moved to Stanton in Lake Weir, Fla., and planted
an orange grove, which is still in possession of his sons.
[Sketch by H. W. Henry. Sr., Lake Weir, Fla.]
Col. Moses H. Clift.
There are elements in a man that draw men to him quite in-
dependent of his intellectual force or power of achievement.
This rare power of inspiring personal attachment with that of
difTusing the impression of independent force in thought and
action is possessed by few men. Such a man was Col. Moses
H. Clift, of Chattanooga, Tenn.. who departed this life at
St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, on Sunday morning. Decem-
ber 3, 1911.
He was beloved beyond most men. That was illustrated in
the remarkable tribute paid him by his fellow lawyers in Chat-
tanooga December 4. A prominent attorney said : "Over a
long period of residence in Chattanooga I have attended many
such meetings, but in genuine sorrow and uncontrolled emo-
tion I never witnessed anything to compare with this." An-
other writes: "I have never been so impressed with the sin-
cerity of every word uttered. When the speakers endeavored
to tell of his integrity, his big heart, and unfailing kindness,
their emotion almost prevented utterance, and there were
none but tearful eyes among the listeners. I am confirmed in
what I had long believed that no man held the love of his
brother members of the bar as completely as Major Clift."
The mark of a gentleman is a keen sense of the feelings and
susceptibilities of others. One of Major Clift's chief charac-
teristics was kindness — kindness to everybody of every sta-
tion in life. Humanity appealed to him. Out of the greatness
of his heart he was heard often to say : "I am sorry for
everybody." Verily he loved his fellow man. His hand was
ever open to the needy, and he gave of himself with his alms.
Another distinguishing element in Major Clift's character
was his fearlessness. This is the record of his life in peace
as well as in war. Whatever he did resulted from an inde-
pendence that none could fail to admire. He was too brave,
too independent, and too noble to pander to anybody, and
withal he was too gentle and too kind to offend willingly. This
rare combination of qualities, coupled with a strong intellect,
an integrity that was never questioned, and a nature most un-
selfish, justly placed him "a man among men" and drew them
to him with bonds of immutable affection and confidence.
These forces in Major Clift's character must have received
an impetus from a noble line of ancestry. For seven genera-
tions through the Brooks and Irwins on his mother's side
and the Clifts, Campbells, Hitchcocks in his father's line there
is an array of soldiers, scientists, statesmen, teachers, preach-
ers. With the exception of the Spanish-American War, some
of this family have participated with distinction in every war
fought in the United States and were of historical note in
Scotland and England. In the Confederate army Major Clift
was made a captain in the battle of Fort Donelson, major
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at Kennesaw ^^ountain, and colonel at Waynesboro. Ga.. in
1865. He served under General Forrest and later under Gen.
George G. Dibrell ; was in twenty-five battles and was thrice
wounded.
Colonel Clifl's valor was so inarked that General Wheeler
wrote of him; "Major Clift served with me during the war.
and probably won greater distinction than any other officer
of his grade."
Lieut. Gen. A. P. Stewart once wrote a mutual friend :
"Major Clift served with distinction and great credit in both
Forrest's and Wheeler's Cavalry. He is a lawyer of long and
excellent standing at the bar, a man of great ability, efficiency,
and is thoroughly honest."
An ex-supreme judge of Tennessee wrote of him: "I heard
from one of the most gallant generals of the Confederacy.
General Dibrell, with whom Major Clift served for years and
fought in many battles, that the South had no better soldier.
He won his rank by gallantry and retained it by the preserva-
tion of a character of which all his friends are proud, and he
is one of the few who have always since the war carried its
honors in a private station."
Major Clift fought the battle of life as bravely as he had
faced the enemy in war. No man ever saw him other than
cheerful and helpful, and none ever heard him murmur or
complain. He had an abiding faith in God; and when the
last enemy was to be overcome, he exhibited the same char-
acteristics that had ever distinguished him and that had made
association with him so great a blessing — an unfaltering faith
in his Maker, a calm courage, little consideration of his own
suffering, putting forth his last efforts to comfort those about
him whom he had loved best in life.
Major Clift was born at Soddy, Tenn., August 25, 1836. He
was the son of Col. William Clift, one of the pioneers of this
county and a man of remarkably rugged character and sterling
worth. His wife, Arwin, was a daughter of Gen. Moses
Brooks, of Knox County, Tenn., a soldier of the Revolution
Major Clift was the last survivor of this family of seven
children. Others of them were well known and beloved. He
read law in the office of Judge L. Hopkins, now of Atlanta,
Ga., a brother-in-law, and he was admitted to the bar in
1861. But the call of his country took him from the office to
the field, and he raised Company H of the 36th Tennessee,
C. S. A., and enlisted as a soldier in the cause he decided was
right, while his father became a colonel in the Union army.
Major Clift was twice married. His first wife was Miss
Ataline Cooke, the daughter of Dr. Robert F. Cooke, a
brother of the late Judge J. B. Cooke. To this union were
born three children — Arwin (who married P. A. Brauner,
Jr., and died some years ago), Roberta (the wife of T. R.
Preston, President of the Hamilton National Bank), and
Moses H. (who died in infancy).
His second marriage took place in Cartersville, Ga., in
1883 with Miss Florence V. Parrott, a daughter of Judge
Josiah Rhoton Parrott, a distinguished jurist of Georgia,
Solicitor General, President of the Constitutional Convention
of 1867-68, and an able and fearless judge of the superior
court, Cherokee Circuit, until his death, in 1872. [The wife
of Dr. Robert Pillow, of Columbia, Tenn., is a sister of Mrs.
Clift.]
In a crisis of Streight's raid, when General Forrest's brother
had been wounded and he had lost two cannon, captured by
the enemy, he rushed up to two of his regiments "in quite a
passion," ordered Major Clift to duty on his staff, and moved
forward in the lead. His selection of Major Clift for staff
duty then was a great tribute to his valor and judgment.
M.\J. MOSES H. CLIFT.
Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart wrote a statement in 1904
showing the extraordinary efficiency of Major Clift at Ben-
tonville: "At Bentonville, N. C, in 1865 General Johnston
was informed by his cavalry commander that there was no
road leading round Johnston's left to his rear. But there was
such a road. A Federal division found it and came very near
getting into our rear, which would have led to the capture or
the utter rout of Johnston's little army. Cummins's small in-
fantry brigade and Dibrell's small cavalry force (the latter
being led by Maj. M. H. Clift) made a bold charge — one ir^
front, the other on the flank — of this Federal division, threw
it into a panic, and routed it. This alone saved the day."
Col. D. a. Nunx.
Among the men of the South who bravely met the hard-
ships and- dangers in active service during the War of the
States, followed in after years by the magnanimous part in
bringing about the best civic conditions, there was none any-
where who deserves more honor or recognition for his part
than Col. D. A. Nunn, who died at Crockett, Tex., August
13, ipii-
Striking in physique and extraordinary in strength of
mind and character, fearless and tireless in his activity, al-
ways unselfishly alert and vigilant for the public interest —
always a leader — his entire career following the war was di-
rected toward establishing in his State, and especially in his
community, those beneficent conditions of civil order and
liberty which are checks alike to savagery, oppression, and
fraud.
Colonel Nunn was born October i, 1836, at Summcrvillc,
Noxubee County, Miss., of Scotch-Irish and English ancestry.
His father's associations brought him in contact when a boy
with leading men of the State, Jefferson Davis, A. G. Brown,
William Barksdale, Judge Gray, and others, and he thus im-
bibed that pure Democracy of the old school of pure politics.
Getting his academic education in his home town and in
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Murfrcesboro, 'J'cnn.. lie finished with a law course in New
Orleans. He received license to practice law from the circuit
court of Noxubee County, then presided over by the cele-
brated Judge William L. Harris.
In 1858 he married Miss Helen Williams, of Macon, Miss.,
and at once went with his bride to Texas. He located in
1>. .A. NUNN.
Crockett, at which place he made his liomc until his death.
He was soon made Mayor of tlie town without solicitation on
his part and without salary. By his courage and firmness he
LStablislied peace and order in a community in which, among
many excellent people, there were many men of lawless and
desperate character. With no police, the Mayor depended on
his shotgun and revolver, aided by the town marshal, to cope
with all difficulties. In less than six months the law-breakers
surrendered to the aiuliorities. Thereafter Crockett has ever
been most orderly.
At the outbreak of the war, in 1861, keenly alive to the call
of patriotism, he raised a company and was promptly at the
front, where he remained to the end. He took part in the
early disturbances in Arizona and New Mexico, and later in
Arkansas and Louisiana, and was ever conspicuous for en-
thusiastic, steady devotion to duty. His gallantry distin-
guished him throughout his entire life. His love for the
cause lie had fought for never perished.
Resuming tlie practice of his profession at the close of the
war, lie rapidly rose to its front rank among such men of strong
minds and rugged, enterprising characters as are often at-
tracted to a new country, as Texas then was. The Recon-
struction Period was upon the South ; the need of the hour
was leaders, and Colonel Nunn was one of tlicni. His strong
personality peculiarly fitted him to meet the demands, and
he gave to the uttermost of his mental and physical powers.
In 1S75 a convention was called to form a new Constitution;
to it Colonel Xunn was sent as a delegate, and he at once took
a leading part among the ablest men of the State.
A noble man. a warm friend, a kind and considerate husband
and father Sias answered the last call and walks no more
among the li^ig; yet his influence is a sacred inheritance.
In "War R?l^rds," Series i, Part H., Volume XXXIX.,
page 627, the re^rt states : "Captain Nunn, of Morgan's Bat-
talion, succeeded insetting a good position with his squadron
and delivered an effcWive fire at short range." (From report
of Gen. William Stcei^Jn the Red River country.) Again,
Lieut. Col. William ScuiN^^ of the 4th Texas Cavalry, men-
tioned him, with others, asNoiiducting the last brilliant and
successful charge which deciilN{,^'the fortunes of the day."
This was in New Mexico near Fo^Craig. (Sec "War Rec-
ords," Series i. Volume IX., page 515.;
Mrs. Julia Ann White.
AhcT an illness of several months. Mrs. Julia Ann White,
wife of John A. White, of Clinton, La., died on the 30th of
September, 191 1. aged seventy years. She was the oldest
native of Clinton, and had lived there all her life. Mrs. White
had a father and two brothers in the Confederate army, and
she took an active part in all things pertaining to the Confed-
eracy, being instrumental in organizing a Chapter U. D. C,
of which she was elected President. She had a prominent
part in raising money for the erection of the monument at
Clinton, which was dedicated in April. 1910. For the past
twelve years she and her husband had attended all the Gen-
eral and State Conventions U. C. V. until 191 1, when failing
health prevented. She is survived by husband and brother.
MRS. JUI-IA ANN WHITE.
It is a disappointment to defer other sketches until the
.\pril issue, hut it is unavoidable. They include tributes to
Gen. W. H. Jewell, of Florida ; J. L. Schaub, of Georgia ; M.
H. Clark, of Tennessee, a native of Virginia; Capt. J. M.
Gleim. of Tennessee ; Col. William H. Stewart, of Portsmouth,
Va. ; and Maj. W'. G. Bush, of Nashville. Tenn.
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THE HISTORY OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, President of the Mississippi Division,
U. D. C, whose photo appeared in the February Veteran,
is the author of the "Ku Klux Klan," a booklet now being
sold by the Mississippi Division. The proccerls are for the
erection of a monument at Bcauvoir, Miss., home of the
President of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis.
At the request of the Mississippi Divisi^/n Mrs. Rose wrote
this absolutely correct history of the c-rigin of that famous
Klan. It has been published and is being sold for the purpose
above named. This booklet is a^'crtised regularly in the
Veter.\n, and Mrs. Rose writes: '"Parties ordering the book-
let will always write, 'I saw the notice in the Veteran [prov-
ing the v.ilue of the Veteran as an advertising medium].' "
The booklet has already been sold in thirty-three States and
in far-away China, and a nice sum is being realized for the
monument. Mrs. Rose has written several valuable historical
articles, among them ".•Xrlington : Its Past and Present,"
which appeared in the September Veteran.
Mrs. Rose on behalf of her Division while at Richmond,
Va., during the U. D. C. Convention November 8-11, 1911,
placed a beautiful floral tribute on the grave of Jefferson
Davis in Hollywood Cemetery. This was a large pillow of
white immortelles with "Mississippi Division, U. D. C,"
on it in red, thus using the Confederate colors. The im-
mortelles (or everlasting flowers) were symbolic of the un-
dying love and loyalty of the Mississippi Daughters to the
memory of the South's beloved chieftain, Jefferson Davis.
■rHE JOURNAL OF JULIA LECRAND."
Record of Events in New Orleans in 1862-63.
This little book of 318 pages, edited by Kate Mason Row-
land and Mrs. Morris L. Cro.xall and published by the Everett
Waddey Company, of Richmond, Va. (1911), is illustrated
with portraits, and was for sale at the U. D. C. Convention
in Richmond, Va., where it was indorsed by the President of
the Maryland Division. Julia LeGrand was a Maryland
woman by birth and lineage, though most of her life was spent
in Louisiana. The latter years were passed in Galveston, Tex.,
where she married Mr. Adolph Waitz, of Germany. Her
journal gives a vivid picture of conditions in New Orleans
under "Beast Butler" and his successor, General Banks, and
lias been attracting considerable attention, as shown by the
published reviews of it and the commendation it has received
in personal letters to the editors.
The Virginia Historical Magazine in the January number
says: "A diary not kept with a view to publication, and es-
pecially the diary of a woman of social standing and cultiva-
tion who lived in New Orleans during the years 1862-63, must
be of great interest. The journal of Julia LeGrand (after-
wards Mrs. Waitz) does not disappoint expectation."
The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Maga-
zine, just out, tells its readers: "Miss LeGrand was a woman
of high purpose, and her narrative of events after the sur-
render of the city is full of the fiery spirit of old Patrick
Henry. 'The women only,' she says, 'did not seem afraid.'
In another place she passionately exclaims : 'I would give up
all, sacrifice all to honor.' It was this unconquerable spirit
of the women of New Orleans, not of the men, that staggered
General Butler. He had so little of the nobler spirit himself
that he knew no other way of subduing the women than by
resorting to the grossest insults."
Dr. Mcllwaine, the Virginia State Librarian, in a private
letter says of the journal : "I have looked over it witli a great
deal of interest. It contains much of considerable historical
value." So Dr. Charles Lee Smith, of Raleigh, N. C, a former
college president and an earnest historical student, writes to
one of the editors: "I congratulate you on your part in
getting out such an attractive and interesting book. It is of
permanent value, and the edition should be quickly sold."
Prof. Hnry E. Shepherd, of Baltimore, author of a biogra-
phy of Lcc and other works, says of the book : "We have en-
joyed the journal wonderfully. Mrs. Shepherd sat up nearly
all night reading it. She was a child in New Orleans
(1861-62) on a visit to a relative, and just escaped Butler."
The price of the volume is $1.50. and it can be obtained
direct from the publishers or through the bookstores.
"SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS."
BY REV. J. H. m'nEII.LY, D.D., NASHVILLE, TENN.
This book, by Rev. Henry Alexander White, D.D., ought to
interest not only Presbyterians but all who would know the
moral and spiritual character of the old Southern civilization
and social life. The Church has ever been one of the mightiest
forces in the development of our country, and in no part of
the country has that influence been more powerfully exercised
than in the South. Each one of the great denominations has
done a noble part in giving inspiration and direction to the
activities of our life. Each has its own distinct ideals for
the formation of character, and all combined have impressed
on the South a high type of religious and biblical character.
Each denomination has had its epic period of conflict against
opposing forces and each its period of peaceful progress,
when It has been able to hold forth its ideals with clearness
and 10 influence communities. These periods of conflict and
of repose have been marked by the rise and activity of great
leaders who embodied in themselves the spirit and traditions
of their Church and who impressed the age in which they
lived and served. It is due to the memory of these great
leaders, as well as to the Churches they represented, that the
story of their services and sacrifices be preserved as an in-
spiration to coming generations.
The Presbyterian Church in the South has had her share
of devoted men, faithful and true to the land and to the
Church, and through them she has exercised no small in-
fluence in shaping and developing our spiritual life.
In this book the Church has a chronicler thoroughly com-
petent and true to the grand traditions of his Church and his
land, a trained and accomplished writer. Dr. White was pro-
fessor at Washington and Lee University, and is now in the
faculty of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C. He has
written admirable biographies of Gens. R. E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson. Here he has told of the part taken by Presbyterian
ministers and laymen of the South in the great movement for
civil and religious liberty and for the spiritual uplift of our
people from the earliest times to the present. It is a grand
history, and should stir the sons of other Churches to render
like service for them. The make-up of the book is worthy of
its contents — clear print, substantial binding.
(The Neale Publishing Company, New York. Price, $3.)
-RELIGION AND SLAVERY."
This little book, by Rev. J. H. McNeilly, D.D., is a vindi-
cation of the Southern Churches, and one that is needed both
for the truth of history and for the vindication of Southern
Christians. It will open the eyes of many people of the pres-
ent generation, both North and South, if they will only take
ihe little time necessary to read it. The book is a brief, calm.
Qoijfe'derati^ l/eterar).
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conservative statement of what was done for the religious
training of the slaves by the Protestant Churches of the
South before the Civil War. It is by a minister of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, who took part in the work
of preaching to the slaves, who served four years in the Con-
federate army, and vi'ho was for forty years a pastor in Xash-
ville, Tenn. The facts are carefully gathered from official
reports of the Churches and from personal experience.
The charge is made in grave histories and in essays and
stories by Northern w'riters and speakers that the slaves were
treated like cattle and their religious culture utterly neglected
by the Southern people. Yet here it is shown tliat half a
million slaves — one-seventh of all — were communicants in
churches. The Methodist and Baptist Churches had the
largest proportion. But the other denominations had also
gathered in a great many. The system of plantation missions
of tlic Methodist Church had brought over a million into that
body in the thirty-five years — 1829-65. The amount expended
for work among the slaves by all the Churches in that time
was $4,000,000.
This book sets forth the manner in which Southern efTorts
were hindered by the abolition crusade, with its violent abuse
of slaveholders. It shows the views as to the morality of
slavery and the difficulties in the w'ay of emancipation. It
gives the liistory of how the Southern Churches tried to carry
the gospel to the slaves and many amusing instances of the
response of the negroes to these efforts, and it gives the char-
acteristics of the negro's piety and also examples of his de-
votion to his "white folks."
The book is written not only to inform the present genera-
tion of whites, but also to arouse interest in the religious in-
struction of the negroes. It would be well for the colored
people to read this story of past work in their behalf.
( Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Pp. 88. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.)
"PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THIi CIIIL llARr
I!V K015KRT I.. MOKKl.S. N.VSHVII.I.E, TENN.
There has just been gotten out by the Review of Reviews
Company, 13 Astor Place, New York, a new history of the
War of the States. Its inception, design, and execution are
altogether unique and different from any history ever pub-
lisheil. ancient or modern. It is denominated a "Photographic
History of the Civil War" and has for its basis several
thousand photographic war pictures taken during 1861-62
by both Northern and Southern photographers. In addition
to the photographs, there is a million-word text of historical
matter prepared impartially by both Northern and Southern
writers and historians of national reputation and scholarly
ability. The history comprises ten volumes, is printed on
enameled paper throughout, and produced at a cost of more
than $350,000.
This history is in reality a magnificent mnnunicnt to the
genius, ability, and devotion of Southern nun. It owes its
inception to Charles J. Lanier, officially connected with the
Review of Reviews and a son of that sweet Southern singer
and brave Confederate soldier, Sidney Lanier. The editor
in chief is h'rancis Trevelyan IMillcr, LL.B., of Washington
and Lee University, Virginia, and the managing editor is
Robert S. Lanier, still another son of Sidney Lanier. Among
other eminent Southern historians and writers contributing to
the making of this history are Associate Editors Dudley H.
Miles, of Texas, and Edgar .Mien Forbes, of Georgia ; Wil-
liam P. Trent, of Virginia ; Holland Thompson, of North
Carolina; with a long list of well-known Confederate veterans
as contributors of articles of ability and great merit.
It can be truthfully said that it is the first full and fair
history of the War of the States that has been written. The
story is largely told by the ever-truthful camera ; it is the one
faithful and true eye-witness of the world's greatest war. It
tells a story more vivid and thrilling than could be told by
tongue or pen, and the youngest child can read if not under-
stand it. There are 3,800 of these actual war photographs.
You can see the field of Gettysburg before the smoke of bat-
tle has cleared, Gilmore"s gunners working their long "Par-
rotts" under fire from the Confederate forts at Charleston,
likewise the Confederates themselves inside battered Fort
Sumter still unconquercd and defiant.
The western armies of the Confederacy, which have re-
ceived such small mention in other histories, here receive lull
treatment.
This history by reason of its many thousands of engraved
photographs will on the passage of time become priceless,
and are really so at this time. There is magnificent senti-
ment in the inception and execution of this pictorial history.
The genius, devotion, and courage that lie behind this work
cannot be measured in dollars and cents. The .American peo-
ple owe a great debt of gratitude to the men behind the book
that can hardly be repaid. I most sincerely and particularly
commend this invaluable and artistic work to every lover
of the South and to those who desire a truthful history of
Southern valor and devotion.
STOSFJVALL JACKSOX CALENDAR.
Proceeds to Erect .\ Monument at His Birthplace.
The Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 1333, U. D. C, at
Clarksburg, W. Va., is raising funds with which to erect
a monument to the memory of Stonewall Jackson at his birth-
place. Clarksburg, W. Va. The Chapter is issuing a calendar
"xio inches consisting of four leaves besides the cover, with
two portraits of General Jackson, a picture of his birthplace
and of his uncle's house in the country, where he lived, after
his mother's death, until he entered West Point. It is a
beautiful souvenir for all admirers of this great .soldier.
Price of the calendar, 50 cents. Address Mrs. George C.
Stone, President Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 1333, P. O.
Box 644, Clarksburg, W. Va.
CoMUS (Md.) Chapter Offers a Calendar.
The Ridgcly Brown Chapter, U. D. C, of Comus, Md., was
organized only last May, and is the one Mrs. Frank G. Oden-
licimer reported at the General Convention in Richmond, Va..
as doing such splendid work. This Chapter has on hand a
calendar which is a record book in which people represent the
different parts of the year down through the hours. Those
who wish to help along this work can have their names and
addresses in the calendar by sending any small contribution
from ten cents up. The proceeds are to be used to erect a
monument at Rockville, Md. Veterans who contribute should
give the regiment in which they served, and U. D. C.'s should
give their Chapters. When complete this calendar becomes
the property of the Chapter at Comus ; but should it ever dis-
band, the calendar will be placed in the Maryland Room of
the Confederate Museum at Richmond, Va.
Send contributions to Miss F. May Sellman, Corresponding
Secretary U. D. C, Comus, Md.
[There is a community of interest in all the foregoing. See
if you can help make such enterprises successful.]
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MOTHERS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN 1908.
Mrs. B. A. Emerson, of Denver, while seeking data for her
splendid "History of Confederate Monuments,'' procured the
names of all mothers of Confederate veterans living in 1908.
She designed to use them in the book ; but failing to incorpo-
rate them, she sends them to the Veteran. During the third
of a decade since then the larger part have evidently fallen on
sleep. The "Mrs." is omitted and perhaps the name of the
husband is used, while the ages of many were not procured :
Alabama: Thomas Love, Montgomery; Eliza J. Chanibliss.
Prattville; Kelly, Birmingham. 89.
Georgia: Jane P. Glover, Marietta, 88; Fannie Cleveland.
Marietta, 91 ; B. F. Wright, Albany, 83; B. F. Russell, Albany,
86; Catherine S. Young, Grenada, 81; Adeline Gardner,
Savannah, 87; Octavia Cohen, Savannah, 91; Mary A. Mat-
thews, Savannah, 86; J. L. Jones, Elberton, 81; Joe Arnold,
Elberton, 81; Overton Tate, Elberton, 84; Mary Penn, Elber-
ton, 87; Martha Brown, Newnan, 91; Margaret Carminsole.
Newnan, 91; Elizabeth Saunders, Newnan, 87; Martha K.
Brown, Newnan. 82; Lora Bynum, Newnan, 9r ; Mary Leigh,
Newnan, 80; Emily Wright. Newnan, 79.
Kentucky : Elizabeth R. Keller, Cynthiana, 82 ; Nellie G.
Holt, Paris, 85.
Maryland : Dorothy Swann, Baltimore, 85 ; Sallie Hall,
Pocomoke City, 84.
Missouri: M. J. Woodson, Independence, 88: ALilvina Mur-
ray, Liberty, 89; Zarelda Samuels, Kearney, 86; S. E. Ustick,
St. Louis, 87.
South Carolina : Eliza Witherspoon, John N. Crockett,
Fannie Moore, and Mary Johnson, Lancaster; Rosanna Snel-
grove, Ellen Derrick, and Elizabeth Kaufman, Leesville ;
Eliza Cochran, Anderson, 86; Mary Loving, Edgefield; Jane
Harling, Greenwood; Jane Long, Newberry; R. H. Holsteen,
Saluda.
Tennessee : Elizabeth M. Martin, Memphis, 85 ; Sam Ran-
dolph, John Gibbon, and Hogan, Giles County.
Texas: Ben Young, Marshall, 88; Eli Craig, Marshall, 86;
.\nna M. Shaefor, San Antonio, 96; M. A. V. Walthall, San
.\ntonio, 82 ; Mary E. Minot, San Antonio, 82 ; Florida Tron-
stall, San Antonio, 83; Lucinda Neely, Oak Cliff, 95;
Virginia: Phoebe Cole, Abingdon, 82; John Roberts, Abing-
don, 85; Duke, Abingdon, 86; Sarah Redd, Henry
County, 98; Eliza Salmon, Henry County, 96; Crotia Boyd,
Floyd County, 88; Moran, Floyd County, 87; E. A.
Broughton, Cape Charles, 92; Susan Ewell, Parksley, 88,
INQUIRIES BY AND FOR VETERANS.
Mrs. D. D. Bradford, of Clarkston, Ga., care Ed L. Sutton,
makes inquiry: "I am desirous of hearing from some of the
comrades of my father, Capt. James Blair Brown, Forrest's
command, who probably enlisted at Murfreesboro and went in
the army as a corporal. I wish to mark his grave."
Price O. Craven, 134 S. Emerson Street, Denver, Colo.,
writes: "My grandfather, E. J. Craven, joined a company
which went out from Atlanta in 1861, he being lieutenant.
He afterwards returned to Atlanta and organized another com-
pany, of which he was captain. My impression is that he was
promoted to the rank of colonel before the close nf the war.
but of this I am not certain. H any veteran knew him, I will
be grateful for any information as to number of company,
regiment, etc. I wish to join the Sterling Price Camp of Sons
of Confederate Veterans in Denver, and desire this informa-
tion for that purpose."
It would be fitting to publish a chapter of errors in each
Veteran. On page 16 of the January issue an article is
headed "Tennessee Division Convention" which is entirely
about the L'. C. V. Convention in Louisiana.
The notice on page 15 of the sword sought by Mrs. M.
J. Eagan which belonged to her father should have been given
as Lieut. T. H. Willis, not Lewis. He was wounded in the
"Hornets' Nest" at Shiloh on April 6, 1862, and died on the
9th. Mrs. Eagan would be profoundly grateful for the re-
covery of the sword or for information about it. Her address
i- Crystal Springs. i\Iiss.
Mr. E. C. Rogers, of Lampasas, Tex., is seeking to estab-
lish his war record, and would like to hear from some com-
rades who can testify as to his service. In June, 1864, he be-
came a member of Company B or H, 2d Georgia Cavalry, and
was with that command until July 22, when the regiment was
practically obliterated. He was soon afterwards enrolled in
Company H or B, of Graham's Battalion, with which he
served for six or seven months, when the battalion was at-
tached to Gen. W. T. Wofiford's brigade. It was surrendered
by General WofTord at Calhoun, Ga., May 12. 1865.
Comrades of A. J. Locke, 2d Battalion Tennessee Cav-
alry.— W. H. Wright, of West Blocton, Ala., is assisting an
old soldier, A. J. Locke, to secure a pension. Comrade Locke
is eighty-one years old, and is blind. He enlisted at Cleve-
land on August 7, 1861, and was mustered into service the
same day at Knoxville as a first sergeant, Capt. William
Snow's company, 2d Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A.
This command was also called the 3d Battalion Tennessee
Cavalry, and subsequently became Company B, ist Carter's
Tennessee Cavalry. Mr. Wright seeks the names of two mem-
bers of Comrade Locke's company or other comrades who
knew of his service. He writes further: "Alabama is now-
paying all old soldiers who are over eighty years of age or
blind $25 every three months, but he must make proof of his
service, as indicated. Being in the army from Tennessee, no
one here knows of his service. Mr. Locke is a very worths
old man, and made a good soldier. Mr. Locke was captured
at Piedmont, Va., in March, 1865, and exchanged at Boul-
wares and Cox Wharf. Va., on March 23, 1865."
Adout Pelham's B.attery and Stuart's Horse Artillery.
David Cardwell, Assistant General Freight Agent of the
Southern Railway, Columbia. S. C, is preparing a history of
Pelham's Battery, "Stuart's Horse Artillery," and he desires
data in regard to Breathell's Battery and of McGregor's Bat-
tery also. He desires personal characteristics of the men,
incidents of the camp and the march, as well as notable deeds
of the men during the war and names of any who attained
distinction. Comrade Cardwell was a member of McGregor's
Battery. Stuart's Horse Artillery.
ROBERT EDWARD LEE.
A noble form, a soul divine,
Fit temple of the living God.
No grander fane was ever laid
Beneath a cherished country's sod.
[James Lockhart Goodloe, of Harvey's Scouts, -Xrmstrong's
Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry.]
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John G. Watson, of Areola, La., writes
in behalf of an old comrade there in
destitute circuinstances, and he hopes
to hear from some coinrades who can
testify as to his record and enable him
to get a pension. His name is George
W. Thomas, and he enlisted in Company
rX 52d Tennessee Regiment, in February.
1862. After the battle of Shiloh, the 51st
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and his company was then A. He was
paroled at La Grange, Tenn., May 15.
1865.
Mrs. Julia Manstoii, of Pulaski, TcniL,
wishes to hear from some comrades
who served with her husband, Richard
V. Manston, who was captain of a
company of the ist Louisiana Regiment
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the infantry, was wounded at Shiloh.
and afterwards joined the cavalry. He
surrendered with an old comrade, Mr.
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in Mississippi. He resided at Corinth,
and was in the insurance business.
Such information will enable her to get
a pension, of which she is in need.
She thinks her husband went through
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J. D. Allen, of Lakeland, Fla., wants
a copy of the song, "In His Faded Suit
of Gray," and hopes to hear where it
can be procured.
W. P. Cannon, of Lindale, Tex., makes
inquiry for any comrades who served
with him in Company F, Sholtz's Bat-
tery, of the Palmetto Battalion Light
Artillery.
Ira L. Wheat, of Sonora, Tex., seeks
information of the war record of H. D.
Allen, who enlisted in Louisiana in the
latter part of 1862 or early in 1863 in
General Horton's cavalry, Company H,
under Captain Webb.
I he widow of C. D. Parker, who be-
longed to the 26th Texas and whose
captain was G. H. Black, would be glad
to locate some of his comrades, as she
wants to make proof for a pension. Ad-
dress W. McShan, Brady, Tex.
Mrs. N. Cooper, of Camden, Ala.,
seeks information of the service of E.
J, Logue for the benefit of his widow,
who needs a pension. Comrade Logue
enlisted early in the second year of the
year, and was in Captain Brewster's
company in Forrest's command. Some
surviving comrades may be able to testi-
fy as to his service, which will be ap-
preciated.
Mrs. Ellen Stevenson, of Vernon,
Tex., seeks information of her husband's
war record, and will appreciate hearing
from any of his company or relatives
who can assist her. G. W. Stevenson
enlisted in Middle Tennessee under a
Captain Woods, who was killed at
Corinth, and Stevenson was then ap-
pointed captain. She is eighty-three
years of age, and has been blind for
some vears.
Mrs. J. J. Vaughan, of Wilton, Ark.,
needs a pension in her old age. and will
appreciate hearing from any comrades
of her husband who can testify as to
his service for the Confederacy. John
Jackson Vaughn served first at .Mtoona,
Ga., until stricken with smallpox in
1S62. He was afterwards sent to Ander-
sonville and guarded prisoners there in
i86.-? and T864. He was mustered out at
Andersonvillc. The family w-as living
at .Mpharetta. Ga., when he enlisted.
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R. Emmett Gregory, of Crawford-
ville, Fla., asks that survivors of Com-
pany A, 2d Regiment Georgia Reserves,
Gartrell's Brigade, who remember F.
S. Gregory as a member of that com-
mand, will kindly write in the interest
of his widow, for whom a pension is
sought.
P. G. Brown, of Lytle, Tex., writes
tliat he would be glad to correspond
with any survivors of his old company
and regitiient, Company E, 7th Tennes-
see Cavalry, N. B. Forrest's command.
He is now nearing the seventy-fourth
mile post.
Mrs. Mary V. Tolcr, of Dodd City
(Route l), Tex., would like to hear
frotn any member of Company E, 2d
Missouri Cavalry, who knows anything
of the war record of her husband, Absa-
lom C. Toler. Slie wishes to make ap-
plication for a pension.
Mr. J. K. Lawless, 320 E, First South
Street, Morristown, Teiin., has a watch
fob which he found on the way to the
Little Rock Reunion, and would like to
return it to the owner. The inscrip-
tion on it is: "J- W. R. Smith, Co. K,
i8th Miss. Infty., U. C. V."
W. A. Bailie, 616 Stoner Avenue,
Shreveport, La., wants to secure the war
record of his father, W. A. Bailie, of
Louisiana, who went out with or soon
joined the brigade of General Pettus, of
Alabama. He was afterwards trans-
ferred to a Louisiana regiment.
T. B. Anderson, of Gallatin (R. F. D
No. 2), Tenn., makes inquiry for some
comrades who were with him in the
Macon (Ga.) hospital, and hopes to hear
from them. They were John L. Green-
han, of a Mississippi regiment; Jarnes
Sellers and Joseph Swift, of Alabama
regiiTients.
J. H. Kelton, of Fayetteville, Ark.,
wishes to cotnmunicate with any surviv-
ing members of Captain Dunwiddy's
company (H) of Col. William Brad-
ford's 31st East Tennessee Regiment;
also Capt. Thomas Biggs, Thomas Lus-
ter. Samuel Wells, Morris Wells, who
were with him at the siege of Vicks-
burg, Miss., in 1S63.
Capt. P. A. Blakey, of Mt. Vernon,
Tex., seeks to secure a pension for J.
H. King, who served in Company I,
17th Tennessee Infantry, and asks that
surviving comrades ^who can give any
information of his service will kindly
write to hini. Comrade King entered
the service at Winchester. Tenn., and
was under Captain Henley and Colonel
Marks ; the latter was later Governor
of Tennessee.
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Bruce H. Pilcher, of Black Rock, N.
Mex., seeks detailed information in re-
gard to his father's service in the Con
federate army. His name was J. R. F.
Pilcher, and he entered the army at
New Madrid, Mo., serving in Fr,.
Cavalry.
L. F. Mullikin, of Pigua, Ky., who suf-
fered the horrors of prison life at Camp
Morton and Camp Douglas, would like
to hear from any of his comrades of
those days now living. He mentions es-
pecially W. R. Warner, who was from
Jessamine County, Ky.
W. G. Allen, of Dayton, Tcnn., asks
what became of Col. John S. Scott, who
commanded the ist Louisiana Cavalry
in East Tennessee and Kentucky. He
also commanded a brigade composed of
the 1st Louisiana, 2d and 5th Tennessee,
and Colonel Hart's 6th Georgia ; he was
later transferred to the Trans-Mississippi
Department.
Charles Taylor Smith, of Manitou,
Colo., wants to locate some members of
the "Brown Rebels," Capt. A. G. Brown,
of Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., which
was Company H of the i8th Mississippi
Infantry which left Hinds County on
the 3d of June, 1861, for Corinth as a
camp of rendezvous. This command
was at Williamsburg in 1862.
Mr. C. W. Bibb, 2208 Girard Avenue
South, Minneapolis. Minn., would like
to hear from any old soldier who knew
Rush Sharp, of Company K, Missouri
Cavalry or Infantry. Young Sharp was
in the siege of Vicksburg. and later re-
ceived the wound that caused his death
at Marietta, Ga. A beloved mother, now
ninety-one years old, would appreciate
any information from those who knew
her bov.
Whit M. Waidc. of Paul's Valley.
Okla., seeks information of the service
of his father, William E. Waide (fa-
miliarly known as "Ringo Wade"), who
nv.t; a private in Breckinridge's Bat-
t.'ilinii, Company G, gth Kentucky Cav-
iliy. with Morgan. He enlisted at Lex-
ington, Ky., on September 10, 1862, at
'li' age of fifteen years; was wounded
nil! captured at Watson Creek, Ky..
'lino If), 1863. (He had also been cap-
'\ six days before.) Who remcm-
him? The son will appreciate hear-
ing from any member of the company or
regiment.
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MAGAZINE OF ANTIQUE FIREARMS
A Monthly Periodical Devoted To
The History Of Firearms
JANUARY, 1911
Volume III Number 2
The Confederate Armory At Athens, Ga.
By James WeMborn Camak
Nf»'I'lll.\<i \v,\< I'MT lii'i'll Wlitll'Il.
:inil \i'iy Iillli' si'ciiis to In-
Known, aliiiiil llii" I'.onft.Mlcralc
Ai'innry al Alliens, (ioiirjila. Iii-yoiiil llic
fad llial I here was oni> wlirrc rillcs
were niaiii' for llic C.nnfcilci'ali' li-iiops
iliiriiij; llio Civil War. Imlri'ij. Iho
wriliT of I Ins arlii-li'. alllioiijih lio has
always lived in Alliens foinui prcal
ilifUcully ill olilaininfr anllii'iilii' in-
fornialion. as nearly every one who
hail [lei'sonal knowleilfre on llio subject
is lonK sinee ilead. Mowexer, a few
slill snrvi\e. ami il is fi-oni I heir meiti-
(U'y anil slalenienis dial Ihe data of
lllis sUelrll I ronipiled.
The arniiir\- was a prixale riilerpri.se
estalilislii'd li\' llie (;oiik Urolhers:
l-'rank Cook and Major l-'erdinand Cook,
two Enf-'lishnien who owned a foundry
and niiiidiine shop in New Orleans.
They enlered inio a I'onlrai'l wilh the
Confederate ( io\ crnnienl for Ihe man-
vifaptiire (d' I'illes: and foresepjnfr that
New Oi'leans would he a seene of mil-
ilary operations soufihl some small
place far riMnmed from any possihie
scene of conllirt in wliii h place to
locate their works. .Mliens. (ieorj-'ia.
offered such indiicemenls. also a pow-
er site. Cai-r's old pri<l mill, wliicli
could lie bought cheapl.N'. hence il was
cliosen.
Tlie armory buildin^r was erected
by Ihe Cooks in ISil.'i. II is a lar^e
stone and brick sli-ucture wilh cas-
lellated walls and octagonal Hanking
lowers, reminding one of an Knglish
caslle of Ihe Middle A^res.
Very lillle machinery, only two or
lliree lalhes. was lirouKlU from New
Orleans. Nearly all tiie ?nachinery,
uicludiiitr shaftinK, pulleys, waler-
wlieels, borinp macliines, riflinp ma-
chines, di-ills, presses, planers, shaping
and milliiifj machines, was made at the
.Mhens Foundry & Machine Works.
■fhe foi-eman of the foundry was a
Maj. Fred Simms. 'I'iie foreman of
the s(o(d\in^ rleparlmoni was Charles
Stevens, bolh of whom as well as
most of (he expert workmen came wilh
Ihe Cooks from New Orleans. The
lilani employed soiiielhing over live
hunihed men. wilh a daily output of
three Imndred finished rifles.
The wood for stocks wi.s obtainted
by men who searched Ihe suirotuiding
counties for suitalile tress. .Maple and
walnut were both used. The linnber
was cut by local saw mills, carried to
.Mhens by wagon and kiln-dried at Ihe
works. The steel used was furnished
by the Confederate (iovemment from
Michmond. \'irsinia. The brass was
cast at the works from brass collected
by apMils Ihrough Ihe country, old
fenders, andirons, household brasses,
old scrap brass — any thing they could
L;e|.
The lilies had bi'ass hands and were
modelled closely after the F.iiglish En-
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MACAZINE OF WTIUl K FIREAHMS
lii'lil nniz/lc liiadiiif.' I'illi'. of IIm' smiih'
caliliri'. .577. a.-; I lie Eii;:lisli lillf. In
acciiiar.v. (iiialily ami liiii.^li. they wore
ciiiisiilcri'd till' III'.-:! isuus in llie C.on-
fcdprale servici-. f^lunl inuskolooiis.
or fai-bini's of (he .same dosci-iptioii
were also iiiaiie for cavalry use. The
arinriry also inailc a tine triangular
liayoni't. hayoin'l scabbards, belts, cart-
ridgi' and cap boxes. An attempl was
also made lo nianufactui'e sabres, but
llicy wrrc crude all'airs with an iron
hill of the Hi'Milulionary War type.
Their inaiuifaclure not being a suc-
ei'ss was soon abandoned. Xo attempl
was ever made lo manufacture pistols
of any kind.
M the close cd' llie war the scarcity
of men heinn prealer than the scarcity
of arms. Cook's Armory, and (he .\i'>e"^
I'oimdry & Machine Shops, were bolh
closed down. Their employes were
formed into a regiment for home de-
fense under the command of Major
Ferdinand Cook who was killed a I
Goose Pond. South Carolina.
Aftei- Hie war was ended an alli'mpi
was maile by the United Stales Go\-ern-
menl lo confiscate the properly; a
guard of Feileral trops Iteing stationed
in the armory, but in some way, no
one now living in Athens knows how.
the suviving Cook managed lo relain
Ihe the properly. A shrewd guess may
be niaile li(i\ve\ CM-. The Cooks were
r.nllisli siilijecls. ami Ihe arinory was
private pro|ii'rly. II is probable thai
Ihe matlei' was Ihe sub.jecl of diplo-
nialii' ini|uiry. 'I'lie n-lalions of the
1 nil I'd SI:' les ami Iji 1:1 and were already
siraiiied. Iieiice j| wa'i di'i'ined wise
liol 1(1 rnnliscale. This ^liess is
>l len,i;l lielieij |iy llii' iiti'IiI llndillg
among some old papers slored away in
.Mhens. (ieorgia, of a full pardon of
all acis of rebellion, gi-anted by Pres-
ident Andrew .Johnson lo the surviving
Conk. II is Ihe only one of its kind
Ihe writer has ever seen. President
.Johnson probably thought this Ihe best
and easiest way to get out of the difli-
ciill.\' of settling the mailer. This is
the only case of which Ilie writer has
ever heard wh(>re confiscated pi'operly
was I'elurned to the owner.
After the close of the war, the Cooks
having lost heayily by the venture,
the surviving Cook sold the property
al a sacrifice and returned lo New
Orleans. 'J'he machinery was pur-
idiased by Mirious foundries and ma-
chine shops llirnughout Ihe country.
The land and buildings were bought
by the Athens Manufacluring Company
and converted inio a weaxing mill for
I III- manufacture of cotlon clolh, the;
rallle of the loom succeeding the rattle
of musketry.
The Leather Cannons
By li. E. Lagergren
IN ONE OF THE NUMBERS of the
magazine I read a splendid article
ahoul cannons, but failed to see
anything aboni Ihe "leather" cannons
used in I lie Tliirly Years War,
One of Ihe Swedish general:"-, Leo-
nard Torstenson, in order I be able
lo use arlillei\- I'verywliere, had steel
tubes which were wrapiied with sti'iiis
of wet raw hide, which fin drying clung
very tigh and made Ihe light tubes
strong enough for shnri range, I have
seen one of these cannons. They
weighed about seventy-li\e pouuils
each and a man could cai-iy it on his
shoulder aiul plant il in a [ilace in-
accessible for the re^;olar artillery.
They were sel up on tripods made
from saplings. These cannons did a
great deal of execution and had much
Id do with some (\( flie vicloiaes of
the Swedes.
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IMSTIII.S AM) <;l N IIF I Mil! liASllKKI! AL-SIlKIl AliV
Al Emir Basheer aUShehaby
By Charles W. Hickman *
Wll \'l' ;i filinriniir lies omt tin'
i:,i>l. Iliiw liii> 1.1.1 Molh.T
i.r M\>li'iics Ndic.'s lici' call
111 siiini' III us Irlliiif: III' llii' slurs ;iImi\i'
Mil' ili'si'il. I.r llir w.'isli's of yi'Uow
sniiil. Ill' il;iik-skiiiiiri| iiirn :inil vcllril
iiiaiili'iis. Mini III' lii\r iii'siili' llii' lihii'k
li'iils lii'voiiil wiiii'li llii' caiiii'ls lii-.
\\ li.il wiimlrr. I liiTi'liii'i'. Ilial wlii'ii
llicir CI. nil' III lis liranlil'iil lliiiips
I'l'iHii Ilir niiiiiiilMiiis III' l.i'liaiiiin. ami
rnmi Mil' Syrian plains, wi- closi" our
ryi's anil I ry In ii'i-nnsli'iirl IIm' sr'cnos
Ml wliirli siirli ri'lirs liaxr playril
llii'lr pari -ami wr Iry In pii-luir
Mil' yiiiini; ini'n ami IIh' maiili'iis. Ilic
\ini' li'axrs inii\ rriiiu in this wi'nili'
lirri'/i'. ami llir niMiin-li;;lil silM'ring
llii' rai'-slrrlcliiil plain? 'riiis. ot' i-lsi'
llir warriors anil llir uiarsJialinK of
Ihr Irilii'S — thi' will! I'oi'ay. ihr Ihun-
ilrr 111' ariproarliiiifr lioofs. tlic slmls
a n il I 111' ri'irs ami riirsrs - I li r
iiprnini; nl' llii' li;;lil. All. llir East.
lami 111' Mil' lii'iiii ami of Haroun al-
Ha'ilillil ilcar In llir lirarls of our
rliililliiiiiil ilaysl
Al l-',iiiir Hashi'i'i' al-Slirlialiy was
till' iiH'si ii'iiiarkalilr man Syria over
produrt'tl. Ill' was llii' (Governor or
liiilM- wlii'ii llial roiiiilry was aniicxt'd
111 Turki'y. I'o lliis ilay I"' is to Syr-
ians wlial (ii'iH'ral \\'asliin;;loii is to
us.
Morn ami rcarnl wlicri' I he nioun-
lains (it Li'liaiioii rear llicir \>\w peaks
aj-'aiiisl I 111' caslfrn sky — all liisloriaiis
aiJi'iT llial 111- pos.sossi'd a lion-like lip-
iiri'. a MiaKiiirM'icnl iicail , ami eyes
llial sliniic like plolirs of fire.
Killirr wlii'ii Irailint; his armii's
lliroush liis lirloM'il xallcys. filli'd willi
I 111' swri'l I'rafiraiirc of llicir sprcadiiif.'
cellars, and rcfreslied liy sriarUliiiK
slrcanis lunililinp down the mountain
sides from fai up ahovf — or clsi ,
aiiiiii Ihc wlilrliiif: dusi and Inirninp
sands of llic sun scorched plains lielnw
he was always and at all times, the
innsl iiiipnsiiif; figure of his day.
Then auaiii — as seen in (lie halls
of juslice — silling lieiieath his richly
emhroidered canopy, cnyeloped in
I hick wrealhs of perfumed smoke
Iriiiii Ins anilier edgi'd pipe, he looked
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iiiui-li liki' .Inliili'f. surroundi'il willi
celestial clouds.
Oflcn wlieii in righlcous anger, he
used to terrify all those who looked
into iiis face — yet, so groat was he
a ruler, so true his instincts, and so
upright his dealings, that Syrians, to
I Iiis (lay, never utter his name except
with leveience, and hold sacred all
that i»ertains to his memory.
It was during the life time of the
Kniir that Ahrnhim Pasha, son of Mo-
hammed All I'asliM Kedivo of Egypt,
(diafing under the power of 'J'urkey,
and longing fur a lillle renown of his
own. invaded Syiin with a strong
force.
,\l'lii- a spirited campaign lie suc-
ci'eded in gaining Ins nhjecl — the con-
quest id' the cdonlr.v.
Salim Aiga/.y, Sullan of Turkey, fur-
ious at this, taking place right under
his \i'ry nose, sent down an arniy,
and with the aiil id' the Knglisli and
I'iriirli llnls. defeated Ahraliini and
ilii)\e liim nut of Syria, thus placing
tiial nnhap|i\- connlry fi>re\i'r after-
wai'ds lirmly under the power of llie
"Star and r.i'escenl."
No love existed I lien as now hetween
the Syrians and Turks, consequeiilly
llie position of I he lOmir wa.s liy no
means to he eiuieil.
Sullan .\lga/y gi'eatly disliked him;
al llie >aiiie time, he was afraid of
liiiii. He delermined. Ilierefoi'e. to
humiliate, and if possihie, lower him
in the eslimalion of Ihe people, and
e\enlually gel rid of him. — liy acci-
dent if not otherwise.
Willi these sinister intentions, thcre-
fiire. liarhored in his mind, he sent and
iiixiled (he JMiiii' to call upon him at
Const ant inople. At Ihe same lime, to
make his displeasure as manifest as
possihie, gave secret orders, that in-
stead of a I'eception as hetitled (he
oi'casion taking place, the Emir was
to he colilly receixed, and in every
way ir.aile |o fcid this keenly.
Tiiere mu-l lia\e heeii something
wonderful ahout tlie aiipearance of
this man — somethini; I'orceful. almost
awe-inspiring — for those that came
within the range of those searching
eyes could not but feel their exlra-
oi'dinary power. Many incidents are
related of this — some in connection
will) this memorable visit.
It is always understood that no one
is permitted to S'lWNH in the Sultan's
presence. Such a lireach of etiquette
would promptly result in the "Silken
Cord" or whatever else his Majesty
might decree.
Hear in mind also, that this recep-
tion was by order pre-arranged to be
a cold one. Yet when Basheer al-
Shehahy was ushered into (he aud-
ience chamber suppressed excitement,
with unavoidable exclamations of won-
der could not be restrained. Likewise
the "Great Ruler of the Faithful," the
Sultan of all Tui'key — lie, who had
sel out to humiliate this man, instinc-
tively and almost unaware of what he
was doing, arose and made obeisance
to the magnilicient personage STAND-
I.N(i before him.
.\niilher incfdent of this never to be
foi'gotten visit, made by special re-
quest, and with i)romis<'s before hand
that only such treatment as was due to
a (irince should be accoi'ded him, is
this: 'the SuKan pready desired to
get rid of the Emir, yet tiie hold of the
Arab Chief upon the people was too
great to permit of his being openly
done to death. He, therefore, treach-
erously contrived to have liim thrust
into a tien of lions, large, vicious,
fierce-looking brutes — fresh from the
wilds of Nubia, and widi hunger shar-
pened to a keen edge.
The adnu'rers of the Emir do not
liesilati' to declare that not one
id' these beasts would dai'e come
near him. They shrank rather into
the farthest coi'iier of their den, com-
pletely cowed by the power of those
wondi'i'ful eyes.
. Syrians are never tired of telling
these stories, and many others, con-
cerning this remarkable man, and to-
day, in exery household, his portrait
hangs u|Hin Hie wall, while his name
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will always rt'inain an inspiration for
nohle di'i'ds and lofly idoals.
The wrili'i- di'cnis hiiiisi-lf exfood-
inf-'ly forlunali' in having' among his
possessions the yun and pistols of this
greatest of eastern heroes.
When Mr. 'riionins It. (lih.'ion. of
.\ugiisla. (ii'ort-na. was ilmisnl In Hi'ir-
ul. .Mr. (^onslaiilinc Kliouri was his
Vi(M'-(',(instil. and il was llirougli his
kindness and great good fortune that,
these vahialde gems were secured, as
seen hy his leller:
•■ I . S. CdNXl LATE. Rieriil. Syria.
May. 26, lilUl.
Mr. CJKules W. llicUnian.
.\ut;usla. <ia.
My dear Sir:
II alTdnls iiic pli'asurc In in-
fniiii vdu Dial 1 lia\i' lieen lucky
eniiutiii Id lind an .\ral) gun and paii'
of pisldls (d' llie same kind, all of the
lincsl wdrkniaiiship, inlaid with sil-
\i'i- and gcild. Uul this is not the
niaiii men! nf lliese pieces of arms;
I lien- rail' \aliie cdiisisis in thai they
liaM' a nidst pi'ecious historical
(diaracler. Iiaxing hidonged to the
wdclil-wlde Inriidus Kmir liasheor al-
Slii'li;ili\ . I lie iiidsl iJi'ominent figure
111 the hisldi-\ III' llie Syrian Eastern
land. The.so iiieci's id' arms were in
the pnssessidii iif his grandson, anil
hence I hi' chance I had In secure
lliem.
■Willi lii'sl grei'lings tii llie family
of my esteemed friend, Mr. (iilison,
and kindest regards for yourself.
"I am, my dear Sir.
Yours very Iruly,
(:;O.NST.\.\TI.NE KHoriU."
Till' rare beauty of the idd llinllock
is ri'iiiai'kahly sirikiiit;. 'I'lir liairel is
of the liiiest Damascus work, slightly
hell-moulhed and with siglils of gold.
It is held to the stock by four bands
of solid silver. On the reverse side,
near llie luck, is a ring foi' lidldiiif;
il liy a strap o\er llie shoulder encased
in a setting of pure gold. The stock
is of some kind of dark wood resem-
bling I'ose-wood elaborately carved
and just below the grip is a tigure
head, iiossibly that of the Emir him-
self. The gun is well balanced and
conies into position against llie cheek
with great ease.
The two sash pistols made after the
Arab model, while very long, are not
heavy, and their beautiful inlaying of
silver, here massive and heavy and
there of the most delicate tracings of
wire, with sights of gold, certainly
make Iliem "all id' llie liiiesl wiirk-
manship," and slmw llie love iif ilis-
play and beauly id' liiiisli inherent to
the Oriental.
Old War Junks in China
I.\ SPITE ()|-- the introduction of
iiiddern ideas id' warfare into China,
llii'ie arc si ill se\eral hundred old
"war jiiiiks" III! llie "active list," most
III llii'iii liriiij; dwned, manned and
armed by I he hi^jher order or manda-
rins, whose iiennanls are flown from
the maslhead on special occasions.
Tliese Junks are frum lliirty to eigh-
ly fi'i'l long, eiglil In lliirly feet beam
and carry from four lo twelve muzzle-
loading guns, many of which are made
df wddij. in siime cases bound with
I p iidii. MmcIi jiiiik has from two
to live masls of different sizes and
stepped in various directions — one to
port, one sloping forward, one aft, one
to starboard and the other vertical.
They have very high poops, the
sterns being decorated with curious
colored paintings, and plankings e.\-
lend forward and upward in a carved
manner on each side of the bows. The
plankings are painted red and are
furnished with two painted eyes, one
on each side — eviilently to guide the
vessel to a safe anchorage. The junks
carry large crews, who are very skilled
in maneuvering the craft in all sorts
of weather.— Wide World.
MAGAZINE OF ANTIQl E FIREARMS
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A Practical Plan for Photographing Guns
and Pistols
By C. A. Damon
DiiI'inLESS iii;iny collorlors
wiiiilil likr Id iiuikf plioto-
Kraiilis of llii'ir cdllHrlioiis if il
wriT iKil t'lir llic lahdi- iiiMilved. Much
III' lliis dread id' liiiuldi' is iiiiTely imag-
inary, as I know rniiii rxiirricin'c' that
il is iidl su(di a scridiis iiiiili'rlal<in>; Id
I'liilltK I- Ml!. nWION IN TlIK VCI"
111'' T.\KiN<. ricriiii-: shown in
FKilllK '2.
make fairly fioml piiduri's (if n colii't'-
lidii (d' iiiii pii'ccs df liri'aniis.
riic ari-diiipanyint; nd shows how I
iiiadi' llii'iri. l-'irst iiiaki' a lioaril throe
IVc'l si|uari'. On I wo sides nail an
upiipid pieee df wood I by 3 inches.
1 Ici'i IdiiL;. and brace Ihein with strips
Id llie corners. At the lop nail a 0
iTi(di board across and brace it so tliat
I lie enlire fiiiMio IS rigid and can be
nid\ed iirdund wlieri'xei' yon may want
Id use il. Ydii sliduld .sel tlie frame
idT llie I'cnler id' Hie lioai'il as manv
inches a.s your camera measures from
the lense to its base in order to bring
the lens directly over tlie center of
the board. In the middle of the top
cross-piece nail a board 2 feet long
Willi a slot in it to allow the camera
Id slide up and down at least, a foot,
to allow you to focus to the required
size piclure. ,\ litlle experinienling be-
forehand will show you how far the
camera must he away from tiie board
Id give si/e piidure required and this
ilistance used as the height for the
upright sti'ips.
Cover the board with white paper
and arrange a few iiieces on it and fo-
lus llie ciunera In your satisfaction,
lasleii camera secui-ely both with its
Iripod screw and also tack a strip on
encli side of il to insure its slaying in
place.
The enlire aiqiarahis shduld be
l>lacei| oul of doors in llie shade so
as to axdid nil shadows. You will no-
lice ;i shadow on ligure l'. Make an
I \pdsiire. develope the plale and make
a iiriiil. This will show you Ihe proper
lime Id iitw your future exposures.
When you lune fdund this nut you can
lay oul \dur specimens ;uiil make ex-
pdsuii's r.-ipidly uiilil they have all
liein plid|df;''aplieil ;niii do the devel-
dpiii^; nil at one lime later. Sel your
iliapliiam down small and make time
exposures.
^'d^| will lind il advisable not to put
Idd many pieces on one plate as they
xvill slidxv oil' beller if not ci-oxvded
louellier loo cosely. .\ plale camei'a is
advisable as you will have better luck
in pulling Ihe numbers on glass plates
than on lilms. These numbers may he
scralched through Hie emulsion with
a sharp instrument, a hat pin will do.
The numbers must be put on the wrong
side. too. and xvill cume rather axvk-
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PIOURF. 2 — SHOWING PICTURF TAKEN AS DF.SCUIBEI) IN ACCUMPAN VlNi:
ARTICLF.
wani Id yiHi al lirsl. Printed numbers
]i\:\\ he placcil (111 III!' board and photo-
^:ia|iliiMl Willi Mil' siiecimens, provided
vdii lia\r lliriii. bill 1 prefer to put
lllc iiiiiiiImts (HI 111!' plale latei'. Fi;;-
ure 2 hIiows Die picture being- made in
fiprure I and also sliows both printed
and hand iiiiulc nuniliers.
'I'hr priieess ileserllieil above gets
away t'rnm llie many olijeetionable fea-
tures of making pictures of your spec-
imens Imng up on nails on a wall.
'I'here are no nails showing, no shad-
ows, and Ihi^ iiiiM'es can be arranged
mil i'lirnilN' and in liiii' wliiidi is impos-
sible III do by I he wall process.
.\ set iif pictures of your collection
is a M'l'v cnnximient reference for
yourseir, and a nice tlung to exchange
Willi (illier ciillectors.
Turquoises In An Old Gun
By Geo. J. Remsburg
A'lWI.E comes from Paris of a
wiiiidirful discovery made by a
rnlii'idnr of firearms in that city
ii'crnlly. til' had bouglil an old Arab-
ian inuskel al an aid iijiiary's shop and
niiliciiig llial 111!' end of llie barrel
was |iliig^:eil Willi a cork he idly pulled
it iiiil. wlii'ii III his great amazement
a slinwcr III' liii'i|uoises poured from
llie riisl\- iiiii//li'. There were two
hiiiidred and fin'ly-lhree stones of
splendid ciiliir, so the story goes. The
iiwiHT 111' Hie musket prepared to
imcl^rl llie treasure, but the antiiiuary
raised viiiti-nt protests, and a magis-
li-al lias liren asked to decide who is
the rigliiriil nwiier i.if llie jewels. G.J.R.
MAGAZINK OF ANTIQl K FIRKARMS
31
When Trenton Made Guns For the
Government
Recollections of George R. VanKirk
TRENTOX, \. .1. .laiiuary I'.Hl'—AI
till- liitii' wlii'ii llii' rncililii's of tlic
liiilcil Sillies CiiN iTiiiiii'iil were sore-
ly hiM'ij hy I hi' cxl ra-iinliiiai-y do-
iiKiiiiJs III' ||ii> CInII War. Iiical iniltistry
III I Ills clly I'liiiic In play an iiii|iiirlaiil
pari, (icoi'go W. VanKii'k. of 2;35 Simlli
(lliiiloM .\\('iinc, who was assislant sii-
prrinlcMilcnl of llic 'I'lvntoii Ii'oii Ooiii-
paiiy and ariiTwaiil of lln' .New .Icr-
si'y Sli'i'l and li'nn Cniiipaiiy, ('(ivcring
n period of 'i2 yoars, recalls Die lime
when ini'ii wiT'e kepi Inisy ilay and
nij-'lil III iiiaUin^' ^iin barrels at llie
mills on South Warren SIrei't, now
oper'aled hy I lie .American Hridpe Com-
pany. He also i-ememhers Major Itoh-
erl .Anderson. Ilie hero of I'drf Sumler,
whose iiaiiii' IS inseperalily connecled
Willi llii' iiiillireak of open hoslililies
lielweeil llli' riiinn and llle Omfedi'-
racy, and whose work in 'rreiilon for
years previinis was another evidence
of lln- indiislrial improvemeni of I his
cily, hesides fiii'nishinf; a fiilher inler-
eslintr coimecljon helween 'I'renlon and
llle memorahle deeds of half a cenlui'y
apo in our iialional history.
Major .\iiderson lived much of the
lime in lliis city wliili' eiipaijed as
inspi'clor of struclual iron woi'k for
the fjovernmeni, manufaclni'cd hy the
Trenton Iron Company and hy the only
lather' concern hnldinir such contracts,
at the I'ho'nix Iron Works. Pennsyl-
vania. I'liis work was for use in gov-
ernmi'nt Imildinss. Iron beams were
then made im larfrnr than nine inches
hy llle niilliiiL' processes. Today they
are made as larpe as thirty inches. Init
at that lime any work of such si/i'
cnuld he made only hy bnildinc it up
of plate and (dianncls.
The afterward famous soldi(M' and
pcnei'al was closely indent tiled with the
life of this cily and had many warm
friends hei'e. He was a nali\i' of
Loviis\ille, Kenlucl^y. and a graduate of
West I'oint Mililary .\cademy. He had
served in the Hlack Hawk, Morida and
Mexican wars. His work at. Trenlon
i-ontimied until shortly liefoie the out-
hieak (d' I he Civil War.
.Major Andi'i'soii went from here to
I'ort .Moultrie, being in chai'ge of the
militaiy defenses of Chai'leslon, South
Carolina, when thai State seceded from
the Tnion, and moving his garrison of
T.') enlisted men to Kort Sumter in
December, IKOn. This fori was un-
finished al Hie lime and had no| re-
ceived its entire armariu-nt. The
s I e a m e r "Star of the W i' s t . "
cariying ample provisions and 250
rniled Slates soldiers, allempled to
ii'inforce the fort and encountered the
lii-e of the batteries of Fort Moultrie,
•lanuary !), 1801, the Confederales hav-
ing taken possession there when Ma-
jor .Anderson was transferred. Heau-
regaril, I lie Southern general, de-
mamleil imnn'diale surrender, but Ma-
.jnr .Anderson held Hie fort until com-
pelli'd to |ea\e it liy means of a bom-
bardment that began April 12 and
eonlinued for two ria.s's, at the end of
which lime lie mari-lied out and the
enemy m.an-heit in. Then Major .An-
derson was summoned to New York
City, in the course of an inv(\sligat ion,
as the resnil of which he was rmally
bei-eveted a majoi- general, for his
signal gallantry.
In adiiition to the many patriotic
citizens of Trenlon who supported the
interests of the Union by olTering their
lives for its defense in the perilous
days of the Civil War, thei-e were
earnest workers who served their
counli-y while remaining at home, and
whose labors contributed in an impor-
tant resjiect 111 tlie activities of the
bal I leiielil. 'I'lie Trenton Iron Com-
p;iny inamifaclureil gun barnds in full-
lillment of large government contracts
i Continued on page 38)
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SOME EXCEPTION.\BLE BARGAINS!
SEVERAL monlh-s ago we pub-
lislu'il several leUer.s received by
a colleetor in reply to a "want
ad" he iiad been runnins in the mag-
azines. They were published simply to
show what a ridiculous value some
people place on "anything that looks
old'' and to demonstrate that they
think a collector will pay any price for
an old rip jf a gun if it is fifty or
seventy-five years out of date or sup-
porting a sullicient amount of rust.
A collector in the Quaker City re-
cently received this one and hands it
to us with the remark that it will be
valuable to some of us who may be
hunting bargains:
"Mr. ,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir;
"In reply to your letter of the
first inst: In regard to old firearms
will say I have none in my possession,
but know of one revolving rifle, the
only one I know of anywhere, it is a
five shot with cylinder about three
inches long, loads with powder and
ball and has cap tubes on each cham-
ber in cylinder. II is not in shooting
order, but is altogether, it was dug
nut of an Indian grave in Center Coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, and is in good shape
as a relic. It will cost you .$75.00.
"Also one old pistol, a six shooter,
the barrel or cylinder is about 6 inches
long, loads with powder and ball, has
top hannner. self-action. The wlinle
barrel (urns when you shoot. II is
in shooting order. Will cost you .$50.(10.
"Also one pistol — a 22 calibre, the
same kind as McKinley was shot with,
but there is no price on it.
"Also I know of an old caplain's
sword of the .Mexican army, it was
all through the war. I don't know
whelher I can get the sword or not,
as I heard the man say he would not
sell it at any pi'ice, but if I can get
it for you, what would you be willing
to pay for it?
"If any of these suit you, I can
get them for you for the price named
and will send them by express, C. O. D.
"Please answer by return mail ami
let me know.
Yours respei'l I'ully.
.J ,1^ ."
— Now don't all answer at once! The
original of the above letter is in the
editor's oflice ready for any doubting
Thomases who may want to compare
it wilh (h(i above copy.
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MAGAZINE OF ANTIQl K FIREARMS
Collectors and Their Collections
A si»i vi:mr from cannon that
FIRl 0 ON "STAR OF THE WEST."
IN llic iinhii-c of ;i walking cam', a
plniii variiislii'il wliilc oak stick.
\V. .1. Walsh, of Naslivill.', Ton-
iiossi'r. a fiirinrr Sonlli Carolinian, ha.s
a I'.ivil War M'lii' wlilcli is quile in-
Ini'slinK, lii'in^: iionr oilier llian a
poi'lion of tlio woodwork on tlu' g\in
I arriagc of a cannon which lircd al
llic Union ship, "Star of the West," off
CJiai'loslon Harl)oi' in IHOl. The can-
non was one of a liatlei-y stalioncd on
Sullixan Islaml. al lln' harbor nioutli.
By sonic mischance, so Mr. Walsh
slates, the cannon oxploded and only
two piei'es of I he wood were fovmd
which were lhoiit;ht (o be large enough
lo make walkiii;; canes. These were
picked lip hy ('.apt. .lohn Alexander,
who commandcil the ballei'y, and who
in turn pi'esenled one of Ibe sticks to
Mr. Walsh's father, and who in turn
passed il lo his son. Ihe presi'iil owner,
when the laller I'eacbed bis nineleenlb
liirlbday. lie lias liad possession of
the cani' foi' forty years.
A NEW COLLECTOR ANO AN OLD
(UN
AltKAhKH of An(i(nie Firearms
down iieai' Ihe Everglades of
I'loriila onc(> wrote lo Ihe editor
and intimaleil Ihal be would like lo
dispose of a Mne old sporting rifle
which be bad. Hiil recenlly he
changed bis mind. I'erhaps afler
reading Mr. Hamilton's article. "How
I Became a Collector of Kiri'arnis," he
was inilialed into Ibe first degree, for
till' following communication stamps
him as a collector despite the fact that
he has only Ihe one specimen. He
lo\es Ihe gun foi' ils own sake. Ihal
makes him a collector whelbi'r be
knows it or not.
He says: —
As lor your kind olTer to list my
rille Willi others for the sake of ef-
fecting a sale. I thank you, but decline,
as I don't think 1 could get anything
near what it is worth. II has no his-
torical associations that I know of,
liiit it is a work of art. .so much so,
that although I have owned il two
years, I slill. at least once a week,
look il ovei- and admire ils fine lines,
faultless proportions, beautiful en-
gravings and inlaying. There is noth-
ing cheap about it and a great deal of
gold is conlainecl in the inlaying. It
shoots well, and wi'l come in handy
on a trip lo a neighborhood where al-
ligators aie plentiful.
H. K. I,.\(;i',ll(iHKN."
.V (iliiirp OF KKVOLVKRS .4X1) PERCUS-
SION PISTOLS FROM THP: II. J.
REYNOLDS COLLECTION.
34
MAGAZIXF OF WTIQIF FIREARMS
unorp I.YJ PISTOLS K|!(l\f COLLFCTKIX
ALLAN \V. JACOBS.
magazim: of antiqi i: firearms
35
soMi: intkrkstim; imstos.s in
Tin: BIFRLV (ULLKCTIOX
BK(;l.\.\l.\(; Nvilh i\u- lU'sl pisldl
111 llic lirst i-(iluiiiii iif till' ;u--
|-nlii|i;.liyint; [lllll|M;;r;i|ih III' Mil
inl I'lTsI in;: f^rini|i IVimii IIh' liii'riy col-
li r\ Hill dl' liri'.iiiiis: —
.\i>. I. \iilr;iiiir pislnl, Mnikcil. ■■.\K\\"
IIAVK.N. CO.W.. I'ArK.NT IK.Si. VOL-
CAMi: HKI'KATI.Nd AU.MS CO." Uimss
Iriiini': '.'A'l i'iililii'i>: laki's ili'hiclialili'
sllniililrr sliick : li'n^;lll. illi-llldili;; slncU,
.'I'l'.. Ilirlli's; li'il;;lll nl' jiaiTrl, 15'i;
I lie Ins. .NiiiiiliiT |-,''i.
Nl.. :.•. \"i.lr;;iiir I'ishil, Maikcj. -NKW
II \\i;.\. cfi.N.N.. I'A rK.\ r is.-)i. vol-
ii'l 7 inrlii's. oiip-half I'ounii. Nofp lliat
S. \ W. snid Ihis iialk-rn to the Vol-
raiiic Anns On.
No. i. Volcanic I'islol. Marked, "NEW
II.WK.N, CO.XX., PATENT 1854. VOL-
CANIC HEI>KATLN<; ARMS CO." Brass
Iraini': .'Ki caliliri': Irimlh of liarrcl.
5 lllcllrs.
No. .'». \"o|caiiic I'islid. M a r k c d .
■SMH II \ WESSON. NOHWICH.CONN.
I.vrii." Sjr.cl (rami': harnd .'l'/... jiiclifs
ill lciii;lli: .'):.' calilirr.
No. (i. Volcanic I'lslnl. Marked. "NEW
IIA\ EN, CONN., I'AI'ENT l«r>'i." Silver
Iraine. iiandle ',• inch lonj/ei- than lii'uss
lilidl I- 111-' I'lSTiil.S 1-lSiiM Till-. i;ii:iL> Cdl.I.I'.CTlON. Nt MUlCIiS HE(ilN
Willi Sl'KDIMKN IN iri'f.l! LEl-'T II.\N1) COHXKU.
CANIC HEI'EATINd .\11MS CO." Urass
frame; :((', calijirc: lenfilli 7 inches.
Niiinlier 1 7 ill.
No. :!. \olcanic Pistok M a r k e d
"SMI 111 .V WESSON I'A I1:N f. MMt-
WTCH CONN., 18.^)1." Sleel frame; har-
Irailie; le|i;;|li id' liarrel ;i inclie.B.
No. 7. Volcanic I'isloj. Marked, "VOL-
CANIC HEI'EATLNC ARMS CO., NEW
IIWEN. CONN.. 1X55." Urass frame.
liarii'l :{ inches in leiiptll.
.No. M, Siiiilh \ We.:son pocket re-
36
MAGAZINE OF ANTIQl R FIKKAmiS
volver. 7 shots: 22 calibre; silver
plated and engraved; length 6% inches;
barrel 3 inches. Marked, "SMITH &
WESSON, Sl>HI.\(iFIELI), MASS., I'AT-
E.NT JULY I85<.l— DECEMBER 1860."
\<). 3. Sniilh \ Wesson Pocket Re-
MAKLl.N. .NEW HAVE.N, CU.N.N.. 187S."
7 shot; 22 calibre; length 6% inches.
\o. II. Sinilli i.'v: Wesson Revolver.
.') shot : :iL' calihie; 8 inches in IcMigth;
barrel :V'^ Inches. .Marked. "SMITH .<;
WESSON, Sl'RI.\(;FlEId», MASS., PA T-
A MAGNIPICIENT GROUP OF BLFNDERBUSSES-
COLLECTION.
-H. J. REYNOLDS
volver. 7 shots; 22 calibre; length 7
inches; bai'rel SM inches in length.
Mai-ked, "SMITH & WESSON, SPRINfl-
FIELI), MASS."
No. 10. Marked, "STANDARD. J. M.
ENT 1855-59 & 1861."
No. 12. Smith & Wesson Ucvoher.
6 shot; 32 calibre; length 11 inches;
barrel 6 inches. Marked, "SMITH &
WESSON. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
magazim: of antiqh: firkarms
37
N(i. i:!. Sinilli \ Wesson Revolver.
(■) slini : II (Mlilii-e II iiiciic's in icii^ith:
|i;irrel Ci iiii-lii-s. Marked. "SMri'H \
WESSO.N. I . S. A.. )'.\rE.NT 1«G.5-G'.l
.\M) -77."
No. I'l. Merwiu I'v: Huhi'i't Coinpaiiy's
I'alent ol' 1H77 Ai'iny Hevolver. Use?
Wini-lii'sli'i- i'l ralllire iihhIi'I IS7;i rarl-
nilj:r. Ill I Ins ai'in I lie liaii'el ami Inp
III' llie IVaine ri'xohe mi Hie rylindei-
pill as an axis ami Iheii liiKellier willi
till' cylimler llii'v sliili' Inwanl lor loail-
iiin ami exlrai'l 111;;. Leni^tli I, im-iies;
haiTel 7 im-lies; dmilile aclion. See
MO. XiH in Field ('.alalii;;iie.
\(). 15. Same as no, 11 exci'pl leimlli
H' J inelies and liaiTel :i' i imdi.
\(). I(i. Same as no. I-'") I'xceiil Mini
il is siiifile arlioii.
No. 17. Meiwiii \ iliiliei-l Revolver.
5 sliol : :iS ealilire; |eii;;lli S inidies; Imr-
rel ;i'i inelies; ilonjile aelioii same as
no, 1.^).
\o. IN. Mel-wlll iV llulieil l(e\iilver.
.5 sliol ; leiiKl li 7 inrlies: harrej ;{ inches:
double aelion: .'!-' ealitn-e. Wm-ks same
as no. 17.
are nol .stipiiosed to be sold any more.
'I'lie comniission will bold a sale of
old i-onliscated guns sborlly. (1. .]. R.
ARi: I'KRCl SSION CAP (U \S VFT
rsi:i) IN PFNNSVIAANIAV
AI!l''.l'nlC|- rnim llaiiJ>lMiri:, I'a,.
sa,\s llial llie Slale (lame I'.iiin-
mission al ils ulliee in llie C.ap-
llol lilllldini: is in werkl.s rereipl of
all kiMiK of ,i;uiis lakeii Irdiii lnrei.miers
who will pei'sisi ill breakin;; llie law
Ilia! Iiirhids aliens lo earry jjiins in
llial slale, and liiinl. iiiidri- a penally
i-eiTiiily iTcened riiini a warden in
of a liea\.\ line, A liiinrh of frniis was
llie noilhiTii pari ol Hie slate, (be
make-up id' wliiidi rciriiied a marked
conlrasl, 'i'liree dl' Hie ,l:uiis were
modei'll hreeeh-loadei's. id' a lale style,
and one was an aneii'iil iiniz/.le-loader.
ori,trinnll,\ an old He\(ilulionary War
(linlloek. hul wlindi some i;enius had
idiansed lo a pereussion cap ^iiii. The
■ dd hickoi'y i-ami-od accompanieil Hie
weapon, and Hie wonder was whi're
Hie owner could in Ibis pro,a:ressi\'e
aj;e liiid Hie percussidii cajis, as Ihey
I
(;on\i:rtki> sawmill into .\n
ARMORY
II. O. .Nelson in "Conrci'criile X'ctcriin"
HAD LEAI{M<:i) the (•inismilli's
liaile in (iermany. from wbi(di
counlry I had emif^^raled in 1860.
and 1 became an a(dive member of
diir nrdnance department. We enn-
xerled an old abandoned sawmill into
an ai'mory, where llinlloidi guns were
idian^'cil for percussion eai)s. and
where we made Howie knives fash-
ioned afler an original in possession
ol' iiiir nia,ior, ,\ i-a/oi'-like edge was
pul III e\ery wea|)on llial left niy
armory, and wilh a cow horn for a
handle and copper guaid maile from
Ihe boiler IuIm's within (he mill. A
rawhide scabharil lud (his vicion.s
"loolh|)i(d\."
K\OI ITHIN OF WFAPONS
III: i;\(d.l I'lU.N if .Missile weap-
ons is a lopic laiely elucidated in
a most in(eres(ing manner by
Sir Ralph Payne-Oallwey in the in'o-
ceedings if (he Royal Inslilulion nf
(ireat Hritian. — (i. ,1. R.
IR\(.M DFATH OF A (OLLKCTOR
r K. C.IiARKK. manager of (be
w.
Service Company, of Kan-
l.nnson Consolidated Store
sas City. .Mo., and a collector of an-
tiiiue (irearms. was killi>d recenlly l)y
Hie .iccidenlal discharge of an old pis-
lol. ,Mr. Clarke bad an accumulalioii
of old pislols in a bag in liis oflice and
in lidding (hem oul for examination
two id' Ihi'in became lnckeil (of.'e(hei-
in suidi a manner (hat one of (hem.
whiidi happened (o he loaded, was dis-
idiarged. The hall entered Mr. Clarke's
hearl. causinj,: inslaid death. The de-
ceased came lo Kaiisa.s City from
Chicago alioul Iwehe years ago. H(>
was an riiHiusiasI ic hunter of big
,i;ame, and had long been inler'esled
in Ihe cidleidion id old lireai'ius.
G. J. R.
3g
MAGAZINE OF ANTIUIE FIHEARMS
I hi; AMEHICAN SUC5ETV
of
A.MIULE WEAPON COLLECTOHS
HA Fraternal and Historical organ-
ization for tlio collector of ancient
arms. Fouiuicd April 1909. Address
all coniJiiunications to the Secretary,
(ico. F. Brown. 5507 Hov.'e Street,
I'itlsliurf-', Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
Tile American Society of Antique
Weapon Collectors held a meeting at
Pittsburg. Pa., Jauary 5th, 1912. with
(he following members present: Otlio
J. Hierly. Dr. G. F. E. Wilharm. G. M.
Hunter, H. G. Reel, Frank Morton. J.
E. Foss, S. Mildner, Lovell Johnstini
and Secretary Geo. F. Brown.
The following new members were
elected — Geo. N. Henry, Steubenville,
Ohio; William Walker, Bellevue, Pa.:
J. J. Gillmore, Beaumont, Texas; S. E.
Wynn. SpriiiKfleld, Ohio; Walter B.
Wells, Athol, .Mass.; Dr. A. G. Cline,
Paragould, Ark.; W. E. Hamilton, Dos
Miiines. Iowa, Lovell Johnston, Pitts-
burg, Pa.
Meeting adjourned. Next meeting
to be held February 9th, 1912.
GEO. F. BROWN, Sec'y.
—I When Writing To 1—
|Advertisers Ti'H Them That You|
|-Saw Their Ad In This Magazine-j
WIIiCN TSU:NT<tN ^lADE GINS FOH
THE (iOVEHNMENT
(Conliiuii'(i tnmi iiage 31)
ami also for lii'ins having contracts
tiir I lie hnisliiiif; of lirearms. Muskets
ami lilies cdniplrlc were turned out
liy tlie .\rins and Ordnance Works on
ilaiiiiltnn Avenue, near South Broad
Street, where VanCleef & Cane had
lireviously manufactured locomotives.
M this factory some of the earliest
engines of the old Camden and Amboy
Railroad had been made. The ideas
(if locomotive construction changed
from year to year, and it was found
to be more protitahle to manufacture
guns than to continue the original pur-
pose nf the plant. The 'I'imothy I'Melds
I'niimhy ami Macliiiir Coiiiiiaiiy was
another concern tn whuli the Trmlou
Iron (Company supplhil uiui barrels In
be hnished up.
"About a hundri'd gun barrels was
considered a day's wnrk for a man,"
I'elales Mr. VanKirk, "although some
(il the best workers made 125 or 130.
We were busy with the contracts for
about three years. Many hundreds of
thousands were made. The late Abram
S. Hewitt, afterwards !\layor of New
Y(irk, who was a memiirr nl' llic linn
cif Cniiper & Hewitt, wrnl to I hi' aid
111 I he Union by undertaking an iiii-
iiiense contract. 'I'lie furnishing of
sufficient guns for the soldiers was
n piT'ssing and diflleull pmlili'in until
tills iiiii\r was made,"
MAGAZINE OF ANTIQl K FIREARMS
39
BUREAU OF RESEARCH
The service of this bureau is free to all readers of this magazine. Those desir-
ing information concerning old firearms shall be given authentic answers to any
question directed to this bureau.
Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply. The questions and ans-
wers of general interest will be published under this head each month. Address
BUREAU OF RESEARCH,
"Magazine of Antique Firearms,"
Athens, Tennessee.
Qufslioii;— Hill H. Evans make arms
al Valley I'mgc m- I'hiladi'Iphia? T. S.
Answci'; — li. Evaii.-^
vvi'ii' al \'all('y Korge.
iH'atlquarters
(Jncsliioii: I have a iiiuski't, brass
iiiminlr,!, marked, "COLUMBIA, S. C,
PALMETTO ARMORY, 1858." A I'al-
incllo (roe on lock plate. Is it rare,
Also a musket caiilureil al llie battle
of Hull IliHi from (Ainfeilrialrs marked.
"McCOIOIICK. GLOHK MILLS. IKUO,"
on lurk plate. Flint lock. Is this a
rare nniskel? — C. E. T.
Answer: Holli muskets are nol often
fdunil liiday. Uolli are worthy of a
I)hice in your collection, the latter be-
ing especially desirable.
Qiiesllon: Are llie Coil's revolvers
stamped "I'A TEUSOiN, N. J." with con-
cealed trigger very rare? What are
they worth in fine condition? What
would bi' a fair i)rice to pay for one?
C. R. M.
Answer: Paterson Colt revolvers are
;dl rare. Only the best collections
contain tine si)ecimens. Few are now
known of outside of I^ennsylvania, New
Viiik and New Jersey. Some varieties
of ilii' Paterson revolvers are rarer
■.\\\A more soufihl toi' llian others, —
for e\ampl(\ the li-inch Paterson Colt
with ranuner. This bureau cannot at-
tempt to quole \ alues on llrearms. The
(■(dleclor who is buying or selling
shoulil know what the specimen in
quest ion would be worth to his collec-
tion. For us to fix, or attemi)! lo set
a "catalogue" value on every firearm
sought by the collec'or would tend to
the commercialization of the trafic in
old pistols and guns, the very idea of
which is an abomination to every real
collector.
Question:^ 1 Please publish in An-
licnie Firearms a list of fiinllock guns
niade foi- the U. S. (iovernmi'id by
private gunmakers, such as Whitney,
Evans, and otiiers. (2) What marks
did they use on the locks? T. B. S.
.■Iiiswer — (1) A list of the gunmakers
thai you want is published b<>low.
Ooublless some of our readers will be
able to aild other names lo it. which
will be aiipreciated.
In Pennsylvania; — W. and I. I. Hen-
ry, Henry Deringer, W. and H. Shan-
non, I. I. and W. Brooke, O. and E.
Evans. Winner. .\ipi)les & Co., (ioetz
iS; Westphall, W. T. Evans. B. Evans,
Ewd. Tryon.
In t^onnecticut ; — Simeon North,
Nalben Starr, Eli Whitney. Oliver
Bidwell, Ethan Slillman. E. Buell, .L
Slate, H. .lohnson.
In Massachusetts; — Asa Waters,
Lemuel Pomeroy, Hufus Perkins, A.
and P. Bartlett, R. and C. Leonard,
I'rench. Blake & Kingsley, Daniel Gil-
bert, Waters & Wliilmore.
In olhei' states; — Sweet. Jenks &
Son, Rhode Island: Stephen Jenks &
Son, Rhode Island; Wheeler & Morri-
son. Virginia; 1. and C. C. Barstow,
in JIAGAZINK OF AM IQl i: I IHlvVRMS
Ni-w llam>liir>': .loliii Miles. Ni'W Jcr- slaiiipi'il his name nvcr ai'.il N'alli'v
si-y.
l-'(uri' uiiiliT ail cai;!!'. riii-\iii,t; lln
(2' 'rill' I'liili'il Skill's C.arti'iilf.''' <•"• li'llns iiiiii an (i\al. .N. Slair oT Miil-
say ill llirir cataloj^uc— "On tlir oarlirr illi'lowii. Conn.. slamiM'il mii' hall' nf a
arms tin' placi' ami yi-ar of fahricatioii larj-'i' six-iioinli-ii star iiiiili-r T. S,' ami
art' slaiiipi'il on lln' fan' nl' Ihc Im-k hm'I' his naiiir. I'",. Wliilni'V ol' Wliil-
plalc in ri'ar ol' IIh' mrk: at IIh' iial- iii'.willr Ni'w ila\i'ii . r.iiiin.. slainin'il
ional annorii's an ra^^li' anillhi' li'lli'i's lucks in lln' lliiilics Imlli \\a\s. willi
T. S." an' slaiiipi'il mi llii' lork plain .iii.l willnuil an inxri'li'il ariuw rios-
iiiiili'i' llii' pan: al pii\ali' arnnn-ii'S siiii; a lirani'li nl' laiii-rl. iiinlrr T. S."
III,. Icllrrs i'. S.' anil llin iiaiiii' nl' ami iwrr Ins iiainr.
II,,. ,-iinlrai-liii'. "Shiih' hI' llm i'ai'lii'i--iiiaili' (ioMTii-
■'A I'l'W I'Xi'i'pi ions lo Ihis ini'llioil nl arnnuy lurks Inur llm T. S.'
ai-i' iiolii'i'ahli'. W. 'I'. I'lxans of \'alli'y on a sliinlil in rrmil i.ii llm i'ai:li':
l'"oi-!ii'. I'a.. I'l-i'iiimiil l\ slampi'i.l an na- olliris llm nann' of aniioiv in a riii-\i.'
glc on locks. U. I'A aiis of Valley Kor.^i' m I'lonl ol' llm cock."
The American Gun Makers
M.\(l.\/I.\'l''. of .\iilii|ue l'"ireaniis huinlrrils of Anmncan ^;iiiiiiiakers who
is ilesirous of publishing a are iiol nmnl ioiieil in llie Sawyei'
conipli'le lisl of all men who hooks,
iiiaile ^:niis in .Xnii'i'ica since Ihe set- II will iml lie iiecessarx to i-et'er lo
III nieiil in colonial days until Ihe l'.i\il ■l^'ircii-ins in .Vniriican llisiiny" lo see
War. .None was e\er conipileil. In thai yon will not iliiplicale llm names
in'i'pariiifi this one w'e are going- lo de- j^im n llnrriii — we will look after Ihal
pi'iiil upon llm collectors io aid us. when \our ilala reaches us. Simply
■file work will he a colossal vuiilerlak- send iis a lisl ol' all Ihe ^:iiiiiiiaki'rs who
mi:, we ailiiiil. ami il will nol he com- liM'd in \oiir stale thai >oii lia\e heard
pli'led 111 a nionlh nor a year. of. 'fell iis wind \oii can ahoiil tlii^
■I'll,, |,|.|,, |,,|. iiianaging il is Ihis; -I'nis limy made, when limy worked
Kach collecliir is inyiled lo send in ^"I'l '"'.v addilioiial mlormal ion wilt
fr Iinm III Inne a lisl of all Ihe gun- I"' appi-eciated. This will he puh-
niakers he knows of who made guns hslmd in lahular form in Ihe dilfereiil
of any kind in .Vinerica. We wanf issues of Aiiliiiuc FifiMi-iii.s as received.
Ihem III t^ive Ihi'ir coi'recl names, (he Vmi will he given due credil for all
iiami' of 111.' i.lace or places where 'l:d:i y'l cmil I'llnile in tins cainpaii^n.
limy worked al their trade, llie kind I'.v Hi'' li we li.-ive worked a few
of arms limy made, and llm appi'ox- inonlhs on llm lisl il will, no donhl.
imale date of Ihe heginiiiilg and end- liecoine M'l-y inleri'slinj;. Thi' naiiies
iiig of Ihi'ir careers as armorers. Of iH"' n''^ ''''I'' secured will he Mihiahle
coiii-e il will hardly he expected llial addilimis In llie t;eiiei'al history of
all Ihis data can he secured alioiit nrearnis.
I'M'i'y jiimmaker we lia\i' heard of. Iiiil
^fui\ as iniicli as possihle of the most
imporlani fad;. The Sawyer books on
lir'earms contain lists of American
;;unmakers. we shall mil repi'oduce — 1 Head The
the d;ita colli allied in llmse lists, hut | T!{At>K CULl'.tlN'
want addilioiKil intoiination about the — I In t'liis Issue -
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MAGAZINE OF ANTIQl E FIKKARMS
41
P
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UBLISHER'S
ERSONAL
ACE
TIM, lUADi; (fd.l UN
IN HKSlMiXSl'l Id li'iMincnl [■.•(|ni.«(s
11(1111 iMir I'lSlllrCS. \\i' IliUC llcclilril
1(1 c^laiilish a -IliADl'; CfH.rM.V
III .\i;ij|:i/iiii- of Aii(ii|ii(- Firciiniis,
.\c\vs|iM|ii'rs ami iiin^ia/ini's all (i\rr llic
i-iiiiiiiry lia\i' rdiiml Ilic classilii'ii ilc-
|iailiiiciils (if llic aiK it! isiiiK .'■■I'l'llims
iiKHc |i(i|iiilar with llii> t;t'in'ral rcailcr
Ihaii llic (lis|ila.\ a(|\ crlisiiig whii'li n'-
i|iiin's iiKiic liiiic III iiM'iiarc lln' i-npy
ami alsii iikhc ca-li hi |iay Inr il -
which IS an iiii|i(irlanl (•(iiisiiii'rallmi.
In I Ills Issue we inaujiralc llic lic-
jiarl niciil ami ^:i\i' a lisl nl' pi'lccs
charp'il hir use nl' il. 'I'hc THADK
C.OU.IMN is ii|icn III iiiir rcailcrs wild
lin\c sdiiicl liiii;; Id sell, i'xclian>rc. or
wani Id lni\-. The lnw price al whii'li
W'c dll'cr space in this new ilcpai'Inicnl
is simply sutliricnl hi defray cusl of
ciiinpiisil idii. lis licin:: imnlc as svicll
M IdW limine is iiilenilcil to si imuhili'
cdllcelin^; ami c\clian,i;inti iinionj; llii"
rralernily,
M:i(|ii/iiii' <il' \iilii|ii(' I'liTiiniis is
read h\ piactirally e\ci'\ acti\e col-
lector (d' rirearnis in America. If yim
wvr wanliim siiine specimens In coiii-
plcle a certain i:roiip in >dur collee-
lioii. if yiui wdiild like to iiaxe a lock
to lit llial old hdi'se pislol wliicli villi
rccentl.N fdiind minus its tii-iii;; miM'll-
nni.sm. - if you woidd like hi liuy a
iiiiod handle iiiece Tor \iiiir (loll n-
\dl\er whiive wddd sliiid< has liocn
mill dialed wiLli somehody's knife, — in
fad. il you wanl anylliinu which an.v
of the III her l.snni lireai-iii colh'clors in
.\iiierica niifihl liaxi" for sale or ex-
idi.ili;;e il will cosi you MTy HI lie lo
irel in loucli Willi llieiii. I'lii- manafje-
menl of Ihis magazine will di-rivi' li(-
lle iir no pi'o(il for llil.s .service — our
ohjeci in giving you tlii'sc aiivanlages
IS simply oni' of nur efforts lo make
Ihis an ideal jiulilical ion hir I he col-
leeior. Wi' shall exerl every reason-
ahle elfiirl to make lliis fealiire a suc-
cess lo Yor, and if Ihere is any way
liy wliiidi we can improve il we shall
appreciate jellers of suggoslion lo
Ihaf elfetd.
Henieniher, we giiaianlee a sipiare
deal from all our achcflisei's. and Ihis
giiaranlee covers all deals made with
any patron of Ih.' j'U.VDK COIJM.X
.jusi as il does with re;^ular adxerlis-
ers who use the display adverlising.
A NKW rOXTRIBl roi{
I leo. ,1. Hemshurg. who is well knuwii
anidiiL; Hie collecling fraleriiily as one
of the leading wi'ilers ami compilei-s
<>^ inleresling notes alioul cii||eidoi-s
and their collecdions, also a proininenl
.idiiriialist in his native stale. Kansas,
has consented to contriliule items
every now and lhiin to I he pages in
this magazine headed "Collectors and
Their C.olleidions.'" The ilenir. con-
Iribuled hy Mr, Hemshurg may lie
disiinguislU'U from the olliers appear-
i-2
ing with llieiii by his iiiilia
conclusion of each article.
We solicit and shall greatly appre-
ciate news items about collectors and
oilier notes of interest for this deparl-
nienl. If SO requested, we will fjive
credit to all items contributed by you
in a manner similar to the way we
manage Mr. Remsburg's.
.M.\G.\ZIM': OF .\NTIUUE FIRE.\«MS
at the
IIIIIO
DAMS BROTHKRS' 1912 CAT.ALOGUE
The lirm of Davis Brothers have
just issued a new catalogue. In it
are listed several hundred interesting
specimens of antiques which are
sought by the collector. Especially
is the catalogue of interest to the
collector of firearms for it has listed
several dozen choice arms which this
old reliable firm have secured in the
country around about Kent and offer
Id their patrons at prices within the
reach of all.
Whether our readers are frequent
patrons of the dealers or not, they
should have this catalogue anyhow.
— it's a good reference book.
FROM FOOTNOTE ON PAGE So.
EDITOR'S NOTE — r/ie Author
of this article, as many of our
readers ivill know, was killed
about tiro ifears ago in Augusta,
Georgia, lig a hold-up man, and
his rahtahle rollertion of firearms
is now ill the Sinithsonian Insti-
liilinii irherr it was placed bij the
(iiliniiiistrator for a period of three
years, after u'hich it will probably
be sold. The collection is i-alued at
$/0.0()(). The foregoing article has
liecii ill the possession of Mr. A. C.
Giiililke since the death of Dr.
Hickman, and is published here
for the first time.
A COLLECTOR has an old A. Waters
horse pistol, Government regulation
model, which has been altered to per-
cussion lock; he wants to restore it to
its original flintlock condition and will
pay cash or give good exchange for
a suilnhle luck. Address, Collector
care Anitque l-'irearms, Athens, Tenn.
eiiuiiiiiuiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiii'
I : TRADE COLUMN
iiiiiaiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniniiiiniiiiiiiniiniiuiii
Prices for this department: 2 cents
for each word per insertion. Subse-
quent insertions without change of
copy at half price. Minimum charge
25 cents. Please do not remit by
stamps, silver in amounts under 50
cents may be sent at our risk. No
charge for addresses. At the low rate
at which advertisements are published
in this department we cannot open
any accounts as we do with patrons of
our display advertising space, ('ash
iiULSt accompany copy.
WANTED — Complete
priming mechanism
pistol-carbine, lock is
ent. fi. Elsworth
Tennesse.
lock or tape
for Springfield
Maynard's pat-
Brown, Athens,
WHERE can I get it? The mystery
is easily solved. Write to me your
requirements. I can trace up old guns,
china, books of all kinds. For upwards
of 16 years I have followed this branch
of work, and can therefore give sat-
isfaction. Private cheques cannot be
received. — R. James. 1555 Robson St.,
Vancouver, British Columbia.
WANTED — American made pistols
with hammer underneath bari'el, al-
so all kinds of pistols in original cases.
Will give good exchange in pistols, or
pay cash. A. C. Gruhlke, Waterloo,
Indiana.
Collectors »vho do not want (o at-
tach theh" names to notices in the new
TRADE COLl .MX may lunc replies to
tlicii" ads {lli'ecled to this ma(|a/liie
and the puhliisher will, upon receipt
of poslajie, mail all (he replies (o the
adxertiser.
HAMILTON WINS IN CONTEST
Mr. W. E. Hamilton, of Des Moines,
Iowa, was awarded a life subsci'iption
to this magazine for his article sub-
mit li'd in the contest "How I Became a
Collector of Eirearms.
IIAGAZIM-: OF ANTIQl K I IHIvMJMS
43
CATALOGUE Or THE
J L TRAVIS COLLECTION
OF ANTIQUE WEAPONS.
* 8.-1 M..™» -( IB S«VKc ^d. i K*fjL
Tin: iM»!:\ card catalogi k
«ji r lor iiwi'. \oi- iiiicaiix Ciit-
II ^ ;iliM|iii'(l \oili' rollrcdnii ol'
J#-«;55 ii'ii'Ciinns, ii is, no (loiilif.
\()iif indnlioii (ii do so iiild \\r wish
lo (Mil .\om- iidciilioii (o our Ciird
Iii(lc\ S'slcm wliicli coii-^iisls ol' a
sci'ics ol' cai'ds, iiinnlirrrd coiisccu-
(i\<'l\, widi small cards iMiiidii'ri'd lo
(■ori'cspoin! willi llirm. Tlir cards
arc (I \\\ !) inches in si/c. al llic lop
ol' wliicli is placed llic name of llic
colleclion and on wliii-li ai'c hIanK
places sliowiini Ihe lollnwiiHi spec-
ilicalions: — Xarielx. (ii'iu'cal Name.
Spe A-'J \anic. Paleiiled. Invc^nlcd \\\ .
\\m\v H\. Whin llade. Mailc Tor.
Nirnher ol' (fncs Made lake II. Orici-
inal <',os(. Malcrial. Condillon. Oh-
lained l'"rom. and a Uriel' Hisloi'x ol'
ils Ser\ ice. Tlie rnimlicr on llic card
is made lo m:!tch I'lal on a lai)
which is placed on Ihe weapon.
The ail\anla<|e ol' Ihe I'ar-d S>s-
(em o\cr Ihe hooU calalo'Mn' is Ihal
in csisp ii vpecimcn is disposed (d'.
xm need oni.x lo dislrox ils spec-
ial card and place in ils sicad one
el' liUe nn'ohrr. Therefore, il is nol
necessarx lo spoil Ihe series as il is
wi'h a hooU.
These cards laqs and are pr:nl'-d
espccii.lh lo >eiir order and Ihe
pri<-cs in "-Is nn'uh";'ed. pr'inled
with Ihe « (>ll<-cliir's name on llie lop
and postpaid are as fcdlows;
1(1(1 SKTS 'r\(;s AMI (:\ni«..si.rii)
'.'5(1 SKTS 'r\(;^ AND (;A1U)S..S','.7.'-,
50(1 SF/rS TA(iS .\M) C AJil^S. .st'r.nn
\\'e w'll Ite chid lo receixr M)mi'
series and as-
h" (ii\ en <Mir
order for one oC (lie>-e
Mire '('11 'h;'! '\ wiM
Tin; (I "Ol! \TS
pi'o'npl and c:!refiil
\rH!:>S ::::::
iM«'\T' nv
all'Milien.
IIANKS.Si;!.
OLD GUNS AND PISTOLS.
War, Pioneer and Indian
Rslics, and a general line of
Curios and Antique. Objects,
Price List for 2c Stamp.
DAVIS BROTHERS
Kent, Ohio.
Snliscrihe lo
r II i; ( r i« n» c o l i. i: c t o h
I'lihlished at Osage, Iowa.
,\lt rii:LES RY THE LEAOING
.V.MAI'EUR AHCH.EOLOClSrs.
H ( » I' A N [ t". T S, ( )nM THOLO-
(i I s Ts, riE()L(t<iisrs a n i>
(;(t.\C,lH)E()(ilSrS. —Edited hy
Mis. I'. Mmv Tnllle. : :
S \ M l» \. V.
r o V
i: s
\v\Mi:i)
Will pa.\ jioiid cash price for lliiit-
loeli Confedcriite muskets in:irUe(l C.
S. or <;. S. A. Want (.oiifederale ofTl-
cer's swords marked <1. S. or C. S. \.
\|s(i "I'almcllo" horse pistol: <',(dt's
dr'a(|oon i Ih l(c\oI\cr: Harper's l''crr,\
pistol, ISIM) or '1)7. iSinall hrass camion
used in .\merican wars, 1 inch Ixiit, 2i
to .'ill iiu-lies hiiiii. ili'll Kiicklcs list-d
in lte\ iiliilionar.x War. ■■< All (he aboxc
mill he in i|ii<id condition at least.
c. i:. TniKKiriT,
I.. Hox "JO, l)arlii!(|l()n, Indiana.
iiii: 1
'I |{|.ism:il lias a tew I'xlia
rn|,|,s
of .Maifa/.ine of Antii|iie Kire-
anus
for llii' fdljiiwin- iiiiintlis
W llll-ll
are olTci'i'il for sale al Ihe
ii'uiihir jiriee of L'5 ceiils pei' coi'y: 1
April,
.May, .Inly. .Auniist and Sept.
\o 1-
iipii s are lelt of 1 lie .hme ami
(ll-l(lll(
r issiie.s.
I'lie
lUllilliers olTered for sale
;iIm,\c
ar(-' postively tlio only bacl<
iiiiiiilii
rs to he had any where at
; 1 1 1 > 1 1 1
irr.
142
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PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS.
Entered at the post office at Nashville, Tenn., as second-class mailer.
Contributors are requested to use only one side of the paper, and lo abbrevi-
ate as much as ]iracticable. These bu^jjieslions are important.
Where cHppinirs are sent copy should be kept, as the Veteran cannot un-
dertake to return them. Advertising rates furnished nn application.
The d:it.' to a subscription is alwavs g-iven to the month hrjori- it ends. F{>r
Instance, if the V'eteran is ordered to begin witli January, the date on mail
list will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number.
The civil w -AX was too long ago lo be called the I<itr war, and when cor-
respondents use that term '* War between the Mates" will be substituted.
The terms "New South" and " lost cause" are objectionable to the Veteran.
OFFICIALLT REPRESEXTS :
United Confederate Veterans,
United DaiTtHters of the Confederacy,
Sons of Veterans, and Other Organizations,
Confederated Southern Memorial Association.
The Veteran is approved and indorsed officially by a larger and mor*
elevated patronage, doubtless, than any other publication in existence.
Though men deserve, they may not win success;
The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less.
Prick. $1.00 PER Year. I
Single Copy, 10 Cents, f
Vol. XX.
NASHVILLE, TEXX., APRIL, 1912.
No. 4.
S S. A. CUNNINGHAai,
f Proprietor,
PRESEXT COMMANDER I.\ CHIEF U. C. C.
Gen. C. Irvine Walker has long been prominent in Veteran
drclcs. and particularly in the movement for the munnmcnt
to the women. His Confeileratc career was quite distin-
.miishcd. lintering the service in April in 1861, when only
nineteen years of age, as a drillmaster, he was promoted for
his gallantry and devotion to duty, so that at the age
of twenlv-two years he was appointed lieutenant colonel of
the loth South Carolina Regiment, and commanded it during
the last year of the war. Me was severely wounded in front
of Atlanta July 28. 1864. As a citadel cadet he was on duty
when the opening gun of the war was fired, January 9, 1861,
and surrendered at the close in Grce^ishoro. X. C.
REUXIOX lETERAX ENLARGED.
I lierc is so much pressing demand for space in the Vetf.r.\n-
that the May issue will be larger than usual, and the edition
larger. The attention of schools and summer resorts is com-
mended for space. In order to secure space, copy should be
supplied by April 20. and earlier would be safer.
GtN. C. IKVl.Nl:. W.VLKKU.
It is said that his severe wound in the battle of .Atlanta
was inflicted when he had carried the flag of his regiment
to a very exposed position. Gen. Stephen D. Lee had sought
to take the flag, and Colonel Walker protested against it, and
personally carried it to where General l.ee wanted it placed.
INTERESTING AND THRILLING FACTS OF HISTORY
Interesting sketches and valuable statistics may be found
tliroughout this Vf.ter.w. It is as interesting in the main to
liatriotic young men and women as to veterans and "Mothers
of the Confederacy." Care equal to that applied to the making
of a standard book is given to every sentence.
.\mong the most valuable articles is the Columbia College
prize essay by Miss Kate DeRosset Meares. Young people
should give this closest consideration.
Every Southerner should know well the periodical that has
had a larger circulation for a longer time than any other in the
South's history. It is interesting to younger people, and
older persons should commend it to them. Every family of
prestige in the Southern country should read it regularly.
Favoritism to correspondents is shown comrades not in the
habit of writing for the press, and it causes much work.
Space is so important that they .should rewrite or have others
do it, so as to condense as much as possible. Every page
costs the Veteran a dozen dollars; and as there are several
times as much sent as can be used, comrades should take this
care and have copy typewritten when it is practicable. The
greatest tax upon the Editor is the condensation of that sent
by comrades who write for no other publication. Please re-
member this. The truth concisely stated that will do the
South justice and tend to the good of the country is what is
most sought.
Or.xtqr for the Memorial As.sociation at Macon. — Col.
N. E. Harris, who is to deliver the memorial address at the
coming reunion of the C. S. M. A. at Macon, is a man of the
highest character and of brilliant eloquence. Mrs. Behan,
President of the Confederate States Memorial Association,
through the Chaplain General, did well to choose him for
this service.
148
C^OQfederat<^ l/eterap,
us IT ED DAUGHTERS OF THE COXFEDERACY.
BY MRS. ALEXANDER B. WHITE, PRESIDENT GENERAL.
My Dear Friends: Many new Chapters are being reported-
one at Portsmouth, Va., with the wonderful charter member-
ship of over two hundred. I call the attention of State Presi-
dents and State Organizers to the almost unworkcd field of
the organization of the young ladies of our communities. Do
not let this store of vitality, enthusiasm, and ability be lost to
our association; garner it. The proper infusion of this new
blood kept interested and well directed will be worth much
to us.
Let me urge Chapter Presidents to issue certificates of mem-
bership to their new members as soon as they are admitted to
full membership.
Since the U. D. C. seals are now in the hands of our Seals
Committee, which must report to the next General Conven-
tion the quantity of seals ordered, the number sold, and the
amount of money realized from their sale, all money received
from the sale of the seals .should be sent to this committee.
The Arlington Directors will therefore from now on send all
money from the sale of U. D. C. seals to the Chairman of the
U. D. C. Seals Committee, Mrs. W. L. Durr, 203 S. Perry
Street, Montgomery, Ala., who, after retaining necessary
money to make payments to manufacturers, will send the bal-
ance to Mr. Wallace Streater at Washington, Treasurer of
the Arlington Monument Fund.
This method will place this work on a self-supporting, busi-
ness basis and show what is really being realized from this
sale of seals. The former method of not sending money to
the Seals Committee places the committee without seals and
without money.
In order to make proper contracts with the manufacturers,
I ask the Arlington Directors and Chapters to send in their
orders for seals at once, so as to place the needed amount of
money in the treasury of the committee. I trust all will do
this promptly and tliat every Chapter, no matter how small,
will sell at least $5 worth of seals this year. This can be
done with but little effort. Let me urge you to sell out each
year's supply and order anew every year, and thus thoroughly
establish this work and this beautiful seal. When you con-
sider what large sums are secured every year from the sale of
the Red Cross stamps, you will see the possibilities of the
U. D. C. seals. Their success rests with you.
On account of the conflict of date of Division Conventions
with the date for the U. C. V. Reunion at Macon, many
Daughters will be prevented from going to Macon, as they
had planned. I trust all who can will meet me there to pay
homage to the men who bought with a great price a chaplet
of fame for the South, and to show our appreciation of the
efforts of Gen. C. Irvine Walker, Lieutenant General command-
ing, to draw into closer union in good works the organiza-
tions of the U. C. V. and U. D. C,
GEORGIA DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Miss Mattie B. Slieililey, Treasurer of Georgia Division,
U. D. C, writes to Mrs. W. J. Bchan, President of the Con-
federate Southern Memorial Association :
"My Dear Mrs. Belian: At a meeting of the E.xeculive Board
of the Georgia Division, U. D. C, held in Macon February 3,
I was commissioned by the President, in behalf of the Division,
to extend to you and through you to the Confederate South-
ern Memorial Association cordial greetings and to assure
you that when your association shall meet in Macon in May
a hearty welcome awaits you from our association.
"Georgia feels herself honored in having for guests the
United Confederate Veterans and the Confederate Memorial
Association the two beloved heroic veteran bands of the
South, who, when "tried in the fiery furnace," were not found
wanting. In the morning of life you bore the South's fondest
hopes. Now, in the twilight and until evening comes, the
Daughters reverence you and render homage to you.
"It will be the pleasure of the members of the Executive
Board and of the Daughters of Georgia to show you every
courtesy, wait tenderly upon you, and make memorable your
meeting of 1912 in Macon."
E. H. HYMAN, A HUSTLING NASHVILLE BOY.
General Secretary of the AIacon Confederate Reunion.
The General Secretary of the Macon Chamber of Commerce
will not be forgotten in connection with the competition at
Little Rock for Macon. As Secretary of the Bibb County
Agricultural Institute and in other positions of honor and re-
sponsibility in Macon
he had the un-
qualified support of
the commercial and
patriotic organiza-
tions.
Mr. Hyman was
born in March, 1865,
in Nashville, Tenn.
He was City Secre-
tary of the Jamestown
lixposition of Nor-
folk, Va., Secretary of
the 200,000 League of
Norfolk, Va., Secre-
tary of the Citizens'
Commission of Nor-
folk, Va., and also
Advertising Director
for the Norfolk &
Portsmouth Traction
Company. Through
his successful experi-
ence in promoting so many public enterprises the campaign
that won the Reunion for Macon over many strong com-
petitors was placed under his management, and he was evi-
dently the busiest man in Little Rock during the 191 1 Re-
union, hardly excepting the Reunion inanagers. He uses re-
markable tact in fighting competition, and his genial smile
mollifies any feeling of bitterness ; when he has won through
his indomitable energy, his competitors seem inclined to con-
gratulate him. His remarkable "nerve" in suggesting the re-
moval of the capital of Georgia from Atlanta to Macon shows
the courage of the man. The bill embodying the submissior.
of the question to the people lacked only one vote of passing
at the last session of the legislature.
e. h. hyman.
Believes That His Children Would Remit.
"I have notice of time to renew for the Veteran. I would
like, if you will, for you to send it on, and I will try to send
you the money this fall. If I should drop out, I think my
children will have enough respect for me to settle up the ac-
count. Yours till the last roll call."
C^opfederat^ Ueterap.
149
The Ridgely-Brewer Chapter, U. D. C, Rockville, Md.
The location of the Ridgely-Brewer Chapter, U. D. C,
was erroneously located in article about the calendar notice in
the Veteran for March, page 135. Comus is the address of
the Corresponding Secretary, Miss F. May Sellman, but the
Chapter is located at Rockville. Give attention to the cal-
lendar.
VETERAN WALKING TO THE REUNION.
nv W. MARION m'CRELESS, LEWISVILLE, TEX.
J. C. Williams, a Confederate veteran seventy-two years old,
whose home is with his son,
near Lewisville, Tex., is walk-
ing to Macon, Ga. He was a
member of Company I, 20tli
Mississippi Regiment, ami
served throughout the war.
He was wounded twice, and
was in Camp Douglas Prison
some of the time. Never hav
ing had the opportunity to al
tend a Reunion, and bcint;
ruiancially unable to go t"
Macon, he resolved to make
the trip on foot. Having a
knapsack made like the one
he carried during the war, he
started on his journey afooi
on February 27. The dis
tancc from Dallas to Macon
is about eight hundred milc^,
and Mr. Williams expects i-
walk all the way, carrying hi.^
knapsack. He goes in sol-
dier fashion, without gun,
worthy of the confidence and
respect of all with whom he
may come in contact. This i^
written to assure all who ni.i>
see him that he is in evcr\
respect a worthy veteran anil
a sincere gentleman. J. r. wii.liams.
CONFEDERATE REUNION BALLS.
BY JOHN W. TUCKER, BRENTWOOD, TENN.
In the Veteran for November, 191 1, page 517, Rev. A. D.
Betts, of Greensboro, N. C, gives his views on Reunion balls.
He says that when our veterans meet in Macon, Ga., next May
some one will read a paper on General Gordon's life and death,
and adds: "Will some w'oman rise up and ask us to dance over
his grave that night?" In defense of the good and noble
women of the South I will say, "No I" He states that eight
veterans died at Memphis during the Reunion there, but the
women kept on dancing. Yes, and the men danced with them.
Ves, poor Eve ate the apple and a man helped her eat it.
I wonder if the Rev. A. D. Betts considers Iiow bad that
looks in print about the good and kind women who nursed the
sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals during the war.
What sacrifices they made for them and the many kind deeds
they have done and are still doing for them ! O, Rev. Mr.
Betts, T for one think you are entirely loo hard on the grand
and noble women.
Al the Birmingham Reunion ball it looked to me as though
there were two or three hundred officers in the ballroom
dancing at one time. At the Mobile ball it was a grand sight
to see about forty old soldiers, dressed in their uniforms,
dancing w-ith the pretty young girls. I know it made them
feel young again. I am personally acquainted with many who
were at that dance, and believe some of them to be good
Christians.
When we go to the Reunions, let us go to have a good and
jolly time. Let us try to forget our business worries and our
old age. It will not be many years until none of us will be
left, so let us have a good time while we can. If we never
commit any more sin than to dance a little, I think we will
come oflf very well. If we have to go to the Reunions with
our faces as long as our arms and act as if w-e were in a
funeral procession, I shall not care to go.
Rev. Mr. Betts asks the readers of the Veteran to speak
out on the subject. I have spoken.
A recent exchange states that a communication from Mrs.
N'irginia Clay Clopton, of Huntsville, Ala., said that she
would arrive in Birmingham with a large party to attend a
Confederate ball to take place at the Country Club there, and
that "Mrs. Clopton will wear a historic gown, as will Mrs.
.Alberta Taylor, daughter of a former Alabama Governor."
(Comrade Tucker had both arms shot off at Fort Donelson,
and yet he can do many wonderful things. He practices the
above doctrine. This comment is not given in a partisan spirit
in the discussion. The writer is not an advocate of dancing.
lie never tried to dance in his life. — Editor Veteran.]
COL. RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL.
On the title-page of this Veteran appears a photo engraving
of the niche in the wall of the Capitol at Indianapolis where
the Richard Owen Memorial is to be placed, with the pro-
posed inscription.
Col. Richard Owen was commandant of the prison at Camp
Morton, Indianapolis, in the winter and spring of 1862. Four
thousand Confederates were imprisoned there at that time —
fifty years ago. The founder of the Veteran was of that
number. Then, and since, no word has ever been heard but
of gratitude to that noble man for his unfailing courtesy and
kindness to the unfortunate Confederate soldiers who had
been captured and were stockaded there.
The writer is impersonal in the undertaking: Colonel Owen
never knew him. Many years after the war in a most acci-
dental way he learned who "Colonel Owen" was ; that his given
name w'as Richard; that he was teaching in the Nashville
(Tenn.) Military Academy almost up to the breaking out of hos-
tihties, when, true to his convictions, he resigned, went home,
and enlisted in the cause of the Union.
As confirmatory of his deserving the gratitude of the South-
ern people, when he was captured, with his regiment, at Mun-
fordville, Ky., General Buckner, who was one of the victorious
commanders in that battle and was authorized by General
Bragg to accept the surrender "unconditionally," approached
Colonel Owen in the presence of the assembled prisoners and
publicly announced that in consideration of his kindness to
prisoners of Camp Morton he was given unstinted liberty.
(This comes from a pamphlet sketch of Colonel Owen's life.)
Recently a niece of Colonel Owen w'ho lived at the home in
New Harmony, Ind., made famous by the distinguished family,
then a young girl, mentioned that her uncle wrote to his
family, urging them to send him books liberally for the
prisoners to read. Every evidence that has been produced for
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fift}' years gives Col. Richard Owen first place on either side
for Christian courtesy and kindness to prisoners.
What a beautiful lesson of restored unity and of apprecia-
tion by the true American spirit ! What man or woman, boy
or girl of the North or South, or what foreigner who may
see the bronze bust and inscription showing the nobility of
the commander and the appreciation of the Southern men who
were there in the Northern prison will not feel mellowed in
spirit and grateful to God that in the midst of privation and
just from the field of carnage the spirit of doing unto others
as we would have them do unto us should manifest itself so
splendidly.
The proector of this potent influence for good in this
country would be discouraged with the tardiness of responses,
but so many thousands have been .steadfast to him and his
work for nearly twenty years that he still believes they will
realize ats they reflect upon it the lasting good that will be
accomplished. He has not money to spare from the great re-
sponsibility of the Veteran, but this work must be accom-
plished, and it ought to be done during this semi-centennial
of time since Colonel Owen by his zeal procured food abini-
dant for the prisoners after a period of starvation, and no
doubt did his very best to supply clothing to those who were
in great need. No human being is so worthy to be honored
in this as Colonel Owen, and the writer appeals to every
friend of Confederate prisoners who were in Camp Morton
or in other prisons at the period mentioned to contribute to
this worthy undertaking. Please do it now. Fifty years ago
to-day Colonel Owen was diligent in his kindness to us.
A visit was made to Governor Marshall at Indianapolis in
Februan.- to fi.x the location. After careful examination of
the most suitable places, the Governor showed the spirit
manifested by all the people concerning it, and said : "Vou
can place it where you wish." He cooperates most cordially.
Help Build It in Governor M.\rshall's Term.
Governor Marshall is so popular with his people that he
was chosen by a majority of 15,000, while the ticket of his
party was defeated by 10,000 at the last general election.
Thomas R. Marshall, Governor of Indiana, was born in
Wabash County March 14, 1854. He never sought or held
public nflSce until he was elected Governor in 1908. He was
admitted to the Whitley County bar on the day he became
twenty-one years of age, and continued in the practice in that
county uninterruptedly until he went to Indianapolis as Gov-
ernor. For many years, however, he had been active in po-
litical aflfairs. He is a man of scholarly attainments, and is
a trustee of his Alma Mater— Wabash College. Indiana will
present his name to the Democratic National Convention as a
candidate for the presidential nomination, and the Indiana
Democracy will be solidly and enthusiastically for him. He is
an eloquent speaker, and clings tenaciously to the fundamental
principles of Jeffersonian Democracy.
A friend of Governor Marshall writes as follows of him :
"Although possessing much practical knowledge of politics
because of his experience in Indiana affairs. Gov. Thomas R.
Marshall is something of a scholar in politics. Education is
one of his hobbies, and his public documents have won him
literary fame. While a trustee of Wabash College, Indiana,
his Alma Mater, he has the degree of Doctor of Laws from
Wabash, Notre Dame University, the University of Alabama,
and the University of Pennsylvania.
"He is a good Governor, and is very popular in Indiana.
Mrs. Marshall is a .social favorite. They have no children, yet
it is a happy home.
GOV. THOMAS R. MARSH.\LL.
"He is classed as a progressive Democrat. He is not, how-
ever, a radical, and he clings tenaciously to tlie old principles
of representative government. His one hobby, as revealed
liy his speeches, has been that the three departments of govern-
ment must be kept separate and distinct. He believes thor-
oughly in the old nationalism as distinguished from the new
nationalism as suggested by Theodore Roosevelt in the cam-
paign of 1910; but when it comes to progressive legislation,
so far as it affects the independence, health, morals, and gen-
eral welfare of the people, he has shown decidedly progressive
tendencies — 'progressive with the brakes set.' "
Comrades, take up subscriptions in your Camp and repint
for the Reunion issue. Dear Daughters of the Confederacy,
there never will be undertaken a worthier cause than that of
honoring the memory of a man who was kindest of all offici.ils
to those who were in the strife, to Confederate prisoners. If
you want to show that you are a friend to the memory ot
Confederates who were suffering in prison tifty years ago, and
if you would show your appreciation of the Veter.\n in tlic
work for nearly a score of years, take this subject in hand
now and report what you will do. The Editor of the Veteran
would live on bread and water that this most worthy under-
taking he worthily executed. It must be done now. There
is no turning back, .\rrangements are made and the owner
of the Veteran must pay the bills, whatever the help.
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Colonel Owen was one of the most active officers in the
United Stntes army. The "Records" show that he was at
Cheat Mountain in September, 1861, and rendered creditable
service. He was one of the most astute officers in the Ken-
tucky campaign against General Bragg. In January, 1863, he
was at Arkansas Post, and in July following he was in com-
mand of a brigade at Vicksburg.
He was succeeded in command at Camp Morton by Col.
D. G. Rose, United States marslial, who was as exceedingly
mean as Colonel Owen w'as kind. (Just before the last of
tlie prisoners were sent from Camp Morton for exchange in
September, 1862, the writer was under fire of a guard who,
outside the plank fence, experimented with his pistol at a
spot cm the fence, and upon going to Colonel Rose with com-
plaint he retorted: "You don't deserve any better." There
was absolutely no excuse whatever, for the guard's conduct.)
W Iiile it was evidently determined to get rid of so humane
n prison commander as Colonel Owen, he was so able and
^ i faithful to every honorable duty tliat they dared not openly
■ ondemn him. For this reason every citizen of the United
States government should commend this tribute, and every
"friend of Confederates," even though he fought for the
Union, might with propriety contribute a mite to this worthy
cause, upon which the North might with pride and gratitude
unite with tlie South.
What Cor,oNEL Owen S.md of His Work.
It need not be surprising that Col. Richard Owen was
criticized for his kindness. In Series II., Volume III., page
,=;i5, "War Records," lie replied to criticisms of the Indian-
apolis Journal as follows :
"Camp Morton, Indi.vn apoi.is. .\pril 18, 1862.
"P.dilor Journal: .'\s an editorial in your issue of the 17th
would seem to imply that His Excellency the Governor had
failed to select a suitable person to take charge of the prison-
ers of war at Camp Morion, perhaps you will accord me some
sp,u-e in your columns for the statement of a few facts rc-
girding the orders given and the manner in which they are
tarried out.
"It would be unnecessary to trouble you if these animad-
versions touched only myself, feeling that I have rigidly and
energetically discharged the duty assigned me in a manner
which would meet, I think, the approbation of that strict dis-
ciplinarian. General Wool, by whom in Mexico I was formerly
taught that constant vigilance which should characterize a
soldier. Expecting also if I live to the close of the war to
return to my cherished pursuit of .science, the mere question
of popularity, much as I desire the approval of the good
.ind wise, would not affect me. But that the duty of guarding
the prisoners assigned to Indiana for safe-keeping sliould be
faithfully performed is a matter of State pride, and the dis-
cussion as to the best policy therewith connected is really a
national question. To permit escapes from the various camps
would indicate a want of strength in the State and nation,
and to render the confinement close and irksome would offer
stronger inducement for the prisoners to attempt an escape as
well as probably increase sickness and consequent expense.
"On the other hand, so to arrange and systematize as to
have strict discipline and order, yet to grant such privileges
as were consistent with safe-keeping and such comforts as
could be realized by a regular and authorized saving from
their rations without costing the government a dollar, seemed
(even if better treatment than they deserved, as some con-
tend) at least calculated to make them less restless in their
confineincnt and likely when they return to their homes to
spread among their friends and acquaintances the news that
they had been deceived regarding Xorthern men; that most
of them never entered on this war solely for the purpose of
depriving the South of her negroes as they had been led to
si'ppose. .Ml the above plans have been carried out. Through
the savings on rations there have been furnished tobacco,
stationery, stamps, wheelbarrows and tools for policing, scis-
sors for cutting hair, planks and nails for making bunks, lines
for airing clothes, leather for mending shoes, thread for
repairs, etc.; also additional vegetables, such as potatoes and
<inioiis, and some extra supplies of molasses."
[To be concluded with "Rules of Camp Morton."]
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Bell, (!. W. I!., Galesville. Ala
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S. A. CUXNTKGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Tenn.
This publication Is the personnl property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve ils principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
cooperate iu extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
COXCERXIXC REX Eli: IL 01' SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Arc you paid in advance? If not, did you receive a re-
minder that it is time to renew your subscriptions? If in
arrears and you have still overlooked the request, please medi-
tate upon some facts concerning the subject. About $200 and
a great deal of work were required to send that notice. If you
are worth a million or a hundred thousand dollars, you can
afford to be careless, for you will pay by and by; but while
that is presumed and you expect the Veteran to be continued
upon that presumption, there are ten others who are not worth
so much, and some who can't pay are taking advantage of
these conditions ; and when another $200 has been expended,
some of them will reply that they did not order it, and from
others notice will come that has been dead two years
or so, and no mention be made of what is due.
While these unfortunate conditions prevail, and it is ap-
parent to any friend if he will give attention, it would be
well to give this little matter attention, and do it now. In
remitting many who have plenty of money remit for one year,
although they may owe a good portion of the amount. If
they would remit for two years or more, it would save them
attention and save the office from resetting names, which in
the aggregate is a considerable expense.
Again, it would be such an easy thing to suggest to some
friend that he subscribe and send the amount for them.
Guarantee satisfaction in this, and the Veteran will make
good every complaint by returning the money if desired.
For a rich person to send one year by himself is like having
a buggy with a seat for one person. Such vehicles ought not
to be made. Don't misjudge the Veteran in this. Gratitude
is greater for the person who has but fifty cents than any
other class ; but don't be stingy with the Veteran, for it is
not stingy in any sense.
DIXIE HAS A KEXTL'CKy HOME.
Kentucky Secures Gratitude of the Entire South.
Kentucky has done the patriotic and liberal thing for the
Jefferson Davis Home Association by an appropriation of
$7,500, of which $800 goes to pay the remaining debt on the
property, $1,800 for a fence, and the balance to a monument
or memorial. This great commonwealth always reveres and
honors the memory of its sons. Her people claim Jefferson
Davis as one of the greatest men this country has ever pro-
duced, one who reflects luster and renown not only on the
State of his nativity, Kentucky, and on Mississippi, which was
so long his home, but upon the great republic for which he
fought and for the principles of which he made great sacrifice.
-The friends of the Confederate cause everywhere will re-
joice that his birth State makes this liberal appropriation, de-
claring to the ages yet to come her appreciation of Jefferson
Davis and his unselfish, courageous, and spotless life.
It now behooves all the people for whom and with whom
he suffered to show their appreciation of Kentucky by con-
tribution of funds which will make Fairview, Ky., one of the
fairest spots on the American continent.
COTTOX TAX SHOULD BE RETURXED.
Plea by Camp Gracie, Luverne, Ala.
The following paper was submitted by the Adjutant of
Camp Gracic, U. C. V., Luverne, Ala., and was adopted :
"Whereas the Federal government for three years succeeding
the War of the States levied and collected as a tax from the
cotton raisers of the South the sum of three dollars per bale,
aggregating over sixty millions of dollars; and whereas the
collection of this cotton tax from the cotton raisers of the
South was by the Supreme Court of the United States de-
clared unconstitutional and illegal ; and whereas the Federal
government has failed to pay back this illegally collected tax
to the individuals from whom it was collected ; therefore be it
"Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the county
newspapers, in the Confeder.\te Veteran, and copies be sent
to our United States Senators, Johnston and Bankhead, and
to each of the Congressman from Alabama, with a most re-
spectful petition that they bring this matter before Congress
to the end that legislation may be enacted to donate the amount
of said cotton tax to the Confederate veterans and their
widows of the South, and thus relieve the Southern States
from the expense of pensioning and maintaining them."
The paper was signed by J. L. Hawkins, Commander; G.
N. Buchanan, Adjutant.
THE SONS AND THE VETERANS.
BY LLOYD T. EVERETT, WASHiNGTONj D. C.
I note with interest your remarks in the March Veteran
of the possible merging of the Veterans and the Sons. I ex-
pect to read the article for discussion at the March meeting of
our Camp of Sons in Washington, D. C. The Veterans in
Washington have the matter up now. I think the Sons will
generally agree with my ideas : That it is a matter for the
Veterans to decide whether to merge and so institute a con-
tinuing body or maintain their own separate body with close
and friendly relations indeed with the Sons, but remaining
within their own hallowed circle of old-time comradeship
into which no others can from the nature of things ever
intrude. The Veterans have a twofold object: to guard the
shrine of history and to perpetuate wartime friendships ; the
Sons' chi^ef object, to help in seeing to correct history.
Several of us Sons expressed ourselves in accordance with
the above to the Veterans recently when invited to be present
with them and express our views on the subject.
THE FINEST REUNION FOLDER YET.
The Groat Southern Railway System, the "Premier Carrier
of the South," pays fine tribute to the Confederate organiza-
tions and to the city of Macon, Ga., in its Reunion folder for
1912. The booklet is five inches wide, ten inches long, has
twenty-two pages, printed on fine, coated paper, with a map,
nine and a half inches by twelve and a half inches, of the many
States over which its lines extend, including the Mobile &
Oliio, and backed by a fine map of the city of Macon. Its
magnificent engravings include on the covers bust pictures
of Lee and Jackson, and on some of the inner pages General
Lee on Traveler, the Capitol of Georgia, the United States
government building at Macon, the Wesleyan Female Col-
lege, and many other buildings, one of which is the City
Auditorium, where the Reunion will be held.
Send a two-cent stamp to Mr. C. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A.
Southern Railway, Chattanooga, Tenn., for a copy of this
folder and get acquainted with Macon before you go there.
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ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Treasurer's Report for Month Ending January 31, 1912
Mrs. Drury Conway Lutllow, Washington, I). C, sale of
seals, $6.
The Confederate Choir, Washington, D. C, sale of seals.
$100.
Mrs. Jolin W. Tcncli. Director for Florida. $30.25. Con-
tributed by J. J. 1-ink-y Chapter, Xo. 685, U. D. C. Gaines-
ville, Fla.
Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer, Director for Maryland, $5405. Con-
tributed by Mr. Matthew Page .Xndrews, $10: Miss Georgic
r.riglu, $29.05; Mr. Rufus K. Goodenow. $5; Mrs. Samuel T.
I'.rown, $10.
Mrs. John J. Crawford, Director for Xcw York. $150. Con-
tributed by Xcw York Cl;apter, Xo. 103. U. D. C. Xew Yjirk.
Mrs. J. B. Dil)rell. Director for Texas, $72. Contributed by
>[rs. Mollie R. MacGill Rosenberg, Galveston. Tex., $2; Mary
West Chapter, Xo, 26, U. D. C, Waco. Tex., $25: Joseph
Wheeler Chapter, No. 243, U. D. C, Sulphur Springs, Tex.,
$5; Afary .Mice Bryan, Houston, Te.x., $5; Hood's Texas
lirigade, Houston, Tex., $5; W. P. Rogers Chapter, Xo. 44.
V. D. C, Victoria, Tex., $10; Lamar Fontaine Chapter. Xo.
38, U. D. C, Alvin, Tex., $10; Julia Jackson Chapter, No. 141.
ij. D. C, Fort Worth. Tex., $10.
Stephen H. Dardcn Chapter, Xo. 1021, U. D. C. Fl Campo,
Tex.. $1.20.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia. $18. Con-
tributed by Craig Chapter, Xo. 1296, I'. D, C, Xewcastle, Va.,
$2.25; W. M. Terry Chapter. Xo. 580. U. D. C, Bedford City,
Va., $9: Bristol Chapter. Xo. — , U. D. C. Bristol, Va., $5.75;
sale of calendar, $1.
Mrs. Walter C. Pullock, Director for West Virginia, $69.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy, by Mrs. C. B.
Tate, Treasurer-General, $400.
Col. W. C. Gorgas. L'. S. A., .\ncon. Canal Zone, $2.
Interest credited on deposits. $182.38.
Receipts for the month, $1,084.88.
Balance on hand January I, 7912. $16,999.20.
Total to be accounted for, $18,084.08.
Ainerican Surety Company, premium on Treasurer's bond.
$62.50.
Balance on hand h'cljruary T, 1912, $18,021.58.
Treasurer's Report for Month Fnoing Ferruary 29, 1912.
Mrs. C. W. Boles, Director for Arkansas. $8. Contributed
by W. C. Sloan Chapter, Xo. 871, U. D. C, Imbodcn. Ark.,
$1.50; Mildred Lee Chapter. Xo. 98. U. D. C. Fayetteville,
Ark., $4; D. O. Dodd Chapter. Xo. 212, U. D. C. Pine Bluff,
Ark.. $2.50.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida. $30.75. Con
tributed by Mildred Lee Chapter. C. of C, Gainesville, Fla.,
$11.50: Dickson Chapter, No. 56, U. D. C, Ocala, Fla., $3;
General Loring Chapter, C. of C, St. Augustine, Fla., $3;
Apalachicola Chapter, No. 826. U. D. C, .Apalachicola, Fla..
$3; John B. Gordon Chapter, Xo. 1088, V. D. C, Muskogee,
Fla., $5.25; Marianna Chapter, C. of C, ^L^rianna, Fla.. $5.
Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer. Director for Maryland. $210. Con-
tributed by Baltimore Chapter, No. 8, I'. D. C, Baltimore.
Md., $160; a friend, through Miss Annie R. Jackson, $50.
Mrs. J. B. Gantt, Director for Missouri, $10. Contributed
by John Owen Chapter, Xo. 963, U. D. C, Monroe City, Mo.
Mrs. Thomas W. Keitt, Director for South Carolina, $69.93.
Contributed by School. St. Matthews. S. C. $5: Edgefield
Chapter. No. 1018, U. D. C, Edgefield, S. C, $5: Butler
4*
Guards Chapter, C. of C, $6.80; Crafts School, Charleston,
S. C, $12.98; Second Grade School, Bcnnettsville, S. C, $1.90;
Miss Ora L Smith, $5 : Mr. W. G. Hinson, $5 : Moflfatt-Grier
Chapter, Xo. 610, U. D. C, Due West, S. C, $15; John
Hames Chapter, No. 493, U. D. C, Jonesville, S. C, $5 ; Wil-
liamsburg Chapter No. 1065, L^ D. C., Kingstree, S. C, $1.50;
Stephen Elliott Chapter, No. 1349, U. D. C, Beaufort, S. C,
$1.75: Marion Chapter, No. 38, U. D. C, Marion, S. C, $5.
Mrs. J. W. Clapp, Director for Tennessee. $31.50. Con-
tributed by Knoxville Chapter, No. 89, \J. D. C. Knoxvillc,
Tenn.. $10; R. E. Lee Chapter, No. 924, U. D. C, Puryear.
Tcnn.. $10; H. B. Holland Chapter. No. 1243. XJ. D. C. Jack-
son. Tenn., $2; John Lauderdale Chapter, Xo. 356. U. D. C.
Dyersburg, Tenn., $2.50: ZollicofTer-Fulton Chapter. Xo. 16,
V. D. C, Fayetteville, Tenn., $2; Louise Bedford Chapter.
Xo. 642. U. D. C, Colliersville, Tenn,, $5.
Mrs. ThoiTias S. Bocock. Director for Virginia, $121. Con-
tributed by Portsmouth Chapter, No. 30, V. D. C, Ports-
mouth, Va., $100; William R. Terry Chapter, No. 580, U. D.
C. Bedford City. Va.. $1 ; Jeflf Davis Chapter, No. 1072, V.
D. C. Accomac. Va., $10; Craig Chapter. Xo. 1296, V. D. C,
Xewcastle, Va., $10.
Mrs. Marie Burrows Sayre, Director for Washington.
$31.10. Contributed by Mildred Lee Chapter, No. 967, XJ. D.
C, Spokane, Wash.. $2.50; sale of seals. $28.60.
Mrs. Walter C. Pollock, Director for West Virginia, $35.
Contributed by Huntington Chapter, No. 151. U. D. C,
I luntington, W. Va.
Receipts for the month, $547.28.
Balance on hand February I, 1912, $18,021.58.
Total to be accounted for. $18,568.86.
Balance on hand March i. 1912, $18,568.86.
Wallace Sireater. Treasurer.
THE SHILOU MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. .McKinnev. Treasurer, from
February 7 to March 7. 1912.
Alabama: Charles Canty Chapter. $2.
Arkansas: Joe Wheeler Chapter. Dardanellc. $5: Margaret
Rose Chapter, Little Rock. $5: Menmrial Chapter, Little
Rock. $5,
California: California Division, U. D. C. $10; .-K. S. John-
ston Chapter. No. 79 (given by Mrs. C. C. Clay). San Fran-
cisco. $50.
Georgia, Dixie Chapter. Fatonlnn, $2.50.
Kentucky- Post cards sold by Mrs. McKinney. $1.25.
Maryland : Baltimore Chapter, No. 8, $50.
Mexico: Col. George Wythe Baylor (personalf. Guadala-
jara, 50 cents.
Oklahoma : Thomas Wills Chapter, .Sapulpa, $5.
Tennessee: Hattie B. Holland Chapter, Jackson, $10; John
Sutherland Chapter, Ripley, $5: Mrs. J. L. DeVinney (per-
sonal). Ripley. $1; Mrs. J. M. Taylor (personal), in memory
of Judge J. M. Taylor, Lexington. $25 : Col. W. C. Gorgas
(personal). Ancon. Canal Zone. $2.
Washington : Dixie Chapter. Tacoma, $2.
Interest : $4.72.
Total collections since February 7. $185.97
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report. $13,146.57.
Total collections to date. $13,332.54.
Less expense for Shiloh Edition Xewton Enterprise, $29.30
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $13,303.24.
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(^o[)fed^^a<(^ l/eterai).
IR.-IXK LEAKE CAME .\E.IR bElSU BURIED.
BV P. H. WRIGHT, SR.. ONFORI", MISS.
[Mr. William Hume, of Teiinc-^scc, while visiting ;it Ox-
ford, Miss., during the Christmas holidays saw a feeble man
helping a blind one. Interested in his .comrades, he became
acquainted with them and was furnished the following story
that the man now blind had written.)
In 1862 I was with Bragg's army, Wallhall's Brigade, 34th
Mississippi Regiment. \Vc marched from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
to Perryville, Ky., before having an engagement with the
enemy. We were attacked about one mile west of Perryville
on October 9. The morning after the battle I was ordered
as sergeant to take charge of a detail of men and report to
our brigade surgeon. Dr. Devine, who was surgeon of the
field hospital, located in the McDowell house— the family
having gotten out when the battle began, .\bout two hundred
wounded soldiers of the gray and blue were in this hospital.
The second day after the battle Bragg's army started into
Tennessee, and we were left in the hands of the enemy. I
preferred to go with the army, but the division surgeon said
that if I left I would be treated as a deserter.
We were pa.roIed by the Yankee officers, and I was ordered
to conduct the hospital on the same lines that I had been
until the wounded were able to be carried to the railroad and
sent to Vicksburg for exchange. In a few days I walked to
Harrodsburg, Ky.. a distance of seven miles, to see Col. Sam-
uel Benton, of Holly Springs, of the .■54th Mississippi Regi-
ment, who, with other wounded, had been carried there.
After greetings, his first question was, ''How is Frank Leake? "
stating that Leake's father was a particular friend of his
and, by the way, one of the wealthiest men in Tippah County
The Colonel asked me as a favor to him to look after Frank.
;i boy of seventeen, and see that be had attention. This I did
after returning to the hospital. He w;is among the severely
wounded, with little hope for his recovery.
.\fter six weeks we left the hospital. Those who could
w.ilked and those who couldn't were carried in wagons to the
railroad, a distance of eighteen miles.
I did not saw Leake again until we reached Cairo, 111. He-
was delirious; in fact, he had never been entirely conscious
since wounded. He was placed in a ward with some others
that needed constant attention, and two Catholic Sisters of
Charity did all they could for them. I called to see him daily.
l"inally we were ordered to board a steamboat for Vicksburg.
1 went in to make my last call to see I-'r.nik. ami was told by
the sisters that he was dying, and" I thought he bre.athed his
last while I was in the room.
When I reached my command in Tennessee, one of Frank's
company asked about him. and I told him of the boy's wounds
and that he died the day I left Cairo. 'I'his man asked me tr.
write to his sister and tell her- of his death and the attention
he received. This I did, giving the best account I could of
his service as a soldier and of his treatment in the hospital.
-After a lapse of forty-two years, here in Oxford one day
I was introduced to a Mr. Leake. I said: "I knew a Leake
in the 34th Mississippi Regiment." He said: "'1 hat was my
regiment." I remarked that it was Frank Leake whom I knew,
and he replied: "My name is Frank Leake." "But." I an-
swered, "I saw Frank Leake die." He said: "1 did die, and
was carried to the grave to be buried ; but the Y.'inkees told
nic th;it I showed signs of life, and they carried nie b:ick to
the hospital." He soon convinced nic lh:il hr really w:is the
l''rank Leake whom I thought dead.
Mr. Leake told me that his sister had had my letter an-
nouncing his death to her published in a Ripley newspaper as
his "obituarv."
UNCLE SAM ERECTS COXPEUERAI E SIIAI-T.
The South and the North met on October 22 in Union Ceme-
tery, Kansas City, to unveil a granite shaft erected by the gov-
ernment through the solicitations of the local United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy and William P. Borland to perpetuate
the memory of the fifteen Confederate soldiers who died in
L'nion prisons in Kansas City. Veterans of the Confederate
and Union armies shook hands and looked with kindly eyes
and talked over old war times and the battle of Westport.
whose forty-seventh anniversary fell on the day before.
The shaft, which bears a bronze tablet on which are en-
graved the fifteen names of the Confederate soldiers, is a tall
obelisk of gray granite and stands on a conspicuous knoll.
MUS. .1011 X VV. BLACK.
It was unveiled by Mrs. John \V. Black, a member of the local
Robert E. Lee Chapter. U. D. C, assisted by Miss Gladys
Shelby, granddaughter of Gen. Jo Shelby. Mrs. Black said:
"My Friends. Daui^hlcrs. and i'cterans: It is with pride and
a full sense of my resiionsibility and in the spirit of humble
obedience to those who appointed me as a representative of the
Daughters of the Confederacy that I make a few closing re-
marks. The splendid speeches of Kansas City's representative
orators have already told you the object and meaning of our
presence here. As representatives of the Daughters of the Con-
C^opfederat^ l/eterai),
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fcdcracy we hereby unveil and dedicate to posterity this beauti-
ful monunient. which stands as a symbol of that truth and ear-
nestness for which our ancestors rendered up their lives."
MISS CLATIYS SHELBY.
Gen. John B. Stone paid an eloquent tribute to the soldiers
who were thus honored in giving their lives to the cause of
their Southland.
H. B. Kelly replied for the L'nion soldiers and complinienled
a government so broad and democratic that it would erect
monuments to its defeated enemies. Representative Borland
eulogized the lives of the soldiers who were being honored,
and talked of the life and work of Gen. Jo Shelby. Battery
B fired a salute of twenty-one guns.
The names of the soldiers on the tablet are: Jacob W.
niankenship, Company A, Love's Missouri Regiment; .\bram
W. Rlythe, Company .\, Smith's Arkansas Regiment: Alexan-
der Gates, Company L. Love's Missouri Regiment : Josejih G.
Hopkins, Company G, Nichols's Missouri Regiment: William
K. McConnell, Company IT, ItcGeehee's .Arkansas Regiment ;
Andrew S. Medley, Company L Green's Missouri Regiment ;
Francis Mitchell, Missouri regiment ; Daniel F. Pitts, of
Arkansas: Alexander Rogers, Xichols's Missouri Regiment:
Jefferson Self, Colem.m's Missouri Regiment; Josiah Smith,
Company E, Nichols's Missouri Regiment: Walter Smother-
man, Company U, McGeehec's .\rkansas Regiment; Seward
Taylor, Company C, McGeehee's Arkansas Regiment: John
.\. Turner. Company E, Wood's Battalion, Missouri Cav.ilry;
Charles Yarborongh, Company C, Nichol's Missouri Regiment.
RE OX CL'.IRD I.\ REUMOX CROU OS.
M the Little Rock Reunion just as a number of us bad got-
ten off the train, and as we passed along by the door of one
of the shops, a man very blandly stepped in front of us and
invited us to go in and rest. Soon after being .seated (there
were three or four of us, one being an old lady), he .said.
"I want to show you that you have been doing all your read-
ing through one eye." He then asked us to let him see our
glasses. He had one of his frames already prepared, and
said, "^'ou can't see out nf yonr left eye," as he put his glass
to the left eye. After a good, long palaver, he said: "1 have
a good glass here; and as yon are an old soldier. I will sell
you these glasses at $10, which is only cost, and I will guaran-
tee them for five years." When I saw his game, I told him I
would not buy his glasses at any price, and, more than that,
I would send a policeman to lest his glasses. In the mean-
tniic he had put my glasses on the table behind me; and when
1 c;illed for them, he had taken the glasses out of mv frame
and put in some cheap lenses instead, but I did not discover this
umd I had left the city. I had the pleasure of seeing two of
this clan arrested.
One old soldier told me he had his pocketbook, with all
his nione.v, his watch, and his tickets, stolen on the street
during the parade in daytime.
Cm't something be done to stop these outrages in the
future? Let every old soldier be on guard. Will not the au-
ihornics place honest policemen without uniforms on guard'
I ETER.-iXS TO HELP THE U. D. C. IX If.tSHfXGTOX.
Camp Xo. 171, L'nited Confederate Veterans, of Wash-
niglon, D. C, has published resolutions concerning the next
Convention of the United Daughters to be held in the na-
iional capital, in which it is stated:
•Whereas we hail the coming of the Convention to Wash-
m.glon ami look forward to it with much pleasure and antici-
pate that it will be of great benefit to the cause which it rep-
resents: therefore be it
"Resolved: I. That Camp 171. United Confederate Veterans
of the District of Columbia, tender their heartiest and warm-
est support to the Daughters of this District in their labors
m preparing to entertain that great Convention.
•2. That we respectfully ask for the Daughters of the Dis-
trict of Columbia the sympathy and aid of all of the good
people of Washington in furthering their efforts to entertain
properly the Convention, which will include at least a thou-
sand of the leading women of the South."
The Camp also by resolutions paid high tribute to its recent
Commander. Maj. Holmes Conrad, who is in impaired health.
THE PORTRAIT.
IIV LEILA BOSWORTH WILSOiN.
.\cross my desk's mahogany
The gallant Colonel's smile serene
Upon me falls; in other days
It shone on other hearts, I ween.
I-"or he was gay and glad and young:
A woman's hand, so sm.all and soft,
Caressed those dark, thick locks upon
That proud and Southern brow full oft.
Beneath that brow so white and broad,
What dreams of life and hope were there !
Time stretched a golden paradise —
Ah dreams so fond, so fair!
Within that uniform's gray folds
One hand is thrust in careless pose :
Beneath the hand a Southern heart.
Oppressed with Sotithern woes.
Long dead the Colonel, dead the cause:
A Soiitlurn woman — sijl] \ see
The uniform of Southern gray
Across my desk's mahogany.
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^oofederat^ l/eterai).
M.^CO\^S WELCOME.
IMtOW.N M MILLIN.
Brave men in gray, who battled for the cause
Yon thonght but just, and braved the bclcliing fire
Of cannon's throat, and made your creeds and laws
For wife and home and principle's desire,
A city fair, with ontstretchcd arms, awaits
Yonr presence and the honor to but give
Of what she has within her wide-flung gates
To snch of you as on this May day live.
Her drums aw;iit yonr signal but to roll
A welcome to your footsteps in her mart :
Her arms, outstretched, are aching tiv enfold
The tattered gray and aged forms to heart ;
Her flags arc furled but soon to be unfurled
And fly to winds of May as you march in.
Heroes of earth and nobles of the world.
March in her gates from world's vain strife and dm.
While Macon stands with head prepared to bow
At your approach' in reverence and love.
The thousands stand beside her streets and vow
Eternal love as on the columns move.
Rrave inen in gray, undaunted by the waste
Of time and age and swiftly passing years.
Come to her heart, in sacrifice made chaste —
She welcomes von nor witli tears, but cheers.
COMPAKV P. FIRST FLORID.! IXFAXTRV.
BY JOHX R. BLOCKER, ONI.Y (?) .SVltVIVOR.
In tlic fall of iSCk) a company was organized in Tallahassee
as much for its social as for its military features. We would
iTieet in the courthouse on Thursday night and talk and plan
for the future. Then came reports of uneasiness in the govern-
ment on account of the Republicans electing a President, and
much war talk was indulged in. Our company voted itself
the name of Lion Artillery, and intended to do big things.
When Florida passed an ordinance of secession, the captain
of the Lion Artillery called a meeting of the company. Every
member was present and voted to offer our services to the
Governor. We were accepted. Events transpired rapidly, and
the company was ordered to Pcnsacola. We were anxious to
go to the front. We were afraid the war would be over before
we could get there. We marched to Chattahoochee and took
steamer from there to Columbus. Ga., where we went into
camp with other Florida companies and organized the isl
Florida Infantry, with our company as D.
When we were getting ready to leave Tallahassee, the cap-
tain called for volunteers to recruit our company, which at
that time consisted of only about sixty, all Tallahassee boys.
young, healthy, and many of them wealthy; so when the regi-
ment was organized we had the following commissioned of-
ficers: Captain, R. E. Hilton: lieutenants, Walter Gwynn,
W. G. Poole, and Julm W. Nash, with R. A. Meagher as
orderly sergeant. One of the privates, A. C. Croom. died at
Ocala February 7. 1912, quite suddenly. He was serving
the third time as Comptroller of the State.
At this writing I am the only survivor as far as I know
of Company D, ist Regiment Florida Infantry. This com-
pany had soiTie men on its roll who became illustrious : W. D.
Bloxham, twice Governor of Florida; J. D. Wescott, judge
of the United States court; E. Brevard, a noted physician;
George M. Edgar, Principal of West Florida Seminary for
several years ; G. Troup Maxwell, eminent physician ; R. B.
Hilton, captain, who was elected to the Confederate Congress.
If there are any others living who belonged to Company D,
1st Florida Regiment, I would be very glad to hear from them.
brown ii millin.
Publicity Director of Confeder.vte Reunion, M.\con, G.\.
Mr. McMillin was educated at the University of the South,
where he pursued his studied both in the Academic and Law
Departments. Upon leaving college lie joined the repor-
torial staff of the old Nashville American. After continuing
with this paper for over a year in various capacities of reporter
and as sporting editor, he went to Louisville, where he was
sporting editor of the Louisville Times, the evening edition of
the Courier-Journal. He later accepted a position with the
.Memphis News-Scimitar as news editor, leaving there to be-
come legislative writer on the Tennessean-American. He
later became city editor of the Knoxville World, and at the
organization of the Nashville Democrat was made dramatic
critic and political reporter upon that paper. Together with
E. H. Hyman, Secretary of the Reunion, he has been doing
the publicity work for the event in May since January.
Mr. McMillin is the son of Hon. Benton McMillin, a former
Governor, and congressman from Tennessee for twenty years,
a grandson of Maj. Gen. John C. Brown, who was Governor of
Tennessee. He was recorder and later president of the Texas
and Pacific Railroad Company and president of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Young McMillin is also
a great-nephew of Neil S. Brown, a former Governor of Ten-
nessee. His grandmother, Mrs. John C. Brown, was the second
President General of the L^nited Daughters of the Confederacy.
From Col. W.m.ter A. H.\rris, Gener.\l Ch.\irm.\n.
The Reunion Committee and all Macon feel honored that
the Memorial Women of the Confederacy will meet in our
city with the Veterans in May. I assure j'OU we will do all
that we can to make your stay pleasant and to show our high
appreciation of the privilege of having you with us. I ap-
pointed as Chairman of the Committee on Confederated South-
ern Memorial Association Mrs. T. C. Parker, who is much
interested and upon whom I can surely rely.
Qopfederat^ l/eterai).
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VERMONTER RETURNS KIXDNESS IN VIRGINIA.
[Miss Grace O. Giddings, whose father, Lewis Giddings,
served in Company G, 13th Vermont Volunteers, in the sixties,
sends in extracts from the history of her father's regiment
an interesting story of Carmi L. Marsh, who "was a suhscriber
to tlie Veteran until his dcatli." wliirli occurred on Decem-
ber 28, igic]
On tin- Dunifrics Raid, of the many who became ill w'as
Lieutenant Marsh. He had pneumonia; and when the com-
mand moved, he marched a dozen miles. A relapse occurred
and meningitis followed, which made his case so serious that
his parents were wired for. They procured his admission to
the home of a Mrs. Wilcoxon, who did all she could for the
sick officer and his parents. They remained with her until
the following Marcli, when tlicy left for Vermont with their
emaciated son, reduced to seventy-five pounds in weight.
Mrs. Wilcoxon was a widow about forty-five years of age.
During the stay of Lieutenant Marsh and his parents at her
home Mosby's men learned of his presence, and would have
t;d<en him in charge but for her pleading. This was told
Lieutenant Marsh years after by one of Mosby's men.
There being no communication between Vermont and that
part of Virginia, no correspondence between the invalid soldier
.iiul his benefactors ensued during the war nor for many
>e,ns .after. Beiiv in Washington City in 1898, and still re-
membering with gratitude the kindness of Mrs. Wilcoxon.
Lieutenant ^Tarsh went in quest of her or to learn her fate.
.•\ftcr several days' search, he learned that she had married
;ig;iin a Mr. .Selecnian, and was living near Manassas, Va. He
went there and foimd her. .-Vfter the changes developing from
forty-live to eighty years, ho cimld not at once recognize her,
and she didn't know him, but the conversation soon assured
each as to the identity of the other.
.Ascertaining that she was in needy circumstances, he gave
lier I'l'-'uey, and he had visited her every year since. He took
his wife, daughter, and granddaughter to see her, and he soul
her a clicck quarterly. In .Tidy, 1902, she became ill and ex-
])resscd a desire to see him. He went to her at once, .'uid a
week later she died. He paid the expenses incident to her
illness and funeral. He was ever grateful in being able to
make her last years comfortable.
l.cl us ;ill demur to the oft-repeated comment that the
bitterness of the war is eliminated. Such a statement is mis-
leadin,g. It was not personal then, while the principles in-
volved arc just as stubborn now as they were then, and they
are the more clearly jiistilied as the truth of history develops.
COX FEDERATE GRAY UNIFORM.
[From the Roanoke (Va.) News.]
Again we have indignant lu-otests against the reported pur-
pose of the Tennessee authorities to adopt Confederate gray
as the uniform for the penitentiary convicts. We think it
very unlikely that the report is true.
In the first place, it is very hard to define wliat is Confed-
erate gray. .\t the beginning of the War of the States the
Confederate soldiers and officers wore cadet gray, the same
that is used at West Point, a kind of dark silver shade. Really,
it was the most attractive and becoming uniform in the world —
finer even than the British scarlet and -much better adapted
for the purposes of war. Most of the first soldiers of the
Confederacy were stalwart young country men, with broad
shoulders, trim waists, and deep chests; and when a regiment
or brigade of them in their gray uniforms were drawn up in
line, they made probably the handsomest array of lighting and
elficient men ever gathered on earth.
Toward the last the Confederate soldiers wore anything
they could get to cover them, whatever they could buy or pick
up or capture from the enemy. Probably the clothing in most
general use in the ranks was butternut homespun dyed at
home with butternut or walnut shells.
We surmise that the gray it is proposed to adopt for the
Tennessee convicts is the very coarse, rough, light gray, long
used in the English prisons and marked with the broad arrow-
indicating that the wearer is the property of the government.
Aside from other considerations and very sacred associa-
tions, the expense alone would prevent the Tennessee officials
from using the real Confederate or cadet gray as a garb for
convicts. It is a costly and fine fabric, usually, we believe.
made especially to order.
CEMETERY AT ROCK ISLAND. ILL.
.1. H. SCHENCK. 1705 IjTH STREET, MOI.INE. ILL., TO GEN.
C. I. WALKER.
Dear General U'alk-er: You no doubt will be surprised
to get a letter from nic. I have for a long time wanted
'o write you, and now I have at last got to it. I was born in
Moline, and have lived here ever since. Rock Island arsenal
is just across a little river, and many times have I been on the
"Island." as it is called, seen the "sights," and visited the
Xational Cemetery and the Confederate Cemetery.
Last summer I made a trip through the South ; and when
1 looked at the Confeder.ate Cemetery, where fully two thou-
sand men of the South rest, it made me feel sad. There is
nothing to indicate what that large white field is — no gateway,
no trees (other than a few in the background), and no words.
There are only two on the four corners of the old iron chain
,-. round the cemetery yard: "Rebel Cemetery." It is for
trying to have this changed and have it really look like a
cemetery that I write this letter to you. Surely these two
thousand loved ones of the South should be left in peace.
The Governor may be asked to beautify the resting ground
or probably it can be done by subscription. If so, you can
put ine down for two dollars. I am a young man employed in
the factories here as blacksmith. Will you take it up. or shall
I. and how?
In sending the foregoing to the X'etera.v General Walker
writes : "It strikes me that the suggestion inclosed arises from
a high and noble motive and springs from a big heart."
A Federal soldier of Geddes, S. D., has a Bible which was
found upon the body of a Confederate soldier on the Look-
out Mountain battle field in the sixties. It will be returned
to the owner, Hattie Hamlin, if she can be found.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Sentinel has received a communica-
tion in regard to it. The writer. Rev. W. A. Greene, of
Geddes, S. D., states: "A small Bible taken from the knap-
sack of a dead Confederate soldier on the battle field of
Lookout Mountain, having name of Hattie Hamlin on the
frontispiece, can be returned to her if she can be found."
An interesting Veteran subscriber of Houston, Tex., sends
three subscriptions with the following cordial note; "One of
these subscribers is the son of a gentleman with whom I
soldiered during the war; and when he was in my office this
morning, I happened to think of you and the Confederate
Veteran. At the same time I called up my sons and told
them they had to quit reading my Confederate Veteran and
subscribe for it themselves, and this is why I am sending it."
'5«
C^opfederat^ Uetera^.
BLUE WITH GRAY TO MJXGLE AT REUXIOX.
Recently 1 had a talk with a hard-headed, stout-hearted old
Yankee soldier who spent four years gunning for Johnny
Reb, during which his flesh was torn by three of Johnny's
bullets. In time we drifted to war-time music, talked about
the popular songs born of the big family row, "Rally Round
llic riag," "Marching Through Georgia," "The Battle Hynui
of the Republic" — by all odds the grandest one in the lot — "The
Battle Cry of Freedom," etc. ; and then of "The Star-Spanglcd
Banner." ".America," and "Yankee Doodle."
-My Yankee friend waxed enthusiastic as we recalled and
hunniicd the old favorites, declared that they had had a large
part in bringing success to the Union cause, and remembered
occasions when it was patriotic music alone that keyed him
up lo go into a fight with Johnny — the old man chose to call
the Confederates "Johnny."
.Suddtnly he stopped talking and dropped his face into his
big, brown hands, where it remained so long that I said ; "It"s
all right, Tom. Thoughts of the old songs as we used to sing
I hem when boys on the march and in camp arc a bit too much
for me, too, at times, and a few unbidden tears have helped to
clear the atmosphere. Go on and have a good cry."
"Get out ! That is not what made a baby of me. I was
thinking of the old Johnnies — and their war songs."
".Anything tearful about such thoughts, Tom?"
"Probably not for flint-hearted old bowlders like you, but
it was too much for me at this lime."
Tom lost a brother in battle. For twenty years after the
w^ar he was very bitter against the South and its army. Now
hear him. '
"Yes, I was bitter. It was natural. Billy w-as my twin
brother, it lore me to pieces to see him killed. We were
young, mere beys. But things have changed. Billy died for
the best of causes. I revere Billy's memory and rejoice that
he was willing to die for the flag and the Union.
"Do yon mind what a good time we had a short time ago
talking about our songs of war times? Well, now, did you
ever stop to reflect that Johnny and the rest of his tribe in
gray had the same love for their war songs — for 'Dixie,'
"Maryland, My Maryland,' and the 'Bonnie Blue Flag?'"
Then the old fellow's face again sought his hands. I said :
"Old Softy, what is the matter? What are you working up to?"
"Johnny, like us, is an old man. His soldiership was as
heroic as was that of our fellows. He looks back to those
brave old days very much as the boys in blue do, with the
exception that at the end of the four years of hard campaign-
ing he had to go home under the cloud of defeat and often to
a home of abject want. We missed these. We came home as
victors, in the main to homes of plenty, with the doors of
opportunity swung wide open to us. They, in the main, had to
make opportunity under great difficulty. All these years most
of them have had a constant fight on hand to keep the wolf
from the door, and it has been an honest, manly, brave fight.
They haven't had the help of such pensions as our boys have
had. Their States have given them, or some of them, a small
pension in case of loss of limb or health. Old chum, those old
boys in gray have made a heroic fight ever since 1865."
"But, Tom, what made you shed those tears?"
"Keep still, you stone image. Did you ever have something
get into your throat when you heard the school children sing
'The Star-Spangled Banner' or 'America' and saw Old Glory
waving from the flagpole? Fve cried more than once at such
a demonstration just before memorial day, and so have you.
I have the same choking sensation nearly every time a band or
an orchestra plays Johnny's favorites. Why? Because 1 know
how well Johnny and his comrades enjoy them, and because
they are as good Americans as wi are.
"I have a lot of sympathy for ilie old Confederates. 1 ad-
mire them for their soldiership and for iheir courageous bat-
tles ever since ihe war. 1 want them to have all the comfort,
pleasure, and happiness possible during their remaining years.
I am touched to the heart whenever I think of their life
struggles, their days of want, their good citizenship, their
worth as men. I like the South and her people."
The chief object I have in quoting Tom's talk is to say lliat
I believe he has spoken about the veterans of the Southern
army very much as most of the survivors of the Northern
army feel. Next year for four days, on the Gettysburg licld.
thousands of men of both old armies will meet in the most
memorable soldier reunion ever held. You w'ill not watch in
vain there for an abundant show of the kindly feeling Conirarlr
Tom gave expression to. It will be a meeting of brolhcr.s
tried as by fire. — /. A. Watrous, Lieutcncint Colonel V. S. A.
(Retired), in Chicago Record-Herald.
As the Cromvvellians added luster to the pages of Euglisli
history, so will our children in the future read with prouil
and swelling hearts, sans rcfrochc, the lustrous pages of iIk-
great American conflict, telling the thrilling story of the
mighty hosts who rallied to their standards.
With these sentiments at heart I enclose a clipping from to-
day's Chicago Record-Herald, thinking it might please you and
touch your heart as it has mine. It breathes the same lofty
spirit w'hich impels your action to erect at Indianapolis a
memorial to Col. Richard Owen, of the Union army.
"Let the bitter past be buried from sight
-As our comrades, so noble, brave, and true,
-Are buried on fields where they made the brave fight.
Keeping their virtues alone in view —
The chivalrous gray and generous blue."
Sincerely yours in the bonds of peace and good will.
I\I.\TTHE«' H. Peters.
[The author, Matthew H. Peters, is Past Commander of
Williams Post, No. 25, G. A. R., at Watseka, 111. He was a
private in Company E, i6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, captain
and inajor 74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and colo
ncl gth Battalion Illinois National Guards.]
SANG '•DIXIE" AS HER HOME BURNED.
[Extracts from the Greenbrier (W. Va.) Independent.]
The stirring war song of the Southland never had more
dramatic rendition than on one inidsummer day in 1864, when
it rang in vibrant tones from the throat of a young girl in
Shepherdstown, W. Va., as Union raiders were burning the
house over her head, a house that had been one of stately old-
fashioned mansions of the valley, built of the solid limestone
rock to endure for ages. The house was that of Alexander
R. Boteler, Fountain Rock, near the Potomac River, in Shep-
herdstown.
On the afternoon of July 19, 1864, Colonel Boteler's home
was burned by order of Captain Martindale, of the ist New
York Veteran Cavalry.
Fountain Rock, named after a beautiful spring on the prem-
ises, was originally a tavern. When it was built is not known.
Dr. Henry Boteler purchased it in the early part of the last
century and enlarged it. Colonel Boteler, who owned it at
the time of its destruction, served on Gen. Thomas J. (Stone-
Qoi>federat^ l/eterai).
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wall I Jackson's statY in tlic early pari o£ llic war. Later he
was a member of the Confederate Congress. Two daughters
of Colonel Boteler survive— Mrs. Henry A. Didier, 13 Read
Street, Baltimore, and Mrs. Dudley D. Pendleton, of Pittsburg.
It was Mrs. Pendleton who as a young girl sang and played
"Dixie" under these dramatic circumstances.
When news of the intended destruction of the Boteler home
came to Shepherdstown, neighbors and servants removed all
the furniture, including the piano, to the tree-shaded lawn,
hoping that the destruction of the house alone would be suf-
ficient to appease the stern commander of the Department of
West Virginia.
When the raiding party arrived at the doomed homestead,
ibe servants were ordered to carry back every article that had
lieen removed before the torch was applied. Among those
articles was the old piano, the favorite instrument of the
young daughter of Boteler. She had eluded notice, and the
thrilled crowd of obedient raiders and awed spectators heard
tlie familiar strains of "Dixie" as the smoke rose above the
home of Colonel Boteler. The song was interrupted by the
raiders, who were impressed by the danger of the young girl,
and with rude kindness dragged her from her blazing home.
Col. Alexander R. Boteler lived a quarter of a century after
the war. He was one of the most eloquent orators, one of the
most brilliant lawvers, and one of the most distinguished
statesmen that Virginia has produced. He took up arms for
the Confederacy only after he had made many speeches trying
to avert tlic inevitable conflict. Like Lee. like Stonewall Jack-
son, and many other sons of the Old Dominion, he was a
Union man vnitil his State seceded, and then followed the for-
tune of liis State, risking not only liis life in active service
but his properly near the border and the lives of his family.
It is not only a picturesque but a historic neighborhood in
which the ruins of the Boteler residence stand. Not a mile
away is the scene where James Rumsey on January 13, 1788.
conducted the first successful steamboat experiment. Colonel
Boteler labored hard but vainly in the Virginia Legislature tn
have a monument erected to Rumsey on the lop of a high bluff
overlooking the Potomac.
THE HALLOirr.n CR.IV.
DY FK.ANK L. WHITE.
Aurora, robed in living li.ght.
'Throned on the wings of day.
Grows dim beside the glory 'round
The uniform of gray.
The uniform of gray that clad
The men whose souls were tried.
The men who loved the Southland so
They suffered, lost, and died ;
The men whose valor looms sublime
Adown the distant years,
W'hcre battle's horrors drenched the gray
On sacred blood and tears.
O may the glory of the gray
The brave Confederate wore
Forever blaze and cheer the souls
On fame's eternal shore.
And should some traitor ever dare
To tarnish gray with shame.
Let deep perdition hide his soul.
Oblivion shroud his name.
,IX IXCIDEXT OF A SWORD.
liV N. INGRAHAM HASELL, CHARLESTON, S. C.
The battle of Jones Farm, about four miles south of Peters-
burg. \'a., near the crossing of Boydton plank road and Church
I'oad. occurred on September 30, 1864, and the day after.
October, it was decided that the advanced works near the
Pegram House must be carried. Two battalions of sharp-
shooters were selected to tlo the work — one from Lane's
North Carolina Brigade and one from McGowan's South Caro-
lina Brigade. It was thought desperate, and we were promised
that the survivors would get thirty days' furlough.
We formed the two battalions in closed ranks and rushed
iiu the works, carried them, and captured two hundred and
forty prisoners. Our loss was so small that we did not get
the thirty days' furlough. I had the honor of commanding
Company .\, Battalion of Sharpshooters of McGowan's South
Carolina Brigade, Wilcox's Division, A. P. Hill's Corps, Army
Northern Virginia. We captured a young lieutenant, and I
look his sword. I held him, as I could not spare a man to
carry him to the rear. He reminded me it was against the
usages of war to keep a prisoner under fire; but at that time
every man was needed, and I had rather have let him go than
lose a man. In a few minutes I saw prisoners being carried
10 the rear, and I turned the lieutenant over to them. My
^word being rough (Confederate make). I put it aside .md
donned the lieutenant's.
The next day we had a truce to bury the dead. I went niu
to superintend and met a Federal officer. I noticed he was
scrutinizing my sword, and he asked me if I "would part
with it." 1 told him it was a trophy and could not be bought.
He said: "Pardon me, I did not mean to oftend ypu ; but that
-word belonged to an officer killed in front of Petersburg.
.uid I had it in keeping to return to his widow. T loaned it
Im a young officer until he could get one from the North, and
1 would give anything to recover it." I unclasped it from my
belt and handed it to him, saying: "I present it to the de-
ceased officer's wife.'' He thanked me and took it. He then
asked nie to give him a safeguard to bury some of his dead
on the left of my line (his right). I told him I would go with
him. After burying the dead, he told me to come inside of
his line in the rear of his rifle pits, and we walked until 1 .got
opposite the center of my line. He again thanked me and said :
"If the fortune of war ever throws you in my hands, I will
remember this." 1 bowed and returned to my lines.
Some time after my sergeant came to me and said there
was a flag of truce coming in front. I told him to meet it,
and he returned with a handsome sword (made in Newark,
N. J.), saying the officer begged me to accept it. I have re-
gretted ever since that I did not ask his name. He should
have sent his card, but I suppose in the hurry he forgot it.
I still have the sword, and value it beyond price. I am sure
this is the first instance of an officer presenting a sword to
his enemy.
But the war is over, and I have always felt a deep interest
in this gallant officer and have always w-anted to know if he
survived the w-ar.
The above is written hoping it may catch the eye of the of-
ficer if he is living or his family if he is dead.
Frazier W. Hurlburt. of St. Paul, Minn. (General Delivery),
wants to buy a Confederate flag. Stars and Bars, that saw
service, and he also wants one or more stars from the collar
of a Confederate officer's coat. Mr. Hurlburt was in the
secret service of the government during the war, and met
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fitUc Boyd, tile famous Confederate spy, on several occasions.
She knew that he was a Federal spy and he knew what she
was, but neither gave the other away. He is now interested
in seeing that her grave is properly marked.
THE KEXrUCKY PEXSIOS LAW.
There is bitter denunciation in Kentucky, led by J. E. Kel-
ler, concerning the recently passed law giving dependent Con-
federate veterans of that State a pension of $10 per month.
The specially obnoxious feature of the law seems to be the
humiliating jjrovision that the beneficiary must get the certifi-
cate of two physicians making affidavit to the fact ; that he must
go into court and declare it to be a fact to the satisfaction of
that tribunal. Then the applicant must swear that he is not
worth as much as $2,500 and has not an annual income ex-
ceeding $300 year and has not a wife able to support him.
In iennessce some years ago the charity aspect was presented
to a man who had lost a leg in the war, but he was enterprising;
he kept a tollgate and dealt in chickens, so he was thought to
be earning a sustenance. He declined to subscribe to the
pauper conditions. It is poor policy to reward any class of
people for slotbfulness. The Kentucky Legislature may be at
great fault as a body, but Governor McCreary, as faithful a
veteran as the South has, evidently did what he considered
the best possible under the circumstances.
Be errors in the law as they may, Comrade Keller is cer-
tainly at serious fault in his concluding sentence in giving ad-
vice to comrades— viz. : "He should not fail to teach his chil-
dren, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren never to go
to war for a State that has shown itself to be such an ingrate."
Kentuckians did not serve in the Confederate army for
even prospective remuneration, and their progeny should not
consider the cost when great issues of principle are involved
as thev were in the sixties.
TRAGIC DEATH OF TWO ARK AX S AS WOMEX.
MRS. MARGARET MARTIN GALLOWAY, FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.
In the latter part of 1861 Horace B. Toombs and Jolm E.
Rossen joined the First Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Toombs
was in Company li and Rossen w-as in Company K. The two
men lived in St. Charles, Ark. They were friends and part-
ners in business. Each had a wife and child. Rossen's wife
was Virginia Rogers. Toombs married Miss Fannie Puckett,
of Memphis, Tenn. She, after her husband enlisted, went
to Memphis to live with her father, Maj. Richard Puckett,
during the crisis. While there she often ministered tc the
sick and wounded soldiers. Soon after the battle of Shiloh
Mr. Rossen became ill near Corinth, Miss., and died near there.
In the fall of 1864 Mrs. Toombs went to St. Charles to
attend to some business. While there she was the guest of
her friend, Mrs. Rossen. The town was garrisoned by negro
soldiers of the 53d United States Colored Infantry, command-
ed by Col. Orlando C. Risden, who ordered all citizens to
leave. Mrs. Toombs was waiting for a boat to return to
Memphis. Mrs. Rossen was preparing to go to the home of
her stepfather, Mr. John R. Walton, who lived ['wt miles
in the country.
On October 23d Mr. Walton went in for them, but Mrs.
Rossen was not quite ready tO' leave her home, wishing to get
a piece of cloth out of the loom, so she told him to return
next day. When ready to go, he turned and said : "I don't
likf. to leave tlieni there." They told him not to be uneasv.
That night before 12 o'clock they were awakened by loud
knocking upon the door. Mrs. Tooiubs got up. and was shot
through a window. The bullet entered her heart, and she
fell in a kneeling posture across a table. The negro nurse
girl, the eyewitness, sought safety under the bed. Mrs. Rossen
fled from the house and ran to the negro cabin, where she got
in the bed with her old servant. Rut the negro fiend pursued
her and dragged her by the hair into the yard, where he beat
her brains out. Then he entered the house and looted it. The
clothes he stole led to his identification. The old negro man,
Armistead, went for Mr. Walton, who reached the sad scene
just as the officers did. at break of day.
The two children, Laura Toombs and Joe Rossen, were
found asleep upon the skirt of Mrs. Toombs's gown. When
they had cried, the negro threatened to shoot them. Though
so young, little Laura remembered the tragic incident as long
as she lived, six years. Joe Rossen lived to manhood, married,
and practiced law. He died some years ago in Abilene, Tex.
The negro soldier was arrested, tried, and executed.
YAXKEE SWEET POTATOES AT FRAXKLIX.
EV REV. J. M. WYCKOFF, COMPAXY l>. 2I.ST ILLINOIS VETERAN VOL-
UNTEER INFANTRY (gRANt's OLD REGIMENT).
At the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Dickson, Tenn., in May, 1907, I was in conversation
with a Confederate soldier who inquired if I was in the army.
I told him I was a Yankee soldier. He then wanted to know
if I was in the battle of Franklin, Tenn. I told him I was.
He asked me if I remembered the first cannon fired from
Hood's army. I told him I did and had a right to remember
it and never forget it. Then he wanted to know why I re-
membered it so well. I told him that our troops, having
niarclied all the night before from Spring Hill to Franklin.
were exhausted for the want of sleep and rest, and that before
the battle opened up and while the boys were sleeping I dis-
covered a vacant house just outside our lines, in one room of
which there was a nice pile of sweet potatoes. Obtaining a
gunny sack, I went back and confiscated a full sack of them.
I then procured some rails and made a fire the length of two
rails, then got a supply of water and every mess pan and camp
kettle there was in the company. 1 soon had the potatoes
boiling. About four o'clock in the afternoon the potatoes
were getting ready for the "Yanks" to have a sumptuous
feast, when, suddenly, this single gun was fired. The ball
struck the string of sweet potatoes endwise and simply anni-
hilated not only the sweet potatoes, but the rails, mess pans,
and camp kettles. Not even a coal of fire was left, but no one
was hurt. When the Confederate told me that he was the luaii
who fired the gun. I replied that I had a notion to "lick him."
After a hearty laugh we talked over the matter of how
strange it was that after the lapse of so many \ ears the Blue
and Gray find out the whys and wherefores of those little in-
cidents that they have always remembered.
I send regards for the Veteran and boys who wore the gray.
History of the Kuykenuall Family. — Dr. G. B. Kuyken-
dall. of Pomeroy, Wash., is collecting data for a history of
(he Kuykendall family, and would like to hear from any Kuy-
kendall reader of the Veteran. Many of the naine were
m the Confederate army, and the Doctor would like to hear
from all such and from any other Kuykendalls. He has some
interesting facts connected \\ ith the early history of the family.
Qopfederati^ l/eterar},
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OPPOSITION TO SECESSION IN THE SOUTH.
BY KATE DE ROSSETT MEARES, RIDGEWAY, S. C.
[Miss Meares, winner of the prize offered by Columbia
College, was graduated from St. Mary's, Raleigh, N. C, and
later taught several years. She was taking a course at
Teachers' College, Columbia, last winter when she competed
for the prize. Her paternal grandfather, Col. Gaston Meares,
of Wilmington, N. C, was killed in the battle of Malvern
Hill, and her maternal grandfather. Dr. J. D. Palmer, of
Ridgeway, S. C, was a surgeon stationed at Charleston, S. C,
throughout the war.]
In speaking of the secession of the Southern States Robert
Toombs said that the step was not taken hastily or passionate-
ly, but after long, patient, and mature deliberation, when the
people became convinced that their honor and social and nat-
ural welfare demanded separation as the best means by which
those vita! interests could be preserved.
"When the future historian shall address himself to the task
of portraying the rise, progress, and decline of the American
Union, the year 1850 will arrest his attention as denoting and
presenting the fast marshaling and arraying of these hostile
forces and opposing elements which resulted in dissolution ;
and the world will have another illustration of the great truth
that forms and modes of government, however correct in
tlieory, are only valuable as they conduce to the great ends of
all government — the peace, quiet, and conscious security of
the governed." So stated a leading South Carolina paper on the
first day of January, 1850 (quoted by Benton in "Thirty Years
in the United States Senate," Vol. H., p. 781), and not without
.1 knowledge of what it was saying. Any periodical in South
Carolina was in a position to know whereof it spoke, for some
years before this time this State had been an authority on the
subjects of State rights, nullification, and secession. This
State was foremost in fighting protective tariff legislation, and
its emotions were earliest, most deeply stirred concerning sec-
tional questions. In the year 1789 Pierce Butler, Senator from
South Carolina, in the course of a far from mild speech
( Maclay's "Sketches of Debate in First Senate," quoted by
Hodgson in "Cradle of the Confederacy," p. 251) threatened
".\ dissolution of the Union in regard to my State, as sure as
God is in his firmament." Antagonism between the two sec-
tions had its birth long before the South, in 1850. first came
near to making an organized secession from the Union. Dur-
ing the ten years preceding that date this feeling of .sectional
.nntagonism ran very high. John C. Calhoun had been busy
stirring up the spirit of resistance to the extreme; an address
<if his had been issued by a convention of Southern members
in Congress. Except in South Carolina, however, the address
ilid not make a deep impression. (J. F. Rhodes's "History of
the United States," Vol. I., p. 105; also New Englander, of
.August, 1849.) But the Virginia resolutions were of greater
moment; they spoke of resistance to the last extreme. (Mile's
"Register," Vol. LXXV., p. 73. ) The disciples of Calhoun in
Missouri were aroused. Feeling in Tennessee was at fever
heat. Ibid., p. 373.) Kentucky requested Henry Clay's resig-
nation because of his favorable attitude toward the North.
(Mile's "Register," Vol. LXXV., p. 348.) The excitement in
the cotton States was more intense. In South Carolina "A
Southern Confederacy" was toasted with enthusiasm. (New
York Tribune, April 25. 1849.)
Why, then, since evidently the danger was imminent, did
<he South not secede in 1850? What part did this section itself
play in the success— or, at least, temporary success — of Clay's
compromise, which delayed actual war for a decade?
In South Carolina the secession movement dates definitely
from the year 1824. (D. F. Houston, "A Study of Nullifica-
tion in South Carolina," p. 5.) By 1832 the feelings of the
majority of South Carolinians were alienated from the Union.
{Ibid.; also South Carolina Laws — 1828, 1831, 1832.) Calhoun
was the eloquent exponent of the doctrine of secession. Yet
at the time of the tumultuous partisan feeling over Clay's
Compromise the Union party showed such unexpected strength
that it was clear that any attempt at separate secession would
meet resistance within the State's own borders. The word
"separate" is significant ; there was in the State a party of semi-
conservatives in favor of "cooperation." This policy was one
advocated by men who believed it undesirable for South Caro-
lina to secede until she saw whether or not her sister Southern
States would be willing to secede and follow her. It seems
that this is as near as impetuous South Carolina could bring
herself to a definite policy of conciliation or retardation.
(Joseph Hodgson, "Cradle of the Confederacy,'' Chap. XI.)
There were not, however, entirely lacking in the State men of
forceful personality who strongly opposed secession. As early
as 1831 a Union party had taken definite shape and had a
celebration of the Fourth of July for which elaborate prepara-
tions were made. (Thomas Cooper, "Life and Times of
Mcmminger," pp. 37-105.) Francis Lieder, professor in the
South Carolina College, issued an address to the people of the
State which was a plea for the preservation of the Union and
an argument against secession. (Joseph Hodgson, "Cradle of
the Confederacy." Chap. XL; also Liedcr's "Letters to His
Son," p. 312.) James L. Petigru took his place decidedly with
the Union party. There was no cause, he thought, for revolu-
tion; he considered the word synonymous with secession. (W.
J. Grayson, "Memoirs of James Petigru," p. 117.) In a
furious contest for the election of Mayor in Charleston James
Pringle, the Union candidate, was elected, (/fci'rf., p. 128.)
Members of such prominent families as the De Saussaures,
Presslys, Pringles, and the Gaillards were opposed to seces-
sion. Opinion is not lacking that these men were "in point
of ability not inferior to the more widely known leaders of
the State Rights party, and in point of temperament were
undoubtedly better qualified to direct a constitutional gov-
ernment." (D. F. Houston, "A Critical Study of Nullification
in South Carolina," p. 140.) Men such as these, who strongly
opposed secession, now threw their influence on the side of
the policy of cooperation. In the convention of May, 1851,
the two-thirds majority necessary for secession was wanting,
and the report commending "cooperation," introduced by Mr.
Orr, finally commanded the support of the convention. (Jour-
nal of the Convention, p. 315.) To vote for cooperation was
really to vote, as the men entirely opposed to secession had
hoped, for a continuance of the L^nion, since none of the
Southern States were willing at this time to aid and abet
South Carolina in her plan of secession.
After South Carolina, Mississippi w-as the most zealous ex-
ponent of secession. But in 1834 the people of this State had
repudiated secession, together with nullification, in their pri-
mary elections, in a State convention, and through the legisla-
ture. On June 9, 1834, the State convention, presided over
by Gen. Thomas Hinds, unanimously resolved that "A con-
stitutional right of secession from the Union on the part of
a single State * * * is utterly unsanctioned by the Consti-
tution, which was framed to establish, not to destroy, the
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Union." (Journal of the Convention, p. 309.) The legisla-
ture had passed a joint resolution declaring that it would aid
with heart and hand the President of the United States in
restoring "peace and harmony to our distracted country and
maintaining unsullied and unimpaired the honor, the inde-
pendence, and the integrity of the Union." I^Iowever, as has
been said, Mississippi was second only to South Carolina in
favoring secession, and political feeling in the State ran high
at the time of the compromise of 1850. The Southern con-
vention, which met at Nashville June 3, 1850, had been in-
tended as a secession mass meeting by the secessionists them-
selves. But Judge Sharkey, who presided over the conven-
tion, declared that its purpose was not the disruption of the
~Unior)r"Bi5T-Tts-pie£ervatioii. The secessionists, having a very
different conception oftTie~ptrrpesc_cf_this convention. w(;re
so dissatisfied with its results that a secomT^ession was held
in November. This second session none of the delegates from
Mississippi attended, claiming that action taken at the first
session was sufficient. J. J. McRae, a Mississippi delegate,
denied, like Sharkey, that the purpose of the convention at
Nashville .was the dissolution of the Union. He said: "The
first one [resolution] declared that the objects of the con-
vention were conciliatory ; that its end and aim were the
preservation of the Union. There was not a single sentiment
in any of them which breathed a spirit of dissension." (Cong.
Globe, 33d Cong., first sess., p. 52.) The Whig journals,
the Natchez Courier, Holly Springs Gazette, Vicksburg Whig,
and the Corinth Advertiser, were opposed to secession.
(House Miscellaneous Documents, 3d sess., 45th Congress.)
Senator Foote "stumped" the State, making anti-secession
speeches, endeavoring to get up a convention to indorse his
views. ("Casket of Reminiscences," p. 356.) While Gov-
ernor Quitman was in correspondence with South Carolina
on the subject of secession, Foote's convention assembled in
Jackson. A majority of the delegates condemned the Gov-
ernor's recent message (Ibid., p. 182) to the legislature favor-
ing secession, and denounced the secession movement. (Pub-
lication Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. IV., p. 89.) Thus
was organized the Union party, having as its measure ac-
quiescence to the compromise and the preservation of the
Union. The Democratic State Rights party advocated re-
sistance to the compromise, and secession if necessary. Its
nominee for Governor was Quitman, known as the secession
candidate, Foote being the nominee of the Unionists. Foote
himself said that "the precise question in tliis campaign is,
Will Mississippi join South Carolina in the act of secession
from the Union ?" This states the exact issue clearly and
concisely. In the September election of delegates the people
pronounced against secession by a majority of 7,000 votes.
In haste the secession party discarded Quitman as a candidate
and persuaded Jefiferson Davis to resign from the United
States Senate and become a candidate for Governor. The party
even announced that all further thought of secession Iiad been
abandoned. Jefferson Davis denied that he was in favor of
secession. On November 19, 1850, he had written to a group
of members of the Union party: "If any have represented me
as seeking to establish a Southern Confederacy on the ruins
of that one which our Revolutionary forefathers bequeathed
to us, my whole life and every sentence I have uttered in public
or private give them the lie. If any have supposed gratuitously
(they could not otherwise) that my efforts in the Senate
were directed to the secession of Mississippi from the
Union, their hearts must have been invincible to the obligation
of honor and good faith whicli I feel is imposed upon me by
tlie position of an accredited agent of the Federal Govern-
ment." (Cong. Globe, 3d Cong., ist sess., p. 171.)
Although Davis by his efforts reduced the Union majority
from 7.000 to 1,000 (Tabor's Cyclopedia Pol. Sci., Vol II., p.
860), Foote was elected Governor, and a majority of the leg-
islature, three members of Congress, and the Senator chosen to
succeed Foote in the United States Senate were of the Union
party. (Publication Miss. Hist. Society, Vol. IV., p. 89.) A
convention planned for by Quitman and expected by him to
endorse secession declared that it "would abide by it [the
Compromise] as a permanent adjustment — the asserted right
of secession on the part of a State was utterly unsanctioned
by the Federal Constitution." (E. Chadbourn, "Life of Quit-
man," Vol. II., Chap, XII.) Foote believed the question of
secession in Mississippi forever settled, and expressed this
opinion in the Senate. (Cong. Globe, 32 Cong., ist sess.,
opp. p. 59.) The secession movement seemed laid to rest.
So it was — for the moment. It was nine years after the elec-
tion of Foote before the election of Lincoln gave the signal
for Mississippi to sweep herself out of the Union to join the
fortunes and share the fate of the Confederate States.
Georgia was the most conservative of the Cotton States in
regard to secession. In the effort to get a "Southern Con-
gress" to assemble, according to the call of the dissatisfied seces-
sionists after the Nashville convention, Georgia was at the
head of the States in preventing the Congress from being held.
(T. H. Benton, "Thirty Years' View," Vol. II., p. 784.) In
the fall of 1850 the people of this State through a partial
misunderstanding of the compromise were plainly opposed to
it. (Cong. Globe, December 22, 1849.) The populace seemed
ready for immediate secession. (The Federal Union, October
8, 1850.) But at the crisis the triumvirate — -Toombs, Stephens,
and Howell Cobb, all strong Union men — "stumped" the State
in an effort to change the tide of popular opinion and win an
acceptance of the compromise as a basis for the continuity of
the Union. In this endeavor they succeeded. Delegates were
sent to a State convention called to consider grievances. The
resolutions of this convention are known as the famous "Geor-
gia Platform of 1850." It was resolved that "as our fore-
fathers yielded to compromise to frame the Constitution, we
should yield somewhat for its continuance ; while not approv-
ing all the measures of adjustment, we accept and abide by
them." (Joseph Hodgson, "Cradle of the Confederacy," p.
283; also Johnson's and Browne's "Life of Stephens," p. 245;
P. A. Stovall's "Life of Toombs," p. 64.) The pacific policy
embodied in the platform was indorsed by the convention by a
vote of 237 to 19. (Journal of the Convention, p. 15.) After
the convention Toombs and Stephens organized a new party
and all friends of the Union were invited to join the consti-
tutional Union party, which nominated Howell Cobb for Gov-
ernor. This organization was opposed by a Southern rights
party, whose candidate was ex-Governor McDonald. Cobb
was elected by the very great majority of 18,000 votes. (The
Federal Union, December 17, 1850; also Journal of Conven-
tion, p. S.) The secession movement in Georgia had been de-
feated by the resolution of the people of the State, and a de-
sire for peace possessed the section. For the succeeding decade
Georgia was strongly in favor of maintaining the Union. (U.
B. Phillips, "Georgia and State's Rights," p. 167.)
In Alabama Yancey's sturdy personality had for some time
loomed large in favor of secession. But with his passing from
the center of the political arena the Union party was left de-
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cidedly in the ascendency. A period of cooler reasoning had
followed the first excited utterances. A mass meeting was
held in Montgomery to encourage Union sentiment. There
were present at this meeting B. S. Bibb ; James Abercrombie ;
Thomas J. Judge, who had striven, although unsuccessfully, to
strike from the resolutions of the Nashville convention the
denunciation of the compromise ; Henry W. Hilliard, a strong
Wliig, and Thomas Watts, destined to be Attorney-General 01
the Southern Confederacy. In resolutions of this meeting
these men and others expressed a strong attachment for the
Union. Secession w-as denounced as unnecessary. A State
Union Convention was called to meet in January at Mont-
gomery. This convention denied the right of secession, but
stated that "we claim it as a paramount right, which belongs
to every free people, to overthrow this government when it
fails to answer the ends for which it was established." (Jour-
nal of the Convention, p. II.) There was nothing equivocal
about this stand. The "paramount right" is not the right of
peaceable secession, but simply the right of rebellion — the
right to be styled a patriot like Washington if successful and
the right to be called a traitor and cast into chains like Jeffer-
son Davis if unsuccessful. Evidently these men believed that
in substance the right of secession is nothing but the natural
law of revolution. The practical fact is that they did oppose
secession and were successful in holding it off for ten years.
The Union candidate for Governor, B. J. Shields, published a
card, saying: "I am for the Federal Union of ours under all
circumstances and at all hazards ; right or wrong, I am for the
Union." (Joseph Hodgson, "Cradle of the Confederacy," p.
296.)
These candidates for Congress denied the right of seces-
sion : James Abercrombie, Judge Mudd, W. R. Smith, R. W.
Cobb, George S. Houston, and Alexander White. (The Mon-
itor, various issues of the year.) Alabama elected the Union
candidate for Governor and sent to Congress four out of the
seven men named above. "So strong was Alabama fixed in the
Union failh that not the sound of a cannon w-ould have shaken
her then from her moorings." (Joseph Hodgson, "Cradle of
the Confederacy," p. 297.)
Such was the attitude toward secession of the more ag-
gressive Southern States preceding and during and immediate-
ly after the passing of the compromise. Louisiana had not
fostered to any great extent the idea of secession. (Albert
Phelps, "History of Louisiana," Chap. XIL, p. 284.) Also
in the two new and lusty States of Florida and Texas sec-
tional matters were necessarily on a different status. Florida
had too recently become a State, and was perforce too absorbed
in getting her own strength to take a positive stand on na-
tional questions. Her internal condition and geographical
situation compelled her to follow in sectional matters the
policy of the States immediately north of her. (G. R. Fair-
banks, "History of Florida," p. 201.) Neither is anything else
to be expected than that in politics Texas was rather slow in
adapting itself to party alignment on national issues. Relative
to the questions growing out of the Mexican War and to most
of those involved in the compromise, there could be in the na-
ture of the case but one party in the State. Texas wished to
be in the Union and was not in a position to quibble about
the details first. So she herself w-as not aggressive in mat-
ters of national politics, although the rest of the country was
in a ferment of exciteinent as to whether the large body of
land lately annexed should be slave-holding or nonslave-
holding. It was only after the ground was cleared by the
compromise and the financial adjustment of 1852 that excite-
ment in Texas over national issues began to appear. (G. P.
Garrison, "History of Texas," p. 279.)
In turning to a consideration of the so-called border States,
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee — and attention must be given
to Kentucky, always a strongly Southern State in sentiment —
there can be no doubt, as I shall endeavor to show subsequent-
ly, that the policy of secession won here finally in 1861 only
after a hard struggle. These four States were the last to
secede, and to the end they were strong in the fight against
secession. Their attitude toward it ten years before the out-
break of actual hostilities was unequivocal. In 1850 the State
Emancipation Convention at Frankfort, Ky., demanded that
the new Constitution should give the legislat'ire complete
power to effect a system of gradual emancipation of slaves.
The Stale regretted its abuse of Clay and rallied to the sup-
port of him and his compromise. In this year too Kentucky
provided for the placing of a block of marble in the Wash-
ington monument bearing this inscription : "Under the auspices
of heaven and the precepts of Washington Kentucky will be
the last to give up the Union." As a matter of fact Kentucky
never seceded, although it took gigantic efforts on the part
of her leaders and her people who opposed secession to keep
the State in the Union. (N. S. Shaler. "History of Kcntuckj-,"
P- 231.)
Virginia, the State which had given birth to a long line of
statesmen of national fame, had an intense attachment for the
Union. Let us turn back for a moment to the year 1832, when
President Jackson tried to use arms against South Carolina to
force that State into obedience. Virginia had spoken of
State rights in the famous resolutions at the close of the
preceding century, and since that time seven State rights
Presidents selected from her soil had guided the welfare of
the American people. But in interposing between Jackson and
South Carolina Virginia was not defying the national govern-
ment ; her position was that of a pacificator, a position she was
to assume later on a more critical occasion to save intact the
nation she loved so well. She felt that she was in a position
tactfully to mediate, and. sending Benjamin W. Leigh as a
commissioner to South Carolina, by her efforts stayed at least
for a time the storm which threatened the Union. (J. E.
Cooke, "History of Virginia," p. 489.) In Tennessee A. O. P.
Nicholson and R. V. Brown, who had been prominent mem-
bers of the Nashville convention, repudiated the impetuous
attitude of Barnwell Rhett, delegate from South Carolina.
The Whigs won over the State rights party and aided in the
adoption of the compromise. (James Phelan, "History of
Tennessee," pp. 435, 436.) In North Carolina secession was
vigorously opposed, as this State continued to do until late
in 1861. (J. W. Moore, "History of North Carolina ;" also
S. A. Ashe. "History of North Carolina," Vol. II., passim.)
I have tried to show that a change in Southern sentiment,
which in the cotton States at least and particularly in South
Carolina had been violently in favor of secession, was notice-
able soon after the introduction of the compromise of 1850.
The South herself frowned upon her extreme advocates of
disunion. The Southern Whigs were in favor of the com-
promise, rallying, after considerable abuse of him first, to
Clay's support. (J. F. Rhodes, "History of the United States,"
Vol. I., pp. 136-192.) Congress met in December, 1850, and
calm prevailed in that hitherto turbulent body. In January
a pledge was signed by members of Congress, thirty-four
of them from slave-holding States, which declared that they
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would not support for office any man not known to be opposed
to the disturbance of the settlement. (J. F. Rhodes, Vol. I., p.
136.) Conservatives like Clay were eager to assert that sec-
tional lines had been obliterated. By the autumn of 1851 the
South had accepted the compromise, had declared against se-
cession, had apparently laid the question to rest. Peace
reigned.
But the calm was only artificial. The triumph of the Union-
ists in 1850 and the years following was due largely to the fact
that the weight of leadership, so potent an influence in the
South, and party traditions were with the Compromisers. The
distinguishing feature of this group was the strong Unionism
of the leaders, whether Whig or Democrat. (A. B. Hart, "The
American Nation in History," Vol. XVIII., p. 40.) The per-
petuity and peace of the Union stood, in their opinion, above
all other political considerations. Clay, having fondly ex-
pressed his- belief in the finality of his compromise, died in
1852. Benton, who had incurred much unpopularity with a
majority of his constituency in Missouri because of his deter-
mined anti-secession attitude, lost his seat in the Senate in
1851. Berrien, of Georgia, and Mangum, of North Carolina,
retired in 1853. Foote, the leader of Mississippi Unionists,
was not in politics after 185 1. This left only three prominent
leaders, Houston, Bell, and Crittenden, to struggle up to the
very verge of the war to prevent secession. The two chief
Southern leaders now in the Senate, Toombs, who had been
sent by Georgia to succeed Berrien, and Jefferson Davis, who
was returned to his old chair by Mississippi in 1857, while
they were not secessionists by preference, differed from Clay
and the other leaders of the preceding decade in these signif-
icant respects : They believed thoroughly in the abstract right
of secession as a principle, though they strongly deprecated
it as a policy, and they were not willing to compromise on
the question of slavery. Alexander Stephens had a similar
attitude to the question, although he made heroic efforts to
prevent Georgia's secession, as will be seen later. (P. A.
Stovall, "Life of Toombs," p. 209 ; Johnson and Brown, "Life
of Stephens," p. 374; E. A. Pollard, "Life of Davis," p. 43.)
With these three comparatively conservative leaders were
William Yancey, "the silver-tongued orator of secession,"
ready for disunion at any time ; as were also Quitman, of
Mississippi, Barnwell Rhett, and a host of other prominent
South Carolinians. From this time on the feelings of South-
ern people towards the North grew rapidly into its final form,
and any work on opposition to secession would be at a natural
end but for the record of the short, sharp struggle that yet
remained, a struggle that lasted only from South Carolina's
unanimous act of secession, December 20, i860, to Tennessee's
retarded casting of her lot with the Confederacy June 8,
1861. The time was short, but the feeling was intense, and
the final outcome marked the triumph of sectional loyalty and
patriotism rather than the unanimous conclusion of reason
and real desire. The total Southern vote for the three candi-
dates opposed to Breckinridge was 705,928, showing a ma-
jority with Union sympathies of 134,877. It is evident than
on this momentous election day the majority of the South
was not secessionist. That the movement for secession soon
became a popular one is certain, but it is impossible to think
that extreme action was forced upon the leaders by a wave
of popular sentiment. The great vote throughout the South
for Bell and "the Constitution, the Union, and the enforce-
ment of the laws" is a denial of such overpowering sentiment
in favor of secession. (F. E. Chadwick, "Causes of the Civil
War," pp. 133, 150.)
After the split in the Democratic National Convention in
Charleston, the remnant of Whigs and the Constitutional
Union party met in Baltimore on May 9. The delegates for
the most part were older men who, alarmed at the impetuous
action of the younger Southerners, had met together in the
hopes of saving the endangered Union. But the assembling
was a futile effort. After the nomination of Lincoln by the
Republican convention held in the interim in Chicago, most
of the members of the Baltimore assemblage joined the se-
ceders from the Charleston convention. (M. Halstead, "Na-
tional Political Conventions of i860," p. 159.) Alexander
Stephens, in a personal letter to P. M. Johnston (Johnston
and Brown, "Life of Stephens," letter dated June 19, p. 365),
said of the seceders from the National Democratic convention :
"They intended from the beginning to rule or ruin ; and when
they find they cannot rule, they will then ruin. Envy, hate,
jealousy, spite — these made war in heaven, which made devils
of angels, and the same passions will make devils of men.
The secession movement was instigated by nothing but bad
passions. Patriotism, in my opinion, had no more to do with
it than the love of God had with the other revolt." Later
in the year, almost simultaneously with South Carolina's se-
cession in December, Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky, pro-
posed his compromise, the salient feature of which was the
disposition of the territorial question. The North, alarmed
now that the threats of the South had not after all proved
mere gasconade, hoped to prevent, by the plan of compromise,
the secession of the cotton States other than South Carolina.
Union-loving Kentucky had both her senators on the com-
mittee, and Union-loving Virginia had one. (J. F. Rhodes,
"History of the United States," Vol. III., p. 153.) Just where
the responsibility for the failure of the Crittenden compromise
lies has been difficult to decide. As Davis and Toombs voted
with the Republicans against the compromise, it is often as-
serted that they were responsible for the failure of the last
attempt to prevent secession and war; but this is probably a
mistake, for the evidence is undoubted that if a majority of
the committee had indicated their intention to accept the
compromise as a settlement Toombs and Davis would also
have supported it. No fact is clearer than that the Republi-
cans defeated the compromise. (The scope of this work does
not permit of a full discussion of all the evidence bearing on
this much-mooted point. I give as authority for the position
I take Rhodes's "History of the United States," Vol. III., pp.
154-169, where the question is given full consideration and
numerous authorities for the conclusions reached are cited.)
South Carolina had been foremost in fostering the seces-
sion movement. She had defiantly asserted her doctrine of
nullification. Her renowned son, John C. Calhoun, had pro-
mulgated the doctrine, together with that of secession. She
had earliest been least tolerant of compromise. It was emi-
nently fitting that she should be the first State to declare her-
self out of the Union, and this she did by unanimous vote De-
cember 20, i860. It did not seem to a certain close observer
in 1855 and 1866 that all South Carolinians were dis-Unionists,
but no doubt remained in his mind after a sojourn in the
State in 1861. (J. W. De Forest, Atlantic Monthly, April, 1861,
p. 495.) Trenholm, a member from Charleston, proposed to
the legislature a resolution looking towards cooperation with
Georgia and the convention of Southern States, but this sug-
gestion of delay and possible conciliation was frowned upon.
(Editorial in Charleston Mercury, November 9, i860.) It is
true that James L. Petigru "was not of a complexion to be
moved from his firm devotion to the cause of the Union ;" and
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when the prayer for the President of the United States was
omitted from the Episcopal Church service, he left his pew.
(W. J. Grayson, "Memoirs of Petigru," p. 14.) C. L. Mem-
minger declared in a speech that "secession was a necessity, not
a choice." (New York Tribune, November 30, i860.) But
the majority of the leaders and the people at large were wholly
committed to secession. William Gilmore Simms wrote a
friend in the North on November 20 that "South Carolina
will be out before Christmas." (W. P. Trent, "Life of Simms,"
p. 253.) The event proved the truth ot mis prophecy.
In his "Recollections of Mississippi and Mississippians,"
Reuben M. Davis says of the Mississippi convention : "There
was much discussion, in which divers opinions were main-
tained. Some opposed separate State action in secession.
Some were opposed to "secession unless eight other States
would go out at the same time." Governor Jacob S. Yerger
offered an amendment as a substitute for secession providing
■for the final adjustment of all difficulties between the free
and slave States of the United States by securing further
constitutional guarantees within the present Unon." The
amendment was lost by a vote of 78 to 21. James L. Alcorn
likewise offered this as a substitute for immediate secession :
"The ordinance shall not go into effect until the States of
Alabama, Georgia. Florida, and Louisiana shall resolve to se-
cede from the Union and resume their sovereignty." This
motion was lost by a vote of 74 to 25. An amendment offered
by Walter Brooke to submit the ordinance of secession to the
qualified electors of the State for their acceptance or rejection
shared the fate of the other two suggested substitutes. (Jour-
nal of the Convention, p. 14.) Jefferson Davis, by telegrams
and letters to his own and every other State, endeavored to
postpone their action. ("Life of Davis," by his wife. Vol. II.,
p. 3. ) It is significant that the leaders at Washington, among
them Davis, and their minority of supporters in the cotton
States were not out-and-out opposers of secession. They
advocati-d delaying the step in the hope that compromise
mi.ght lie effected, partly because of their attachment for the
Union and partly because they believed that secession was a
ponr policy. Mississippi passed an ordinance of secession
January % i86t, by a vote of 84 to 15. (Journal of the Con-
vention, p. 16.) On the next day a convention summoned in
Florida passed an ordinance of secession by a vote of 62 to
7. (Journal of the Convention, p. 5.) "It was a bold step
for I'lorida, weak in population and resources, to be among
the first to pass an ordinance of secession with such great
unanimity." (G. R. Fairbanks, "History of Florida," p. 207.)
In .Vlabama the people in the north of the State were op-
posed to immediate secession. They still hoped for satisfac-
tory compromise. Yancey denounced them in violent terms.
Because of this strong Union sentiment in the north of the
S'-aic, it was openly proposed to form a new State in the
Tennessee Valley, calling it Nickajack. (J. W. Beverly, "Ilis-
top,- of Alabama," p. 76.) The delegates to the National
Democratic Convention at Charleston were instructed to with-
draw if the "Alabama platform" was not adopted. It was not,
and tile delegates contributed to the split that took place in
the convention. A secession convention in Alabama made mo-
tions to delay the step, but the majority voted them down.
Secession was declared for by a vote of 61 to 39, January 1 1.
(Journal of the Convention, p. 76.)
Georgia was the most active of the cotton States, as it had
been ten years before, in opposing secession. Stephens says
(Alexander Stephens, "War between the States," Vol. II., p.
127) : "In this State I believe that the majority of slave-
holders were against the policy of secession at the time. . . .
My opinion is that a majority of them voted against secession
delegates to the convention which was called in this State.
How this matter really was, there is no way to determine —
that is, on which side a majority of this class was on that ques-
tion—but it is well known that a large portion of the most ac-
tive opponents of that measure were amongst the largest slave-
holders of the State." Stephens made his well-known Union
speech before the legislature in November, and this so attracted
Lincoln's attention that he entered into a correspondence with
Stephens in an effort to avert secession. It must be always re-
membered that Stephens believed firmly in the abstract right of
secession, although he said: "My judgment, as is well known,
is against the policy of immediate secession for any existing
causes." Who can tell what the result might have been if
some strong leader of dominating personality had existed at
this time in the South who should have boldly raised his voice
against the principle of secession? or should have declared
that the right of secession was simply the right of rebellion,
as the people of Alabama had declared nine years before ?
Indeed, a highly philosophical historian (J. W. Draper, "The
Civil War in America," Vol. II., p. 224) has said that "the
founders of the Confederacy never seriously contemplated
the recognition of such a political absurdity as the right of
secession. It was too slippery a principle. They never prac-
tically adopted its kindred delusion of individual State
rights as against the united whole. They never believed that
a powerful dominion could be constructed out of discontented
communities." But this dictum is dogmatic. Certainly every
statement of the later Southern leaders themselves gives it the
lie. The constitutional right of secession has been a bitterly
contested question ; and we will not involve ourselves in it
here, but it was a question that arose early after the adoption
of the Constitution, first in Massachusetts and Virginia, and
it is scarcely just to Calhoun, Stephens, and other Southern
leaders to assert that they were mere jugglers in words and
phrases deliberately intended to befuddle and excite the mass
of people. (Alexander Stephens, "War between the States,"
passim; T. M. Pinckney, "Life of John C. Calhoun," passim;
J. D. McCabe, "Life of Robert E. Lee," p. 28; E. A. Pollard,
"Life of Jefferson Davis," p. 48.)
Another prominent Georgia politician, "born before the
Constitution was adopted and loath to die with his eyes resting
on a dissevered Union," went to see Lincoln at Springfield,
hoping to win the latter over to the plan of compromise. (G.
T. Curtis, "Life of Buchanan," Vol. II., p. 426.) A substitute
for secession was proposed by Herschcl V. Johnson as fol-
lows: Suggestion was made for the calling of a convention of
the slave States and "the independent republics of South Caro-
lina, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi," to be held at Atlanta
to consider their relation with the Federal government and to
adopt the course which their interests might require. It was
further intimated that if the Personal Liberty Acts were re-
pealed Georgia would be content to remain in the Union. The
suggestion of Johnson was declared against by a vote of 164
to 133. showing that a large minority favored its being put
into execution. The convention, on the fourth day of its ses-
sion, declared for secession by a vote of 208 to 89. (Journal
of the Convention, p. 317.) How Georgia wavered, how
strong was the Union sentiment of the State, is told at greater
length by Stephens. (His "War between the States." passim.)
Governor Moore, of Louisiana, a few o'ay> alter the election
of Lincoln called a special session of the legislature, which di-
rected a Convention to meet in January. Conservatives, in
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the face of certain defeat, did not cease their efforts toward
peace, issuing a sort of pamphlet as a platform. This platform
had strong adherents in New Orleans and especially in the par-
ishes of Claiborne, St. Helena, and Jackson. But popular vote
by a big majority of 4,258 for disunion against 3,978 for "Co-
operation" instructed the convention to vote for secession.
However, an eminent citizen of the State could say: "I think
that ninety-nine out of every hundred of the people sincerely
hope that some plan will jxt be devised to heal up dissensions."
(American Annual Cyclopedia, 1861, p. 428.) The majority for
secessionist candidates in New Orleans was but three hundred
in a vote of eight thousand, little more than half tlie entire vote
of the city. (Richmond Whig, February 5, quoted by Rhodes,
"History of United States," Vol. HI., p. 274.) The convention
finally dissolved Louisiana's connection with the Union, Janu-
ary 26, by a vote of 113 to 17. (Journal of the Convention, p.
231; also Albert Phelps, "History of Louisiana," p. 284.)
In Texas the election of Houston in 1859 was a victory for
the Union-loving element of the State. After the secession of
South Carolina and the Gulf States, Governor Houston used
all his efforts to divert the people of his State from declaring
themselves out of the Union. The leader of Texas by force of
personality, he set himself an impossible task. In the presiden-
tial election of 1S60 the conservatives and opposers of secession
rallied to the support of Bell, and what Houston could do for
them was done. He condemned the disunionists, and said that
the election of Lincoln did not justify secession. He issued a
circular letter intending to avert or forestall the act of seces-
sion. This letter seems to have been neglected. (Garrison, in
his "History of Texas," speaks thus naively of the letter. Con-
sidering the attitude of the other cotton States at this time, it
is not to be wondered that it was "neglected.") A conven-
tion called by the legislature declared for secession on Feb-
ruary I by a majority of 166 to 7. (Journal of the Convention,
p. 6.) On March 4, the day of Lincoln's inauguration, the
people ratified the action of the convention by a vote of 44,000
to 1,300. (G. P. Harrison, "History of Texas," p. 287.)
It is to the Border States that we must turn for the really
valiant fight against secession. Just in proportion as they had
grappled with the shadow looming large in 1850, so now they
grappled in a brief but heroic struggle with the substance.
It was true of the border population in general that they
shrank from a dissolution of the Union with real horror.
(N. S. Shaler's "History of Kentucky," p. 230.) Maryland
took no steps at all towards secession. Governor Hicks refus-
ing to call a convention to consider the subject. (J, F.
Rhodes, "History of the United States," Vol. III., p. 301.)
In Kentucky, the home of Clay and Crittenden, the elections
of the year 1859 gave the State to the Democrats. This did
not mean, however, a majority for the Southern Rights Party.
A large number of the Democrats represented men who were
unwilling for slavery to be abolished by any action coming
from without the State, but as a class they were not willing
to go to the extreme of separating from the Union to advance
their State rights politics. (N. S. Shaler, "History of Ken-
tucky," p. 232.) It is true that there can be no doubt that
the greater part of the leaders of that party were latently
inclined to secession in the event of Lincoln's election, but the
fact that their attitude was not approved by the people was at
once plainly shown. In the August election of i860 the Union
candidate for Clerk of the Appellate Court was elected over
his secessionist opponent by a large plurality. In the presi-
dential election of the fall, counting the votes opposed to
Breckinridge as for the Union, we find a majority of 39,184
against secession. This seems to point to the fact that the
people were preparing to array themselves against secession
as the nature of the project began to unfold, though it is
ever a difficult thing to determine the state of mind of the
general mass of people in a political crisis. (N. S. Shaler,
"History of Kentucky," p. 234.) It is true of the Southern
people in general that they were inclined by traditional up-
bringing and class instinct to follow the guidance of their
leaders, but in Kentuckv the people seem rather to have taken
things into their own nands. In the high pitch of the emotional
tension of the times, this State's attitude of neutrality was de-
nounced as cowardice in no mild terms by the cotton States.
Only a very flippant mind now can criticize Kentucky's policy
of neutrality until she was forced to take a definite stand, for
she felt the anguish of the conflict probably as no other State
did. Elsewhere during the war an entire State or community
went one way, but in Kentucky the father often marched away
to battle in one direction, while his sons went away in another.
It is only pathetic to contemplate the appeal which the women
of the State made to the legislature in 1861 to guard them
from the calamity of civil war by maintaining neutrality. .\s
time goes on and the depth of sectional feeling is less and less
intense, it is safe to prophesy that the effort of Kentucky to
stay the tide of fratricidal strife will get the full credit that
her action deserves.
In Virginia no less fierce a struggle than in Kentucky took
place. Draper (J. W. Draper, "The Civil War in America,"
Vol. II., p. 79) says that rationally Virginia never left the
Union ; her action was dictated by feeling. Certain it is that
the State, "Mother of Presidents" and of a long line of states-
men of national usefulness, bestirred herself to prevent sepa-
ration from the Union. The Virginia Legislature met January
7, 1861, in extra session. On the seventeenth an amendment
advocating secession was lost by a vote of 96,836, although in
the State Senate it was unanimously declared that "every
consideration of honor and interest demands that Virginia
shall unite her destinies with her sister slave-holding States."
A convention had been called for February, and this met in
Richmond on the thirteenth of the appointed month. Of the
one hundred and fifty-two delegates only twenty-five were
classed as secessionists, but not more than six were for the
preservation of the Union at any cost. (L. G. Tyler, "History
of Virginia," Vol. II., p. 621.) But the State's most earnest
protest against disunion was her action in calling what came
to be known as the Peace Conference. The resolution of the
legislature on January 19 was an invitation to all the States
"willing to unite with Virginia in an earnest effort to adjust
the present unhappy controversies in the spirit in which the
Constitution was originally framed, to consider and, if prac-
ticable, to agree upon some suitable adjustment." The basis
proposed was the Crittenden resolution, with slight modifica-
tions. In answer to this invitation, South Carolina sent word
that she had "no further interest in the Constitution of the
United States." It was, in part, with reference to the Peace
Conference that Lowell spoke in this wise : "The usual panacea
of palaver was tried, Congress doing its best to add to the
general confusion of thought." (Atlantic Monthly, June, 1861,
p. 758.) Nevertheless, the conference was an honestly intended
protest on the part of the Border States against secession.
Virginia instigated it, and it showed a lingering hope of an
avoidance of separation on the part of North Carolina and
Tennessee. Their judgment and cooler reasoning called for
the preservation of the Union. But the mainsprings of action
lie ever in the emotions. Virginia's secession, April 17, fol-
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lowed fast on the fall of Fort Sumter, the conservative opposi-
tion element being overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and high
feeling of the secessionists' attack. The prompt result of the
formation of the northwestern counties into what later became
the State of West Virginia showed the strength of the oppo-
sition to secession in that quarter.
A few days after Virginia's secession, a convention in
Arkansas, which first had voted in opposition to secession,
reassembled and with but one dissenting vote framed an ordi-
nance of secession on May 6. The records of this convention
show that Arkansas had not at first responded to the disunion
movement with the fervor expected. (Journal of the Con-
vention, p. 6.) Feeling in this State and in Missouri had been
very bitter, and the two had suffered from the throes of the
struggle in much the same way that Kentucky had. The mat-
ter of secession was advocated so vigorously in Missouri that
Claiborne, the then acting governor, ordered an election to
settle the matter by a vote of the people. The result of this
election was that the State remained in the Union, giving a
majority of 80,000 agianst secession. (Lucicn Carr, "History
of Missouri," p. 284.)
The people of North Carolina, when news reached them of
the secession of .South Carolina, looked with regret upon the
precipitation of the sister State. It was seen upon the assem-
bling of the legislature that much division of opinion existed
among the members as to their proper line of conduct. The
bulk of the old line Whigs and the Douglas Democrats w-ere
of the same opinion and declared that the election of Lincoln
offered no pretext for a dissolution of the Union. They cher-
ished the hope that the Peace Conference or the Crittenden
Conference mi,ght effect something to avert bloodshed. The
legislature received visits from several commissioners from
the cotton States soliciting North Carolina's secession, but
this solicitation did not avail to array the Slate on the side of
disunion. The people by a small niajoriy opposed a movement
to hold a convention. Then came Lincoln's requisition upon
Governor Ellis for troops. The chief magistrate of the State
made reply that North Carolina could afford no aid to carry
on war against the Southern States. The legislature called a
convention, and on May 20 the State, which had been so reso-
lute in her opposition to recall her pli.ghtcd faith to the Fed-
eral Constitution, unanimously passed the ordinance of seces-
sion. (J. W. Moore, "History of North Carolina." Vol. H.,
p. 146.) Of this convention and its final action, I quote as
follows (James Sprunt monograph, "Convention of 1861."
p. 5) : "When the nation trembled on the verge of the great
conflict, North Carolina, disapproving all hot-headed action,
hesitated, preferring, if possible, the peaceful maintenance of
the Union. When in December, i860, pressure was brought to
bear upon the General Assembly to induce it to call a con-
vention of the people, the measure suffered defeat, albeit by a
stnall majority. A study of the convention will show that
when the air was full of sulphurous wrath and wild boastings
North Carolina preserved a full measure of dignified courage
and thoughtful resolution to dare the most and endure the
worst."
Tennessee was the last State to secede. This fact is on the
face of it the strongest evidence of its opposition to the move-
ment. Andrew Johnson, LTnited States Senator, w-ho from the
first had repudiated the doctrine of secession, remained in
Washington, and many leading Tcnnessceans. such as Emerson
Efheridge and W. G. Brownlow, gave him a hearty support.
The question of calling a State convention to take into con-
Isideration the matter of secession was voted on by the people
Februarj' 9 and defeated. (James Phelan, "History of Ten-
nessee," p. 440.) John Bell told the State at large that its
"present duty was to take sides with neither the North nor the
South." If this could be called a feeble attempt at opposing
secession, it was probably the last word heard against it in the
South. Less than a week later Bell himself was for "standing
by the South." The press, despite of opposition to disunion
hitherto (Qiase Paper MSS, quoted by Phelan, p. 440), had
placed the secession flag at the head of its columns, and on
June 8, at the ballot box, the people, acting directly, approved
secession, giving a majority of nearly 58,000 for separation
from the Union. (Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, p. 6"8.)
The secession of the States is now an accomplished fact. We
have investigated Toombs's statement that the step was taken
only after "long, patient, and mature deliberation." The "Anti-
secessionist" viewpoint was not popular in the South at any
time, and especially during and since the war has the tendency
been to look upon it as a contemptible lack of patriotism and
loyalty. Justice, I think, demands a different attitude. Let us
accord, in the words of a great orator, "honor and praise to
the eminent men of all parties who rose that day to the
measure of a true greatness; who remembered that they had
a country to preserve, as well as a local constituency to gratify;
who laid all the wealth and all the hopes of illustrious lives on
the altar of a hazardous patriotism ; who reckoned all the
sweets of a present popularity as nothing in comparison with
that more exceeding weight of glory which follows him who
seeks to compose an agitated and to save a sinking land."
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CHRISTIAN GREETING TO COMRADES.
BY JESSIE W. LEE, ST. LOUIS.
[Although late for this contribution, it is too good to be
postponed to another year.]
A happy year, brave heroes of the past,
Whose stainless record time can never dim,
Some tears there must be still to overcast
The saddened memories of the "might have been" —
Tears for the dauntless spirits one and all
Who now have answered to the last roll call.
A happy year! The tireless feet that trod
The thorny paths of duty undismayed
Shall find eternal rest and peace when God,
The Great Commander of souls unafraid,
Shall muster all his veterans great and small
To answer to his loving last roll call.
SOUTH CAROLINA SECESSION CONVENTION.
Col. Robert Anderson Thompson, sole survivor of the one
hundred and sixty-eight men who signed the secession ordi-
nance in Charleston fifty-one years ago, daily attends to his
law practice in Walhalla, S. C. He is eighty-five years old.
His Recollection of the Convention.
The great convention met at the call of the State legisla-
ture in the Baptist church in Columbia December 17, i860.
There were no restrictions barring any citizen from acting as
a delegate. There were more white-headed men in that con-
vention than in any gathering I have ever witnessed. Serious-
ness pervaded the very air. There was no disturbance, no
violence, no haste. Secession had practically been agreed
upon before the convention met. Every profession was rep-
resented. There were ministers, lawyers, members of the legis-
lature, members of Congress, judges, and chancellors. I was a
commissioner in equity for Pickens district at the time, but
my home was in Walhalla.
When the convention was called, there was a rumor about
Columbia that smallpox was rampant, and it was decided to
hold the convention in Charleston. We met there on the
second day in St. Andrew's Hall. During the first day of
the convention in Columbia we organized by electing Gen.
D. F. Jamison, of Barnwell, president, and B. F. Arthur, of
Columbia, clerk. Upon his election General Jamison made
a ringing speech urging secession. On Thursday, December
26, i860, the great ordinance was read in the convention. No
speeches were made. There were no cheering and no debate.
Articles were revised and amended, but none objected to the
proposed action.
At seven o'clock in the evening the convention met in In-
stitute Hall. The legislature was present, as were Governor
Pickens and his staff. Hundreds crowded into the hall, and
the streets for blocks were jammed with those who could not
gain admission. A silence brooded over it all. which meant
more than fireworks or shouting or processions. I felt as if
I must scream because of the strain. Amid that awful silence
General Pickens rose and merely called the names of the dif-
ferent parishes and districts represented in alphabetical order.
As each district was named its delegate rose quietly, stepped
to a table in the center of the hall, and affixed his signature to
the ordinance, which had been emblazoned on parchment.
When all had signed it, General Jamison rose and without
preamble said: "The ordinance of secession has been signed
and ratified, and I proclaim the State of South Carolina an
independent sovereignty."
Applause, stamping, and shouting shook the very building.
Hats and canes were waved and broken. Outside, fireworks
boomed and crackled. There were scores of bonfires, and
processions were soon going through the streets. The pent
enthusiasm of a people had burst through the armor of dignity
and reserve which they had preserved until the final step had
been taken.
Soon after this history-making meeting St. Andrew's Hall,
in which the first ordinance was signed, was destroyed by a
fire that swept great portions of the city.
Colonel Thompson was born near Pendleton, S. C, on
Twelve Mile River. He worked on his father's farm
during his boyhood. Later he went to Pendleton and became
a "printer's devil" on the Messenger. Until 1858 he worked
in different capacities on various newspapers, and he was
then appointed commissioner in equity.
Colonel Thompson volunteered for the Confederate army,
and later was active in the Reconstruction Period. Entering
the war as a commissioned officer, he rose to the rank of
lieutenant colonel of the 2d South Carolina Rifles. He has
very little to say of the many personal incidents which reflect
considerable credit on his name. He eats two meals a day,
and walks a mile and a half from his home to the little oflSce
in Walhalla almost every day. He takes pride in Pickens
district, and is fond of talking of great Southerners and
patriots who have lived there.
WOMEN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
(B. H. Greathouse in Fayetteville Democrat.)
The story of the Confederate women of Northwest Arkan-
sas in the days of the si.xties ought to be told. They tilled the
soil often with no better team than a cow or yearling. My own
mother cultivated six acres of corn with a little red yearling.
When they had raised their scant supply of food, they cooked
a good part of it and carried it to the woods for the men in
service. My mother concealed General Jackson, of Missouri,
in the Clear Creek hills for three days and carried his pro-
visions to him. Getting i^ie'r scant supply of grain ground
was a difficult task. On one occasion mother and a neighbor,
Mrs. Niece, walked to Freyschlag's Mill on Clear Creek, a
distance of six tniles, each carrying a bag of corn. When
they crossed the creek, which they had to do often, Mrs.
Niece, who was a large woman, would carry over the corn,
and then take my mother on her back and carry her over.
When they reached the mill, their corn was taken from them
No Spartan souls were braver than those women.
One day John Birks and the writer slipped into Esquire A.
W. Wasson's house to get dinner. While we ate his brave
daughter (now Mrs. John Stokes) stood guard. She soon
saw the blue coats coming and raised the alarm. We sprang
to our horses, but when Birks tried to mount his stirrup
leather broke and he failed. Miss Wasson, seeing his situa-
tion, ran to him, took him in her strong arms, and set him
in his saddle, and he dashed away.
Often these brave women with their own fair hands had
to dig graves and bury their own dead that had fallen at the
hands of the enemy. Miss Mollie Deaver, of Elm Springs
(now Mrs Woodrouff, of Texas), and Miss Callie McCamy
(now Mrs. Gollagher, of Springdale) had the gruesome task
of burying their brothers, Billy Deaver and Ike McCamy, who
had been burned to death.
The devotion of the Southern soldiers to these women was
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a beautiful tiling. They were treated by every Southern sol-
dier as a mother or sister. It was natural for them to desire
to meet once in a while socially, dangerous as it was. Some-
times they would select the home of some true friend in an
out-of-the-way place for a gathering. On the appointed night
the boys would come in from every direction, each with a
girl on his horse behind him. Sometimes they would travel
for miles through the woods alone ; but no mother was afraid
to trust her girl with those boys, for they were gentlemen to
a man, and no mother's confidence was ever abused. When
the war was over and these boys and girls met in peace, it
was a happy time. As the writer, a sixteen-year-old boy, was
returning home in August, 1865, he passed the home of Alfred
Taylor, of Clear Creek. When Mrs. Taylor and her daughters
saw him, they pulled him from his horse and greeted him
with kisses, as if he had been their own son and brother.
People living now can scarcely realize the tie that bound
us together in those days. When I reached home, the neigh-
bors thought it was a time to rejoice, and they persuaded my
mother, a good Methodist woman, to give them a dance at
her house, which she did, and many came. Even Methodist
preachers consented for their daughters to attend. When
Uncle Tom Banks was asked to let his daughters attend, he
said: "Well, if there ever was a time to dance, it is now, and
1 know Sister G. will keep things right." And they came.
My mother w-as helping the community to peace, and men who
had been in the Federal army were invited. Mop Douglass,
the fiddler, sat in the door, and two sets were run till the
small hours of the night. One amusing scene occurred. A
Federal soldier dancing with a Rebel girl got the buttons of
his blue jacket tangled in her hair, and they seemed to be
eternally tied together. Since then the blue and the gray have
lived in harmony in that neighborhood.
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE CONFEDERACY.
BY ANNIE GWINN MASSEV, HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
Before attempting to write on the subject assigned mc I
very profitably spent some time in pleasant research, in which
I found that the status of North Carolina and the Confed-
eracy could not be presented at all without a hasty glance at
what that State and the Southland generally did before l86i.
It is deplorable that no true histoiy of the South has ever
been written. By some we are known as "a rabid, fighting
people, slave drivers by instinct, traitors by nature, and seces-
sionists by choice." By others we are designated as "a proud,
aristocratic section who sought to perpetuate human slavery
by plunging the country into war."
This prejudice will disappear gradually when historians
study closely the South. Students of our history are begin-
ning to see that the South has figured conspicuously in the
history of the American people. Every school child knows
of the Mayflower, but few know that Virginia was a colony
of eleven plantations with a representative assembly, making
laws and planning colleges before the Pilgrims set foot on
Plymouth. Only that phase of the history has been much writ-
ten about which relates to the disruption of the Union. Truly
it has been said: "111 fares it with a people whose history is
written by other than her own sons." With all nations the
character of the founders is a source of pride. Ancient Greece
asserted that iicr founders were divine. Romans gloried in
the fanciful idea iliat Romulus descended from the gods. No
fabled fugitive, it is true, settled this new country across the
sea, but we will be pardoned if we agree that it was by men
"who knew their rights and dared maintain them." The
Carolinians are proud that the fleet commanded by Sir Walter
Raleigh and equipped by Queen Elizabeth first anchored by
their sandy shores, and as a memorial to him w-ho led it the
capital of the Old North State is called Raleigh.
The territory of Carolina received its name from Charles I.
in a grant to Sir Robert Heath. It was separated into two
sections — North and South Carolina — in 1712. Carolina was
the first of the original thirteen colonics to rebel at English
rule, and it was here that the character of the women displayed
itself. The women of Edinton assembled and agreed to drink
no more tea until the odious Stamp Act was repealed. The
bravery of these men and women during and even before the
Revolution, was like that of their sturdy ancestors, and they
have ever stood for their rights.
In 1861 they were not the first to leave the Union ; but when
action was taken on May 20, 1861, they aided the Confederacy
to the limit of their power, and the last battle east of the Mis-
sissippi was fought upon her soil, at Waynesville. At the out-
break of the war in 1861 John Elis was Governor ; and when
called upon by President Lincoln for troops to defend the
Union, he said : "Tell President Lincoln he can get no troops
from North Carolina." In all, 129,000 men were sent to the
front for the cause of the South, besides 5,000 home guards,
the largest number furnished by any Southern State. On
account of a large clothing factory located at Raleigh, her
men were comfortably clad, and, being on the seacoast, her
war vessel, the Advance, made many splendid captures of
valuable stores and food from the Federals.
At tlic close of the war Dr. Hogg, of the commissary de-
partment, stated that he was feeding half of Lee's army; so
sl;c gave the greatest temporal aid to the Confederacy, and, in
addition, the life blood of her sons, which ran like a river
for the cause of their inalienable rights.
The first soldier killed in the conflict was a volunteer from
the State, though a native of Virginia, and the first man killed
in defense of the Union in the Spanish-Ailierican War was a
descendant of Wyatt, who died in the streets of Richmond
in 1861. Over and over history repeated itself by patriots
dying for principle. In the seven days' battle near Richmond
North Carolina bore one-fifth of the entire loss; in the bat-
tle of Fredericksburg she bore one-third, and in the awful
battle of Gettysburg the North Carolina troops rode first into
the valley of death. As evidence their dead were found the
next day nearest the enemy's lines ; and of the 5,792 slain
on this field, "70 were North Carolinians.
What indeed was she to the Confederacy? Greatest aid
to the cause, great was her loss in her manhood. After the
war, when the flower of her manhood had been destroyed by
shot and shell, "reconstruction" ran riot in North Carolina.
One of her Governors died during the conflict, and Zebulon
Vance filled his place. He w'as a brave soldier, a wise states-
man, and he went forward for the right and wrested the
State from carpetbag rule. Like Nehemiah of old, he led
in rebuilding the waste places.
[This paper was read by Mrs. Massey at a meeting of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy at Hot Springs, Ark.]
The sketch in Last Roll, page 36 of January Veteran, had
the name of Judge John M. Philips incorrectly spelled. Judge
Philips had no children, but had adopted Mrs. Philips's
nephew, Richard A. Apperson, a noble young man, who is a
great comfort to her in these days of most poignant sorrow.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS AND ROBERT TOOMBS.
[Extracts from a paper by C. S. Wooten, of La Grange,
N. C, in the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer eleven years ago.]
Jefferson Davis and Robert Toombs were two of the most
distinguished men that acted their part in the great drama of
public affairs during the last fifty years. In the summer of
1870 I saw Jefferson Davis and Robert Toombs at the Green-
brier White Sulphur Springs and heard them talk. I was
fascinated by the courtliness of Davis and the brilliancy in
the conversation of Toombs.
Mr. Davis was six feet tall and weighed about one hundred
and sixty pounds. At the time he had a closely cropped beard,
and a ruddy complexion was indicative of good health. He
bore the most honest and open expression of countenance
that I ever saw. He walked with a "proud step and a martial
mien" and with a bearing as graceful as the bounding deer.
Indeed, he walked from me with a step as "springy as an
Indian brave on the warpath." His heart was as tender and
sympathetic as a woman's. His "eyes would fill with tears on
a sudden," yet he was resolute and fearless with a heroic
courage that no danger could quell.
I saw him in his carriage during September, 1870, when
about to take the train for a trip to Europe. The guests of the
hotel gathered around the carriage to bid him farewell. I
never saw such affection manifested for any man as was shown
to Mr. Davis. As the carriage was about to move off, Mr.
Corcoran, the rich banker of Washington City, then about
eighty years old, came limping down the steps and rushed to
the carriage and grasped his hands and said : "Why, Mr.
Davis, you liked to have gone without my having the pleasure
to bid you good-by. May God bless you !" The tears streamed
down Mr. Davis's cheeks. Every man in that throng bowed
his head and every eye was filled with tears.
General Toombs during the war criticized Mr. D.ivis with-
out mercy and hurled his remorseless darts of wit and sar-
casm at his defenseless head. Yet I heard him say, after
witnessing Mr. Davis's conduct at Fortress Monroe, the
meekness, the patience, and the courage with which he bore
his imprisonment, without a single murmur escaping Iiis lips,
that he was a hero, a patriot, and a great man.
During the many conversations I heard from Toombs,
while he was bitter and fiery in his denunciation of men and
measures, I never heard him say an unkind word of Mr. Davis.
During the Mexican War Mr. Davis was colonel of a regi-
ment of Mississippians. Henry Clay, Jr.. a son of the great
commoner, and a graduate of West Point and the pet and
pride of his distinguished father, was a member of this regi-
ment. Young Clay was so fascinated by the manly bearing
and soldierly qualities of Davis that in every letter he wrote to
his father he praised this great man. Lieutenant Clay was
killed at Buena Vista. After the war Mr. Davis was appointed
Senator to fill the unexpired term of Gen. Jesse Speight, who
died in office.
In 1849 and 1850, during the agitation of the slavery question
which threatened to spread over the country and destroy the
Union, Clay, Calhoun, and Webster, who had been in retire-
ment, were returned to the Senate, so that the country could
have the benefit of their counsel in that grave emergency.
Clay introduced his compromise measures to pacify the coun-
try. Davis opposed them. Notwithstanding Davis was an
extreme State rights Democrat of the Calhoun school and
Qay was a conservative old line Whig, there was a warm at-
tachment between them. On one occasion, as Davis was pass-
ing through the Capitol grounds. Clay and Berrien, of Geor-
gia, were talking. Clay called Davis and said, "Come, my
\oung friend, and go with us and pass the compromise meas-
ures;" and, turning to Berrien, said: "It will save the Union
for our day, but our young friend Davis will be here to fight
it out yet." Mr. Davis replied: "Mr. Clay, I don't propose to
place upon posterity a fight that I ought to make myself."
Were there ever nobler or more generous words spoken? No
sage of antiquity ever uttered a grander sentiment; and if
they had been spoken before Shakspere's day, he would have
put that sentiment in the mouth of some great actor, and it
would have thrilled the world. As a writer none ever sur-
passed him in affluent and exuberant rhetoric and graceful
diction and rounded periods. His pen "had the lightness of
the wind with the force of a thunderbolt." Toombs in one
of his fiery philippics against him during the war said if the
Confederacy wanted a rhetorician for President, a man who
could write fine State papers, clothed in classic language and
beautiful imagery, and who could play the courtier and charm
the social circle, Davis was the right man.
No one ever questioned the patriotism and devotion to what
he believed a just cause. He was one of the few men who,
if it had been necessary, could have gone to the scaffold with
unblanched cheek and with a firm step as a martyr in defense
of what he believed was right. Would that we had more of
such men and fewer of the demagogues ! He was thoroughly
honest and conscientious, and was always actuated by the
loftiest sentiments of the unsullied statesman in dealing with
questions of State, and was a stranger to the arts of the
political trickster and mouthing demagogue.
In the summer of 1858 Mr. Davis visited Portland, Me.,
to get the benefit of that bracing climate for the recuperation
of his health. In response to a serenade from the citizens
there he delivered a speech which is one of the finest speci-
mens of glowing rhetoric and chaste diction that I have ever
read. While Mr. Davis was not as consummate a politician
as Webster, as profound a metaphysician as Calhoun, as ready
a debater as Douglas (in a rough and tumble discussion), as
eloquent an orator as Preston or Prentiss, or as skillful a gen-
eral as Lee or the two Johnstons, yet he possessed the quali-
ties of all these men to a remarkable degree, and had some
that none of them had; so take him as an all-round man — as
orator, statesman, scholar, and soldier — there has been none
other like him.
While in prison after the war the patience and heroic cour-
age with which he endured his imprisonment have never been
surpassed. Even the great Napoleon when at St. Helena
chafed under the restraint and paced his prison bounds like
a caged lion. While some of his own people at the close of
the war, smarting under defeat, hurled their cruel shafts of
criticism at him, yet he murmured not and struck not back,
and the sublime meekness with which he bore it was almost
Godlike. He was a perfect mirror of chivalry, the whitest
flower among American statesmen and the fairest type of the
Christian hero that history furnishes.
The annals of mankind present the name of no man who
was distinguished for a more romantic gallantry, for a more
chivalric courage, for a more unbounded generosity, for a
more unwavering integrity, for a loftier patriotism, and for
every noble and generous virtue that can adorn and embellish
human character than this illustrious man. His great name
will stand forth in undecaying luster as the most conspicuous
example in history, of heroic courage and undying devotion
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to the cause of his country and as the true embodiment of
that immortal sentiment that "all his ends were his country's,
his God's, and truth's." The time will come when he will no
longer be stigmatized as a "graceless traitor and foul con-
tending rebel," but he will take his proper place in history be-
side such names as William the Silent, Prince of Orange, and
our own immortal Washington. May the memory of Jefferson
Davis remain immortal and perpetual in the hearts of the peo-
ple he loved so well and to whose service he devoted the
"golden prime of his manhood days !"
Robert Toombs was over si.x feet tall and weighed about
240 or 250 pounds, with broad shoulders, a little inclined to
stoop by carrying his head down as if in deep thought when
he walked. On one occasion during the war he rode to the
tent of Gen. J. E. Johnston, who was commanding the Army
of Northern Virginia, and upbraided him in his vigorous style,
as only Toombs could do, for some order that he had issued.
When he returned to his quarters, he narrated the circum-
stance to his life-long friend. Dr. Stiener, his brigade surgeon,
who had been in the Mexican War and knew something about
military discipline. He said : "General, you have been too
rash ; you will be arrested.'' Toombs replied that he thought
so too. A few days after he was summoned to General John-
ston's tent to attend a counsel of war, and it was noticed that
he was the only brigadier in counsel. Johnston afterwards
said Toombs is 'the brainiest man in the Confederacy."
Longstreet heard of Toombs making slump speeches to the
army, referring in anything but complimentary terms to his
commander, and he ordered him under arrest. He afterwards
said that Toombs had the "kindling eye and rare genius of a
soldier."
Now here was praise from two men whom Toombs had
severely criticized. Yet they were big enough to accord to
him credit for his merit. In this day of pigmies if you differ
from them they cry out, "Crucify him." His speech in the
Senate in defense of secession was said by Mr. Stephens to
have been equal to the speech of Pericles at the opening of the
Peloponnesian War. Mr. Blaine in his great book says that
Mr. Toombs was the only Southern statesman who "put upon
record the grounds upon which and the grievances for which
destruction of the Union could be justified.''
I sat one day at the White Sulphur Springs and heard liim
talk for five hours. He held the audience spellbound like a
magician with his wand. No one moved or spoke. I never
saw such a copious flow of sparkling wit, of burning sar-
casm, of classical allusion, of brilliant language, and such a
perfect "scattering of the diamonds of the mind." As he spoke
he would move nervously in his chair, with an unlit cigar in
his hand ; every "muscle on his frame seemed to crawl." his
bosom would rise and swell as his "mighty mind throed to
deliver forth his thoughts." and his eyes blazed like "burning
suns." Wlien he would straighten himself up as if to give
emphasis to what lie was going to say and shake his big liead,
his hair looked like "the mane of a war horse;" and when he
reached the climax and would utter some fiery denunciation
and the foam dashed from his lips, the effect was electrical
upon the audience, and it stunned them like a clap of thunder
or dazzled them like a flash of lightning. It almost took your
breath. It was as brilliant as a display of fireworks or the
falling of a celestial shower. The material which he threw
away on this occasion with such lavish prodigality was like
the mighty waste of Niagara. I was forced to throw up my
hands and exclaim : "What a man I"
In his young days Toombs was a Whig; and when only
thirty years old, in 1840, during the Harrison campaign of "log
cabin, hard cider, and coon skins'' memory, he went into South
Carolina to meet George McDuflSe, the great Democrat who
was styled the impetuous orator and called by some "har-
nessed lightning." Toombs's argument was so convincing, his
invectives so fiery, arid his eloquence so overpowering that
McDuffie said of him: "I have heard John Randolph of
Roanoke and met Burgess, of Rhode Island, but this wild
Georgian is a Mirabeau." But the most remarkable event in
the life of Toombs and the most wonderful exhibition of
physical and intellectual powers was at the time he made his
discord speech in 1849, when the House was unorganized and
in a wrangle over the election of Speaker. He successfully
subdued a tumultuous crowd and silenced an infuriated as-
sembly and forced an unwilling audience to listen to his speech.
It was so eloquent that members forgot their dignity and
applauded it vigorously.
Toombs has been popularly regarded as a fire eater and a
prince of that class, but it is a libel upon his character. Some
one in summing up his characteristics said of them: "While
wild and exasperating in speech, he was safe and cautious in
counsel." He was the first Secretary of State in the Confed-
erate cabinet; and when the firing on Fort Sumter was first
discussed, be opposed the assault on the fort. Pacing the
floor, with his hands behind him, with a dreamy, heavy look
on his face, he turned to Mr. Davis and said : "Mr. President,
at this time it is suicide, murder, and will lose us every friend
in the South. You will wantonly strike a hornets' nest which
extends from mountain to ocean, and legions now quiet will
swarm out and sting us to death. It is unnecessary; it puts us
in the wrong; it is fatal." These prophetic words don't read
like the language of a fire eater.
Toombs was a brigadier general in the Confederate army
and also a member of Congress. During the first year of the
war a bill was pending in Congress authorizing the govern-
ment to issue bonds for the purchase of cotton from the
planters. During the debate on the bill Toombs walked in
the hall. Drawing himself up, he said: "Mr. Speaker, we
have been told that cotton was king; that he will find his way
to the vaults of the bankers of the Old World; that he can
march up to the throne of mighty potentates and drag from
the arsenals of armed nations the dogs of war; that he can
open our closed ports and fly our young flag on all the seas.
And yet before the first autumnal fro.st has blighted a leaf
on his coronet he comes to this hall like a kangaroo and his
speech gives me the headache." "His epigrams were terse,
and he threw them out like proverbs."
His home and domestic life was pure and beautiful. He
would carouse and hurrah with the boys in the day, but at
night he would repose in the bosom of his family and enjoy
the sweets of wedded love. No man was more loyal or de-
voted to his wife than he was. I remember seeing them at
the springs after they had passed the meridian and were fast
approaching the "chambers of the setting sun." She was a
typical Southern matron of the old school plump of figure,
with traces of loveliness in her face. The gentle. Christian
example of this lovely woman had a soothing, salutary effect
upon the "soaring, stormy spirit" of Robert Toombs, and when
she died, it seemed to steady him. and, like the prodigal, he
"came to himself" and threw himself at the foot of the cross
and made an open declaration of his faith in the Christian
religion. This man, who defied Presidents and generals and
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whom no mortal man could intimidate, could be governed by
a nod of the head or a gentle touch of the hand of his wife.
I witnessed an instance myself when his temper, like the pent
fires of a volcano, was about to burst forth ; she touched him
on the shoulder and he became as quiet as a lamb. He was al-
ways bubbling and overflowing with kindness, sympathy, and
generosity. While he was Senator in Washington he wrote
a letter to his wife on her fortieth birthday, and referred to
her as the "same lovely and true-hearted woman to me that
you were when I made you my bride twenty-three years ago,
and that there was no other change except the superior loveli-
ness of the full blown over the budding rose, and that what-
ever success in life I may have had, whatever of evil I may
have avoided, or whatever good I may have done, I am mainly
indebted to the beautiful, pure, true-hearted little black-eyed
girl who on the iSth of May, 1830, came trusting to my arms,
the sweetest and dearest of wives." This is the language of
a lover. Romeo could not have uttered a sweeter and more
poetic sentiment.
Now that the kindred spirits of Davis and Toombs have
stepped on the "silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean we
must all sail so soon," may we not hope that, though dis-
cordant and belligerent here, they have walked into the un-
fading lights of the celestial city and their wasted cheeks have
been kissed by the "breath of tlie eternal morning" and that
they may abide and shine in the splendors of Him "beneath
whose feet the stars are dust?"
THE LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN OF 1864.
Gen. Dick Taylor's Famous Order of May 28, 1864.
D. J. Kendall, Esq., Mayor of Sulphur, Okla., sends the
Veteran a r rcular that contains the following:
"This document will be prized as a precious relic by every
survivor of Wharton's Division and the Army of Western
Louisiana. It is the famous general order issued by Gen. Dick
Taylor congratulating his soldiers on the great victory they
had won, culminating in the rout of Banks at Alexandria.
This order was not generally circulated, but fell into the hands
of Col. (ex-Gov.) Frank Lubbock, and fortunately he pre-
served the original document. Colonel Lubbock was assistant
adjutant general on the staff of Major General Wharton. In
his 'Six Decades in Texas' Governor Lubbock reproduces the
order, and it is presented in this form by Capt. Tom Killings-
worth, of Waco, now residing at Norman, Okla. Captain
Killingsworth was a member of Company H, 19th Texas Cav-
alry, which was a part of the brigade commanded by Gen. W.
H. Parsons. This company was enlisted in Waco.
General Taylor's Order.
" 'On March 12 the enemy with an army of 30,000 men, ac-
companied by a fleet of ironclads mounting one hundred and
fifty guns, moved forward for the conquest of Texas and
Louisiana. After seventy days' continuous fighting you stand,
a band of conquering heroes, on the banks of the Mississippi.
Fifty pieces of cannon, 7,000 stand of small arms, three gun-
boats, and eight transports captured or destroyed, sixty stands
of colors, over 10,000 of the enemy killed, wounded, or cap-
tured— these are the trophies which adorn your victorious
banners. Along three hundred miles of river you have fought
his fleet, and over two hundred miles of road you have driven
his army. You matched your bare breasts against his iron-
clads, and proved victorious in the contest. You have driven
his routed columns beyond the Mississippi, although fed by re-
enforcements of fresh troops, while many of your gallant com-
rades were withdrawn to other fields. The boasted fleet which
lately sailed triumphantly over our waters has fled in dismay
after destroying guns and stripping off armor in its eagerness
to escape. Like recreant knights, the ironclads have fled the
field, leaving shield and sword behind.
" 'The devotion and constancy you have displayed in this
pursuit have never been surpassed in the annals of war, and
you have removed from the Confederate soldier the reproach
that he could win battles but could not improve victories.
" 'Along a hundred miles of his path the flying foe, with
more than savage barbarity, burned every house and village
within his reach. You extinguished the burning ruins in his
base blood and were nerved afresh to vengeance by the cries
of women and children left without shelter or food.
" 'If the stern valor of our well-trained infantry was il-
lustrated on the bloody fields of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill,
this long pursuit has covered the cavalry of this army with
undying renown. Whether charging on foot shoulder to
shoulder with our noble infantry or hurling your squadrons on
the masses of the foe or hanging on his flying columns with
more than the tenacity of the Cossack, you have been admirable.
" 'Our artillery has been the admiration of the army. Boldly
advancing without cover against the heavy metal of the hostile
fleet, unlimbering often without support within range of mus-
ketry, or remaining last on the field to pour grape and canister
into advancing columns, our batteries have been distinguished
in exact proportion as opportunity was afforded.
" 'Soldiers, these are great and noble deeds, and they will
live in chronicle and in song as long as the Southern race
exists to honor the earth. But much remains yet to do. The
fairest city of the South languishes in the invader's grasp.
Soldiers, this army marches toward New Orleans ; and though
it may not reach the goal, the hearts of her patriotic women
shall bound with joy, responsive to the echoes of your guns.' "
49TH TENNESSEE IN BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.
BY REV. J. H. m'nEILLY, D.D., NASHVILLE.
In proportion to the numbers engaged, I believe that the
Confederate losses in killed and wounded in the battle of
Franklin, November 30, 1864, were heavier than were suf-
fered in any other battle of the Civil War. The 49th Ten-
nessee, of which I was chaplain, was in Quarles's Brigade,
Walthall's Division, Stewart's Corps, and it was almost ex-
terminated. The highest commissioned officer in the brigade
the next morning was a lieutenant. I estimated the loss in the
49th at eighty-five per cent out of about one hundred and
twenty, and only seventeen answered to roll call after the bat-
tle.
The central point of the Federal lines was a gin house on
the east of the Columbia road. Around this point for probably
one hundred and fifty or two hundred yards on each side was
the fiercest fighting, and the carnage was terrible. My brother
was killed in a few feet of the works ; and when I went to
get his body, I realized how fearful was the slaughter at that
point. I was in the charge, going with the men until they
began to fall so fast that I had to stop and direct my litter-
bearers in carrying them from the field. So I was dependent
on the reports of the few who came out of that carnival of
death for what occurred at that "roaring height of destiny."
Capt. R. Y. Johnson, of Company F, was one who came back
severely wounded. His was the color company, and two of
the color bearers had been shot down, arid he was stooping to
pick up the colors when he was shot in the head and in the
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arm. When he recovered consciousness, he was holding on
to the colors, and he brought them out with him. I assisted
the surgeons in dressing his wounds.
Recently I received a letter from Captain Johnson, living
now near Guthrie, Ky., in which he states that the 49th Regi-
ment was the first to reach the enemy's work at the old gin
house. I quote from his letter as follows : "In the battle of
Franklin the point of direction for the 49th was the old gin
house, at which there was an angle in which was a battery of
six guns. The regiment went against and extended round this
angle. Part of tlie men — Lieutenant Barnes and Captain Har-
rison, of Company C; Lieutenant Cooper and C. H. Bailey,
of Company A — went over the enemy's works to the right of
the angle, and Lieutenant Colonel Atkins, commanding the
regiment, and Sergeant Grant, of Company F, went over on
the left of the angle, thus showing that the regiment lapped
around the angle."
I can never forget the awful scene around that gin house,
with trenches overflowing with dead and the field so covered
with dead men that one had to pick his way carefully to keep
from stepping on their bodies.
Did they die in vain? Was this heroism fruitless? I do
not believe it. No sacrifice for conscience is ever in vain.
The future shall reap the fruits of these sufferings.
TYPICAL CHARACTERS LV SLAVERY.
Atlanta Darky Goes to Jail on His Honor.
Cicero Finch, "servant of the Finch family in Jackson
County, espeshully of Mars Ben Finch endurin' de war," is
an honest man.
Deputy Sheriff Wiley Roberts took Cicero for a visit to
the family whose harness he was accused of appropriating.
Cicero had "plenty of chance" to get away, but he waited for
the deputy and accompanied him to their destination.
Returning townward, the officer left the old negro to re-
turn to the jail alone. He presented himself at the grill door
and asked for admittance. "Well, suh, here I is, and you
know deni white folks jes natchelly knows I ain't guilty!"
He was sent back to the prison to await his trial. He was
believed to have taken some harness from Mr. Crawford, at
wliose house he had done some painting. Cicero stoutly de-
nied guilt, and he said : "I is sixty-six years old, come nex'
June. 1 b'longed to ol' Mars Charlie Finch, on Mulberry
River, in Jackson County, eighteen miles from Athens. He
give me my name, and I'sc had it ever since. I lived wid him
ontel he give me to little Mars Ben, and I went wid him to dc
war. You know when Petersburg blowed up? Well, Mars
Ben was killed right dere, and I got wounded in two places.
Dey sent me home to see my folks, and atter dat I was in de
Georg}' war and left here when Atlanta was took. Sence
dat time I been workin' at mos' anything. Mostly I is a
painter, but lemme tell you," the old negro laughed and
slapped his leg with his broad-brim hat, "I is jes natchelly
one of de finest roasters and hotel cooks in de land. An'
lemtne tell you somethin' mo' : I never was whipped in my
life and I never was up fer stealin'. I sho didn't git dem
harness, and you knows dem white folks knows it. De ol'
nigger is hones' ; he is sho, boss."
Old Black Mammy's Birthday.
The Tennessean and American states of ".-Kunt Rachel ;"
"Tuesday was Aunt Rachel's seventy-ninth birthday, but it
promised to mean no gala occasion for the faithful old woman.
Until recently she had managed to earn her own living, sup-
plying her simple wants as best she could through money ob-
tained in nursing little children, washing, and general house-
work. Now the knuckles of her hands are knotted with
rheumatism. It was discovered that the faithful old negro
faced her seventy-ninth birthday without coal or provisions
in her little cabin. Her case was made public. While the
old woman had never accepted charity in her life, she could
not refuse the "birthday gifts" which were taken to her, and
the gratitude as expressed by her was pathetic.
" 'I'se jus' bilin' with joy, honey,' she said to Mrs. Booth,
one of Miss Fannie Battle's right-hand workers in the United
Charities of Nashville. All gifts for Aunt Rachel were sent
to the United Charities and forwarded by them to her.
"When the United Charity worker gave her the gifts, the
old honest face lighted up with that 'bilin' joy;' but when it
came to the money, the old woman said : 'Now, honey, you
jus' pay de rent fo' a month and pay de dollar I owes on de
burial insurance, and den you keep de res' till I jus' has to
have it, 'cause shore as I have it myself I might spen' it on
somethin' to eat which I might's well git crlong without.'
"The United Charities will keep the few dollars left after
paying the rent and insurance, and will give it to Aunt Rachel
as she may need it ; but the clothes and the sirup and the
pound cake and the roll and the meal and the tea and the
bacon and the canned soup and the warm things to wear are
in the possession of the old woman as birthday gifts from
white friends.
"The gifts were accompanied by little notes saying, 'In
memory of an old black mammy,' or 'For Aunt Rachel, wish-
ing her a happy birthday,' or some equally appropriate ex-
pression. As the little notes were read to her, the old woman's
eyes filled with tears and she said : 'Now, ain't dat sweet ?
De Lord bless whos'evcr sent dat.' "
WHITTIER AND ABOLITION.
In the following letter from John G. Whittier to Mrs. Fannie
C. Hoffman, of Lafayette, Ala., the old gentleman takes an
old man's privilege to lecture a little. He wrote :
"Amesbury, Mass., April 19, 1889.
"My Dear Friend: Thy letter in regard to the Confederate
Soldiers' Home 1 heartily thank thee for. A member of the
Society of Friends — a society which requires all its members
to bear a faithful testimony against slavery — I can truly say
that I have never cherished any feeling of haired toward a
slave holder.
"I sought the abolition of slavery for tlie well-being of mas-
ters as well as slaves, and I am glad to show my wish to pro-
mote good feeling between the North and the South by sub-
scribing as far as my means will allow to the proposed home.
* ■* ■* Inclosed find $20.
"Believe me, very sincerely, thy aged friend,
John G. Whittier."
Information Desired or Callie Lee.
Mrs. A. D. Andrews, of Orchard Park, N. Mex., a devoted
U. D. C, writes inquiry for a woman whose maiden name was
Callie Lee. She was born about the beginning of the War of
the States. Her father, Ealoam Lee, was a lieutenant in the
Confederate army, and was killed in one of the battles in Ten-
nessee. It is understood that he lived for a time in Pine Bluff
and served with an Arkansas regiment, also that he married
in Georgia. There is some property due this Miss Lee (or
Mrs. ), and it will be appreciated by Mrs. Andrews if she
can procure information in regard to her.
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"Where are they who went away,
Sped with smiles that changed to tears?
Lee yet leads the lines of gray,
Stonewall still rides down this way;
They are fame's through all the years.
Deaths in A. S. Johnston Camp, No. 1164.
The following members of A. S. Johnston Camp at Corinth,
Miss., are reported as missing from roll call: J. P. Epps,
nth Miss. Cav.; J. P. CoUier, 4th Ala. Cav.; Maj. J. L.
Woflford, WofTord's Miss. Battery, J. D. Bills, 326 Miss. Inft. ;
J. R. Adams, W. A. Brewer, nth Miss. Cav.; W. H. Calla-
han, 22d Ga. Inft.; J. B. Topell, 31st Tenn. Cav,; David
Fields, 26th Miss. Inft.; J. G, Taylor, Rice's Battery; G. D.
Winston, 2d Miss. Inft.; W. W. Dancer, 26th Miss. Inft.;
Kit Baker, 31st Tenn. Cav,; J. J. Blankenship, loth Ark. Inft.
John T. Rollins.
John Thomas Rollins, of Blackburn, Mo., died October 28,
ipn. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., June 22, 1838,
and moved to Missouri in 1856. In 1861 he joined the Mis-
souri State Guards. He served in that command until dis-
charged by the expiration of that service. Comrade Rollins,
who was a corporal, joined the Confederate army in August,
1862, as a member of Company D, ist Missouri Cavalry,
Shelby's Brigade.
While General Marmaduke commanded the division,
Shelby's Brigade being part of it, he took the company to
which Rollins belonged for his escort, and the company was
known as Marmaduke's Escort a greater part of the time
until the close of the war. Comrade Rollins was one of the
best soldiers in the company. He was quiet, but always went
in when fighting was to be done and stayed until it was over.
He was very popular in the company, always ready to divide
anything he might have with comrades. He was married to
Miss Martha Hays, of Saline County, Mo„ a short time be-
fore the war. Four children were born to this union, three
of whom are living: Samuel R,, living in Colorado; Mrs, Mar-
vin Davis, of Sweet Springs, Mo.; and Mrs. John Martin,
Blackburn, Mo. Mrs. Rollins died some twenty years ago.
Comrade Rollins was buried at Pisgah Cemetery by the side
of his wife and near several of his comrades in arms, there
to await the sound of the call of Gabriel's trumpet calling him
to his home above for which he was so well prepared to go.
[The above sketch is from W. C, Hall, of Sweet Springs,
Mo,]
Orderly Sergeant Matthew Cox.
Matthew Cox, who died at his home, in Dawson County,
Ga,, on November 22, ign, was a brave Confederate soldier,
having served as orderly sergeant of Company K, 43d Geor-
gia Regiment, He volunteered in March, 1862, and was as-
signed to Bragg's command, serving under Generals John-
ston and Hood in the Western Army. He never shirked
a duty as a soldier. In the battle of Baker's Creek, near
Vicksburg, he was severely wounded and captured, but ex-
changed, and after getting out of the hospital he returned to
service in 1864. His wound troubled him continuously, and,
in addition, he was severely afflicted with rheumatism, so that
he could not walk for eight or ten years. During this time
religion was his solace, and lie patiently awaited release from
his sufferings.
Comrade Cox was Past Master Free and Accepted Masons,
whose service was used in the burial. He is survived by his
wife, three daughters, and three sons.
Jl'iii;e T. B. Corson,
Judge T, B, Corson was born in Lexington, Tenn., April
8, 1835. He graduated from the Lebanon Law School in
1857. He served as county chairman for ten years, and also
as clerk and master of the chancery court of Lauderdale
County. He shared the favor and confidence of his friends
to an unusual degree, serving five terms as State representa-
tive and one term in the Senate from Lauderdale County.
As a Confederate soldier Judge Carson served as second
lieutenant of Company E, ist Confederate Cavalry, and was
Commander of Camp No. 8go, U. C. V., at Ripley for two
years. He also served as Adjutant of the Camp four terms.
He died in Ripley on November 30, ign, in his 77th year.
Capt. S. W. Cowling.
Capt. S. W. Cowling, Commander of Bridgeport Camp, U,
C. V„ of Bridgeport, Tex,, died on September 11, 191 1, lacking
only four days of having completed his 72d year. He was
born and reared in Lowndes County, Ala, At the beginning
of the war he enlisted in the 3d Alabama Infantry, in which
he was made lieutenant. In the fall of 1862 he was commis-
sioned to raise a cavalry company, of which he was captain in
Morgan's command. He was taken prisoner in 1863, and was
in prison eighteen months, being paroled just before the close
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of the war. He was married in 1866 and the companion by
whose side he fought the civil battles of life valiantly survives
him. He was three years a sufferer from disease, but as a
brave soldier heroically endured to the last.
G. H. Mason.
Comrade G. H. Mason was bom in Robertson County.
Tenn., on May 10, 1843. He enlisted in Company B, 30th
Tennessee Regiment, and remained in the service until the
close of the war. After the surrender he returned to Robert-
son County, where he resided until his death, which occurred
at his home in Springfield on November 10, 191 1. On the
succeeding day he was laid to rest in beautiful Elmwood
Cemetery.
Comrade Mason had for several years endured great suffer-
ing, superinduced by exposure during the war. His record
as a soldier is unlarnislied, and his private life above reproach.
He was loved by all who knew him. for he was one of nature's
noblemen — honest, kind, and faithful.
Andrew J. Pickett.
Andrew Jackson Pickett, son of Frederick and Martha Far-
rier Pickett, of Dublin County, N. C, was born in Pike (now
Bullock) County, Ala., on March 15, 1838. He grew to splen-
did manhood in the fresh and sparsely settled country around
his home. He was fond of liunting wild game, with which
the country then abounded. He received his education in the
"old field" schools of the county and at Orion, Troy, and
Brownwood, near La Grange, Ga. On December 15. 1858. he
married Miss Torbut Sloan, of Lowndes Countv
At the beginning of the War of the States he joined the ist
Alabama Cavalry. In the battle of Perrvyille a ball passed
through his body, and he was left on the field for dead. Three
days after he received attention from a surgeon of the Federal
army. His recovery was very slow; and when he returned
home, his beautiful wife was in her grave.
After his recovery from his severe wound he joined the 6th
.\labama Cavalry, commanded by Col. C. H. Colvin, and was
captured March 25, 1865, at Pine Barren and sent to Ship
Island, where he remained until May i, and was then taken
to Vicksburg and paroled on May 6, 1865.
In December, 1867, he was married to Miss Augusta Siler
at Orion, Ala.- She was a beautiful and accomplished woman,
but in less than a year she was claimed by death.
On April 29, 1875, he was again married to Miss Alice Mc-
Laurine, of Virginia, who has been to him a helpmeet in
every way, and who, with her six children, survives him.
Comrade Pickett was a man of deep and earnest piety, a
devoted Church member since 1863, and held the office of
Church clerk and deacon for many years. He never fully
recovered from the wound that he received at Perry\-ille and
for some time had suffered from paralysis. On August 25,
191 T, this noble patriot and devout Christian passed "over the
river to rest under the shade."
Harris Dowlen.
Harris Dowlen was born in Robertson County, Tenn., on
September 28, 1841. In June, 1861, he joined the 30th Ten-
nessee, Company A, and made an excellent soldier. He was
wounded at Chickamauga and sent to prison at Camp Butler,
where he remained until the close of the war.
Comrade Dowlen came back to his native home after the
war and engaged in farming near Coopertown, where he died
September 12, 191 1. Shortly before his death he requested to
be buried in his uniform and with his cross of honor, which
request was complied with. He was an honest, upright, faith-
ful citizen and true to every trust.
John W. Hight.
John W. Higlit was born in Wilson County, Tenn., June
22, 1835; and died at Lisbon, Tex., September 12, 1911.
Comrade Hight enlisted in the Confederate service from
his native county May 22, 1861, as a member of Company I,
iSth Tennessee Regiment, commanded by Colonel (afterwards
General) Palmer. He was in all the principal battles of the
Tennessee Army. He was captured at Fort Donelson and
taken to Camp Butler, 111., and kept in prison eight months
until exchanged. He reenlisted for three years, or during the
war, at Corinth, Miss. From there they went to Jackson,
Miss., on to Murfreesboro, in which battle he served, as also
in that of Chickamauga and in those of the Georgia campaign.
He surrendered with Johnston's army at Durham, N. C, on
.April 15. 1865.
Returning to Wilson County, Tenn., he was married to Miss
Mahala Bond. In 1872 he moved with his family to Texas
and settled in Dallas County, where he successfully farmed
nntil his death. He was beloved and respected by all who
knew him.
Dpaths of Comrades at Lebanon. Va.
The report from McElhancy Camp. Lebanon, Va., gives the
names and ages of those who have been lost from the mem-
bership: J. R. Campbell, 76 j L. Gilmer, 78; Thomas Dye, 79;
Levy Johnson, 77; D. K. Banner. 67. .Ml were gallant sol-
diers and good citizens.
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Capt. Ed B. Ross.
dpt. Edward Barker Ross was born in Todd County, Ky.,
March 5, 1840; and died December 7, 191 1. His father, James
Ross, was one of the most scholarly men of the time, being
well educated in both Latin and Greek, and he was conversant
with the general literature of his day. His book, "The Life
and Times of Elder Reuben Ross," is a faithful history of
his father, a pioneer Baptist preacher of that country, and
it is also an e.xcellent interpretation of the men and women
of those early times. This truly great book is in style and
quaintness of humor cliarmingly original.
Though born in Kentucky, Captain Ross was reared on a
farm near the State line in Tennessee, where' he lived and
died. He received his education on the farm at his father's
school for boys, his college period occurring while he was a
Confederate soldier. He and his three brothers all enlisted in
the army and served to the close of the war, save Col. Reuben
Ross, who was killed early in the service at Hopkinsville,
Ky. So distinguished was the letter's service at Fort Donel-
son that the Confederate authorities requested his promotion
to brigadier general, but owing to his early death the com-
mission was not executed.
Captain Ross enlisted July 20, 1861, in Company K, 3d
Kentucky Infantry, organized by Col. Lloyd Tilghman. He
was third lieutenant in Captain Barnett's company, and made
a fine record as a soldier. Gentle and brave, he won both
the admiration and the affection of his men, who always fol-
lowed his lead. His regiment was at Bowling Green under
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, following in the retreat, and
was in the carnage at Shiloh. Early Sunday morning, the
first day of that battle, he was wounded, had his wound
dressed, and went back at once to the front and fought to
the end of the second day. Again in the first siege of Vicks-
burg he showed the same fighting spirit. After the Arkansas
Ram had successfully executed its daring feat in breaking
through the Federal chain of forty vessels, disabling three
or four of them and losing ten or twelve of her men, a call for
volunteers was made to take the places of her killed and
wounded. Captain Ross was among the first to step forward
as a volunteer for this dangerous service.
In April, 1863, after General Grierson had made the most
successful raid ever made by the Federals, marching through
Tennessee and Mississippi to Baton Rouge, several companies
of the 3d Kentucky were mounted in order to intercept similar
raids. As mounted infantry Captain Ross's company covered
the retreat of Gregg's Brigade from the battle of Raymond,
Miss., where tliis brigade had fought one of Grant's army
corps practically from sunrise to sunset. Not the charge of
the Light Brigade nor Pickett's still more famous charge at
Gettysburg is more glorious than the heroic fighting of Gregg's
Brigade at Raymond.
Some two months later tliis mounted infantry were ordered
to give up their horses and take their places in the infantry
service. About fifty men refused to be dismounted and left
for their homes in 'Western Kentucky. General Buford se-
lected Captain Ross as the man best suited to send after these
men with instructions to persuade them to return to their
commands or to hold them together and act independently, re-
porting to him once a month. These men were brave soldiers,
but they claimed that as the term of their enlistment had ex-
pired they had the right to reenlist where they pleased. The
authorities thought differently, hence the trouble. Captain
Ross did not succeed in persuading them to come back, but he
held them together and added new recruits and made it so
uncomfortable for the Federal forces at Paducah that they
dared not send out small raiding forces in the adjacent coun-
try. In this way Captain Ross was of great service to all the
country between Paducah and Mayfield, besides aiding our
armies in procuring supplies from that rich farming section.
After he had accomplished all that could be done on this
mission, he returned to his company at Paris, Tenn. He was
with Forrest at the capture of Johnsonville, and it was he,
Capt. H. Clay Horn, and the gallant Capt. Frank Gracey, of
Clarksville, Tenn., who first attempted the crossing of the
river on an improvised raft to capture and bring over the
Federal transport, the Mazeppa, which had been disabled by
the Confederate batteries. The raft breaking to pieces, im-
mersing all three, the gallant Gracey stripped his clothes and,
tying them and his pistols around his neck, threw one arm
over one log of the raft, and thus got across the river and
captured the vessel.
When General Hood was on his way to Franklin, Tenn.,
General Lyon was sent to make a diversion on a raid into
Kentucky, and Captain Ross went on this raid. General Lyon
went as far north as Elizabethtown and captured there a
whole train of provisions. But finding himself completely
surrounded by the enemy, he gave orders to his men to get
back South as best they could. Captain Ross and four of his
men were captured by a large force of the enemy just as he
was pushing off from the bank of Green River. This was
about December 24, 1864. He was carried to Camp Chase
Prison, where he suffered terribly from cold and hunger until
he was exchanged about the middle of March, 1865.
As soon as Captain Ross was exchanged at Richmond he
went back to his regiment, and remained with it until the sur-
render at Gainesville, Ala., on May 9, 1865. A comrade has
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written of him: '"When I saw him after his captivity, he was
just as hopeful and determined to continue fighting as at the
beginning of the war. He never gave up, and would have
fought all his life had the war continued so long."
Returning home from the war. Captain Ross was not cast
down nor disheartened by defeat, but with tireless energy and
with that buoyant hopefulness w'hich never deserted him he
took the management of his father's farm and assisted him in
teaching. He soon became a successful farmer.
In October, 1870, Captain Ross married Dorothea Crouch.
a refined and cultured lady, who survives him. To this union
were born six children, four daughters and two sons, all of
whom are living and arc worthy sons and daughters of theit'
honored father.
In 1880 Captain Ross engaged in the tobacco business in
connection with his farm, building a stemming factory and put-
ting up strips for the English market. So careful and so
honest was he in all his work in this business that when he
visited England to look after his tobacco business, those mer-
chant princes, the Giliots and the Babingtons, one a inember
of Parliainent and governor of the Bank of England, entcr-
Inined him in their homes during his entire stay.
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He took a deep interest in all that concerned his neighbor-
hood. He got up a Good Roads Club and induced all his
neighbors to join in building one to the Clarksville Pike.
While stationed at Holly Springs during the war he became
a member of the Episcopal Church, and from that time w'as
ever a true follower of Christ. There being no cliurch near
enough for the family to attend, he threw his whole energy
into the matter of having one built, interesting the conimimity
in the enterprise, and within a few months liad built the
little country ohurcli which is a lasting monument to his
name. For several years he taught in the Sunday school,
never failing to attend, and doing everything in the capacity
of a laytnan that he could. His little church being too poor
to employ a minister, he took orders in the Episcopal Church
and became a regular minister, although against his inclina-
tion ; but it was an emergency. Though burdened with large
business activity, he always had time to visit the sick, to con-
sole the distressed, and to cheer the despondent.
Stricken by a fatal malady eight years before he died, he
was still the same cheerful, self-denying man, lightening his
own heavy burdens by sharing those of others. He never was
a truer soldier of the cross than when he was an invalid and
waiting for his end.
In reviewing the life of this masterful and yet loving and
tender man, it can truly be said that he was a faithful son, a
devoted husband and father, a courageous and victorious sol-
dier of his country and of the cross.
John Wesley Rich.^rilson.
John W. Richardson died suddenly at his home, in Hamp-
ton, Va., in August, 191 1. He was born in Northampton
County, Va., his ancestry dating back in the early history
of that section of his native State. In his childhood
the family removed to Baltimore, where he w-as educated in
the public schools. In 1858, at the age of nineteen, he located
in the town of Hampton, Va., where he became a skilled
artisan in his trade as carpenter, and was known as one of
the leading citizens of his new home, interested in the wel-
fare and advancement of the community. When the War of
the States began, he did not hesitate in his allegiance to his
State; but in April, l$6i, he volunteered in the Washington
Light .\rtillery, organized at Hampton and officered by some
of its most prominent citizens, one of the lieutenants being
James Barron Hope, the poet and magazine writer and after
the war a distinguished journalist of Norfolk. As a mem-
ber of that command Comrade Richardson participated in the
Peninsula campaign, including the siege of Yorktown, the
battle of Williamsburg, and the retreat to Richmond. On
arriving there, by some mismanagement the company was
disbanded and the men sought service in other conmiands.
John Richardson, with nineteen other Hampton boys, re-
enlisted with (he King William .Artillery, commanded by
Capt. T. H. Porter, afterwards promoted to commander of a
battery of lield artillery. As a private in this renowned com-
mand Richardson proved his mettle in some of the most hotly
contested battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. He did
not boast of having been in a hundred battles, but half the num-
ber would probably rover ihcm, beginning with the Yorktown
campaign in 1861 and closing with the terrible conflict at the
Bloody Angle, May 12, 1864, where he was captured with
Edward Johnson's division, spending fourteen months at Fort
Delaware. He did all that was honorable, just, and brave for
the Southern cause. From the privations and sufferings of
prison life, almost more than mortal man could endure, he
never entirely recovered, and from their effects he was a life-
long sufferer. Yet he would never give up as long as he
was able to walk, living only two months after he retired
from business.
On his return to Hampton from prison, three months after
Lee's surrender, he immediately engaged with cheerfulness
and hope in the work of rebuilding the waste places of the
old town made desolate by the ravages of war (the town
was burned by General Magruder in July, 1861), joining
hands with the remnant of his own people and the incomers
from the North who had remained after the Federal troops
were withdrawn. In 1868 he began merchandising on a small
scale and continued in business thirty years, constantly en-
larging it and accumulating a competency. During that time
he filled quite a number of positions of public character,
serving as alderman and Mayor of Hampton after its in-
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corporation. Ten years later, upon urgent rei|ucst, he con-
sented to serve again as Mayor, the coiulitioiis requiring a
man of experience and tact to redeem the errors of previous
administrations. He was also for seven years Commander
of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 3, U. C. V.. and was a member of
the County and District School Board for many years. At
the age of seventy-two years he folded his hands and was at
peace with his Maker, for he had been a Christian many years
Comrade Richardson was twice married, and surviving him
.ire his widow, a son. and two daughters, with a host of
friends, one of whom in his far-oflf Texas home sends this
tribute to the gallant soldier and true son of the South.
[Sketch by F. T. Roche, Georgetown. Tex., cx-Commander
Texas Division, U. C. V.]
Members of C.\.\ii' I.om.\.\. V.C. V.
"The Day of Sorrow" is an annual observance with Camp
Lomax, No. 151. U. C. V.. in Montgomery, .Ma., at wliicli
time resolutions arc passed in meinory of tliosc who have
been lost to the membership during the year. At the meet-
ing held late in December the following tributes expressed
most fittingly the appreciation of those so lately lost to their
comradeship:
"We are admonished by the invasion of our ranks by the
fatal messenger that in a few years more the noble army of
Confederate soldiers will have all passed away. Of this,
those who are surviving should not complain, for each and
every one of us has passed the three-score mark and many
the three-score and ten. Rather should we be thankful to
.Almighty God that he has for his own wise purpose given
longer lease of life and seek for our remaining days so to
act and live as to be found worthy in his sight when our
course shall have been run.
"Since our last memorial meeting, one year ago, death has
been busy in our midst, and ten of our number have paid
the last debt of nature, to whose memory and virtue we meet
to pay tribute. They are: W. W. Herron, Watts Cadets,
rlied February 23, 191 1; J. B. Slaughter, Company F, 30th
W. S. Hammond, Selden's Bat-
F. Lawrence, 6th Alabama Cav-
J. Pickett. 1st Alabama Cavalr.v,
died August 25. 1911 ; E. M. Trimble, Alabatna Cadet Corps,
died September 4, 191 1 ; S. B. Hall, Company F, 3d Alabama,
died September 8, 1911 ; Alto V. Lee, Clayton Guards, isl
Alabama, died October 27, 1911; W. C. McTyeire, 17th Ala-
bama, died November 15, 191 1; Frank McLean, Company J,
1st Mississippi, died November 25, 1911.
"The testimony of all who knew these comrades is that
they were good soldiers, true to their convictions, loyal to
their cause in tiiue of war, and patriotic citizens in time ol
peace. This is a record to be proud of, and we add our trib-
ute of respect and express our sorrow that they have been
taken from us."
E. S. CiiEnn.
E. S. Creed, a Confederate veteran, was born March 24.
1843; and died at his home, in Mexico, Mo., on January 14.
1912. He first enlisted under Capt. Daniel Mclntyre in the
State Guard, where he served one year. He then joined
Company E, 9th Missouri Infantry, in the Trans-Mississippi
Department, and served till the end of the war. He was a fine
soldier and ever loyal to the cause for which he fought.
He lived an upright life and reared a large and worthy
family. He was successful in business life and a faithful fol-
lower of the Nazarene.
Georgia, died July 27, 1911 :
tery, died July 28, 1911 ; W.
airy, died August 3, 191 1 ; A.
Capt. J. M. Glenn.
Capt. J. M. Glenn died on January 16, 1912, at his home,
in Collierville, Tenn., aged seventy-one years. He was born
in Lawrence District, S. C. ; but losing his parents in youth,
lie was reared by his uncle, James Fleming, at Oak Grove,
Marshall County, Miss.
At the fall of Fort Sumter, when the men of the South were
c:dled to arms he responded and assisted in organizing a
I ompany in Marshall County, Miss. Although not of age, he
was elected first lieutenant, and later was promoted to captain.
His regiinent was in Cheatham's Division. He never missed
;i battle in which his regiment was engaged, including Bel-
fuont, Perryville, Richmond, Murfreesboro, Shiloh, Chicka-
niauga. Battle of Atlanta, and many others. Through all
these battles he was only slightly wounded. Li all Captain
Glenn was ever found at the front, calling on his boys to
"Follow me." He surrendered under Gen. J. E. Johnston.
Soon after coming home he engaged in merchandising and
f;irming, and amassed quite a fortune. He moved to Collier-
ville about twenty years ago. At the time of his death he was
liresident of both the bank of Collierville and the Collierville
Mercantile Company. He will be greatly missed in the com-
munity. His hand was ever extended to help the unfortu-
nate. He took special interest in the old veterans who were
in need. He was a great friend to the Veter.\n, and said to
the writer a few days before his last illness that he believed it
was getting better and better.
The funeral service was conducted by Rev. B. M. Cowan,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member,
assisted by Rev. L. T. Ward, who was intimately associated
with him in the banking business. Both spoke beautifully of
his life and character. Many flioral tributes and the large
procession that followed the remains to the last resting place,
despite inclement weather, gave evidence of the high esteem
in which he was held. He was laid to rest at Magnolia Ceme-
tery, near his lovely suburban home. He left a wife, three
daughters, and two sons to mourn their loss.
They are passing away from us, passing away,
The dear old boys, the true old boys who wore the gray.
[Data for sketch from J. H. McFerrin, Collierville.]
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Julius L. Schaub.
J. L. Schaub was born in Davidson County, N. C, January
9, 1843. His father was of the Moravian stock about Salem,
N. C, and his mother a Lambuth, of English ancestry. When
the war began, in 1861, he was a student in Yadkin Institute.
When Sumter fell, young Schaub and many other students
went to their homes and prepared for service in the Confed-
ate army. He joined a company that was mustered into serv-
ice on April 25, 1861, and it became a part of the 4th North
Carolina Regiment. This regiment was afterwards tlie 14th.
.1. 1.. sni.\Ull .NS .\ SOLDIER .\NI> L.MKK.
Comrade Schaub was wounded in his first battle. He soon
recovered, and was a gallant soldier to the end. He moved to
Georgia years ago and lived at LaGraiige until his death.
SCHAUB. PHOTO nESIGNF.n BY HIM FOR LAST ROLL.
COMMANDER J. L. SCHAUB.
TRIBUTE BY F. M. LONCLEY.
Comrades: The Commander of our Camp has answered the
l--.st roll call and has joined Lee, Jackson, and others of the
Army of Northern Virginia, companions of his in the stormy
si.xtics, and my eyes are moist while my hand hesitates to
write the words: "We shall see his face no more."
Xo fears of the last enemy agitated him; he had faced that
enemy almost defiantly seventy times on Virginia's battle fields.
His was a character of the martyr composition, with the cour-
age of a Ney, the loyalty of a Nelson, and the fidelity of a
Daniel. With him. as with his great captain, duty was the
sublimest word in the English language. Duty was his har-
binger, and led him through the ice and snow of winter, the
heat of summer's marches, led him into the midst of the
hissing missiles, bursting shells, and sanguine conflict. No
soldier of the War of the States saw more service or faced
more dangers than Comrade Schaub. He was no mere reed
to be shaken by the winds, but rather a mighty oak in his con-
victions, and never questioned the perfect justice of that cause
for which he willingly gave four years of hard service and
was loyal to it even unto death. Wrapped in his own faded
Confederate uniform, more to him than royal robe, he sleeps
well, and may in his last hour have murmured ;
".\ life of battle mine, but not of greed
Of fame or glory that to war I went.
I've won at last and lay my armor down ;
I'm going home to wear the victor's crown."
Brother Schaub will be greatly missed in LaGrange, missed
by the Ladies' Memorial Association, by the Confederate
C:mip of which he was Commander and its very soul and
spirit, and missed by all who knew him. He was valued for
b.is sterling integrity and Southern manhood. * * *
"Far down in the valley they're marching
In the lowlands that lead to the sea;
Behind lies their warfare's privations,
Beyond lies the golden-tinted lea.
They're crossing in squads with the boatman;
They're pressing, feebly pressing, on the bays ;
Steer them gently. O pilot, o'er the waters.
This remnant of old Confederate grays."
De.\ths in Camp Winnie D.vvis, Waxahachu Tf\
Rev. F. P. Ray, 19th Tex.. December, 1904.
J. V. Bradley, 48lh Tenn., June, 1905-
(;. J. Pcnn, Wall's Legion, March, 1905-
John H. Taylor, 53d Tenn., July, ipoS-
J. M. Gladish, 23d Tenn., August, 1905.
R. B. Sparks, 1st Ga. Cav., December, 1905.
W. J. Hanna, 48th Tenn. March. 1906.
11. .\. McAlpin. 154th Tenn., April, 1906.
L. H. Peters, Van Flake, Ala., September, 1906.
J. K. MofTett, 30th Tenn. Cav., December, 1906.
J. F. Porterfield, 12th Tex., February, 1907.
Samuel A. Quaite, 12th Tex., June, 1907.
John Harrison, Whitfield Legion, September, 1907.
William Schuster, 24th Tex. Inft., February, 1908.
J. D. Carder, Carter's Art. Bat., March, 1908.
B. F. Spalding, 4th Tex. Cav., April, 1908.
S. B. Stephenson, Ford's Art., April, 1908.
Rev. Newton Givens, McRea's Ark. Vol., May, 1908.
Capt. Carr Forest. 19th Tex. Cav., May, 1909-
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Maj. M. W. McKnight, 2d Rat. ist Tenn. Cav., July, 1909.
T. S. Freemon, 40th Ala., February, 1910.
H. M. Caruthers, 6tli La. Cav., , 1910.
Robert Jones, 19th Tex. Cav., February, 10 10.
J. R. Rives, 44th Ala. Inft., January, igii.
\V. W. Middleton, 37th Tenn., January, 191 1.
J. F. Iglehart, 21st Tex. Inft., January, 191 1.
S. P. Langsford, 4th Ariz. Cav., September, jgii.
G. \V. L. Perry, Craft's Ga. Art., September. 1911.
J. B. McCaul, 20th Tenn. Inft., April, 191 1.
Henry M. Rliodus, 19th Tex. Cav., Xovember, 191 1.
J. P. Paul, 34th Tex. Inft., December, 1905.
F. L. Adams, 9th Ala. Inft.
James Martin, ist Tenn.
\V. L. Hancock, l8tb Tex. Cav.
C.MT. S.\.\IL'EL SpENXER SeMMES.
Mrs. -Myce J. Cole and Mrs. Roberta Friend Eberhart were
selected as a committee to present a sketch of the life of Capt
S. S. Semmes, of Osceola, Ark., with resolutions expressive
of the sorrow of the Anne Spencer Semmes Chapter, U. D.
C, of Wilson, Ark., on his death :
"Samuel Spencer Semmes was born in Cincinnati, O., ;\larcli
4, 1838, and died at his home in Osceola, Ark., January 24.
1912. Although seventy-three years of age, to those who knew
him best his end was untimely, and the sorrow occasioned by
it has been felt by the entire community.
"Captain Seimnes was the eldest son of .Admiral Raphael
Semmes, of the Confederate navy, and his wife, Anne Spen-
cer. He was reared in Mobile, Ala., and received his education
at the Jesuit College (Spring Hill), near Mobile, from which
institution he graduated in 1855. He was admitted to the bar
in Washington County, Ala., in 1859, and subsequently grad-
uated at the law- school in New Orleans in i860, in which citv
he was residing and practicing his profession when the war
began. True to his convictions, he enlisted in the Confederate
service as second lieutenant in the ist Regiment of Louisiana
Infantry f regular), commanded by Col. [afterwards General]
A. H. Gladden, and was promoted to the rank of captain.
He went through the war in the Army of Tennessee, partici-
pating in the battles of Shiloh, Jilurfreesboro, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, and others.
"At the close of the war Captain Semmes engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits and in the practice of law in Southern Ala-
bama. In 1874 he removed to Mississippi County, Ark., where
he resided when he died.
"Captain Semmes was elected county judge in 1882 and held
the office one term. He helped to organize the Bank of
Osceola, of which he was vice president. He also held other
pro:n:nent offices in the business interests of the community,
and at the time of his death was a candidate for county treas-
urer. During his residence in Mississippi County he had be-
corue one of its most valued citizens. He was gifted by nature
with an indomitable spirit of perseverance which won him. a
leading place at the Osceola bar, where for thirty-eight years
he practiced his profession. His love for his home, his books,
and his flowers, together with his ability, moral courage, and
integrity of character, were conspicuous qualities.
"In 1863 Captain Semmes was married to a distant cousin,
Miss Pauline Semmes, daughter of Gen. Paul J. Semmes, of
Columbus, Ga. (killed at the battle of Gettysburg), and to
them were born five children — three sons and two daughters.
His wife died in 1877, and his second marriage took place
in 1881 to Miss Frances Morris, of Osceola. Of this union
there were five sons and three daughters. Captain Sennnes is
also survived by three sisters (Mrs. Luke S. Wright, of Mem-
phis, Tenn.: Mrs. Pendleton Colston, of Mobile, Ala.; and
Mrs. C. B. Bryan, of Memphis) and two brothers (Raphael,
of Montgomery, and Judge O J. Semmes, of Mobile).
SAMUEL S. SEMMES.
"Captain Sennnes was a devoted member of the Catholic
Church, to which three of his children had dedicated their
lives. The funeral service was conducted by his son, Rew
Father Semmes, in the church which had been built princi-
pally by Captain Semmes, and two of his sons served the mass."
John J. McKinnev.
John J. McKinney was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., Junc
13, 1843; and died January 16, 1912. Camp Erath, U. C. \' .
has lost a faithful comrade. He w'as a brave soldier, a good
citizen, and a kind neighbor. He was an affectionate husband
and father. He belonged to Company E, Balentine's Regi-
ment, Armstrong's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
A. H. McAlister in a letter to the family wrote : "I hap-
pened to join the company that he was a member of when we
were beardless boys. Our names beginning with 'Mc' threw
us together at once and often. As my mother had been sur-
rounded by six cocked guns in the hands of as many Yan-
kees and made to give up father's money, I went to the army
to kill Yankees. I found in John McKinney as brave a boy
as ever wore the gray. He cared less for danger than any
one I ever saw tried, and he was there for the same purpose."
William Littrell.
On December 15, 191 1, William Littrell departed this life.
He was born on March S, 1840, in Claiborne County, Tenn.,
near the place where he died. He enlisted in the Confederate
Army in the fall of 1861, and served until .April, 1865, as a
member of Company D, 3d Regiment of Engineers Corps,
under Captain Winston. His dairy shows that he served three
years and seven months. Comrade Littrell was an honorable
and highly respected citizen, liked by every one. He had never
married. He was never able to do much physical work since
his service in the war, but he taught school a number of years.
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Victor Montcomerv.
Judge Victor Montgomery died suddenly on October i8,
191 1, at Huntington Beach, Cal., where he had gone for rest
and recreation. He was dean of the Orange County bar and
president of its association, and his sojourn by the sea was
in preparation for taking up an important case tlie follow-
ing week in the Superior Court.
Under religious persecution old families from Scotland,
including the Montgomerys, became established in the north
of Ireland, and from that country three sons came to America
prior to the Revolutionary struggle and settled one each in
Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. William Montgomery, of
the Carolina branch, served with distinction in the first war
with England for independence. A son. A. B. Montgomery,
VICTOR MONTGOMERY.
who was born and reared in South Carolina, became an ex-
tensive planter in Arkansas and Mississippi, making his home
meanwhile in Nashville, Tenn., where his family held high
social position. He married Miss Davidella Flournoy, of
Lexington, Ky., and they becaine the parents of nine chil-
dren. They went to California in 1875 and settled at Santa
Ana. where both died. The father was eighty-two years old.
Victor Montgomery was born near Nashville April 28, 1846.
Until the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, his life passed
happily, surrounded by every advantage of wealth. He was
a student at the Nashville Military Academy. At the open-
ing of the war the father and son burned their cotton, worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, to prevent its falling into
the hands of the enemy. This loss, with other misfortunes
incident to the times, greatly reduced the family estate, but
all was relinquished with a spirit of loyalty to the Confed-
erate cause.
The father had promised that the son when si.xtcen years
of age might enlist for the Confederacy, and on May i, 1862.
the youth entered a cavalry company. Later in the war he
served as scout under General Forrest. He was in several
severe battles, and in that of Greenville, Miss., he was taken
prisoner and started North up the Mississippi River. Near
the mouth of the Wliite River he jumped from the boat into
Ithe water and got into a skiflf, reaching the shore in safety.
Though the undertaking was hazardous in the extreme, it
was brought to a successful consummation in his return to
the command.
His youthful buoyancy was not checked by war's disasters,
and when he returned home he matriculated in the University
of Mississippi at Oxford. Upon leaving the university he
:00k up the study of law under that famous statesman and
jurist, Hon. L. Q. C. Lainar, and in 1868 he was admitted to
practice at the Mississippi bar. However, as his father's
health failed, he returned to the family plantation in Washing-
ton County, Miss., and assumed management of it.
In 187s the Montgomery family removed to California,
where this young lawyer again engaged in the practice of law,
both in the Federal and California courts. In 1884, when
Grover Cleveland was the Democratic candidate for President,
Mr. Montgomery was the Democratic candidate for State
.Senator, and he led the party ticket by 584 votes. He was
the author of the bill for creating Orange County, and he was
a prime factor in its development. As a criminal lawyer he
.i;aincd widespread reputation.
Judge Montgomery made a scientific study of California
fruits and planted on an extensive scale. .MI movements for
'.be advancement of his town and county shared his co-
operation and sympathy. As a member of the Board of Edu-
eation he promoted school work in Santa Ana. With his
iamily he held membership in the Presbyterian Church of
Santa Ana., in which he served as trustee. Fraternally he
was associated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
His w-ife was formerly Miss Charlie Louise Tar\'er, of Wash-
ing County, Tex., but from girlhood w-as a resident of Cali-
fornia. She has been an active official of the L^ D. C. Their
ihree children are Tarvcr, Gertrude, and Louise, all of whom
lesidc in Santa ,\na.
WlLU.\M W.NSHINGTOX CaVENDER.
William W. Cavender, familiarly known with Wheeler's
Cavalry as "Bill" Cavender, the famous secret ser\ice man
and scout, died at his home, in Coweta County, Ga., on No-
\ ember 6, igil, in his seventy-fourth year. He was a true
friend, a kind-hearted gentleman. He never swerved from
tlic path of honor. He was familiar with the poesy, fiction,
.iiid history of the English-speaking race. As a Free Mason,
lie held many positions of honor, dignity, and trust in the
local lodges. He was made a Royal Arch Mason in 1895, 'i
1003 a Knight Templar, and in 1904 he became a Mystic
Sliriner.
His wife and children idolized him and his friends loved
,ind honored him.
He was a private in the first battle of Manassas, at which
time he was struck on the head with a fragment of shell, which
came very near ending his life. After recovering from this
wound, he was made a sergeant in Captain North's company
of the 1st Regiment Georgia Cavalry.
Maj. John W. Tench, of the ist Georgia Cavalry, under
whom he served, says of him: ",\ more daring, active, in-
defatigable soldier I never met in the 1.500 days I was in the
service. He was always ready, reliable, and competent. Noth-
ing daunted him, nothing long stood in his way. An excellent
shot and an expert sabreur, he sat a horse with the grace of
a cavalier of old. The tent is struck, the light is out, and
over the river with 'Stonewall' and the others he rests under
the shade of the trees, where God will care for them."
Comrade Cavender left a widow, who was before her mar-
riage Miss Lastheina Haseltine Copeland, and five children.
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Joseph H. Aunold.
Having kept the faith and linishing his course witli triumph,
the beloved Joseph Humphrey Arnold was called to eternal
promotion March J/ 1911, from his residence in Lancaster,
Ky. He was born February 6, 1836. On October 16, 1866, he
married Miss Eliza Jane Anderson, of Central Kentucky.
Joseph Arnold served in Company 1, Capt. M. D. Logan,
Forrest's old regiment. He was mustered in at Memphis,
Tenn., about July 10, 1861, and was elected orderly sergeant
of the company. Then, through the four years of the gigantic
struggle and experiences of scout, picket, prison, and heroic
battle line, no framing of the picture could leave him out.
In tenderness of heart, gentle as a woman ; in coolness ami
courage at the front, dauntless; thoughtful and resourceful in
exigencies, his soldier qualities became a proverb in the far-
Hung line" of the fray, as "just like Jo Arnold."
Captured twice, first at Fort Donelson, he was in prison
seven moinhs at Fort Butler, 111., until exchanged at Vicks-
burg, Miss. Later he was transferred to Gen. John H. Mor-
gan's command, and was with his conunand in the famous
Ohio raid. He was captured again at Buffington's Island, and
was a prisoner at Camp Douglas until the close of the war in
1865. He broke ranks for the last time at Appomattox. In
his toilsome journey home through the Allegheny range — in
Kentucky and Tennessee — the personal peril of four years in
battle line was to be reltegun and condensed in the history of
a few weeks. They scaled the mountain path of the bush-
whacker or bivouacked in the chill of the cheerless night with
stones for pillows, but still they were undaunted and uncon-
quered. Only the red-letter day of Valley Forge and York-
town could hold a rival. It was a most vivid and thrilling
narrative in the experience of our dear old Uncle Joe. Afoot,
in little ragged groups, groping their way largely by night,
making weary detours over unknown roads, targets by night
or day for the stealthy aim of the hostile mountaineer.
In the forty-six years from 1865, the discipline, valor, and
suffering r,f the soldier were transformed to the stainless
shield of a soldier of the cross. Cavalier, tender and true as
husband and father, he was nobly sustained in the companion-
ship and faithful ministries of a devoted wife, revered and
honored by the affection and loyalty of worthy sons and daugh-
ters. He could always be relied on and was sincerely esteemed
in tlie Church of which he was a faithful official. He was the
loyal counselor and helper of his pastor, and the ever-fraternal
hand was extended to him Iiy those against whom lie bad en-
gaged in battle.
fl'rom tribute liy Dr. E. H. Pearce, D.D., Lancaster, Ky.]
Me.MHEKS of C.\MP ,\T F.\R^tERSVII.LE, L.A.
The adjutant of Camp Sid Griffin, No. 379, U. C. V., of
FariTiersville, La., reports the death of some of their best and
most worthy members. They are Hale Feazel, W. A. Dumas,
Charles Webb, E. .A. Coleman, and Z. T. Brooks. Their mem-
ories will be cherished for their valorous deeds as soldiers of
the Confederacy.
Deaths of Comrades .\t Gree.xsiioro, Ala.
Camp Allen C. Jones, No. 266, IT. C. V., of Greensboro, Ala.,
has lost the following members in the past several years : C.
A. Pollnitz, Frank Syrine, A. J. Lawrence, N. H. Gewin, J.
H. Harvy, William Tingle, J. J. Godwin, E. A. Powers, J. J.
Hogue, J. H. Redding, C. Napier, George Pollard, P. M. Brit-
ton, A. A. Coleman, H. B. Singley, S. D. Webb, W. H.
Avery, S. M. Willingham.
Benjamin H. Ashcom.
On February 22, 191 1, at 9:30 p.m., the tired spirit of Benja-
min Hesselridge Ashcom passed out of a stormy life. His
illness was long and painful, having covered a period of more
than ten years, and the fight he made for health and life was
surpassed only by his courage to the end of the struggle. He
was an exemplary and useful citizen.
Mr. Ashcom had scarcely reached yoinig manhood when the
call to serve the Southland was met with prompt obedience.
He enlisted under Col. Congrave Jackson, of the Missouri
State Guard, and was made first lieutenant of a company of
volunteers. After that he entered the regular Confederate
service under Colonel Perkins and was first lieutenant again.
He served under General Van Dorn in Arkansas and after-
wards with Colonel Dorsey. In December of 1861 he was
taken prisoner and paroled, but soon returned to the service
of the Stars and Bars. In 1863 he became first lieutenant in
Elliott's regiment under Shelby, where he served until the
close of the war. In the battle of Fayetteville, Ark., he re-
ceived almost simultaneously three serious wounds.
.'\fter the war he returned to Renick, Randolph County. Mo.,
and taught school until he was able to establish a general
merchandise store at that place. In tlie early eighties he was ,
elected to one of the county offices and moved with his family
to Huntsville, where be was prominent to the end.
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Capt. C. B. Hood.
The Daughters of the Confederacy at Tupelo pay tribute to
Capt. C. B. Hood in which they say:
"We mourn the loss of one who from the organization of
our Chapter was closely identified with our every interest, who
was among the first to receive a cross of honor in the town of
Tupelo, and who was with us upon all public occasions.
"The passing of Captain Hood occurred at the residence
of his son. Dr. E. D. Hood, Sunday, January 28, 1912, and
the Daughters of the Tupelo Chapter are sorely be-
reaved. * * *
"We mourn the loss of a Confederate soldier who made a
fine record in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Atlanta,
Missionary Ridge, Franklin, Murfrcesboro, and Nashville.
Captain Hood went out as second lieutenant of Company F,
41st Mississippi Regiment, and was promoted to the captaincy,
and after the battle of Franklin he was in command of a
brigade.
"We will cherish fondly the memory of this dear old man
who, though one of the oldest, was one of tlie most public-
spirited citizens of Tupelo."
A copy of the resolutions was ordered spread upon the min-
utes and sent for publication to the town papers and to the
CoNFEDER.ME VETERAN. The paper was signed by Xfrs. C. P
Long. Mrs. V. C. Cavctt, and Mrs. Vic Thompson Hoyle.
Mrs. ViRr;iNiA B. .-VRMSXRONf;.
\'irginia Bell .\rm^trong was born at Shelbyvillc. Tenn.,
September 19. 1845; !>"d died at Nashville, Tenn., January
22, 1912. She was a devoted and faithful mother to a large
family, a woman of the highest ideals, a lover of literature,
;ind a musician of ability. Evidences of her devotion to God
.••nd 1 kindly feeling to all mankind were left behind in a man-
ner that did not indicate a spirit of display, but in a way that
stamped hers a true Christian character.
Mrs. .'Xrmstron.g was a daughter of Robert Mathews, of
Shelbvville, at nno time president of the Shelbyville branch
«pf the State Bank of Tennessee. He was noted as the closest
personal friend of President .Andrew Jolnison. He was one
uf the most ardent advocates of the Southern cause in the
War of the States, and gave to it all possible moral and
linancial support. He gave his large fortune to the cause
without stint. Mrs. .\rmstrong inherited to a marked de-
gree his tenacity of purpose, which in after years served her
well. She was a niece of the late Rev. John Mathews, one
of the most widely known and best-beloved preachers in the
.Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
She received her early education at the old Shelbyville
.'\cademy under Rev. Dr. Edgar, son of Rev. John Todd
Edgar, formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at
Xashville. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church,
devoted to her home, and idolized in the family circle. She
is survived by her husband (Mr. .A. D. .\rmstrong) and six
children (Mrs. Robert McLin, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs.
J. J. Dorsey, of Gulfport, Miss.: Misses Mary and Char-
lotte Armstrong, of Nashville; RoswcU Armstrong, of Albany,
X. v.; and Archibald Armstrong, of Nashville).
.\mong the many writings found with her books after life
on e.irth for her had ceased was the following, which showed
a mother love and an abiding faith in God :
"When I am gone and dear ones, who
To me have steadfast been and true.
Shall with afTeclion's teardrops leave
The moldering sod upon my grave.
.•Ml, I would then one moment take
To calm the sorrow in each breast :
.\ moment would death's silence break
To tell tluni sweet is dreamless rest "
Dr. Davh) C. Jon is.
Dr. David C. Jones, known as Hoofl's Brigade Surgeon,
•lied at his home, in Cameron, Tex., January 27, 1912. He
was born in Tennessee in 1832, and had reached the ripe age
of eighty years after having lived a strenuous life, into which
were crowded nianj' adventures. He was a graduate of the
best medical schools in the L'nited Slates, and by his in-
domitable pluck and cnerg>- reached the very top of his
profession. He went to Texas at an early day and became
assistant surgeon in the United States army in Texas on the
western border under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. His
command saw continuous service lighting hostile Indians.
When his adopted State withdrew from the Union, he
l-.ciird the very first drum beat, and with Lee, Johnston,
Hardee, ami others he resigned his position, returned to
Texas, and jnincd Townscnd's company as a private in the
Jih Texas Infantry, composing a part of Hood's Brigade.
.■\s a prixale on the firing line he did his whole duty and
helped to make his brigade the wonder of the ages. He was
i.iler appointeil surgeon of his regiment, and finally made
brigade surgeon in Hill's Corps with the rank of major,
measuring up to every responsibility placed upon him.
When tlic smoke of batlle had cleare<l away. Dr. Jones re-
turned 10 'Texas, and in Milam and adjoining counties for fifty
years he liad gone in and out among the people doing good.
He w.is endowed with splendid mental faculties and was a
ijenlleman of the old school. He was perhaps one of the most
widely known men in Central Texas.
Old a.ge came to him with happy memories of the past
and a quiet confidence in ihe future; and when the eye of the
relentless reaper rested upon him. he fell i\(:i as the ripened
grain before the scythe.
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IVOKK OF ELLA K. TRADER XLll SO.U.
BY CAPT. IHVINc; A. liCCK, OF FRONT ROYAL. VA.
My Dear Mrs. Trader: You of course do not rcmciiilKr me
personally as I do you. evtn to your appearance, having fre-
quently seen you when Cleburne's Iicadqurirters were at War-
trace and General Hardee's at Beeclnvood, the beautiful home
of Mrs. Andrew Irving. Few living can testify better than
myself to the efficiency of your service to the soldiers and the
appreciation in which these were held, from the commanding
general to the humblest private. But alas ! time has so thinned
the ranks of the thousands to whom you were the ministering
angel that few survive now to speak of it. The poverty of
language prevents me giving full expression of all that you
were to the sick, wounded, suffering, and dying. I have tried
to do this in a letter to President General Mrs. While. I feel
that I feebly present your case and fail in doing you justice.
Being in the hospital from :i -.vound. I was not with General
Cleburne when he was killed. For nearly halt a century a
visit to his last resting place had been the Mecca of my hopes.
This desire I was able to gratify after attending the Little
Rock Reunion, making a special trip to Helena, and with
bared head I reverently stoo<l beside and gathered from his
grave a few sprigs of grass and a small Confederate fl.i.;;.
which I keep as a sacred memento of my beloved chief.
.Mlow me, my dear Mrs. Tiader. to express my high per-
sonal esteem and hope that you may yet be spared many years
with health and the consoling reflection that there still remains
a small remnant of those who remember your untiring and
unvarying services to your native Southland.
HISTORIC SOVTHERX MONUMENTS.
BY MILDRED LEWIS RUTHERFORD, ATHENS, GA., HISTORIAN U. D. C.
Mrs. A. J. Emerson, of Denver, Colo., has done and is still
doing a great work in collecting photographs of Confederate
monuments and writing the history of their erection. These
monuments now erected in the South number very nearly
seven hundred, and others are still being erected. Never in
the history of any country can there be found heroes so
honored as our Confederate soldiers. Never before in any
history has equal honor been shown to the private in the ranks
as to the commanding officer. Never in any history has there
ever before been recorded monuments erected to the brave
women of any cause.
This history Mrs. Emerson has striven to collect, and all
loyal Daughters of the Confederacy, members of Ladies' Me-
morial Associations, as well as Veterans, should give her a
helping hand. Her first volume is a most creditable work in
plan and execution. Because many monuments are omitted
is our fault, not Mrs. Emerson's, and only proves that other
volumes must follow.
As Historian General I appeal to all Chapters to aid Mrs.
Emerson in collecting and preserving for us these valuable
data. Her book is well worth your personal subscription.
REPORT OF WEST riRCI.MA REU.MON.
Maj. J. Coleman Alderson, of Charleston, W. Va., has pub-
lished a most interesting and admirable souvenir booklet of
the Reunion of the Confederate Veterans and Sons of Con-
federate Veterans held at Hinton, W. Va., last October. It
is doubtless the best report of a reunion from any State Di-
vision. It contains an account of the reunion of the West
Virginia Division, the address of welcome by Judge A. R.
Heflin, of Hinton, the response by Hon. A. S. Johnson, of
Union, Commander of the West Virginia Division of Sons
of Veterans, the splendid speech of Gen. Bennett H. 'i'oung,
of Kentucky, the resolutions adopted, and other interesting
matter. The engravings, comprising the Confederate flags, the
speakers and the general officers of that Division, and those
of other distinguished West Virginia Confederates, are ex-
ceptionally good. The booklet also contains fine pictures of
"the last meeting of Lee and Jackson," those of the Gen.
J. E. B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson's monuments at
Charleston, also other West Virginia Confederate monuments.
Ihc booklet was produced with a great deal of carefitl and
intelligent labor, and it docs much credit to Major .Mderson.
who was directed by the convention to prepare and publish it.
It is an appropriate souvenir of that gre:it reunion and is
well worth reading and preserving.
Single copies may be had for twelve cents or ten for $i
through Major Alderson at Charleston, W. Va.
Tribute to Julia Jackson Christian.
One of the most exquisite memorial sketches of a young
life is that of Julia Jackson Christian by her mother, Mrs.
Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Stonewall Jackson. While the
book of nearly sixty pages is well printed and bound and gives
much of the inner life of the great yet ardently pious General,
the author, Mrs. Jackson, in her "Foreword'' states that it is
published simply for the sake of her grandchildren ; yet it
contains the climax of the finest characteristics of her im-
mortal husband. She also mentions her granddaughter's
happy marriage to Edmund Randolph Preston, a native of
Virginia, but now an adopted son of the Old North State, and
the little great-granddaughter, Anna Jackson Preston.
More of this charming book hereafter.
Mrs. Jackson has resecured possession of the plates of her
exquisite story of the home life of her husband and will pub-
lish it erelong.
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F^rom Speaker Ohamp C^larlc
"I prize it vrry hitrbly. I cprtainly will lie vory p!ad to have it
and wi 11 regard it as a great addition to my lit irary."^*- HAM p^ lark.
President Urtiverslty of Virgii\ia
"It will I'o i>()ssiMt' to study the p'-rsdiial side of this groat strug-
^rlo liy reason of tlu'so volniiies a-^ no wnr in history can l>e studied.
For absorbinij int^'rrst and huiuMn charm there an» few works
equal t« this collection in all the literature of war." — Edwin A.
Aldeuman.
Bovlcin WrigHt, DistinguisHed Confederate
' I WiMil 1 uiit li>r any price In:* withmit tli ni. 1 wonder at tlie
libeuonienal amount of lalwr and expense re(iuired t4) construct
the am izingly beautiful and artistic editice. It Is like living
through the heroic days of the sixaes to turn these pages. My
wife and I turned over together the pages, and when we came t^o
the picture of Li'e's home m Kichmon I. she ] wonted out to me her
father's hou-e that stood next and the windows of the mom in
which she was l»<jru. Who could believe that the kid with the grav
uniform was my friend. Dr. John A, Wyeth at sixt-eenV So. in ad-
dition to tlie historic value which will increase with the years,
every ri'ader in t 'is generation will find these books a perfect
treasure house of personal and family interest." — Boykin Wright.
Confederate Veteran
"The naturalness and lite-likeness of these war pictures carry
me back through fifty years to a sumuier day in '61. when as a l>oy
soldier. I took mv humble place under a new-born Hag. The
brotherly and fraternal spirit runs like a thread of gold through
the text." — Walter A. Clark. Augusta, Ga.
List of Confederate Officers Contributing to These Volumes
IlllI(i,\l>1F,It (ir\m\I, MAfii rs .T M HICMT, r.,nf.-.lrr.-.)p SIji1*?8 Aniu : Atr-Mit f-^r the
Cnllp,-1i..n ..f W .r 1;., I.N rmt..l Stal<"i War Il.|.firtmc.il.
CAPTAIN .InllN \ w U I M , M P . I.l, 1> , ijiiirks Sc-oiils. Confederate States Armv:
rr.-siilrnt N-'w V..i I- r-h-hiiir Mptiical Srh.-nl find Hnspitnl.
A I 1,I,N c Ul l'V\<'o|i Ai list ami Author: Lntc Army of Northern TirBinia; Author of
".l..l,nMV li.-l. l',-»p,-.|s/" Cic.
r Ml nil AHV A. HKRRERT fEjc-SerrctnrvlT, S Nnw. EiRhth AlRhamn Infantry.
M lii.l \NT M\.inu SUMNKR A crNNMNGHAM, CuDfcdornto Slat*s Army; Founder
an. I Km.I.t nf Th.- C.>„f,..l.rato VoL-rnn "
I.IKUTKNA.NT KANIHlLril U. McKlM, D.D., A.D.C., 3d Briga-Ie, Army of Northern
ViiKinin.
IH.KIUNfl .T ROBFRT'^, M 1>., Surgeon Confr-ilerate StAtes Armv
1 \i'T\IN .Mii\ w in Al>l.KY, ConforU-rati? Sl«1<-9 Armv Secri'l Service.
inriiN\Nl .(iioNM ,1 W. MALLKT. SiiponiitendcntOr.lnance Laboratories of Iho
Cut. I .t, -, ,,^. i , ,, ,,,.r Cheinivtrv, rnivrr«ilv of VirRinia.
l.Dl.uM.l, 1), li ."iMMiiMl, C.nfederate Artillciv.
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History of the War
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^|T TOOK fifty years and fifty historians to make possible
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And great is the nation's debt to those veterans of Hlue and
Gray without whose sympathy and coci))eration in writing
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For example, here in Volume Kour you find a story of the
cavalry directed and told by (icneral Kodenbough, whose arm
was lost fighting fi)r the I'niDn: also luld by Major Conrad,
who with his horsemen in (Jrav fimglit on the other side in
till' very same battle: and by .Jno. A. Wyeth, whose Confed-
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armies in the West.
Here in Vobinie Eight you read the entire romance of
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OFFICIAL \OTES ABOUT THE REUNION.
The parade will take place on the afternoon of May 9.
Spon.sors and maids will be provided with carriages or auto-
mobiles by the Macon committee, and will follow the coin-
inanding officer of their respective commands. The sponsors,
maids, matrons of honor and chaperons, and staff of the Coin-
mandcr in Chief will be on the reviewing stand with him. On
the reviewing stand will also be Gov. Joseph M. Brown an<l
staff and other distinguished guests. Commanding officers
of Departments, Divisions, and Brigades and their staffs will
not be mounted.
There will be no meeting on the afternoon of the first day.
At the evening meeting the auditorium will doubtless be
crowded to its fullest capacity, when the annual oration by
Col. W. W. Screws will be delivered.
In addition thereto a most interesting function will take
place — I. c, a presentation to the comrades of the chief sponsor,
maids of honor, chaperon and matron of honor, and those of
every Department, Division, and Brigade of the U. C. V. Each
sponsor will carry the banner of her command. Col. Samuel
\V. Williams, of Virginia, will make the formal address pre-
senting them. The President General of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy by special invitation will be our chief
matron of honor and will be then presented to the veterans.
Soci.M, Fi'ATURE Officers.
A detail under the command of Col. R. P. l^akc. of Memphis.
Tenn., is made to perfect and carry out all the arrangements.
The detail comprises the following colonels : Henry C. Myers.
Memphis, Tenn. ; R. E. Bullington, Memphis, Tenn. ; Thomas
W. Givens, Tampa, Fla. : J. V. Harris, Key West. Fla. : E. L.
Connally, Atlanta, Ga. ; Robert Nesbit, Macon, Ga.; R. P.
Spencer, Columbus, Ga. ; C. A. Reed, Anderson, S. C. ; J. T.
Moore, Moores, S. C. ; J. W. Young. Grenada, Miss.; W. A.
Montgomery, Edwards, Miss.; J. A. Harral, New Orleans, La.;
J. B. Levert, New Orleans, La. ; W. D. Pickett, Lexington,
Ky. ; Henry Moorman. Owensboro, Ky. ; M. W. Jewctt, Ivan-
hoe, Va. ; Ed H. McDonald, Winchester, Va. ; W. P. Manning.
Galveston, Tex.; C. C. Slaughter, Dallas, Tex.; R. Preston
Chew, Charleston. W. Va. ; C. Frank Gallahcr, Charleston,
W. Va. ; George W. Taylor, Demopolis, Ala. ; C. C. Nettles,
Mobile, Ala. ; V. Y. Cook, Batesville, Ark. ; Charles G. New-
nnn. Helena. .'\rk; II. .\. Newman, Huntsville, Mo.; C. Y.
Ford, Odessa, Mo. ; Branch B. Davis, Macon, Ga. ; J. P. Nor-
fleet, R. Henry Lake, Memphis, Tenn.; T. B. Felder, .Atlanta.
Changes in and Additions to Staff.
A Special Order dated March 25, 1912, reads: "The Lieu-
tenant General commanding announces the following changes
and additions to his staff : Comrade Ashley Home. Colonel
and Aid on the staff, is promoted to Assistant Adjutant Gen-
eral, with the rank of Brigadier General. The following addi-
tional Aids-de-Camp, each with rank of Colonel, are made :
1". H. Bozcman, Hawkinsville, Ga. ; Frank E. Dey, Milton,
Fla.; Henry H. Duncan, Tavarcs, Fla.: C. A. C. Waller.
Greenwood, S. C. ; Albert R. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C; J.
P. Garick, Weston, S. C. ; R. A. Sneed, Lawton. Okla. ; A. P.
Watson, Oklahoma City, Okla.; R. W. Jomi^.n, R J. Ander-
son, and Bridges Smith, Macon, Ga."
CONFEDER.'MED SOUTHERN MEMORIAL AsSOCI.\T10N.
The thirteenth annual Convention of the Memorial Con-
federation will be held in Macon, Ga., May 6-9, 191 2. The
headquarters of the President and the Recording Secretary
will be in the Young Men's Christian Association building.
The first meeting will be held in the Grand Opera House on
.Monday, May 6, at 4 p.m.
Daily meetings will be held in the auditorium of the First
Presbyterian Church (near the Lanier House) from 9 a.m.
to 12 M. and from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. The usual memorial
service under the joint auspices of the U. C. V. and the C. S.
M. A. will be held in the U. C. V. auditorium on Wednesday,
May 8. at 12 m. sharp.
Special attention is called to the following important facts;
Officers will be elected at this Convention for the term of
three years; this includes the State Vice Presidents. Repre-
sentation shall be by delegates. Voting by proxy shall be
confined to delegates, each delegate carrying the proxy of her
association only. Each association shall pay in advance to
the General Treasurer the sum of $2. If this clause of the
by-laws is not complied with, the association will not be en-
titled to representation.
The President has received from the Treasurer a most sat-
isfactory report in regard to payiticnt of dues, and she con-
fidently expects that this will be the most successful Reunion
ever held. The President is well pleased at the splendid ar-
rangements that have been made by the Reunion committee
and the auxiliary committee of ladies for the entertainment
of the "Women of the Confederacy," and she expresses an
earnest wish that there will be a large attendance on the pari
of the memorial women.
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Program of the Memorial Service.
The Lieutenant General commanding announces, accord-
ing to the invariable custom, that on the second day (May 8;
of the Reunion exactly at high noon "memorial services" will
be held for one hour. At that moment the Convention will
suspend business for this sacred purpose without further no-
tice and without regard to what is then taking place, and the
flags will be draped in mourning as a mark of respect to the
memory of all of our comrades who have preceded us into
eternity. The number has been greatly augmented during the
past year ; among them are the names of some of the most
distinguished and gifted sons of the South : Clement A. Evans,
tirigadier General C. S. A., late Commander in Chief U. C.
V. ; George W. Gordon, Brigadier General C. S. A., late Com-
mander in Chief; Francis T. Xicholls. Brigadier General C.
S. A. : Cols. Thomas Claiborne. Daniel P. Hester, Robert Mid-
dleton, and George H. Gause, all of the staff of the Com-
manding General.
The following is the order of exercises for this service:
Opening prayer by Rev. R. Lin Cave, Chaplain General.
Hymn, "How Firm a Foundation !" by quartet and Choir.
Memorial to Gen. Clement A. Evans, late Commander in
Chief of the U. C. V., by Gen. J. L. McCollum.
Memorial to Gen. George W. Gordon, late Commander in
Chief of the U. C. V., by Gen. L. B. .McFarland.
Hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name."
Memorial address on the part of the U. C. V. by Capt. N.
E. Harris.
Hymn, "When the Roll Is Called L'p Yonder."
Memorial address on the part of the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association by Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D.
Doxology, "Praise God from Whom AH Blessings Flow."
Taps sounded.
Chaplain General Cave on Memorial Service.
The custom of having a memorial hour every year at our
Reunions is a very beautiful one, and has been a real blessing
in many ways. It brings out the best there is in us, enlarging
and ennobling our sympathies, inspiring us to emulate the vir-
tues of our departed comrades, causing us to pause and drop
a tear, and at the same time read the lesson of our own ap-
proaching end. As the years increase, the death rate grows
larger. This j'ear we have to mourn the loss of two of our
Commanders in Chief and a large number of others, many
of them comrades of distinction. While we should do and
say all we can to cheer and comfort the bereaved and broken-
hearted, hold up to just praise and emulation the virtues of
our beloved and honored dead, we should not forget to en-
courage all to live earnest, devoted Christian lives, that they
may be ready for the summons, no matter how or where or
when it may come. The service should be made a spiritual
benediction full of grace and good will. I trust all will ap-
preciate more and more the blessings of such an occasion and
enjoy together a season of loving fellowship.
COMMAND OF THE MISSOURI DIVISION.
The Commander of the Missouri Division of the United
Confederate Veterans announces his staff — viz. :
Col. A, W. Moise, Adjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff, St. Louis.
Lieut. Col. W. E. Benton, A. A. G., Neosho.
Col. R. J. McGowan, Inspector General, Clinton.
Lieut. Col. James Kennedy, A. I. G., Kansas City.
Col. J, W. Halliburton, Judge Advocate General, Carthage.
Lieut. Col. Ben Eli Guthrie, A. J. A. G., Macon City.
Col. Robert McCuUoch, Quartermaster General, St. Louis.
Lieut. Col. J. A. Taggart, A. Q. G., Moberly.
Col. B. F. Murdock, Commissary General, Platte City.
Lieut Col. C. H. Howard, A, C. G., Waynesville.
Col. Frank Gaiennie, Chief of Artillery, St. Louis.
Lieut. Col. James R. Chowning, A. C. A., Madison.
Col. James A. Gordon, Chief of Ordnance, Marshall.
Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Cousins, A. C. O., Hannibal.
Col. W. W. Ellis, Surgeon General, Concord.
Lieut. Col. P. E. Howlett, A. S. G., Otterville.
Col. George P. Gross, Paymaster General, Kansas City.
Lieut. Col. George H. Ratliff, A, P. G., Moberly.
Col. W. T. Smiser, Chief of Signal Corps, Granville.
Lieut. Col. J. J. O'Connor, A. C. S. C, Springfield.
Col. Thomas M. Cobb, Chaplain General, Lexington.
Lieut. Col. E. McNair, A. C. G., Monroe City.
Col. E. Meysenburg, Chief Engineer, Grafton, 111.
Lieut. Col. J. P. Bradley, A. C. E., Linneus.
Col. J. P. Woodsides, Chief of Information Bureau, Alton.
Lieut. Col. R. S. McKinney, A. C. I. B., Mexico
Aids-de-Camp: Majs. Theo. K. Gash, Palmyra; Thomas B.
Dry, Excelsior Springs ; T. B. George, Platte City ; J. W.
Brownell, West Plains ; Joseph Finks, Jefferson City ; Harry
L. Simmons, St. Louis.
Honorary Aids-de-Camp : Alex F. Rose, Warrenton, Va. ;
J. R. Brooking, Huntsville ; T. F. Bradley, Kennett; Sam M.
Kennard, St. Louis ; J. R. Walton, Higginsville ; Henry Digges,
New Madrid.
MISS EMORY TODHUNTER, SPONSOR FOR MISSOURI.
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Ladies Appointed for Missouri Division.
Sponsor, Miss Emory Todliunter, Lexington.
Cluiperon, Mrs. Lavinia C. Riclly, St. Louis.
Maids of Honor: Miss Juliet Meriwether, Kansas City;
Miss Ha.xel Evans, West Plains; Miss Kathleen D. Hynson,
St. Louis; Miss Eva F. Teasdale, Sweet Springs; Miss Hattie
M. Edmonds, Mexico.
MAJ. GEN. J. WILLIAM TOWSON,
Cunimaiuler of the Missouri Division.
William II. Bean, President of the Farmers' National Bank.
Howe, Tex., sends his contrihution to this memorial and
^vrites: "I read with pleasure and appreciation your article
in the April Veteran on Col. Richard Owen, the big-hearted
man and brother who in the midst of a fratricidal war could
look over and above all other feelings and recognize the
brotherhood of man ; and, forgetting all else, though fighting
for w-hat he believed the best, he acted in a manly Chris-
tian spirit, There may have been other incidents in history
like this, but Colonel Owen should be placed in the front
rank ; and as one who was an eye-witness and participant in
the benefits of his good work you are showing the same order
of spirit in advocating a fitting memorial to the man and
brother. Col. Richard Owen."
MISSISSIPPI nirisiox. u. c. i\. officers.
At the State Rcimion in Gulfport October T0-12, 191 1, Maj.
Pat Henry was elected Commander of the Mississippi Divi-
sion for the ensuing year, and his staff officers are as follows:
John A. Webb, Adjutant General and Chief of Staflf, Jackson.
Clay Sharkey, Assistant Adjutant General, Jackson.
Charles Humphries. Inspector General. Crystal Springs.
E. D. Cavclt. .Assistant Inspector General, Macon.
John D. Mclimis, Quartermaster General, Meridian.
J. S. Hibblcr, .Assistant Quartermaster General, McLeod.
H. L. Taylor, Commissary General, Yazoo City.
J. W. Broughton, Assistant Coinmissary General, Lorman.
A. G. Norrcll, Judge Advocate General, Florence.
Wiley Xash, .'\ssistant Judyo .Advocate General. Slarkville.
Dr. E. S. P. Poole, Surgeon General, Learned.
Dr. E. A. Rowan, Assistant Surgeon General, Wesson.
Rev. P. A. Haman, Chaplain General, Learned.
Rev. J. L. Finley. Assistant Chaplain General, Gulfport.
D. A. Campbell, Ensign. Canton.
Pink Cagle, Assistant Ensign, Louisville.
.\ids-de-Camp : W. B. Barnard, Rolling Fork ; Marion F.
Baxter, Gulfport; Dr. W. C. Allen, Glen Allen; Owen Brown,
Yazoo City; D. F. Cadenhead, Carthage; D. N. Hebron,
Vicksburg; W. W. Gant, Brookhavcn; Sam Coleman, Green-
wood ; J. W. Whitaker. Oakley : Frank King. Battlefield ; J.
I!. Cable, Gulfport; F. A. Howell, Durant; A. B. Stubblefield,
Brandon.
Raising Monument Fund.
In compliance with the order passed by the Association —
viz., that the Major General appoint additional members of
the comtnittee named one year ago to solicit funds for the
building of the monument to the Confederate women of the
State — the additional names were added :
On the part of the Veterans: J. L. Chenault, Oxford; E.
D. Cavett, Macon; W. H. Webb, Liberty; Tol Hibbler, West
Point; W. C. Wright, Magnolia; R. E. Walne, Vicksburg.
On the part of the Daughters of the Confederacy : Mrs. S
E. F. Rose, President U. D. C. West Point: Mrs. Maggie
Kincaid Thoinpson. Yazoo City; Mrs. E. M. McGregor, Hat-
ticsburg; Mrs. Sallie N. Collier, Vicksburg; Mrs. W. H.
Hardy, Gulfport; Mrs. J. T. Saunders, Swan Lake; Mrs.
John D. Mclnnis, Meridian ; Mrs. Nellie Nugent Somerville,
Greenville.
On the part of the Sons of Veterans : J. O. S. Saunders,
Commander of Sons of Veterans, Jackson ; A. L. Yates, Ad-
jutant General of Sons of Veterans, Columbia: B. C. Bowen,
Gulfport; George B. Neville, Meridian: Frank Montgomerj-,
Tunica; Dudley Featherston, Holly Springs: Parish Taylor,
Oakland.
Third Brigade, Mississippi Division, U. C. V.
Comrades: In conformity with an established custom. I as
Commander of the 3d Brigade, Mississippi Division, United
Confederate Veterans of Mississippi, do name and appoint
the following comrades as my official staff for the ensuing
term, and bespeak from you the courtesy and respect of their
several stations: Lieut. Col. Tol Hibbler, Adjt. Gen. and Chief
of Staff. West Point; Maj. G. W. Price. Inspector General,
Water Valley; Capt. W. T. Dawkins, A. I. G., Aberdeen;
Maj. W. E. Pope, Quartermaster General, Columbus; Capt.
A. T. Scruggs, A. Q. G., luka; Maj. T. S. Aderholt, Commis-
sary General, Friars Point ; Capt. J. L. Lyon, A. C. G., Oko-
lona; Maj. W. D. Frazee, Judge .Advocate General, Oxford;
Capt. J. W. Pinson, A. J. A. G., Ackerman ; Maj. J. M.
Greene, Surgeon General. Aberdeen ; Capt, L. Sim Pearce,
.A. S. G,, Faulkner; Maj. J. W. Young, Chief of Ordnance,
Grenada; W. D. Morgan, A. C. O., Winona; Maj. George W.
Elkins, Chief of Artillery, Aberdeen ; Capt. T. P. Hill, A. C,
A., Senatobia; Maj, Lamar Fontaine, Chief of Engineers,
Lyon; Capt, W, M. Burns, A. C. E., Corinth; Maj. R. S.
Thomas, Chief Paymaster, Plantersville; Capt J. W. Mitchell,
.A. P. M.. Holly Springs: Maj. S. M. Thomas, Chaplain, Car-
rollton ; Capts. J. T. Cunningham. .A. C, Tupelo; W. F.
Sparks, Brigade Fora.ge Master, Netllcton ; L. T. Carlisle,
Brigade Ensign, West Point ; J. W. Rogers, A. D. C, Fulton ;
Wallace Harvey, A. D. C, luka ; John W. Brown, A. D. C.,
Cofifeeville ; J. H. Castles, A. D. C, Houlka.
E. L. SvKES, Brigadier General.
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UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
BY MRS. ALEXANDER B. WHITE, PRESIDENT GENERAL.
Dear Daughters : Near Washington is .■\rlington, the home
of our grand Robert E. Lee. We go there in November and
will then lay with impressive ceremonies the corner stone of
the Arlington monument. This will attract attention far
and wide, and every one will ask how much money we have
on hand and how much must be raised and how soon. What
will our answer be? We have only half the amount now.
Shall we admit at Washington, of all places and under the
shadow of Arlington, that we are not ready? In two months
most of our Chapters adjourn for the summer; in six months
more we meet at Washington, and so much remains to be
done for Arlington and Shiloh funds to reach the required
amounts that I must ask all of you to redouble your efforts
for these funds. Let us go to our convention with almost
the desired amounts in the treasury, and in recognition of
your zeal and good work I believe the needed balance will be
subscribed there.
■\rlington monument is to represent the spirit of the South;
Shiloh monument is a monument to the entire Confederate
army and in recognition of the grand work of the Army of
the West that has had so little recognition. We want to lay
this corner stone next year, so help all you can to build up
this fund. Do not think I want us to be mere monument
builders, but the completion of th.ese two monuments is urgent.
The work for them must be done now.
In the midst of many things do not fail to do a great year's
work for Confederate history. Let your State Historian
have a magnificent report for the Historian General, not just
to win a beautiful banner, but for the work's sake and be-
cause soon, only too soon, it will be too late to get invaluable
experiences and reminiscences. Under this work comes se-
curing papers, letters, rolls of honor, and relics for the Con-
federate Museum at Richmond. That is our treasure house,
so let us fill it, and may every Division report at Washington
the completion of the endowment of its room in the museum !
Our educational work is growing in strength and effective-
ness. How many Southern girls and boys are getting the
benefit of it! I hope every Division will earnestly try to
obtain some free scholarships in its schools to add to the
valuable ones the U. D. C. now has. Secure these and report
them to the chairman of the Education Committee in time for
the scholarships to be filled for the September term.
A mite from every Chapter for the relief fund will do a
world of good toward helping a stranded veteran in a strange
place or supplying the needs of a poor, feeble woman of the
Confederacy. Turn r.ot a deaf ear to this, for they have the
strongest of claims upon our organization.
Daughters, it seems that I am asking you to do a great deal
in the next six months ; but there is so much for the U. D. C.
to do, and I am not asking more than you can do. We have
a large organization capable of doing big things and of which
much is expected, and I have faith in your ability to do and
want you to meet all expectations. Besides, I find it is the
busy, working Chapter, as it is the busy woman, that does
the most work, the best work, and the most good. May you
show what Southern women can do !
Church, Portsmouth, Va., on Gen. Robert E. Lee's one hun-
dredth anniversary. There are now thirty-five Choirs through-
out the South, from Seattle, Wash., to Gainesville, Tex., and
from Fayetteville, Ark., to the Atlantic Coast. These Choirs
have sung at all the Reunions from Richmond to Little Rock,
and have tried to tell of their love for the dear old heroes of
the sixties, through the immortal songs of Dixie Land. They
aiso chant the requiem of the dead at the graveside of a de-
parted veteran. Apart from trying to preserve the dear old
songs of the South, the Choirs aid in every way all other
Confederate organizations when called upon.
An exchange from Virginia states of Mrs. Edwards:
"These Choirs are to revive old war songs, and the patri-
otic lady, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards, who organized the Confed-
erate Choir No. i as au.xiliary to Stonewall Camp, C. V., of
Portsmouth, Va., will be blessed by the old veterans through-
out the land. The best blood of Virginia flows in the veins
of this sweet-voiced daughter of Dixie, and her unselfish
patriotism is a bright heritage from distinguished ancestors,
who are famous for great valor and noble self-sacrifice for
their countrv. She is a direct descendant of Secretary Wil-
AT HEAD OF THE CONFEDERATE CHOIRS.
Mrs. J. Griff Edwards organized the Confederate Choir
which became first known as "Portsmouth Choir, No. I," and
this Choir made its first appearance in Trinity Episcopal
.MRS. J. GRIFF EUW.\R1)S.
liam Nelson, of tlie Colony of Virginia, the father of Gov.
Thomas Nelson and Maj. John Nelson, of Yorktovvn fame.
"Her father, William Nelson Boswell, entered the Confed-
erate service at eleven years of age as a drummer in his
father's company, and his soldierly bearing on drill so at-
tracted the attention of President Davis that he with his own
hands presented the little drummer with a sword.
"The grandfather of Mrs. Edwards, Col. Thomas T. Bos-
well, personally in 1861 uniformed Company A, 56th Virginia
Regiment, Pickett's Division, and served as its captain until
the last of the war, when he was promoted to major and then
to lieutenant colonel of the 1st Virginia Reserves, stationed
at Staunton River Bridge, in Charlotte County. He married
Martha Nelson, of the family indicated above."
This notice will interest a multitude who have heard Mrs.
Edwards sing "I'm Glad I Live in Dixie" as no one else
ever has or ever can.
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SALVE ET I\4LEl
BV H. M. HAMILL.
Miss Recina F.. Rambo, Sponsor for Georgia.
It seems lilting tci iKive a spunsor for llie entcniuning Di-
vision Commander who is so resourceful as Miss Rambo. It
would emliarrass conditions to publish many of the conipli-
mciUary things said aiul written of her. While first of all a
"womanly woman" in the highest sense, she is eminently prac-
tical. She is delightfully known among tourists, ready to
repair a machine and "get there first" with steady nerve.
Miss Ranibo's resourcefulness in emergencies was demon-
strated at the last Georgia State Reunion in Rome. The time
for selecting the place for the next Reunion was amiounced
before arrangements had been made: so seeing the predica-
ment, this fair young patriot upon her own initiative invited
them to Marietta for this year.
Tlie Marietta people have concurred in her invitation, and
Miss Rambo has undertaken to raise a fund by the sale of
bullets picked up on Kennesaw and other parts of the battle
field, which she is having mounted. Get them at Macon.
(On Sunday night, April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage,
the Titantic, greatest modern steamship, was wrecked, and
with most of her passengers sank off Xewfoundland.)
Stately and swift and strong,
With twice a thousand souls,
.•\gIow with beauty and life and song.
The great ship onward rolls.
Xo shadow was in the sky,
Xo sign came out of the sea
That the hour of doom was drawing nigh
To the ship and her company.
'Twas tile hush of the Sabbath night.
With its holy memories.
When the homeland, with its love and light.
Tear-dims the dreamy eyes.
God pity the cry of womanhood
As unto fate she answercth.
And honor the gallant men who stood
Undaunted in face of death !
And bring us all, O God, in peace
To dwell at last in a land with thee.
Where sorrows and sin and death shall cease
.\nd where there is "no more sea !"
Union Veteran fok the Owen Memorial.
lilwood S. Corser. of Minneapolis, Minn., asks the privi-
lc,ge of adding $5 to the Richard Ow-en memorial. He likes
the Southern people and gives this story in illustration: "In
1S64 I lay for twenty-four hours, from early daylight of May
ij, a wounded and disableil prisoner inside the Confederate
works in the Bloody .\ngle. surrounded by the men in gray,
whose valor was never doubted nor questioned and whose
courtesy and chivalrous kindness I tested during those twenty-
four hours of day and night. I studied as never before at
short range the men both as to their bravery and magnani-
UKHis chivalry, and my opinions became so fi.xed that I have
never ceased to give tliem expression in words and deeds as
I have opportunity. I hope I may have a w'ord of response
from you giving me permission to send you the sum named
early in May and to unite with yourself and your associates
in this memorial to the splendid type of soldier shown in your
sketch of Col. Richard Owen."
Tliere is given bcrew-ith the additional subscriptions to the
Richard Owen Memorial since the issue of the .^pril Veteran.
The full list w'ill be republished later. Contributors to this
cause may be interested in knowing that there is no record
of any similar undertaking in history.
AnillTIONAL CoXTRim'TIONS TO THE Col.. Rl( II ARIi OWKX MkmoRIAL.
W. A. Thompson. Gurley. La $1 no
A. B. Sliailor. Port Gibson. Miss.... 1 nii
Mrs. H. P. Hearon. Buratunna. Miss. 1 oti
H. P. Hearon. Buratunna. Miss 1 00
J. P. na\is, BucatiMina. Miss 1 no
B. B. Kavis, Buealunna. Mi.ss 1 no
T. B. MoCaskpy, Bueatuiina. Miss. . . 50
J. C. lOlIis. Bnoatiinna. Miss 50
William H. Bean. Howo. Tex 5 00
James Means. Columbi
5
Oliio 1 on
J. r. .Mderson. Charleston. W. Va . . . 1 00
Hon. H. A. Herbert. Washington.
n. c 5 on
J. D. Holliday. Indianapolis. Ind.... 2 00
Miss Jessica U. Smith. Henderson.
N. C 1 00
H. H. Newton, Bennettsville. S. C... 1 00
R. H. Thompson. Ciilpeper. Va 1 00
Col. A. E. Asbiiry. HigKinsville. Mo. . 5 00
C. W. Giililan. Spring Creei<. W. Va. 1 00
R. M. Colvin. Harrisonburg. Va 1 00
Maj. R. H. Dudley. Nashville. Tenn. . 1 00
Mrs. J. M. Brownson. Victoria. Tex ..100
C. B. Wilson. Taylor. Tex .S 00
J. F. Shipp. ChattanooBa. Tenn 1 00
C. C. Hemming. Colorado Springs.
Colo 1 00
W. A. Smitli. Ansonvillp. N. C 1 00
S. W. Paiilett. Farmville. Va 1 00
J. F. Seagraves. MiddleUnvn. Oliio. . . 2 00
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THE RICHARD OWES MEMORIAL.
Widespread becomes the approval of the Veteran's idea
ti;at the Confederates and their friends pay tribute to Col.
F;ichard Owen for his unfailing courtesy and kindness to the
.J.2Q0 prisoners under his charge in Camp Morion, Indianapo-
l:s, Ind., in the early spring of 1862, just fifty years ago.
Richard Owen was born near New Lanark, Scotland, Jan-
uary 6. 1810. He improved the opportunity for matriculation
in some of the best schools in Scotland and in Germany.
He came to America in 1827, and was appointed captain in
the i6th United States Infantry for the Mexican War. In
1861 he commanded a brigade of Union troops in West Vir-
ginia. In 1863 he resigned and accepted a professorship in
the Indiana University. Between the close of the !Me.\ican
War and the great war of l85l-65 he taught in the Western
Kentucky Military Institute, and shared with Col. B. R. John-
son in its military training. For about three years he was
connected with this institute just before the great war period.
.After his service in the Union army, during 1S63 and into
1867, he was professor of natural philosophy and chemistry
in the University of Indiana, and then until 1879 he was
professor of natural science and chemistry in that institution.
His retirement from the army in 1863, when conditions
differed from those under which early volunteers enlisted, is
not inconsistent with his character. Vet his loyalty to the
Union w-as ever unswerving. The history of the Indiana
University from 1828 to 1890 says of Colonel Owen, "He al-
ways manifested a religious spirit;" also that "during his
whole life he retained a spirit of liberality to all who con-
scientiously differed from him in religious or political views."
There is concluded herein his reply to the Indianapolis
Journal's insinuation that he was not doing his full duty as
commandant, and that he was granting prisoners too much
liberty. The sentiment of the article is characteristic of the
man.
Letter from Colonel Owen to the Indianapolis Journal, con-
tinued from that in the Veter.\n for April :
"Theoretically, it is easy to deal out stern justice, but it
requires a strong sense of a soldier's first duty, obedience, to
refuse to the tears of a mother one glance at her erring son
or to deny to the stifled sobs of a wife a 'God bless you' for
the father of her children when these scenes occur under your
own eyes. The inspection of letters, the large issue of stores,
wood and straw, the detailing for hospitals and squads for
the burial of the dead, the answer to an infinitude of written
and verbal questions, the receipt and disbursement of money,
the attention to health and cleanliness, the policing of premises,
the adjustment of small grievances and difficulties — all make a
great draft on the time and patience of those connected with
the charge. Indeed, our officers and men, particularly the
latter, are overworked. The men will receive pay for part of
their time, but as regards myself and some other officers who
were promoted, a recent letter from Major Larned informs
me that there is no prospect of pay unless a bill passes the
Senate or unless we are ordered on duty by a general of the
. United States army.
"It is exactly six months to-day since the Governor honored
me by promotion from a lieutenant colonelcy in the 15th In-
diana Volunteers, and I left Western Virginia on an order
from General Reynolds, and have ever since been more ac-
tively engaged than during that campaign (although present
in all the engagements of our brigade), besides incurring great
expense, because recruiting is now so much more difficult than
it was formerly. I have never spent one night from camp
since I was ordered here, nor entered a hotel or saloon since
my arrival. .After a heavy day's work. I sometimes at night
retire to my camp cot without divesting myself of either coat
or boots in order to be ready at the slightest noise for my
responsible and onerous duties.
".•Ml this is stated, not by way of complaint, but simply to
show that I discharge my various duties to the best of my
ability. That I committed an error in trusting some officers
to take a few prisoners down on two different days to make
purchases, with the promise that the privilege should be useil
for no other purpose, I now see was the case, because the
promise was violated by permitting some of them to enter a
saloon. -As soon as the violation was known the order was
promptly countermanded. But the fact that a rigid call each
morning discloses only thirteen prisoners escaped from the
camp proper (some of whom have since been recaptured and
placed in jail) out of over 4,200 seems to me to speak favor-
ably both for the vigilance of the sentinels and for the dis-
position of the guarded. Indeed, a large majority of the
prisoners, at my suggestion, signed papers pledging their
honor not to attempt to escape.
"As already stated, the above onerous duties have been per-
formed without complaining; but we signified to Governor
Morton our gratitude in advance should he relieve us from a
position in which any want of success was certain to bring
censure and the best management unlikely to gain us the
slightest credit. -As early as a year since I already offered
my life to assist in sustaining the government in the struggle
to maintain the supremacy of the law, and if no other means
were left I would now gladly sacrifice the remnant of that
life to restore to our distracted country such a peace as would
bring with it the original strength and harmony of our glori-
ous republic. That we must establish and prove the power
and permanence of the general government is certain, but that
the sooner we can reconcile differences by avoiding ultraism
the greater the chance for our securing again soon a powerful
and united nation seems equally certain."
EdITOI!I.\L CoiIMENT DY THE JOURNAL.
In our notice of the unusual occurrences at Camp Morton
and the causes that produced it we did not imply that the
Governor had "failed to select a suitable person to take charge
of the prisoners." In the general management of the mili-
tary prison, involving as it does great labor, patience, and
prudence. Colonel Owen has given entire satisfaction to the
authorities and the public, and we have uniformly commended
him as a patriotic, energetic, and painstaking officer. * * *
Rules for Camf Morton under Colonel Owen.
I. The entire camp prisoners will be divided into thirty
divisions, each under charge of a chief selected by the com-
panies composing the division from among the first sergeants
of companies. At the bugle call for first sergeants they will
report themselves at headquarters.
4. The prisoners' returns will be handed in for approval
at 10 A.M. each alternate day previous to the one on which the
issue is made The issues of tobacco and stationery will be
made on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. by the chaplain,
as well as the distribution of reading matter. Letters will be
given out between 2 and 3 and mailed between 3 and 4 p.m.
5. Daily inspection will be made by the commandant or of-
ficer of the day to see that the policing so essential to health
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lias been thoroughly performed, and facilities will be afiforded
for sports and athletic exercise also conducive to health, as
well as bathing by companies, if permission can be obtained
by the proper authority.
6. The first sergeants of companies will look after the gen-
eral wants of their companies and maintain the necessary or-
IJU ATIHX IN TIIH IMUA.NA MATl lAI'ilOI..
'Ur, discipline, and policing essential to health and comfort, and
V ill make requisitions first on chiefs of divisions, and they
.1 norwards at headquarters, for clothing, camp and garrison
' iuipage absolutely necessary; also for tobacco wanted, and
ilio like.
~. '1 he inside chain of soldiers, except a small patrol with
-ido arms, will be removed, and the quiet and good order of
llir camp as well as the policing for health and comfort, etc.,
will be cnlirely under tlic supervision of the sergeants of
prisoners.
X. Vessels for the washing of clothes and ropes for clothcs-
Inu-s w-ill be furnished.
9- Prisoners will carefu11.\' avoid interrupting sentinels in
ilic discharge of their diUy, and especially will not curse them.
11^1' abusive language, or climb onto fences or trees, as the
-dUincls are ordered to fire if such an offense occurs after
tluoe positive and distiHct orders to desist even in daytime.
.\l night only one warning will be given to any one climbing
on the fence tops.
10. .\ prisoners" fund will be created by tlie <leduction ,•1';
heretofore of small amounts from the rations of beef, bread,
beans, etc., a schedule of which will be placed at the com-
missary department. This fund will be used for the purchase
of tobacco, stationery, stamps, and such other articles as the
chiefs of divisions luay report.
II. Every endeavor will be made by the commandant t-o give
each and every prisoner as much liberty and comfort as is
consistent with orders received and with an equal distribution
of the means at disposal, provided such indulgence never leads
to any abuse of the privilege.
The economy of management was entirely for the purpose
of buying tobacco and other luxuries for the prisoners. The
withholding of provisions mentioned was an economy not for
the government, as the supply of provisions was in excess then
of real needs, and our good friend saved it for the purposes
above stated.
CoL. Richard Owen in Indi.\na.
I he President of the Indiana University writes from
P.loomington : "The University of Indiana is deeply inter-
ested in the proposed memorial to Col. Richard Ow'en. Col-
onel Owen was for many years a member of its faculty. His
name and life are deeply associated with the history of this
institution, and we desire to express our profound apprecia-
tion of this memorial to one of the tinest men that ever
lived,"
It was like Comrade Edgar Asbury to write in sending a
second subscription to the Richard Ow-en Memorial: "I do
not feel that you should have all this expense, as subscribers
are very backward, and you may not make up what you are
spending."
From the Hon. Hilary .A. Herbert comes this cordial re-
sponse : "I was not at Camp Morton, but take pleasure in in-
closing a contribution toward your Col. Richard Owen Me-
morial."
Colonel Owen died March 25, 1890, at Xew Harmony, from
the effects of poison accidentally taken while engaged in his
philosophical studies with youthful ardor.
IvrK iiF Honorable W.arkare.
The following official order was issued in printed form cx-
•nctly as it is reproduced by photo engraving. It seems fitting
to print it along with the account of the kind of service to his
cause Col. Richard Owen gave and a tribute to the first general
killed in the Western .Army — the .Army of Tennessee :
GENERAL ORDER. IVO. 34.
BRIGADE MEAD QUARTERS.
KENTrOKV LINE XEAR AI.BANV. NOV. as, )fi(U.
We mnroh into Kf^ntucky for the ]»arpo30 of drff^ndins; lbeipeopi(» of
a (ii?»ter Southern etatc ngain^it an invadmg Norlhr-ni army nnci ihrir
federal adhrreiit^, l<c( ns be i-nn fw?l«» do no itct of injury to tlio-e we
foino to prolecl. Lrt no ciliz'^n of Kentu<'l*y Ic molented in hie pf^rooii
or proprity,\vhate\<T h's polilic.il opinions may he wuppoped to br, un-
le.-sfl found in arnn against up, or giving aid and comfort to the enrmy.
No olficer or coldirr of ihiB command iviil he permiltod to take properly
bcloiiying to any privatf" citizfn wirhTUt authority fro|n l)ir General in
command, Olficere commanding; regiments, hattaliion^" and companies*,
will sec that tliis order i» strictly enforced. A fi;vv bad nirn must not b.^
permitted to hrin? reproach upon the whole eontniand, or by hiwTrJ^ act-*
to convert ibr pfnpk' of Kentucky from friends into enemies. Severe,
examples mu-^t hr made of tlie ft'ir. if any, \\'4io rtisrri;ard lliis orGer.
Commandinp; otlic-rs will eau^e tlii.'* order, to be lead to their several
••omm;inJ* until all undi-rfiland it.
}Jv ord'-rof Brig. Gcnl F. K. ZOI.MCOrFEH.
rOLUJK U LKE, A. A.Oeh'l
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Qoijfederat^ l/eterap,
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AT YALE USIVERSITY.
A letter from Henry P. Wright. 128 York Street, New
Haven. Conn., who seeks the war record of Yale students who
served in the Confederate army, deserves prompt attention.
Any patrons of the Veteran" who can assist him in this work
will confer a favor by doing so. He writes:
"1 wrote you in January regarding several Vale men m the
Confederate army who lost their lives in the Civil War, about
whom we wished information for a soldiers' memorial at Yale
University, which is to be erected in commemoration of Yale
men who fell in the war in both Xorthern and Southern
armies. I have consulted Gen. Marcus J- Wright, in charge
of the Confederate records at Washington, and have com-
pleted the record of the greater part. There are still a few
names about which we need information. We desire the num-
ber of regiment, State, and arm of service for the following:
"S. Wilkins Fisk. Came to college from Natchez, Miss.;
had the rank of colonel ; was killed at Murfreesboro in 1862.
Wanting, regiment.
"James Hamilton. Came to college from Columbus, Ga. ;
was captain of the first company raised in Memphis, Tenn. ;
died in Columbus, Ky., 1862. Wanting, company and regiment.
"John Samuel Donelson. Came to college from Nashville.
Tenn. ; son of Andrew J. Donelson ; captain Hickey Rifles ;
killed at Chickamauga Septcmlier 9. 1863. Wanting, company
and regiment.
"William Stephen Maples. Came to college from Selma.
Ala. ; lieutenant in an Alabama battery ; died at Richmond,
Ya.., in 1864. Wanting, company and regiment.
"Henry Luse Foules. Came to college from Kingston,
Miss. ; captain of cavalry ; died of typhoid fever at Atlanta
in i86.t. Wanting, company and regiment.
"Claude Gibson, Terre Bonne Parish, La. ; captain of a
battery of light artillery; died at New Orleans March 22, 1863.
Wanting, company and regiment.
"Albert Gregory Marble. Came to college from Bovinia,
]\Iiss. ; was in a Mississippi regiment; died at Atlanta in Feb-
ruary or March, 1865. Wanting, company and regiment."
riK
RICHARD SOMERS ED]VARDS.
nv H.\KRV STILLWELL EDW.\RnS.
autliiir of the following sketch. Mr, Harry Stilhvell
MRS. OWEN WALKER, FRANKLIN, TENN.
Mrs. Walker wrote the review of "Real America in Ilomar.ce" In this
Veteran. (See page 252.)
Fdwards, Postmaster at Macon, Ga., it will be recalled by
many, is the author of "Sons and Fathers," a romance of the
Smith in nlden times, for which a prize of ten thousand dol-
lars was paid to him. .\lthough it was written in Georgia,
"there are no 'crackers' in it" and very little of the negro dia-
lect. Mr. Edwards was born in Macon April 23. 1855, the
youngest son of James Carson Edwards, author and poet. He
was educated in law schools, but his fondness for literature
caused him to adopt that, and from the reporter's desk on the
Macon Telegraph he became editor in chief. Humor and
pathos were his most pleasing characteristics. Leading it
zines in New York — the Century, Harper's, Atlantic Monthly,
Cosmopolitan. St. Nicholas, and others — secured the gifts of
his pen. .A long list of well-retnembered sketches revives de-
li.shtful memories.
In 1881 Mr. Edwards secured his greatest prize in Marie
Roxie Lane, daughter of Col. .Andrew Jackson Lane, colonel
of the 49th Georgia Regiment, \. P. Hill's old division, who
was seriously wounded at Mechanicsville. They have four
children — Jackson, Prentiss, Ro.xie, and Virginia.
Mr. Edwards "at the piano is a charming entert.ainer, and
his friends never weary of 'Mammy's Lil' Boy,' for he sings
if as no other can." — Editor Veteran.]
"Remember the days of old, consider the years of many
generations : ask thy father, and he will show thee ; thy elders,
and they will tell thee." ( Deut. xxxii. 7.)
.\niong the venturous of England and Wales who sought
refuge and fortune on American shores were Edward Hunt
( 1677), Josiah Edwards (1660), Jasper Griffing ( 1648), Nathan
Landon (1664), Lieut. Nicholas Stilhvell (1638), Lieut. John
Kirkland (1665), and Lieut. William Pratt (1665). The
family records of these show Robert Griffing (1685), John
Stillwell (1681), Sarah Hunt (1675), Joseph Edwards (1700),
Ichabod Hunt (1735), Nicholas Stillwell, HI. (1702'), Samuel
Griffing (1710), Moses Griffing (1745), Sarah Stillwell (1753),
James Edwards (1750), Ephraim Hunt (1746), Daniel Hunt
(1775). Joseph Gates (1725), James Carson Edwards (1802).
They dwelt on or near the coast from Cape May, N. J., to
Gorham, Maine, and the number of their descendants reaches
into the thousands. They were soldiers, captains of ships.
merchant ships, and privateers. They were legislators, preach-
ers, and literateurs. They fought the Indians, the Frenchman,
and the Englishman. They built churches and towns, felled
forests, made laws, and carried the flag of their country into
every sea. They left enduring monuments and are buried,
some of them in far countries, some in the isles of the sea,
;uul some in the sea itself. Most of them sleep in the ceme-
teries of the cities and towns they helped to build, and their
iccords arc on tomb and monument. Careful hands and lov-
ing hearts have put in print and volume their histories, and
liieir descendants are to-day among the active forces of the
.American population.
Conspicuous in all these histories and records are three
vital facts : These men and women were for the most part
deeply religious, fair in their dealings with their fellow men,
.md brave in the defense of principle and the land of their
adoption. Their histories are full of stirring events. Here
were cousins in the battle sinoke of Louisburg. Here a priva-
teer's desperate conflict with a ship of the line. Here bloody
hand-to-hand conflicts with the Indians. Here was one, a
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naval ensign, hurling a lighted torch into a hundred barrels
of powder at Tripoli that if captured would have been used
against his comrades. Here was another in the infamous
Jersey prison ship. Here a devoted wife riding a hundred
miles in the depth of winter with a British officer to be ex-
changed for her imprisoned husband. The records abound
with individual acts of heroism. And everywhere were wom-
en equally brave and devoted, rearing large families in the
perils of a wild country, and pointing the way to heaven.
Do you ask what all this has to do with the subject of my
sketch? I answer everything. Every man and woman
named is a direct ancestor of Richard Somers Edwards. And
a man is the sum of his ancestors, blessed with their con-
served virtues or cursed with the limitations of their weakness.
Next to religion, pride of family is a man's best safeguard
and highest stimulus to noble action. Richard Somers Ed-
v/ards was the product of mighty forces, moral and spiritual,
developed in the conflicts of centuries. As a boy he gloried
in the lives from which he sprung. In my judgment, accus-
tomed as I am to weigh cause against efifcct in plot and story,
his death was the direct result of the sublime heroism of his
namesake and kinsman. Richard Somers. of the United States
navy, who at Tripoli in 1804 cast the torch into the precious
powder when the fog lifted in that far-away harbor, leaving
him, a boy nf twenty, ^urrmmdcd by hostile gunboats.
Kn H.\Ki) somi:r.s EDW.\RIiS.
When Richard Somers Edwards faced death at Petersburg
in 1865, he met the issue forced suddenly on his manhood
and without hesitation laid down his life for comrade and
country. And he was but nineteen. Nineteen ! And behind
him two years of the fiercest conflict recorded in the annals
of the human race !
Richard was born at Macon, Ga., January 16, 1846, and edu-
cated up to 1861 in the noted school conducted by Benjamin
M. Polhill in that city. Tie was always at school conspicuous
for his lofty spirit and courage ; and though apparently frail
in body, his boyhood battles are still among the living tradi-
tions of that age. His mother was Elizabeth Griffing Hunt,
who married her cousin, James Corson Edwards. She was
one of three sisters, of almost marvelous mentality, highly
educated, and came to Georgia from New York a bride in
1840. His father, a Philadelphian, who came to Georgia in
iS23, was known throughout the South by his poems and
songs, a man of great literary attainment and a good musi-
cian. His instrument, as in the case of Sidney Lanier, was
tlie flute. Through the sisters of his father and mother Richard
was connected with many of the leading families of Georgia.
From the first gun at Sumter he begged to enter the army,
but he was in appearance little more than a child and his
father had just died. The mother could not bring herself to
consent. "Wait," she would say. "until you are needed. There
are plenty volunteering now." (1 can hear the echo of the
departing drums floating up from my infancy as I write.) The
lather's hat still hung in the hall with "M. M." in red letters
across the front, the Minute Man's only badge, as in the
previous century, and the boy strained at the bonds that held
him. But in 1863 not so many were volunteering, and at last
the South needed him It was then the heroic mother, ready
to defend her adopted land as had the mothers before her,
with her own heart's blood placed his cap on his head and
mutely kissed him good-by. He was sent to Edward A. Pol-
lard, of Richmond, a friend of the family, and by him en-
tered in the artillery at Drury's Bluff. I think his command
was called Epp's Battalion. There Richard continued until
late in 1864, when he was transferred to the Macon Light Ar-
tiilerj-, formerly Napier's Battery, at his urgent request. De-
tachments from the heavy artillery at Drury's Bluflf were
sometime sent out as infantry on short expeditions, and in
one of these Richard had crossed the home company and met
his friends and kinsmen. It is likely this meeting was fol-
lowed by homesickness. About the first of 1865 he came home
on his only furlough wounded. I remember well his appear-
ance. The left arm and shoulder and the side of his head
were almost black. A shell had burst in front of him and
a fragment struck his lifted arm and glanced against his
head. While hero he joined the Presbyterian Church. His
Utters home had throughout his campaigns borne profession
of trust in God, and his spirit was at peace. He was at 'that
time the best safeguard of any country, a fearless Christian
soldier.
The tragedy of Richard's life and the fiercest of his mother's
began at this point. All lines of comminiications into Vir-
ginia from Georgia were in the hands of the enemy. Richard
was cut off from his command, and his leave of absence was
about to expire. The family argued against his attempted
return, and able lawyers of the city advised against it. Con-
federate officials construed the military code in his favor. He
was one against a score. "I shall never give any one a chance
to call me a deserter,'' he said, and he retumcd to Virginia.
How he reached there I do not remember, and all his letters
were burned with my residence some years ago ; but get there
he did, going afoot through part of North Carolina and by a
wide detour around the enemy. He was in the fiercest fight-
ing around Petersburg and in the middle line with his com-
pany when the end came on April 2, 1865, the morning on
which the thin, starved line gave way to the massed assaults
of the splendidly equipped forces of Grant.
A detailed account of Richard's fall was given to me by
Hugh Lawson, of Houston County, Ga., who commanded the
gun which enters so tragically into the narrative. The Con-
federate lines had been broken above and below the Macon
company, whose forces had been so reduced at that time as
to be almost incapable of handling their pieces, and their bat-
tery was rapidly being surrounded when the command was
7 9S
C^opfederat^ Ueterai).
t-;vtn for the men to get out. All was confusion. Some of
the company were making their way to the rear. A man at a
certain gun had fallen as he laid hands on the lanyard to fire
it. The gun had been drawn slightly back and was trained
through an embrasure. As the men were scrambling away in
the smoke and confusion the warning cry went up that this
gun was loaded with canister. It was then practically in the
hands of the enemy, and it was then that without command,
so Law-son states, Richard turned back and reached the gun.
Before any one could realize his intention, friend or foe, he
caught and pulled the lanyard. Lawson says the execution
was frightful, for the embrasure was full of men and the
space beyond was black with them. The testimony of others,
notably that of George W. Findlay, is practically the same
;is Lawson's and all seemed to agree that Richard's thought
was not so much the slaughter of the enemy as to discharge
a gun that in one minute more would have been turned on
his company. Lawson saw him fall, but his figure was swal-
lowed up in the masses around him and in the smoke of the
gun blown backwards.
A letter from George W. Findlay, recently deceased, a gal-
lant member of Richard's company and his boyhood play-
mate, recites that Richard was seen by the writer a few min-
utes later carrying his right arm in his left hand and that the
wrist and hand were bloody; that Richard spoke to him cheer-
fully as he passed. Findlay had been with a detached gun in
the extreme front to the left and caught in the wreck of a
bombproof from which the gun was being served. A shell
had crushed in the frail protection, and the works had been
rushed by a negro regiment, who shot every member of the
squad that could be seen. Findlay crowded through into a
covered way leading to the rear, and was the only man of
the survivors to escape capture. He had been treated at the
field hospital, and was in the act of joining his company when
the end came. He seems to have been the only member of
the company who saw Richard after the firing of the last
gun, and for a number of years it was thought that he might
have been mistaken, being himself confused and sufifering
from his shock ; but at last his statements were corroborated
by the evidence given below.
Lawson's statement as to the firing of the gun was con-
firmed by other members of the company. All were of the
opinion that Richard was killed at the gun. The testimony
of these men and the letter of George Findlay all give evi-
dence of the esteem in which Richard was held by this com-
pany, of which he was the youngest member. One and all
testified that he was absolutely dependable at all times and
absolutely fearless.
In the months that followed the surrender of Lee prominent
friends of the family joined in the search for the missing boy
in the faint hope that he had escaped death and was in some
distant prison. Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, made earnest
efforts, but all in vain. The first information as to his fate
came through my own efforts in 1870, when I was fifteen and
temporarily living in Washington City. I take pleasure in
recording it here, an acknowledgment to U. S. Grant, the
gentle, tender-hearted father, known to history only as U. S.
Grant, the stern general of the Federal army. A friend of
mine introduced me to him and told him Richard's story. Pres-
ident Grant, instantly interested, wrote a few lines and di-
rected me where to carry them. I remember that the order
directed that no effort be spared to find the record of Rich-
ard if the government had it. I carried it to the old Ford's
<^pera House, where Lincoln had met his death and which
was then the surgeon general's headquarters. I was met with
gentle courtesy and the utmost consideration and told to come
back on a certain day. When I returned, I was shown a
small blank book, stained with mud, which had been picked
up after the war in the streets of Petersburg, as an inscrip-
tion thereon declared. It w-as marked "Washington Street
Hospital, C. S. A.," and in it w'e found this entry : "R. Ed-
wards, Blount's Battalion, artillery, Georgia, April 2-April 10.
.\niputation of right humerus.'' Petersburg was captured
April 2. The book was used by both Confederates and Fed-
erals. It is probable that Richard was carried or went di-
rect to the hospital to have his w-ound dressed on the morn-
ing of April 2, and while there fell into the enemy's hands
when the hospital was abandoned by the Confederate Surgeon
Claiborne at two o'clock the same day. The operation was
performed by D. H. Bartine, surgeon of a Pennsylvania volun-
teer regiment, and President Grant ordered a search made for
this officer with the hope that he might remember whether
April 10 meant death or discharge. Bartine was traced to
California, but his address was never found. The presence of
Richard at this hospital and the wound in the right arm cor-
roborate.? ^Ir. Findlay 's statement.
This is the brief story of a brave boy's life and death. How
many untold deeds of heroism of Southern boys lie hidden in
the silences of our awful war ! When I think of him now, he
is still my big brother. I cannot lose him from my thought
and memory as such. When I look on the little deguerrotype
that portrays him as he was, I see a boy little more than a
third of my present age, and I inarvel at the task set to such
lads by the cruel hand of destiny. In this picture observe the
peaceful brow, the deep eyes of the mystic, the proud lines
of the mouth, the slender shoulders and the lifted head. Just
such boys are perhaps in the families of my readers; just such
are in mine. Place them, friends, in the death struggle of a
hand-to-hand battle, and you realize what our fathers and
brothers did in the name of Southern manhood. Picture them,
children, under the surgeon's knife and dying among strangers
in crowded hospitals, to be laid in unknown graves, and you
realize what the man}' waiting mothers of the South suffered
in the starless years that followed. It is a mystery all. but
so is the human race developed and so are nations born.
On the fly leaf of one of our family records in the hand-
writing of my mother are these lines, the last words of her
hero son, written with the premonition that he would see
her no more on earth. She lived forty years after she re-
ceived them, but the mention of his name to the last dimmed
her eyes with tears: "Remember, mother, I am only waiting
for you on the other shore."
I have written this with no thought of exalting my brother
over his comrades. He was a type, not an exception. The
army abounded with just such boys; but enlisting as he did
in Virginia, the records of his native State do not show his
naine; and dying as he did in the hands of enemies, strangers,
and with thousands dead around him, his grave is unmarked.
It is due to his patriotism and sacrifice that he should not
pass from the memory of the people for whom he gave his
Hfe.
Patriotic people of Murfreesboro will dedicate a bronze
tablet to Gen. N. B. Forrest in that city on July 13, the anni-
versary of his giving "relief" to Murfreesboro. The Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy are exercising diligent effort to make
it a credit to all concerned. Any of Forrest's men or others
who would like to contribute to it may send to Mrs. Newton
F. M-illoy, Murfreesboro. Tenn. '
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U SITED SONS OF COX FEDERATE VETERANS.
William G. Pritchard, of Charleston, S. C, Commander in
Chief of the U. S. C. V.. sends an appeal to the Sons of Vet-
erans in which he states in snbstance:
"The United Sons of Confederate Veterans is an organiza-
tion composed of sons of Confederate veterans whose fathers
fought for right principles. They suffered hardships and
every kind of privations known to mankind. In their un-
paralleled fidelity to their cause they have left us a heritage
of wliich every true son should be proud and grateful. Our
organization is of a historical and relief nature, and the time
is now at hand when there should be a Camp of Sons of
Veterans in every community in our Southland, especially
where there are Camps of Veterans, both for the purposes in-
d'cated and the relief of the old veterans and to cooperate
in all that they are engaged in. Our work is coequal w'ith that
o: the Veterans themselves, and is of more vital importance,
for there are needy veterans and widows to be looked after
and cared for, and the truth of history to be h:inded down to
l)osterity rests in our hands.
"This communication is to secure if possible the organiza-
tion of a Camp of Sons in your comnumity in connection with
the Veteran Camp and your aid in this direction. If you
can't have a Camp in your community, will you not cooperate
with the Veterans and impress upon them your desire to be ac-
tively idcniilieil \>illi llicni in carrying out the pm'posos in-
dicated ?
"If you desire any information in coniuction with the or-
ganization of a Camp, please communicate with our head-
ciuarters at Memphis, Tenn., .Adjutant General X. B. Forrest
in charge, or with me direct.
"Give this matter prompt consideration, and the result will
he helpful to the worthy cause for which so much sacrifice
has been m:idc."
Active Sons of Veter.\ns i.\ Kentucky.
Capt. W. T. Ellis was host to the \V. T. Ellis Camp of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans when he entertained thetn at a
luncheon at one o'clock Saturday at the Rudd House. The
affair was one of the most delightful that the Camp has ever
held, and several unusually strong speeches were made. At
the conclusion of the banquet Dr. M. G. Puckncr and Mr.
MUSS i,.\ssie t.wmr.
Cajita'n on Stalt" of Oklaboma Connnander.
M1.'~.S RtBtc<..\ lllCKE.NSON,
Maid of Honor Kentu'kj- Division.
'1 heodorc Levy, who filled the place assigned to Rev. A. \.
Couch, who was absent, and Mr. C. M. Ford, of Hartford,
made appropriate talks. The closing talk was by Captain
Ellis, who, according to many of his auditors, made the most
beautiful and yet the strongest talk they bad ever heard on the
subject of the Southern Confederacy. Captain EUis expressed
his great pleasure at the manner in which the Sons of Veterans
plan to keep forever fresh the glory and valor of those who
fought in the great struggle between the States. — 07imsboro
(Ky.) Messenger.
Captain Ellis w-rites of them : "It was a fine array of
splendid young men, and I am sure it would have been grati-
!)ing to you not only to note their enthusiasm but to have
discovered, as you would have done, the ability and earnest-
ness with which those who addressed the Camp spoke. The
Veter.\n grows better with each issue, and I have no doubt
will be liberally sustained. The sons and daughters of Con-
federate veterans in the near future nuist necessarily become
\our principal patrons, and it is incumbent, I think, upon Con-
federate veterans to encourage them in every legitimate way
to become subscribers.'
The Sons of.V'eterans seem more and more inclined to as-
lociatc witli tl'cir seniors, and it is well.
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C^oi?federate l/eteraij,
S. A. CUXXIXGIL;VM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Teniu
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benelits as an organ for Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronae:e and to
eoOperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
QCIT ABUSIXG FRIENDS.
Arc all men insane? Tlie person who makes the argument
may find much to vindicate his view. The Southern people
have maintained unity of sentiment so consistently since the
horrors of Reconstruction that their mutual suffering com-
pensates in a measure. The steadfastness of this sentiment
has established its power through faithfulness of the Solid
South to an eminent degree, and it should be the pride of
every one who adheres to principle above self. But it seems
that some nightmare has gotten the upper hand of reason.
Several eminent Southerners have friends who are pressing
their aspirations for the presidency. It is worthy and patri-
otic to advance their claims, but why not stop at that and let
other aspirants alone? All cannot be nominated, and the one
selected may fail of election. Whoever secures the nomina-
tion surely will have the support of Democratic papers, and
it is in bad taste therefore to abuse a candidate who may be
chosen by the Baltimore Convention. Surely every news-
paper can say enough for its candidate without vicious abuse
of the others.
The V'eter.vx is not in politics, but is ardent for its abused
section and pleads with every Southern newspaper to stop
defaming any of its many noble men whose friends crave pie.
PERSUADE SOXS TO READ THE VETERAN.
A son wlio appreciates the Vi;ter.\n writes : "My father,
a Confederate soldier, passed out of this life on December 20,
igii. He had until his death taken the Confeder.\te Veteran,
which was dearly loved by him. Some years back he told me
he hoped that when he passed away some of his children would
take the Veter..\.n, and I, the youngest son, want every copy
of it. Please let nie know when the subscription expires, and
I will mail you a check to cover same for some time to come."
Comrades, if you believe in the Veter.\n and have sons and
daughters, will vdu not consider the importance of their
proper education? Think of it as we may, the end is coming
by and by and the record of our deeds if worthy should be
preserved. If so, no veteran of the Confederate army can
render a better service than in having young people learn
"the story of the glory." Nothing is easier than to interest
young men and j'oung women in reading the thrilling stories
by survivors of the great war.
The Veter.\n will be sent to any addresses three months to
as many as will read half its contents and then the dollar
will be returned, or it will be sent free to as many people
under fifty years on the condition that one-half of its pages
will be carefully read. .-V letter differing from the one above
shows a contrast in spirit :
Illustr.ating .\ Son's L.\ck of Interest.
"When your notice of subscription expiring came, father
was very ill, and has since died. Please discontinue the sub-
scription. Father was a great admirer of the Veteran, and
always looked forward to its arrival. * * * He was a
member of command, and served throughout the en-
tire war."'
INSOLENCE WITH CRITICISM.
Among the speakers at the Southern Commercial Congress
in Xashville, April 8, 9, 10, D. C. Collier — who answers fondly
to "Colonel" Collier — President of the Panama-California
Exposition, made an entertaining address. His travels in
every State of the Union and his "forty-nine trips from ocean
to ocean" give him excellent opportunities to know the coun-
try. While in the main he is a tactful speaker, the reasons did
not seem particularly fitting as he told why the Southern peo-
ple would in such an important assembly be informed of his
being reared in Colorado and his father and mother being
college graduates. His Southern audience was not .so ex-
acting as to be oflfended by it — little as they are concerned —
but his reference to a speech by Mr. Witherspoon. of Missis-
sippi (a member of Congress), at a meeting in Meridian as a
"diatribe," in which Mr. Witherspoon argued that the people
of Mississippi did not seek miscellaneous Northerners was so
impertinent that its repetition should reflect upon the officers
of the Congress. If "Colonel" Collier desires to make friends
of the Southern people, he would do well to show deference
to a sentiment that can't be bought for reasons beyond his
conception. His insolence is inexcusable before a Southern
audience, especially under the peculiar circumstances.
Mr. J. C. Hardy, who occupies the honorable place for-
merly held by the faithful and beloved Gen. Stephen D. Lee,
spoke upon the educational progress in Mississippi and said,
as quoted by the press ; "The educational system before the
war in the South was a reproach upon the character and
genius of our people." He then expatiated upon the aristoc-
racy of the South in a severely condemnatory manner. His
remarks recalled an occasion at the North when Union vet-
erans were entertaining a Confederate with Confederate guests,
and everything had gone beautifully at the banquet when a
speaker for the Southern side said: "I went into that war be-
lieving I was right, but now I kno'a' tliat you ivcre right."
The entertainers were more hurt than their guests, and it
was the only unhappy incident of the evening.
The South greets the Southern Commercial Congress and
its delegates from the North and the South too, who in the
main have done their States and the country credit; but th"
situation is too serious for even Southerners to criticize the
"Old South," as they call it. in any way discreditably.
Mr. Hardy boasted of five distinguished Senators, mc nibers
of the Congress, as natives of Mississippi, but not one w'ord
of credit to the hundreds of thousands of humble Christians
in Mississippi who inherited slaves and had done so nuich for
them that all through the war crisis in their gratitude as serv-
ants and devotion as friends there never occurred an outrage
IT an insubordination by them. His comment was so inex-
cusable that it did much to mar the good said by o'.hers.
"We Are All Americans."
Will the time ever come when our friends on "the other
side" will cease to use the conciliatory ( ?) phrase, "We are
all Americans?" For twenty years the expression has been
made in response to kind words of greeting to the liberal
Northerners, "We are all one now" or "We are all Ameri-
cans." These men are sincere, and they mean it in kindness,
but it instinctively recalls the singular fact that there were
about as many foreigners in the Union army as there were
men in the Confederate army. What a pity that in their
desire to be friendly they don't use diflfeient expressions!
How would it do for them to say to Southerners, "You were
all Americans?"
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M.IID or IIOXOR FOR THE SOUTH.
Miss Blanche Nisbet has been appointed one of the maids
of honor for the South at the Macon Reunion. She is a
charming young woman of distinguished ancestry, being a
granddaughter of Capt. John Mcintosh Kell, who was an
executive officer of tlie Confederate cruiser Ahibama. Cap-
tain Kell was distinguished in the United States navy before
the war, being a graduate of the famous navy class of 1841.
He was on the staff of Commander Matthew Perry in the lirsl
expedition to Japan in 1845.
He fought in the Jlexican
War, and commanded the
naval guns of the artillery on
the site of the present city of
San Francisco. He resigned
from the United States navy
in 1861, and served as first
lieutenant and executive of-
ficer of the Sumter and then
in the same capacity with
Admiral Semmcs on the Ala-
bama, from her christening
off I'^ayal Island luitil she
went down in llic English
Channel. Captain Kell, after
swimming from the Alabaina
was. with .■\dmir.al Semmes, picked up by the Knglish yacht
Dcerhoutid and carried to England. He was adjutant general
of Georgia under appointment by Gen. John B. Gordon, when
(iovcrnor. Captain Kell was married in Macon on October
i.^. 1S56, to Miss Blanche Monroe. <lauglitcr of Nathan C.
Monroe. It was a large military wedding.
Miss Nisbet is also a great-granddaughter of Judge Eugcnius
A. Nisbet. of Macon, who was a member of Congress from
iS^g to 1843. He was one of the first three judges of the
supreme court of Georgia from 1845 to 1855, and chairman of
the committee of seventeen which reported the ordinance of
secession of Georgia from the L'uion in January, )86i. and was
the author of that ordinance.
MISS BLANXHE NISBET.
Samuel 1'. .Martin. Jr., of East Prairie, Mo., seeks his
father's record as a Confederate soldier. The father. Samuel
P. Martin, enlisted from Trigg County, Ky., and it is tliought
tlial lie first served with the ist Kentucky Cavalry. .After
that enlistment he helped to organize the 3d Kentucky Cav-
alry, of which lie was first lieutenant, and was serving as
major wdien wounded at Farmington, Tcnn., October ~. 1863.
The officers of his command were Capt. Given Campbell,
Major Owen, and Colonel W'oodward. This was part of Bu-
ford's Brigade, Lyon's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps.
APPRECIATED COMPLIMEST TO A COMRADE.
Gov. Joseph M. Brown has designated an enterprising Geor-
gian to serve his St.ile at the semicentennial celebration of
Gettysburg in 1913. Comrade West went into the Confederate
army from LaGrange under Captain Cartwright, the father-
in-law of Bishop Candler. In the battle of Perryville, Ky.,
Comrade West's regiment, the 41st Georgia, suffered terribly,
and for conspicuous gallantry in that battle young West was
■commissioned captain, though still under eighteen. He
was cared for after the battle by one of Kentucky's fairest
■daughters. Miss Lizzie Everhart, who is now the wife of Dr.
Amos Fox, of Atlanta. Upon recovering from his wounds
he rejoined his command just before the battle of Baker's
Creek and the siege of Vicksburg. Then he was in the cam-
paigns from Chickamauga to .Atlanta and back into Ten-
nessee with Hood, and was wounded again at Franklin.
From General Stevenson's report of the Tennessee cam-
paigns the following is quoted: "Captain West, of my staff,
was wounded in the left hand and in the head in the assault
on the enemy's intrcnchments at Franklin, but continued with
the army to Nashville."
General West has been very active and helpful in building
up the commercial and industrial interests of Atlanta and the
South. He was Commissioner from Georgia to the World's
Fair in Chicago, Commissioner to the Tennessee Centennial
at Nashville, and represented Georgia at the St. Louis
F^xposition. He was appointed by Governor Atkinson to rep-
resent Georgia at the exposition in the City of Mexico. He
was chairman of two committees of the Cotton States Inter-
national Exposition held in Atlanta. He was one of the
escort attending President Davis from Montgomery to At-
lanta on a memorable trip, and is proud of an autograph let-
ter froiTi >fr. Davis thanking him for his services.
Together with the late Col. W. A. Hemphill, he represented
Georgia at the reunion of the blue and gray at Evansville,
Ind., and delivered an address in reply to President McKin-
ley's speech of welcome. At the inauguration of President
McKinley he was selected by the committee to make the speech
of presentation of the thousand-dollar jeweled sword given
to Gen. Horace Porter, the grand marshal.
i.i;n'. a. j. w k.st.
At the big Peace Jubilee in .Atlanta General West was grand
marshal. Gens. P. M. B. Young and West organized the
Georgia Division, U. C. V. General Young became the first
Commander, and he made West his Adjutant General and
Chief of Staff. General West served for twelve consecutive
years as Commander of the North Georgia Brigade, U. C. V.
At the Savannah Reunion he was unanimously elected Com-
mander of the Georgia Division, U. C. V.
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SHILOH MOXL'MEXT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
March 7, to April 7, 19 12.
Alabama: Pettus Rodcn Chapter, Birmingham, $10; Tus-
cumbia Chapter, $5; R- E. Rodes Chapter, Tuscaloosa, $3;
Dixie Chapter, Montgomery, $7.48; Union Springs Chapter,
$5; Alexander City Chapter (post cards), $1; post cards sold
by Mrs. Webster, 20 cents.
California; Wade Hampton Chapter, Los Angeles, $10;
John B. Gordon Chapter, San Jose, $2.50.
Georgia: Agnes Lee Chapter (post cards), $2.
Kentucky: Mrs. J. M. Arnold (personal), Covington, $10;
John H. Morgan Chapter, Nicholasville, $2.50; Lady Polk
Chapter, Columbus (post cards), $1; Paducah Chapter (post
cards), $5; Kate M. Breckinridge Chapter (post cards),
$1.95; Lucien McDowell Chapter, Flemingsburg (post cards),
90 cents; Christian County Chapter, Hopkinsville (post cards),
$5; Dr. Basil C. Duke Chapter, Maysville (post cards), $f,
Virginia Hanson Chapter, Winchester (post cards), $2.50;
Mrs. F. S. Allen, Sharpsburg (post cards), 25 cents; J. Q.
Chenoworth Chapter, Harrodsburg (post cards), $1; Ben
Hardin Helm Chapter, Elizabethtown (post cards), $i.0S;
Col. Ed Crossland Chapter, Fulton (post cards), $S ; Earling-
ton Chapter, Earlington (post cards), $1.50; Reginald Thomp-
son Chapter, La Grange (post cards), 50 cents; Alex Poston
Chapter, Cadiz (post cards), $1; Mary Walker Price Chapter,
Lancaster (post cards). So cents; John H. Morgan Chapter.
Nicholasville (post cards), 85 cents; Creps Wickliffe Chapter,
Bardstown (post cards), $1.25; Mayfield Chapter (post cards),
$5; Joshua Gore Chapter, Bloomfield (post cards), 65 cents;
Lexington Chapter, Lexington (post cards), $1; Edmonia
Roberts Chapter, Lebanon (post cards), $2; Richard Hawes
Chapter, Paris (post cards), $2; A. E. Rees Chapter, Madison-
ville (post cards), $3.
Tennessee : Zollicoffer Fulton Chapter, Fayetteville, $5 ;
Giles County Chapter, Pulaski, $1$ ; post cards sold in Chatta-
nooga, $10; H. P. Hilliard (through Mrs. Nevell), Chatta-
nooga, $5 ; Col. J. R. Neal Chapter, Spring City, $5 ; Lee pic-
tures sold by A. P. Stewart Chapter, Chattanooga, $2.50; from
sale of "Dixie Book of Days and Heroes in Grey," $1.
Virginia: Mr. O. S. Morton (personal), Richmond, $1.
Total collections since March 7, $147.08.
In hands of Treasurer at last report, $13,303.24.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $13,450.32.
A Correction. — A contribution of $10 credited to the Hattie
B. Holland Chapter, Jackson, Tenn., in last report should
have been entered as a personal gift from Mrs. Walter L.
Brown, of Jackson, Tenn.
Ninety Years Old and Needs a Pension.
Mrs. M. R. Christian, 875 Dauphine Way, Mobile, Ala.,
writes in behalf of J. W. Rosson, now in his ninetieth year,
in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Christian is First Vice Presi-
dent of the Electra Semmes Colston Chapter, U. D. C, and
says that the old man claims to have been given a cross of
honor by a Nashville Chapter, but that he was robbed of his
credentials and his cross. He reports that he served in
Biffle's Regiment, Company D, Captain Kirk, in Forrest's
Cavalry. Any one who knows him and his sen '.c will please
write Mrs. Christian.
anv of his surviving comrades. He was mustered into service
in January, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., Baker's Battery was
later consolidated with Sengstak's Battery, principally from
Mobile, Ala., and finally was consolidated with the loth Mis-
souri, from St. Louis, commanded by Capt. O. W. Barrett.
TYPICAL OF THE OLD SOUTH.
Comrade John V. McKinney, sitting on the lawn of his
residence, McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn,, is caught
by a "snap shot," while near by stands "Ham," Mr. McKinney's
cook, housekeeper, and "major domo." Ham is a typical
darky of the ante-bellum period. He was a slave in the
Kelso family, of which the lovely Dana Kelso became Mrs.
McKinney, and except for a short time has remained with the
family throughout his freedom. Ham is devoted to his "peo-
ple" and takes great interest in them. He is thoroughly trust-
worthy, and for the past five years has been Mr. McKinney's
housekeeper and purchasing agent. Ham does not know his
exact age. but his birthdays are frequent.
Mr. McKinney is the proud father of seven stalwart sons,
several of whom have gone out into the world to seek their
fortune. When five or six of these sons get home for a re-
union. Ham has a birthday and gets up a big dinner for the
boys and pays all expenses of the occasion from his own
pocket. He has repeatedly had two birthdays in one year.
M. L. Hicks, 234 Commerce Street, Atlanta, Ga.. who served
in Baker's Battery of Light Artillery, would like to hear from
MR. JOHN M KINNEY AND FAITHFUL HAM.
Mr. John V. McKinney was reared at Fayetteville, Tenn.,
where he enlisted in the Confederate service on April I, 1861,
in Peter Turney's ist Tennessee Regiment (the Orphan boys).
Serving throughout the war in the Army of Northern Virginia,
he never missed a roll call until wounded at Seven Pines in
May, 1862. He returned to his command in July following,
and was in all the lights and campaigns of Stonewall Jack-
son's corps till Gettysburg. He surrendered with a small rem-
nant of the regiment at the rock fence on Cemetery Heights
on the third day of the great battle. He was kept in. prison
at Fort Delaware until March 2, 1865, when he was paroled
for exchange ; but he was never exchanged and did not take
the oath of allegiance. That was not necessary, for he has
performed his full duty as a citizen.
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Gen. Slith Boiling, commanding the Virginia Division, U.
C. v., according to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, in-
vites E. M. Williams, of Springfield, to attend the Reunion at
Macon. Mr. Williams is one of those who have been active
in hospitality of the A. P. Hill Camp at Petersburg, and
while there was guest of Comrade Boiling.
Fl.ORID.\ MONUMKNI lu CONFEDERATE WoMEN.
A published sketch of a monument in process of construc-
tion contains the following description: "The monument will
be placed on a mound 40x40 feet. The granite base will be
28x28 feet in dimensions, and at each corner three pillars
will be placed to support the dome. On a pedestal at the base
and surrounded by the pillars there will be a figure in bronze
of a woman teaching children the true story of the Civil War.
On the dome another figure of a woman, thirteen feet one
inch in height, will represent a Confederate woman clasping
a half-furled battle flag. Granite steps will make the ap-
proaches from the four sides of the monument. The pillars
of the memorial will be sixteen inches in diameter, and the
interior of the dome is to be of polished marble, with a great
electric globe in the center. The figure just beneath will be
on a pedestal four by four by about six feet. 'Florida's tribute
to the women of the Confederacy' will be the inscription."
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON MONUMENT AT D ALTON.
FROM EDITOR OF THE D.^LTON CITIZEN.
The late lamented Col. Tomlinson Fort, of Chattanooga,
was the prime mover in the plans to erect at Dalton, Ga., a
monument to the memory of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He
considered Dalton as the logical point for the monument be-
cause General Johnston reorganized his command here prior
to his masterful retreat to Atlanta. To show his great in-
terest in the movement. Colonel Fort deposited in the Chatta-
nooga Savings Bank Sioo to be given for this purpose.
The Br\'an M. Thomas Chapter, U. D. C, of Dalton, under
the leadership of Mrs. F. W. Elrod, then President of the
Chapter, undertook the raising of the fund for the monument.
Various Camps of Confederate Veterans contributed to the
fund, and this, with the amount received from private in-
dividuals, finally reached $2,500. The State of Georgia then
did an unprecented thing in making through the State legis-
hiture an appropriation of $2,500 for the monument.
With the $5,000 secured the monument will be erected. It
will be located in the center of Crawford Street, near the
intersection with Hamilton Street, in the center of the city.
Immediately south of the location chosen for the monument
is the Federal building, and the monument will face to the
eastward, being directly in front of tlie union passenger sta-
tion. The monument will be in a small park, which will be
beautified along plans to be made by the Daughters of the
Confederac}'. The base will be of granite and will be
eight feet in height. This will be surmounted by the bronze
statue of General Johnston, the figure to be the same height
as the base, making the monument complete sixteen feet high.
Miss Belle Kinney, of Nashville, is designing the monument,
the granite work to be done by the Southern Granite and
Marble Company, of Dalton.
Information Sought by a "United States Daughter of
1812 IN the State of Missouri."— Mrs. Allen Porter, 3601
Central Street, Kansas City, Mo., seeks information of early
settlers in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky — viz. : Stanley
Reasons, who married Mary, daughter of Harris Avent, of
Sumner County, Tenn. ; William Stanley Avent, of Hawkins
County, Tenn.. who married Elizabeth Creed, of Alexandria.
Va. ; Vachel Clark, who married Miss Adams; Henry Clark,
who married Patience Dillingham; and Joseph Russell, who
married Miss Williams, of Barren Countv, Kv.
TnEv Only Want the Truth Known.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy have undertaken
to raise a fund to establish scholarships in the State universities
and other schools of the South. The object is laudable, and
it is to be hoped that sectional feeling will not be appealed to.
The appeal published by the society is admirably free from
anything of this kind, and its keynote is: "We wish to afford
worthy and ambitious youths of limited means the educational
advantages of which they would otherwise be deprived." —
Sfringficld (Mass.') Republican, March p, 1912.
Confederate Memorial Hall. Chattanooga. — At a meet-
ing of N. B. Forrest Camp, U. C. V., on March 17 it was de-
cided to erect a Confederate memorial hall for Chattanooga.
It is stated that a fund of several thousand dollars is already
in hand for the hall. Maj. W. P. McClatchey was made
Chairman of the Building Committee. The Sons and Daugh-
ters will unite in the movement.
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■■M'lXlOSIl'S BATTERY AT SHARPSBURG."
nv COL. D. (;. m'ixtosii (its comman-uer), towsox, md.
My attention has been called to an article in the December
Veteran under the above caption by David E. Johnston, from
which it appears that he and Dr. J. L. Napier differ as to
whether the battery was or was not captured. Mr. Johnston
refers to what writers like General Longstreet and General
C:ipers have stated in a general way in their histories, and also
to certain official reports in sujiport of his contention. Inas-
much as these reports, both Confederate and Federal, arc
conflicting, I refer to them for the purpose of showing how
inaccurate they are.
Gen. A. P. Hill says in his report: "With a yell of defiance
Archer charged them and retook Mcintosh's Battery." Col.
Lindsay Walker, Iliirs chief of artillery, in his report says:
••'1 he enemy continued to advance in defiance of his [Mc-
intosh's] rapid and effective fire until within sixty yards of his
guns, when Cajitain Mcintosh was forced to withdraw his
men; horses, and limbers. By this time General Archer's
brigade had formed in line of battle to the rear of the battery,
and before the enciny reached the guns charged and drove
them back in confusion." On referring to General Archer's
report in the same volume, it will be seen that he does not
mention the battery at all. In the report of Gen. Robert
Toombs, page 891, he claims all the credit for the recapture.
On the Federal side General Burnside in his report says :
"General Rodman succeeded in carrying the main heights on
the left of the town, one of his regiments (the gth New York)
capturing one of the most formidable of the enemy's batteries;
but at this juncture the enemy was largely reenforced by A.
P. Hill's Light Division, which had just arrived from Har-
per's Ferry.'' .\ little farther on he says : "Colonel Harland's
brigade was driven back, leaving the battery which they had
captured." On referring to Harland's report, he makes no
mention of having captured the battery, although he speaks
of having "lost over fifty per cent of the regiment." The
f)tli Xew York Regiment, to which General Burnside refers,
belonged to the brigade of Gen. H. S. Fairchild, and his re-
port makes no mention of the capture of a battery by the
gth Xew York or by any of his command, though the casual-
ties in the pth were two hundred and thirty-five men, indi-
cating heavy loss. General Burnside is the only Federal of-
ficer who mentions or claims there was a capture.
.\mid tlu-se conflicting statements the historian would find
it difiicult to say who captured the battery or whetlier it was
captured at all.
Let me state briefly the facts as nearly as I can recall them.
My first position when arriving on the field was at the
Blackford House, where several shots were fired. From there
we went in a gallop across the field, and after one or two turns
in the road, to the second point indicated with three guns,
one having broken down on the road, and without the cais-
sons, w-hich had been outdistanced in the rapid ni.vrch from
the river. About three-quarters of a mile to the left of the
spot where we unlimbered w-as the village of Sharpsburg in
plain view, but there was visible no line of battle on our side
covering any portion of the intervening space. On our right
was a corn field and in front the rolling ground to the Antie-
tam. We had scarcely gotten in position before a large body
of troops could be seen moving obliquely across our front
to the left, along a ravine which partially obscured them from
view. The number of flags displayed indicated at least a
brigade. We opened fire at once with the three guns, firing
spherical case and c:niister. The enemy seemed to be making
for a small body of troops occupying a thicket to our left
front, which up to that time had not attracted my observation;
but as the enemy advanced in that direction, they approached
nearer to the battery and were more exposed to view. The
enemy's batteries opened on us from a distance, but these we
did not respond to, confining our efforts to impeding and break-
ing up the enemy's advance in the direction they were taking,
which would have carried them between us and the village of
Sharpsburg. This, I believe, we were largely instrumental in
effecting. The advance was checked; and when the battery
was finally charged, our canister was about exhausted, and
I believed it better to let the guns go and save the men. I
always spoke of it as a capture of the battery, and I always
gave Toombs's Brigade the credit for the recapture. That
brigade came up in irregular fashion through the corn field
to our right, and their presence was not known until after I
had ordered the men to fall back in the sunken road just in
the rear of us and to bring off the horses that were left and the
limbers. .Archer's Brigade came up subsequently. The enemy
never got beyond the guns, and no attempt was made to re-
move them from the field.
But the statement of Mr. Johnston that the flag was cap-
tured is a mistake. The color bearer was killed, but the flag
was borne off the field by one of the men. It remained with
the battery until the end of the war, having been presented to
the battery in 1862 by my sister. Miss Mcintosh, of Society
Hill, S. C, and is now deposited with other Confederate flags
among the relics and archives in the Statehouse at Columbia.
COL. D. G. M INTOSH AND BROTHER.
The above picture was taken in the early part of tlie war
before Confederate gray was adopted. A sketch of Colonel
Mcintosh was requested, since his deeds appear in fourteen
volumes of the "War Records," but in reply he states : "As
to the sketch I think vou can do without that.''
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SCOUTIXG ABOUT MEMPHIS.
BV HENRY HORD, HERMITAGE, TENN.
We were camped at Grenada, Miss., just after a raid in
Middle Tennessee. General Forrest was anxious to go again
as soon as our horses rested. Buford's Division, of which I
was a tnember, were the only troops in North Mississippi, and
we had to keep a sharp watch on Memphis, Tenn., as it was
from there that all the Yankee raids started. If we left that
part of the country exposed, they were liable to come out and
pillage the country. One of my comrades, Nat Scott, said to
me: "They are going to send a detail of fifty men on scout
down toward Memphis. Let's go on it." We were always
ready to volunteer just for the fun of going, but this time I
did not feel like going. I had just returned from a trip to
Gainesville, Ala., with three hundred head of government mules
for our command. The other man with me, Pete Pool, had
the toothache the morning we started to drive the mules
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through, an<l was unable to do anything expect put tlic bell on
his horse and ride in front. I had to drive the herd, graze.
and stand night vvacth, besides rustle for grub for us both,
which was pretty scarce. If it had not been for the fruit and
roasting ears we "captured," I think wc would have starved.
So I declined Nat's cordial invitation, very much to his dis-
appointment.
While wc were still arguing about it, John Brooks, our
orderly sergeant, came up and said to mc : "Go to ilic com-
missary and draw five days' rations. We want you to go on a
scout toward Memphis to-morrow at daylight." I replied that
I was just back from Gainesville, and had been on constant
duty for two weeks. "That doesn't make any difference. Vou
volunteered for that, and it doesn't excuse you from your
regular duty : besides, this is a picked detail of both men and
horses, and you have a fresh horse," said Brooks. Nat
grinned and quoted : "Man proposes and Sergeant Brooks
disposes." Turning to Brooks, I said: "I volunteer for the
trip." I told Nat I believed it was a put-up job, and added:
"I'll get you shot this trip, or I'll know the reason why."
Nat was a North Alabama boy reared near Florence, I
think. He ran away from home and joined our regiment as
we were on the way to the Shiloh battle, and had been with
us ever since. He had grown to be a fine-looking young fel-
low; he was a good soldier and full of fun and aKvays ready
for mischief. He and I were chums. He was fond of talk-
ing to the girls, and he had such nice, gcntlemmly manners
that lie always pleased them.
The next morning at daylight our fifty men started for
Memphis, and we had some of the most reckless men in the
brigade. Wc k-ft one man every fifteen or twenty miles on
our way down to act as express to keep in communication
with General Forrest at Grenada. When we got pretty close
to Memphis, the officer in command informed us that we were
to stay there and live off the country till ordered back. We
were to watch Memphis and find out if wc could when they
were preparing to go on a raid "down South." 1 he country
had been fought over so much that it wvas almost a desert.
Nearly everybody had moved away. Only people close to
Memphis were raising little truck patches for the jMcmpliis
markets. It was evident that if wc all stayed together we
would starve, both men and horses. So the captain decided
to let us go off in pairs and scout around, report once every
twenty-fours to him, and he would report to General Forrest
at Grenada by pony express.
Of course Nat and I went off together. We would meet the
others now and then, but we never stayed long with them.
We were determined to have a good time and find out more
tlian the others. Our first day we kept on the State line road
till we got to Germantown. We rode into the village about
noon. The place was almost deserted. The first nrm we got
.1 glimpse of was an old German sweeping out a mill. We
lodc up to the mill, and when the man looked up and saw
our gray uniforms I thought he would have a fit. As soon as
he could get his speech he said: "Mein God, which side you
was on?" "Confederate," said Nat. "Don't you know a gray
imifnrm when you see it?'' The old Dutchman pointed
through the door on the other side of the mill and said: "Jest
look." We looked, and about one hundred yards from the mill
were fifty cavalry horses standing in the road. The men were
dismounted, sitting and lying along the fence resting. The
old man told us tliey came out from Memphis every day and
rested a while and then went back. We crossed the road and
got in a bunch of weeds high enough to conceal a man on
horseback, from where we could sec every move the Yanks
made. In about half an hour they mounted and rode off in a
walk, going toward Memphis.
We waited till they had gotten about six hundred yards off,
wdien we rode out of our hiding place prepared to follow them ;
but when we got around the mill, we were very much sur-
prised to see a cavalry horse standing in front of a cottage
about fifty yards from the main road. The rider w^as not in
sight. Quick as a flash Nat leaned over toward me and whis-
pered: "He's in the house talking to the girls. Let's take him
in." "All right. You take the front and I'll go to the back.
Don't shoot if you can help it," said I. I rode around to the
b:ick of the house. The Yank was on the back porch talking
to a lady. When he got a glimpse of my horse, he darted
back through the hall and ran right onto Nat before he realized
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it. Xat halted him in just an ordinary tone and told him if
he made any outcry he was a dead man. I joined him as
quickly as I could. We disarmed him and made him mount his
own horse. Nat took the lead rein and we started south.
The Yankee scouting party was in plain view all the time,
not more than si.x hundred yards off, but had their backs lo
us. We rode slowly at first, for fear our horses would
make so much noise the Yanks would look around. Some oi
.hem did look back in a very few moments and saw three men
riding south. They about faced and came back on the jump
to see what it meant. We pulled out for all we were worth.
We soon found that the Yanks w-ere gaining on us and would
soon catch us if something was not done. So I told Nat to
go on as fast as he could with the Yank and turn off the
road at the first woods he reached on the right-hand side. I
intended to hold my horse back, kick up as much dust as pos-
sible, and fire on the Yanks till I got them past where Nat
left the road, then to turn my horse loose and get into the
woods and meet Nat.
The plan did not work out exactly as I wanted. Xat did
his part all right, but my horse was excitable : and when Nat
commenced to leave the road, my horse began to buck for all
he was worth, and more. He had never tried anything like
that before, and it took me by surprise. He came near to piling
me in the road. The Y'anks ran right up on me, yelling and
shooting to kill. That old fool horse bucked like a cow pony,
and I had almost given up all hope and was thinking of
abandoning him and taking to the woods myself when a ball
plowed a furrow along his side. A flesh wound did not hurt
him much ; so he gave a snort and a bound that almost un-
seated me and rushed down the road as if forty devils were
after him, and we were soon out of all danger. I then turned
to the right through the woods and back toward Memphis. I
met Nat and the Yank riding along waiting for me. Nat had
questioned the Yank and gotten all the information he had
about the troops in Memphis. We then took his uniform off
and paroled him. We had no right to parole him, and I don't
suppose his officers respected it ; but it was tliat or guard him,
and we could not think of being bothered with a prisoner at
that time.
We started back toward Memphis on another road, but had
no more adventures that day. Toward night we began to look
for a place where we could get food for ourselves and horses
(three, now). The Yankees had fooled the people about thnre
so much by playing Confederate soldiers just to get a good,
square meal and then coming back the next day in their blue
uniforms and robbing the "d— old secesh" that we found it
extremely difficult to get a place. The houses were very close
together. Finally I got so out of patience by continual re-
fusals that I said to Nat : "I'm going to stay at the next house
if they have any feed for our horses, whether they say so or
not. I'm tired of this foolishness. We've got greenbacks and
can pay."
The next place happened to be a very large house. I
hallooed, and out walked a very nice lady of middle age,
and about a dozen girls ranging from fourteen to twenty years.
I was considerably set back, for I was always shy about girls.
I would rather charge a six-gun battery than go into a parlor
where there were a lot of girls. I looked at Nat, hoping he
would do the talking, as he knew so much better how to talk
to ladies ; but he would not say a word. I had to make the
request myself, and I told the matron we were Confederate
soldiers out on a scout and bound to have something to eat
for ourselves and horses and had money with which to pay
lor it. No, she could not possibly accommodate us. I
turned to go off and I happened to see Nat grinning. When
I explained that I expected the next would be a man, his grin
decided me to turn again to the lady and say : "I see you have
some feed for our horses. I guess you can scare up enough
grub for two men." And I opened the gate and rode in. Nat
wanted to rub it in on me, so he pretended to be indignant,
saying: "The lady did not have a man about the place." I
replied that we were Confederate soldiers and gentlemen and
would not eat the young ladies, and kept on to the stable.
Nat followed, laughing like he thought it a fine joke. The
ladies did not think it any joke, to judge from their looks.
After we fed our horses, we went to the house. The lady
showed us into the parlor, and then all the girls filed in to
look at us, and they were the maddest lot of girls I ever saw
I had a Memphis paper I had gotten from an old man just
out from Memphis. I had not had time to read it as yet. I
sat down near the lamp and unfolded my paper. Nat drew
his chair up in front of the girls. I don't think I had been
reading more than thirty minutes when I heard a merry chorus
of laughter. I lowered the paper and looked toward the girls
MISS LOUISE DUDLEY,
Maid of Honor for Forrest's Cavalry Corps.
I was amazed to see them smiling, and appearing to be en-
joying themselves hugely. As soon as Nat noticed me looking
he jumped up, came over, jerked the paper away, and said:
"Come over and get acquainted with these girls." He intro-
duced me to every one by name and told me where she lived.
He had convinced them we were Confederates. We got a fine
supper. Nat could sing all the old war-time songs, and de-
lighted them.
It was almost twelve o'clock before I could get Nat off to
the stable to bed. The girls wanted us to sleep in the house,
but I would not agree to it. When we got to the stable, we
found that the girls had taken down a mattress, sheets, and
pillows, something we had not seen for many a long day. Nat
told me it was a private boarding school for girls, and there
was not a man about the place.
We took leave of the girls when we left the parlor, telling
them we would go about daylight. Some of them happened
to ask where we would stay the next night. We could not
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tell then. One of them spoke up and said: "My home is six
miles or so from here. Go there; my father will be glad to
have yon. I have an older sister at home, and I know she will
be glad to see a Confederate soldier again." She gave us a
note to her, and we had no more trouble getting accommoda-
tion after that. One girl would pass us on to another as
long as we were down there, and all tried to see how much
they could feed us. We never stayed twice at the same house.
We generally got to the place after dark and left before day.
We were afraid of bringing the Yankees down on our friends.
MISS ALLEEN SMITH^
Maid of Honor Forrest's Cavalry Corp.<;.
I sent the papers to our captain, and he forwarded them to
General Forrest at Grenada. I made a bargain with an old
truck farmer who went to market every day to bring me out
the Memphis papers. We settled on a private post office — a
large stone in the road. Scouting parties would come out
from Memphis every day, and Nat and I would get on their
trail and watch them so closely that if one stopped to get a
drink or light his pipe we would nab him and get away with
him. They got so careful and suspicious that we could not
get much from them.
We had one Yankee uniform, and Nat talked an old citizen
into lending him his Sunday suit ; so we concluded to go into
Memphis in disguise. We slipped in as close as wc could,
carefully avoiding the picket stands. We hid our horses in
a thicket, taking only one revolver concealed. Then we made
our way on foot into town. We had not a particle of trouble.
We were very much astonished ,to see everytning in Mem-
phis looking gay and prosperous. New styles had come in
since we had seen any well-dressed people. Neither of us had
ever seen a paper collar, and we thought they were the nicest
things going. We bought a box. and were very much sur-
prised to find we could not wear them on the shirts we had
on, so we had to buy two white shirts, then cravats. We
went to a barber shop and got a hair cut, shine, and bath.
Neither of us had any use for a razor then. We hardly knew
each other after we had been fixed up.
We had never been in Memphis before, but some of our
company had, and were always bragging about what fine fare
they had at the Gayoso Hotel. We concluded to go there for
dinner. While I was writing our names on the hotel register
a fine-looking young Yankee officer walked up to the counter.
I made way for him to sign, and I glanced over his shoulder
as he wrote. He wrote: "Major [I've forgotten his
name], of General Washburn's staff." I thought to myself:
"You are the very man we want." When he straightened up,
I brought my heels together and saluted him as if he was
General Grant. He returned my salute very courteously.
Then I spoke to him, introducing myself as a member of the
9th Illinois Cavalry and Nat as my cousin from Illinois on a
visit to me. Then I added : "My cousin is down here to see
the boys in the army, and I have a day oflf to show him
around; but I have been pretty close in camp since we got
back from Mississippi and don't know where the various bri-
gades are camped. Will you please tell which streets to go
out to reach them?'' I gave Nat a sly kick to ma'ice him listen,
for he was much better at remembering such directions than
1 was. Nat went on talking to the bookkeeper, but hearing
every word. The major gave directions for finding each bri-
gade and battery. After he got through, I felt so grateful that
I invited him over to the bar to "take something." Nat had
been leaning over the counter while I was talking with the
major. He started to go with us. As soon as the major got
a look at Nat's splendid young manhood he remarked : "You
ought to get your cousin to enlist. He would make a fine
soldier." Before I could think of anything to say Nat started
in to do some lying for himself. Said he :
"Nothing would suit me better, Major, only my mother is
a widow and I her only dependence. We have a small farm
in Illinois. However, if I could enlist for a short term, I
might manage it, as I have all my crops laid by."
The Major said: "We are not enlisting short-term men
now ; it's for the war."
That was one of the things wc were anxious to learn, for
when the Yankees organized a raid from Memphis they were
in the habit of enlisting men for sixty or ninety days. The
average Yankee soldier that did the fighting was too self-
respecting a man to pillage and commit other outrages. The
Major soon excused himself and went in to dinner. Nat
and I hunted a quiet corner and made a memorandum of the
directions he had given us. Then we walked into the dining
room as if we were regular boarders. I don't suppose the
Gayoso ever had two guests that enjoyed its hospitality more
thoroughly. We ate all we could. After we got through I put
the menu card in my pocket. Nat wanted to know what I
was doing that for, and I told him it was to prove that we
dined at the Gayoso.
We next hired a hack, with negro driver, to carry us to
the different camps. We would make him wait while we
walked through and talked with the soldiers. Nowhere
could we see or hear of anything like getting ready for a raid.
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After we had satisfied ourselves that the Yankees were not
thinking of moving soon, we drove back to town and dis-
missed our hack.
We soon saw an old farmer whom I knew by sight, though
he did not recognize me in blue clothes. 1 said to Nat : "That
old fellow lives down near that school where we staved re-
cently. Those girls treated us so nice. Let us go and see
if he won't take a package to them from us."
Nat approved the idea, so we found the old man. Nat
bought some new music and books, and I a bo.x of candy. We
wrote that wc would be there that night. By that time we had
found out all we wanted to know. We made our way out to
where we had left our horses. After feeding them, we took
the road to that boarding school. When we got in sight of
the house, we saw it was lighted up as if for a gala evening.
Nat held the horses while I went to investigate. I soon found
that the girls had dressed especially for us. We had a jolly
good time. The girls kept old Nat waltzing till near 12 o'clock,
when I dragged him off to the stable.
The next day we went into our captain's headquarters and
gave in our report. He forwarded it to General Forrest at
Grenada. In a few days we got orders to rejoin the command.
When wc reached there, we fouml everything ready to move.
MISS M.\RIE BREV.NRD,
Assisl;int Adjulant General Korresfs Cavalry Cdrps.
We crossed the Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals. Tlicn
came the raid in which we captured Pulaski, Athens, Thomp-
son Station, and several other places. We were in Tennessee
fifteen days, fighting or riding all the time. We destroyed
hundreds of miles of railroad, bridges, etc. The Yankees had
time to collect a considerable force to go after us. We were
burdened with prisoners, mules, and horses, with Yankees in
frnnt of us and behind us. Old. Forrest cleared the road in
front, and Buford stood them ofif at our rear. Sometimes
we had to fight all day and then ride all night, but we crossed
in spite of gunboats or Yankees and never lost a prisoner.
My friend Nat was captured on the way back and was taken
to Memphis for exchange.
I met Nat in Paducah after the war, and he told me that he
was down in Louisiana when the surrender came. Thev took
his horse, and he tramped back as far as Memphis. I'ootsore
and weary, he reached Memphis almost destitute of clothes
and without a cent. He saw in a newspaper that Gen. Abe
Buford was at the Gayoso waiting for a Ohio river boat, and
he lost no time in calling on General Buford. He had been
courier for General Buford a long time. The General took
him to a store and bought him a nice suit of clothes and then
brouglit him up the Ohio to Paducah, and also gave him $25
Nat's father and mother lived near Florence, .-Ma. He left
Paducah on the first Tennessee River boat. I heard that he
returned to Paducah, saying that his parents had moved ofT
during the war and he could find no trace of them. I hope,
if he is alive, he has had a more prosperous life than I have.
IMPORTAXr RECORDS SOUGHT IX MISSOURI.
Missouri is collecting the names of Missourians who served
in the Missouri State Guard and Confederate army for his-
toric record in the office of the Adjutant General of Missouri.
The long delay in getting at this work makes it somewhat
tedious. The aid of Confederates and Missouri State ^Guard
soldiers is requested in supplying rosters and rec6ras'OT'%dpies
thereof of companies, regiments, or brigades, or any other in-
formation. Individual records of soldiers arc also sought,
giving names in full, of company, captain, regiment or brigade,
time of enlistment, nativity, and residence when enlisting, and
such other history as is of interest.
The last legislature of Missouri made an appropriation suf-
ficient to begin this work. Adjutant General F. M. Rumbold,
at the suggestion of Confederate veterans, appointed ex-
Secretary of State, M. K. McGrath, private in Kelly's Com-
pany, Parson's Division, M. S. G. and a C. S. A., to super-
vise the work.
It is estimated that there were about forty thousand Mis-
sourians in these two organizations. This is about as many
as there were of Missourians in the Union Army, which list
is about completed and in the -Adjutant General's office.
Every Confederate and man who was a member of the
State Guard in the sixties should cooperate in this.
An Old Widow i.m Need. — ]\Irs. Ellen Stevenson, of Ver-
non, Tex., widow of Y. W. Stevenson, seeks a pension. She
writes that he was reared in ^Middle Tennessee and lived in
.Arkansas. His first wife died in 1882, and he married later the
applicant. They moved to Vernon, Tex., where he died in
1897. She states that he served in the Confederate army,
but she doesn't give the command. The letter states that she
is eighty-three years old, and has been blind for eight years.
W. E. Veasey writes from Social Circle, Ga., seeking in-
formation for Mrs. F. L. Taylor, whose husband served in
Company C, 25th George Regiment. W. W. Dews, if living,
could respond, but his address is not known.
In renew-ing his subscription Albert Kern, Esq., of Dayton,
Ohio, writes : "The magazine has maintained its interest and
value, and I not only delight in it because of its historical
value but from occasional reference to the men I have known
and to the very many friends I have in the Southland."
I.\FORMATI0N OF LlEUT. J. A. S.ACELY DeSIRED.
W. R. Sagely, of the Texas Confederate Home, Austin,
inquires for his brother, J. .\. Sagely, who was a lieutenant in
Company G, 4th Tennessee Regiment, Confederate army. He
went from Bradyville, Cannon County, Tenn. The last that
W. R. Sagely heard from him he was in Alabama in 1865.
Qoi>federat^ l/eteraij.
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REUNIONS BLUE AND CRAY.
BY FREDERICK B. MOORE, FORMERLY OF PULASKI CITY, VA.
A contrast was noted on the occasion of an encampment of
the Grand Army of the Repnbhc veterans at Fresno, Cal.,
April 12, 1911.
Bright banners wave in pageant brave.
The crowds in triumph cheer,
And bugles ring and children sing
In notes of victory clear.
As past them go with footsteps slow.
With locks all thin and hoar.
With shoulders bent and spirits spent.
The boys of '64.
The failing sand, the reaper's hand
Their serried ranks have thinned
As never lead their forces bled
In dj.ys when cannon dinned,
A few more years and all the cheers
Will float in cadence new
Above the sod to which their God
Has called the boys in blue.
In another land the people stand
With heads in reverence bare,
With tear-dimmcd eyes and deep-drawn sighs
And many a whispered prayer.
As cheering loud with accents proud,
'Ncnlh flags that wave no more.
With heads held high, there totter by
The boys of '64.
No army here — their ranks so sere
Have braved the fires of hell ;
They dared to figlit where death did smite:
Their lines were thinned with ihtW.
They struck for home; they need no tome
To tell their deeds to-day.
For God above in righteous love
Has called his boys in gray.
NEFF-RICE CAMP. NEW MARKET, VA.
BY J. L, SCIIAEFFER. AII.IUTANT, QUICKSBURC. VA.
In April, 1858, we organized a Camp of Confederate Vet-
erans known as "Ntff-Ricc Camp" with fifteen members, the
headquarters being at New Market, Va. We have had
enrolled one hundred and six members all told. Since the
organization, however, thirty-one of our comrades have
"crossed over the river and arc resting under the shade of the
trees." We still have fifty active members on roll. Some
have moved to other States and others have been dropped from
the roll. Regular meetings of the Camp are held in New Mar-
ket on the last Saturday of March, June, September, and De-
cember. We also hold a meeting on May 15 (Memorial Day),
at which time our officers arc elected or reelected. On the
last Saturday of December, in connection with our regular
meeting we have our annual oyster supper, to which every
Confederate veteran is cordially invited.
In August our annual reunions and picnics are held two
miles west of New Market in a beautiful grove on the South-
ern Railroad, with a camp fire the night before the reunion,
when we entertain all the old boys free. These camp fires
and reunions are always largely attended by veterans. From
6,000 to 8,000 people attend the reunions annually.
TEX AN S IV ANT THE COTTON TAXES RETURNED.
The SuU Ross Camp, U. C. V., of Denton, Tex., adopts a
memorial in regard to the cotton tax, in which they say of
the sixty million dollars collected from cotton planters and
which the courts have decided was illegal : "Since after
all these years it is impossible to return it to those from whom
it was collected, and as most of this tax was paid by Southern
soldiers who raised the cotton under most trying conditions,
and this we believe should be given back to the old sol-
diers, they petition Congress through their Representatives to
return this money to the States from which it was exacted, for
distribution among the surviving veterans and the widows of
such." They call attention to the part the South has paid to
the pension fund for Union soldiers for forty years.
The following are members of the committee appointed by
the Camp : R. B. .Anderson, G. P. Davis, and J. S. McMath.
UNION VETERAN WRITES ON THE COTTON TAX.
BY COL. A. C. C. SLOCLTM, HEMLOCK, ORECON.
I have had a very pleasant year in the perusal of the Con-
FF.DER.\TE Vetf.ran. * * * I jni an old I'nion veteran and
Past Commander of Gen. H. W. Lawton Post, No. 29, De-
partment of Idaho. I am nearly seventy-eight years of age. and
served over three years in the War of the States as a member
of the 14th Army Corps, Gen. George H. Thomas.
I am a member in good standing in the G. A. R. Post, and
purpose to call the Post's attention to the subject of the cot-
ton tax withheld from the cotton raisers after the South re-
turned home or to the land laid waste as a consequence of
war. I claim that the people of the land of Dixie returned as
loyal citizens of a new republic, so to speak, to build up and
to expand. It is no wonder that the "Stars and Bars" is
clear to every noble heart that beat beneath the gray. The
cotton tax could not be gis'en as a pension, but refunded as
other debts due to orphans and widows in need.
I am at home in Gettysburg, Pa. My only son was born on
the battle field, and always lived there with the exception of
five years. I lived at the Wentz House, near the Sherfy House,
year before last. It is a beautiful and great battle field, and
I hope in the providence of God to meet a great many of the
sons of the Sunny South there in 1913.
ADVICE TO APPLICANTS FOR PENSIONS.
The Veteran has much care in answering applicants for
pensions. While they are rarely ever patrons, the sentiment
seems to prevail with many that it is a kind of bureau sus-
tained by organizations with money backing North and South.
The facts are that it is entirely the labor and expense of one
man ; but the need of this help is seen, and it is imperative.
As a guide to the applicants for a pension the following
should not be forgotten :
All depends upon the soldier's discharge and proof of it.
He may have enlisted just before the close of the war; but
if he was faithful to the end, he is all right in the States giv-
ing pensions. If he enlisted early in the war and dropped
out before the end, he cannot procure a pension under the
rules of Southern States granting pensions. The two wit-
nesses usually required are asked to certify as to this fact.
Whether the man was a good or inferior soldier is not con-
sidered. If he was faithful to the end and can prove that
s.Ttisfactorily and makes application as a resident of the State
from which he served, he is quite apt to secure a pension in
c.informitv with the law in that State.
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ARLINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION.
Officers of the Executive Committee.
Chairman.— Co\. Hilary A. Herbert, 1419 G Street, N. W.
Vice Chairman.— yUs. Marion Butler, 2J00 R Street, N. W.
Recording Secretary.— yUs. Drury Conway Ludlow, "The
Concord."
Correspondence Secretary. — Mrs. Lillian Pike Roome, "The
Maxwell."
Treasurer. — Mr. Wallace Strcatcr, 3160 iSth Street, X. W.
Executive Committee.
Mr. Wallace Streater, 316 i8th Street, K. W.
Judge Seth Shepard. 1447 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.
Col. Hilary A. Herbert, 1419 G Street, N. W.
Capt. John M. Hickey, 930 14th Street, N. W.
Mr. Abncr H. Ferguson, 614 14th Street, X. W.
Mr. George S. Covington, 1352 Otis Place.
Mrs. Magnus S. Thompson. X. Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Mrs. Rust Smith, "The Westmoreland."
Mrs. Drury Conway Ludlow, "The Concord."
Mrs. J. E. Mulcarc, 1507 Rhode Island Avenue. X. W.
Mrs. Marion Butler, 2200 R Street, X. W.
Mrs. Archibald Young, 1754 Corcoran Street.
Mrs. W. O. Roome, Apt. 5, "The Maxwell," 1419 Clifton St.
Mrs. Hellen Butler Kendig, 1734 Q Street, X. W.
Mrs. Blanche Claughton West, 2230 Decatur Place.
Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe, "The Cecil."
Mrs. Marcus J. Wright, 1743 Corcoran Street.
Mrs. L. L. Lomax, 1907 S Street, X. W.
Mrs. Sarah A. Wayne, 1510 Q Street, N. W.
Mrs. Leonard G. Hoffman, 1303 Fairmont Street.
Miss Lila W^atts Collins, "The Cairo."
Advisory Bo.\rd.
Rev. Randolph Harrison McKim, Washington, D. C.
Ex-Senator Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg, W. Va.
Ex-Senator Francis M. Cockrell, Washington, D. C.
Judge Seth Shepard, Court of Claims, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Thomas Xelson Page, Washington, D. C.
Hon. Joseph J. Darlington, Washington, D. C.
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, Washington, D. C.
Mr. John T. Callaghan, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Thomas AL Owen, LL.D., Director Department of Ar-
chives and History, Montgomery, Ala.
State Directors.
.■Uiibama. — Mrs. Clifford A. Lanier, Montgomery.
Arkansas. — Mrs. Clementine W. Boles, Fayetteville.
Arizona. — Miss Salome Townsend, Bisbee.
California. — Mrs. W. W. Perry, Los Angeles.
Colorado. — Mrs. Jerry A. Lovell, Denver.
Florida. — Mrs. John W. Tench, Gainesville.
Georgia. — Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Rome.
Illinois. — Mrs. John Willis Heatfield, Chicago.
Indiana. — Mrs. James T. Cabaniss, Evansville.
Kentucky. — Miss Caby M. Froman, Ghent.
Louisiana. — Miss Doriska Gautreaux, Xew Orleans.
Maryland. — Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer, Jessup.
Mexico. — Mrs. J. R. Stamford, City of Mexico.
Minnesota. — Mrs. Helen G. M. Paul, Minneapolis.
Mississippi. — Mrs. Lillie F. Worthington, Wayside.
Missouri. — Mrs. James Britton Gantt, Jefferson City.
Montana. — Miss Georgia Young, Helena.
Nebraska. — Mrs. Elijah Conklin, Omaha.
New Mexico. — Mrs. Robert Bradley, Roswell.
Nnv York. — Mrs. John J. Crawford, Xew York.
North Carolina. — Mrs. L W. Faison, Charlotte.
Ohio. — Mrs. Mary E. Wiltberger, Columbus.
Oklahoma. — Mrs. W. R. Clement. Oklahoma City.
Oregon. — Mrs. Xannie Duff Silva, Xorth Portland.
Pennsylvania. — Mrs. T. Ashby Blythe, Philadelphia.
South Carolina. — Mrs. Thomas W. Keitt, Clemson College.
Tennessee. — Mrs. J. W. Clapp, Memphis.
Texas. — Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell, Austin.
Utah. — Mrs. Ada Atkins Schooling, Salt Lake City.
i'irginia. — Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Richmond.
IVashington. — Mrs. Marie Burrows Sayrc, Seattle.
West I'irginia.— Mrs. Walter C. Pollock, Bluefield.
Fat.xlities in One Company at Perryville, Kv. — W. H.
Loftin, who served in Company D, 24th Tennessee Regiment,
writes of disasters to his company in which he states : "Our
company had been reduced by details and sickness until at
the battle of Perryville, Ky., on the 8th of October, 1862, we
went into the fight with two lieutenants and seventeen men.
Our captain had been left at Bardstown. When the battle
was over, we had only four men left on the line, and two of
them slightly wounded. The rest were killed or wounded. I
was one of four left on the field, slightly wounded."
J. L Buckner, 519 Majestic Building. Denver, Colo., seeks
information whereby he may establish his eligibility for mem-
bership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He writes that
his grandfather, Joe! Buckner, was a member of a company
which went from Middle Georgia, and was killed during the
war, he understands, at the second battle of Manassas. He
will be grateful for information as to the number of the com-
pany and regiment so that he can join the Sterling Price
Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans in Denver.
GENERAL FORREST'S MARRIAGE.
From a faded old clipping is taken the following notice
of General Forrest's marriage, which took place at Hernando,
Miss., on September 25, 1845:
" 'Married. — On Thursday evening, the 25th inst., by the
Rev. S. M. Cowan, Mr. X. B. Forrest to Miss Mary Ann
Montgomery, all of this county.'
"The above came to hand accompanied by a good, sweet
morsel of cake and a bottle of the best wine. May the happ>-
couple live long to enjoy the felicity of this world! is our
sentiment, and we heartily thank them for remembering us in
the midst of their hymeneal joy."
After the marriage he resided in Hernando for some time.
HOUSE IN WHICH THhV WtKt .M.VKKIhli.
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EXPERIENCE OF A MISSOURI WOMAN.
MRS. LOU m'coY (now MRS. GENTRY), IN DEN\TR NEWS.
In the middle of a night in the year 1864 I was awakened by
the sound of voices near the door of my home, and immediately
aroused my little brother, ten years old, who was my only
protector. Before we got into our clothes a loud call in a
gruff voice ordered the door opened. Then a man began to
bang on the door with his gun and said ; "Open the door or
I will break it down."
I replied: "Just as soon as I can dress I will let you in."
When we were dressed, I opened the door, and in walked
five big soldiers in Federal blue.
"We heard that your husband was seen in this neighborhood
to-day, and we want him," they said.
"He is not here," I replied.
"Then he is concealed somewhere, and you must tell where."
"I don't know,'' I said, "and would not tell you if I did."
"Well," said the spokesman, "we hang men to make them
tell what we w-ant to know, and wc hanged one woman."
The hair seemed to rise on my head at the thought of such
a scene before my little children and little brother, and,
realizing that my safety depended on fearlessness, I said: "You
all look brave enough lo hang a woman !"
I looked the man squarely in the face as I said it, and I be-
lieve that the boldness of my reply was all that saved me.
Without further threats they left the house and rode away.
This experience made mc decide not to risk staying alone an-
other night. While packing up ne.xt morning to move to my
mother's, who lived in the same neighborhood. I was sur-
prised by an officer appearing at my door with a force of
armed men. and he said: "Consider yourself under arrest!"
.And without permitting me lo change my dress he forced mc
to go with him. I sent my children, including my infant,
eighteen months old, and brother Matt to my mother before
going. I also asked winl 1 was charged with, and the lieu-
tenant read: "You are charged with having furnished food,
shelter, and clothing to Rebel soldiers. If true, you will be
held a prisoner until you t;d<c the oath of allegiance."
He escorted mc lo Liberty Landing arsenal, where we
boarded a steamboat for St. Joseph. When we arrived there,
I was taken before Colonel Hardy, who read the charges and
asked if true. I said, "True." Then he produced the iron-
clad oath, which forbade me even to exchange letters willi
husband, brother, etc., or to give food, shelter, or clothing to
any Confederate soldier. I said: "If you mark out two of the
items, I will take it."
"Not one," he said; and I replied: "I will not take it."
"Orderly, escort her to Captain Dunn and tell him to take
care of her until further orders"
Captain Diimi received me kindly and gave me a nice room.
Next morning a newspaper contained the following item: "A
she adder, a Rebel damsel, arrested and brought before Colonel
Hardy! She acknowledged that she had furnished food, shel-
ter, and clothing to Rebels and would do so as long as able.
She stoutly refused to take the oath of allegiance unless part
of it was marked out. She is now held as a prisoner of war."
Being gloomy and sad, I asked Captain Dunn's little girl
to walk with me lo the cemetery. She ran to her mother for
permission, when Mrs. Dunn said: "I am sorry to inform you
that you are only allowed the limits of the yard. If you should
go. they would hold Captain Dunn responsible."
I laughed and said : "I will write to Colonel Hardy and
shame him for such treatment." T did so, and he sent for me
to come to Iiis office and said: "I will let you have the limits
of the city on parole of honor."
Accepting it, I went to Reuben Kay's, where I met many
Confederate ladies, and put in my time as best I could. After
that I went out every day among the Southerners, and didn't
eat another meal at Captain Dunn's except breakfast.
Four days later Colonel Hardy sent for me and said if I
decided to take the oath I would be sent South and put through
the lines. I again refused. For three more days I visited my
new Southern friends. In the afternoon of the third day a
message came for me to report at the colonel's office. When
I went, he oflfered me a mild, light oath and I took it. He
then sent me to Major Bassett's office to get release papers.
Handing me the release papers. Major Bassett said: "You did
not have to take any oath, for you are exchanged for one of
our provost marshals who has been captured by Quantrell, as
he had said he would release the provost only when Mrs. Mc-
Coy was released. Perhaps Colonel Hardy thought best for
you to take a slight oath anyway."
Major Bassett and Colonel Hardy also had me sign a paper
showing that I was released, which they were to send to
Quantrell and ransom the provost from death.
Before I left St. Joe I had a thrilling experience. I suppose
it is a mystery to this day how Captain Burkholder escaped
from prison. It was Mrs. Howard, of St. Joe, and I who set
him free, .'\fter I was paroled I went with Mrs. Howard to
the hospital to visit the sick. Captain Burkholder was there.
He was a prisoner, held as a spy and condemned to death.
He had been captured within the lines at Missouri City dressed
in citizen's clothes. I knew him ; he was a friend of the Hard-
wicks and Ella Hardwick's lover. He had risked his life in
the enemy's lines in order to see his sweetheart.
Captain Burkhohler told us of his perilous situation. We
said we would aid him to escape if we could. He said the
prison keeper had agreed to give him a cap and coat if they
would serve him, and then he said : "If you two can come here
just before dark, I can manage it. I'll put on my cap and
coat to disguise myself and go out with you, giving the coun-
tersign, which I know, to the guards. If you can have a con-
veyance ready outside, I will surely get away."
We carried out the plan successfully. Mrs. Howard found
a true man who stationed himself in a carriage just back of
the hospital. Captain Burkholder walked out with us, giving
the countersign, entered the carriage, and was quickly on his
way to Rock House Prairie, where I had a friend who would
aid him further by buying a ticket for him at the station and
sending him on to Canada, out of reach of the hangman's
halter, and he got safely away without our being suspected.
About three months after I was paroled I was arrested
again. A squad of soldiers came to my house and read lo me
an order from General Rosecrans, dated Washington, D. C,
I think, which stated that every officer's family was to be put
through the lines. The paper also charged that I had come
on in advance of General Price on his raid. My husband.
Captain McCoy, had done that, but they charged me with it.
Captain McCoy had come in advance of General Price, had
caught some of Captain Garth's men, and had sworn them out
of service til! exchanged. Garth's boys had gone out grape-
hunting with some of the girls of Liberty, but ere they could
find any grapes they found themselves surrounded by McCoy's
men of Price's army and captured and "paroled." They were
of the militia pressed into the service against their will, and
were glad to be released to respect this oath.
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We had but little time to get ready to be put through the
lines. We left Liberty, Mo., about the isth of February, and
were taken to the railroad station by a lieutenant and five
privates, who accompanied us to Pine Bluff, Ark. There were
thirteen families of us in all, some of them from Jackson
County. When we arrived at Pine Bluff, Ark., a new escort
received and receipted for us as if we had been so many cat-
tle. While we were waiting two families succeeded in having
the order to send them through the lines revoked. At this
others of us undertook to have the order revoked in our
favor. I asked a sergeant to tell General Clayton that some
of us would like to speak to him. With a sneer he replied :
"Do you know what you would have to do in order to speak
to General Clayton? You would have to send in a gilt-edged
card on a golden plate."
"Why wouldn't it do to send a white sheet of paper turned
down at the right-hand corner and on it written, 'Urbanity
of Tom, Dick, or Harry?' You can tell General Clayton that
my husband is one of Joe Shelby's staflf officers."
The sergeant went out. In a short time General Clayton
appeared at the door and said: "Where is the little Rebel cap-
tain who wished to speak to me?"
Mrs. Hendrix, from Jackson County, pointed to me, and I
rose up and explained that we wanted to get the order re-
voked and not go through the lines. He was very polite and
said our case had gone too far for the order to be revoked.
At last we started and traveled in open wagons. Our escort
were on horseback, and one carried a long white flag. We
were ferried across a bayou during a mist of rain just enough
to make the flag cling to the pole. There was a good deal of
joking about Mr. Rosecrans's white rag. The lieutenant said
to the flag bearer: "Keep that flag unfurled; we may be fired
upon, as we are in the land of graj'backs."
In a little while we saw armed men ahead of us. One of
our escort looked through a field glass and said ; "Yes, them
are graybacks." The Confederate commander halted his men
and advanced alone to meet us. Seeing this, our lieutenant,
ordering the escort to remain with us, rode forward. The
two commanders on nearing each other lifted their hats and
exchanged words, then advanced and shook hands, turned,
and came toward us, beckoning the Confederate squad to
come on. When the man in gray came to where we were, he
dismounted and shook hands with all of us, saying he was al-
ways glad to meet people from Missouri. The Ford girls knew
him as soon as they saw him. It was Bob Thompson, of Clay
County, whose father owned the old Thompson house in
Liberty. As the squad of Confederates approached us we
waved our handkerchiefs. Then we all, gray and blue, were
taken to Dr. Ferguson's house, where the officers exchanged
writings. Our officers were Boes Roberts and Col. Gil Thomp-
son.
That night the prisoners were given shelter in Dr. Fergu-
son's house, while gray and blue remained by camp fires till
morning. The Yankee escort went back, and we went on to
Monticello, where we remained until the surrender.
At St. Louis I needed some medicine, and one of our escort
kindly offered to get it for mc. I informed him that I had
no small change; nothing less than a $io bill. "Well, madam,"
said he, "you can trust me. I'll get the medicine for you and
bring you back the change." I never saw the man again.
At the time of these occurrences I was Mrs. Lou McCoy, of
Clay County, Mo., my husband being Captain Mose McCoy, of
Shelby's command. He died soon after the war. Quantrell
aided mc because he had helped his men in time of need.
AN EASIER GREETING.
"Somewhere in a quiet graveyard near or far for most if
not all of us our dead are sleeping. As the heart goes out
toward their lonely graves, there comes an unutterable longing
for those we have "loved and
lost." I do not know what I would
do or whither I would turn if I
had not some poor faith in the
resurrection of Jesus Christ and
his assurance that my loved ones
and myself shall meet again. I
am haunted by the face of a dear little baby thai smiled so
sweetly on me the day before she went away. I can feel the
persistent touch of a little brother just twelve, who died like
a soldier, giving me his blessing as he passed. I have longed
so often for a word of cheer from an old Scotch preacher-
father who used to help me to live as
a Christian and to do service for my
Master. Certainly of all men I should
be most miserable if these vanished
hands are no more to touch mine and
these dear voices, so long silent, are
to speak to me no more. Nor will
any other resurrection answer my
heart hunger than that which came to
Christ and which he has pledged to
me. I have loved him more than life
for many years because he took me to how.srd .\i. hamill.
his heart and forgave my sins ; but as I grow toward the end
of life, I lean upon him the more, because he is the one Con-
queror of death who shall give me back my dead."
The signature to the above is "Howard M. Hamill, Nash-
ville Commandery, No. I, K..T." He is also a veteran Con-
federate, and prides himself specially on having been a courier
for Gen. R. E. Lee. He is perhaps the best-known man in
Sunday school work throughout the country, and he is Chap-
lain General of the Army of Tennessee Department, U. C. V.
CHESTERFIELD (VA.) CHAPTER, U. D. C.
Tliis Chapter held a most enjoyable and encouraging meet-
ing at the home of the President at their regular March meet-
ing, when the following officers were elected : Mrs. J. M.
Gregory, President ; Mrs. P. V. Cogbill, Mrs. J. Sidney Baker,
and Mrs. W. T. Allen, Vice Presidents; Miss Bohmer Rudd,
Recording Secretary ; Miss Imogene Gregory, Corresponding
Secretary; Mrs. Ada T. Drew, Treasurer ; Miss May Bronaugh,
Historian; Miss M. A. Norfleet, reporter from the Chapter
to the Keystone, and Mrs. C. H. Dorset, reporter for the
Veteran frotn the Chapter.
The Chapter recently held a tea at the home of Mrs. George
Paul, where the decorations were beautiful, being of the Con-
federate colors and flowers. The nice sum of twenty-five
dollars was realized from this tea.
The sale of seals was reported to be twenty-three dollars
This money was ordered sent to Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock,
Chairman of the Virginia Division for the Arlington Monu-
ment Fund. Our Chapter reports a new Chapter formed in
Ashland, Va., through the efforts of Mrs. W. T. Allen, Chair-
man of the Fifth District and an efficient worker of our Chap-
ter. This new Chapter was organized with much enthusiasm
with a membership of fifty members, with Mrs. Cardwell as
their President and Mrs. Smithey as Vice President. The
name of "Hanover Troop Chapter" was given to this new
organization.
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PIOXEUR FAMILY OF NASHVILLE.
Capt. William Hobson came to Nashville in 1807 from War-
renton, Va. He was a gallant soldier and patriot, holding a
distinguished position on the staff of General Washington
during the Revolutionary War. He married Jeanette Mc-
Laurine, daughter of Bishop McLaurine, of Virginia, and
he and his bride came to Nashville when it was a mere village
He bought a large tract of land in East Nashville, extending
from the Gallatin Pike to the Cumberland River. He died in
1816, and his remains are now in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
At his death the property, being entailed, went to his son
Nicholas, whom many of the older people of Nashville will
remember as "Uncle Nick Hobson." Hobson's Chapel, a
well-known Methodist Church, is on land donated by him.
Uesides, much of the money used in the erection of that church
was given by him as a memorial to his mother. He engaged
for a time in the banking business, and was President of the
Bank of Nashville. He married Miss Ann Smitli, sister of
Col. Granville P. Smith, of Nashville.
Although too old to enlist, the senior Hobson's home was
ever a welcome place for Confederate soldiers, and he was
ever ready to extend to them a helping hand. He left three
children — Mrs. Sue English, Mrs. Mary Cahill, and an only
son, George S. Hobson.
George S. Hobson was born in Nashville October 30, 1833.
At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Martha Chapel
Malone, of Athens, Ala. He was an indulgent husband and
father and a Christian gentleman.
At the outbreak of the war he took his wife and little daugh-
ter to Alabama, so that they might be with her people. He
then enlisted under Col. James C. Malone. but was soon trans-
ferred to the "th Alabama C3va!ry, Roddy's Brigade, where
he served faithfully to the end of the war. He returned to
his home in Nashville after that, and found it almost en-
tirely demolished. The joy of being with his loved ones again
gave him courage, and he resumed the task of beginning life
anevF. He died on .^pril 25. 1896, and was buried at Mount
Olivet by the side of the beloved wife of his youth.
[From sketch by his daughter, Mrs. J. D. Herblin.]
OFFICERS FOURTH ALABAMA BRIGADE.
Brig. Gen. B. F. Weathers, commanding the Fourth Ala-
bama Brigade, Alabama Division, U. C. V., names his staff :
Col. T. J. Garretson. Adjt. Gen. and Chief, Birmingham.
Maj. T. B. Alford, Assistant Adjutant General, Birmingham.
Maj. T. S. Plowman, Inspector General. Talladega.
Maj. T. A. Hamilton, Judge Advocate, Birmingham.
Maj. H. L. Stevenson. Paymaster General, Jacksonville.
Maj. Edward H. Sholl, Surgeon General, Birmingham.
Maj. H. M. Rosser, Assistant Surgeon General, Birmingham.
Maj. Joseph R. Hood, Chaplain. Wedowce.
Maj. R. H. Hagood. Quartermaster. Birmingham.
Maj. J. W. Stewart, Assistant Quartermaster, Wedowee.
Maj. T. W. Huffman, Chief of Artillery, Bessemer.
Maj. N. H. Sewell, Chief of Engineers, Gadsden.
Maj. D. R. Bize. Assistant Chief to Engineer. Birmingham.
Maj. W. R. Pruett. Chief of Ordnance, Ashland.
Maj. J. T. S. Wade. Chief of Cavalry. Birmingham,
Maj. Robt. Willoughby, .Assistant Chief of Cavalry. Newell.
Maj. J. F. Foster, Commissary General, Birmingham.
Maj. A. M. South, Ensign, Birmingham.
Maj. T. J. Daniel, Assistant Color Bearer, Lamar.
Maj. J. L. Darbcy, Historian and Treasurer, Birmingham.
Aids-de-Camp.
Maj. A. J. Driver. Roanoke: Capts. Geor.ge Gorff, Pratt
City; J. R. Acuff, Enslcy; N. E. Baker and J. W. Stallings,
Lafayette; Jesse Fausett, J. W. Belcher, M. R. Taylor, Thomas
Weathers, S. S. Waller, and ^^ P. Pittman. Roanoke; G. O.
Hill, Napoleon; F. M. Handley, Wadley; R. O. Camp. Wilton;
John H. Wilson. Oxford; J. H. Hughes, Gadsden; J. H. Snod-
gras s, Anniston ; M. M. Willia,ms. W. E. Douglass, W. H.
Reynolds, and E. A. Wright, Birmingham.
Sponsor and Maids of Honor.
Miss Ida Belle Carson, Sponsor, Jacksonville.
Mrs. Charles Sharp, Matron, Birmingham.
Misses Nellie Merritt, Birmingham; Mary Will Chowning,
Roanoke ; Lena Sessions, Maylene ; Cora Jones, East Lake.
The Roanoke Band is to furnish Brigade music at Macon.
GEORGE S, HOBSON.
WOULDN'T COMMAND NEGROES IN SERJICE.
BY W, T, ROGERS, KNOXVILLE, TENN.
On August 16, 1862, in the battle of Deep River Run, Va.,
Company F of the 85th Pennsylvania assaulted and drove
the Confederates from their intrenchments, and Ed Leonard,
of said company, had fired at the retreating color bearer,
who was unknown to him. When his gun was empty, he
ordered the ensign to halt, w-hich he refused to do. He threw
his gun at him, thinking he would knock him down with it ;
but he was just far enough away for the gun to turn once,
and the bayonet went through the body of the color bearer,
killing him. Leonard picked up the flagstaff, tore the flag
from it, and concealed it about his person, intending to send
it home; but it was discovered and he was required to turn
it in to headquarters. For this act of bravery Leonard was
commissoned a captain. When he was assigned to his com-
mand, he found it was a negro company ; he returned the
commission and went back to his company as a private.
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IVHAT "OLD HICKORY" DID FOR THE SOUTH.
Maj. Henry Heiss was a native of Pennsylvania. Through
the influence of President James K. Polk the father of Henr>-
Heiss established an administration paper in Washington City.
Later he moved to Nashville, Tenn. Henry Heiss adopted
the profession of his father, journalism. When the war
began he became a private Confederate soldier. Erelong he
was appointed to the staff of Gen. W. Y. C. Hume, and pre-
served his parole with sacred pride. He died some tliirty
years ago, but is yet survived by his devoted wife, who was
Mary Lusk. In a sketch of him fifteen years ago the Vet-
ER.\N stated that "a conspicuous characteristic was his zeal
for poor and unfortunate men from whom he could never hope
for a return of favors." The memory of no other man con-
tinues in sweeter fragrance than of that refined gentleman.
Major Heiss was not controversial, but certain criticisms of
Andrew Jackson by the then famous correspondent "Gath"
induced Comrade Heiss to write the following vivid tribute
to the most forceful man in American history :
Andrew J.\ckson.
"In analyzing the character of General Jackson Gath has
very plainly shown that he is heavily under the influence of
the class of men who met their political downfall at the hands
of Old Hickory. He attributes the success of Jackson to the
assistance he received from Livingston, when in reality Liv-
ingston formed only one of the many factors utilized by Jack-
son to effect the overthrow of the Federalists, who recog-
nized John Quincy Adams as their leader, although they were
no longer known as such, but had assumed a name less objec-
tionable in the politics of the day. In the many contests of
the Whigs and Democrats of that period Jackson appeared
as the representative of the people. He was of them, one of
them. So far from ruling by muscular power it was then
more than now a contest of the people with the old aristocratic
leaders. At that time no political importance was attached
to the South. They held a sort of balance of power, it is
true, between the Democratic party of that day and the re-
mains of Federalism. The strength of the Union still rested
in the North, and it was a cruel blow struck at this power
when Jackson by the magnetism of his name was able to
transfer the political importance of the country from the New
England States to the South. They have never forgotten the
grudge they owed him, and now when his eagle eye is dimmed
by death and his compeers are in political disgrace they
meanly erst stones at the dead lion. In reckoning the char-
acter of the greatest of Tennesseeans, Gath falls into the error
of comparin.g him with the present.
"At the time he flourished here he only fell into the ways
of the people of that day, which was perfectly natural and
unavoidable. They fought chickens in those days and ran
races, just as in the days of Clay and Webster they drank
wine and played poker. Yet no one pretends to say that Clay
and Webster knew nothing save drinking wine and playing
poker. Jackson was a born leader of men, and never failed
to bring into subjection every one with whom he came into
contact. No one will pretend to say that Benton or Calhoun
was weak-minded or easily led ; yet when Jackson left the
frontiers of Tennessee and took his position in Washington.
he as easily attached those great men to his cause as he had
the wild frontiersmen of his native State. In later years he
attracted the greatest men of the age to him. Polk, the bril-
liant orator of Tennessee, and Van Buren, the astute politician
of New York, were during all their lives his bosom friends.
Balie Peyton, one of the greatest leaders of Whigism in Ten-
nessee, told the writer of this : that when Old Hickory spoke
every one listened, and when he looked at a man his very
gaze seemed to penetrate his inmost thoughts.
"Beginning life in a wild country, he simply outdid every
one else, let it be in a horse race, cock fight, or a country
dance. He rose equal to every emergency. When he went
to Washington as the choice of the nation as President, the
old politicians thought they would manage him as they pleased,
but he soon undeceived them. His inflexibility of will, his de-
termination of purpose made him the master of all with whom
he came into contact. Had he lived in a day of intellectual
greatness, he would have been just as supreme as he was in
the days of muscular supremacy.
"Like the Grecian heroes, who did not disdain to wear the
laurel crown of a victor in the Olympic games, he simply sur-
passed all compeers of the day. Any man who thinks Jack-
son was not a great man for any age does not correctly read
his character. The man who could bend such men as Cal-
houn, Benton, Livingston, Van Buren, Houston, and all other
great men of the day to his purposes would be a great man
in any day, among any class of men.
"Never was there a man in the history of our Union who
attained greatness under more difficulties ; yet he surmounted
them all, and during his entire life, even after the palsied ef-
fect of old age that lays other men on the shelf, he main-
tained his influence. Nothing but death itself was able to
conquer him. His chivalric devotion to woman was some-
thing extraordinary. He could forgive all other insults save
those cast upon his Rachel. She was to this Jacob the one
star that shone with effulgence all through his life. A man
of surpassing grace and refinement, he accorded to woman
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her proper place in his heart and life. Whetlier in the ball-
room or on tlie race track or in the halls of Congress, he was
the sun around whom all lesser lights revolved.
"Presidents visited the Hermitage to do him honor, and no
one, however exalted his position, considered it any derogation
to his dignity to visit this greatest hero of modern republican-
ism. His voice was ever raised in defense of the people, and
the people loved him. He changed all the political machinery
of the government. His word sent a thrill of terror to the
nullifiers of South Carolina as completely as his battalions
hurled the British to destruction at New Orleans. No, the
fame and name of General Jackson (Old Hickory) rests upon
too enduring a basis to be cast down by the pen of an icono-
clastic correspondent. It rests safely in the hearts of not
only Tcnncssceans but of all true, patriotic Americans."
PRESIDENT DAVIS'S LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS.
Mrs. Augusta Evan.s-Inge, Honorary President of the
Corinth (Miss.) Chapter, makes a plea for the preservation
of the old State Capitol, in which she stated to the Mississippi
Legislature :
"Go back with nic to March 10, 18S4, when President Jef-
ferson Davis visited the legislature then in session in Jackson.
Lieutenant Governor Shands. of the Senate, and Col. W. >L
Inge. Speaker of the House, having been informed that Mr.
Davis desired to visit the legislature then in session once
more in life, sent a joint committee from both Houses to
ijcauvoir to accompany the grand old hero to Jackson. They
arrived at Jackson early in the morning. As the guest of
Governor Lowrey, he remained at the Mansion until one
o'clock, and was then escorted to the House by the commit-
tee and received by both Houses in joint session. Never was
such applause of welcome given a man, a human being, in the
State. He was supported to the Speaker's desk amid deafen-
ing shouts of applause — the old 'Rebel yell,' hats thrown up,
ladies waving handkerchiefs ; veteran soldiers weeping at the
feeble condition, the fearful inroads time, sickness, and per-
secution had wrought upon that manly frame.
"Mrs. Dtinbar Rowland, Historian, says: 'At the reception
to the aged President, when he appeared in the Representative
Hall, surrounded by a company of distinguished men, a tre-
mendous shout went up from every throat, gentle women with
flushed faces and eyes bcdimmcd with tears vying with men
in the welcoming applause. The history of the world fur-
nishes no greater expression of admiration for a defeated
leader than that which was then accorded this aged patriot.'
"President Davis having been assisted to the Speaker's
desk, he was presented by Senator Luce and Representative
Hudson. When Lieutenant Governor Shands made this clos-
ing sentence, 'Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Mis-
sissippi's most distinguished son, the Hon. Jefferson Davis,'
the pent-up feeling could scarcely be suppressed.
"President Davis arose, leaning on the Speaker's desk. His
words at first were scarcely audible, but in a few minutes they
were so clear and distinct that they filled every niche and cor-
ner of that dear old hall. He said : 'I have been reproached
for not asking pardon, but pardon comes after repentance,
and I have never repented. It it were to do over again, I
would do exactly as I did before. I have been deprived of
that privilege which is denied to no other man. I am a waif
upon the political sea ; secluded in my lonely home, I still have
the interest of my home State at heart, and as long as this
heart shall beat will continue to hold her interest sacred
above all else. I am too feeble to attempt to make a speech.
I aiTi indeed grateful for this recognition of the representa-
tive people of the State and of my right to be a Mississippian.'
"As he held up his emaciated hands, and looking upward
besought of the Great Father a benediction upon our com-
mon, our united country and upon Mississippi, the floodgates
of tears were opened, and there w-as no eflfort at suppression.
"At the close of his speech Lieutenant Governor Shands
and Speaker Inge presented to the President individually the
members of both Houses, the ladies, and others. He left
Jackson the next day. accompanied by the same committee,
for his 'lonely home' at Beauvoir. This was the last speech
he ever made, and the love and loyalty of that great heart for
Mississippi as expressed that day was show'n by the reverence
manifested for their defeated leader.
"We are not hero worshipers, yet we revere the spirit of a
man that can make a sacrifice of his all in life for his coun-
try's cause, his country's honor, which he believed to be right
and which has never been controverted.
"With this pathetic plea and the strong arguments that
have been made and sent to your body by some of the more
gifted women of our State, in your wise deliberations will
you grant their request? The old Statehouse is fast crumbling
to decay, and if not preserved and restored will soon suc-
cumb to the inevitable. Again and again w^e come humbly
praying that the old Statehouse may not be demolished, but
given to her people now and as a heritage for her sons and
daughters that may come after."
PATIENCE FOR HEY BURN PATRIOTS.
"Forgive Them, for They Know not Wh.\t They Do."
[From the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette February 2, 1912.]
"That the body of Jefferson Davis, famous leader of the
Confederate States, is preserved in a metallic casket filled with
r;lcohol and is hauled about over the South the present day is
known among only a few people in this section. In this man-
ner the Confederate leader looks as natural as the day he died,
and at all important Southern Reunions his body is taken by
his daughter. Miss Winnie Davis. At these Reunions the
casket is opened and the face of the old-time leader may be
seen by his thousands of old-time friends and acquaintances."
The above statement was made to-day by Col. W. C. Grant,
of Texas, who is in the city introducing the Grant maize
header to local ranchers. Colonel Grant is one of the few
living officers of that rank, either Confederate or Union, who
survives the Civil War. He served with the Georgia Rangers,
and was one of the youngest officers in the Southern army ;
in fact, his regiment was composed of young boys and "good,
loyal boys, too,'' said the Colonel.
The Colonel tells interesting happenings of the war days.
"We were camped at Salisbury, N. C, when Lee surrendered,"
said Mr. Grant. "Tw-o days later we disbanded. I'll never
forget those scenes. Though defeated, our boys sang 'Dixie'
until the tears rolled down their cheeks. Throughout the
South it is a big day now when Davis's body comes to town,"
continued the Colonel. "Great crow^ds follow the casket. His
body has been in Atlanta three times since his death shortly
after the war. At present the body is in Richmond.''
Colonel Grant served for one term in the State legislature
of Georgia. He now resides in Texas, and said to-day that
if it wasn't for his age he might consider a change to the
West, as he has already been favorably impressed with this
section after a visit of a couple of days.
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The head lines are not from the Gazette. Its display is
"Confederate War Veteran in Phoenix." It seems to be serious
in reporting an interview of "one of the few colonels" left.
Senator Heyburn is farther away from tlie South than is the
Arizona Gazette. Of course "Col. W. C. Grant"— a name that
does not appear in the "War Records" — was not serious. The
clipping comes from Dr. G. W. Stephenson, Superintendent of
the Territorial Asylum for the Insane. Dr. Stephenson is a
son of a Confederate veteran.
SECESSION I.\ TEXAS— THE DELEGATION.
Hon. John Moore to the P.-m Cleburne Camp, U. C. V.
Captain and Comrades: The subject of my talk to-night will
be the "Secession of Texas." Six States had already seceded,
but Texas delayed because Governor Houston opposed seces-
sion. Finally the people from all parts of the State called for
an election of delegates to a convention which assembled in
Austin on the 23d of January. The legislature was then in
session and recognized the delegates and gave them the use
of the Capitol, and on the 1st of February, 1861, they
passed the ordinance, which was submitted to a vote of the
people on the 23d of February and ratified by a vote of 39,415
"for" and 13,841 "against." I have here before me a copy of
the ordinance with the signatures of the members. It was
printed on satin and presented by my father, who was a mem-
ber of the convention from the district of Burnet, Llano, and
San Saba Counties to his eldest daughter. Mrs. J. C. Frazier.
Distinguished Members of the Convention.
O. N. Roberts was president of the convention. He was Su-
preme Court judge before and after the war, and Governor
of Texas for four years. He commanded an infantry regi-
ment in Walker's Division, C. S. A.
Edwin Waller was vice president, a Texas veteran, and a
Confederate officer.
James N. Anderson was a prominent lawyer of Waco, of
the firm of Coke, Herring & Anderson, and was also a Con-
federate soldier.
T. Scott Anderson was also a lawyer and lieutenant colonel
of the 6th Texas Infantry.
Amri Bradshaw was a merchant at La Grange, County
Treasurer for many years, and a leading citizen of Fayette
County.
A. S. Broadus was district judge in Burleson County.
Richard Coke was twice elected Governor and thrice United
States Senator; but best of all, he was a good Confederate
soldier, first as a private, later captain of an infantry company.
John Henry Brown was a well-known Texas pioneer and
Indian fighter, an author, and a Confederate officer.
Thomas J. Devine was one of the most worthy and popular
residents of San Antonio. He was on the bench a long time.
George Flournoy was Attorney-General of Texas, colonel
of the i6th Texas Infantry, and a brother of W. M. Flournoy,
of Waco.
John S. Ford ("Old Rip") was a well-known ranger and a
Confederate soldier.
Spencer Ford was district judge at Bryan and a prominent
citizen of Brazos County.
R. S. Gould was for years a member of the Supreme Court.
Thomas P. Hughes was a lawyer at Georgetown, district
judge, and served as a private in Parson's Brigade, C. S. A.
D. M. Prendergast was a district judge, a captain in the
army, and father of Judge Prendergast, of this city.
John Ireland was judge, soldier, and Governor four years.
James Maxey was a district judge and for a time citizen of
Waco.
Thomas Moore was my father and a citizen of Waco for
thirty-one years. He died in 1898.
Allison Nelson was a brigadier general. He has two daugh-
ters in McLennan County, Mrs. J. B. Earle and Mrs. John
H. Harrison. He died in 1862.
J. L. L. McCall was an early settler in Waco and a promi-
nent member of the bar ; the father of Mrs. Edward Rotan.
J. N. Norris was a partner of McCall's and colonel of a
Confederate regiment.
John H. Reagan, the "noblest Roman of them all," for
fifty years honored Texas and Texas honored him.
J. B. Robertson was a Texas veteran and commander of
Hood's Brigade. General Felix Robertson is his son.
H. R. Runnels defeated General Houston for Governor in
1857, and was defeated by him in 1859.
William P. Rogers was colonel of the 2d Texas Infantry
and killed in the battle of Corinth in 1862.
William R. Scurry, brigadier general, was killed in the bat-
tle of Jenkins Ferry in 1864.
B. F. Terry was the commander of the celebrated regiment
of "Texas Rangers," and was killed in Kentucky in 1861.
J. W. Throckmorton was one of the few who voted against
secession, but afterwards served with Ross in the C. S. A.
He was elected Governor in 1866 and removed in 1867.
Joseph P. Weir was captain of a company in the 12th Texas
Cavalry. He was killed at Yellow Bayou, La., in 1864.
John A. Wharton was of a prominent family of Texas
pioneers. He rose to the rank of major general, and was killed
by General Baylor at Houston in 1865.
This body of men would compare favorably with any other
assembly of its size for intelligence, patriotism, and social
standing. They were surely disinterested and represented
every section of this broad State, going in the dead of winter
over muddy roads (there were no railroads then) at their
own expense.
In 1836 the people of Texas overthrew the despotism of
Mexico, and the Southern people exercised the same in-
alienable rights in 1861.
Comrades of J. W. Higdon are requested to write to W.
H. Wright, West Blocton, Ala. He wants two witnesses
that know of his services to make an affidavit of that fact
to enable him to get a pension. He enlisted in the Tennessee
Army at Alexander, Tenn., in 1862, in Company A, Ellison's
Battalion. He was later attached while in Georgia to the
9lh Kentucky Cavalry, and was discharged by Gen. Hardy at
O.xford, Ala. His captain was John Ellison and his lieu-
tenants were James Nesmith and James Eaton. The date of
his discharge, the reasons therefor, and his inability to re-
enter the service will be facts necessary to establish.
Two Interesting Newspapers. — The Veteran received re-
cently two newspapers published on the same day. May 2,
1865, the Daily Clarion, of Meridian, Miss., and the Daily
Argus and Crisis, of Gainesville, Ala. These papers are the
same size, 9x12 inches, two pages each, and about the same
quality of rag paper. Both papers, with other data printed
and written, were in a two-cent envelope. The price of the
Daily Clarion was twenty dollars a month. That was a
chaotic period. A noticeable feature was the advocacy of
the organization of citizens to defend themselves against ma-
rauding bands of outlaws.
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EXGLISH CLERCYMAS OX STOXEWALL JACKSOX.
REV S. TARKES CADMAN IN METHODIST OUAKTERI.V REVIEW.
[The autlior of this study of General Jackson was born in
England in 1864. He came to this country in 1890. He has
been preaching in Methodist and Congregational Churches
since his early years, and he is a lecturer of extensive repu-
t-ition. Upon his only visit to Nashville he tarried at the
Veteran office, showing deep interest in Confederate history.]
Lucretius, the noblest of the Roman poets, in a fme figure
speaks of the detachment of view necessary for those who
would calmly estimate the struggles of the past. He paints
the marshaling of the warrior hosts upon the plains, the gleam
of their burnished arms, the fiery wheeling of the horse, and
the charges that shake the earth. But on the far-ofl heights
there is a tranquil spot from which all the scouring legions
seem as if they stood still, .md all the glancing flash and
confusion of battle blend, as it were, in one sheet of steady
flame. One can scarcely hope that such an "aloofness" may
attend him when he deals with the heroisms and the sacrifices
of that fratricidal strife which was waged over a continental
expanse of frontier during the years between 1861 to 1865.
Yet it is indispensable for any adequate survey, and those
who arc not connected by birth or interest with cither side
should at least display an unimpassioned sentiment and hold
the balance with an even hand. The sterling qualities of
American manhond then manifested appeal to every generous
instinct common to friend and foe. And while the lurid scenes
of war recede, the unbiased judgment which must accompany
historical inquiry is being more and more evinced by writers
connected with the stirring events of that momentous epoch.
There is an undoubted trend in modern thought toward jus-
tice for men once completely misrepresented, and for their
motives once equally misunderstood.
Reasonable ideas continue to advance, notwithstanding the
inflanu-d condition of sentiment, which, as the most conserva-
tive instinct of hunrin nature, so long remained proof against
the hcalin.g balm of time. The bitterest aftermath of the Civil
War was the period of "Reconstruction" falsely so called. The
people of the Southern States were in many respects the
richest and most inlUicntial politically of the nation. For the
ideas peculiar to themselves they risked everything they had
in life, and saw their wealth swept from them, their territory,
fair as Eden, desolated, their children laid by thousands in
the grave, and a scarcity of bread where opulence and plenty
had prevailed. They sacrificed their political power, and by
a cruel irony their slaves were exalted to become their mas-
ters. Vet this did not breed in them remorse; they neither
mourned nor repined at their condition, but bore up bravely
under the deprivation of everything that man holds dear.
May we not hope that eventually every alien sentiment will
be absorbed in the leavening of national consciousness, ac-
celerated by the growing conviction that to-day there is no
North and no South? We are one corporate body, animated
by ,1 ciinimon spirit, an<l moving toward a destiny we did not
create and cannot destroy. Complete oblivion of wrongs that
burned so deeply is a consummation devoutly to be wished,
but scarcely possible in a brief space of time; ami perhaps it
is hindered when we attempt to hasten it. Yet the chiv:ilry
and generosity of the Southern people have never failed to
respond when a noble and sufficient object was presented to
them. * * *
Tn the meantime the steady growth of admiration for the
strength and gentleness of Robert E. Lee and for t-be Crom-
wellian cast of Stonewall Jackson's character is an indication
that such men eventually receive their due reward. The Chief
Justice of the United States was once a soldier of the Con-
federacy, and his appointment everywhere met with enthusi-
astic approval. The literature that presents Southern ideals
and points of view is now eagerly read by the scholars and
authors of Europe and .America. And best of all, the God
who ever lives and reigns is devising many means whereby
our place is made more lasting and more honorable ; more
free from futile recrimination and the perversities of hate,
prejudice, and provintialism.
The story of Lee's life has enthralled a wide circle of
readers throughout the world. * * * It followed him into
his retirement; a dignified and modest withdrawal from the
public gaze enhanced the fame he had won in battle. When
death caiue, there was an outpouring set to every note of
reverence and of awe which few memories are permitted to
receive. Since then those who had resisted him even unto
b'ood were among the first to sec gathered in his symmetrical
personality and transfigured by his unselfish career the noblest
elements and aspirations which our mortal slate can possess
or desire. * * *
Roth Lee and Jackson prayed as they fought, and in victory
or defeat their reliance on God was unshaken. A sort of
proud humility encompassed their spirits; they never for a
moment doubted that the issue in which they had ventured all
they had was in the hand of God, and that they were the un-
worthy but willing instruments of his o'erarching will.
Environment and association modify human nature so pro-
foundly that many sink beneath their pressure and arc con-
tent to remain mute and inglorious. Not so Thomas Jonathan
Jackson, the great lieutenant of his idolized chieftain, the
strong right arm of that masterly sfrategj' which so seldom
failed in its designs. Born in the first quarter of the last
century amid the hills of Virginia, he seemed fated for a life
of obscurity and comparative usclcssness. But the impressive
individuality, inflexibility of purpose, impatience of injustice,
an abandonment to conscience which characterized his ancestors
in the Old World marked their children in the New. Jackson
was descended from the hardy borderers of North Britain
and the colonists of the "Pale of Ulster." He belonged to a
breed of warlike men which has furnished England's empire
with some of its famous generals, many of whom were
equally conspicuous for their devoutncss and their martial
prowess.
A letter still preserved states that the ancestors of .-Xndrew
Jackson and of "Stonewall" had formerly lived in the same
parish in Londonderry. .\nd though the Jacksons of Vir-
ginia did not belong to the class of planters who lived in
cle,gance and case on the banks of the James, they carried from
the seaboard to the mountains the bravery, intelligence, thrift,
and energy which were their racial assets.
I contravene a popular belief when I claim thai in the
South, and as much in Virginia as in Massachusetts, a genuine
Puritanism has always held sway. It has been asserted that
the Old Dominion State, the mother of so many noble and
f.'imous sons, owes her reputation to the predominant blood of
the Cavalier. Rut the proofs of this assertion arc somewhat
scanty, and many of the names that adorn her annals can be
traced to a more prosaic, but not less distinguished, origin.
I'esides, the terms "Cavalier" and "Puritan'' have been laid
open to serious misunderstandings. Social and political ani-
mus is rife in their careless application, and they have been
employed sharply to sever men who were brothers at the
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base, and who, in spite of outward differences, dwelt in one
kingdom of the spirit.
There is little perceptible difference in essentials between
the son of "Light-Horse Harry" of the Revolution, whose
fathers left England in protest against the Stuart tyranny,
and John Milton, whose voice was raised to impeach that
tyranny. The poet's earlier years are full of the pathetic,
winsome grace which he inherited from the best Elizabethan
examples. * * * They belonged to an aristocracy of in-
tellect and spirit which never cringed before the wrath of
kings or wavered in the presence of the mob. Their genius.
their fervent faith, their austere morality applied to men of
Jackson's sort. He had nothing that savored of sympathy
with the wild and ruffling blades who rode and drank and
diced with Prince Rupert. He hated with a consuming hatred
the loose and reckless living which frequently destroyed the
retainers of King Charles. It requires no stretch of imagina-
tion to conceive the silent scorn with which both Lee and
Jackson would have viewed such excesses. The letters of the
former to his wife are tender tributes to his domestic bliss.
The camps of Jackson were sanctuaries of true piety and
scenes of the demonstration of the Spirit of God. Hundreds
of careless youths entered his regiments to find and profess
their saving and cleansing faith in Jesus Christ. The sound
of battle no sooner died away than from beyond the watch
fires of his bivouac arose the sound of singing and of prayer.
A poem, which must be familiar to many readers, expresses
so poignantly this man's religious influence that I cannot for-
bear quoting a stanza from it:
"Silence ! ground arms I kneel all ! caps off !
Old Blue-Light's going to pray :
Strangle the fool that dares to scofT.
Attention ! it's this way !
Appealing from his native sod,
In forma pauperis to God,
'Lay bare thine arms — stretch forth lliy rod,
Amen !' That's Stonewall's way."
* * * Stonewall Jackson was in the line of this succession
His genealogy, his temperament, his habits place him by the
side of another warrior whose bones were cast out of the
Abbey at Westminster, but who, in the famous words o!
Pericles to the Athenians, "has the whole world for his luinh."
As the foothills of the Andes begin far distant imm the
summits they sustain, so did a firm, deeply laid, ami wide-
spread basis of national character and faith tli.iisi upward
into prominence such astonishing human examples as Jack-
son. He did not stand isolated, singular, and unique ; he was
rather the incarnation of a resistless temper which was spread
abroad among his countrymen, and whicli became a majestic
might in the day of trouble.
At the age of sixteen his independency and vigor were al-
ready manifested. He traversed the hills and valleys that
verge on the Ohio River till he had secured health of body.
When he was designated to West Point, he met inquiries con-
cerning his education with the reply: "I am very ignorant,
but I can make it up by study. I know I have the energy,
and I think I have the intellect." His wife's sister induced
him to speak of those days at the United States Academy,
where he toiled incessantly, and ventured the question as to
whether he was guilty of any deliberate infringement of the
rules. "Yes," he said, "I recall one overt act ; but it was the
only one in which I consciously did what I knew to be wrong.
I stepped behind a tree to conceal myself from an officer,
because I was beyond bounds without permit." The same
passion for scrupulous veracity made him willing to walk
miles in the rain and darkness that he might correct an er-
roneous impression he had inadvertently given to one of his
students.
His nature seems to have been moralized from the first ;
the despotisms of conscience were upon him right early. Al-
though he did not recollect his father, who died while Stone-
wall was a mere child, the lack w-as more than compensated by
the memory of his beautiful and blessed mother, who left him
an orphan boy when he was only ten years of age. Her in-
structions, her prayers, and her dying injunctions were the
germs of his new life in God. Fearing nothing, and rever-
encing Heaven supremely, he yet bowed to the remembrance
of her lightest word. Her hand was upon him in the years
of youth and maturity. The rude sports of a frontier com-
munity, in which he fully shared, never placed him beyond
the reach of the departed saint whose unseen presence thus
attended him. His natural combativeness was held in check,
and his integrity and honor were unsullied by the grosser
sins. A gentle pressure turned him away from scenes of
vileness and pollution, and he heard again, like some repeating
strain of Beethoven, the music of a voice now hushed in
death. As a cadet, as a young and intrepid officer, as a leader
of the forlorn hope at Contreras and Churubusco, as a rising
soldier whose admiring comrades of Magruder's Battery
passed his name from lip to lip and called him "the bravest of
the brave," he carried with him, in camp, on the march, and
at the front, the sacred image of that mother. He had his
hours of temptation : perils and pitfalls beset his path, pride
and passion had to be met and overcome. The lust for mili-
tary glory and the desire he undoubtedly felt to vindicate his
ancestral claim to its possession were chastened and restrained
by her who, from the regions beyond, continued to govern
the child of her affection. His courteous consideration for
all women and children was to be expected in a Southern
gentleman, and it is needless to say that toward them he bore
himself with a chivalry which had no superior.
At Lexington those who knew him slightly voted him ec-
centric, but those whom he admitted to his fellowship dis-
covered not only the granite but the flowers of his nature.
Peculiarities which were noticeable, and which affected his
intercourse as a professor with the students, were found, on
closer acquaintance, to be the outcome of a soul held in
obedience to the Higher Power. Few could withhold their
respect even while they criticized his stiff and unbending de-
portment and unusual habits. * * *
His perseverance in the duties of his membership, his de-
termination at the expense of his own feeling to join in pub-
lic prayer, his refusal to enliven conversation by sacrificing
fastidiously truthful utterance, his prompt and embarrassing
disavowal of what he was supposed to know and did not
know, and the rigid discipline he enforced upon himself and
others, were the preparation of a great character approach-
ing unconsciously an emergency of the first magnitude.
There was another and a larger side to that character hid-
den from the view of the superficial, scarcely understood by
many while he lived, but known to the favored few and ap-
preciated by them. Emerson reminds us that the life of any
rnan is far more than his public career, which is nearly always
alloyed with necessary diplomacies that frequently serve as
a mask to hide the real man. Life is made up of a thousand
touches, a multitude of lights and shadows, most of which are
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concealed behind the presentment of the surface quahties.
Fortunately we have some rare ghmpses of the true Jackson.
He loved to drive his wife to the farm he owned and culti-
vated or walk with her at eventide in the garden in which he
took such pride. The health of his negro servants and their
general welfare were constantly in his mind. His pastor and
a coterie of chosen friends shared an unrestrained fellowship
with him. Their conversation roamed over many themes,
and was punctuated with flashes of quiet humor, references
10 books, and incidents of travel. That large outline and
picturesque latitude which are the relish of table talk here
and here only found free play. Among the sights of Europe
that most impressed him, he was deeply attached to the
English cathedrals. He loved to recall the angel choir of
Lincoln, the "five sisters" of York, the octagonal tower 01
Ely, and the long-drawn aisles and fretted vaults of Win-
chester. A British officer, who visited his headquarters dur-
ing McClellan's first campaign around Richmond, was sur-
prised by his intimate knowledge of these monuments of the
ages of faith. The Englishman expected a discourse on
tactics and an estimate of opposing forces ; but instead he
received a lesson in the religious architecture of his native
land. The stern, weather-beaten, and unpretentious captain,
whose praises were ringing in every war office of Europe, was
more interested for the nonce in the west front of Salisbury
than in the movements of the Army of the Potomac. In his
assiduous studies of general literature and the textbooks for
the curriculum of the Lexington Academy, he was compelled
to use every hour of daylight. The weakness of his eyes for-
bade any reading after dark; at nightfall he would turn aside
and sit in silent meditation, arranging before his mental
vision the tasks of the morrow. This- done, he would join
with alacrity in the domestic pleasures which relieved his
labors.
It was no stroke of luck that made him a major of artillery
at twenty-three. The zeal with which he fulfilled every duty
assigned him was impatient of the slightest neglect, in others
or in himself. He exacted from his pupils that which he
freely gave, a steady and persistent drill in things great or
small. This rugged training, though odious to the sympathetic
delicacy of our day, produced the men of Jackson's stamp.
He could be seen daily on the streets of the sequestered town
of Lexington, a tall military figure, dressed in a faded gray
uniform, walking with a stilted motion, whose every step
seemed to be a distinct act of volition. His preoccupied gaze
was fixed on things unseen, his general expression was in-
dicative of an abstraction from the immediate surroundings.
He delivered his lectures in a serious and didactic manner —
the style, a model of military conciseness and brevity, shorn
of minor graces and light allusions, and compact with the
essence of his message. Volatile and heady youths did not
like this dressing of the mental dish, and some even sneered
at the taciturn professor. ALiny of these afterwards fol-
lowed his banners in battle, and speedily reversed their hasty
opinions.
As he ripened for the last tremendous drama of his Hfe,
a constant thirst to know and do the Highest Will shows us
now that he was not only a .great soldier, but. before that, a
great man. The guidance of his Creator and the approval of
his conscience were his supreme ambitions. The praise of
the few whom he revered must have been encouraging to him.
On the occasion of his fatal wound, Lee wrote : "Could I have
directed events. I should have chosen for the good of the
country to have been disabled in your stead." The London
Times, though somewhat hypercritical concerning American
generalship in general, conceded "that in him was the mixture
of daring and judgment which is the mark of heaven-born
commanders, and this he had beyond any man of his time."
The prescient ones, including many of his pupils, were quite
aware of the sterling qualities beneath his unpretentious and
unpromising exterior. They knew that he would keep "the
tryst" wherever it was appointed, and that he would walk
straightly and dauntlessly in any way which Heaven and his
sense of right directed. His official acts knew neither fear
nor favor, and the doctrines of his creed were practically ap-
plied in his efforts to make all things work together for the
good of all. Thus he lived as ever in the great Taskmaster's
eye, shaping his course with sole reference to a supreme
guidance, and scorning the conventionalities in which lesser
spirits are coffined .?id confined. Whether this attitude
pleased or displeased ouiers was of no moment to him ; what
did forever matter was the pertinent query: "Am I conform-
ing my life to the supreme purpose which must prevail?"
Here is the candle of the Lord with which he searched every
crevice of his being, and those who ascribe his success to
other causes neither understand the secret of his greatness
nor the principles that regulated his life. When a course was
once chosen, he could suffer neither deviation nor delay. The
motions of his mind were spontaneous and direct — an indica-
tion of the simple and sincere aims that possessed him. He
swung as truly and as instantly around these moralities as
the needle to the pole, holding that no general rule should be
violated for any particular benefit, and that a man could al-
ways accomplish what he willed to do. * * *
It is curious to note that in the midst of the roar of cannon
a sudden change came over him. His form grew even more
erect, the grasp upon his saber tightened, the quiet blue eyes
flashed with incipient fire, the large nostrils dilated, the
sinews stiffened, and the calm, grave face of the student
glowed with the proud flush of the eager and inspirited war-
rior. The fortitude, the daring, the matchless boldness, re-
strained at every point by a wonderful mental equipoise and a
consummate knowledge of the situation involved, were his in
greatest degree. He rode up to take leave of his ist Brigade
when he was appointed to command elsewhere, and addressed
them in the following words which swept the ranks with tides
of emotion: "In the Army of the Shenandoah you were the
1st Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the
ist Brigade! In the 2d Corps of the army you are the ist
Brigade! You are the ist Brigade in the affections of your
general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you
will be handed down to posterity as the 1st Brigade in this
our Second War of Independence. Farewell!" With a wave
of his hand Jackson galloped off the field, followed by the
cheers of the soldiers, .•\ftcr Kcrnstown, he wrote a letter
to Mrs. Jackson which ought to have been sent to the Long
Parliament on a fast day : "Our God was my shield. * * *
^'csterday was a lovely Sabbath day, * * * beautiful, se-
rene, holy. All it wanted was the church bells and God's
service in the sanctuary to make it complete. After God,
our God, blesses us with peace. I hope to visit this country with
you and enjoy it."
At Winchester he issued the following order: "Soldiers-
of the Army of the Valley of the Northwest : I congratu-
late you on your recent victory at McDowell. I request you
to unite with me this morning in thanksgiving to Almighty
God for thus having crowned your arms with success, and
in praying that he will continue to lead you on from victory
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to victory until our independence shall be established, and
make us that people whose God is the Lord. The chaplains
will hold divine service at lo am. this day in their respective
regiments."
When his troops bivouacked on the green banks of the
Shenandoah near Brown's Gap, a similar service for the hard-
contested and gloriously won field of Port Republic was held
in an adjoining forest, with serene skies above and inclosed
by mountains on whose declivities the cries of fierce resistance
had scarcely died away. Tlie Lord's Supper was administered,
and kneeling among his troops, with the humility of a child.
was this Thunderbolt of War, who had so recently crushed a
proud and powerful army.
Incidents of this kind could be multiplied indefinitely.
When he was attached to Lee's army, the luster he had shed
on the Confederacy, the piety and purity of his character, and
the strength of his iron will accompanied him. In the move-
ments around Richmond, as in the battles of Manassas and
Antietam and Frcdricksburg, which ended the campaign of
1862, he bore the conspicuous part now expected of him. On
the field of Chancellorsville he obtained at once his "crowning
mercy" and his release from the burdens and trials of earth.
The story of his sudden and awful approach through the
forests, and how he fell upon Howard's nth Corps like a
bursting tornado, will be read as long as men cherish the last
full measure of patriotic devotion exhibited in deathless deeds.
Wounded through mistake by his own troops, he was borne
to the rear to die. His wife and little daughter were sent for,
and remained with him to the end. An army and a nation
wrestled in prayer for his recovery. A cry of anguish es-
caped the lips of the noble Lee when he was told that the
end was near. He knew more than any other man what pros-
pects might die with Jackson.
When the glorious hero was informed that he would be
with his Saviour before the sun went down, he answered:
"It is the Lord's day ; my wish is fulfilled. I had always de-
sired to die on Sunday." Then delirium came, and with it
the thoughts of conflict and the rapid issue of orders. But
these passed, a smile of ineflfable sweetness spread over his
pallid countenance, and in quiet tones of relief he said: "Le
us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
Thus, in the fortieth year of his age, died Stonewall Jack-
soti. The cadets who had once shown little enthusiasm for
him as an instructor; the men he had led to battle in the val-
ley and on the heights around Richmond ; the representative
citizens who had scarcely looked upon him before death — all
these assembled at the tomb to pay their last respects to him
whose career from first to last was unni;irred by any deflec-
tion from moral or military rectitude.
As a man, in the presence of his Maker, he was bowed
down, contrite, humble, with supplication for the forgiveness
the best must needs receive, because he most acutely felt his
unworthiness and sin ; compassionate toward weakness, an
uncompromising opponent of injustice and tyranny, with
strange flashes of a wrath that flamed forth against those he
deemed invaders and oppressors.
As a citizen and an unshrinking patriot, he held his native
province and her institutions first as the object of his serv-
ice, and in her behalf demanded from all the fealty he him-
self so freely rendered.
.•\s a soldier he was untamable in war as he was modest
in peace, full of the enterprises of a larger strategy which
used unfamiliar tactics to accomplish that which the enemy
least expected and at a place and time that he chose for their
discomliture and his own advantage. .\s a disciplinarian he
was merciless in exacting all human endurance could supply:
engaging every faculty to the full, and making his men as
aggressive as himself. But when the fray was over, he was
studiously attentive to their spiritual and physical necessities.
He was boundless in resources, unhesitating in concentrated
and independent planning, prompt to strike, almost inerrant
in calculation, with a caution and a foresight guarding the
boldness engendered by his belief that he was God's instru-
ment to accomplish certain ends.
Beyond his profession, he was sound and just in mind, but
not largely original or brilliant ; within it, a combination of
Cromwell's religious fervor and Napoleon's terrific onfall;
so capable that what he would have done had he lived must
remain a matter for unending speculation.
Such a life needs no moralizing. It conveys its own les-
son ; and whether for or against his political opinions, all
who will may learn much from this brave Puritan captain's
story. His alliance with eternal realities ; his foretaste of the
powers of the world to come ; his deep and genuine piety ;
his adherence to the Bible, the Church, and the Lord's day ;
his keeping of his own conscience before God and men, are
the outstanding traits of a spiritual prince who was greater
than anything he did, one whose deeds took rise in his being
When his statue was unveiled at Lexington, his veterans filed
past the figure towering above with thoughts too deep for
tears. As the last line drew near, amid the silence suddenly
a veteran turned and, looking backward, cried in tones that
shook the hearts of them that heard it: "Good-by, Stonewall!
Good-by ! We did what we could for you." Of a truth they
did, and of their doings the generations have since heard.
That we shall all cherish his memory as a warrior there can
be no doubt. May we, my brothers of the South and of all
English-speaking peoples, cherish even more the compact of
his faith with God and his allegiance to the right as he under-
stood it !
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY IX CALIFORXIA.
Work in Jefferson Davis Chapter ix San Francisco.
by mary crittenden robinson, historian.
The Chapter held its usual ten business meetings during the
year; also the two commemorative meetings, January 19 and
June 3. the latter always with fitting exercises, songs, read-
ings, and an address, closing with a social period and refresh-
ments. Last year on June 3 instead of an address a history
of the Chapter from its inception written by the President
was read by Judge George H. Cabaniss. On January 19 Mr.
R. E. Queen gave to us in well chosen words and thoughts
a memorial of our great general whose birth we were com-
memorating.
For veterans we expended $590 duriHg the year. We have
given ftcr capita ten cents to the Charity State Fund, per
capita ten cents to care of the library at Beauvoir and per
capita ten cents to the Solid South, or record room, of the
Confederate Museum at Richmond, Va. We gave $50 for
the Arlington monument and smaller sums for other monu-
ments. We gave two crosses of honor. Surely we U. D. C.
know by such work that our organization is not in vain.
Tributes Paid to Three Veterans— Their Burial.
During the year we have lost by death three veterans,
three gentlemen to whom it was our privilege to minister —
namely, Mr. James A. Douglass, Mr. .Addison Roane, and
Capt. Lee M. Tucker.
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The first, Mr. Douglass, had as cultivated and erudite a
mind as our State has contained, any who knew him con-
sidering an evening with him a great privilege. For many
years he supported himself by tutoring and preparing youths
for West Point, Annapolis, and the colleges. When illness
came upon him, we placed him in Lane Hospital, where he
died. Our Chapter met the expenses incident to his illness
and death. Many mourn his loss.
Mr. Addison Roane we found twenty months ago in the
almshouse, driven there by a fatal malady. He showed in his
person, bearing, and manner a record of his gentle birth. We
supplied his special needs and held him in constant care
througli the physician and nurses, the former a family friend
of our President. We laid him away as one of our own in
the Episcopal plot of beautiful Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Rev.
J Wilmer Gresham, our Chaplain and son of a veteran, of-
ficiating. When we placed the laurel wreath with Confed-
erate colors at the head and violets and other flowers on the
.tjrave, Rev. Mr. Gresham said: "This is a lesson to me."'
Last April we again laid away a veteran, Capt. Lee M.
Tucker, over whom we had been watching during his decline
from cancer of the throat. Our Chaplain being absent, Rev.
Austin B. Chinn, a Virginian, officiated. Again we arranged
all as for one of our friends — music, flowers, and honorable
burial. We placed his remains in the same grave with his
brother veteran, Mr. Roane, leaves and birds singing his
rc(|uieni. .As we left the bright sunlight led us to remember
the Light lie dwells in now.
.•\n iMiglish lady, associate
member, attending her first
meeting, heard the report of
ill veterans. .'\t its close she
hesitatingly ofTered to our
President a grave in her family
plot. It was gladly accepted,
and she soon gave the deed
under the signature of Bishop
Nichols, it being in the Episco-
pal Plot. These veterans were
both of this Church; one had
for years been a diocesan of-
ficer in .Alabama. Had our
Cliajiter accomplished naught
else during the year, we would
feel repaid for Chapter efi'ort in just these acts. Besides, there
were many visits from the ladies of the Charily Committee:
money, clothing, dainty viands, wine, etc.. sni)plied by tlicm
and. above all, their presence and tender sympathy.
[The thing most lacking in the foregoing, since the Veter.xn
is giving a picture of the President. Mrs. Van Wyck, is fail-
ure to give some account of her personal service with tlie
Cliapter. Her gentle manner, coujiled with executive ability
in (he entertainment of the General V. D. C. in San Fran-
MRS. SIONEV V.\N WV(K.
President of the Cli:i|>t(i
cisco. is fn
remembered by many delegates.
f..\ TRACTS FROM A BOWIE. TEX., LETTER.
In a letter from Bowie, Tex., Comrade J. A. Cummins, for
twelve years Commander of the L'. C. V. Camp there, states:
"Col. Thomas M. Scott, who died recently, was as modest
as a lady and as gentle as a little girl. He was a hero of
many battles, and w-as loved by every one whose fortune it
was to know him. His short iibituary in the March Veteran
is worth nnich to me. The Bowie Pelham Camp, No. 572, is
still having its regular semimonthly meetings, winch are ever
full of interest". As we grow older our comradeship grows
closer. Quantrell's and Shelby's men want to hold their an-
nual reunion with us here in Bowie, and we certainly will give
them a hearty welcome. Our big-hearted Mayor, C. H. Boe-
decker, says bring them by all means. And last, but not least,
one of my truest friends and old comrades, J. H. Wade, of
Quitman, Ga., is dead. I would not have known it had it not
been for the account in the Veter.\n. Jim was as brave a sol-
dier and as fine a gunner as ever stood at the breech of a
cannon. The last time Mrs. Cummins and 1 met this dear boy
was on the boat from Washington, going down the Potomac to
Fortress Monroe and the Jamestown Exposition. We found
him about 10 o'clock that night on the hurricane deck of the old
steamer. The rest you can imagine : the balance of the night
was spent by Jim and me talking over the many battles from
those in Missouri to the close of the war.
ERROR IX REGARD TO -OXE-ARM'' BERRY.
nv M. B. MORTON. MANAGING EDITOR NASHVILLE BANNER.
In the March Veteran, in an article commenting on Dr.
T. F. Berry's prison experiences, 1 mentioned that he was a
brother of Capt. Samuel Berry, a noted Kentucky Confederate
soldier, known as "One-Arm" Berry. 1 also stated that Cap-
tain Berry was executed by the Federals in Louisville.
Since then I have received a letter from my old friend. Dr.
Thomas F. Berry, correcting this statement. Captain Berry
was given a death sentence, but this sentence was commuted
by President Johnson to ten years solitary confinement in the
Albany. N. Y., penitentiary. He was kept in prison seven
years (until his death) during which period he never saw the
light of day.
Dr. Berry has written a book giving an account of his own
war experiences in this country. Mexico, and Northern Africa.
He aLso tells the story of his brother, Capt. Samuel Berry. Sue
Munday, Frank and Jesse James, Quantrell, and other noted
Confederate soldiers.
MISSOURI AXD THE COXFEDERACY.
:\ vigilant cfTort will be made to record the part Missouri
took in behalf of the Confederacy. Adjt. Gen. F. M. Rum-
bold has appointed former Secretary of State M. K. Mc-
Grath, who was a private in Parson's Missouri Confederate
forces, to aid him in compiling, collating, and completing the
records and rosters of the Confederate army of Missouri. The
records and rosters are made from such information as is
obtainable m:iinly in the War Department at Washington, to-
gether with such other means of information as can be de-
rived from those possessing it. The last legislature appro-
priated $S,ooo to be expended by the Adjutant General.
Comrade McGrath says there were from 40,000 to 50.000
Missourians in the Confederate army, of many of whom no rec-
ord can be obtained. The war in Missouri did not begin until
after the surrender of Camp Jackson on May 10. 1861. He
states also that there were more Missourians in the Confed-
erate army tlian in the Union army. This refers to citizens
and residents of Missouri at the time of the breaking out of
the war, or early in 1861.
When these records and rosters are completed by the .Adju-
tant General, information, now only partly obtainable through
the War Department, will be found in the .Adjutant General's
office at Jefferson Citv
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"WITH FIRE AND SWORD."
BY \V. E. DOYLE, MEXIA, TEX.
Maj. S. H. M. Myers, of the 5th Iowa, has written a book
entitled "With Fire and Sword." He was with Sherman until
the battle of Missionary Ridge, when he was captured and
sent to Macon. This title is very appropriate for a writer
who was with Sherman. Having been kept at M;icon, Charles-
ton, and Columbia, the Major enjoyed considerable prison
experience. He complains of heat, cold, hunger, and inhuman
treatment. At Macon with tobacco he bought a Confederate
uniform of a guard who was "dying for the weed." At Co-
lumbia a negro entered the prison daily to sell loaf bread,
says the Major.
He spent the winter of 1864-65 at Columbia and had no
shelter but such as could be made of "sticks and logs." H the
prisoners had "sticks and logs" of which to make shelter, they
evidently had wood for fire. He escaped from Columbia, he
says, while out in the woods for fuel. Think of such liberty
at that period. He says Lieutenant Fritchie was with him,
and on the day following their escape "we heard bloodhounds
and knew that by hard running, turns and counterturns, and
frequent crossing and recrossing of little streams we threw
the dogs off our track," etc. Speaking of the people there,
he says : "The negroes had a more intelligent notion of af-
fairs than did the people of the Carolinas." * * *
Now let us review the Major's story briefly. Tobacco was
issued to the soldiers by the Confederate government. At
least this was the case in the Army of Northern Virginia,
and I assume it was so elsewhere. Why was he "dying for
the weed?" If he was not a traitor, would he have allowed a
prisoner to have his uniform? At Columbia the Major evi-
dently had some kind of ■ 'lelter and fires.
I spent the winter of .864-65 at Point Lookout, a much
colder place than Columbia. By two of us sleeping together
we had one blanket under and one over us. I slept on the
ground during the winter, as did all the other prisoners so
far as I know. With only about one-fourth enough of rations
we were hungry all the time and cold all winter. Quite a
number of prisoners froze to death, and frost-bitten feet were
so common that we all learned how to use iodine — the only
thing of which we had enough — and we kept our feet well
painted. We had tents, but no fire during the whole winter.
The prisoners at Point Lookout were so weak from hunger
that none of them could have outrun and eluded a crippled
cur, much less trained bloodhounds.
"With Fire and Sword" published to the world, we are saved
the lugubrious lamentation of Job: "O that mine enemy had
written a book."
The Major's opinion of the people of the Carolinas reminds
me of Sergeant Kelly. After the formation of the nth Di-
vision at Point Lookout, Sergeant Kelly, of Connecticut,
heard the roll calls for that division, and seemingly he de-
lighted to taunt us by telling us he would rather his sistei
would marry a negro than a Rebel. Confederates were de-
nuded of everything except what few clothes they had on,
and of course we had nothing to buy tobacco or bread with,
much less to bribe negro guards. I was in Point Lookout
Prison from about October 5, 1864, to about March 20, 1865.
and was not sick at all ; but the average daily death rate,
I was informed, was fifteen per day. I was told that many
prisoners had been shot by the guards prior to my arrival.
Altogether the prisoners were treated badly enough on both
sides, so far as feeding and protecting them from the cold
uas concerned. But the Federal government was able to
feed the prisoners, while the Confederacy could not feed theirs
suitably nor better than their own soldiers.
I thought that Major Brady, the commandant, was nat-
urally a kind man, but starved us because his government
forced him to do it. During all the time I was in prison the
SCENE IN A BUSINESS STREET, MACON, GA.
offer was open to us to be released if he would take the oath
ijf allegiance to the United States; but none accepted the offer
so far as I know, and they preferred to remain and suffer
hunger and cold rather than betray the cause of the South.
O how true, how earnest when it is remembered how they
suffered ! Was any country ever blessed with a more de-
voted soldiery? All honor to the thousands who suffered
and died in prison rather than accept that standing offer to
desert their cause I What an answer to the Confederate
soldiers forced (?) into the war!
A negro prisoner named Dial who was a servant in an
.-Mabama regiment preferred to suffer with and for those he
loved rather than be released on the terms offered, and he
was there when I left. That the Southern people are un-
ceasingly kind to those old slaves who were true during the
dark days of the Civil War verifies all that the South claimed
of their relation.
I was tented with three of Hayes's Louisiana Tigers, Dupre,
Gusman, and , of New Orleans, and I would be glad
10 hear from any of them if yet living. I belonged to the 7th
South Carolina Cavalry.
LOOKING BACKWARD FIFTY YEARS.
[Extracts from a recent Montgomery Advertiser.]
A highly prized old heirloom reached the offices of Tax
Assessor Morgan S. Gilmer and Excise Commissioner G. W.
Hails, at the courthouse recently. It was an old Montgomery
Advertiser of January 31, 1863. The paper is the property of
Mrs. L V. Ledbetter, of the Decatur Street High School,
whose mother, Mrs. V. H. Vickers, had preserved it.
Even the advertisements are full of interest, as they recall
the existing trade conditions of the times. For instance, one
advertisement reads, "Blockade Matches at $10 per gross," and
another "a substitute for castor oil."
A roster of all the deserters from Alabama commands,
embracing seventy-three names, is printed, and only one of
them was from South Alabama.
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A bill of money which had been lost found its way into the
Advertiser office to seek its rightful owner. On the reverse
side the following poem was written :
"Clear the way, here comes the master
Of every other known shin plaster.
If I don't pass, I know I oughter,
Because I'm signed by John Gill Shorter.
And everywhere throughout his range
I'm good as gold in making change.
Those who owe debts now can pay 'cm
By getting change from Duncan Graham."
Tribute to Confederacy.
The following beautiful tribute to the Confederacy is from
the London Index, and is one of the most beautiful compli-
ments ever paid the South by a foreign paper:
"The Southern press, like that of I'lnglaud, is representa-
tive. It does not seek to make, but to feed and direct public
opinion. Still, it is not a mere delegate, but exercises a con-
trolling influence over that which gives it power and vitality.
When a member of it ceases to be representative, its influ-
ence is gone; while so long as it is representative, its influence
is nearly dictatorial. In this country we have abused their
constitutional functions and have endeavored to impose their
especial views upon their readers. In France and in Germany
the journalist has been regarded as a maker of opinions rather
than a mere exponent of them. In the United States a news-
paper, which is a mere news sheet, becomes the mouthpiece
of individual demagogues or theorists, or of the views of the
chiefs of a party or faction. We naturally think the English
and the Southern system the best, but we do not therefore
infer that it would be well to apply it to France and Germany.
The war has stopped a large number of local new'spapers in
the South which, from the specimens we have seen, bear a
close resemblance to our local papers. The war has also, by
making paper and labor scarce, obliged the papers to decrease
in size, but their main fcatiires are the same as formerly.
There are one or two leaders which arc di.gcsts of events and
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opinions, but wliich are generally more condensed than those
which appear in London papers. Besides the leaders, there
are numerous "editorials" which announce important events,
or are comments on events, in which much is said in a few
words. . . .
"We may. in conclusion, observe that in the SoiUh the press
is not only free, but its freedom is abundantly used. Every
act of the government and Congress is canvassed without the
slightest hesitation. Such liberty would have been impossible
in a revolution, where the free expression of adverse opinion
is death. The Confederate States did not revolt, but in seces-
sion exercised a constitutional right.
"The Southerners regard the present struggle as a foreign
war, not as a civil one ; hence, agreeing that the enemy shall
be opposed to the last inan and the last dollar, they feel that
there is no reason for sacrificing their political liberty.
"In opposing secession by war, the North played a revolu-
tionary part, and the result has been the loss of Northern lib-
erty, as exemplified in the press being gagged, the constitution
being trampled under foot, the law despised, and the States'
prisons filled with political suspects. We could not desire bet-
ter evidence of the healthy political and social condition of
the Confederate press on affairs that do not concern the de-
fense of Southern independence and Southern territory against
ihe efforts of the North to crush the one and possess itself of
the other."
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
BY SUSAN ARNOLD m'CAUSLAND.
It was war time in the land, and Missouri was feeling the
thrill and stir of the situation in every heart within her
bounds. In Lexington there w-as a rampant military purpose
from the start. This expressed itself in the organization of
companies and the introduction to our inexperienced eyes
of the dashing evolutions of the army drill. In these first
companies were men of such antagonistic convictions that a
few months later saw^ them arrayed against each other when
the war was on in earnest. Capt. George Wilson, an ex-
officer of the United States army, and Major Arnold, of the
Virginia Military Institute, conducted the drills, and so well
did they that the result counted greatly after the real con-
flict was oil.
It was May, and the land was in all the blossom and fra-
grance of that month when General Lyon aroused the State
beyond repression by firing upon the citizens of St. Louis in
the streets. Worthy of Russia? Yes. In Lexington the
most intense cxcitciTient followed from this act. and the feel-
ing that war was welcome at any cost seized upon us all. The
Confederate flag was displayed froin the residences of so many
Southern sympathizers that w-e looked like a town of secedcrs,
and felt so.
A month of this and in June Governor Jackson named Lex-
ington the place of military rendezvous for the Southerners;
and now began the gathering of those clans which later were
formed into a division of the bravest and most chivalrous
.irniy the world has known or can ever know. Shortly after
the middle of the month, came General Price at the head of a
few hundred State troops, and with him Governor Jackson,
bringing with them all the insignia of the State needed to
pl.ice Missouri in the ranks of the Confederacy.
Then began the organization of companies and regiments
and the buckling on of such accouterments of war as a hither-
to peaceful people could gather together from their store of
bird and squirrel guns, turkey rifles, and such side arms as
belong to tiines of peace. "Old Sacramento" — a brass twelve-
pounder owned by Lexington as a reminder of Lafayette Coun-
ty's prowess in the Mexican War — was the heaviest piece of
ordnance among the small number of guns grouped on the
college grounds. This was afterwards one of the guns in
Capt. Hi Bledsoe's battery, and went to the end of the dead-
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liest war in history a tireless voicer of the rights of an in-
vaded South. And on the Masonic College campus gathered
our men — our dauntless, fearless, handsome, adorable men !
One cannot walk the streets of Lexington to-day and not be
able to touch by the putting out of a hand some one of those
then high-hearted heroes, now heroes of whitening locks and
ancient scars.
The last of June all these marched away, leaving us wiili
no other reminder of our new position than the stars and bars
yet floating across the bluest of summer skies. These re-
mained ours only until one Stifel— a Dutch cigar maker of
St. Louis, w-hose regiment it was that had been chosen to do
the firing upon men, women, and children in the streets there
in a time of peace — came close upon the departure south of
General Price, and took possession of the place as a United
States military post.
When the transport bringing this regiment showed her
smokestacks and colors abreast of Gratz Bluff, all Confed-
erate bunting quickly retired from sight with the exception
of one small, homemade flag which had, since the secession of
the State of Virginia, been proudly flouting the world from
the elevated situation of the Dr. E. G. Arnold home, on the
corner of Third Street and Broadway. Broadway was the
thoroughfare from tlie river into town; and when Stifel's de-
barked troops came abreast of the Confederate colors, there
w'as a halt, a loud command shouted out, and soon the young
woman responsible for the flag found at her gates the whole
regiment of tinsel, braid, scarlet sashes, rough, brutal assault
of language, guns, bayonets, oaths, all done in Dutch. But
some way one recognizes cuss words and the spirit of them
under the most consonanted language even. A long-barreled
revolver in the hands of Stifel himself pointed threateningly
at me greatly assisted me in getting at the understanding that
I w-as here confronting a grade of something called man by
courtesy that I was learning for the first time the earth could
produce.
"You cannot have this flag,'' I said, taking it from the pole
into my hands. ( Much riding back and forth before the gate
and a flourishing of his pistol by the Dutchman.) "No. It
is mine. You shall not have it." ( Oaths and bluster from
Stifel and his barrel-bodied, beer-soaked men.) "You cannot
have it. You shall not," from the woman at the gate.
Nevertheless, Stifel rode away with the flag in possession.
The rest is short. The husband of the woman at the gate
was not at home when the troops entered, but as he watched,
seeing them halted in front of the house, he rushed on the
scene with his bird gun in liaiul. His intention was to lay
low the entire regiment with this. Before he could fire 1
pressed down the barrel of the gun as he sighted. This took
both hands to do. The flag fell to the ground and was picked
up by some of the Dutch. The little thing was later sent to
St. Louis as a trophy of war, and an account of its hazardous
and brilliant capture appeared in an army report.
Stifel, as had been done by the Southerners, established his
headquarters at Masonic College. He was soon joined there
by Lieutenant Colonel White at the head of a regiment. By
the 25th of .-Xugust there had been added to these five com-
panies of militia and two battalions of the 1st Illinois Cavalry.
under Colonel Marshall. And now the military occupation of
the place was complete, and martial law ruled in the arrest
and imprisonment of citizens, the diversion of private prop-
erty to army uses, and the wreaking of private vengeance often
mulcr the guise of military necessity.
After the coming of Colonel Marshall, there was inau-
gurated the destruction of the magnificent grove of primeval
forest trees on the college campus and circle of surrounding
bluffs. The earthworks which later fortified the place were
begun, and a look of getting ready for something was over
every one. The town was continually spotted with blue uni-
forms, there was much double-quick movement all about, and
tlie ceaseless sound of fife and drum fairly saturated the air
with the strains of "The Girl I Left Behind Me."
This pageant of preparation meant something, and early in
September was to be heard — one knew not from whence, so in-
definite was the whisper — that General Price was on his way
back to Lexington, and that we would soon see the criinson
side of war. Of this our foes had better information, for
now came Mulligan at the head of the "Irish Brigade," short-
ly to be followed by Major VanHorn and Colonel Peabody
with their commands.
Much hurried work w'as now done upon the intrenchments.
On the east, from which side only could a possible charge of
cavalry be made, a perfect checkerboard of pits was dug, and
on the south was placed a death-dealing powder mine, ready
for explosion of a charge made from that quarter.
By this time it was easy for us to gain information of the
movements of the rapidly approaching Southerners. The ad-
v.ince of our army was already encamped at the fair grounds,
and the thin line of Federal pickets was not difficult to evade.
While General Price waited at the fair grounds for the com-
ing of his ammunition wagons. Mulligan pressed forward
with all possible haste the completion of his defenses, and dur-
ing this time of waiting eager men outside, some of whom
had families in town, made daily dashes into the streets, ex-
changing shots with the enemy and galloping out again. In
one of these daring and useless e.xploits I saw a friend go
down under a cluster of bayonets, unhorsed, and wounded
many times. This was the gallant Withrow, who later died
of his wounds in Gratiot Street prison, St. Louis. During
these days of waiting opportunity was given and proclamation
made for all noncombatants who wished to seek a place of
safety to do so. Crowds of frightened women and children
look refuge in welcoming country houses, and at night, while
the battle raged in tow-n, slept upon pallets spread over the
floors of their entertainers.
The 17th of September might have been a day to reckon
from because of its exceeding perfection of charm in mellow
softness and sunshine, and this was the date of the supreme
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event, the opening of tlic battle in earnest. By ten o'clock in
the morning the Confederate standards were seen approaching
from the south side of town, and the welcome, exhilarating
sound of "Dixie" came ringing clear through the gold of the
day. I was on the upper portico of the Third Street home
watching, and was so radiantly glad of events that a galloping
federal picket on the run my way resented it to the extent of
reining in his horse to fire upon me. It was a close range,
and I would have been killed, I think, had not my sister, Mrs.
Martin, thrown her weight upon me, leveling me upon the
floor. .\ deep nick in the brick still remains to mark the place
where the bullet struck the wall.
As events moved on an uncontrollable impatience to see
took possession of us, and a group of three — Mrs. Dr. Fox,
Mrs. Martin, and myself — ran up to the corner of Main Street
and Broadway. What we saw when there was a wonderfully
orderly army, without uniform of any kind, and armed, as in
June, with the old guns and fowling pieces of times of peace.
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.\NOTHER SCENE OX .\ WII>E STREET IN M.\CON.
In the investment of the Federal position General Rnins"s
division went into place on the east of the college, having
Bledsoe's Battery with him. General Parson's line was drawn
;dong the length of Main Street, and was met at its extreme
western end by General Slack's division, which column mov-
ing into position was what we tlirce saw on reaching the
corner of Main Street. General Harris's command was
stretched along the river in touch with General Parsons on
one side and with General Rains on the other. This com-
pleted the cordon. General Harris was accompanied through-
out by Kneisley's Battery. Bledsoe's Battery was placed on
the east of the fort. 1 have never known the position of Cap-
tain Clark's two guns nor that of Captain Kelley's three dur-
ing the li.ittle. but Guibor's Battery moved from place to
place as most needed.
And now the investment was complete, and the gage of bat-
tle given in a demand upon Mulligan for surrender.
"\f you want us, come and take us," was the re|ily.
.■\iul now Guibor's Battery was sent rushing down to the in-
tersection of 1 bird and Pine Street, and at once pandemonium
broke loose.
"We will fight presently. Hadn't you better get away some-
where?" a thoughtful soldier had earlier said to us in pass-
ing. And we did obey far enough to leave our position, but
1 was still in the street in front of the family residence and
just tliree squ.ires from Guibor's Battery wlicn the first ter-
rific crash of cannon and tlnmder of guns rolled over the
town. Fast and furious bombs and balls hurtled and screeched
into the citadel and from there into town. On this first after-
noon the bombardment was so heavy the thunder of the guns
was heard at Carrollton, thirty miles away, and General
Sturgis, who was marching to Mulligan's relief on the north
side of the river, turned back from the far-reaching roar and
came not at all, though he was seen through glasses from the
college observatory and most anxiously longed for.
When now shot and shell began to plow through houses,
and bombs from the citadel were exploding all around, many
people who had stayed in their homes from a courage born
of ignorance took refuge in their cellars, where they ate,
slept, wept, laughed, and hoped while the fight went on out-
side. It must have been that the first volleys from the in-
trenchmenls did deadly work, for not long after the opening
roar of the guns men crimsoned by war's red touch began to
be borne to places of shelter. Private houses were opened to
receive them, and in some instances limbs were amputated on
dining tables, on parlor floors, and in one case an arm was
removed while the owner lay stretched on the top of a piano
This first day the firing slopped at nightfall, and those of
us who could sleep took the uneasy slumber of uncertainty
.-.nd distress. Next morning our house gave an early break-
fast to m.my nun mider arms, tired and hungry, going past.
The guns had taken up their hiss and roar again at daylight.
.At noon an old friend. Gen. Lockland McLean, took time
from going about the field to run in and ask for a dinner.
.\ little later Lon Slayback came in to see if we daring ones
were safe, and I think went back to the fight satisfied that
we could stand fire without flinching.
Since the occupation of the college site for defenses the
residence of Colonel Anderson, which was inclosed by the
western redoulit, had been in use as a Federal hospital. The
advantages of the situation afforded by the shelter of the
house, together w'ith the misuse of the position being made by
the enemy, determined the Southerners upon its capture. This
could only be done by a running charge without the use of
arms, the place being a hospital. Daring as the venture was,
it was undertaken by Lafayette, Ray, and Carroll men, under
General Harris. 'Ibis was done about noon on the second day
of the battle, and the successful Southerners atoned to the
captured sick of the enemy by every care and gentleness.
I had but to go into the street from my own door to be
able to command a view of College Place and surroundings,
and a single square f.irther on gave me opportunities of
coup d'oeil over the south side of the battle field a general
might have used to advantage. I was there for what could
be seen when Mulligan's Irish retook the hospital about three
o'clock of the s;ime day of its capture. I was looking in that
direction when the double line of as.saulting, firing (for the
F'ederals used their arms upon their own hospital, notwith-
standing our side had not) men from the citadel sprang into
sight on tlic top of the embankments, swarming, pouring over
in a yelling charge. And how fast they fell and lay in a long
blue line along the hill ! \N'e were told afterwards by some
of tliose inside at the time that this sortie was oivly achieved
by the agency of whisky. The Dutch had said, "It iss not goot
to go oud," and upon an all-roimd reluctance to take the hazard
the Irish of Mulligan were made br.ive enough by a liberal
ration of the fiery stimulant. Let this be believed because of
what followed. The recapture of the building was so quickly
done that some of the Confederates fell into the hands of the
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enerr.y. All these were ruthlessly massacred at once. But one
prisoner escaped their crimson fury. This was Captain Man-
sur, of Carrollton, who saved his life by creeping under the
blanket of a sick Federal who lay upon the floor.
A final recapture of the house was made by the Southerners
an hour or two later. The truth in regard to the fate of com-
rades so lately left there was not known until the again vic-
torious besiegers poured into the building to find, not living
men, but crucified bodies in all stages of savage mutilation.
One of these was the body of Fayette Quarles, a man so
young that he was but yesterday a boy. The palms of his
hands had been ground away by bayonets, and a still greater
unfortunate had eyes torn out by these points of steel.
Whether these savage atrocities were perpetrated before or
after the killing of the victims will remain forever unknown
except to their perpetrators.
The niph' which closed this sad day was a lurid one. Hot
shell liom the citadel had set on fire some frame houses in
town, and huge columns of smoke and flame luridly purpled
the sky and turned the world into a place of strange horrors.
I can recall no heavy cannonading on Friday, the third day
of the fight. Instead, there was a ceaseless sharp cracking of
rifles to be heard throughout the day. The possessors of
those squirrel guns, with a light addition of rifles, were doing
galling work with them. Hidden behind every tree, stump.
bank of earth, even up in the branches of the trees, the owners
of small arms did deadliest work. This was kept up all
day, and must have been more galling to the besieged than
the cannonading had been; for when all was over and an
account from inside gained, we heard that many hasty and
shallow burials were made after night fell on this day. In
strolling about the inside of the defenses a few weeks later I
saw evidences of this in a human foot pathetically protruding
from a shallow mound which had evidently been lieaped over
a body laid upon the surface of the ground.
During the twilight of this day a part of General Harris's
division inaugurated the beginning of the end by rolling the
baled hemp from Colonel Anderson's warehouse up the bluff
to serve next day as a movable breastworks. They slept be-
hind their movable defenses that night, and next morning all
the hemp from the McGrew and Sedgwick warehouses was
added to them, and the end began. On this morning Bled-
soe's Battery tried to tear up the earth. It thundered away
so fiercely and continuously that great holes were ripped in
the walls of the college, and the already shattered boarding
house seemed likely to fall in a heap on its foundations.
The hemp bales continued to crawl up the bluff on the
river side of the works, and the guns inside seemed to be
centered in that direction at last. Soon a short line of liemp
bales flushed with the outer intrenchments. Men sprang
from behind into the lace of the enemy, overran the defenses
on that side, and planted a Confederate flag under the eyes
of the citadel. Over they poured in numbers, to sec the white
flag of surrender run up on the Federal staff.
Fought and won was the battle, but the aftermath was sad.
There were dead and wounded to be left behind when our
army marched away again. Some of these sleep a last sleep
in our cemetery; some were afterwards removed by relatives
in other places. And with the going of our army we fell soon
again under the power of the Federal military, and they were
as Turks or Russians, or the two combined. But this does
not belong to the account of the battle.
SEl'EX FIXES.
WILLIAM V. IZL.\R, ORANGEBURG, S. C.
Beneath a long mound by trees hid away,
O'erhung by low, drooping vines.
Brave heroes in gray lie sleeping to-day
On the battlefield of Seven Pines.
No stone marks the spot in the swaying pines;
No comrade now their names can tell;
But buried close up to the enemy's lines.
All accoutercd, just as they fell.
No low, mournful dirge was chanted o'er,
In silence they laid them to rest;
But borne on the breeze was the battle's roar.
The sun sinking low in the west.
Now hushed is the drummer boy's rattle.
The fife and the trumpet are still ;
No sound save the lowing of cattle
Or note of a lone whippoorwill.
But when that last trumpet is sounded.
The herald of earth's final day.
They will rise with arms buckled round them,
These matchless warriors in gray.
[In sending the foregoing the author writes: "On a recent
visit to the battle field of Seven Pines I was shown by the
guide a long, low mound, under which he informed me quite
a number of Confederate soldiers were buried. This circum-
stance and the scenes inspired the verses herein inclosed.]
MISSISSIPPI DIVISION, U. D. C.
BV MRS. S. E. F. ROSE, PRESIDENT, WEST POINT, MISS.
The sixteenth annual Convention of the Mississippi Division,
U. D. C, will be held in the historic city of Natchez, begin-
ning the first Tuesday in May, 1912. This promises to be one
of the most interesting and notable meetings in the history of
the Division. The conflict in dates (May 7-9) with the Re-
union is deeply regretted, as it will prevent many of the Mis-
sissippi Daughters from meeting with our honored veterans.
This date being specified in the constitution of the Mississippi
Division, U. D. C, it could not be changed.
All reports at the Natchez Convention will prove that the
Mississippi Division bears the hallmark of progress. "The
New Member Contest," inaugurated by the President for the
sole purpose of increasing the strength and influence of the
Division, has aroused the greatest enthusiasm. It was a ven-
ture at first, but its success has been greater than we could
have ever dared hope for, but is only characteristic of the
progressive spirit that abounds in our ranks. This new-bom
spirit of enthusiasm which is so manifest promises great
things for the future of the Division.
Many monuments have been erected during the past year
and many new Chapters organized, and the Mississippi Di-
vision is throbbing with life and interest in the glorious work
and noble purposes of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacv.
There are no marks of any kind at the graves of Richard
Waterhouse (19th Texas) or H. P. Mabry at Jefferson, Tex.
These two officers are remembered as brigadier generals, and
yet there has been a question as to whether they received com-
missions as such. General Mabry was for a long time a bri-
gade commander.
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THE W. W. BERRY RESIDENCE.
On battle line of NasliviUe — occupied by the Confederates. This is one of
the most advanced positions occu, ied during the battle.
GOVERNMENT PENSIONS TO CONFEDERATES.
Address by Judge Walter Clark at Charlotte, X. C.
[Chief Justice Walter Clark, of North Carolina, was in
Charlotte on March 9 as the guest of Mecklenburg Camp. U.
C. v., whom he addressed at the new hall. Many Dau.ghters
of the Confederacy were present. Judge Clark's speech was
heard with great interest. Commander W. Mc. Smith, of the
Camp, presented Mr. E. R. Preston, of the local bar, who in
turn introduced Judge Clark. Mr. Preston referred to Judge
Clark as North Carolina's best-known citizen. Mr. Preston
considered it remarkable that, occupyng a postion which
closes his mouth to discussion of many public questions, "the
simple greatness of the man" had brought him wide recogni-
tion by the sheer force of his intellect. He mentioned Judge
Clark as the originator of the phrase : "First at Bethel, far-
thest: at Gettysburg, and last at Appomattox." For twelve long
years without a penny of recompense, even for the stamps on
the five thousand letters he sent out, he had compiled the rec-
ords of the Nortli Carolina troops to such perfection as to
abash the other States of the South. Judge Clark's speech was
entirely non-political, although he is a candidate for the United
States Senate. It was an address for the occasion strictly. He
told in brief the story of North Carolina, and he favored Fed-
eral pensions for Confederates. The following from the
Charlotte Observer may seem slightly extravagant in figures,
but tlie Veteran's principles are vividly set forth and careful
consideration is recommended. — Editor Veteran.]
If the nation looks to Philadelphia as the cradle of inde-
pendence and of liberty, we, in North Carolina at least, shall
always look to Charlotte in Mecklenburg County as the earlier
birthplace of independence. Our hearts swell with gladness
whenever we name it.
It has been nearly fifty-one years since North Carolina,
resuming her sovereignty, took her stand with her sister South-
ern States beneath a new fla,g. More than four decades and a
half have passed since, wreathed around with laurel and with
cypress, that banner passed into the eternal silence, where live
forever the deathless dead.
North Carolina sent forth more than 125.000 stalw^art sons to
make her declaration good. More than one-third (43,000)
came not back again. Dead by the fire of battle, dead by
wounds, dead by disease, from exposure and hardship. 43.000
of our bravest and best arc sleeping their last sleep at Gettys-
burg, at Vicksburg, at Chickamauga, at Charleston, in the
swamps of the Chickahoniiny, around Petersburg, in the val-
ley of Virginia, and wdierever in that ring of fire that encircled
the Confederacy we faced the fearful odds that slowly but
steadily drove us inward. In the four decades and a half which
have since passed the leaden hail of the years has driven great
gaps in the ranks of the survivors. Another third — and perhaps
half of the remaining third — have joined their comrades in the
great bivouac of the dauntless host of the 125,000 North
Carolinians who carried on their bayonet points the fortune of
the Confederacy as well as the fame and honor of North
Carolina. Of these, less than 20,000 are still with us.
Comparison with Other Countries.
In 1872 France and Germany went to war. Their popula-
tion was about equal to thirty-eight millions each. Each had
an army of 400,000 men already equipped for war. The army
of France was inspired by remembering the glories of Na-
poleon, and that of Germany by the victories of Frederick the
Great. In six months the German army had captured Paris
and 1,000,000 French troops, and France had surrendered to
the enemy two great provinces and agreed to pay a war in-
demnity of one thousand millions of dollars.
In 1861, when our war began, the South had no govern-
ment. It had to create one. It had not a soldier and not a
dollar. It had to raise an army, organize, equip, and feed it
It had to make a treasury and fill it. It had no arsenals, no
powder, and but few- guns. These things had to be made.
The enemy had twenty-four million people to our six mil-
lion, and many of these colored. They had an army and navy
organized. They had an overflowing treasury and ready ac-
cess to the outside world, from which they drew recruits to
their ranks and supplies of every kind. When they lost a
soldier, killed or w-ounded, they could fill his place with three
more. When we lost a man, there was no other to take his
place. They put 3,000.000 soldier in the field, while we man-
aged first and last to put into line 600,000.
It took the Germans six months to overcome the French,
a brave and martial race and their equal in numbers. It took
the North four years to travel the one hundred and seventeen
miles bctvieen Washington and Richmond against a people
and an army one-fourth their own in numbers, yet again and
again they were on the point of failure. Had Albert Sidney
Johnston's life been spared one hour longer at Shiloh, Grant
and Sherman, with the army under their command, would have
been prisoners. Had Stonewall Jackson not been struck by
a bullet from one of our own men at Chancellorsville, Hook-
c's armv would have been cut oflf from United States ford
and made prisoners. Either event would have ended the war
like a clap of thunder. The valor of our soldiers and the
genius of our generals were equal to success. They did not
command it only because an infinitely greater power than that
which the enemy controlled willed it otherwise. As Napier
said of Napoleon : "Fortune, that name for the unknown com-
binations of an infinite power, was wanting to us, and without
her aid the designs of men are as bubbles on a troubled ocean."
You can measure the magnitude of our struggle in another
way. In the great war of the Revolution, in which we won
our independence from Great Britain, the patriots during the
entire seven years left only 1,735 men dead on the field of
battle, and we would have been beaten but for the help of
France. In the War of 1812. our second war with Great
Britain, we had only 1,235 killed outright, though that war
saved us to the country beyond the Mississippi; and in the war
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with Mexico, which united to us Texas, California, and the
great territory lying between them, one-third of the Union,
we lost only 1,047 nien killed. In our war Xorth Carolina
alone had 5,016 men killed in battle, and incliuling the deaths
from wounds, 14,000. Add to those the deaths from disease,
this State lost more than 42,000 men.
In the long centuries that are to come legend and song in
this fair Southland will keep bright the story of the Confed-
erate soldier. His memory will sparkle in the fountain, and
the mountain peaks will recall remembrance of his marches.
Posterity will recall too the simple faith and courage with
which when the end came you turned your faces homeward,
and there, picking up the web of life where the sword had cut
it, you began again where you had left ofT four years before.
Your pow-erful aid dissipated the evil influences that came
over your native land. You raised up the broken and dis-
carded statues of law and order and replaced them with
honor upon their pedestals. You cleared your fields of the
brambles that had grown up and your government of the bad
men who had climbed to power. At your bidding prosperity
again started the hum of its w^heels, and honor and integrit\-
became again the attendants of your public service.
You did all this and more that will stand to your ever-
lasting honor. In the strenuous struggle of 1861-65 you were
faithful to the highest ideals of the soldier, and in the years
following you were equal to the highest duties of a citizen.
Patriotism is not with you an acquirement to be laid aside at
will. It is a part of your very existence. The stress of years
and the storm of battle have reduced your numbers and en-
feebled your steps. The heads of the survivors have whitened
with the snows that never melt; but your patriotism has not
diminished with your numbers or your strength, and the
State has no sons more jealous of her honor or more obedient
to her laws.
Tme United States Should Pension Confeder.-\tes.
Since the war this country has paid in pensions and to Sol-
diers' Homes for Federal soldiers altogether $4,500,000,000.
Of this, $1,500,000,000 has been paid by the people of the
South, and of this over $115,000,000 has been paid by the peo-
ple of this State. As nearly all this goes North, it has aided
vastly to keep us poor in our poverty. The South has paid
a far heavier war indemnity than France paid to Germany.
The United States pension list has been padded extravagantly
to keep up an excuse for a high tariff.
The soldiers who fought for the Northern States have been
rewarded. Those of the Southern States have received only
what we in our poverty could do for them. The North has
shown neither generosity nor magnanimity — not even modera-
tion in this.
Speaking here in Charlotte in August, igog. to the State
Veterans' Association, I stated the fact not only that the
South had been kept poor by this enormous and unjust war
contribution, the heaviest in all history, but that there being
no way to repeal it the only just way, the only possible way
to relieve our people of the South and of North Carolina
from the imposition, was to place the Confederate veterans
and the widows of our deceased comrades upon the United
States pension roll. There is no reason why this should not
have been done long since. Certainly there is none why it
should not be done now after more than half a century. When
the war broke out. a majority of the States took the Northern
side, and the soldiers in the Union army fought on that side
because Massachusetts and New York and Ohio and the other
States on that side so ordered it.
The soldiers from Virginia, from North Carolina, and the
other Southern States fought on this side for the same reason.
For nearly half a century the States have been reunited and
have been paying money into a common treasurj-. There is no
reason why the money paid toward a pension fund from North
Carolina should not come back to this State for the benefit
of North Carolina soldiers and tlieir widows and for the
benefit of merchants and farmers who furnish them with sup-
plies. There is no reason why the merchants and farmers in
the Northern States should on pension day receive in pay-
ment from Union veterans and their widows not only the
money raised for pensions throughout the wealthy Northern
States but should also receive the money paid into that fund
by the impoverished South.
There are politicians who are always quick to throw us
bouquets and lavish high-sounding words upon us but who
do nothing else for us. They are quick to say that the South-
ern soldier is too proud to receive a Yankee pension. We
should make them understand that North Carolina pays $4,-
000,000 a year into the treasury for pensions and the South
some $40,000,000 annually, and that we are asking in simple
justice that our own money should come back to us for the
benefit of our veterans and their widows and our people at
large. North Carolina pays annually to her veterans and their
widows $400,000. and at the same time we are paying $4,000,-
000 as our State's share for pensions for the Union veterans
and their widows ; so that where we pay $1 to the men who
fought for us we are paying $10 to the men who fought
against us.
I am in earnest when I say that we should have more man-
hood and less humilitv. It would be more in accordance with
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the character of our people. If we should insist on justice in
this matter, all the Confederate veterans should now be on
the pension roll on equal terms with the soldiers from the
Northern States. Why not? A Confederate soldier is now
Chief Justice of the United States. The Southern colonels
and generals have been made Federal judges, Congressmen,
Senators, and appointed to various other ofifices.
The mass of the Confederate soldiers now living were boys
under twenty. Why should they alone be banned, while
their colonels and generals have been drawing high Federal
pay, and llic people of the South have been paying their full
share to the pensions awarded men from other States who
went into the war for the .same reason that our boys went —
I. e., because their States called for them.
My review of the record of the soldiers of Mecklenburg
County has been necessarily brief and imperfect. May I not
suggest that before it is too late some son or daughter of
your county should write the story of the soldiers from
Mecklenburg in the great war, where they went, and what
they did? Such writer could take the official reports and from
the lips of these veterans take down the living details which
will clothe the dry narrative with life, color, and complexion.
;ind breathe into it the breath of life. When that work is done,
it will relied eternal honor on the county and the people who
furnished such soldiers and on the loving hand that thus re-
corded great deeds nobly done.
'■THE AXTE BELLUM H-QMAN."
AN ACROSTIC BY MRS. S. t. F. ROSE, PRESIDENT MISSISSIPPI
MVISIO.V, U. D. C, WEST POINT, MISS.
T-hough many moons have waned and many years have passed,
H-ow oft in tender musings we behold as in a glass
l'"-ver a lovely picture of an old plantation home !
.\-mong the lilacs and the lilies our thoughts delight to roam.
X-o wonder as we ponder o'er the scenes of other days
T-he woman of the South appears, inspiring all our lays.
K-ach home in Dixieland was guided by a gentle hand :
R-righter far her crown than any princess in the land.
K-ach jewel in her diadem sparkled with genuine worth,
L-ove. wisdom, honor, strength, and honest pride of birth.
I.-o! her husband praised, her children called her "blest;"
L'-ndcr her roof tree strangers found welcome with the rest.
M-any servants did her bidding; they found her always kind.
W-oman of the South, thou art gentleness and strength com-
bined.
0-nward with mighty strides the world moves on apace.
M-any movements startle us; we pause and see a smiling face—
.■\ woman, pure in thought and deed; her life was e'er serene;
X-o laurel wreath is needed; her good name remains supreme.
MISS (iRArr. I.UMPKIN.
Who M.ule an Effrclivi- Pleii al I.illle Umk for Reuni mi at Macon, Ga.
STREET SIGXS TO TEACH HISTORY.
Paris intends to make the streets of the beautiful city of
France "teach history to Paris children." The municipal coun-
cil is expected to pass a bill requiring that the historical sig-
nificance and dates of events .shall be added to street name
signs. The streets are already placarded plainly with while
letters on a blue background not only at every street intersec-
tion but on every angle of every building on every corner.
Practically every important street in the city is named in
honor of some famous man or victory. Future signs, there-
fore, will read: "Rue Rivoli, French Victory in 1797;" "Ave-
nue Victor Hugo, French Poet and Xovelist, 1802-1885;" "Rue
Lincoln, Famous President of the United States, 1809-1865."
"The picturesque and varied streets of Paris furnish a good
education," said Paul Fscadics, a deputy, who is the promoter
of the idea. "The street names are mementos of our history —
literary, scientific, artistic, political, and military. The com-
mittee on Parisian inscriptions base placed marble tablets on
the houses where illustrious men and women have been born
and where they have lived and died."
Mrs. Medora Merchant Little writes from Oak Cliflf, D.illas
County, Te.x.. while sending the above data to the Veteran :
"What a perpetual monument to our great men, and particu-
l.irly om- beloved Confederates, it would be if every capital
would follow Paris, France, and rename its streets and make
them historical! The names of those who served their coun-
try should live forever. I would be proud if the CoNFEnERATE
Veteran would champion this method of teaching future
.generations the history of Dixieland. This would keep alive
in the memory of future generations the .gallant deeds of our
beloved dead more lasting than the cold m.irble monuments
that tlie hand of time can crumble."
I The foregoing recalls the name of a street in Xashville
substituted for a name in disrepute. It is "Joe Johnson." evi-
dently intended for the beloved Gen. Joseph F. Johnston, but.
the "t" in the name has ever been omitted. This mention of
error in name is the first seen in print, by the writer at least.
Let "the city beautiful" authorities correct this shocking error.]
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Mrs. J. D. Roberdeau.
Mrs. J. D. Roberdeau died at her home, in Austin, Tex.,
April 10, igil. She was Miss Willie S. McCormick, the
oldest daughter of W. B. and Ann Virginia (Millan) Mc-
Cormick. She was born in Fairfax County, Va., April 3,
1845, and her family moved to Colorado County, Tex., just
before the war. In November, 1865, she was married to J. D.
Roberdeau, captain of Company B, 5th Texas Regiment,
Hood's Te.xas Brigade.
From childhood she was a devout member of the Methodist
Church, and for many years an earnest worker in the Albert
Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. IDS, U. D. C, of Austin. She
served her Chapter well ; she was Vice President two terms
and then President of the Chapter. She was State Treasurer
of the Confederate Woman's Home Fund and State Chair-
man of the .Arlington Confederate Monument Association
since its inception.
Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell paid the following beautiful tribute
to her memory ; "The Daughters of the Confederacy to-day
mourn the loss of one of their loyal and earnest workers in
the death of our beloved Mrs. J. D. Roberdeau, of Aust.
Tex., State Chairman of the Arlington Monument Committee.
Mrs. Roberdeau had served the Daughters of the Confederacy
since its earliest organization as President of the Albert
Sidney Johnston Chapter of Austin and upon most important
committees in State and general work of the Texas Division,
U. D. C. Always at the helm, ready for duty with a true
devotion to the cause she loved so well, her honesty and in-
tegrity, her careful dispatch of business, and, in fact, every
page of her beautiful life will serve as an example for others.
She was foremost in the Albert Sidney Johnston Monument
Committee work, and from the inception of the Confed-
erate Woman's Home gave her time, labor, and funds to this
noble cause. There was never a battle too strong for her to
forge to the front for the right. She never swerved from a
purpose just and deserving, even though public favors might
have been weighed in the balance on the other side. Loving to
friends, devoted to her cause, strong and true in every line,
she was magnanimous enough to have been just to a foe, if
such might have ever crossed her pathway. Again I say, let
us take her life as an example to the Texas Division, U. D.
C, and all womankind may well afford to hold such charac-
ters up as beacon lights in this mortal life of ours. As Chair-
man of the Arlington Monument Committee, none feel her
loss more than I, since we have worked together from the
beginning of the organization of the Arlington Association,
and with you, dear, kind friends, I beg to stand in grief and
sorrow over your serious loss. With memories ever dear,
she will live with me until the end."
Capt. a. J. Pryor.
The death of Capt. A. J. Pryor at East Prairie, Mo., on
March It, 1912, removed one of the oldest settlers in Mis-
sissippi County. He was born in Graves County, Ky., in
1833, and used to go to Southeast Missouri on hunting trips.
and some forty years ago he settled there permanently. He
served in the Confederate army as captain of a company of the
3d Kentucky Infantry. He was shot through a lung in the
battle of Brice's Crossroads, and it was thought that this old
wound accelerated the disease, pneumonia, which was so quick-
ly fatal. He was never married, but had made his home with
Lon Bumpas at East Prairie for several years. The body was
buried at Maytield, Ky., by the Graves County Camp of Con-
federate Veterans.
Benjamin Q. Ward.
Pioneer, citizen, and veteran of two wars, Benjamin Q.
Ward died in San Antonio, Tex., on February 26, 1912. He
was born in Palmyra, Mo., in 1827, went to Texas in 1851, and
located on Caranchua Bay. This place continued to be his home,
and near by, at a spot overlooking the bay, his body rests.
At the age of seven-
teen he enlisted for
the Mexican War,
serving under Gen.
Sterling Price, after
which he went to
California in 1849 to
search for gold.
When the War of the
States broke out, he
went to the front as
an officer in Company
D, Waller's Bat-
talion, Green's Bri-
gade.
The funeral of this
good man was unique,
his expressed desire
being followed by his
family. The casket
was of Confederate
gray. After an ad-
dress by Hon. L. T.
Wells, "Dixie" was
played on the piano.
A Confederate flag was carried by a foster son, leading the
cortege. The Daughters of the Confederacy and members of
William R. Scurry Camp, of Victoria, met the train bearing
the remains and placed on the casket their offerings. In clos-
ing his remarks at the grave Judge Wells said : "In all his
undertakings, in war, in camp, in the mines, at home or abroad,
he measured up to the standard of a real man."
Tribute to the Late Judge Latham.
At a meeting of the water commissioners in Memphis an
excellent portrait of Judge T. J. Latham was accepted by
the commissioners with formal expressions of thanks and
appreciation. The commissioners acknowledged their obliga-
tion for the enterprising spirit in which he ventured upon
and developed what is the largest waterworks system in the
world dependent for its supply upon deep wells. At the
inception of the project a new and untried field was entered
upon, and the work was brought to a successful termination
largely through the generalship of Judge Latham as the
chief executive officer of the company, and is regarded a.^
a monument to his memory.
The Secretary, Sanford Morrison, sends the thanks and
appreciation of the city commissioners.
B. Q. ward.
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Charles D. Eastland.
Charles DeBrille Eastland died at Lake Como, Fla., Febru-
ary 5, 1912. He went from Louisville, Miss., in November
previous. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia. He
had many friends and was very popular with children. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and
was seventy-seven years old. He is survived by a brother,
Wm. Eastland, of Oklahoma, and adopted sister at Lake Como.
Corporal Benjamin L. Dyer.
Benjamin L. Dyer was born October 6, 1835; and died
July I, 191 1, at his home, in Opelika, Ala. His wife, who
was Miss Elizabeth R. Richards, daughter of Judge Evan G.
Richards, with two daughters and three sons, survives him.
Comrade Dyer was a member of Company A (Capt.iin
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COKl'ORAL B. L. DYER.
Farmer), 5th Texas Regiment, Hood's Texas Brigade. He
enlisted July 19, 1861. for the war. He was wounded in battle
near Sharpsburg, Md., and at Gaines's Mill, September 16,
1862, from which he lost his right log and was honorably
discharged from military service of the Confederate States
at Loudon, Tenn., in November following.
Richard B. Alley.
The death of Richard B. Alley occurred on March 6, 1912.
Though Mr. Alley had been failing in health for a year, his
decline was more rapid than his friends had anticipated, the
end coming quietly after an illness of ten days.
As a Confederate soldier Mr. Alley was distinguished for
bravery. The Montgomery (Va.) Messenger quotes the fol-
lowing incident from an article in the Veteran which referred
to his courage, etc. : "In December, 1864, General Forrest en-
gaged the Federals near Murfreesboro, when the onslaught of
the enemy was so fierce that the Confederate lines began to
waver. General Forrest, seeing the danger, seized the colors
wherever he could reach them, and carrying them himself tried
with them to check the retreat of his men. Riding up to the
S4th Virginia Regiment, he said to the color bearer. Richard
Alley, 'll.ind me your flag.' Though barefooted, thinly clad, and
shivering in the December wind. Alley, scarcely more than a
lad, holding tightly his flag, replied ; 'General Forrest, I can
take care of my flag; just show me where to put it.' Pointing
to some hills crowned with Federal batteries, the General
said : 'Put it there.' The flag was planted where ordered,
and, reenforced by the regiments, the hill was taken. General
Forrest never forgot the color bearer of the 54th Virginia
Regiment as 'that Httle fellow that totes his own flag.' "
Comrade Alley had been a resident of Montgomery County
for over thirty years. During a part of this period he taught
school at different places, but in recent years had lived on his
farm near Rogers, Va. He is survived by his wife and nine
children. A member of the Presbyterian Church for many
years, he died in faith of the redeeming grace of Jesus Christ.
The funeral was conducted at Union Valley Church by Rev.
E. E. Lane, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Christian-
burg, Va., and was largely attended. The burial service at
the grave was conducted by the Masonic order.
Dr. David Tilton Fenley.
Dr. David Fenley was born in Fleming County, Ky., Sep-
tember 10, 1834; and died August 5, 191 1, at the home of his
son, Otis Fenley, in Presidio County, Tex. He was twice
married: first, to Miss Mary Jane Jones, of Kentucky, and
again to Miss Emeline Wells, of Tennessee. He is survived
by his w-idow and five sons and one married daughter. Four
children died in infancy. Dr. Finley studied medicine and
practiced his profession..
lie enlisted in the Confederate service early in 1861 under
(ancral Price in Missouri as surgeon, and served until cap-
tured in 1864. He was sixteen months in prison at Alton, 111.
.■\t an early age he joined the Christian Church, of which he
was a consistent member until death. He was a Master
Mason, a devoted husband and father, a good citizen and
man. His predominant trait was his love for his fellow man.
He was a member of Valvcrde Camp, Roswell, N. Mex.
Judge W. W. Marcum.
Judge William W. Marcum, a member of Camp Garnett,
No. 902, United Confederate Veterans, at Huntington, W.
Va., died on January 15, 1912, at his home, in Ccredo, W. Va.
He was born in Wayne County, Va. (now West Virginia), on
December 12, 1844, and ■it the age of seventeen he enlisted in
Company K, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Jenkins's Brigade. His
captain was Joseph M. Ferguson and his colonel was James
M. Corns.
From tlie date of his enlistment in the fall of 1861 to the
close of the war he served continuously in the same command,
and made a distinguished record as a soldier. Whether in
camp or on the battle field, his conduct always commanded
the respect and admiration of his comrades.
After the close of the war, he studied law, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in the State of Kentucky, where he filled
official positions of responsibility and importance. Later he
removed from Kentucky to Wayne County, W. Va., and pur-
sued the practice of his profession, and was subsequently
elected judge, which position he filled with distinction until
the close of the term. He then returned to the practice of
law, in which he was eminently successful, and in which he
was actively engaged until his death. He was a member of
the West Virginia Legislature at the time of his death as a
Representative from Wayne County,
For forty years he was an active member of the M. E.
Church, South, and died with the Christian's hope.
[By J. N. Potts and Wayne P. Ferguson, committee.]
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^Ia.t. George O. F.lms.
George Osborn Elms was born at Rock Island. Canada.
November 12, iS.'^i. At the age of six years tlie family moved
to Lyman, X. H.
In 18.S2 George Elms caine South, working as a civil engi-
neer and surveyor on railroad work, which was at that time
in its infancy. He was employed as civil engineer on the
first railroad built in Alabama. During the next few- years
he was employed on railroad construction work in that State.
in Mississippi, and in other States.
Mr. Elms settled in Louisiana preceding the War of the
States. He enlisted at Opelousas. St. Landry Parish, April
6, 1862, having walked from Lake Charles to Opelousas. He
was a private in Company A, 28th Louisiana Infantry, under
Col. Allen Thomas. [The company was also called the 27th.]
He was made a sergeant on April g, 1862. and an adjutant of
the regiment on May 3, 1862.
Lieutenant Elms was captured July 4. 186,?. in the fall of
Vicksburg. He was exchanged at Enterprise, Miss., in No-
vember, 1863, and was again captured September 17, 1S64, on
the Mississippi River. He was taken to Fort Warren, Boston,
and there held as a prisoner of war until exchanged at Rich-
mond, Va.. March 22, 1865, w-hen he immediately qualified as
first lieutenant of the corps of engineers, P. A. C. A., having
been appointed November 3, 1864, and served until .April 27,
1865, the end of the war. He was a stanch defender of the
Confederacy, and never tired of going over the history of the
conflict.
Mr. Elms was wedded to Miss M.iry E. Barker at Wash-
ington. St. Landry Parish, February 24, 1870. Mrs. Elms died
in 1898. The surviving children of this union are: Mrs. J. W.
Rohrer, Lake Charles; Charles S. Elms, New Orleans; George
E. Elms, Shreveport ; Mrs. N. D. Bulloch, Harry N., Misses
Sallie and Estelle Elms, of Lake Charles.
Major Elms was prominent as a Mason, and had been iden-
tified with the order since 1854. He had successively held
many high offices in the order. The funeral was largely at-
tended and by old citizens who had known the deceased in
his earliest connection with this community and who had
fought with him in the Confederate service.
EZEKIEL M. EZEKIEL.
Comrade E. M. Ezekiel died in Springfield, Mass., March
27, 1912. He was a brother of Sir Moses Ezekiel. famous as
a sculptor, and was for a long while the only Confederate
veteran residing in the capital of Massachusetts. The Spring-
field Republican, which has showed gratifying consideration
for Confederate veterans for a long while, said of him:
"The death of Mr. Ezekiel will be deeply regretted by an
uncommonly wide circle of friends. He had had an honorable
career, had given good service in public and political causes
when called upon to do so, and had amiable personal quali-
ties. As a youth he was a member of the famous Richmond
Blues, one of the crack Virginia companies, and, like his
noted brother. Sir Moses Ezekiel, the sculptor, gave good
service to the Confederacy. But Mr. Ezekiel was patriotic
beyond any sectional narrowness; and when he came North,
he was eager for the progress of the nation. He could always
be found standing for the best in Democracy. In the time
of Gov. William E. Russell's leadership of his party Mr.
Ezekiel was one of those active in forming the Young Men's
Democratic Club of Massachusetts, and later a club in this
city on the same lines was largely his creation, and since
that time he had been active in the councils of the party.
always being allied with unselfish and strong men in it. He
had occasionally served as delegate to party conventions, and
he w\as at one time the chairman of the Democratic City Com-
mittee.
"One who knew him well said he was always governed by
unselfish motives and a wdiolesome enthusiasm for the welfare
of his party at large. He never had any personal axes to
grind in politics. In the fall of 1903 Mr. Ezekiel received the
nomination of the Democrats for Secretary of State on the
ticket headed by Col. William A. Gaston and Richard Olney
II., the nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor re-
spectively. This honor paid him at the State Convention was
not followed up by victory at the polls, for the full Democratic
ticket was beaten by the Republicans. * * *
"Mr. Ezekiel was born in Richmond, Va.. in Jul_\ . 1S42,
the son of Jacob and Catherine Ezekiel. The family was one
of the first and most prominent Jewish families in the South,
and members of it were among the best-known men in Balti-
more and Philadelphia. He was one of fourteen children,
twelve of whom are still living. \t the breaking out of the
Civil War Mr. Ezekiel enlisted in the Confederate service.
and remained in it until the fall of Richmond. His younger
brother. Moses, was at the beginning of the war in the Vir-
ginia Military Institute.
"In 1884 Mr. Ezekiel was married in Hartford. Conn., to
I\Iiss Caroline M. Dimock. of Chester."
Thom.\s Willi.\m Corp..
Thomas W. Cobb was born June 12. 1844; and died Decem-
ber II, 1911, at his home, in Union, Ala.
In the summer of 1862 he joined Company C, 43d .Alabama,
Grade's Brigade, and served in the Army of Tennessee until
disabled by a long spell of typhoid fever, which prostrated
him for more than a year. He afterwards joined Forrest's
Cavalry, with wdiich he served till the close of the war. Lie
was a member of Camp Sanders, \J. C. V., at Union, and al-
most invariably attended the reunions.
When the war was over. Comrade Cobb returned home, and
after several years of close application to his books he tau.aht
school. Later he engaged in agricultural pursuits, whereby
he successfully demonstrated the dignity of farm life, and
from which he gathered a competency. He took a deep in-
terest in State and county matters, serving nearly twenty
years as County Commissioner. He was a member of the
Church and was deeply interested in Christian service. His
wife, who was Miss Dora Steele, and one daughter survive.
John Foster Hodnett.
John F. Hodnett died at his home, near Mount Vernon,
Tex., on January 7, 1912. He was born April 9, 1843, in
Perry County, .\la., and went to Franklin County, Tex., in
1892. He served during the war as third lieutenant in Com-
pany F, 35th Mississippi Infantry. He was in the b:ittles of
luka, Corinth, Lake Bayou, Lookout Mountain. Dalton, Re-
saca, Peachtree Creek, Abbeville, Laflora, Grenada, Chicka-
mauga. Missionary Ridge, and the siege of Vicksburg. He
was wounded at Corinth and again severely wounded at
Vicksburg. He was one of those wdio ate mule meat and
other "delectable" foods of the kind during the siege of Vicks-
burg. He had five brothers in the Confederate service, one
of whom was killed at Missionary Ridge.
Comrade Hodnett was a member of Ben McCulloch Camp,
No. 300, V. C. v.. of Mount Vernon. He was a true man in
all the relations of life.
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Andrew Hailey.
Andrew H. Hailey was born in North Carolina January
i.S, 1840; and died at Geiger, Ala., March 27, 1912. He moved
to Kemper County, Miss., early in life, and when the war be-
gan he joined the Jeflf Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry.
The legion went to Virginia and served under Gen. J. E. B.
Stuart. He remained with this command to the close of the
war, going through nearly every battle, and was wounded
twice. He returned to his home in the summer of 1865,
Comrade Hailey moved to Sumter County, Ala., forty years
ago. He was a member of the M. E. Church, South, from
early boyhood, and died in the faith of our fathers.
Capt. John O. Trianor.
On March 6, 191 1, John Ormsby Treanor. after months of
severe suffering, patiently and bravely borne, entered into his
eternal rest. He was born May 16. 1839, in the town of
Killala, County Mayo, Ireland. In 1855 with his mother and a
younger brother, he came to Nashville, Tenn., to join his
older brother, Thomas, who had come several years before.
He was first employed as a cleeii in a bookstore and next in
the grocery store of Treanor & Joint until the beginning of the
Civil War.
He enlisted in Company B, Rock City Guards, ist Tennessee
Infantry, with which he served until August, 1862, when he
was transferred to Turner's Battery of Artillery. He was
with General Forrest in the commissary department until near
the end of the war, when he was retired from active service on
account of ill health, soon after being promoted to captain.
At the close of the war he returned to Nashville, and was
bookkeeper for a large wholesale grocery firm until 1873. He
then entered the business of fire insurance, in which he con-
tinued until his death.
Captain Treanor was married March 14, 1872 to Miss Geor-
gia H. Bell, who, with three children (John B., Joseph O.. and
Anna Bell), survives him. He was a member of St. Ann's
Episcopal Church, and for over twenty years served on the
vestry. He was a member of John C. Brown Bivouac from
its organization until his death. Through a close personal
friendship for over forty years I can say that I never knew
a truer, more faithful friend. He was genial, generous, and
upright. There was no pretense in his nature. He was a
inan to count on in every way. As a soldier he was brave in
the face of danger, never shirking duty, and was ever ready to
help a comrade. He was ever cheerful and devoted to the
Confederate cause. He was worthy of his kinship with the
gallant general who fell at Waterloo. As a citizen he accepted
defeat without bitter complaint, and, obeying the laws, he
strove manfully for the upbuilding of the commonwealth. He
was scrupulously honest and strict in his business principles.
In social life he was considerate of others, companionable, full
of kindly huinor, and quick to respond to the call of good
fellowship. In his family he was a devoted husband and
father, .^s a Christian he was a sincere believer in Jesus Christ
as his Saviour and loyal to his Church. When the summons
came, he was ready to answer, and he met death without fear.
[From sketch by Rev. James H. McNcilly, D.D.. Nashville.]
William Russell.
Elder J. D. Floyd at the funeral of William F. Russell in
Wartracc. Tenn., on January 23, 1912, said:
"Inasinuch as his own pastor is here and another resident
pastor, it may seem strange that I have been called to this
duty, but from what I have to say you will understand.
"This world will be lonesome to me without William Rus-
sell. I knew him all my life, for we were boys together. Our
fathers lived on the same stream a mile apart. As barefoot
boys we waded up and down the stream and with our pin
hooks searched the fishing holes. Sometimes on Sundays we
traversed the woods together, climbed the persimmon and
black haw trees, and hulled chestnuts together. We sat on
the same backless bench in school and learned to spell, of
course, from the old blue-back spelling book. As young men
we were often together.
"The Civil War came on and the young manhood of the
country engaged in it. During the last three years we served
together in the same company, he as a private and I as first
lieutenant, and in those three years of close relationship there
was never an unkindly feeling between us. p-Qr half of that
time we messed together, eating of the same rations and dip-
ping our bread into the same skillet of gravy. We slept under
the same blanket : and when the snow and ice were on the
ground, we would lie close together. Time after time we
stood or lay side by side or advanced in battle and heard the
hateful song of the Minie ball on its mission of death.
"William Russell was a brave man. I could see him as we
entered the battle ; and though his features were pallid and
his frame agitated, he went on and on steadfastly to the end.
"The other night as the new day was beginning his name
was called, and he answered. 'Here!' He stepped across the
line and took his place in the ranks on the other side. To
his sons he has left a goodly heritage in the record of an
honorable life."
Mrs. Sallie Sizemore.
Mrs. Sallie A. Sizemore. widow of Dr. R. H. Sizemore,
died April i, 1912, at Dickson, Tenn., aged nearly eighty years.
(Dr. Sizemore died while they lived at Erin, Tenn.) She
leaves two sons, a brother, and a sister. Her brother, Mr.
James M. Nesbitt. lives in Erin. She was a great-niece of
Samuel McAdoo, one of the founders of the Cumberland Pres-
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byterian Church, and she was a model Christian and a loyal
Cumberland Presbyterian until her death.
Mrs. Sizemore spent over two years in the war with her
husband. He was a surgeon, and "she was a ministering
angel in the hospital." During one battle, while the hospital
was being moved, she walked through the battle field, carr\'ing
a mirror, just as calmly as if she were going to church, while
bullets and shells were flying through the air all around her.
Dr. Sizemore afterwards referred to the incident with pride.
She would stay up nearly all night after a battle, holding the
candle and helping her husband brmdagc the wounds and min-
ister to the dying.
During the yellow fever epidemic in Erin, where the family
lived a quarter of a century. Dr. Sizeinore advised that she
take the boys to the country, but she declined to go, saying:
"No. You will stay and I will stay with you." She did so
and visited the sick with him. She was a thou.ghtfui and de-
voted wife, an indulgent mother, and was cheerful to the end.
Rev. Dr. J.\mes B. Avirett.
Rev. James Battle Avirett, D.D., died at the Western Mary-
land Hospital, where he had gone for medical treatment. Dr.
Avirett until almost up to the time of his death apparently en-
joyed fairly good health. On his last day in this life he chat-
ted with a friend in the sun parlor, and had just repaired to
his room and lain down upon his couch wdien he died.
Dr. Avirett was the fifth son of John Alfred Avirett, a
French Huguenot, and Susan (Thomas) Avery. He was one
of nine children, and was born March 12, 1835. His birth
took place near New Berne, N. C. He graduated at Chapel
Hill University with the hte Senator Vance. He practiced
law at Mobile and Selma, Ala., and Raleigh, N. C, until
1858. when he took up his studies for the ministry. In
i86r he was ordained by Bishop Meade at Staunton, Va., and
became chaplain of the 7th Virginia Cavalry at Winchester
under Ashby, and was the first chaplain to receive a commis-
sion as such in the Confederate army. In 1862 Dr. Avirett
married Mary, daughter of Philip Williams.
At the close of the war he established at Winchester the
Dunbar Female Institute, which became widely known in that
section. Later he returned to the ministry, and went to Mary-
land in 1870 as a missionary under Bishop William Pinkney.
From there he took charge of Silver Spring and Rockville, in
Montgomery County, Md., remaining the rector in charge si.x-
lecn years, during which time he added three chapels to the
parish. He ne.xt took charge at Upper Marlboro, Prince
George County, and from there moved to Waterville, N. Y.
Ne-xt he was at Oswego, N. Y., and in 1904 went from there
to Kittrell, near Raleigh, N. C.
Because of failing health he located among old friends at
Buena Vista, near Lexington, Va. In the fall of igoS his wife
died. After that he made his home with his son. Col. John W.
Avirett, at Rose Hill.
Aside from his ministerial attainments. Dr. Avirett was a
versatile writer, and contributed many valuable articles to
magazines and Church papers. He was also the author of the
following books : "Ashby and His Confreres," "The Old Plan-
tation," "The South before the War," and "The Real Jackson."
These books attest the scholarly attainments of their author.
A Southerner of the true type. Dr. Avirett was loyal to the
cause for which he fought. It was permitted this old soldier
of the Confederacy to live to see a reunited country and to lay
the olive branch of peace upon the graves of some who wore
the blue as well as some who wore the gray. After making his
liome in Cumberland, Dr. .\virett assisted in the services of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Dr. J. J. WlLLI.\MS0N.
Dr. John J. Williamson was born February i, 1838, in
Stokes County, N. C. ; and died at San Angelo, Te.x., January
24, igi2. He was buried at Cleburne, Tex. He was a mem-
ber of the Missouri State Guard and second lieutenant of the
third company organized in that State. He was in the battles
of Boonville and Lexington, and was sick at Lexington with
a long spell of typhoid fever. .After the State Guard dis-
banded, he joined the regular Confederate States army at
Holly Springs, Miss., in Company A, 3d Battalion, Missouri
Cavalry. In the engagement at Baker's Creek he was severely
wounded in the jaw. He was in the Georgia Campaign of
[864. .After the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he was appointed
assistant surgeon, which position he held until the close of
the war. He saw much active service, and always exhibited
manly courage and the spirit of the true soldier.
Dr. Williamson was married at West Point, Miss., July
26, 1866, to Miss Celestia L. McMillan. He went to Texas
in 1869, locating in Hill County, where he engaged in farm-
ing and the practice of medicine. In 18S2 he moved from
there to Cleburne, Tex., where he continuously resided and
practiced his profession until igo8, when he retired from
active practice and located on his ranch in Upton County, Tex.
Once more a pioneer citizen of the virgin prairies, his last
years were happily spent in building up a home in which he
exhibited an enthusiasm remarkable in one of his age. He
loved his orchard and garden and field and the great out-
doors life, even taking note of the little wild flower smiling
up at him from the grassy path. His past years had been full
of responsibility. For nearly forty years he practiced medi-
cine, and was self-sacrificing and conscientious. To the call
of the poor and the rich he gave the same fidelity. He
was a good husband and father, and as a citizen he was
worthy of the best appreciation of any community. His genial
nature, with an undercurrent of kindly humor, made him a
delightful companion. He was the personification of energy,
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and seemed never to know the limitations of physical en-
durance. He believed that if a thing was worth doing at all
it was worth doing well. He was fearless and aggressive in
the fight for the success of moral issues, though he was
modest and retiring. He exemplified every day of his long
and useful career the highest type of honor. He despised de-
ception and trifling in any of the relationships of life. Sin-
cerity was tlie keynote of his character. He was a Mason, a
Methodist, and truly a Christian gentleman, leaving to a large
family of children a good example of a life correctly lived.
Lieut. Robert Bean.
Lieut. Robert Bean answered the last roll call on July 30,
igit. in Griinesville, Tex., at the age of seventy-three years.
I-IKIT. KOliKRT liE.W".
He was born in L:ist Tennessee near Bean's Station. His
father emigrated to Cooke County, Tex., which was on the
extreme frontier, and erected a trading post where now stands
the city of Gainesville. Young Robert was then ten years
old, helping his father in the store, their principal trade being
with the wild Indians. He grew up in those primitive wilds,
and the outbreak of the Civil War found him in the prime
of young manhood, loyal to his State and zealous in the
cause of his native South.
Early in the spring of 1861 be enlisted in the first company
that was organized in his county, which, with several other
companies, was sent to the Chickasaw Nation to protect the
citizens from the depredations of the Indians. In the sum-
mer of 1861 these companies, tired of the monotony of scout
work, returned to Texas and organized the nth Regiment,
which was soon placed under the command of Gen. Ben Mc-
Cullocb. After the engagement at Elk Horn, this regiment
was transferred to VanDorn's command in Mississippi, but
was soon ordered to Chattanooga, where the expedition under
Gen. Kirby Smith was organized for the Kentucky Campaign
in the late summer of 1862. After the battle of Richmond,
Ky., the regiment went to Perryville and formed a junction
with General Bragg, recrossed the Cumberland Mountains
and went into camp near Murfreesboro, and participated in
the battle of Stone's River a little later on. L'p to this bat-
tle the regiment had served in the infantry; but after the
Murfreesboro fight, it was remounted and assigned to Gen-
eral Wharton's brigade, composed of the 8th, nth Texas,
-Ith Tennessee, and 3d Arkansas Regiments of Cavalry. [The
Veteran is not clear as to whether this regiment was the
original nth Cavalry. — Editor.] In falling back into Geor-
;;ia there were a number of small engagements, and then
came Chickamauga. After that battle. General Wheeler
crossed the Tennessee River in the rear of General Rosecrans,
destroyed his trains, and returned. Then came Peachtree
Creek and the many small engagements to the surrender.
Lieutenant Bean went home, went to work, and accumulated
considerable means. He removed from Cooke to the adjoin-
ing county of Montague, which be represented in the legis-
lature : but some years ago he returned to his old county and
located near Gainesville, where he spent his declining years.
To know this comrade was to love him ; he w-as charitable
and hospitable. He was married three times, and lost his
last wife but a short time before his death. He was for a
number of years President of the Eleventh Texas Cavalry
■Association and Commander of the J. E. Johnston Camp.
Soi-OMON i\I. Scruggs.
Solomon M. Scruggs, who died at his home, in South Jack-
sonville, Fla.. May 23. 191 1, was a noble soldier. He was
born in Jefferson County, Fla., in 1840, and grew to manhood
on the farm. His parents were from the old Palmetto State.
.■Kfter gaining such education as the "old field school" oflFercd,
he was sent to LTnion University, Tennessee, and in 1S60 he
entered a medical college in St. Louis. Mo.
When war was declared, in 1861, he turned away from tlic
schoolroom and, making his way home through the lines, en-
listed in the Jeflferson Rifles for the war. This command be-
came Company H, 3d Florida Infantry, and formed a part of
Finley's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Ex-Senator Pasco,
who served in the same company, says that "Sol" was a good
soldier, a brave man, always at his post, kind to his comrades,
and a true and sincere friend.
Comrade Scruggs served through the war, and was at the
fatal angle at Nashville December 16, 1864, when, as a mem-
ber of the brigade said, "the concentrated fire of several bat-
teries shot the bottom log out of the breastworks."
After the war, he married, farmed, railroaded, and culti-
vated an orange grove. His wife died, leaving two boys,
and after several years he was married again to Mrs. Oak, of
Jacksonville. He was a faithful Christian and honored with
responsible positions in his Church. He was trusted by his
fellow citizens, and was the first Mayor of South Jacksonville.
George B. Bunch.
George Burton Bunch died at his home, in Nashville, Tcnn.,
March 26, 1912, in the eighty-third year of his age after a
lingering illness of several months. The funeral services were
conducted from his residence by Rev. S. M. Cherry, and
his remains were laid to rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
George Bunch was a gallant Confederate soldier during the
four years' war. At the beginning of the war, in 1861, he en-
listed in Company I, 1st Tennessee Infantry, and at the close
of the war, in 1865, he surrendered and was paroled at Selma,
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Ala. After that time he made a valuable citizen. He was a
Christian gentleman. He was a native of Maury County, and
a member of Blanton's Chapel, M. E. Church, South, for many
years.
He leaves to mourn his loss his wife (Mrs. Mary J. Bunch),
two sons (George W. and Douglas F.), and three daughters
(Laura, Corinne, and Mamie Bunch). During his long illness
he was most tenderly cared for by his family.
[From sketch by his comrade, J. P. Oliver.]
John McQueen Miller.
John M. Miller was born at Bennettsville, S. C, August
28, 1842; and died at his home, in Lynchburg, S. C, Decem-
ber 27, 191 1. He enlisted for Confederate service as a private
in Company G (commanded by Capt. J. W. Harrington),
Cash's 8th South Carolina Regiment. At the reorganization of
this company he was made orderly sergeant, in which position
he served until he was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga
while leading his company in the absence of the captain and
the other commissioned officers, who were disabled.
Comrade Miller was in the first battle of Manassas, Seven
Days' fighting around Richmond, Williamsburg, South Moun-
tain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
and Chickamauga. He was slightly wounded twice at Gettys-
burg, but totally disabled at Chickamauga by a w-ound which
caused him the loss of his right leg. His brother, Henry H.
Miller, lost a leg at Knoxville, and there was another brother,
Philip, younger than these, who served faithfully during the
last few months of the war.
In 1867 Comrade Miller was married to Miss E. Jane Liles,
also of Bennettsville, and of their family three sons and two
daughters survive; one daughter died some years ago.
Comrade Miller held a number of positions of honor and
trust, having been treasurer for his county, Marlborough, and
at Lynchburg, his home, he served as railroad agent and then
magistrate for years. Judge Miller was a stand-by of the
town and community. He was Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Lynchburg High School. He was deacon in
his Church and for twenty-five years superintendent of the
Sunday school, and was literally "the pillar of his Church."
Dr. T. Richardson Milam.
Dr. T. R. Milam died in Columbia, S. C, on December 5,
1911. He was born either in Middle Tennessee or North
Alabama about 1824. His parents moved to Weakley County,
Tenn., about 1840. His mother was left a widow with ten or
more children. After caring for the family until his majority,
Richardson Milam worked hard to obtain the means for a
medical education, and after graduation he practiced his pro-
fession in Henry County for a while, and then removed to
Feliciana, Ky. In 1862 he enlisted in Faulkner's 12th Kentucky
Cavalry, where he was commissioned as lieutenant and served
also as battalion surgeon. Five of his brothers also served
in the Confederate army — four of them in Company C, 5th
Tennessee Infantry. One brother was killed at Missionary
Ridge; the only survivor now is L. L. Milam, of Union City,
Tenn., who captured a Federal regimental flag at Shiloh.
Dr. Milam removed to Florida in 1870 and planted a fine
orange grove near Leesburg, This was destroyed by the great
freeze of 1895, and he had since spent the greater part of the
time with his daughter at Jacksonville. He was twice married
and was the father of six sons ind two daughters, who re-
side in various States of the South. His wife survives him.
CAPTAIN KILLOUGH.
Dr. Milam was a consistent Christian. He had been a
Mason for at least sixty years, and was a lifelong prohibi-
tionist. He was strong in his friendships.
Capt. W. D. Kili.ouch.
In the Last Roll we chronicle the death of W. D. Killough,
of Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was a man without guile, mild
and gentle, upright in bearing, and straight in his dealings,
an old soldier with unstained record, a devout Christian gentle-
man, devoted to the tenets of the Presbyterian Church. After
"war's deadly blast was blown and gentle peace returned,"
he was blessed with a wife congenial to him — Miss Alice L.
Cunningham — who was a lovely Christian character. They
were truly mated, contented,
and happy. She had borne
him tW'O sons, and the little
family on tlieir farm, near
IMurfrcesboro. took life more
pleasantly than the million-
aire or iTian of fame.
Captain Killough was taken
ill with pneumonia in De-
cember, and was removed to
the hospital. The wife nursed
him until she became ill
too and died. Her death oc-
curred three days before his,
and he knew not when she
left him and the world. Only
a few days, and both were
buried together in our Ever-
green Cemetery. There is
something lovely in the thought of their contented life and
so pathetic in the scenes connected with their death.
He was a member of the 45th Tennessee Regiment. He was
severely wounded at Murfreesboro and discharged from the
Confederate service. What a comfort to those who knew him
to attest to the fact that he was true to his people, his family,
his religion, and both of them true to their God I
The spirit of the loved wife winged its flight and bent its
plume before the veiled shrine just in time to greet the spirit
of her earthly companion at the celestial gates beyond.
[The foregoing sketch is by Capt. B. L. Ridley, and it is not
exaggerated. Mrs. Killough's father and the father of the
Editor of the Veteran were brothers, and she was ever as a
dainty, fragrant, beautiful flower, the difference being that she
was immortal, and every act of her life tended to convince her
associates of the soothing fact.]
Mrs. E. R. Nelson.
Mrs. Amanda Nelson, wife of Capt. E. R. Nelson, died at
her home, in Mount Vernon, Tex., on March 11, 1912, after
a long-continued affliction. She was Miss Amanda Clemens,
born and reared in Tennessee, where she was married a little
while before the war began. Captain Nelson enlisted as a
Confederate soldier, and served throughout the war with honor
and distinction. About forty years ago they removed to Texas
and settled near Mount Pleasant, where they reared a large
family — five boys and two girls — all of whom _are living ex-
cept one boy. The aged husband, now more than seventy
years of age, also survives. Hers was a beautiful life of Chris-
tianity, of wifehood and motherhood, and of noble self-sacri-
fice.
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Cyrus Otway Weller.
At Austin, Tex., on November I, 191 1, Dr. C. O. Weller
died at the age of seventy years. A native of Tennessee, he
went to Texas in 1855, and on August 17, 1861, he enlisted in
Company A, 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers, Green's Brigade,
and under that enlistment served continuously to the end.
He participated in the severe and disastrous expedition to
New Mexico, in the engagement at Galveston, Tex,, and in all
the campaigns in Southern and Western Louisiana. His rec-
ord as a soldier was without fault. On the march, in camp,
and in battle he bore himself uncomplainingly, courageously,
and with unflinching fidelity to the Confederate cause; and
when the end came, he returned to civil life in the full con-
fidence and esteem of tliose with whom he had served.
C. O. WtLLER.
.•\s with the great majority of Southern soldiers who sur-
vived the war, his future was dependent upon his own un-
aided cITorls. Relying upon himself, he began preparation
for the future with the determination that had characterized
him as a soldier, and he equipped himself for the responsible
duties of a physician, graduating from Jefferson Medical Col-
lege at Philadelphia in 1869. He was married to Florence
Burford in 1869. They moved to Austin, Tex., in 1884. His
wife lived but five days after his death. Five children and
five grandchildren survive them. The husband and wife were
consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
It can be truly affirmed of him that his entire career from
early manhood was without spot or blemish, and was in keep-
ing with that of a true soldier, an honorable physician, and a
sincere Christian. To his descendants and friends he has
left a flawless and spotless reputation, conspicuous for kind-
ness, honesty, gentleness in conduct, and fidelity to duty.
[From sketch by Joseph D. Sayers, of Austin, Tex.]
William B. Tompkins.
William B. Tompkins, one of Virginia's noble sons who fol-
lowed Lee and Jackson through the bloody strife of the sixties,
died at his home, near Cassanova, Va., on November II, 1911,
m the seventy-second year of his age. He passed through a
lingering illness, which he bore with the same patience and
fortitude that carried him through the four years of war. His
military life was identified with that of the 49th Virginia
Regiment from Manassas to Appomattox. He was a loyal
member of the Church, and ever ready to aid others and re-
lieve distress.
Henry W. Evans.
Henry Evans was working near Sylvarena, Smith County,
Miss., when the War of the States began, and joined the first
company raised in that county, the "Defenders," by Capt.
W. H. Hardy, now of Pass Christian, Miss. The company,
about eighty strong, was ordered to rendezvous at Cftrinth.
Miss., late in May, 1861. It arrived at Corinth on June 2, and
was made Company H, i6th Mississippi Re.giment, with Carnot
Posey as colonel. The regiment remained at Corinth, drilling
daily, till after the first battle of Manassas, w-hen it w-as or-
dered to Virginia and became part of Crittenden's Brigade,
tiien at Centerville. General Crittenden was transferred to a
command in East Tennessee, and General Trimble became
commander of the brigade.
The i6th Mississippi participated in every campaign of the
.'\rmy of Northern Virginia and in most of the great battles.
It was in Ewell's Division, under Stonewall Jackson, in the
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the most wonderful campaign
of the whole war, in w-hich General Jackson defeated three
armies, each of which was stronger in men and munitions
of war than his own. commanded by Generals Banks. Fre-
mont, and Shields. He defeated General Banks in the battles
of Luray and Winchester and drove his demoralized army
across the Potomac River.
In all the battles of Jackson's noted campaign H. W. Evans
participated. He was also in the battles of Second Manassas,
Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg, and in the cam-
paign on the lower Potomac, the Wilderness, Chancellorsville,
and Appomatox. When the second battle of Manassas was
over and his command, tired and hungry, lay down to sleep
on the battle field at eleven o'clock at night, he went back by
permission to the field hospital to learn the fate of Lieut. T.
J. Hardy, his brother-in-law, who was shot down in the first
cliarge and borne by the litter bearers from the field, with
instructions to return early next morning. In returning just
after daylight in the mist of the morning he came suddenly
upon a squad of Yankee soldiers in a thicket, who appeared
to be lost and bewildered. He crept up near tkem and, pre-
senting his gun, boldly demanded their surrender, stating that
he would kill the first man who attempted to raise his gun ;
that his regiment was near by, and they wxre inside our lines
and could not possibly escape. They laid down their arms,
and he marched them (seventeen in number) half a mile and
turned them over to the colonel of his regiinent, who sent
them back under guard to where the large number of prison-
ers taken were being guarded. He was specially mentioned
in the report of the colonel and commended for his bravery.
He never desired promotion, but accepted the non-commis-
sioned office of second sergeant. He preferred the position
of private, and his conduct had much to do with making his
company one of the best in that famous army of brave patriots.
As a citizen he was honest, industrious, and patriotic. He
had nearly completed his seventy-fifth year and never had a
lawsuit, nor had he ever testified in court for or against any
one. Death came to him at his home, near Macon, Miss., on
January 24, 1912.
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Deaths in Stonewall Veteran Camp, Portsmouth, Va.
The following deaths occurred during the past year in the
Stonewall Camp at Portsmouth, Va. All the deceased were
residents of Portsmouth except as indicated :
Xewby. — On April i8, 191 1, Samuel J. Newby, at the age of
sixty-nine years. He entered the service in 1861 as a mem-
ber of Grimes's Battery, and participated in the battles of the
Army of Northern Virginia.
Cooke. — On .August 7, 191 1. William G. Cooke, aged sixty-
five years. He entered the service in 1863, and was detailed
for service in the Treasury Department.
Parker. — On October 26, 191 1, Dr. Richard H. Parker, at
the age of seventy-two years. He entered the service in 1861
as a lieutenant in Company B. 2d North Carolina Battalion ;
was promoted to assistant surgeon and assigned to Rhodes's
Division Hospital: surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.
Jack. — On December 18, 191 1, E. A. Jack, at the age of
seventy-one years. He entered the service in April, 1861, as
a private in Company K, 9th Virginia Infantry, was trans-
ferred to the Confederate States navy as assistant engineer on
the Virginia (Merrimac), and participated in the naval battle
with the United States Monitor in Hampton Roads, Va. He
afterwards served as assistant engineer on the North Caro-
lina at Wilmington. N. C, and later was sent to the Palmetto
Slate at Charleston, S. C. Afterwards he was ordered to
the James River squadron as acting chief engineer of the
Richmond. When Richmond was evacuated, the naval bri-
gade assumed infantry duties, and in the battle at Sailors
Creek, April 6, 1865, Comrade Jack was captured and sent to
Old Capitol Prison, then to Johnson's Island, and was paroled
in June, 1865.
Bland. — On December 18, 191 1, George W. Bland, at the
age of seventy-three years. He entered the service .April 21,
l85l, as a private in Company D, 9th Virginia Infantry,
Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia, and participated in the great bat-
tles of General Lee's army from Seven Pines to Sailors Creek,
April 6, 1865. He was captured in the latter battle and re-
leased from Point Lookout Prison June 9, 1865.
Dewberry. — On February 2. 1912, William T. Dewberry, at
the age of seventy years. He entered the service in March,
1862, as a private in Company E, 6ist Virginia Infantry, Ma-
hone's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and took part in
the great battles of that army. He was captured at Hatcher's
Run and paroled from Point Lookout Prison at the close
of the war.
Walcott. — On February 7. 1912, Stephen F. Walcott, at the
age of seventy-six years. He entered the service at Plymouth,
N. C, in May, 1861, as a private in the 17th North Carolina
Infantry. After the fall of Hatteras, he was exchanged, re-
joined his command, and was transferred to the Confederate
States navy and served on the Tallahassee and in the naval
brigade under Admiral Semmes. He was wounded twice.
Stewart. — On February 10, 1912, Col. William Henry
Stewart, at the age of seventy-three years. He entered the
service -April 20, 1861, as a lieutenant in Wise's Light Dra-
goons, and on account of insufficient strength to muster in the
Confederate States service the company was disbanded. He
then organized an infantry company called the Jackson Greys,
afterwards Company A, 6ist Regiment. He was engaged in
the rifle gun battery on Sewell's Point in the naval battle
March 8, 1862, also at bombardment of Sewell's Point, May Q,
1S62, and afterwards actively participated in the following
battles : Fredericksburg. McCarty's Farm, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness.
Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Wilcox Farm,
Petersburg, Reams's Station, Crater, Hatcher's Run, Hicks's
Ford. Burgess Mill, Farmville, Cumberland Church, and Ap-
pomattox. He was promoted to captain of Company A, 6ist
Regiment, major, and also lieutenant colonel of the 6ist.
Colonel Stewart was one of the best-known citizens of Ports-
mouth, having served as a member of the Virginia Legisla-
ture and prosecuting attorney of the city. He had a large
circle of friends, and was held in high esteem by the com-
munity and loved by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Colonel Stewart was Past Commander of the Grand Camp, U.
C. v., of Virginia, and Past Commander of Stonewall Camp
of Portsmouth. [More of Colonel Stewart later. — Ed.]
Brothers. — On February 17, 1912, Joseph N. Brothers, at
the age of seventy-two years. He entered the service
in Elizabeth City, N. C, in April, 1861, as a private in Com-
pany F, 17th North Carolina Infantry, and was transferred
to Company C, 56th North Carolina Regiment, and served to
the end of the war.
Etheridge. — At his home, in Port Norfolk, Va., February
24, 1912, Dr. Henry Shaw Etheridge, at the age of seventy-
two years. He entered the service in June, 1861, as a sergeant
in Company A, 61 st Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. He
was made hospital steward of the brigade, and served as such
to the end of the war, surrendering at Appomatto-x.
Tynan. — On March ig, 1912, C. B. Tynan, at the age of
seventy-one years. He entered the service in 1861 in Capt.
George Hughes's company from Columbia, Fluvanna County.
Va., and served to the end of the war.
Griffin. — On March 29, 1912, Kenneth Raynor Griffin, at
the age of seventy years. He entered the service in Southamp-
ton County, Va., in July, 1861, as a sergeant in Maj. Francis
Smith's artillery. He was promoted to lieutenant and assigncfl
to duty' in the Richmond (Va.) defenses, and later with
Crutchficld's Artillery Brigade, A. N. V., in which he served
to the end of the war. He was one of the best-known lawyers
of Portsmouth. He had served as a member of the Virginia
Legislature, and had a large circle of friends. He was Past
Commander of Stonewall Camp, U. C. V.
Duke. — At his home, in the Western Branch, Norfolk
County, Va., April i, 1912, Hardy Duke, at the age of eighty
years. He entered the service in March. 1862, as a private
in Company C, 13th Virginia Cavalry, and was in Gen. J. E.
B. Stuart's division, and participated in the battles of Stuart's
Cavalry. Mr. Duke was a consistent member of the Baptist
Church and was loved by all who knew him.
Henry L. Russell.
Henry L. Russell died at Seabreeze, Fla., on F'ebruary 20,
1912, in his sixty-ninth year. He was born in Savannah, Ga.,
in 1842, and enlisted upon the first call from his State, be-
coming a member of Company B, Phillips's Georgia Legion.
His regiment was in all the principal engagements under Lee
in the Army of Northern Virginia, and the remnant of it sur-
rendered at Appomattox.
With nothing but honor left, Henry Russell made his way
back to Georgia and began the civil duties of life. His loyal
v.'ife, who was Miss Katie Curtis, died some years ago. Two
sons, three sisters, and a brother, Maj. J. Newton Russell, sur-
vive him. The interment was in the family lot at Marietta,
Ga. An old Confederate flag, contributed by Maj. E. F. Brit-
ton, was this soldier's winding sheet.
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William Marion Seay.
"Taps" has sounded again. The courier Death has come
from the Great Commander with the summons for Comrade
William M. Seay, orderly sergeant Company E, nth Virginia
Infantry, to report to him, and in obedience he has gone from
our Camp and from his place here among men to the "land
o' the leal." He will indeed be greatly missed in our Camp,
where for seven years he served as Adjutant, and upon his
declining longer to occupy that post he was made a Lieutenant
Commander, which office he worthily tilled till his death.
WILLIAM M.VRION SEAY.
Marion Seay was a college lad, attending Lynchburg Col-
lege, when the war of 1861-65 threatened; and although he
had planned a life with aims and aspirations far different from
the warrior's, and was in no sense ardent for war's carnage,
yet when the crisis came and the college cadets became the
Lynchburg Rifles he gave himself without reserve to the de-
fense of his mother State, and, throwing aside all ambition
and purpose, became a soldier of the Confederacy.
After the war through patient perseverance he was zealous
in winning for our beloved State a place, a temple upon the
former site of which the sons of such sires may well feel
proud. And now William Marion Seay, having lived such a
life, has gone to its reward. The picket's off duty forever.
[Data from sketch by W. S. Gregory (Chairman'), J. W.
Wray. and Tazewell M. McCorkle, committee., sent by Tliom-
as C. Miller, .Adjutant Garland-Rhodes Camp]
Dr. Thomas P. Shields.
Thomas Pride Shields, M.D.. died from acute asthma at his
home, in Union County, Ohio, April 4. 1912, and following the
funeral service at the residence he was buried in the family
lot in the cemetery at Marysville April 6. On the Sunday
preceding his death, surrounded by liis wife and several of
his children, .Archdeacon .Abbott, of the Episcopal Church,
administered to him the holy communion. The Archdeacon
conducted the funeral services.
Dr. Shields w-as born in Cumberland County, Va., in 1826,
and in 1867 with his family moved to Union County, Ohio,
and located near the village of Watkins, eight miles from
Marysville, the county seat, where he lived until his death.
As a loyal Virginian he went with his native State in the
War of the States, first as captain of the i8th Virginia Regi-
ment, and then as surgeon in Confederate hospital service.
Going to Ohio before the rancor engendered by the great
civil strife had subsided, by his manly frankness, his uniformly
courteous behavior, and Christian conduct he soon won the
esteem and the affection of all his neighbors. He became
known extensively in the State as a public-spirited and high-
minded citizen. Among those who attended the funeral was
Col. William H. Knauss, of the G. A. R., of Columbus, who
in a brief address paid Dr. Shields a beautiful tribute as a
man, a soldier, and a citizen. T . .'. T. Arthur, an attorney
of Marysville, who had workeu with him on various benevo-
lent county and State boards, and Archdeacon Abbott, who
had been his personal friend for a dozen or more years, also
made brief addresses in which they spoke of his exalted char-
acter. His funeral was the occasion of a large gathering of
sympathetic neighbors who admired and loved him. He is
survived by his wife, several children, and grandchildren. His
children are all married save one, Miss Elizabeth, who with
singular devotion ministered to him in his last illness.
Mrs. Annie E. Oxley.
The E. V. White Chapter, U. D. C, of Dickerson, Md., has
sustained a great loss in the passing away on March 4, 1912,
of our beloved Historian, Mrs. Annie E. Oxlcy. She was
the daughter of Maj. John Morris Wampler. a native of Balti-
more, Md., and of Catherine Xugent Cummings, of Tennessee.
Mr. Wampler drilled a number of the men of the 8th Virginia
Regiment and helped to organize Company H of that regi-
ment at Lee.sburg, Va., and was chosen captain. After the
battle of Manassas, General Beauregard appointed him in on
his staff, where he remained until after the b.attle of Corinth,
when he was placed on General Bragg's staff in the engineer
department. In 1863 he was again with Beauregard as staff
officer with the rank of major, and was sent as chief engi-
neer to Eort Wagner at Charleston Harbor. [The "War Rec-
ords" report that he was killed on Morris Island August 17,
1863. — Editor Veteran.]
Mrs. Oxley in every relationship, as daughter, wife, sister,
and friend, adorned each as a true Christian with a life that
spoke to us all. She was a consistent member of St. Peter's
Church, Poolesville, Md., and when able was found in her
place of worship. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Charles
Oxley, her mother, two sisters and a brother, and five chil-
dren, to whom we extend the love and sympathy of our
Chapter. God in his wisdom has seen fit to call her up
higher, and wc bow in submission to his will.
In the death of Mrs. Oxley our Chapter of LI. D. C. has lost
a warm supporter of the cause ever dear to her heart.
It was requested that copies of the proceedings be sent to
the Veteran, to the Montgomery County Sentinel, and to the
bereaved family. Medora Jones. Scorlary.
Everett. — C. C. Everett, of Palestine, Tex., writes of the
death of his brother, J. D. Everett, who served with Company
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.\. T. tOODLOE.
L, 14th Tennessee Infantry, A. X. V. He was born at Clarks-
ville, Tenn., and enlisted from there. He died on the 25th
of February at the age of seventy years.
Albert Theodore Goodloe.
Rev. A. T. Goodloe, First Lieutenant Company D, 35th Ala-
bama Regiment, C. S. A., answered the last roll call February
22, 1912, at his lovely home, near Xashville, Tenn., where he
had resided for several years with two of his surviving chil-
dren, "Dos" and Alberta. Lieutenant Goodloe enlisted in the
Confederate service in April, 1862, at La Grange, Ala., as a
private. He was soon advanced to lieutenant, and filled every
position to which he was
called faithfully. He was never
heard to murmur, but ever had
a pleasant word for his com-
panions. When in battle he
was constantly in front encour-
aging his men by his example
to do their whole duty. Al-
though never wounded, he had
many narrow escapes. His
I'.ible was his daily companion.
He was a great believer in
prayer, never failing to invoke
divine blessings upon himself
and men. He was one of the
organizers of the first Chris-
tian association of Buford's
Brigade ; and whether on the march or in camp, he always
had as many around him as practicable to engage in religious
service. All denominations joined this Christian association
and worked for the Master. They had many enjoyable meet-
ings, due to his faithfulness and zeal.
The writer and he were blanket companions from Corinth.
Miss., to Greensboro, N. C. Of his many Iiard-fought battles
were Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Corinth, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenne-
saw, Peachtree Creek, Decatur, Ala.. Franklin, and Nashville,
Tenn, and then to Bentonville, \. C. He surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C, April 26, 1865. I am the last survivor of
our "mess," and as such pay this tribute to a great, good soul.
[Sketch by W. G. Whitefield, 35th Alabama Regiment.]
Mrs. Anna E. McFall.
We, the Mayfield Chapter, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, deeply deplore the removal by death of our beloved,
gifted sister and comrade, Mrs. Anna E. McFall, who was
transferred from our company on earth to that company above
which no man can number. Her loss will be felt in every de-
partment of our order. To it she gave untiring devotion, and
her beautiful personality lent a charm to our gatherings.
Having passed through the most thrilling and exciting events
of the Civil War, in close touch with historical incidents from
personal knowledge as well as wide research, she was emi-
nently fitted for the office she held as Historian of the Chapter.
Her last work is left unfinished — a book she was compiling of
unwritten history, gathered from all sources in the South,
many interesting facts and incidents, pathetic, heroic, humor-
ous, and romantic, concerning our women who shed no luster
on the printed pages, but deserved a mf iion for rallying
round the hearthstones, keeping the fires aolaze for their re-
turning warriors.
Her rare executive ability and fine s:nse of right and justice
gave her mind a legal and analytical turn that caused all to
refer to and depend upon her practical judgment on questions
that called for consideration and decision.
Though a true heroine and a woman of strong convictions,
yet she was retiring and timid in disposition. There is no
position she could not have graced in the undertakings that
the women of the South have inaugurated to perpetuate the
memory and honor the heroes who fell in battle ; but the
simple life in the home claimed her, and it was glorified and
enriched by nmsic, literature, and poetry. Most of her literary
efforts are under the nom de plume "Rose Heath." Her touch-
ing poem (in the Messenger) written the last night of the
old year 191 1 stirs the heart with its solemn questioning.
Our hearts are heavy and sad as we sit around the fireside
or walk by the wayside, recalling some tone, gesture, or fa-
miliar word from her. Her last poetic lines were :
"Yes, the year is waning, beloved.
And soon shall have passed from sight.
Have you done what you could, beloved?
'Tis gone I A sweet good night."
Mrs. McFall was born in Ballard County. Ky., on October
19. 1839; and died Saturday, March 2. 1912. She was Anna
Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin F. and Ophelia Cochran,
and was married in i860 to Franklin Mayes, who died in May-
field in 1864, and on May 15. 1874, she became the wife of
Dr. A. C. McFall, of Mayfield, who died in March. 1904.
MRS. ANNA E. M F.\LL,
There were born to Mrs. McFall two daughters by her
first marriage, one of whom survives her, Mrs. Suther-
land, of Paducah, Ky., and one daughter by her second mar-
riage, Mrs. Daisy Winfrey, who also survives her.
Mrs. McFall was a talented instructor in the art of music,
and taught from her early womanhood until the time of her
death. She also contributed to various publications and wrote
three books — viz., "Poems of Facts and Fiction," "Too Much
for the Colonel," "New American Music Primer."
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She was a member of the Presbyterian Cliurcli. an un-
usually strong character; and although active as a teacher
of music, she never inissed a meeting of the U. D. C. Chapter
and took a great interest in it.
Mrs. McFall had many thrilling experiences during the war.
She was an authority upon many historical occurrences, and
was Historian of our Chapter from its organization.
Committee: Mrs. H. S. Hale, Mrs. D. M. Patterson, and
Mrs. E. E. Brelsford.
Mrs. L. Z. Duke.
Mrs. L. Z. Duke died at her residence, 4180 Broadway, New
York City, on Wednesday, April 10, 1912. This announcement
means much more than ordinary sorrow and interest, especially
to Confederates, for in her death they lose one of their sin-
cerest friends. For years Mrs. Duke had given unstintedly
of her time and thought and lavishly of her means for every
cause that tended to their comfort and to keep in remembrance
their heroism and valor.
Notable among her many benefactions was her gift and
maintenance fund for the L. Z. Duke Hall at the Soldiers'
Home, Pewce Valley. Ky., and her generous contribution to
the monument recently erected to the memory of Gen. Felix
Zollicoffer and the heroic soldiers who were killed in the bat-
llo of Fishing Creek, or Mill Springs, Ky. She was a native
of Kentucky, of distinguished ancestry, a near kinswoman of
Ihe gallant Confederate Gen. J. B. Hood.
She was an enthusiastic supporter of the Veter.an and a
sincere personal friend of its owner. A woman of rare quali-
ties of sweetness of character and gentleness of disposition,
she will be greatly missed by a host of friends who loved her.
MRS. L. Z. l)L'Kl£.
She was an active member of the Xew York Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, the Dixie Club, and other as-
sociations of similar purposes, representatives of which at-
tended her funeral services held in the church of which she
was a consistent and devoted mcmlnr. Her remains were
sent in accordance with her desire to Pewee Valley to be
interred near the old soldiers to whom she was so devoted.
No name under the caption of the "Last Roll" is more
worthy of its place than that of Mrs. L. Z. Duke.
[The foregoing comes from a friend who loved her.]
John \V. Morris.
Sergt. John Wesley Morris entered the Confederate army
September 18. 1861, at Camp Burnett, Clinton, Ky., a private
in Company H, 7th Kentucky Infantry, serving in the Ken-
tucky brigade of Breckinridge's Division for a season. He
fought at Shiloh and in the subsequent siege around Corinth,
and was in the retreat to Tupelo. He was also engaged at
Baton Rouge, Davis's Mill, Bolivar, and
Corinth, being desperately wounded in
the latter fight October 4, 1862. In
June following he was discharged on
account of total and permanent dis-
ability.
Sergeant Morris was mentioned in
the report of his colonel for distin-
guished gallantry at Baton Rouge,
.\ugnst 5, 1862. He was loved and
respected by the men of the company,
who always found in him a true and
courageous comrade. He was a devout
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memner of the Primitive Baptist
Church, charitable, and always helpful to those in distress,
lie had by dint of economy, industry, and business acumen
accumulated to a measure that enabled him to help with a will-
ing hand and cheerful heart deserving comrades who w-ere un-
fortunate in their unequal struggle against fate.
He was born in Graves County, Ky., December 2, 1839;
,ind died April 17, 1908, at Mayficld, in the same county, where
his entire life was spent. For a number of years he engaged
in buying and selling tobacco. Of him it can be truthfully said
that a righteous man has gone to his just reward.
WlLLI.NM W.\DE.
After refusing to enter the Confederate Soldiers' Home at
Nashville, Tenn., at the age of seventy-two, and refusing the
good offices of the Daughters of the Confederacy, William
Wade died February i. 1912, in Minneapolis, Minn., after two
days' illness.
William Wade was in the 4th Tennessee Regiment, C. S. A.,
and was wounded at Shiloh. At the close of the war he re-
turned to Nashville and later went to Minneapolis, where he
engaged as a bookkeeper in a railway office for a number of
years, but upon reaching the age of seventy was dismissed.
Mrs. Frederick Van Ness, President of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, obtained a permit for him to enter the Confeder-
ate Soldiers' Home, which he declined, as slated. After some
delay, he obtained employment as a bookkeeper.
In a letter to the Veter.vn Mrs. Van Ness states that "he
was very plucky ;" that he would take care of himself as long
as he could. He did accept from the Daughters in Minneapolis
comfortable winter clothing, and did faithful work at book-
keeping, and stood at his desk until within two days of his
(loath. The Daughters took charge of the funeral.
Memuers of New York C.^mp
Capt. John F. Black, 23d Louisiana Infantry, C
I'ebruary 14, 1912.
Comrade Beverly W. W'reiin, special service C.
l-'ebruary 6, 1912.
S. A.,
S. A.,
died
died
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'■MY EXPERIENCES IX THE U\1R OF 1861-65."
Such is the title of a book by Col. Ai Edgar Asbury, of
Higginsville, Mo. The book is now out of print.
Twenty years ago, in 1892, Edgar Asbury, of Higginsville.
Mo., did the suitable thing to write for his children— his wife
had long since become familiar with most of the incidents—
his war experiences and a brief sketch of his hfe. It com-
prises nearly fifty pages of fine print and is elegantly bound.
In 1861 he was a resident of Houston, Texas County, Mo.,
and was an origrinal secessionist. He cast his first presidential
vote for John C. Breckinridge, but "Lincoln was elected."
In May, 1861, he was a delegate to the Secession Convention
called by Gov. C. F. Jackson after the unhappy disaster at
Camp Jackson, near St. Louis. It was decided at that con-
vention to organize the Missouri State Guard.
The ardent young Asbury was sent by Governor Jackson
with a commission as brigadier to Judge James H. McBride,
who was in Te.xas County, to command the 5th Brigade. He
was also placed in charge of three wagon loads of powder by
Governor Jackson to be taken over a hundred miles south.
Teams were hired and the perilous journey was made suc-
cessfully through a strong Union section with this powder in
kegs, over rough roads, imperiled by the danger of explosion,
so they dared not lock the wheels in going down rough slopes.
Some of his men deserted him in their fear, but he delivered
the powder safely to General McBride. The General prompt-
ly commissioned young Asbury lieutenant colonel on his staff,
and sent him on another dangerous journey to Springfield.
His only acquaintance and friend in that city was a Union
man, Maj. M. Oliver. He met this friend, who warned him
that he was being "spotted." He told Oliver a story of
leaving home to avoid "the secessionists," and was en route
to the old home of both him and Oliver. He accepted Mr.
Oliver's invitation to dinner, but for his own "good health"
he left town promptly and returned safely to his command.
Colonel Asbury as aid-de-camp was in the battle of Wil-
son Creek. He served on for some time in Missouri and
Arkansas. He had an escapade with Col. Colton Greene, in
which the Colonel sent him a challenge to a duel, but his
reply was that they could test courage before the common
enemy. This course was adopted upon the advice of many
friends. Colonel Asbury left the army at Van Buren, went
to Memphis, and then to Corinth, but soon returned to Mis-
souri and served again on staff duty in the regTilar Confed-
erate service.
The narrative tells of many thrilling experiences. Colonel
Asbury was sent into Northern Missouri on recruiting serv-
ice, and was captured by the Federals and sent to Spring-
field. He was placed in Gratiot Prison, St. Louis, and later
was sent through Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange, but
exchanges were just then discontinued. (His brother had the
suit of clothes made which appears in the picture herewith,
which represents him as he appeared early after the war.) At
Point Lookout Beast Butler had twenty-seven men kept in
one room about 12x30 feet, with one small window, for about
three weeks.
Being put on a boat for Fort Delaware, those twenty-seven
men corresponded with about seventy-five Confederate of-
ficers, and determined upon the capture of the boat, the Maple
Leaf, which was successfully accomplished. It is a coin-
dence that the commander of the Star of the West when it
was captured was placed in charge of this Maple Leaf. A
compromise was effected whereby the sick Confederates would
be cared for, and Colonel Asbury was one of them. He wrote
of this capture for the St. Louis Republican in 1886, and
has copied the interesting paper in the book.
The Federal ofiicers to whom the Maple Leaf was returned
did not keep their promise, and these sick, including the Star
of the West commander, were put in irons and the others
were subjected to very severe treatment. Colonel Asbury was
taken from there to Johnson Island and kept there from July,
1863, to February, 1864. He was sent back to Point Lookout,
and was again under Butler, "the beast." He was paroled,
according to a letter sent his mother March 13, 1864, and
returned to Richmond, where he and associate prisoners were
welcomed back by President Davis, who shook hands with
each of them. He was ordered to Demopolis, Ala., to await
exchange, which occurred on May 14, and he was ordered back
to the Trans-Mississippi Department by Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
After returning to the West, Colonel Asbury had many
thrilling and perilous experiences in Arkansas and Missouri,
when finally he and Maj. W. D. Beard, who was Chief Justice
of Tennessee at the time of his sudden death in Nashville a
year or so ago, were assigned to important service by Gen.
E. Kirby Smith, and Colonel Asbury's last important act was
to raise some fifty volunteers to escort their beloved gener*-'
on his attempt to reach Mexico. But upon arrival at Hemp-
stead, Tex., after a conference, the trip was abandoned.
Colonel Asbury's parole is dated at Galveston June 20, 1865.
On July S he took the oath of allegiance. On that same day
he arrived at St. Louis, and on the 9th he reached Dover,
Mo., with $20 in gold and a blue linen suit in addition to his
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uniform. There he met and married Ellen Knox Gaw. He
had seen her but once before. He was poetic in sentiment.
She sang for him "No One to Love," and he wrote:
"O thou fairest of the throng,
Gentle as the cooing dove.
Is this the burden of the song —
That thou hast no one to love?"
Colonel Asbury saved his uniform and has added on and on
to the $20. His snn. named for him, is now his successor
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COCKRILL AND COL. EDOAR ASBURY.
as President of the American Bank at Higginsville, Mo. The
parents migrate with the temperature, spending the winters in
Florida and the mid-season at Higginsville, where the wife
and mother seems to bear such relation to her flowers that
at her smile they spring into life and exquisite beauty.
A MONUMENT TO MISSOURI CONFEDERATES.
The 'Sterling Price Chapter, U. D. C, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
has inaugurated a movement to raise funds for a handsome
memorial to the Confederate dead of Missouri, to cost not
less than $5,000. Mrs. Elliott Spalding, who is serving tlie
second year as President of the Chapter, is thoroughly inter-
ested in this undertaking, and has appointed a committee to
decide upon ways and means to raise funds and secure a suita-
ble site. It is hoped that cordial indorsement and financial
assistance will come not only from everywhere in Missouri,
but from other States as well, for this Chapter has in the
twenty years of its existence contributed liberally and widely
to the erection of monuments in various States commemo-
rating Southern heroism. A sinking fund has been started by
the Annie E. Patee Children's Chapter also to supplement and
combine with the funds of the mother Chapter, Sterling Price.
The committee appointed comprises the following: John
Doniphan (Chairman), Mrs. Annie E. Patee, Mrs. T. P.
Maupin, Miss Lou Tutt, Mrs. John Richardson, Mrs. M. O.
Hansberger, Mrs. John Landis, Sr., Mrs. Thomas Furlong,
Miss Emily Davis, Miss Laura Lawlor, Mrs. J. P. Thomas,
and Mrs. Myra Stallard.
Members Eleventh Texas Cavalry.
Any survivors of Company G, nth Texas Cavalry, Par-
sons's Brigade, who remember G. W. Moudy will kindly write
to him at Alius. Okla., as he is very old and needs the little
1 pension to which he is entitled.
'•EMERGENCY COMMISSION" OF LITTLE ROCK.
BY MRS. GEORGE VAUGHAN, PRESIDENT J. M. KELLER
CHAPTER, U. D. C, LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
In the March Veteran under the head of "Emergency Com-
mission Important" an erroneous impression is left as to the
facts surrounding the death of Charles W. Cox. It is hardly
fair to say Mr. Cox was "barred from the Confederate Home
upon a technicality," when in truth he never applied at its
portals or to a single member of the Board; hence he could
not have been "refused admission and 1 irned out in the cold."
Mr. C. P. Newton, of England. Ark., had telephoned the
Secretary of the Board for application blanks. These had been
forwarded to Mr. Co.x, and were found in his pocket after his
death. They had been made out, but had never been returned
to the Board. It is not known whether he was on his way to
Little Rock to present the application or to see a daughter in
another part of the State, as a letter also found in his pocket
might indicate-
He was taken .sick and died in a lodging house in Argenta
without ever having reached the capital city. Had he ever
applied at the Home or to the Board, he most certainly would
not have been turned away. It is, and always has been, the
custom of the Board to take applicants in at the Home and
care for them until their papers have been passed upon. At
the present time there are two thus being cared for.
This correction is made in justice to all concerned. The
Confederate associations of Little Rock form an "Emergency
Connnission," and do most cordially respond to all calls when
the conditions are made known to them.
TENNESSEE SOLDIERS' HOME LIBRARY.
The Librarian of the Confederate Home of Tennessee sends
tlianks to those who responded so liberally to his appeal for
books, and mentions especially Kate Litton Hickman Chapter,
U. D. C, .'\. J. Harris Chapter, Harriet Overton Chapter,
Nashville ; N. B. Forrest Chapter, Humboldt ; Musadora Mc-
Cory Chapter, Jackson ; Mrs. J.me Bramage, Mrs. T. M.
Steger, Mrs. Annie Session, Mrs. P. H. Marlow, Miss Mary
Fuller Love, Mrs. Billings, Mrs. Bernstein, Mrs. G. H. Cheely,
Mrs. P. B. Jones, Mrs. Lillie Norace, Nashville ; Mrs. W. B
Capers, Columbia; Mrs. Eugene Crutcher: and many others
in Arkansas, Texas, and Ohio. An especially prized set of
books, "The Real America in Romance," was sent by Mr. W.
j. Miller, of Burlington, Iowa.
The Veteran has within two years contributed more than
seventy volumes to the library.
In sending five dollars on his subscription to the Veteran
Capt. W. T. Ellis, of Owcnsboro, Ky., wrote : "The Sons of
Veterans here have a live and growing Camp, and I hope that
each member will become a regular subscriber to the Vet-
eran.
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
[Extracts from poem, author not known. — Editor.]
Little by little the time goes by —
Short if you sing through it, long if you sigh.
Little by little — an hour a day,
Gone with the years that have vanished away.
Little by little the world grows strong.
Fighting the battle of right and wrong;
Little by little the God of all
Lifts the world nearer the pleading call.
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SOUTH CAROLIXA'S TRIBUTE TO HER WOMEN.
How THE Large Sum Was Procured.
Introducing the orator of the day, Joseph Barnwell, at the
unveiling of the monument of the women of the Confederacy,
Gen. C. Irvine Walker gave a brief outline of the movement
for the erection of the memorial. He touched on South
Carolina's duty to the heroines of the sixties and pointed out
to the younger generation the need of reverence and honor
due to the women. General Walker said concerning it :
".At tlie reunion of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V.,
held at Greenville in 1897 the first active step was taken in
this State toward honoring our immortal heroines. At that
convention the Chaplain General of the Division, the Rev. S.
P. H. Elwell, urged most eloquently the movement, which
was taken up by the veterans and their sons, and he was se-
lected as its leader. He devoted his best energies to the work,
but alas ! his life was not long spared and the work per-
ceptibly waned.
"The movement, subsequently agitated by the Veterans and
the Sons throughout the South, influenced m- at least kept
alive in this State the determination to honor our women.
"At the suggestion of and by the patriotic influence of that
gifted son of a good Confederate father and mother and true
son of South Carolina, Maj. J. G. Ricliards, Jr., the legislature
of 1909 made an appropriation of $7,500. This was 'to provide
for a monument to the heroism, fidelity, and fortitude of the
women of South Carolina during the War between the Con-
federate States and the United States,' to be available when
'an equal sum be raised by voluntary contributions from the
male inhabitants of South Carolina.'
"The State of this city (Columbia) immediately took up the
matter and with greatest persistence urged it with all its force
and eloquence and effectiveness. The entire press of the State
joined hands. The male inhabitants, men and boys, were
aroused. County competed with county in liberality, and
after a short and sharp campaign the amount necessary was
far exceeded, and South Carolina was ready to do honor to
her women of the Confederacy. The total amount of all sub-
scriptions, including interest, was over $21,000.
"It would be impossible to name in this great popular move-
ment those whose efforts made this magnificent success ; but
I must refer, in addition to what I have said to the special
honor and praise due Maj. J. G. Richards, Jr., and Capt. Wil-
liam E. Gonzales, who inspired, encouraged, and directed to
final success the raising of the amount to make available the
appropriation. All honor to these noble sons of Carolina.
"The commission selected as the artist l'. W. Ruckstuhl,
whose design gave entire satisfaction, embodying the senti-
ment which should be expressed. They feel that he has done
his work well and believe that the people of South Carolina,
who entrusted us with its direction, will likewise most fully
and heartily approve.
"Before you stands the proof that South Carolina in her
hours of woe and distress had grand daughters. Just on the
opposite side of the Statehouse, raising its head to high heaven,
is the evidence that she also had valiant sons, who willingly
'died for their country.' Between these two memorials towers
the Statehouse, the seat of South Carolina's sovereignty, the
home of her greatness. It is an impressive picture, telling
why South Carolina has so brilliant a past. It pictures that
in life and in death her sons and her daughters, amidst all
danger and all trouble, have gathered around her, ready to
do and to die that she may live-"
SOUTH CAROLIXA HOXORS HER WOMEN.
Inscription on the Xew Monument.
TO THE
south CAROLINA WOMEN
OF THE
CONFEDERACY
1861-65.
RE.^RED BV THE MEN OF THE STATE
1909- 1 1.
IN THIS MONUMENT
GENERATIONS UNBORN SHALL HEAR THE VOICE
OF A GRATEFUL PEOPLE
TESTIFYING TO THE SUBLIME DEVOTION
OF THE WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THEIR country's NEED.
THEIR UNCONQUERED SPIRIT
STRENGTHENED THE THIN LINES OF GRAY.
THEIR TF.NDER CARE WAS SOLACE TO THE STRICKEN.
REVERENCE FOR COD
AND UNFALTERING FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE
INSPIRED HEROISM THAT SURVIVED
THE IMMOLATION OF SONS
AND COURAGE TH.^T BORE THE AGONY OF SUSPENSE
AND THE SHOCK OF DISASTER.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE CONFEDERACY MAY BE FORGOTTEN
BUT THE FRUITS OF THE NOBLE SERVICE
OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SOUTH
ARE OUR PERPETUAL HERITAGE.
I
H
WHEN REVERSES FOLLOWED VICTORIES
WHEN WANT DISPLACED PLENTY
WHEN .MOURNING FOR THE FLOWER OF SOUTHERN MANHOOD
DARKENED COUNTLESS HOMES
WHEN GOVERNMENT TOTTERED AND CHAOS THREATENED
THE WOMEN WERE STEADFAST AND UNAFRAID.
THEY WERE
UNCHANGED IN THEIR DEVOTION
UNSHAKEN IN THEIR P.\TRIOTISM ' "'
UNWEARIED IN MINISTR.\TIONS
UNCOMPLAINING IN SACRIFICES.
SPLENDID IN FORTITUDE
THEY STROVE WHILE THEY WEPT.
IN THE REBUILDING AFTER THE DESOLATION
THEIR VIRTUES STOOD
AS THE SUPREME CITADEL
WITH STRONG TOWERS OF FAITH AND HOPE
AROUND WHICH CIVILIZ.\TION RALLIED
AND TRIUMPHED.
.\T CLOUDED DAWN OF PE.^CE
THEY FACED THE FUTURE
UNDISMAYED BY PROBLEMS
AND FEARLESS OF TRIALS
IN LOVING EFFORT TO HEAL
THEIR country's WOUNDS
AND WITH CONVICTION
THAT FROM THE ASHES OF RUIN
WOULD COME THE RESURRECTION
OF TRUTH
WITH GLORIOUS VINDICATION.
[The inscription was written by William E. Gonzales.]
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SlIlTH lARnMNA WOMAN S MONUMENT.
-.1110 LIT! OX CRUSADE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"
1 liis liiHik is divided into four periods of American history.
It is from the Scribners press. The author, our valiant and
able friend, Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, writes in regard to it:
"I am an.xioiis to have the Veterans in convention indorse
(as the Daughters ihd last fall at Richmond) the book for
use in schools for collateral reading in the study of history.
It might, however, be available as a textbook, as it treats of
the one movement which dominated American history during
the first three of the four periods treated of — viz. : Sectional
agitation that brought about secession ; the four years of war,
which is desi.gnaled as a War between the States, or rather
the Confederate States, fighting for independence, and the
United States with its army and navy opposing them; recon-
I structinn under the Lincoln-Johnson plan and Congressional ;
j and then the final restoration of self-government in the South
after the sectional movement st.irted by the abolitionists had
spent its force.
Propkr or Bkst \V.\y to Study Hi.storv.
'In my opinion, the best way to study history is topically,
especially if the periods to be studied are dominated by one
single movement, as was the case here. My idea was to give
in a connected story the underlying reasons which, on the
one side, brought about secession, and on the other brought
about the war of coercion. If I have succeeded in making
DIXIE LAND.
The skies are blue in Dixie,
.\nd starry too.
There's a calm by day and a peace by night
And a brighter gleam in the morn's fair light —
In the happy land of Dixie.
I'rue hearts and warm in Dixie,
You'll find them there.
Strong, loyal hearts that know not fear,
And genial smiles to bring good cheer —
In the sunny land of Dixie.
There's welcome warm in Dixie ;
'Tis in the air.
We feel it in the clasp of hand,
In the love that throbs throughout the land^
At the open doors of Dixie.
I he maid is queen in Dixie,
.\nd fair to see,
With smile so rare none can compare;
1 he toast of every song and prayer —
The charming lass of Dixie.
(jreat, noble souls in Dixie,
We see them here.
I he sons of princely fathers left,
r.y battle's gory hand bereft —
I he hero sons of Dixie.
I) man and maid of Dixie!
\Ve love you here.
Long may your hearts and hopes be true
lo dear old Dixie— dear true blue!
^'our sunny land of Dixie.
[This poem was w-ritten by Miss Anna Deasy
Xugent, a "Yankee girl'' in the office of Col. J. M.
Arnold. Cincinnati.]
clear all this, then the book will give a fuller idea of the great
events of the past than would volumes of history that under-
took to treat of collateral questions that really did not affect
the great issue on which the destinies of our people turned.
"I have treated of the war and of reconstruction only brief-
ly ; this for the reason that the whole world has come to
understand very clearly both the war and the horrors of re-
construction. They are. therefore, in the book merely inci-
dents, consequences which resulted from the monstrous cru-
sade against the rights of the South from 1831 to 1861. It
is that period of which 1 am trying to write the true story,
because that is the period as to which Northern historians
liave most successfully obfuscated the present generation,
both North and South. I have sought to show that instead
of being a 'slave-holders' rebellion,' secession was a move-
ment not by slave-holders but by the Southern people for the
preservation of the Constitution of the fathers, and that while
slavery was a cause of the quarrel it was really nothing more
than an incident."
One of the very best friends of the Veteran in sending ten
dollars for the monument to Col. Richard Owen states that
he had overlooked the notices in regard to him. This men-
tion is to show the importance of reading the Vhteran care-
fully. As soon as this friend saw what was desired and why
he sent ten dollars.
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STATEHOOD TWICE FOR ARIZONA.
It Was Made Each Time on February 14.
The Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy at a regular monthly meeting brought
to hght the significant fact that Statehood was given to
Arizona by "Uncle Sam" fifty years to the day since it was
made one of the Confederate States. At the meeting in ques-
tion an interesting paper of the times fifty years ago was read.
Arizona's Statehood day, February 14, 1912, recalls the fact
that on February 14, 1862, President JefJerson Davis issued a
proclamation admitting Arizona as a Confederate Territory,
and on the same day one year later, 1863, it became a terri-
tory of tl'e T'nited States.
The proclamation on the subject is as follows :
"Whereas an act of Congress of the Confederate States of
America, entitled an act to organize the Territory of Arizona,
was approved by me on the i8th day of January, 1862; and
whereas it is therein declared that the provisions of the act
are suspended until the President of the Confederate States
shall issue his proclamation, declaring the act to be in full
force and operation and shall proceed to appoint the officers
therein provided to be appointed in and for said territory ;
now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confed-
erate States of America, issue this, my proclamation, declaring
said act to organize the Territory of Arizona to be in full
force and operation and that I have proceeded to appoint the
officers therein provided for said territory.
"Given under my hand and seal of the Confederate States
of America at Richmond this the 14th day of Feb. A.D., 1862.
[Seal] By the President, Jefferson Davis.
By R. T. M. Hu.N'TER, Secretary of State."
TR.4VEL THROUGH SOUTHERN BATTLE FIELDS.
The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Com-
pany and its leased line, the Western and Atlantic — owned
by the State of Georgia — has published a splendid booklet
with more than fifty engravings and maps of battle fields on
its lines and contiguous to them. It names fifty-eight places
in Tennessee and thirty places in Georgia where battles or
hard skirmishes were fought, with the dates. The elegant
booklet states that volumes would be required to give details
of the battles on its lines. The battle views are thrilling
from the stirring scenes about Lookout Mountain to the
cemeteries, which show the esteem in which martyrs are
held. There is with the booklet a well-executed map of the
country and the various States traversed by this model rail-
way system. This and the guide or any of a half dozen fine
publications, including a summer resort folder, will be sent
free on application to W. L. Danley, Nashville, who has been
continuously in service as the General Passenger Agent of
the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis system longer
than any such official in the United States, if not in the world.
Some readers of the Veteran will be interested to know
that Captain (known generally as Major) Danley was a com-
rade tried and true in the sixties, whose associates say that
he would not eat stolen food in times of emergency. He was
very ill during February with pneumonia, but is blessed with
splendid recovery. As an afterthought the Veteran decides
to use a recent picture of him in this connection. This "old
reliable" and "best-managed railway system of the country,"
with its systematic promotions, has been creditably repre-
sented by this man for more than forty years as G. P. A.
The Dixie Flyer.
This most famous line of travel in the South was estab-
lished by the N., C. & St. L. system, and its trains from
maj. w. l. danley.
Chicago to Jacksonville have become popular over a vast
extent of country. The Dixie Flyer new dining cars on its
line and on the Memphis Division of the system have careful
attention by the management. A feature of interest to Con-
federates beyond cavil is that it has done more for the old
veterans in transportation than any other company. The very
generous treatment accorded these old men begun by J. W.
Thomas, president of the company many years ago, has been
continued by J. W. Thomas, Jr., who succeeded his father as
president of the company. This courtesy of the management
deserves official recognition and the expression of thanks by
the association.
•'THE STRANGE FAMILY."
A Religious Story by Rev. J. R. Goodpasture, M.A.,
Editor and Author of "The Hope of His Calling."
This new story by Mr. Goodpasture merits the attention of
the reading public. Its contents would never be guessed from
a reading of the title, though when read it is found quite ap- :
propriate. This delightful little love story is entertaining and
interesting to the end. But it is much more than a mere love
story. Mr. Goodpasture is a student, a thoughtful and original
writer, and he has interwoven with this love story a discus-
sion and convincing defense of the most vital things in the
Christian religion. It must be read to be appreciated. It
should be in every public and school library. While it attracts
and entertains, it is instructive for good. Two hundred and
eighty pages, cloth; postpaid, $1.25. Goodpasture Uook Co.,
Agents, 418 Church Street, Nashville, Tenn.
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CONFEDERATE PRISONERS NEAR GETTYSBURG.
C. N. Sellers, of Company L, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry,
living at Beulah, Colo., inquires about three Confederate in-
fantry soldiers who were captured about twenty miles w'est
of Gettysburg near a stable or small barn on the turnpike a
few hundred yards back from a large brick house. He writes :
"We had another prisoner whom we had captured half a
mile or so from there. As I remember, he was from Missouri
— a stubborn fellow. When he saw that he had no chance to
escape, he stuck his gun under some growing hemp, and we
were puzzled to find it. From that farm place we marched
our prisoners north until we met a squad of New York cav-
alry, to whom we delivered them. One of the men handed
me a pocket knife with the remark that he would be relieved
of it before entering a prison, and as we had been very kind
to them he preferred that I should have it. Now if either of
those soldiers chances to read this, I will be glad to hear from
him. I feel particularly grateful to one of the three who at
a distance of about twenty feet had his gun leveled at me,
but seemed to hesitate, I suppose owing to the fact that I
and one of his comrades were so close together that it was
unsafe to fire. If I hear from that fellow, I will send him
some token of my appreciation of consideration at that criti-
cal moment.
"A few years ago I met an aged Confederate soldier who
had served througn the war in Wheeler's Cavalry. There
had been a slight fall of snow, and he was on the street in
Pueblo, Colo. His feet were partly exposed to the cold, so
I invited him into a shoe store and bought him a pair ■
shoes. I feel sure that some of you would do the same for
one of us."
CHATTAXOOCA WANTS THE NEXT REUNION.
On the last page may be seen the courteous invitation by
Chattanooga for the Reunion of U. C. V. in 1913. The Board
of Trade is anxious to have the full-grown body return to its
birthplace, and they call attention to the central position of
Chattanooga in the great Southland, to its historic interest. It
is unnecessary to remind veterans who were in the great bat-
tles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge of the special in-
terest a visit would be to them.
The authorities of Chattanooga will doubtless give such
assurance as may be desired as to diligence in preventing im-
position by grafters.
REUNION BADGES.
[Gen. W. E. Mickle, of New Orleans, La., has prepared
uniform badges for veterans. This notice is too late for the
Macon Reunion, but should serve for the future.]
The need for an official Confederate Reunion badge that
will locate the wearer by Division, Camp, and place of resi-
dence has been keenly felt by every veteran who has attended
Reunions of the United
OFFICIAL BADGK
Co
:ga.
:ORQJ
COliUMBUS
Confederate Veterans As-
sociation.
Heretofore it has been
the practice of the Divi-
sion and of each Camp to
have badges printed for
the use of the members.
This entailed a double ex-
pense, multiplied badges,
.md created no end of con-
fusion, in addition to the
mnoyance to the veterans,
the Adjutants of Camps
and of Divisions. There
was no uniformity in size,
shape, or color, and in
many instances the loca-
tion of the Camp was
omitted. * * *
The badge consists of a
celluloid flag of blue, with
a white star in the center
("The Bonnie Blue Flag,
which Bears a Single
Star"), on which is the
head of Gen. John B. Gor-
don, first Commander in
Chief of the U. C. V. The
nbbon pendant is made in
Confederate colors — red, wdiitc, and red — and on it are printed
the name of the Division, the place where the Camp is lo-
cated, and the name and number of the Camp.
It is neat and comprehensive. It tells the story at a glance,
and makes a most desirable souvenir of the Reunion. The
badges can be arranged to suit the staff of Commanders.
These badges will be supplied as follows : For less than
five, thirty cents each; six to fifty, twenty-five cents each;
in lots of fifty-one and up to one hundred, twenty-two cents
each ; in lots of one hundred and upwards, twelve and one-
half cents each. At these prices the badges are "within reach"
of every Camp and veteran, and each comrade should have one.
Do not confuse this badge with the delegate's button. Dele-
gates' buttons are given to delegates only for admission to
places reserved for delegates.
AN INTERESTING WAR BOOK.
"Personal Reminiscences of the War, 1861-1865," by Capt
W. H. Morgan, of Floyd, Va. A true history of soldier life
in Lee's army from the 1st of ISIay, 7861, to the 21st of April,
1865, told in plain language without frills or exaggerations.
Due credit is given to the men who carried the guns.
Life in camp, on the march, en picket, in skirmish, in bat-
tle, and in prison is told just as it was. Old soldiers enjoy
the book ; their sons and daughters read it with interest
Price by mail, $1.15.
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THE XElf YORK TIMES— A GREAT \EU SPARER.
The Easter nuiiiber of llic Xew York Times consisted of
200,000 copies, and consmned 382,000 pounds of paper, at a
cost of $10,000 for paper alone. In an account of it the Times
states: "If this paper were laid out in a strip the width of
one of the pages of the Xew York Times (seventeen inches),
it would make a line 0,148 miles long. If the papers were laid
out flat as delivered by the newsdealers and placed one on
top of the other, they would make a pile 12,500 feet high, or
iSo times as high as the Metropolitan Tower in Xew^ York.
To manufacture this paper meant the cutting down of spruce
timber covering seventy-two acres of virgin forest land."
The magnitude of this single issue of the New York Times
is bewildering. Of the ordinary freight cars it would require
nearly one hundred to transport the edition. The Editor of
the Veteran takes much interest in the success of this paper,
which prints "all the new. that's fit to print."
MR. .MJOLPH S. OCHS.
This notice recalls an interview in 1905 when the owner,
Mr. Adolph S. Ochs, became still more conspicuous in the
purchase of two Philadelphia papers when he already owned
the Chattanooga Times and the New Y"ork Times. Mr. Ochs
wrote Mr. C. : "I want to thank you for your very kind refer-
ence to me. It makes me happy to know that the man with
whom I had my first serious business engagement can say
that he always found me upright and honorable."
Contrasts are vivid in connection with this great Easter
Sunday issue of the New York Times. Its outlay of ten
thousand dollars "for the paper alone" is double what the
distinguished publisher could pay for the purchase of his
first newspaper — the Chattanooga Times. Mr. Ochs is a
native Tennesscean, born in Knoxville. He liad faith in liim-
self. More indomitable energy with better judgment can
hardly be credited to any other man. As a newsboy in Chatta-
nooga he exhibited traits of business acumen that established
that respect for and confidence in him that have enabled him
to Uad ary ncwsp.ipcr puliHshor in any day or generation.
' %^Kr,
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING,
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"THE REAL AMERICA l.\ ROMAXCE" REVIEWED.
BY MRS. OWEN WALKER, HISTORIAN TENNESSEE DIVISION, U. D. C.
As I had occasion the pnst summer, at the request of the
pubHsher, Wilhatn H. Wise, of Chicago, to review Volume
XII. of "The Real America in Romance," a history in thirteen
volumes, edited by the distinguished poet, Edwin Markham ;
and as I have lately read in the revised edition the work as
a whole, may I, through the Veteran, record my impressions
for the benefit of the U. D. C. and any others who may be
interested?
Mr. Markham has written a history of compelling interest.
His method of presenting history by the aid of romance
brings into bold relief the dramatic and picturesque features
in which American history abounds. It also imparts to his
narrative the vividness, vitality, and charm so painfully lacking
in the ordinary history. The average student who finds his-
tory a dry and tedious subject will be so fascinated with
these books that he will lay them down with reluctance.
The periods of the discovery, exploration, and colonization
of the New World, usually so insufferably dull, arc here
clothed with the alluring hues of mystery, romance, and ad-
venture which really belonged to them.
The reader will also gain some knowledge of the sources of
American history; some idea of the character of the old and
rival civilizatons whch struggled for ascendancy upon Ameri-
can soil. He will S'.e clearly that to the victory of the Anglo-
Saxon race he owes his citizenship in a republic founded upon
I'Kals of freedom and self-government.
His account of the early achievements of the American
navy is unusually full and graphic. Nowhere, perhaps, can
we find a more thrilling story of Texas's heroic struggle fir
independence, or a finer portrayal of the heroes of the Alamo
and of San Jacintn. In these and other respects Mr. Mark-
ham's work is worthy of high praise.
Hut u|inn those subjects most vitally touching the birth and
development of the nation and upon the sectional issues which
have played .such a large part in our history and the bloody
conflict in which ihey culminated, we find that, in his opinions
and general attitude of thought, the writer belongs to the
Northern school of .American historians. Still he shows a
kindly, fraternal spirit toward the South, from his point of
view, and makes us feel that he lias the desire to be impartial.
As discussion stimulates research and tends to bring out
the truth, I venture to offer some criticisms of Mr. Mark-
ham's work in points relating to Southern history.
First, I notice that he makes the story of the .\nierican
Revolution too much of a New Kn.gland story (see Vol. IX.).
He traces the spirit of revolution in New England from its
source in the Navigation Acts to its flood-tide at Concord
and Lexington, a period of fourteen years, relating the more
Striking incidents not only in detail, but with the accessories
of fiction to heighten the effect. The equally stirring and
dramatic course of events in the Southern colonies during
this period he covers in three brief sentences. By this means
the patriot leaders of New England arc made to occupy, not
the center only, but practically the whole of the historic stage.
Of Southern patriots he mentions only Philip Gadsden and
Patrick Henry, and relates in detail not a single incident il-
lustrating the popular feeling at the South during this period.
Of the events which led to the battle of Alamance and of
the battle, he makes no mention. Nor does he give us any
inkling of the fact that Virginia led the colonies in opposition
to the Stamp .Act through tlic adoption by the House of
Burgesses of Henry's famous Five Resolutions. .As to the
effect of this act in rousing the spirit of resistance throughout
the colonies, we have impartial testimony from high sources,
Edmund Burke himself proclaiming it in the British Parlia-
ment.
]\Ir. Markham slates that Samuel .\dams organized com-
mittees of correspondence which were "the first dawn-break of
union." He neglects to state that .Adams's committees were
confined to Massachusetts, and that Virginia, at the instance
of Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, and Dabney Carr,
acting in concert, created and set in motion a system of com-
mittees of intercolonial correspondence wdiich resulted, first, in
the Continental Congress, and later in union. Bancroft sums
the matter up thus: "Virginia laid the foundation of our
union. Massachusetts organized a province. Virginia pro-
moted a Confederacy."
After 1775 the author is more balanced in his narrative and
brings out much better the achievements of the South during
ihe years of actual conflict, yet he does not fully reveal how
largely the South fought her own battles at her own expense,
at the same time contributing her full share of troops to the
regular Conthiental armies.
His account of the hazardous expedition of George
Rogers Clark, which wrested the great Northwest territory from
the British, and of which Virginia afterwards made a princely
gift to the nation ; of the brilliant achievements of the Southern
partisan leaders and their bands in Georgia and the Carolinas;
of the battles and victories by which the bold frontiersmen held
the Southwestern border intact against the constant pressure
of savage hordes, crowning their services by the decisive bat-
tle of King's Mountain and saving the patriot cause in its
darkest hour — is satisfactory, except that he does not bring out
with sufficient clearness the fact that all these were services
rendered by the South alone, at her own expense, and in addi-
tion to supplying her full quota of troops to the Continental
armies. On the latter point Curry says: "According to Gen-
eral Knox's report, the North sent to the army loo men for
every 22~ oi military age, as shown by the census of 1790,
and the South 100 out of every 209.'' It is worth noting that
South Carolina furnished more troops in proportion to her
military strength than any other State.
X'ote the contrast in rewards for service. In 1848 the North
had nearly twice as many Revolutionary pensioners as the
South. New York alone had two-thirds as many as were in
the whole South, though she furnished not one-seventh as
many soldiers. What a noble spirit of manly independence
animated these heroes of the South who were content to fight
the battles of freedom for freedom's sake alone ! This is the
kind of manhood that makes a nation truly great.
It is apparent from these facts that New England cannot
justly be accorded the lion's share of ihe credit in the War
of Independence.
The key note of the author's position and feeling in regard
to the War of the Sixties is found in his eloquent apostrophe
to the Army of Northern Virginia near the close of Volume
XII.: "Judgment is a matter of the mind; courage is of the
soul. Your judgment was false; your courage true; and souls
are the immortal things after all." Accordingly, we find that
he pays frequent and glowing tribute to the heroism, devotion,
and endurance of the Confederate soldier, and to the military
genius and skill of the great Confederate leaders, especially
Lee and Jackson, while he condemns the cause for which they
fought. On this subject, indeed, he is much at sea. His
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vision of deeper issues is much obscured by the slavery ques-
tion. Xot yet has the great truth dawned upon him that the
South seceded and fought, not primarily to preserve slavery
for the African, but to preserve principles and rights which
she regarded as essential to the freedom of the Anglo-Saxon.
It is too early to say that her "judgment was false" in this
respect. That depends upon the final outcome of centralized
government in the United States. Her cause is not yet a
"lost cause." Like her imperishable faith and courage, it has
become the glorious birthright of her children, the clarion
call of past and future which sunnnons them to duty and to
destiny. But it must now be achieved within the Union, not
outside of it.
Mr. Markhani makes no attempt to present an adequate pic-
ture of slavery conditions as they actually existed in the Old
South. His strong touch is on the darkest side. He speaks of
"the terrible traffic and the more terrible slave life 'down the
river.' " He says : "Xo revival preacher's portrayal of hell
contained more of menace than that simple, rather euphonious
phrase 'down the river.' " He gives the South no credit for
lifting the African savage to a higher plane of civilization ; no
credit for the fact that her slaves were the best cared for and
happiest class of laborers in the world.
In speaking of the "Impending Crisis" (an antelitllum
book by Hinton Rowan Helper, of North Carolina), Mr.
Markham says: "In this book ]\lr. Helper spoke some plain
truths. Among them was the fact that slavery was the thing
that was clogging the progress of the Soutli, was lowering
the whole tone of its civilization, and would if left to itself
work ultiinate ruin."
The author does not here in plain terms institute a com-
parison between the civilizations of the North and the South ;
l)ut the natural and just inference from his language is that
Southern civilization where slavery existed was inferior to
that of the North where it did not exist ; that it was indeed
on the road to "ultimate ruin." If it be true that the
North held higher political and moral ideals, how did it
happen that while the Northern leaders w'ere abolishing chat-
tel slavery in the South by the sword and by unconstitutional
proclamations and legislation, at the very same time they
were building by class legislation that deadly system of mo-
nopoly by the few and "industrial slavery-" for the masses,
which the best men of our day are now declaring to be far
more iniquitous and oppressive than any conditions that ever
existed through slaver)' in the South ? How- does it happen
that we have from the same source, and still growing like
Jack's bean stalk, a gigantic system of pension graft, alike
corrupting and degrading to promoters and beneficiaries?
What about the high "moral tone" of Sherman in Georgia
and Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley? And from what
lofty virtues and enlightened statesmanship did the blessings
of "reconstruction" flow?
Mr. Markham's paragraph on "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lays
the effect which the book had on Southern sentiment "at the
door" of the proslavery politicians of the South. He admits
that it made a "tremendous sensation" at the North. It had
the same efl'ect abroad. ' In view of the fact that it held up
the South to the scorn and condemnation of the whole civilized
world, was not the sense of injury and outrage created in every
Southern mind, proslavery or not, perfectly natural and inev-
itable? Stern justice demands that the responsibility be laid
where it belongs — "at the door" of the book itself.
Mr. Markhani makes nnich of the nullification measures of
South Carolina in iSj8. But he does not tell us that Massa-
chusetts was the pioneer State in passing nullification resolu-
tions (1809), and that she passed such resolutions several
times in her history, and as late as 1845. Nor docs he mention
the Nullification Acts of fourteen Northern States from 1850
to i860 (Personal Liberty Bills).
He treats the subject of secession more fairly in that he
does r.ot omit mention of the secession agitations at the North,
and he gives a full and explicit account of the Hartford Con-
vention. Yet he certaiidy does not give an adeq\;ate idea of
the real strength and frequent agitation of disunion principles
in New F.nglaud from the foundation of the government to
1814.
He admits tliat the right of a State to secede was "held as
a part of the doctrine of freedom," that it was "insisted upon
by the North and South alike." But he thinks "it was regarded
more as a theory than as a matter of vital fact." The fallacy
of this reasoning is apparent. What sort of a "right" is it
which is one in "theory'' only? The same principle could just
as easily be applied to any part of "the doctrine of freedom"
and be made to justify any infraction of it.
Mr. Markham takes the position that the South did not act
"without precedent and authority in withdrawing from the
Union," but maintains that while secession was really illegal
and unconstitutional it had never been proved to be so. The
points at issue were settled by war, hence his logical position
is that powder and shot "proved" secession to be "illegal and
unconstitutional."
Not only so, but he goes a step farther into absurdity and
says "that it [secession] was ethically wrong may be held to
be demonstrated by the judginent of the Civil War." Is it
possible that a point in ethics — the right or wrong of a ques-
tion— can indeed be "demonstrated" at the cannon's mouth?
It is strange that by such lame logic as this even liberal-minded
Northern historians seek to convince themselves and others
that the South really violated the laws of God and man —
here termed ethics and the Constitution — in seceding from the
Union.
Among the evidences of party spirit in this volume is the
sneering language employed to discredit the commissioners
sent by the Confederate government to treat with the Wash-
ington authorities regarding forts, arsenals, etc. The object
is to remove the onus of "broken faith" in regard to the evac-
uation of Fort Sumter from the Washington government.
More oflfensive is the story of the "Knights of the Golden
Circle," an old slander of Northern politicians, to the effect
that a secret conspiracy against the United States govern-
ment existed prior to the secession of the Southern States,
and that it cmljraced "about five thousand of the wealthiest
and most influential men of the South and of Cuba," with
"great names in the councils . . . none higher in the land."
Among inaccuracies is the statement that the South flung
the gage" (declared war) by firing on Fort Sumter. Lincoln
did this when he announced that he had dispatched an armed
fleet to provision the fort "by force if necessary." Another is
that Hood's army was "totally annihilated" at Nashville ; while
the battle of F'ranklin is not even mentioned nor the name of
Tennessee's great cavalry leader, N. B. Forrest.
I repeat that, while this work has many merits and is on the
whole probably the fairest yet issued from the Northern press,
the volume on the war between the North and the South needs
thorough revision before it will be acceptable to Southern
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readers. The spirit manifested by its publishers is such as
to lead us to hope that this will be done.
Let it be understood that we do not ask for history with a
Southern bias. We do not desire sectional glorification, but
historic justice only. As sectionalism has in the past
been the curse of our country, so it is now the bane of our
history, which has thus far been written too much by one
section to the great detriment of the other. True history
means much to the future of our country. Enduring greatness
cannot be built upon false foundations. True fraternal regard
and a broad, unselfish patriotism cannot be nurtured upon one-
sided and unjust history; and believing that it is well to dis-
cuss dififerences with sincerity and kindly spirit and with truth
as the sole aim, I submit this review.
[In accepting the foregoing able review of this great work,
it is not to condemn it as a whole. In fact, the South, it
seems, has never yet had justice by any Northern historian,
and this work is so rich in quality and style, so fascinating
and so useful as a general history that the purpose of using
the criticism is simply to put on guard readers of the work that
ilcy nny make due allowance for the unavoidable bias of any
Northern author relative to the great sectional controversy
The Vktfr.an will not indorse unqualifiedly any history that is
at all partisan against the South, It will be seen that the pub-
lishers are liberal patrons of the Vktkr.vn, and it is pleasing
to adil lliat they ni;inifest earnest desire to have the work
impartial and fair in every sense. Mr. William H. Wise, the
1 '.oprietor, is part Southerner. While a brother of his mother
served in each army, she was a native of Virginia, and grew
up amid surroundings that must have fostered in her earnest
?>mpathies for the South, and the Vi:ter.\n is confident of his
earnest wish to have the "Real America'' true to its title and
absolutely impartial. It is anxiously anticipated that his as-
surance of every practicable revision will be made to that end.
— Editor. 1
"THE MEX I\ aR.IV:' BY K. C. C.II'E.
"The Men in Gray." cloth-boimd, 143 pages, contains:
1. "The Men in Gray," an oration delivered at the unveiling
of the monument to the private soldiers and sailors of the
South in Richmond. Va,, which created a sensation at the time
and was discussed for weeks by the press throughout the
country, .\ Virginia paper said : "It is a speech from which
nothing can be taken and to wliich nothing can be added
without injury." * * *
2. "A Defense of the South." a paper which refutes the mis-
representations of the social conditions ei.\sting in the South
before the war and briefly, sharply, and convincingly states
the real issue in the controversy between the sections which
culminated in secession and war,
3. "Cavalier Loyalty and Puritan Disloyalty." a paper which
briefly tells the story of Cavalier fidelity to constituted au-
thority and Puritan rebellion against lawful government.
Gen. K. M, Van Zandl. Commander Trans-Mississippi De-
partment, Fort Worth, Tex., says : "I cordially commend it to
all students of Southern history. It should be in the hands of
every boy and girl in the South."
Of this book Gen. Bennett H. Young, Commander Depart-
ment .\rmy of Tennessee, Louisville, Ky., says: "I have read
with almost inexpressible delight Dr. Cave's book, 'The Men
in Gray.' In its w-ay and along its lines it is the best pub-
lication since the war. It deserves and should have an ex-
tended circulation,"
It is commended by the Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. ;
the Tennessean-American, Nashville, Tenn, ; Atlanta Constitu-
tion, Atlanta, Ga. ; and other papers. It is indeed a remarka-
ble book and an eye opener in telling the truth.
Every Confederate soldier who wishes his children to under-
stand clearly what he fought for and truly honor him for fight-
ing on the Southern side should place tliis little volume in
their hands. Price, $1, postpaid.
Commanders of Camps will please w-rite for particulars.
Address the Coxfeder.\te Veter.\x, Nashville, Tenn.
rol'UI..\R SENATOR ROBERT T.WI.OR.
Senator Robert L. Taylor, who died recently in Washington,
was perhaps the most popular man personally in the entire
country. His death was a shock, for he hardly knew sickness ;
and although sixty-tw'o years of age, he was notable for his
humor and w-as "one of the boys" in the popular sense. "Bob"
Taylor and "Our Bob" were endearing terms, and they added
immensely to his popularity in country districts.
"ECHOES FROM DIXIE."
This splendid collection of old Southern war songs is pub-
lished by the L^nited Choirs of America and contains sixty-
one songs with words and music. It has met with great suc-
cess throughout the country, and the last edition gives that
famous cavalry song of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, "Jinc the Cav-
alry," this being the only book in which it is published. This
collection w-as unanimously indorsed by the U. D. C. Conven-
tion held in Richmond, Va., in October, 1911. It was com-
piled by Mrs. J. Griff Edwards, of Portsmouth, Va.
"Historic Southern Monuments." — You can get Volume
1, of "Historic Southern Monuments" from Mrs. B. A. C.
Emerson, ,^6,^ I W. 30th Avenue, Denver, Colo. Postpaid.
$5.30, post office money order.
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PLACES OF HISTORIC IXTEREST IX MACOX.
BY CAROLINE PATTERSON.
Perhaps the house of most historic interest in Macon is that
which was once owned by Col. John Basil Lamar, situated
opposite Christ Church on Walnut Street and now the resi-
dence of the Guttenberger family. At one time Colonel Laniai
owned the entire square, now closely built up with residences.
He was an honorary member of the Macon Volunteers and a
member of Gen. Howell Cobb's staff, .\lthough over age and
off on furlough when he heard of the danger imperiling
Cobb's Legion, he joined it, and in the battle of Crampton's
Gap, Md., he and Col. Jefferson Lamar, the husband of his
niece, Mary .Ann Lamar, now Mrs. R. yi. Patterson, were both
mortally wounded. Colonel Lamar is buried at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and his monument is an e.xact copy of the one in
Athens erected to the memory of his brother-in-law-. Gen.
Howell Cobb.
Colonel Lamar was a member of the secession convention in
i\lilledgeville and one of the signers of the secession ordinance.
The pen used by him to sign that celebrated document is one
of the cherished treasures of his family.
When the Macon Volunteers left for Virginia, each one was
presented with a uniform by Col. John B. Lamar, and in the
name of another niece, Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (now Mrs. A.
S. Erwin, of Athens), who conceived the cross of honor, he
presented them with their flag. The presentation speech was
made by his nephew. Maj. Lamar Cobb, who, together with
his brother, Capt. J. A. Cobb, served in the Macon Volunteers.
The cannon fired on the reception of the news of Georgia's
secession was in front of his house and broke several panes
of glass. After the death of Colonel Lamar, the house was
inherited by his sister, Mrs. Howell Cobb, and many distin-
guished Confederates were entertained there during and after
the war. The gallant Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard spent several
days there ; and when Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was removed
from command, he accepted an invitation by General Cobb to
be his guest. When President Davis came to Macon to make
a speech, endeavoring to reanimate the hopes of the people, he
and his aids. Gen. G. W. Custis Lee and ;Major Lubbock, en-
joyed the hospitality of this home.
Here Gen. Richard Taylor, the son of President Zachary
Taylor and brother of the first wife of President Davis, so-
journed for a time. Mrs. Davis once remarked: "Mr. Davis
has two hobbies — West Point graduates and his first wife's
relations." This showed his regard for the family of Zachary
Taylor. It was here that General Taylor indicated to General
Cobb on the map a point where they could yet make a stand
against Sherman "if only they had the men;" but "the battle
fields of the Confederacy had already robbed the cradle and
the grave." After the war General Taylor wrote a fascinating
history entitled "Destruction and Reconstruction."
A frequent visitor at this house was General Cobb's brother,
Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, whose secession speeches were compared
by Alexander H. Stephens to the sermons of Peter the Her-
mit on the Crusades. General Cobb was one of the most dis-
tinguished jurists of Georgia, and lost his life in the battle
of Fredericksburg gallantly fighting for his country.
Gen. Henry R. Jackson, poet, diplomatist, and soldier, was
entertained here during the period that he aroused the South
by his fiery secession speeches. Oliver H. Prince, a wit and
author of "Woodpile Papers" and son of O. H. Prince, the
author of "Prince's Digest," spent much time here.
,'\mong the other distinguished guests entertained in this
house, some by Col. John P.. Lamar and others by Gen. and
Mrs. Howell Cobb, were: Gen. Henry L. Beiming, a gallant
Confederate; Maj. John B. Cobb, General Cobb's brother, a
gallant, loyal Confederate and a devout Christian, many years
a citizen of Macon. He is buried at Riverside, very near the
fortifications built to defend Macon from the Northern troops,
a point selected by Major Cobb through his devotion to the
Confederate cause. Other gtiests of this famous home were:
Judge James Jackson, a member of Stonewall Jackson's staff
and for many years Chief Justice of Georgia; Judge Samuel
Hall, the distinguished judge and lawyer, father of the Hon.
Joe Hill Hall; Gov. John Milton, of Florida; Col. Charles
Lamar, who was killed in the battle of Columbus; Cols. John
Hill Lamar, Thompson Lamar, Leonidas Lamar, and Jefferson
Lamar, a distinguished lawyer, the youngest brother of Judge
L. Q. C. Lamar. All of these gave their lives for the cause
of "constitutional liberty." It was said "the name of Lamar
was written in letters of blood on all the battle fields of the
Confederacy." Twenty-four commissioned officers and many
privates of that name were killed.
From this house General Cobb went to repel "Stoneman's
Raid." Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, present at the time, writes
of this in his book, "Johnston's Narrative :" "Immediately
after my removal from command I went to Macon, Ga., to
reside, and soon after doing so had the pleasure of witnessing
a gallant defense of the place by Major General Cobb. It
was attacked by a division of United States cavalrj', with the
object probably of destroying the valuable workshops which
had been established there by the chief of ordnance. General
Gorgas. The place had neither intrcnchmeiit nor garrison.
MRS. W.\LTEK U. LAMAR. PRESIDENT GEdKlilA DIVISION, U. D. C,
AND A GROUP OF HER FRIENDS.
Fortunately, however, two regiments of militia promised me
while commanding the army by Governor Brown were passing
on their way to Atlanta. Their officers were serving in the
army as privates, so they had none. With thein and as many
of the mechanics of the workships and volunteers of the
town as he could find arms for, in all fifteen or eighteen hun-
dred, General Cobb met the Federal forces on the high ground
east of the Ocmulgee, and repelled them after a contest of
several hours by his own courage and judicious disposition
and the excellent conduct of his troops, who heard hostile
shot then for the first time."
When President Davis was taken prisoner and reconstruc-
tion was at high tide. General and Mrs. Cobb entertained
Mrs. Davis and her baby daughter, Winnie, in this same
house, with tenderest care as long as they remained.
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li was in Macon that General Cobb surrendered to General
Wilson after he fought the battle of Columbus, one of the
last fought east of the Mississippi, Thus "General Cobb in
having been the President of the Provisional Congress, which
inaugurated the government and its President, may be said
to have sat by the cradle of the Confederacy and to have fol-
low'ed it to its grave." After this General Croxton took pos-
session of this house ; but on the return of General Wilson
from a trip north he ordered him to vacate it and sent for
General Cobb to come from Athens, then turned the house
over to hiiri.
To this house came Mrs. Elizabeth Church Robb, the daugh-
ter of Dr. Church, of the Georgia University. She had mar-
ried a wealthy Northern man, and was one of the angels of
the Northern prisons, carrying everything in the way of food,
clothing, etc., that could add to the comfort of prisoners and
aiding many to escape. She and her daughter, the first wife
of Judge Pope Barrow, of Savamiah, wore calico during the
war to save their general allowances for Southern prisoners.
Mrs. Robb bore the offer to General Cobb of a partnership
with one of New York's leading lawyers, but lie replied : "I
could not desert my people." After this he practiced law
in partnership with Judge James Jackson in Macon.
On the opposite side of the street from this house is the
site of an old academy which was used for a hospital during
tlie war.
The Macon papers of those times tell of "gunboat socie-
ties" formed by the ladies to raise funds to build gunboals
and supplies for the army, .'\mong the gifts were blankets
donated by the young ladies of Wcsleyan.
Another noted home is that of Mrs. Tomlinson Fort, the
mother of tlie late Col. Tomlinson Fort, of Chattanooga, Miss
Kate Fori, and Mrs. Milton, whose son, George F. Milton,
owns the Knoxvillc Sentinel and the Chattanooga News; also
the grandmother of Col. F. D. Huguenin, Airs. Marsh John-
ston, and Mrs. John Ellis. This was a conspicuous gather-
ing place for patriotic women and children, where even
the l.itlcr helped tear bandages and stuff cartridges. This
house, for years known as the Huguenin residence, is now
owned by Judge Alexander Proudfit. It is on Jefferson Street.
President Davis after his capture was carried to the Lanier
limine. In reconstruction days the part of Mulberry street from
the Lanier House across to the stores opposite was decorated
by a line of LInited States Hags, and Northern soldiers were
stationed there to compel all of the citizens, even the ladies,
to w-alk under them. One lady of prominent family was
forced to walk under and went home to die a few days after,
the humiliation hastening her death.
The most extensive breastworks on this side of the river
were at F'oresl Hill, the summer home of James H. R. Wash-
ington; these extended across the railroad cut to land owned
by Governor McDonald. These were thrown up, as part of
Sherman's army were expected to come on this side of the
river. This place was sold by Mr. Washington after the war
to the city, and it was then given to the Catholics, who
erected the St. Stanislaus College, but is now called Pio
Nino for Pope Pius IN., who during the war was one of the
few potentates of Europe who sided with the Confederacy.
In the City Hall my mother heard speeches by Alexander
Stephens, the Cobbs, and she also head Father Ryan read
from his poems.
In later years President Davis stopped in Macon in passing
through and made a speech from the balcony at the Central
Depot, and in the presence of the people kissed Mrs. Howell
Cobb, much to that dignified lady's surprise. Still later he
visited Macon during a State fair and visited Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh Johnston in Mrs. Johnston's present home. My mother
took us there to call on him, as she had known him well in
Washington, D. C. He kissed me, and, taking my little sister
on his knee, said : "God bless you ; you children are the hope
of the Confederacy, to keep up its memory." Mrs. Howell
Cobb was not able to come to Macon, and Mrs. Hayes and
Miss Winnie Davis made a special visit to Athens to see
her. never losing an opportunity to show their gratitude.
The Sidney Lanier home on High Street, now owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Walker, was the birthplace of the cele-
brated poet, who was also a soldier and has been honored
by the women in naming their Chapter the Sidnev Lanier
Chapter, U. D. C.
Another house of interest is the old Washington homestead
un the corner of College Street and Washington Avenue. Mr.
Washington while Mayor of Macon before the war gave a
large banquet in this house to Gen. Howel! Cobb, Alexander
Stephens, and Gen. Robert Toombs, to which the great actor,
Joe Jefferson, was invited. To this home of their kinsmen
came Gen. Ranee Wright, one of the bravest and most heroic
of the Confederate generals, and his son, now Comptroller
General William Wright, to be nursed back to health after
being seriously wounded in battle. Judge Eugenius Nisbet
went there to inquire of his son, and while conversing with
General Wright the people gathered and clamored to have
General Wright give news of the battle. Mr. Washington
told them tlio Wrights were not able to come out ; but they
refused to be quieted, and General Wright on crutches made
an eloquent speech from the veranda, while his son listened
on his couch, which had been brought out. Ben Hill was also
a frequent guest here.
No visitor to Macon will fail to be t(^ld that Wesleyan is
the oldest chartered female college in the world, and it will
be pointed to w'ith great pride.
Some years ago. when Joe Jefferson played "Rip Van
Winkle" at the opera house, he appeared before the
curtain and made a short speech in which he referred to
his visit to Macon just before the war, when one of his sons,
I'.c .said, had the honor to be born in our city, and he spoke
of the kindness shown him by the Mayor, James H. R. Wash-
ington. Then he said ; "In my travels over the world it has
lieen my pleasure to listen to many orators, but never have I
had the privilege to hear more eloquent men than Howell Cobb,
•Mexander Stephens, and Robert Toombs, in your city."
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Anderson on Vine-
ville Avenue, built over seventy-five years ago by Mrs. Ander-
son's grandfather, was the home of her uncle. Col. Thomas
Hardeman, the father of Judge John Hardeman. Our Camp
of 'Veterans is. as we all know, named for the brave soldier.
Col. R. A. Smith, and the Sons of Veterans for Col. Thomas
Hardeman.
Merging Soxs .\nd D.\ughtf.rs in Texas.
W. C. Sawyer, of Thurbcr. Tex., writes : "In response to the
editorial in the February Veteran as to what may be expected
of our young men. I will tell you we are using ours. Some
four or five years ago I introduced a resolution in Camp
Erath, No. 1530, U. C. V., that we admit wives, sons, and
daughters as members of the Camp. The wives and daugh-
ters to be admitted free of dues and the sons to enjoy all the
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privileges as Veterans, the right to speak, vote, pay dues, hold
office alternately with Veterans except Commanders. We now
have a Veteran Commander; First Lieutenant, Son; Second
Lieutenant. Veteran; Adjutant, Son; and it works very well."
Mrs. Ele.wor D.\mon P.\ce^ Sponsor for Te.xas.
Mrs. Eleanor Damon Pace, of Corsicana. Tex., sponsor for
the State of Te.xas at the Macon Reunion, is a granddaughter
of William P. Rogers, colonel of the 2d Texas Infantry, who
was killed on the ramparts of Fort Robinett in the battle of
Corinth in October, 1862, and was buried with military honors
by order of General Rosecrans, who said: "He was the bravest
man I have ever seen."
The father of Mrs. Pace, H. C. Damon, of Corsicana, Tex.,
rerved in Virginia under Johnston and Lee, and also served
under John H. Morgan. His escapes from Rock Island Prison
and Camp Morton were published in the Veter.'^n May, 1907.
The
Meet for First Time in Fiftv-Two Ye.\rs.
;ibovc group shows the Bowie brothers, who met at
To the left (sitting), William H. Bowie, age sixty-seven.
To the right (sitting), C. Lee Bowie, age seventy-three.
Center (sitting), Johnson I. Bowie, age eighty.
Originally there were in this family six boys and two girls.
Theodore C. Bowie was a member of Phillips's Legion, Geor-
gia Infantry, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness,
May 6, 1864; Robert T. Bowie was a member of the 13th
Georgia Infantry, and was severely wounded at Sharpsburg;
William H. and C. Lee Bowie belonged to Cobb's Legion,
Georgia Cavalry; Johnson I. Bowie married before the war,
moved to Texas, and was never in the army.
After the Reunion at Little Rock Robert T, and C. Lee
Bowie, of Atlanta, Ga., and John W. Bowie, of Dalton, Ga.,
visited their brother, Johnson I. Bowie, at Sentinel, Okla.,
where they were joined by William H. Bowie, of Claude, Tex.
This was the first meeting of John W. and Lee C. Bowie
with their brother, Johnson I. Bowie, in fifty-two years.
They are closely related to James Bowie, of .Mamo fame.
Sentinel, Okla., just after the Reunion at Little Rock.
To the left (standing), Robert T. Bowie, age seventy-five.
To the right (standing), John W. Bowie, age seventy-eight.
SEN.-\TOR NEWELL SANDERS.
As successor to Senator Taylor Governor Hooper, of Ten-
nessee, appointed Mr. Newell Sanders, of Chattanooga, to fill
the vacancy. Mr. Sanders, though of North Carolina ancestry,
was reared in Indiana. He moved to Chattanooga about
thirty-five years ago. Calling at the office of the Times to
become a subscriber, and, seeing the sign, "Don't swear," he
said to the owner, wlin was in the office: "I w^ant to shake
yotir hand and be your friend." And since that time his per-
sonal relations with the founder of the Veteran have ever
been cordial.
Friends of Col. J. Coleman Alderson and other contributors
of articles intended for this issue will bear with the Veteran
for another month. They may see that this month's num'oer
of eighty pages is very much crowded, too much so even to
give a table of contents.
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was a lieutenant under Forrest, she
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account of bad health. She inquires for
a Mr. Wallace Evans, who could give
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hoped he w-ill see this notice and re-
spond.
H. L. Paugle, of Russellville, Tenn.,
wishes to get in communication with
any survivors of Company A, 4th Ten-
nessee Regiment, who can assist him in
proving his record. He was paroled at
Danville, Va., on the uth or 13th of
.April, 1865. He went from there to
Wasliington, D. C, where his papers i
were examined, and he was given trans-
portation to Knoxville, Tenn. He is
now seventy-seven \-ears old and wants
to secure a pension.
The aged widow of William W. Hip-
sher, who was a member of Company
F (Captain Fulkersou), ist Tennessee
Cavalry, wishes to hear from some of
his comrades who can help her to prove
his service, and thus secure a pension,
of which she is in need. This company
was made up in Grainger and Claiborne
Counties. William Hipsher was taken
prisoner near Staunton, Va., on June 5.
1864, and sent to Camp i\Iorton, where
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Morton's Gap, Ky., care of John H.
Shaw, Bo.x 201.
If any comrades of John M. Green,
of Company M (Captain Gammon), 1st
Tennessee Cavalry (Colonel Carter),
Vaughan's Brigade, should see this,
knidly write to C. J. Nugent, of New
Castle, Ky., who is interested in se-
curing a pension for Comrade Green,
and will appreciate any information
that can be given of his service as a
Confederate soldier. Comrade Green
was wounded and afterwards did irregu-
lar service, sometimes as a scout, and
was away from his company with a Cap-
tain Blackburn (perhaps of Company L)
when he surrendered.
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Mrs. John S. Young, 512 Fannin
Street, Shrevcport, La., asks that inquir.v
be made for the war record of Wilton A.
Dare Bailey, who was on duty in New
Orleans in sotne capacity during tlie war.
\V. M. Clyne, of Paducah, Ky., Route
No. 2, would be pleased to hear from
any survivors of his old company, B
(Capt. Alec White), Wheat's Battalion
(known as Wheat's "Tigers"), of New
Orleans, La.
.\ny comrade who remembers Philip
Williams. Company I, 20th Regiment,
nfterwards serving in McWhirter's Bat-
Itry, will please communicate with W.
1. Russell, Bellcvue, Tenn., R. F. D.
Xo. I. His widow needs a pension.
Mrs. W. C. Sherrod, of Wichita Falls,
Tex., wishes to aid the widow of Harry
I'.rown, who served with the Rock City
Guards from Nashville, Tcnn., to secure
.1 pension, and asks that surviving com-
rades will write her as tn his service as
a Confederate soldier.
Mrs. K. M. .Smitli, of Orangeburg, S.
C. (4 Broughton Street), will appreciate
bearing from any comrades of her hus-
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;nid regiment that site may be in posi-
tion to apply for a pension, .'\ddress
lur in care of Htnry G. Betsill.
Jolm Tart, of Mason, Tex., wlio is
seventy-seven years old, needs a pension,
and asks that comrades who can testify
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w.is serving under Captain Lindsey
wben tile war closed.
F. L. Taylor, of Soci;il Circle, Ga., in
behalf of the widow of W. E. Veazy,
asks that any survivors of Company C,
25lh Georgia Regiment, will kindly write
In'm as to the record of Comrade Veazy,
and thus help the widow to secure a
pension. He asks especially of W. \\'.
Dews, wIio once lived in Calhoun
Count.\-, Ga.
H. R. Linderman, of Whitetield, Ky.,
who was a lieutenant of Company H,
Sth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,
Cheatham's Brigade, Polk's Division,
Hardee's Corps, Bragg's Army, would
like to hear from any of bis comrades
who eidislcd with him from Benton
County, Tenn. He mentions John
Walker especially.
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i,\M. u. j Proprietor,
WORK OF UNITED CONFEDERATE JETERAXS.
l:V GEN. BENNETT H. YOUNG, COMM.\NnER IN CHIEF.
Winn in i88g a few far-seeing and patriotic Confederate
siildiers gathered at New Orleans to formulate plans for
bringing into one organization all the survivors of the gre:it
w.ir. they had but a dim conception of the potentialities of
the work they were undertaking. Societies scattered here and
there tliroughoul the South were an echo of this desire of
the nun wliii wore the gray to become assimilated into one
sliiuiR and \igorous body which, while preserving every patri-
oiio inip\ilso. should yet crystallize a deep and undying senti-
nu nt of love and devotion to the glorious memories of the
past and assign to the men who followed the stars and bars
their proper place in the military and civil history of the
world.
Ihero were then surviving less than half of the great host
who liad won immortality for the Confederate name. The
olliers Iiad gone to join the silent majority. There j-et re-
mained some two hundred thousand on the mortal side to
st;md for all that was dearest to brave and gallant men and
li see that whatever had been done by the armies of the
S. nth should not only be known but appreciated, and that
ncuhcr in printed nor spoken words should the principles or
the sacrifices of the men of the South be misrepresented or
depreciated.
Full of the memories of the great struggle, the •Association
took a military mold. Commander in Chief, Departments,
Divisions, Brigades. Regiments, Camps naturally dominated
in the constitution they constructed to carry out the plan that
had taken possession of their minds and hearts.
If the men of the Confederacy were to-day called upon to
formulate another plan, they might eliminate some of the
military features of the organization; but no one, however
wise, could say that any otlier plan would have produced such
splendid results or even with less detail evolved greater suc-
cess.
The United Confederate Veteran Association continues as
the most sentimental, unselfish, patriotic, and powerful or-
ganization of its kind in the world. Within its sacred folds
neither graft nor scheming can find a lodgment: and while it
has "paper generals" and a vast array of similar official titles,
yet in spite nf all of this it has accomplished more for the
South than any similar organization has ever done for any
other nation, and there are no more patriotic people than
representatives of the Confederate States. Living under the
flag they fought, they are to-day as patriotic as the men who
carried that flag; yet they bear in their hearts a fidelity and
loyalty to the memory and achievements of the past as ardent
as they were sincere in facing death and enduring the greatest
privations possible.
The patriotic spirit of the South is the outgrowth of the
work and plans of the United Confederate Veteran Associa-
tion. The twenty-two Reunions that have been held, the vast
number of State and Brigade meetings have created not only
the deepest and intensest love for the South and all its tradi-
tions and the achievements of its sons, but in its every part
have kept at highest pitch the ardor of Confederate spirit
and caused the sacrifices of the armies of the South to
be told and recorded with such accuracy and such detail that
no man or woman of the South can fail to find a life-long in-'
spiration in the grandeur and courage of those who fought
for the independence of their native land. Millions of
people who attend the Reunions of the Confederate survivors
m looking upon these gray-clad men have fixed in their
minds the highest and noblest ideals, and they have new con-
ceptions of chivalry and courage and a truer appreciation of
the manhood and womanhood that characterize the Southland/
There are no more beautiful and exalted examples of tlie
greatness of man than can be found in a recital of the deeds
of the Confederate soldiers ; and as these millions looked upon
living heroes like Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney and Joseph E.
Johnston, John B. Gordon, Wade Hampton. Fitzhugh Lee,
Joseph Wheeler, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Stephen D. Lee,
Clement A. Evans, George W. Gordon, and a multitude of
their associates and followers, they understood what it was
that made the Confederate soldiers on an average the highest
type of volunteers that ever aligned under any flag.
Eighteen Divisions, more than half a hundred Brigades,
eighteen hundred Camps, combining the best and noblest of
the Southland, not only of those who loved but those who
knew most of the memories and achievements of the great
past, tell the story of Southern devotion and love.
Here and there criticisms have cropped out of the sponsors
and matrons of honor and of the music, balls, -and other
entertainments which mark these great Reunions. Confed-
erate Reunions are never real business meetings, but they are
great social events from which the spirit of loyalty to the
memories of the South permeates every part of the territory of
the Confederate States, from the tide water of \'irginia to
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the far western bouiidaries of the great State of Texas.
Not only those who attended the Reunions but those who
heard accounts of these wonderful gatlierings were touched
with magnificent memories of the scents of the South, and
thus there grew up this marvelous organization with its vast
numbers of Camps in all parts of the land who were record-
ing as best they could the stories which made Southern man-
hood and womanhood so attractive and charming to the world.
People who saw these leaders in their palmiest days were
infused with new love for the cause of the South and new-
admiration for its heroes and its defenders. These thousands
of Confederate soldiers represent the best thought, best man^
hood of the South. They necessarily exercised a tremendous
influence in the social, educational, political, and commercial
life of the fast-developing Southland; and they have be-
come "able to dictate to those who write and prepare books
as to what should and what should not be published in books
to be used in public schools concerning the motives of thosi'
who engaged in the mightiest struggle of mankind. A deter-
mined stride forward has been made, and partisan publishers
may take notice that these exactions will continue.
Behind all this spirit of patriotism and enthusiastic admira-
tion of the achievements of the armies of the South the
hearts of the people were moved to memorialize fittingly the
great deeds of the soldiery, and out of it grew a desire to
erect fitting monuments to the heroes who wore the gray ; and
as a result of the work of this organization, purely senti-
mental, with no bond except patriotism and loyalty to the
heroes of the South, they have caused more monuments to be
erected to the soldiers of the Confederate army than have
ever been erected in any age of the world to any cause,
civil, political, or religious. Nor will this work cease. Monu-
ments are multiplying in every part of the South ; they will
continue to multiply, and for ages to come these memorials
in bronze and stone and marble will continue to tell the
glorious story of courage and sacrifice.
No similar organization has ever brought about such tre-
m.endous results or done such patriotic work. Southern sol-
diers will turn and look with intensest pride and immeasurable
satisfaction at what the men and women of the South have
accomplished when guided by love for the past and its noble
lessons and strengthened by a knowledge of superbest offer-
ing for truth which w-as so glorious that time cannot dim or
detract from their splendor and grandeur.
In ten years the Confederate soldier will almost be a story
of the past. Death with its ruthless darts day by day as-
saults the ever-decreasing ranks of the great army that once
stood for Southern independence. In the brief period left for
work each hour demands our most sagacious effort. One-
tenth of living comrades must die each year. A thousand
monuments must yet be erected. To this noble work the liv-
ing soldiery must lend, the chiefest inspiration. Their in-
fluence and presence will give greatest impetus to this holy
purpose, and in the United Confederate Veteran Association,
with aid from the Sons and the perpetual zeal and enthusi-
asm of the Daughters of the Confederacy, this splendid pur-
pose will surely be accomplished.
[A sketch of General Young's interesting and extraordinary
career has been held over reluctantly for the July issue. It
was prepared for the June number, but requires more space
than was planned for it. Another paper unavoidably held
over concerns the dissatisfaction of some comrades in Texas.
Much Reunion matter, in fact, must wait over. — Editor.]
DIDS'T SIXC ■■DIXIE" IIHEX HOME HAS BURXlXu.
I!V ELlZ.\nETH STOCKTON PENDLETON, S.^V.\NNAH, C.\.
In the Veter.\n of April there appeared an interesting ac-
count of the burning of Col. .Mexander R. Boteler"s house,
near Shephcrdstown, W. Va., in July. 1864. The article i-
hcadcd "Sang 'Dixie' as Her Home Burned."
I submit several corrections which will in no way iletraci
from the dramatic interest of the story, but w-ill add to its
value as authentic history. Colonel Boteler's daughter, Helen,
now Mrs. Dudley D. Pendleton, did not sing "Dixie" as her
home was burning. Fascinating and thrilling as the tune nf
"Dixie" is to all Southern hearts, there is little in the woiii-
or music that could appeal to a young girl of deep feeling :ii
such a tragic moment. No warning was received at Fountain
Rock of the intended destruction of the house. Miss Boteln
and her widowed sister were alone with one negro woman
and three little children when Captain ]\Iartindalc presented
the order to burn the place.
After recovering from the first shock of the announcement,
the two sisters went to work to save what they could in the
short time allowed them. Several soldiers gave them kindly
assistance in this pitiful task. It was impossible for sympa-
thetic neighbors to come to their aid in time, and no "crowd
of awed spectators" was present. In less than thirty minutes
the soldiers' work was done, and soon afterwards they were
on tlieir way to Bedford, the next home on their list.
Xo patriotic bravado or melodramatic sentimentality marked
Helen Boteler's action that day. Up to the last moment she
was absorbed in the practical business of saving a little store
of necessities and a few cherished treasures ; and when finally
every one was forced to leave the burning building, in a sud-
den, uncontrollable impulse of passionate grief she rushed
back into the parlor and, touching the keys of her beloved
piano for a last farewell to her home, the young girl sang
these stanzas of Charlotte Elliott's beautiful hymn :
"My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home in life's rough way,
0 teach me from my heart to say,
'Thy will be done !'
If thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize, it ne'er was mine:
1 only yield thee what is thine ;
Thy will be done !"
Surely the truth about this touching incident of that far-
away time is more moving than any fiction. It illustrates the
essential spirit of numberless Southern women of that wonder-
ful generation — not fierce defiance and not mere resignation,
but a spirit of brave endeavor till all that love and labor
could do had been done and through even the bitterest ex-
perience a simple, steadfast trust in One who judges neither
victory nor defeat "by the outer issue."
"So let us still pursue the path of honor as of yore.
Although the flag we fought for will wave for us no more ;
With consciousness of duty performed in all we've done.
We'll wait the final summons that soon shall call us home."
Lieut. Wiley M. Clayton served in Forrest's Cavalry and
died in Nashville November 5, 1911. His widow seeks a pen-
sion, but she does not know of his service or his command,
and only remembers that he was a lieutenant. She will ap-
preciate hearing from any surviving comrades. Address Mrs.
W. M. Clayton, 723 Market Street, Nashville, Tenn.
(^oi)federat^ l/eterap.
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MRS. THOMAS S. BOCOCK.
FiKST Honorary President Richmond Chapter, U. D. C.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, the daughter of Charles James
Faulkner and his wife, Mary W. Boyd, was born at Boydville,
the home of her grandfather, Gen. E. Bojd, situated in what
is now West Virginia. This elegant home, built under the
direction of her grandmother, an Englishwoman by birth, is
ndW owned by Senator Faulkner, brother of Mrs. Bocock,
who has spared neither time nor expense in keeping this home
as it was originally, one of the handsomest homes in that
part of Virginia. Her grandfather, Maj. James Faulkner,
was awarded a handsome sword for his gallant conduct in the
battle of Craney Island in the War of 1812. Her father, the
Hon. Charles S. Faulkner, was in Congress for six years.
MRh. THOMAS S. TOCOCK.
He was nndc Minister to France by President James Buch-
anan, and was filling this position when the War of the States
was declared. When his native State (Virginia,)^ seceded
from tlie Union, Major Faulkner went to New York. He
was imprisoned in one of the forts, but was released in a few
weeks througli influential friends. In a short time he was ap-
pointed on the staff of Gen. T. J. Jackson. The "War Rec-
ords" report much of the important ^Vitfk for the Confed-
eracy. Four of his daughters are PrcXdel^sof U. D. C.
Chapters, including Mrs. McSherry, formerly rrcsidi'nt Gen-
eral U. D. C.
Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, lu-r husband, was tlic only Speaker
of the Confederate Congress. His home in Appomattox was
only two miles from the Federal encampment, and was de-
stroyed by the troops. Mrs. Bocock is one of the few women
of the period just previous to the war that produced so many
elegant and cultured women. Through all her young life she
was in the diplomatic circles in Washington and again with
a like class in the capital of the Confederacy. She is a typi-
cal Southern gentlewoman. Devoted to the cause espoused
by her father and husband, she has filled many prominent
positions in the Daughters of the Confederacy. For three
years as Director for the Arlington Monument of Virginia
her work has been indefatigable. She is determined that Vir-
ginia shall lead in contributions this year, and daily her mes-
sages go out to Virginia Daughters reminding them of this
sacred work so dear to her heart. Mrs. Bocock not only does
her work for the Confederacy, but gives her time, her talents,
and influence to religious, social, and patriotic work in Virginia.
Beloved by all who know her. this tribute is paid by the
President of the Virginia Chapter.
Seeks a Samaritan Comrade. — .\. D. George, of Gatcsville,
Tex., writes: "I was wounded on July 22, 1864. near Atlanta,
Ga., and was sent to Forsyth, sixty miles below Atlanta, to
the hospital, where I lay for three months. I was then sent
to Macon, Ga., and when put on the train I had on only a pair
of trousers, shoes, and an old hat, my clothes having rotted
through being soaked in blood. On the trip I sat with a
Tennessccan, also going to the hospital. Noticing my condi-
tion, when we got to Macon he went out and got me some
clothing from the good people of the city. This Tcnncsscean
belonged to Cheatham's Division but I've forgotten his name.
I belonged to Company K. 19th Alabama Infantry."
■■WIL ARE KIN OF THE ENGLISHMAN."
BY F.LLA WHKEI.ER WILCOX.
(Written on board the Olympic after the Titrniic dls.Kter >
Born in the flesh and bred in the bone.
Some of us harbor still
.\ New World pride, and we flaunt or hide
The spirit of Bunker Hill.
We claim our place as a separate race
Or a self-created clan.
Till there comes a day when we like to say :
"We are kin of the Englishman."
For under the front that sfc\ns so cold
-And the voice that is wont to storm
We are certain to find a big, broad mind
.\nd a heart that is soft and warm.
And they carry their woes in a lordly way.
As only the great souls can.
And it makes us glad when in truth wc say:
"We are kin of the Englishman."
He .^lams his door in the face of the world
If he thinks the world too bold ;
He will even curse : but he opens his purse
To, the poor and the sick and the old.
He is slow in giving to women the vote,
.\nd slow to pick up her fan ;
But he gives licr rooin in an hour of doom
And dies — like an Englishman.
[Inclosed with the above comes a letter of May 5 from Lon-
don by the author stating: "We are here for two months. Re-
turn June IS (D. V.)." A postscript states: "My English
publishers sold 44,891 volumes of my poems last year."]
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C^opfederat^ l/eterai).
Col. V. Y. Cook, of Batesville, Ark., wants a copy of tlic
Veteran for Februarj', 1893, to complete a file, and is willing
to pay a good price for the number. Write him in advance
of sending. Colonel Cook lacks but this single copy of hav-
ing two complete sets of the Veteran for nineteen years, one
of which he will place in an important library.
James Henderson McGinnis, who served in Company I, 8th
Tennessee Cavalry, died in Logan County, Ky., September
6, 1908. His widow seeks a pension under the new pension
law of Kentucky, and it is necessary for some comrades to
testify as to his service. The family think he was paroled at
Washington, Ga. Any surviving comrade who can furnish
the necessary testimony may do her a great favor. Her ad-
dress is Mrs. Mary B. McGinnis, Russellville, Ky., Route I.
HOXOR ROLL FOR COL. RICHARD GIVEN.
Contributors to the Richard Owen Memorial in Indianapolis
are of a distinct class. Inquiry has been made of a number
of persons well up in history and of good memory as to
whether there is in all the annals of time a similar movement
to this, but none reported. Good will come of it, for even
mention of the subject carries with it a feeling of fraternity
that will mellow the heart and be an inspiration to all who
practice the golden lule and e.xalt the brotherhood of man.
It will be the most fitting thing ever suggested as evidence
of restored fraternity of the sections— the noblest aftermath
of the American tragedy.
The "unreconstructed" can well afford to cooperate in this
tribute, for in showing honor to the kindest of all prison
commandants they rebuke in a way those whose names will
never be recorded in such way. Besides, cooperators in
doing honor to the memory of so conscientious a patriot are
of the class who went to war for restoration of the Union
only and who have ever borne the most exalted regard for
Confederates and for the Southern people. Even Colonel
Owen, loyal as any man in the Union, seemed to see — be-
fore Sherman illustrated what war is— what was coming, and
in 1863 he resigned and returned to college life in the Uni-
versity of Indiana. Conditions in the North were, however,
very different from what they were in the South, where every
man who was loyal to the Confederacy had to remain in the
field ; the need of his services was imperative.
Since the last issue of the Veteran Miss Belle Kinney,
who has the order to make the bronze bust of Colonel Owen,
has been to the Capitol of Indiana and examined the selected
location, making measurements, etc., for the work. She is
well pleased with the outline ; and although very busy with
the woman's monument work and that of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston at Dalton (by the State of Georgia and persoanl
contributors), she will begin the Richard Owen work as prompt-
ly as practicable and is to have it ready for dedication on
January 6, 1913, the hundred and third anniversary of his
birth. As Colonel Owen was in command of the prison at
Camp Morton fifty years ago now, it may be noted that he
was then sixty-three years of age. His son, Horace P. Owen,
a banker at New Harmony, Ind., where the Owen family made
much valuable history, was assistant adjutant general in the
siege of Jackson, Miss., and is of record as having "gallantly
carried messages under a galling fire." In this siege Col.
Richard Owen commanded a brigade.
From W. J. Behan. of New Orleans, La., comes a most ap-
preciative offering: "I was a cadet at the Western Military
Institute in the fifties under Colonel Owen, then superin-
tendent, with Gen. Bushrod Johnson president and Hon.
James G. Blaine in the faculty. They have all gone to the
great beyond, and so have many hundreds of the cadets of
the old W. M. I., following those honored men of the blue
and the gray. Herein find five dollars toward the memorial
to honor the memory of Col. Richard Owen as commander of
the Confederate prison at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind.,
in the winter and spring of 1862."
A contribution comes from Mr. J. W. Clapp, of Memphis,
Tenn., who writes that it is sent with the profound hope that
success may crown the efforts in this laudable undertaking
"For as a child," he says, "I recall the privations and suffer-
ings of the Confederate soldiers then in Northern prisons,
much of which was of course due to the exigency of the times,
but much more to either wanton neglect or brutal vindictive-
ness; and hence I submit that our Southland should regard
it a privilege to erect a suitable memorial to Col. Richard
Owen for such Christlike conduct."
Another appreciated letter comes from Gen. John B. Stone,
of Kansas City, Mo., who makes an additional and a larger
contribution than before and w-rites : "Every living Confed-
erate soldier ought to contribute to this fund, as Colonel
Owen was the single exception who ever extended kindness
and humane treatment to Confederate prisoners while they
were confined in Federal prisons during our Civil War."
From Lieut. EUvood S. Corser, of Minneapolis, Minn.: "I
am very happy to be enabled by your kind permission to enroll
my own name among those who fully appreciate the heroism
and magnanimity which you and thousands of others are
evidencing and which is such an honorable and natural con-
clusion of the brave men both of the North and the South
who met in battle and who on those bloody fields have planted
the tree which shall have its beautiful growth in our united
nation. * * * Such work as you are doing will surely have
its adequate reward in the successful healing of the hurts of
the War between the States."
MISS CORA .M.M.I.ORV, FLORIDA, GRANDDAUGHTER OF S. R. MALLORY,
Spon.sor for the South at Macon Reunion.
C^opfederat^ l/etera^.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL.
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Alderson. J. C, Charleston. W. Va.
Alexander. S. J.. Macon. Tenn . . . .
Allen. P. E.. Grand Cane. La
Anderson, John. Enfield. N. C
Ander.son, S. B.. Mineola. Tex....
Ander-son, W. A.. Holly Spring.s,
Mjss
Arnold. J. M.. Covington. Ky
Armsti-ong. Mrs. Nora Oweri. Jlem-
phis, Tenn
Asbury, Col. A. E., Higginsville.
Mo
Barron. S. B.. Rusk, Tex
Bean. William H., Howe, Tex
Belian. W. J.. New Orleans. La. . . ,
Bell. G. W. R.. Gales\ille. Ala
Bradley, J. P., Linneus. 'Mn
Brown, B. R., Shoun-;, Tenn
Bi'ownson, Mrs. J. M.. \'icloria,
Tex
Bryant, D. H., Orlando, Flu
Briisle, C. A,, Plaquemine, I..a
Bulow, T. L.. RidR-eway. S. C
Campbell, ,1, M., Martinsburg, W,
Va
Cannon, J. P., McKenzie. Tenn
Cariies, W. W., Memphis, Tenn,,.
Chachere, Dr. Theogene, Opelousas,
La
Chai'hcre, J. O., Opelousas. La,,.,
Chiles, T. C, Greenwood, S. C. , . .
Claiip. J. \V.. Memphis, Tenn
Colvin, R. M., Harrisonburg, Va, , ,
Comb, J. H., San Marcos, Tex
Cook, V. Y.. Batesville, Ark
Corser, Lieut. R. S,, Minneapolis,
Minn
Cromwell, T. W., Cvnlbiana, Kv,,
Croom, Dr. J. D., Sr., Maxton, N. C.
Crutcher, T. E., Saoo, Mont
Davis, B. B., Bucatunna, ,Miss,.,,
Davis, J, P, Bucatunna, .Miss..,,
Dawson, G. W., Kan-a-i City, Mo,.
Devenport, ,1. J.. Devcnporl. Ala..
DeYoung. R. M.. Chase. Ala
DuBuisson. (' .1.. Yazoo Citv. Mi^s.
Dudley. Ma.i. R. H., Nashville,
Tenn
Edmonds, J. S,. Ridgeway, S. C, , ,
Edmondson, Y. C, Waxabachie,
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Hill, A, B., Memphis, Tenn
Hinson, Dr. W. E.. Charleston. S. C.
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Johnson, W, J., Ridgeway, S. C. . . .
Jones. George M.. Springfield. Mo.
Jordan, J. W., Cariollt<m, Va
Lee, C, H.. Jr,, Falmouth, Ky
Lee. I, S., Mayersville, Miss
Lester, John H., Deming, N. Mex.
Lewis, John H.. Memphis. Tenn...
Lewis, R. B., Longlown, S. C
Lipscomb, H. G., Nashville, Tenn.,
McCaskey, T. B., Bucatunna. Miss.
AL-jcbetb, Mrs, R, Y,, Pinopolls,
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Moore, Miss E. I., Buda, Tex
Myers, J. M., Fishervillc, Ky
Newton, H. H., Bennettsville, S. C
Norwood, J. P., Lockesburg, Ark..
Nutt, Miss Nannie. Alva. Fla
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Setton, Emmett, Pulaski. Tenn. . . .
Shaifer, A. K., Port Gibson, Miss.. 1 00
Sbannahan. J. K.. Newcomb. Md.. 2 00
Shearer, John, McCrory, Ark 1 00
Shipp, J. F., Chattanooga, Tenn,,. 1 00
Smith, Miss Jessica R., Hender-
son, N. C 1 00
Smith, Judge C, J,. Ridgewav, S, C. 50
Smith, W, A., Ansonville. N. C. . . . 1 00
Stewart, Col. W. H., Portsmouth,
Va
Stone, J. B., Kansas City, Mo,.,,
Slono, John B., Kansas City, Mo. ,
Stones, Mrs. C B., Galveston, Tex.
Streigler. ().. Menardville. Tex....
Sworii. Marion L.. Opelousas. La..
Tliayer, Albert, Indianapolis. Ind.
Tcague. Dr. B. H., Aiken. S. C...
Team. Dr. J. W., Ridgeway, S, C, ,
Tliompson, R. H., Culpeiier, Va, , . ,
Thompson, W. A.. Gurlev, La
Tilgliman Sidell, Madison, N. J...
Vanmeter, C. J., Bowling Green,
Ky
Van Pelt, S. W,, Farmville. Va, , .
Varnadoe, J. O.. Valdosta, Ga
Wall. Dr. W. D.. Slaughter. I,a. . . .
Wbitsett. J. B.. Nash\ille. Tenn...
Whiteside, ^^ss Florente, Cleve-
land. Tenn 1 00
Wilder, E, G., Socrum, Fla 1 00
Wilson, C. B., Taylor, Tex 5 00
Womack, J. K, Kagleville, Tenn,, 1 00
Wrav, C. P., Ridgewav, S C 1 00
Young, B H., I^ouisville, Kv 10 00
Total to June 1, JSns.no,
00
00
00
no
00
00
00
no
00
00
no
10 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
MEy(l;FES 01' TllF OKTIRBEIIA CAMP, NO. I3II, (ON FKIlEBAl E VETERANS.
Reading from left to right: First Row— H. T. Sanders, T. N. Shearer, Capt. W. R. Lanier. D. W. Outlaw, Capt. J. D.
Burgin. Gen. Wiley N. Nash, and J. G. Bell. Second Row — F. E. Hearon, F, C. Gregg, Capt. L. D. McDowell, Dr. W. H.
Magrudor, J, C. Rand, W, J. Rousseau, and Mr. Patrick. Third Row — Esq. W. H. Reynolds, W. W. Van, J. T. Jones, and
S, B. Critz. Their ages range from 63 to S3. H. K. Rousseau being the oldest and a veteran of the Mexican War as well
as of the Civil War. This picture was taken on Easter Sunday at the Methodist church, where these veterans had gone
in a body upon request of Rev. Dr. S. A. Steel, President of the Methodist Conference College, of Jackson, Tenn., who
addressed his sermon specially to them. Members of this camp agreed among themselves to meet every Easter Sun-
day and attend preaching in a body. They recotnmend this custom to other camps, and hope to make the custom universal.
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Qoijfederate Ueterap.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Tenn.
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
cooperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
SOUTHERXERS SHOULD SEE TO SUBSCRIPTIOXS.
Of course every nrin who served in the war sliould read
the Veteran. If unal)lc to pay. some one should pay for him.
Every Confederate mother should have it. Some man would
pay for all such who can't afford to subscribe.
Every Daugliter of the Confederacy should read it regularly.
Its careful perusal will furnish inspiration to strengthen them
in their sacred work.
Every son and grandson of Confederates should patronize
it and read it regularly, remembering that the days of those
who honor father and mother "may be long in the land."
Every reader wdio believes in it should become a solicitor.
Each will realize the truth that only good can come of e.K-
tending its circulation. It is the duty of every faithful South-
erner to extend its influence, for its indorsement by scores
of thousands for nearly twenty years justifies the assumption
of merit, and the rapid falling out of the men in gray should
be a reminder that immediate action is necessary by all who
would circulate their "story of the glory," of the sacrifices of
which there can be no exaggeration.
Correct the wholly unjustified impression that there is a
strong corporation back of the Veter.an, because it is entirely
the work of one man who has had his full share of privations
and whose multiplicity of gratuitous duties is a tax that ought
not to be borne without the cooperation of friends in the
cause. Many serve as agents gratuitously, but others work
for commissions, which are allowed cordiall.v. Those who
are zealous in its behalf could do the greater service by send-
ing direct, and in doing so could nearly always secure another
subscription or more if they would offer to send without ex-
pense to some friend who ought to take it.
Many good friends would regret if they realized how great
a tax in labor and money they fail to save the office by seeing
the date by their names and acting without waiting for a
notice. These "reminders" cost hundreds of dollars each time
they are sent. If you are in arrears, you can tell by the date
after name in address. If the figures are "June 'ir," for in-
stance, you owe a year. The date avoids any necessity of
vvfiting for statement unless some error should be corrected.
Tlie importance is imperative ; for diligent as we may be,
hundreds die and their representatives give no notice and
will not pay. The patrons of the Veter.^n are scattered over
a wide area, and we must depend on the family and friends
to notify us of a patron's decease.
There is evidently no other publication of which so much
is asked gratuitously. It is unstinted in its service, and its
patrons are requested to practice the same rule. It is hard
to conceive how much benefit would accrue if every patron
would give prompt attention to this request.
Friends, won't you spare the Veteran the expense and labor
of another statement? If the head of the family is too busy
to see this, call his attention to it and ask him to do so at once.
Long Articles Must Be Abridged.
Correspondents are informed that long articles cannot be
used. Every page in the Veteran costs more than a dozen
dollars, and there is need for so much that this notice is
g'vcn. Two pages may contain a great deal, and one is suf-
ficient in many instances to print that which occupies much
more space. There are several important articles held over
from this issue. Among them report of the C. S. M. A., pro-
ceedings at Macon, State Division, and several Last Roll
sketches. Nearly everything that comes to the Veteran must
Ik- condensed. Please write concisely as possible, then go over
it ind see what can be eliminated and rewrite it in that form.
C)ntributors should not forget the necessity of writing on
good paper concisely as possible, leaving plenty of room. Short
artitles are preferred, and only such need be sent with confi-
dence of their acceptance. Much is unavoidably held over
f'nm lack of condensation until it is out of season. In illustra-
tion of the impracticability of long articles, a book revievir
of over forty pages is just at hand. The space required to
r.r'nt it would cost thirty or forty dollars — for a copy of the
hn'S<. Correspondence is necessary with the author of the
icview to have him understand, and then he is not likely to
be satisfied.
First consideration is given to comrades who rarely w-rite
for the press. They should rewrite on good paper — much
paper used is fit only to fertilize the soil. When comrades
have written, they should write again, condensing; even then
it must undergo a similar process in this ofiice. Those who
want space in the Veteran should observe this request.
Remember, too. that "new South" and "lost cause" are terms
debarred in the Veteran office.
TAKING ADJ\'IXTACE OF REUXIOX CONDITIONS.
The Macon Reunion will be of record in the years to come
as illustrating wdiat a great-hearted people can do in an
emergency. Macon was regarded as being courageous in at-
tempting the entertainment of the United Confederate Vet-
erans, its population considered. It had advantages, however,
tiver any city yet entertaining in its magnificent streets. Com-
rade J. \V. Wilcox, City Engineer and connected officially
with the city government for many years, at the request of
tlie Veteran gives the width of leading streets. Mulberry and
Third Streets, for instance, are each one hundred and eighty
feet wide, with parks in the center. First, Cherry, and other
streets are one hundred and twent}- feet wide. The patriotic
Southern men and women of Macon contributed sixty thou-
sand dollars, and many of them filled their homes with guests
with characteristic Southern hospitality.
Too much praise cannot be given to them, and yet there
was a spirit of graft that shocked the patriots who had gone
far to be with comrades of long ago. There must have been
some clandestine cooperative method in this by an element
who anticipated that they would have visitors at their mercy.
1 he Macon people generally did not seem to be aware of such
acts. It is an outra.ge that patriotic Macon sliould suffer in
reputation for the selfish and exacting methods of a few.
In order to be helpful to other cities that are to entertain
Reunions in the future, the Veteran would appreciate report
from all who were imposed upon at Macon. It would benefit
those patriotic people. Of course it is not designed to publish
names, but report of the facts might benefit the Central city
of Georgia composed of absolutely loyal people.
The Veteran was urged to denounce impositions inflicted
before the Reunion, but anticipated that it would be checked.
Greek restaurants started the game in Nashville at a Reunion,
and they were promptly "called down'' by the authorities.
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THE SHILOH MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
April 7, to May 7, 1912.
Alabama; VV. H. Forney Chapter, Anniston, $2; Tuskegee
Chapter, $2; J. B. Gordon Chapter, $2.50; A. B. Moore Chap-
ter, $1; Mildred Lee Chapter, Sheffield, $5; Admiral Semmes
Chapter, $5; Sidney Lanier Chapter, $10; Cradle of Confed-
eracy Chapter, Montgomery, $2.50 ; V. C. Clopton Chapter,
Huntsville, $15; Barbour County Chapter, Eufaula, $2.
Arkansas : Joe Wheeler Chapter, Dardanelle, $5 ; Batesvillc
Chapter, $5; Margaret Rose Chapter, Little Rock, $2; post
cards by Mrs. Hall to Memorial Chapter, $4; Hiram Grinsted
Chapter, Camden, $9.10.
California; Gen. Joseph Wheeler Chapter, Long Beach,
.$3.90; Los Angeles Chapter, $10; Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Chap-
ter, Riverside, $5; Joseph LeCompt Chapter, Berkeley, $5;
Jefferson Davis Chapter, San Francisco, $25; individual con-
tributions from members of Jefferson Davis Chapter collected
by Miss N. A. Queen, $5.50; "Dixie Book of Days," sold by
Miss Queen to Jefferson Davis Chapter. $1.60: Gen. E. Kirby
Smith Chapter, San Bernardino, $15.
Colorado: M. H. D. Hayes Chapter, Denver, $10.
Georgia ; L. P. Thomas Chapter, Norcross, $3 ; Barnesville
Chapter, $2; Gen. J. B. Gordon Chapter, Louisville, $1.
Kentucky: Paducah Chapter (post cards), $16.50; Mrs. J.
A. Royston, Lancaster (post cards), 5 cents; Crepps WickliflFe
Oiaplcr, Bardstown (Shiloh Day collection), $5.25; Miss
May Belle Lyon, Eddyville (post cards), $2.35; Kate M. Breck-
inridge Chapter, Danville, $10.
New York; Stonewall Jackson Chapter, C. of C, $5; col-
lections from Director, $7.30.
South Carolina : R. E. Lee Chapter, Anderson, $2 ; Cheraw
Chapter, $2; W. B. Ball Chapter, Cross Hill, $5; Marion
Chapter, $2; Wade Hampton Chapter, Columbia, $5; Ridge
Spring Chapter, $2 ; W. J. Gooding Chapter, Brunson, $2 ;
Drayton Rutherford Chapter, Newberry, $5; J. C. Calhoun
Chapter, Clemson College, $5; Arthur Managault Chapter,
Georgetown, $5; Mrs. C. T. Martin (personal), Gaflfey, $1;
Charleston Chapter (five Lee pictures), $12.50; Draton Ruther-
ford Chapter, Newberry (one Lee picture), $2.50; Greenville
Chapter (post cards), 30 cents; post cards sold at Greenwood
Convention, $2.75; Draton Rutherford Chapter. Newberry
(post cards), $1.10; sale of "Confederate Banners" at Green-
wood Convention, $1.75.
Tennessee: J. W. Morton Chapter, Camden, $10; Jefferson
Davis Chapter, Cleveland, $5; Johnson City Chapter, $2.50;
Lynnville Chapter, $1; Neely Chapter, Bolivar, $2.50; Knox-
ville Chapter (Lee picture), $2.50; Maury County Chapter.
Columbia. $25 ; Lewisburg Chapter, $5 ; John Lauderdale
Chapter. Dycrsburg, $30; Musidora McCorry Chapter, Jack-
son, $40; Mary Latham Chapter, Memphis (post cards), $2.50;
J. H. Mathis Chapter, Memphis. $15; Miss Jean Dobbins (per-
sonal), Columbia, $5; Winnie Davis Chapter, Columbia, $6.10;
Mrs. J. D. Hughes, Shiloh Chapter, Savannah, 50 cents ; Mrs.
J. M. Paisley, Shiloh Chapter, Savannah, 50 cents ; Mrs. Wil-
liam Stull, Shiloh Chapter, Savannah, 25 cents; F. M. Walker
Chapter, St. Elmo, $10; Joe Wheeler Chapter. Stanton. $5.
Texas : L. S. Ross Chapter. Vernon, $5.
Virginia: Culpcper Chapter. $1; cash, 25 cents; Craig Chap-
ter, New Castle, $5; Pickett Buchanan Chapter, Norfolk. $5;
Jcflferson Davis Chapter, Accomac, $5 ; Stonewall Jackson
Chapter, Bcrryville, $5; Ann Eliza Johns Chapter, Danville,
$5; Lee Chapter. Richmond. $2.50; Mary Custis Lee Chapter.
b*
Lexington, $2.50; Bristol Chapter, $3: Halifax Chapter, South
Boston, $10.
Total collections since April 7, $480.05.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $13,450.32.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date. $13,930.37
At the request of the Paducah Chapter the Treasurer is
glad to mention the liberal patronage received from Federal
veterans en route to Shiloh. The sale of post cards was most
encouraging. The Chapter especially appreciates the inter-
est of Capt. T. J. Lindsey. of Washington C. H., Ohio.
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Treasurer's Report for Month Ending April 30, 1912.
Mrs. Clementine W. Boles, Director for .Arkansas, $19.
Contributed by Mr. Ed Ayres. Chicago, 111., $10; Mrs. Phil
Smith, Chicago, 111., $5; Mrs. J. T. Skelton, Fayetteville, Ark.,
$1 ; Mrs. Polly Logan, Fayetteville, Ark., $1 ; Miss Amanda
Stone, Fayetteville, Ark., 50 cents; Robbie Logan. Fayetteville,
Ark., 50 cents; F. S. Root, Fayetteville, Ark., $1.
Patton-Anderson Chapter, No. 76, U. D. C, Palatka, Fla., $5.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida, $66.60. Con-
tributed by Martha Reid Chapter, No. 19, U. D. C, Jackson-
ville, Fla., $20; Kate D. Scott Chapter, No. 902, U. D. C,
Monticello, Fla,, $6; Dixie Chapter, No. 1008, U. D. C, St.
Petersburg, Fla., $3 ; Denham Chapter, C. of C, Monticello)
Fla., $1; commission on sales of calendars, $1.60; Winnie
Davis Chapter, C. of C, Jacksonville. Fla.. $5; Stars and
Bars Chapter, No. 1354, U. D. C. Greenwood, Fla., $2; Mrs.
Griggs, Apalachicola, Fla., $1 ; Mrs. R. C. May, Miami, Fla.,
collections, $15; Sister Esther Carlotta, St. Augustine, Fla.,
$2 ; Elizabeth Harris Chapter, No. 207, U. D. C, Madison,
Fla., $5; William H. Milton Chapter, No. 1039, U. D. C,
Marianna, Fla., $5.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia, $10. Con-
tributed by Anna Eliza Johns Chapter, No. 164, Danville.
Mrs. Marie B. Sayre, Director for Washington, $10. Con-
tributed by Robert E. Lee Chapter, No. 885, Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Walter C. Pollock, Director for West Virginia, $10.
Contributed by McNeill Chapter, No. 948, Keyser, W. Va.
Receipts for the month, $120.60.
Balance April i, 1912, $19,054.04.
Total to be accounted for and on hand May i. $19,174.64.
Wallace Streater. Treasurer.
HISTORY OF THE THIRTIETH GEORGIA REGIMENT.
A. P. Adamson, of Rex, Ga., has had published a history of
the 30th Georgia Regiment, which he reports as containing
complete rolls and records of each company, also the history
of the regiment and sketches of officers and members, together
with photographs of a number. Price of the book, $1 per copy.
Comrade Adamson is also preparing a history of the Adam-
son family, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and he wants any information
concerning the family, especially of those who served either
in the Confederate or Federal army. A. P. Adamson. Rex. Ga.
James B. McCullum. Confederate Home. Higginsville, Mo.,
wishes to locate his brother, Thomas P. McCullum, who was
a member of Company F, 2d Missouri Infantry. Gen. F. M.
Cockrell's brigade. The last heard of him he was in West
Tennessee. Information concerning him will be gratefully
accepted by his brother.
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COXCERXIXG THE MACOX REUXION.
The opening day of the Macon Reunion on Tuesday. May 7,
was devoted to addresses of welcome, responses, and patriotic
songs. The attendance of members of the Confederate Choir
No. I from Portsmouth, Va., was hailed with delight by the
multitude ; but a hush and sorrow prevailed when it became
known that the eminent leader, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards, was
not present, having recently lost her husband. The members,
with other organizations, contributed to the music ; but in
deference to sentiment they declined to sing "Di.xie," which,
under Mrs. Edwards, has been for years the most delightful
feature of the general Reunions.
The Macon Telegraph reported the opening day as follows :
"The meeting was half an hour late starting. Chaplain R.
B. Headden, of Rome, pronouncing the invocation at 10:30.
At that hour the building was packed to its utmost capacity,
with confusion prevailing. About the stand and on it a dense
mass of people were crowded, while a babel of tongues went
up from every side. Lieut. Gen. C. Irvine Walker, who pre-
sided, made strenuous efforts to clear the front of the plat-
form^of^all except delegates, but his efforts were unavailing.
Even tne tables reserved for the newspaper men and veteran
reporters were as chips tossed in a maelstrom as far as work-
ing conditions were concerned.
"Two songs by the United Confederate Clioir seemed only
to accentuate the noisy tendencies of the crowds massed every-
where. Efforts were made to read one or two reports of the
utmost importance to the Reunion, but the reading could not
be heard three feet away.
"A temporary silence ensued when Gen. A. J. West pre-
sented Mrs. John B. Gordon, her daughter, Mrs. Brown, two
grandsons, and Mrs. Longstreet, of Gainesville. General
Walker made repeated efforts to get order, but without any
effect on the tumult of sounds.
"A motion was made to suspend until the house could be
cleared of all save delegates, which prevailed, but that ended
it. Nobody left ; the volume of noise increased. The crowds
massed denser than ever on and around the platform. Mo-
tions came fast and thick. One was to clear the building of
all save veterans, but that did not materialize.
" 'Shut your mouths and let us carry on business,' shouted
a fine-looking man on the platform as he towered scarlet with
indignation. 'If you won't stop it, we'll put you all out.
Piusiness must go on here.'
"But again no one could execute the order, and the ir-
resistible flow of sound continued. For five minutes all sorts
of motions were made, having the object of stilling the tumult
and proceeding with the business session. Then came the
motion to adjourn until two o'clock and exclude from the
afternoon session every one except accredited delegates. The
session ended with practically nothing accomplished.
"General Walker stated that the memorial exercises as
scheduled would of necessity have to be abandoned, as the
important business of the convention had to be attended to."
Gen. H. T. Davenport, of Americus, Ga., who has a splen-
did voice and is tactful, made an appeal that brought about
the respectful consideration of the assembly.
Memorial Service Held in Its Order.
The adjournment was before noon, at which time Mrs. W.
J. Behan arrived with the Memorial Association delegates,
that body having adjourned its session for the service. By
persistence, friends of the Memorial Association cooperating,
Mrs. Behan took charge of the hall and an impressive service
was held. Prayer was led by Rev. W. M. Xcclcy. of Florence.
Ala., a member of the Frank Cheatham Camp, Nashville,
and the program was carried out save that some of the songs
were omitted that the service be concluded in its time limit.
Model Memori.\l Tribute to Gener.\l Evans.
[Brig. Gen. J. L. McCollum made the memorial address
to the late Gen. Clement .A. Evans, Commander in Chief of
the U. C. v., who died last July in .A.tlanta. He was -Assistant
.'\djutant General on tlie staff of the Commander in Chief.
The address was written under the apprehension tliat the au-
thor might be prevented from attending. This contingency
occurred, and the address was read by S. A. Cunningham.]
Ladles of the Memorial Association and Comrades: The
quiet of a Sunday afternoon in July, 1911, was over the city
of Atlanta, and over one home on Capitol Avenue there was
a peculiar stillness; the hush that borders the valley of shadow
was resting on all. General Evans was dying. At four o'clock
word passed in whisper from lip to lip, "He is dead;" and then
the wires flashed it over the commonwealth of Georgia and
over the South, and again the great heart of the old Confed-
eracy was astir, and it was sad, for another of her great
chieftains was passing from her arms.
Georgians were peculiarly sad, for there had gone to "rest
under the shade of the trees" a great galaxy of noble men.
Bartow, Hill, Toombs, Stephens, Colquitt, and Gordon were
already gone, and there was to Georgia and the whole South
cause for sadness and tears, for we were losing a type of
chivalry and noble manhood, of true patriotism which we will
never see again. Of him as his class it may be said:
"His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
.And say to all the world, 'This was a man !' "
God's unit of highest value is man. "I will make a man more
precious than gold." (Isa. xiii. 12.)
As a citizen he proved himself a man worthy of love and
honor. Few Georgians entered so broadly and richly into the
history of the State and South. From his earliest manhood
on to the lingering month of closing twilight General Evans
was active in the service of the public. At the bar and on the
bench, in legislative halls, in the charge on the battle field,
in the sacrificing labors of the ministry, in education and
Statehood he gave himself freely for his generation and those
that follow him. To him life was service, and that not for
self, but for his fellow men. His wealth was not in worldly
store, but in the higher, in the eternal treasure of love, sym-
pathy, and kindness for all mankind.
But the South knew him best as a soldier. Entering her
service as a private with convictions that called for every
hour of his time, every particle of strength, and if necessary
every drop of his blood, he gave himself wholly to his country.
He rose step by step from the ranks to the position of major
general ; he participated in nearly every principal battle fought
by Confederate troops in Virginia; was wounded five times;
he returned again and again to his post, and was found at
last on the firing line at Appomattox. Even after truce and
the silence upon other parts of the field, unconscious of its
meaning. General Evans with his division, composed of bri-
gades from Virginia, Louisiana, and Georgia, gallantly charged
the enemy, capturing some artillery with a number of prison-
ers. Driving from the field a body of dismounted cavalry,
he was leading his men to further battle, when an aid from
General Gordon (furnished by General Sheridan) rushed upon
the field with orders to "cease firing."
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267
No doubt but the flag of the old company under which he
was mustered into the Confederate service as a private and
which inspired him in many battles is here to-day to bear
testimony of his great gallantry. He was a soldier to the last;
but after the surrender, like his great comrade, Gen. John B.
Gordon, he radiated the spirit of peace. So after the flag of
the Confederacy was furled forever as a banner of a nation
and the stars and stripes accepted with sincere submission, he
put on the gospel armor and took his place as a loyal and de-
voted knight of the cross. For many years he served in the
gospel ministry, and acted in that spirit until the infirmities
of age and weakness caused by wounds received in battle
prevented further labor. "He carried with him the atmos-
phere of a born warrior, gentleman, and Christian of the old
scliool, courtly, gentle, brave to the last breath." He helped
to make history, and that history, I am persuaded, will grow
briglitcr as the years pass. It is true the sun has gone down,
sir, and we have no armies, but principle abides.
"There is a grandeur in graves.
There is glory of gloom,
For out of the gloom future
Greatness is born.
As after the night comes the
Sunrise of morn.
."Kud the graves of the dead, with
The grass overgrown,
May yet make the footstool
Of liberty's throne.
And each single wreck in the
War path of miglit
Shall yet be a rock in tlie
Temple of right."
Wlu-n it was determined -at a preliminary meeting of rep-
resentative Confederate veterans held at New Orleans June
10, 1889, to organize a United Confederate Veterans Associa-
tion, the question of a Commander was a most important con-
sideration, and from the many surviving generals John B.
Gordon was unanimously chosen, and instinctively he selected
the gallant soldier and Christian gentleman, Clement A. Evans,
' who had followed him step by step for four years in Vir-
ginia and after the war, a close cow'orker in reconciliation and
upbuilding, as his Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Ho
served in tliis position until he was unanimously called by
his State to serve as its Commander, but was a little later
elected Department Commander, and upon the death of Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, who had succeeded General Gordon at his
death, was elected Commander in Chief, and served in that
capacity until the Reunion at Mobile, a little more than a
year before his death, when he declined reelection on account
of ill health. He was made Honorary Commander for life.
Many of us present to-day recall' that feeble voice uttering
beautiful words of love and affection in declining to accept
further service as active Commander in Chief.
Ladies of the Confederated Southern I\Iemorial Associa-
tion, Georgians probably ought not to boast, but they have
a right to be proud when a heritage of such noble character is
theirs. Consider the good men whose dust rest in her soil
and whose lives still urge us on in the pathway of right. God
grant that our young men and women and their descendants
may prize this heritage above rubies anil live to honor such
ancestry.
I covet the power of an artist. I would portray my thoughts,
draw aside the veil, and let you look upon the general as-
sembly of the saints to let you see these and others in holy
and happy fellowship resting "under the shade of the trees."
The picture would ease our aching hearts and give us the
courage of higher aspirations, knowing that when we quit
these desert sands such would be our resting place.
As soldier, statesman. Christian, and gentleman,
"Take him for all and all.
I shall not look upon his like again."
Memorial Address by Judge N. E. Harris.
Ladies a»d Ceiitlcmfn. and You, My Comrades: I think I
ought to say in the opening that I had tried with great earnest-
riess from personal reasons to have some one else fill this ap-
pointment. I had refused three or four times to be considered
in connection with it, and only consented at the last moment
to appear for the purpose of reading a poem that had been
published for general distribution and with which I shall
tnd this discourse.
I come to speak to-day in the city wherein most of my life
has been spent to the surviving comrades who stood with me
under the flag that carried the cross of St. Andrew in the
four years of bloody struggle. It is a high honor at any time
to speak to an assembly of Confederate veterans — none higher
to me on earth.
Since this great gathering has honored the city at whose
feet the sluggish Ocmulgee drops her tears and around whose
forehead as a crown of glittering jewels are Wcsleyan and
Mercer Colleges on the hills and St. Stanislaus beyond— this
Central city of Georgia where the sunshine from Southern
skies is incarnated into the hearts of one of the noblest and
best peoples the world ever saw — and since I have been per-
mitted in my old age with my own eyes to look in the faces
of my comrades with whom I staked all in the four years'
strife and at these altars pledge again undying allegiance to
the memories of those old heroic days, I feel like saying with
the patriarch, "Now, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace,"
since mine eyes have seen this glory here.
Pour Years of Heroic Strife.
My comrades, the civil war between the States of this Union
compressed more than a century into four years of strife.
The republic threw forward in prophetic outline its civic and
military glories for seventy-five years till they touched and
lingered about the blood-stained margin of 1861. The repub-
lic restored by force turns its memorial pages backward — tear-
stained and sorrow-draped — through the whole course of
forty-seven years, till the war-blenched and battle-scarred
edge of 1865 is reached.
Four years stretch between! No such four years ever gave
up their deeds to history in all this world ! Four years of
battle storm, of heroic achievements, of glorious triumphs,
of Titanic defeats ! Why, there never was a four years like
unto this in all the annals of the human race! Millions stood
in arms in the greatest and freest country on earth. The
liberty of the world was the stake and the last experiment of
free government among men put to bloody trial. Humanity
stood aghast, w-hile Christianity was weighed in the balances.
The hopes of mankind shone like stars over the heads of
marshaled armies, gleamed through war clouds and fiery
flames from blazing homes, and fell to earth betimes on blood
stained battle fields where valor died and a nation's symbol
was bathed again and again in the heart's blood of its de-
fenders.
Ah, that awful four years! Carved out of your lives, com-
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rades, this gathering to-day is the memorial. These vast
throngs in this little city under the sunny skies of our own
dear Southland recall the memories of that time and that
struggle. These vast crowds are here because the events of
that four years still hold the canvas in the light of another
century's promises, that nothing can blot out. Time passing
only draws the shadows longer and lifts the figures higher.
Pathos of Defeat.
My comrades, the world turns naturally to the conquered.
When brave men die for a cause, that cause becomes sacred
for the sake of the dead. Heroism and martyrdom command
crowns from history, and humanity stands by to sec that the
debt is paid. There is more in the sorrows of defeat to move
the hearts of the world than all the splendors of triumph can
ever accord. Suffering challenges sympathy, and the cause
of the vanquished becomes by adoption the cause of the strong
everywhere, and loving hearts take up the story and re-
hearse it over and over till all the lost battles are fought out
again, and in the mighty forum of conflicting creeds and opin-
ions the hour of triumph surely, though it may be slowly,
conies round at last and the defeated cause is avenged.
Theme a Memorial Service.
My comrades, what are the things in that four years' strug-
gle that we would linger longest over and bear most in
remembrance to-day? This is a memorial service, you know.
When we think of the dead of our armies, when they appear
before us in these Reunion days, all dressed up again in their
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gray uniforms spangled with gold lace and stars and bars,
or faded and worn with the dust of travel or the smoke of
battle; when we greet them again with sorrow or tears and
see them gay and joyous as they once were in the camp or
on the field or find them with wounds dripping with blood
from whence their life ebbed out, more than our mere per-
sonal affection for them rises up in our memories.
We name them, comrades, in softened tone; we call the
old roll again of the company as they stood in line and an-
swered "Here" to the first sergeant's short demand. O how
it stirs our hearts when we think of them and go over the com-
pany list again and name them to ourselves ! In my company,
for instance, Joe Lyle — what a great boy he was ! — the life
of the camp, and Frank Moses, who stood up like a tall pine,
always to be put at the head of the company and carry the
company colors ; and Jim McCollum, the first lieutenant (how
we think of him as his voice rang out while the shot and shell
were hurtling over us!) ; and the captain too; then the colonel
as he rode down the line with his arm in a sling; and the
bronze-faced general who cried, "Steady, boys ; remember you
are Tennesseeans" — or Virginians or Georgians or South
Carolinians, or whatever State it was. And then a sorrow
grips our souls as we remember that we will never see them
again, and we say; "How brave they were! They may have
turned pale, but they never turned tail. Their faces were
toward the front." That was the Confederate soldier. That
which characterized him most of all was the valor and
chivalry that he showed in the day of trial, his fighting zeal,
his sacrifices for his comrades and his country. These are
the things that we call back to-day, for, comrades, there never
were braver armies gathered together oh the face of this
earth than those that stood up. under the Southern flag and
fought in the rising and falling fortunes of our dead Confed-
eracy !
It was easier to be brave in the beginning than it was
toward the end. You all know that after the Vicksburg sur-
render and the Gettysburg battle the struggle was a hopeless
one with most of us, and yet our armies fought on and died
on with never a thought of surrender, and many of the grand- ,
est triumphs of our forces and many of the noblest deeds of
our soldiers were done under the shadow of the approaching
disaster. The record blazes with the most splendid achieve-
ments that ever crowned the failing fortunes of a nation.
The South did not get down and pray for peace. The
proudest nation on earth was that Southern Confederacy to
which you and I swore allegiance when we joined our for-
tunes to her armies. It was not just one man dying here and
there. Whole armies died, a nation died.
We can see in Bayard and Douglas and DuGueschlin in
chivalry the very highest type of courage and the flower of
personal achievement ; we sigh over the devotion of Marshal
Ney and the Polish Kosciusko ; we stand amazed at the
achievements of Marlborough and Caesar and Alexander; we
admire the glory of Napoleon and delight to honor the patri-
otism of our Southern-born Washington ; but in the very
forefront of the world's mightiest heroes, elevated to the same
high plane with the leaders of the armies of conquering and
conquered nations of all time, side by side with the greatest
and noblest of all march the Southern generals and their of-
ficers, their names the synonym for martial glory, their
achievements, their sacrifices, even their defeats the proudest
boast of the world's patriots and the delight of the world's
greatest historians.
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These men loom large through the distance as time goes
on like great mountains standing out in the mists of the morn-
ing. Already we apotheosize Robert E. Lee ; already we have
put Jackson on a pedestal unapproachable ; we rear monu-
ments to Gordon and Cleburne and Johnston and Forrest
and Stuart and a hundred others that touch the skies. We
call the names in the ears of our children of the innumerable
caravan that now march through the Hall of Fame, who led
on the plains of battle the South's defenders when her star
went down and her hopes were quenched in the blood of her
sons forever.
Tribute to the South's Ciz'ic Leaders.
While we remember her army leaders, we do not lose sight
of those other devoted men who directed the fortunes of her
government through the awful struggles that marked the ex-
istence of the short-lived Confederacy. It behooves us to
refer to the memory of our civic leaders without whom the
Confederacy would not have lasted a day. That first cabinet !
Jefferson Davis. Ale.\ander H. Stephens, Judah P. Benjamin,
Stephen R. Mallory, Charles G. Memminger, and that old Roman
that outlived them all, John H. Reagan, with all that galaxy
of civic statesmen who led the South's failing fortunes through
the awful four years' struggle — why, the level rays of glory
are beginning to shoot to the horizon from the chaplet that
adorns their brows.
Do you think of the chieftain to-day to whom we all swore
allegiance? Davis, vicarious sacrifice for the conquered
South, commander in chief of all her armies — it is well to
lay a tribute upon his grave in the city where he met and
conferred last with his old comrades before he answered the
roll call that ended his career on earth. History is vindi-
cating his fame and his glory rises every day higher and
higher toward the zenith.
And that little trembling form whose dark eyes looked into
ours so often from the doors of Liberty Hall, Alexander H.
Stephens, second officer of the government, frail in form but
a giant in brain ! In this State where his towering fame
abides we are proud to name him as the one who first gave
the best reason to the generations of men for the existence of
the Confederate States.
My comrades, these are the offerings of our country ; these
and all who were with them in the dramatic tragedy of the
Southern Confederacy are the offerings of our country to the
muse of history for the education of mankind and the admira-
tion of all lovers of liberty, of honor, and bravery for all
time to come.
The Rank and File of the Army.
But what shall I say of the privates, of the rank and file?
I heard Gen. Clement A. Evans declare that these are the men
who put the lace on the arm and the stars on the collar of
the officers who led them. They have no national government
to preserve the memory of their deeds, guard their graves,
and pay vast pensions from the public treasury to the sur-
vivors and their descendants. Because they have none of
these honors and emoluments which belong alone to the con-
queror, because they have been bound down with the bitter
chains of failure, because of their Herculean efforts on the
field, on the march, in the bivouac, in the line of battle, in
the smoke-crowned redoubt, fighting, charging, rolling back
their foes with fierce yells of triumph and then covering up
their dead with tears of unmeasured regret, till in the last
fight on the last day they stood as the remnant of the noblest
defenders of any nation on earth — ragged, shot-torn, and yet
defiant to the end, never conquered but only overcome by
numbers — they have made their cause the object of the greatest
reverence and the highest respect even to those who believe
it mistaken and ill advised. To all these brave defenders of
our nation's cause we would bring a tribute to-day from the
warm and patriotic hearts of the people who have gathered
here on this memorable occasion.
Give Our Ji'omen Glory.
Will we ever do justice to our mothers, wives, and sweet-
hearts who bided at home during the long struggle and
listened with bated breath for the news from battle fields and
camp and hospitals?
Comrades, when we organize the grand army of the sixties,
let us put in the very forefront the women, who with sun-
bonnets and homespun dresses kept their vigils around the
altar fires at home and sent their prayers upward like the
volleys of embattled squadrons to the throne of the eternal
God, holding up their sons and loved ones with hearts un-
quailing and hands, though weak and trembling, that never
failed.
Fruit of the Fratricidal Struggle.
It is all the better that the war was fought, even though our
cause went down in defeat. The struggle has left a heritage
of brave deeds, a history of heroic endurance, of fidelity to
country and home and fireside for the whole American na-
tion, North and South, to cherish. For fifty years past the
world has found its finest illustration of sacrifice, of chivalric
courage, of high endeavor, of unswerving patriotism i» the
Southern war; and for fifty years to come new incidents will
develop, new narratives will be written, and new ideas of
war and daring and sacrifice and glory will be found, so that
new laurels will be constantly woven for the brows of the
Southern heroes.
The fruitage of this struggle has been the production of a
higher and nobler generation of men throughout the limits of
our country. While the North and the East are honeycombed
with anarchy and infidelity to home and to country, and
while the great West is filled with turbulent, unreasoning
masses, gangrened with communism and pushing to the fore-
front the very lowest doctrines of the proletariat, here in the
South we have a great race of pure-blooded, conservative
Americans, thoughtful men and women, born of fathers and
mothers who stood the storms of battle and learned in penury,
want, and bereavement to act in the pressure of every sort
of emergency. Then how could their boys be other than
embryo warriors like Lee and Jackson and Johnston when
they inherit such blood? and how could their daughters be
other than sweet and gentle as angels yet with the fiber of
courage and endurance in their bodies equal to that of their
heroic fathers and mothers together? Generations that were
born from the stress of a nation's suflfering, baptized at the
red laver of battle, our people are therefore high-toned and
chivalric, true to the traditions of the past; they treasure
high hopes for the future, are devoted to the principles of
free government, are attached to religion and home, and are
filled with all reverence for the great Constitution which the
fathers of the republic gave to the world. We challenge com-
parison as to intelligent citizenship with any people on the
earth.
It is a sweet thought to me. my comrades, as my tired eyes
grow dim to know that our boys are as loyal to the memories
of '61 as the men who wore the gray and fought in the fore-
most ranks. So I say: "God bless the boys and girls of our
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Sunny South I" In the great Spanish War tlicse boys carried
the old flag with the same gallantry and daring that their
fathers exhibited when the stars and bars waved over their
heads. I understand now the meaning of the words of Father
Ryan, our poet-priest, when he declared that "the whispers
of a Southern mother in the ears of her boy would be the
booming of a cannon a hundred years from now."
That same proud, chivalric spirit that characterized the
men of '61 survives in their descendants and w-ill make them
soldiers for ofTense or defense as the great nation they honor
has occasion for their services in her cause. I tell you, com-
rades, we may be proud of our Southern blood. It is not
tainted with treason; it is the blood of patriots who hated
wrong and fought for home and country.
The memories of internecine strife should ordinarily be al-
lowed to perish. The conflicts of kindred families ought not
to be remembered. But the principles for which a great na-
tion went to war, for which a million men were slain and
eight thousand millions of treasure lost and destroyed amid
prodigies of valor and sacrifices unknown to the world be-
fore ought never to be forgotten. The fame of the heroic
defenders of the Southern cause and the achievements of its
mighty dead should be the boast of their descendants and all
patriots as they will be the heritage of the earth for all time
to come.
Good to Come of the Contest.
God bless these old torn battle flags! Around them hang
the memories of noble deeds, of sinking hopes, of the last
throes of a nation in arms. It is the flag of my father; it
wrapped his cold form in death ; that I myself loved and fol-
lowed it made me an exile from home and country. The
graves of my kindred, the friends of my youth, the comrades
who stood with me amid the sulphurous smoke, the roar and
crash on the perilous edge of batle and went down with a
smile on their faces as their last gaze caught its star-crowned
and bullet-riddled folds — all these come back to me as I look
again to-day on its faded colors. I heard a United States
officer once say : "I love to salute that flag, for I know it
waved over brave men."
Keep it, my old comrades ; it is yours while you live. Keep it,
ladies of the Memorial Association, Sons of Veterans ; it is
yours to treasure and preserve, all blent with the memories of
that awful four years' struggle. Teach its meaning to the
children and to the generations which come after as long as
time shall live, for the brave men who fought for it are
nearly all dead and the nation that it designated is no more.
I have said often, my comrades, and I say it now again,
that so long as the people of the South are true to the mem-
ories of their heroic sires their national principles will be
safe from decay and their characteristics as a high-souled,
brave, and chivalrous people will never be lost.
Great deeds are the parents of yet greater ones. Our
fathers' achievements are the seeds of the world's mightiest
works, all sown in human hearts. So the South is growing
in power, in wealth, and resources every day. She is moving
forward to a higher plane in the councils of the world. In
her valleys and around her fertile liills a race of men and
women is now growing up who will have the power and the
genius to make the world understand by the invincible logic
of argument and the all-compelling force of truth that the
cause for which she fought was the same battle for freedom
handed down from father to son through all the ages, and
the blood that was spilled in her cause on the arid fields of
conflict flowed from the veins of a race of patriots as pure-
hearted and unstained of soul as the saintliest knights of the
crusades or the laurel-crowned heroes of Revolutionary times.
As the sun sinks toward his setting the Southern soldier
grows prophetic and the mantles of the old seers fall upon
him and unloose his lips. In the great future, my country-
men, he can see a vision of his own dear Southland for which
he fought and shed his blood, going forward on its wonderful
march of industrial and civic progress, outdistancing all the
rest of the country in the race for preeminence. Already the
South is lifting with cables of cotton and levers of steel the
w-hole American nation to a higher plane of progress, wealth,
and industrial success. She is carrying all sections with her
in her wonderful strides toward commercial greatness. Her
own vindication keeps pace with her industrial rise. In 1887
Martin F. Tupper, the great English poet, speaking of the
obloquy that had been heaped upon the South, declared that
the world would soon repent of its wrong and do her justice.
And it did.
The English-speaking peoples outside this continent have
already approved her cause and entered upon her vindication,
while they who were lately our foes are binding themselves to
us with ties of blood and interests so strong that sectional
lines will soon be obliterated and there will be a union of
hearts as well as a union of States. Then shall come our
full vindication. Then our once prostrate land rising up like
a young giantess and girding her loins shall feel the strength
of reviving youth and power, the prophecy of yet grander
triumphs. Then these old battle fields of ours shall find a voice,
and the light that lingers round the tombs of our honored
dead and springs from the precincts of the Hermitage and
the turrets of Monticello and gilds the monuments that mark
the graves of Lee and Jackson at Lexington and all the rest
shall catch new glories from her brightening prospects and
throw its radiance down the pathway of the years. Then in
the day of our complete enfranchisement the people of the
North and the East and the West shall gather with us in a
reunited republic to celebrate our triumphs, and the grand,
loud acclaim of a heaven-blessed land caught up on the gale
and borne ofif on the breeze shall be heard like the battle
cry of the angels, rolling onward through the long, long line
of coming centuries, teaching nations and kindred and tribes
on all the earth that freedom and glory and honor and pros-
perity and happiness have found their destined culmination
in the South.
I want to end this address now by reading to you the poem
to which I referred in the opening. There was a young boy
whose mother was a Georgian and whose father edits the
Confederate Veteran — an only son, who followed the pro-
fession of a civil engineer. In 1901 he had reached the very
summit of his profession, and while in the service acting as
consulting engineer in fixing the international water boundary
between the United States and Mexico and in charge of an
expedition for both governments to define the status of the
Rio Grande boundary he was drowned in that treacherous
river. When his broken-hearted father was looking over the
contents of his camp chest, he found among his papers these
words, which seem to me really a voice from the dead. You
can understand how the sorrowing father, who had long be-
fore buried the mother of the gifted boy, must have felt when
he read these words of his dear son. They come to us, my com-
rades, to-day with the significance that they had to him; for
if the dead could speak to us, I am sure they would speak in
words like these, while we sorrow over their loss :
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"You tliiiik of the dead on Christmas Eve,
Wherever the dead are sleeping,
And we, from a land where we may not grieve,
Look tenderly down on your weeping.
You think us far; we are very near,
From you and the earth though parted.
We sing to-night to console and cheer
The hearts of the broken-hearted.
The earth watches over the Hfeless clay
Of each of its countless sleepers,
And the sleepless spirits that passed away
Watch over all earth's w-ecpcrs.
We shall meet again in a brigliter land
Where farewell is never spoken ;
We shall clasp each other hand in hand,
And the clasp shall not be broken ;
We shall meet again in a bright, calm clime
Where we'll never know a sadness.
And our lives shall be filled, like a Christmas chime,
With rapture and with gladness.
The snows shall pass from our graves away,
And you from the earth, remember;
And the flowers of a bright, eternal May
Shall follow earth's December.
When you think of us, think not of the tomb
Where you laid us down in sorrow ;
But look aloft and beyond earth's gloom,
\iid wait for the great to-morrow."
BATTLE or WILLIAMSBURG, MAY 5. iS62.
BY A. G. PETERSON, IN THE BLOOMINGTON (iLU) PANTAGRAPH.
[The writer is Past Commander of Ransom Post. G. .\. R.,
St. Louis, and of the Department of Missouri, G. A. R.. a re-
tired business man of St. Louis.]
Well, what of fifty years ago May 5. iqij? It is the memory
of an old man miming back to the time that "tried men's
souls," 1861-65. ] was a member of Company A, 70th Regi-
ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and first regiment of the
"Excelsior Brigade," commanded by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles,
Army of the Potomac, commanded by General McClellan.
When General McClellan made his movement from around
Washington to the Peninsula, the third army corps led the
advance from Fortress Monroe up to Yorktown, where the
Confederates, under the command of General Magruder, had
erected fortifications and intrenchments extending from the
York River nearly to the James River. Instead of promptly
attacking Magruder, as he ought to have done, McClellan be-
gan to build forts and intrenchments with a view of besieging
Yorktown. We w'cre detailed to help build these fortifications,
and in so doing were continually under fire from the works
of the Confederates, which were within easy shooting distance
from our own.
Xight after night while at work the enemy fired number-
less bombs which in their curves from the time they left their
pieces could be easily traced by the lighted fuse which they
carried, so that we could see them coming in time to get out
of the way. While this was going on the Confederates were
also busy with their siege .grnis and field artillery, which at
times made it rather uncomfortable for the L'nion troops, and
yet the loss was comparatively light.
On the night of May 4 the Confederates evacuated York-
town and retreated up the Peninsula. This was discovered
on the early morning of the 5th, and the pursuit of the L^nion
army at once began. General Stoneman, with the cavalry and
two batteries of light artillery, had the advance and over-
took the rear guard of the Confederates five miles from Wil-
liamsburg, at which time skirmishing began and was con-
tinued until the intrenchments of Williamsburg were reached.
These consisted of Fort Magruder, situated at the junction of
two roads, both extending from Yorktown to Williamsburg,
and quite a number of smaller works which extended across
the narrow neck of the Peninsula, flanked on either side by
creeks and Y'ork River on one side and the James lower down.
General Stoneman. finding his advance stubbornly contested,
sent for recnforcements. General Hooker, our division com-
mander, and General Smith's division, of Sumner's Corps, were
ordered up promptly. Both of these divisions were marching
on parallel lines until Smith's Division w-as halted by some
obstruction which compelled him to cross over to the road on
which General Hooker was marching. This created some
confusion and detained General Hooker a few hours.
Again on the forward move, we followed the Williamsburg
Turnpike through rain and mud ankle-deep, which made the
marching most difficult. At that time we were armed with
old-fashioned Belgian muskets, which took a charge of powder
about two inches long, topped off with three buckshots and
an ounce ball. The cartridge cover had to be bitten off, the
powder poured into the musket, and then all rammed down
with a ramrod, after which a percussion cap had to be put on.
We were new then in the art of war, and so carried knap-
sacks filled with extra clothing and a little of everything else.
We soon came within the range of the screeching shells
and whistling bullets. Our colonel, William Dwight, moved
us to one side of the road, had us unsling knapsacks, and make
company piles of them with one man in charge of each stack.
He then made a speech to us while en masse before him, in
which he told us that we were about to go into our first bat-
tle and that he wanted everj' man to do his full duty. He
wanted no man to fire until ordered, and then to fire low.
After these instructions we were again faced to the right
and started on our forward march toward the enemy. At
this time the roads were about impassable on account of the
incessant rain and the large number of troops passing over
ihem. The mud was actually ankle-deep, and men had all
they could do to get through it. However, we plodded along.
.Vll this time the shells of the enemy were going over our
lieads and now and then one entering our ranks, though doing
but little damage.
Soon we came in sight of Bramhall's Battery, which stood
in the middle of the road directly in front of Fort Magruder.
It had borne the brunt of the battle for fully two hours, and
its loss of men and horses had put it out of business. I well
remember the dead men and horses near the guns as we filed
to the left and into the woods. The underbrush and felled
timber cut down to impede our progress made our task most
difiicult. We had advanced about a quarter of a mile, when
we were ordered to the right, then left front to the enemy, all
this time being fired into. At this point our colonel gave the
command to fire and then the battle was on in earnest.
The Rebels opened on us with terrible effect, and at the
same time charged on our line with the Rebel yell, which
afterwards became so well known. I w-ell remember my feel-
ings at the time, and, judging from the faces of my comrades,
I am sure my face was as white as a ghost. My mouth was
so parched that it was with difficulty I bit off the end of the
cartridge which had to be inserted into my musket. My limbs
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were weak so that I could scarcely stand up to the work. My
gun went off, but I am not sure that I implicitly obeyed the
instruction of our colonel to "fire low."
We were in the midst of felled timber, and we screened our-
selves as much as possible behind the stumps and logs. I got
behind a stump about two feet across at the top and settled
down to business amidst the roar of cannon, the shrieking of
solid shot and shells, with the incessant zip, whiz, and whistle
of bullets, and at times the ping of the deathly messenger as
it entered the body of a comrade. This, with the dense smoke
from the fire of the guns on both sides along with the loud
yells from the contestants, made it an indescribable and in-
delible scene.
My comrade, Jack Slater, an Englishman, started to come
toward me from behind a log and fell over backwards with a
hole in his forehead, the blood fairly covering his face. His
musket dropped out of his hand and fell against the stump
behind which I was. In loading my own musket the ramrod
had become clogged and I had to throw it away, and so picked
up his gun and used it until we were withdrawn. After we
had expended our ammunition. General Kearney's division,
of our own corps, relieved us.
In coming out of the woods and crossing the road I could
hear the calls, "This way, ist Excelsior!" Rain was still
pouring down, yet a band was playing. In the midst of the
battle General Heintzleman had gotten a band together and
made them play inspiring music, as he said, "To make them
fight better."
We had in our company a man named Tiffany, from Cat-
taraugus County, N. Y. He was the tallest man in the regi-
ment and had the largest feet. His shoes had to be made to
order. The boys often joked him about his big feet and said
"that if he ever went into a battle the Rebels would surely
shoot him in the feet," and sure enough that occurred. When
crossing the road with the regiment to the woods on the other
side, I saw Tiffany standing with one foot raised, the butt
of his musket under his arm, the bayonet at the end of the
gun resting on a chip of wood. I asked him if he was hurt.
He replied: "Yes, I am. I would not mind it, but I'm shot
through the foot and the boys will make fun of me." I
helped him across the road, where the regiment was then
forming for roll call.
Our regimental loss during this engagement was forty-
nine and a half per cent of the number engaged. We entered
the battle with a trifle less than seven hundred men, and in
less than two hours our loss was three hundred and thirty-
nine men killed and wounded. Out of thirty-three officers in
the battle, we lost twenty-nine, having only four left. The en-
tire loss in Hooker's Division was 2,239. Compare the loss
of the second division of the third corps with the entire loss,
killed, wounded, and missing, of the American army in occu-
pation of Cuba in 1898, which was, according to official report,
1,668, and we then have some faint conception of what the bat-
tle of Williamsburg was, and yet the magnitude of this conflict
is so slight in comparison with the population of this country
that hardly one in a hundred can tell when it was fought.
After the fighting had ceased and we had remained in the
woods all night, with the rain still pouring down, we marched
to an opening a short distance beyond Williamsburg near a
clear and beautiful spring of water. The Confederates had
retreated during the night, leaving at least eight hundred of
their wounded in the old William and Mary College and im-
provised hospitals to be taken care of by our surgeons, and
most willingly and cheerfully did they perform the duty.
A detail from our regiment was made to go back to the
battle field to bury the dead. I was one of that detail, and
my remembrance of its duty is still distinct. A trench about
fifty feet long, about si.x feet wide, and three feet deep was
dug. The dead were gathered together and a search instituted
for evidences of their identity, so that it was known where
each of the dead was buried, after which they were gently
deposited "in the grave of a soldier."
In striking contrast of the day of the battle, in which the
rain just poured down all day, the 6th of May was a beautiful,
bright, sunshiny day, with the birds singing in the thickets
in which lay the dead. So ended the battle of Williamsburg.
Compliment to A. G. Peterson.
Surprise will be felt by A. G. Peterson, of the G. A. R.,
at the reproduction of two pastel prints sent with a greeting
and the welcome words : "Richard is himself again." This
generous-hearted friend arranged for a reception to the Editor
of the Veteran by the Ransom Post, G. A. R., some time ago,
and has been so uniformly generous that the Editor, selfishly
in a sense, deserves to have a "type of his face" in the Veter.'^n.
In the pictures it will be seen that he poses as a gardener
and grandpa. For many years he was a St. Louis merchant.
Ninety Prisoners Captured Guards and Got Away. — In
an old letter from Richmond dated June 26, 1863, Robert C.
Noland wrote his sister of his escape from prison. He had
been severely wounded in the battle of Murfre^sboro, and
through the unceasing kindness of friends had recovered.
The Federals were sending ninety prisoners from "Fort" ( ?)
Norfolk to Fort Delaware, and they resolved that they would
capture the boat, which they did by overpowering the guards
and compelling the pilot to steer for the Virginia shore, land-
ing a little below the Fort Henry Ligh.lhouse. They had a
perilous march of about two hundred miles, pursued by Fed-
eral cavalry, but seventy-one of the number reached the Con-
federate lines. Lieutenant Noland was under condemnation
as a pirate, as he had participated in the capture of the Maple
Leaf, and he advised : "Destroy this letter."
"Keep us, O Friend, where'er
Thou art waiting all that here
Made thy earthly presence dear ;
And when fall our feet as fell
Thine upon the asphodel.
Let thy old smile greet us well."
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IIOSriiALI I V AT RAYMOTH— REUNION OF VETERANS WITH GEN. J. M. RAY AND -MOTHER RAY.
The Ashcville (N. C.) Citizen, giving an account of the
fiftietli ufdchng anniversary of Col. J. M. and Alice Caldwell
Ray in their suburban home at Ashcville, N. C, says:
"Fifty years ago ! There on the hill at Raynioth, under the
friendly shades of oak and maple, this dear old lady — Mother
Ray — is sitting, counting tlie shadows that rise up from the
mists of years. She Iiears again her country's bugle call, and
slie sees the best blood of her fatherland flowing in a never-
ending stream. And it dyes the land red — an imperishable
red. Then the scene changes, anil tlie 'girl' of Raymoth sees
herself ])assing in and out among tlic scenes of carnage, drop-
ping a word of comfort here or offering a well-lilled basket
where hunger was doing its deadly w'ork. We can see her
now as she moved then. The face that once shone with the
radianci' of ,ine 'going about doing good' is furrowed and
wrinkled now, but it is still 1>eautiful with the glory of a life
well spent, of countless deeds well done. The eyes that
MRS. .\LICE C.VLPWELL R.^V.
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kindled when the call of war was loud in the land arc dimmed
with age now, but they reflect the light of love and peace.
"The Citizen feels proud to join in Asheville's tribute to
the illustrious citizens. Gen. and Mrs. J. M. Ray, who cele-
brate their golden wedding. We rejoice that we have not
waited to lay this offering on tinseled caskets, for the fra-
grance of the flowers that these venerable scions of the Con-
federacy cull to-day may make brighter the final march to the
distant camping ground. Already it may be that Mother Ray
is anxiously awaiting the call of the boatman from the misty
shores, longing for her commission to a dreamless rest, for
the coming of that last bivouac when 'God shall wipe the tears
from her eyes' and death and sin shall be no more."
The Gazette-Xews contained the following: "Much of Mrs.
Ray's long life has been spent in kindly ministrations to
others. The following is a tribute written some time ago by
one whom she had befriended ;
'Gathered 'round Raymoth's festive board
This happy Christmas day.
Our grateful hearts with thanks go forth
To dear old Mother Ray.
For day by day 'tis her sole aim
Our happiness to secure,
While for us who ail her loving care
Should quickly effect our cure.
Her table is spread most bountifully
With all the good earth can afford ;
Then let us with thankful voice and heart
Sing her praises with one accord.
Such generous hearts are rare on earth.
Such unselfish care is rarely given;
Then let us pray as she has dealt in life
She may at last be dealt by heaven.' "
An admirer of "Mother Ray" writes that a suggestion is
favorably received for a monument to Mrs. Alice Caldwell
Kay, "a grand woman of the old Confederacy," to be built
while she lives. It is to be a home for mothers and daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, built by the Veterans and Sons of
Veterans and endowed by them, each State controlling the
number of rooms it provides and having a voice in the general
management based upon its investment, and that the States
of her birth and adoption. Tennessee and North Carolina,
should take the lead in the matter. Raymoth is a charming,
healthful, and beautiful place, the site of the first Reunion.
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EXPERIENCES OF THE TENTH TENNESSEE.
With Special Tribute to Capt. James P. Kirkman.
BY CAPT. THOMAS GIBSON, NASHVILLE, TENN.
Capt. James P. Kirkman was a model soldier and officer
I'n the Confederate army. He was tall and commanding in
appearance. He was a gallant and useful officer, courteous
and gentle, of gracious manners, and a true friend. At the
commencement of the war he was appointed aid-de-camp on
the staff of Brig. Gen. R. C. Foster, which position he held
until elected lieutenant in the loth Tennessee Infantry (Irish),
known after many battles of the war as "The Bloody Tinth."
At Fort Henrj- Col. A. Heiman was given command of a
brigade by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, and Captain Ellis was given
a position on his staff as assistant adjutant and inspector gen-
eral. This placed the writer in command of the company and
Lieutenant Kirkman next in command at Fort Henry, February
6, 1862, and the battle of Fort Donelson, February 7 to 16. In
the battle of Fort Donelson the regiment was armed with flint-
lock muskets. The buck and ball used caused havoc in the
enemy's ranks and forced them to retreat rapidly from the
front of the loth. This was the first real engagement of the
regiment, and they proved their courage. After the sur-
render of Fort Donelson by General Buckner, the men and
officers were sent to prison, and remained there six months.
After being exchanged in September, 1862, at Vicksburg, Miss.,
the regiment was reorganized and all reenlisted for the war.
The writer was elected captain of the company, and Lieut.
James P. Kirkman was elected rirst lieutenant. After reor-
ganizing at Clinton, Miss., getting new arms, accoutrements,
new uniforms, and perfecting the company in drill, etc., the
regiment, with others, was ordered to North Mississippi to
reenforce Generals Van Dorn and Price, who were nearing
Corinth, and soon after fought the battle of Corinth. The
regiment was again under command of Brig. Gen. A. Heiman,
and was camped near Holly Springs. While camped there on
Cold Water Creek General Heiman became ill and was re-
moved to Jackson, j\Iiss., where he soon died, much lamented
by his command. General Heiman was a Prussian by birth,
a greatly respected citizen of Nashville, and was an architect
by profession. The Columbia Female Institute and the Pea-
body Normal College, of Nashville, attest his skill as such.
The Grant and Pemberton campaign between Holly Springs
and Grenada, Miss., was being conducted under adverse condi-
tions, troops fighting in torrents of rain, the roads being shoe-
mouth deep with mud, and the suffering of the entire army was
intense. The flank and rear movement of the cavalry under
General Van Dorn which destroyed General Grant's depot
of supplies at Holly Springs and burned trains was one of
the most brilliant and successful movements of the war. It
caused the quick retreat of Grant's army and relieved that
section of Mississippi from invasion. General Van Dorn in
this campaign demonstrated his great ability as a commander.
After this hotly contested campaign. Captain Kirkman suc-
ceeded to command of the company, the writer resigning to
accept a position on the staff of Brig. Gen. John Adams, then
in command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisi-
ana, with headquarters at Jackson, Miss.
Captain Kirkman was in the battle and the siege of Port
Hudson. He was in the battle of Raymond, Miss., and was
wounded in the head. In this battle a number of officers and
men of the loth Tennessee were killed and wounded. Col.
R. W. McGavock while leading the regiment was killed, and
Capt. George Diggons, among others, was badly wounded.
After a tedious march with the army of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, who went as far as the Big Black River, hoping to
relieve General Pemberton, who was besieged in Vicksburg,
General Pemberton surrendered the very day that the army
reached the Big Black River, necessitating the retreat of Gen-
eral Johnston's army to Jackson, Miss.
Captain Kirkman was in the battle and siege of Jackson,
Miss. After this campaign the loth was sent to the Army of
Tennessee, then near Chattanooga. The regiment was in the
battle of Chickamauga, and lost nearly fifty per cent of of-
ficers and men. Adjutant Theo. Kelsy, who was first lieu-
tenant of Captain Kirkman's company, a gallant soldier, was
killed; also Capt. St. Clair Morgan, Capt. William Sweeney,
Lieut. Jack Winston, and many others of the regiment from
Nashville. The regiment was in the memorable campaign from
Dalton to Atlanta and Hood's campaign in Tennessee.
After the war Captain Kirkman first engaged in the cotton
commission business with the firms of Allison Bros. & Kirk-
man. After this he engaged in the wholesale hardware busi-
ness under the name of Gray & Kirkman, and was a member
of that firm when he lost his life while trying to ford Duck
River, the stream being swollen and the weather very cold.
Captain Kirkman took an active part with other officers of
the loth Tennessee in honoring the memory of Colonel Hei-
man, its first colonel. They met in Nashville and subscribed a
fund to have his remains and those of Colonel Grace (a
gallant Irishman) brought to Nashville, which was done, and
they now rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Colonel Grace is
buried near the Confederate monument on the north. They
were adopted citizens of Nashville, and were bachelors. '
These three colonels — Heiman, McGavock, and Grace — and
Captain Kirkman, all of the loth Tennessee, are buried in
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.
[The fund for the removal to Nashville of the remains
of Colonels Heiman and Grace was insufficient, and it was
supplemented by Captain Gibson. — Editor Veteran.]
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CAPT. JAMES P. KIRKMAN.
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THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
Not More Than 700,000 Men Served with the Colors.
REV. R. H. m'kim, Washington, d. c, in new york sun.
In a letter to General Early shortly after the war Gen.
Robert E. Lee wrote : "It will be difficult to get the world to
understand the odds against which we fought." One is re-
minded of this from time to time by articles and statements
which seek to show that the South had enlisted in its serv-
ice for the conduct of the war from 1861 to 1865 not less
than 1,200,000 men.
These estimates are largely based upon the hypothesis that
in a population of 5,000,000 of white people in 1861 there
should have been an arms-bearing population of about 1,000,-
000 men, and that the additions to this number by the con-
script laws and by boys coming of age and by men from the
border States would have increased the arms-bearing popula-
tion to about 1,450,000. Accordingly the estimate usually
made by Confederate writers that the South had in its armies
only about 600,000 men is rejected as having no solid basis,
as "opposed to all reasonable assumption and unsupported by
documentary evidence."
The estimate of 600,000 is supported by the statement of the
adjr.tant general of the Confederate army. General Cooper;
by Dr. A. T. Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary of War; by Gen.
John Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Conscription ; and by
Vice President Alexander H. Stevens. Is it credible that
the adjutant general of the Confederate army should have
given his opinion that this number of 600,000 men "was nearly
critically correct" if in fact there had been upon the rolls of
the Confederate army twice that number?
By adding together the number of prisoners in the hands of
the United States at the close of the war, the soldiers who
surrendered in 1865, those who were killed or died of wounds,
those who died in prison, those who died of disease, those
who were discharged, and deserters, we have 624,503.
The official report of General Cooper, March i, 1862, states
the aggregate niunber in the Confederate army, including the
militia, officers and men, as 340,250. General Preston, Super-
intendent of Conscription, reports the total number of con-
scriptions as 81,993; enlistments east of the Mississippi, 76,-
206; estimated conscriptions and enlistments west of the Mis-
sissippi River, 120,000; total, 618,000. It is true that the esti-
mates recently given by representatives of the several seceded
States would show a much larger number than 600,000, but
it can be demonstrated that these writers in their zeal to
glorify their several States have with honest intentions made
egregious errors.
The writers to whom I have alluded have overlooked some
important considerations bearing on the problem discussed.
Let me point out some of them.
During the first year of the war the Confederate govern-
ment could not have availed itself of even half a million of
men for its armies, inasmuch as it was unable to arm and
equip them.
By May, 1862. the Northern armies were in permanent oc-
cupation of about one-fourth of the territory of the Confed-
eracy. The population thus excluded from the support of
the Confederacy may be estimated at 1,200,000, leaving 3,800,-
000 to bear the burden of war ^ence the arms-bearing popu-
lation would be not 1,000,000, D.-.t 760,000; and of this number,
one-fifth, or 152,000, would be exempted (according to the
proportion recognized by all writers) for physical and men-
tal defects.
The Southern States furnished the Northern armies, ac-
cording to the returns of the War Department, 86,000 men.
There was a large element of disloyalty, especially in the
mountainous regions of the South. There was also a large
element of base metal, men who begrudged every sacrifice for
liberty and shirked danger.
The writers to whom reference has been made assume that
the conscript laws in the South were strictly and successfully
enforced. This is a grave mistake. It can be shown from
official reports that in three or four States east of the Missis-
sippi the law was a failure. Only 81,993 nien were put into
the army through the conscription law in the States east of
the Mississippi fiom the beginning to the end. The con-
script officers had to meet the opposition of the Governors of
some of the States, notably the Governor of Mississippi, the
Governor of North Carolina, and the Governor of Georgia.
South Carolina passed an exemption law which nullified to a
certain extent the conscription laws of the Confederacy.
Thus the doctrine of State rights, which was the bedrock of
the Southern Confederacy, became a barrier to the Confed-
erate conscript law.
The letters of General Lee down to within a few months of
the end show that he was receiving very few men through the
action of the conscript law. On September 26, 1864, he wrote :
"I get no additions."
We must also consider the large numbers of men employed
on the railroads, in the government departments, in the State
offices, and in the various branches of manufacture necessary
for the support of the army and the people.
Let us now consider the question from the standpoint of
the census. There were 5.000,000 white people in the seceded
States at the beginning of 1861 ; but by May, 1862, as just
stated, at least one-fourth of the Southern territory had been
wrenched from the control of the Confederate government.
In the territory remaining there was in round numbers a
population of about 3,800.00a ; the military population should
have been 760,000 ; add for extension of military age down to
seventeen and up to fifty, say ten per cent, or 76,000; add for
youths reaching military age in four years twelve per cent,
or 91,200, and the total is 927,200. Add to this men furnished
by the border States, say 50,000, and the aggregate is 977,200.
It can be shown that the estimate of 117,000 furnished the
Confederate army by the border States is more than double
the actual number.
Now there are large deductions that have to be made from
this numoer. On the ground of disloyalty we have no facts
on which to base an estimate, but it is certain the number was
considerable. Many thousands must be deducted for men ex-
empted for various causes over and above those exempted
for physical and mental defects. Of these, we have no com-
plete statistics, but we have a report of State officers ex-
empted on certificates of the Governors in nine States to the
number of 18,843. The civil officers exempted in Georgia
alone were 5,478; in the same State there were exempted for
agricultural and necessary purposes 6,553. These are only
examples of facts which we meet with in the official reports
in the "War Records." A conser\'ative estimate of the num-
bers thus exempted for these various causes in the eleven
States would be 75.000.
We must next deduct from the aggregate number of men
of military age (927,200) twenty per cent for those exempted
on account of physical or mental disability — that is 185.400.
In my letter, published in the New York Sun on March 2,
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there was an unfortunate omission of the following item;
"Estimate of men detailed for special work in the various
branches of manufacture necessary for the support of the
army and people and also for agricultural purposes, 125,000."
We have no accurate statistics of the men detailed for these
purposes ; but General Kemper in a report made in December,
1864, states that the returns of the Bureau, "obviously im-
perfect and partial," show 28,035 men between eighteen and
forty-five in the State of Virginia detailed for all causes. In
view of this number detailed in a single State it is deemed
a conservative estimate to put the number of men detailed
in eleven States of the Confederacy at 125,000. These de-
ductions make 385,400. Deducting this number from the
.grand total mentioned above (927,200), we have remaining
available for military duty 541,800. To this we must add pos-
sibly 80,000 for men who came to the Confederate colors the
first year of the war from that part of the territory which
by May, 1862, was completely controlled by the Federal
armies. This will give an aggregate of 621,800 men actually
■enrolled for war purposes by the South.
It seems to be overlooked by Colonel Livermore and others
in their estimates of the available population for military pur-
poses that the Confederate States government had not only
to organize an army but also to establish manufacturing plants
for the equipment of the army and to maintain the complicated
machinerj' of civilized government in eleven States. We know
approximately the respective numbers in tlie great battles of
the war, and I submit that these numbers are more consistent
with the maximum of 600,000 to 700.000 men serving with
the colors than with 1,200,000. If, indeed, the Confederacy
had been able to muster in arms 1,200,000 men, it would have
been greatly to the discredit of its able generals that never
were they able to confront the enemy with over 71,000 men.
Dr. I^IcKim Writes the Veter.\n.
In estimates by Southern writers occur conflicting state-
ments as to the strength of the Confederate armies.
President Tyler, of William and Mary College, writing in
the "South in the Building of the Nation." says : "In round
numbers the South had on her muster rolls from first to last
about 600,000 inen." This estimate agrees with that of Adju-
tant General Cooper, Dr. Bled.soe, Vice President Alexander
H. Stephens, Gen. Jubal A. Early, and Gen. John Preston.
But other writers in the same publication allege that Alabama,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia (eight States) furnished 745,000 men; and other
Southern writers represent that Georgia, Louisiana, and
Florida furnished the Confederate army, in addition to these,
TQO.ooo men, making a total of 935,000. It is also commonly
asserted that the border States furnished the Confederate
army not less than 117,000 men, which would make a total of
1,052,000 in the Confederate army. This enormous discrepancy
(between 600,000 and 1,052,000) suggests a careful revision
of the whole subject. Some Northern writers — e. g., A. B,
Castellman — have placed the numbers as high as 1,500,000.
Even our good friend, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, puts the
number as high as 1,277,000, and argues that the estimate
given by Southern writers of 600,000 is highly discreditable to
the devotion and patriotism of the Southern people.
Now, the strongest argument brought forward by Northern
historians in support of this opinion is found in the claims
made by the historians of the eleven seceded States to which
I have just alluded. Is it not more probable that these
writers in their zeal for the honor and glory of the several
States which they represent have made serious- errors- than
that the leading men in the Confederate armies whose names
I have mentioned above, who were at the sources of informa-
tion and who ought to have been well informed, should have
so enormously underestimated the number of men actually in
the Confederate array?
Now, the Military Secretary of the War Department in a
circular issued May 15, 1905, states that, although the aggre-
gate number of credits for enlistment in the United States
army is 2,778,000, that office estimates that th>e whole number
of individuals in service in the Union army and navy during
the civil war was only 2,213,000. The difference (565,000) is
accounted for by reenlistments. May not this principle ex-
plain the hardly credible numbers claimed by the several State
writers at the present time?
I think we may test the accuracy of this estimate of theirs
briefly as follows : The total military population of the eleven
seceded States in 1861 was 984,475, not taking, into account
that about one-fourth of our territory and population became
unavailable for recruiting purposes within one year of tlie
breaking out of the war. If we add one-tenth for the exten-
sion of the military age by Confederate law down to. seventeen
and up to fifty (President Tyler is in error in saying that
the South enlisted in its armies aU men between sixteen and
sixty years ; the conscript law extended only down to seven-
teen and up to fifty), we have 98,447; and if we add twelve
per cent for youths reaching military age in four years, we
have 118,137; aggregate, 1,201,518. But from this we must
deduct, as military writers agree, twenty per cent for men
exempt for physical and mental disability — viz., 24Oi303 — which
leaves available for military duty in the four years of the war
through the whole extent of the Southern territory 961,215.
REV. R. H. M KIM.
Now if we accept the fi.gures of the State historians, we have
935,000 enrolled in the Confederate army; and the reports of
the United States War Department state that, exclusive of
West Virginia, there were 55,000 soldiers in the Union army
from these same Southern States, which makes an aggregate
of 990,000 men furnished to both armies, which, it will be
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observed, is nearly 30,000 more than the entire military popu-
lation. Without going any farther, this shows that there has
been serious error in the above estimates of Confederate en-
rollment.
But there are several other matters to Tie considered. In
the first place by the spring of 1862 at least one-fourth of the
territory of the seceded States was tmder the control of the
United States army, and therefore that much of the territory
was not available as a source of supply for the Confederate
army. This cuts off nearly one-fourtli of the military strength
Again, the conscript law, drastic as it was, was very imper-
fectly executed, as those in charge of it at the time amply
testified. The oppositicm of the Governors of Mississippi,
Georgia, South Carolina, atid North Carolina to the conscript
law will be remembered. We must also remember that thou-
sands of men were employed on the railroads, in the govern-
ment departments, and in various branches of manufacture
necessary for the support of the army and the people, and
also for agricnltural labor. It must also be remembered that
there were thousands of men in all the Confederate States
exempted by State authority. General Preston gives a table
of State officers exempted on the certificates of the Governors ;
and it appears that in Virginia, North Carolina. South Caro-
lina, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana. Tennessee, and
Florida there were 18,843 such exempts. The civil officers
exempted in Georgia alone were 5,478. In the same State the
exempts for agriculture and necessary purposes reached the
number of 6.553. These exempts are over and above the many
thousands of men detailed for special work under the heading
of "Public Necessity."
If these things are considered it becomes plain that the
previously quoted estimates of the several States of the Con-
federacy cannot possibly be accepted as at all near the real
facts. This may be made clear by taking several examples,
thus: The military population of Virginia in 1861 is estimated,
exclusive of West Virginia, at ii6,ooo. If we add one-tenth
for the extension of military age and twelve per cent for
youths maturing in four years, we have an aggregate of 141.-
520. But from this we must deduct the usual twenty per cent
for physical and mental disability, leaving 112.336 as the total
available military population of the State of Virginia for the
four years of the war. But the representative writer in
"The South"' puts the number of men furnished the Southern
army at 175,000, which is 63.364 more than the available mili-
tary population.
Take the .Stale of Georgia. In 1861 there was a military
jiopulation of 11 1.005. The additions as above in four years
swell the number to 135,425, from which if we deduct twenty
per cent for exempts there remains an available military popu-
l.Ttion of 112.340; but the alleged enrollment in the Confed-
erate army is 120.000. 7.110 more than the entire military popu-
lation, although we know that thousands of these men could
not be reached by the conscript officers, and thousands more
wer^e exempted by State law.
In 1861 North Carolina's population of 115.369 increased
during the four years, as per estimate, to 140,669. After de-
ducting twenty per cent for exempts the available military
population is 112,536. The alleged Confederate enrollment
was 129,000, furnished the Union army 3,156. and this gives a
total of 132,156. which is 19,620 more than the available mili-
tary population, although in one-fourth of the States the con-
script law could not be executed, and thousand of men were
exempted by State law.
Take another example, Soiith Carolina. Th? rniHtary popu^
lation was 55,046. increasing in four years to 67.155, as per
estimate. Deduct twenty per cent and there remain available
53.924; but the alleged Confederate enrollment is 75,000, which
is more than 21,000 in excess of the total number of men avail-
able for service, though here also there were thousands of
State exemptions.
In Mississippi the military population was 70,295. The ad-
ditions in four years swell the number to 85.759. Deduct
twenty per cent and there remain available 68,608. The al-
leged Confederate enrollment was 70,000, furnished the Union
army 515, total 70,515, which is nearly 2,000 more than the
total military population, taking no account of the large num-
ber of exempts and of the failure to execute the conscript act.
Perhaps, as suggested above, a large element of error may-
be found in the failure on the part of the special writers to
observe the great number of reenlistmcnts that undoubtedly
took place, especially in 1862, when the term of service of
nearly the whole of the Confederate army expired.
Enough has been said, I think, to suggest to our Southern
historians the need of a thorough revision of their estimates-
and the publication to the world of the facts on which they
rely and the sources of their information. The truth of his-
tory is at stake in this matter and the reputation of our great
military leaders. For if in fact there were over a million men
with the Southern colors, it is a serious blot on the capacity
of our commanders that they could never concentrate in any
one battle more than 71.000 men.
STATISTICS OF COXFEDERATE GENERALS.
BY W. E. DOYLE. ESQ., MEXIA, TEX.
From Wright's "General Officers of the Confederate Army"
I make the deductions given below-. However, I will say that
I give the States credit for all the generals born in them and
not the States from which they entered the army. According
to this plan, Virginia furnished 60; South Carolina, 45; Geor-
gia, 36; North Carolina, 31 ; Kentucky, 28; Alabama, 9; Mary-
land, 9; Missouri, 7; New- York, 7; Louisiana, 7; Mississippi,
6; Massachusetts, 4; Pennsylvania, 4; Ohio, 4; Florida, 3;
New Jersey and District of Columbia, two each ; Arkansas,
Texas, Wisconsin, Maine, Indiana, Connecticut, and Iowa, one
each ; Ireland and France, one each ; and England, two.
Counting those killed and those mortally wounded, Virginia
lost 12; South Carolina, 4; North Carolina, 7; Tennessee, 6;
Kentucky, 3 ; Alabama, 3 ; Maryland, 2 ; New York, Louisiana,
Missouri, and Mississippi, one each. The States not named
lost none.
There were eighty generals whose ages and places of birth
are not given. Of these, nine were killed. Of those whose
ages are given, it is shown that one was born in 1790, one in
1796, two in 1798, one in 1800, two in 1802, two in 1803, one
in 1804, two in 1806, two in 1807, four in 1808, three in 1809,
three in 1810, two in 181 1, two in 1812, one in 1813, five in
1814, four in 1816, nine in 1817, nine in 1818, seven in 1819,
eleven in 1820, ten in 1821, nine in 1822, eight in 1823, eight
in 1824, nine in 1825, six in 1826, eleven in 1827, twelve in
1828, five in 1830, seven in 1831, four in 1832, nine in 1833, four
in 1834, four in 1835, five in 1836, five in 1837, one in 1838.
one in 1839, two in 1840, and one in 1841.
The last-named is William P. Roberts, of North Carolina.
He was born July 11, 1841, and therefore was but twenty years
and ten days old when the first battle of Manassas was fought.
General Roberts was appointed February 23, 1865, and -was
then twenty-three years, seven months, and twelve days old.
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Theo W. Brevara, of Florida, was the last one appointed —
March 28, 1865, just eleven days before Lee surrendered.
Had the several States credit for the eighty generals whose
nativity is not given, the figures given in this statement would
likely be very different. The age and birthplace of a number
of illustrious major generals are not given. Gen. Edward
Johnson is credited to both Virginia and Kentucky.
Perhaps the strangest given name- in the list are Stand
Watie, an Indian, and States Rights Gi.st. General Gist was
a South Carolinian, and his father was probably tutored by
John C. Calhoun.
THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER, U. D. C.
Mrs. James T. Halsey, Honorary President, writes to Mrs.
B. A. C. Emerson, author of "Historic Southern Monuments ;"
"The Gen. Dabney H. Maury Chapter has the honor of
being the first Chapter ever organized in the North, celebrating
on Januarj' 19, 1912, our fifteenth birthday. When we were
organized there was no United Daughters, and we had our
charter from the Grand Division of Virginia. Later we had
a charter from the U. D. C, but have always remained a
Chapter of the Virginia Division.
"When we organized one of our first acts was to decorate
the graves of the two hundred and twenty-four unknown prison
dead buried in the national cemetary, Germantown. Ther.e
men died in prison in Bristol, Tenn. The majority of them
were from North Carolina. Maj. A. K. McLure told me that
the most of them were mere boys Their burial place at
Bristol being needed for other purposes, the bodies were re-
moved before the Daughters were in existence to the Na-
tional Cemetery, Philadelphia. I was the first President of
this Chapter, and for five years, the Chapter being called for
my father, I wrote to the War Department each year and
asked permission to decorate these graves. This permission
is now on file here at the cemetery: 'Give Mrs. Halsey and
the ladies of her Chapter every facility to decorate the graves
of the prison dead buried in the Hainy Street National Ceme-
tery, Germantown, Philadelphia.' Uniting with us in this work
has been the Devlin Post, Cavalry, G. A. R., Philadelphia.
Not long after being formally organized, encouraged by
our beloved Mrs. Norman Randolph, we determined to be
the first to place a monument to the prison dead buried in the
North, and we were. But when we were ready to place the
monument to these brave boys, a protest came from a person
known as General Wagoner, a political power here with the
G. A. R.'s, and through the Post in Germantown, Ellis Post,
of the G. A. R., we were refused permission.
"Not to be daunted, Hollywood Association, Richmond, said
through Mrs. Norman Randolph, 'Bring your monument here
and place it to the memory of our soldiers buried in Phila-
delphia,' which we did, and there in beautiful historic Holly-
wood stands a twelve-ton boulder of gray granite. On two
sides are very handsome bronze tablets with these inscrip-
tions : 'To the 224 unknown Confederate soldiers who died in
Northern prisons, from the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, this monument is
placed by the Gen. Dabney H. Maury Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, Philadelphia.'
"On the other tablet is simply: 'Fate denied them victory,
but granted them immortality.'
"Realizing that this refusal to place our monument here
was not the voice or sentiment of the people, the representa-
tive people, of Philadelphia, I asked Mr. John Cadwalader to
be one of our orators, as he stood for all that was best in
Philadelphia. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Thomas Nelson Page
were the other two orators, and one beautiful October day,
with our flags flying and cannon booming, we unveiled in
Richmond our monument to our dead here.
"Permission was also refused us to remove their remains
to Richmond, and Mrs. Randolph has since found it neces-
sary to add another tablet stating why this monument is in
Richmond while our dead are here. I believe this tablet simply
states: 'Permission being refused to place this monument in
Philadelphia, where these soldiers lie buried, it was brought
here and placed to their memory.'
"You of course know that in the last three years Congress
appropriated a sum of money to mark all graves of Confed-
erate soldiers buried in national cemeteries. General Oates,
of Alabama, had this matter in charge. Up to the time of his
death he conferred with me, and through our beloved Presi-
dent, Mrs. Henry Bohmer, the work was accomplished last
autumn and the tablets placed in the cemetery here. But she
died last spring without seeing her great work completed."
CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF ROCK ISLAND PRISON.
BY JOEL D. RICE, CASCILLA, MISS.
[Comrade Rice was of Company D, 27th Mississippi Regi-
ment, Walthall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. He first served
in Wise's Legion before he was eighteen.]
I read in the February Veteran a communication from Dr.
T. F. Berry giving his experience as a prisoner of war at
Rock Island Prison. I was also in Rock Island Prison. I was
captured on Lookout Mountain November 24, 1863, and, with
many other prisoners, was sent to Rock Island. We entered
the prison on the night of December 3, 1863. I thought we
were the first prisoners sent there. We were put into the first
row of barracks. I was assigned to Barracks 3.
Dr. Berry gives a true description of the prison grounds
and environments. One hundred and twenty-five men were
put into a barracks. For about six months after our imprison-
ment we drew an abundance of rations, consisting of loaf
bread, meat (beef or bacon), coffee, sugar, soap, candles, vine-
gar, potatoes, peas, or grits. There was no suffering from
I'.unger during this period. After this they reduced our ra-
tions to bread and meat, with an occasional issue of potatoes,
peas, or grits. Sometimes our bread would be of yellow com,
and a small piece at that. From this period on there was
much suffering from hunger. The boys would catch and eat
rats, and once a fat dog (that followed a wagoner into the
prison ground) was killed and eaten. Some of the boys would
eat their day's ration at one meal, and occasionally two days
\\ould pass before we received any rations. We thought this
was done to cause suffering. Many of the prisoners had
friends and relatives in the Union lines, who would send
money and clothing to their loved ones. This money was not
allowed to come into the hands of the prisoners, but would
be kept by the prison commissary and receipts sent to the
prisoners. They could then order such things as were ad-
missible and it would be charged to their receipt. I had
.•ibout one hundred and twenty-five dollars sent to me while
tliere, and all of it was honestly accounted for by the com-
missary.
There were about twelve thousand prisoners sent to Rock
Island. Some of them joined the United States navy, others
joined the frontier service, and about two thousand died.
When they would agree to join the frontier service, they were
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put in the "goat pen." The "Morgan Mule" mentioned we
called "Robinson's Filly." I was never required to ride on
her sharp back. I remember the scare about the vaccination.
We understood that we would be inoculated with smallpox
virus. They vaccinated me, but I washed and rubbed the
place till I guess I got all the matter out. I remember the
night that Dr. Berry got away.
Our first guards were invalid Yankee soldiers who could
not do field work. The next guards were what we called
the gray beards — ninety-day-old men from Michigan — the
meanest wretches I ever saw, and the next guards were
negroes. The negroes guarded us from the 26th of Septem-
ber, 1864, until the end of the war. They were better than
the gray beards, but not so good as the invalid soldiers.
I left Rock Island on March 20. 1865; so I was in prison
fifteen months and seventeen days. I came through Richmond
a few days before the city was evacuated by our army, but
the surrender came before I was exchanged. I am not writ-
ing this to controvert what Comrade Berry wrote. Every
man had a different experience. I wonder if Comrade Berry
knew J. M. Mobberly, of Morgan's command. He was taken
out of Barracks 84 and put into our barracks (3). He made
his escape from prison and went into Canada.
There were several preachers among the prisoners, and these
noble men were faithful to their God as well as to their coun-
try. Almost the entire summer of 1864 was one continual
protracted meeting, and many of the boys made profession
of religion (the writer among the number). The prisoners
amused themselves in the day time when the weather was
good playing marbles and bull pen. They made their own
marbles. Many geniuses worked with mussel shells and gutta
perclia making birds, crosses. Masonic emblems, watch fobs,
and other trinkets. They would give these to the guards to
carry outside and sell for them, and I do not remember any
betrayals of this trust. At night while there would be preach-
ing in .some of the barracks, in others there would be comic
shows and negro minstrels, while in others still "kangaroo,"
court mock trials, etc. At a certain hour tlie lights had to be
extinguished. As a rule the coal supply was sufficient to keep
two good stoves hot in each barracks night and day during
the winter. Our water supply was pumped from the Mis-
sissippi River into a large reservoir and carried from there
to the intersections of streets in the prison. The doctor would
visit each barracks once a day. and tliose who were too sick
to be treated in their barracks would be sent to the hospital
on the outside. The commissary of the prison would make his
daily rounds with the mail, express packages, and articles pur-
chased from the sutler on the outside. These purchases were
made by those who had money in the hands of the commissary.
We all know Sherman's definition of war. and those who
were so unfortunate as to spend much time in a war prison
realized the force of it.
EMINEXT nrSTORIAX COMMEXDS THE VETERAN.
Francis Trevelyn Miller, the eminent American historian
and projector and editor in chief of the great ten-volume
"Photographic History of the Civil War." appreciates the
Veteran. Mr. Miller, who is recognized in the South as
the most broad-minded and fairest historian in the North,
writes as follows from his New England home : "I cannot af-
ford to miss a single number of the Confeder.me Veteran.
It is the true source through which I keep in closest touch
with the spirit of the South. No historian who desires to
understand both sides of the great issues which culminated in
the American War of the States can find richer archives than
these pages of your publication. It may please you to know
that it was invaluable to me in laying the foundations for
the ten-volume memorial history that it has been my privilege
to direct during the last few months. I wonder if the South
fully realizes the great service you are performing in build-
ing up the valorous record of its people."
These words from one of the most judicially balanced minds
in American letters to-day are of much significance. They
show that the Veteran finds its way into the heart of old
New England, where it has sincere friends. Mr. Miller's re-
markable series of semi-centennial articles that have been ap-
pearing in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the New Orleans
Picayune, and various other Southern and Western news-
papers have created wide interest. It is probably the first
lime that a great Northern historian has properly weighed the
problems of the South or has had sufficient insight to under-
stand them. He is the founder of the Journal of American
History, the first great national historical journal in this
country, and the author of several important books. His
greatest achievement, however, is the inception of the recent
ten-volume "Photographic History of the Civil War," which
was reviewed in the Veteran on page 135 of the March issue.
The Editor of the Veteran was familiar with Mr. Miller's
plans for producing this remarkable work some time before
its final achievement. Frequent correspondence passed be-
tween them when it was being conceived by Mr. Miller, and
in some of these early letters he said: "It is my ambition to
give my country its first great national record of its War
of the States. As a loyal Northerner, I believe that I feel
the spirit also which actuated the South. It is the greatest
story in the annals of mankind, and it is my fond hope that
I may be able to leave it for the generations."
This laudable ambition resulted in what is now known as
"The Photographic History of the Civil War." While it was
too great an undertaking for any one man, it developed into
a monumental work of American scholarship with forty-six
of the most eminent American historians collaborating under
Mr. Miller as editor in chief and Mr. Robert S. Lanier, the
son of Sidney Lanier, the beloved Southern poet, as managing
editor. The Editor of the Veteran wrote the history of the
I'nited Confederate Veterans organization for this notable
work. It is suggested that our Southern universities could
do great honor to themselves as well as to the South by show-
ing their appreciation of this great contribution to American
scholarship at their commencements this coming June.
The Veteran is also most cordially commended by Walter
R. Beckford, Managing Editor of the Journal of American
History.
A GIRL IN THE SIXTIES IN RICHMOND.
BY MRS. MARK V.\LLENTINE, LITTLE ROCK.
[.At a meeting of the Little Rock Daughters the author gave
interesting reminiscences.]
Historians have already given accounts of the fall of Fort
Sumter, the call to arms by President Lincoln, and then a call
to defend the South by President Davis; but what I present
to you is simply the recollections of a girl of the sixties who
passed through that mighty struggle between the North and
tlie South, little realizing the horror of it all and only viewing
it through the roseate eyes of happy girlhood.
Those were stirring times. Young boys and girls at the
first tap of the drums sprang into manhood and womanhood.
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^lany of the boys shouldered their guns and joined the army,
while the girls were supplied witli needles and thread to help
make clothing for the soldiers.
Several times the great Army of Northern Virginia, under
Gen. R. E. Lee, passed down Franklin Street, Richmond,
right by our home on their way to another field of action. As
far as the eye could reach were seen old men and women,
young maidens and children handing to the jaded soldiers
everything available to wear and to eat. They would hang
clothing on their bayonets and eat as they cheered us.
On one occasion when the army was passing and General
Pickett's division came in view I ran out and gave a young
ofBcer a bunch of flowers. The soldiers of his company
cheered so lustily that I flew to the house greatly embar-
rassed. My friend wrote me after he got back to camp that
it was hard for him to decide which was the prettier, the
flowers or my blushes.
The girls wore homespun dresses in those days. We had
an aunt who lived in the country, and she managed to raise a
few sheep. From them she gathered wool and spun it into
cloth and gave my sister and myself each a dress, which we
made and wore with great pride over big hoop skirts, and were
the envy of all our girl friends. I made a liat of the sleeve of
an old broadcloth coat and put a feather in it that came from
the waving plumes of a "chanticleer."
Very often when General Lee was in Richmond he would
drop in to see us, as his home was only a few doors below us
on Franklin Street. He was fond of us and the girls who
generally gathered with us at our uncle's, and he always urged
us to make it as gay as possible for the soldiers, which we
did. General Lee was grand in every way, and I deem it one
of the greatest joys of my life to have felt the clasp of his
hand, listened to the magic of his voice, and to have seen the
glance of his magnetic eye.
The War Department was just across the street from us,
and we often sat at the windows and watched the coming and
going of the officers. We could see Gen. J. E. B. Stuart with
his waving plume on his wide-brimmed hat, his clanking spurs
sounding loudly on the pavement as he dismounted from his
fine horse. One time at the house of a friend we met the
"Gallant Pelham." When he parted with us, after a lovely
evening spent together, he said : "Young ladies, I hope to
see you again soon." He was killed in the ne.xt battle. We
met many of the officers who distinguished themselves in the
great battles. Among others of the "Immortals" whom I
knew and admired so much was President Jefferson Davis.
I several times attended his "Levees," as they were called in
that period. He was a stately, elegant man, and devoted to
the cause of the South. I can see him now on his superb
charger riding the streets unattended and lifting his hat in
response to greetings. On one occasion he went out to view
the troops that were stationed at the Fair Grounds near the
city. We were present and heard his speech. There was a
vast audience. I stood very near Mr. Davis while he was
speaking. After he had ended his speech and mounted, there
was, of course, wild cheering, which so frightened his horse
that he reared fearfully, and one of his fore feet grazed my
shoulder, which alarmed me so I screamed as I jumped away.
Mr. Davis alighted from his horse, came to me, and was much
pleased when he found I was not hurt. Several years after-
wards I met him in Memphis and he recalled my name and
the incident.
General Jackson I saw only once, and that was while we
were on a visit to Staunton. A party of us determined to
meet him, so we walked the streets until he appeared. When
he saw our eager faces, he took off his hat, smiled, and passed
on. It was Stonewall Jackson's way. In a short time after
that we attended his funeral in Richmond.
There was great diversity of styles in the sixties. At our
gatherings there might be one belle attired in handsome
velvet or satin, trimmed with point lace which had been worn
by an ancestress ; while others in the room would feel very
elegant in a wash muslin or calico dress, costing, perhaps,
fifteen dollars a yard. On one occasion I wore an old tarle-
ton dress that had been resurrected, though rumpled and worn.
I had no trimming but rows of arborvitse which I plucked from
the bush in the yard. The evergreen was put on flat like inser-
tion all over the waist and skirt, and I thought it was the gem
of the evening. I wore a green ribbon in my hair. My shoes,
which were trimmed with green ribbon bows, were borrowed
from some one in the house who had a smaller foot than I.
We had no special dates with the young men in those days;
but it was understood that young ladies were always ready
to receive in the afternoon and evening, and the soldiers
would call in great numbers. Frequently the girls would
meet at one particular home, and it often proved a great
effort to them to entertain, so many would call at one time.
We would have music and dancing, cotillions and quadrilles,
ending with the old Virginia reel. I often recall the joy it
was to each of us to dance down the line, keeping time to
the gay music.
You ask how the boys proposed? There were nooks and
corners ; then when the young man was in earnest he would ask
to call in the morning, which made the family "take notice."
After the first two years of the war the storerooms became
almost empty and our fare was very frugal. We often sat
down at the table to bread, a dish of rice, and no butter. If
we had more, it was reserved for the soldiers in camps and
hospitals. The care of the sick and wounded was left to the-
women, and bravely they did their part. Many veterans who
are left speak in grateful terms of the heroism of the women
of the South during the war. Some day shafts will emblazon
the deeds and privations of those noble women.
After the death of General Jackson, the Southern cause
began to decline. The soldiers were worn, ragged, and thinned
by sickness and starvation. When Gen. U. S. Grant was put
in command of the Northern army, knowing the condition of
Lee's soldiers, he began to force them into submission by con-
tinued starvation. He determinedly opposed exchange of
prisoners, which was a calamity to the South, and General
Lee had to surrender. I shall never forget Sunday, April 2,
1865. We were at church, the dear old Monumental Church,
when on the opening of a door we noticed a great commo-
tion in the congregation. Many rose from their seats and
left immediately. The minister, Mr. Woodbridge, paused in
his sermon, pronounced the benediction, and all left to find
out the trouble. On our way home we met many men and
women, wringing their hands and crying out in despair: "Gen-
eral Lee has had to surrender." Men who were confined to
their beds at their homes and in the hospitals, in spite of
their illness hastened to join the army, and many fell by the
wayside from sheer weakness. None of us could sleep that
night. We could hear the booming of the cannon near by,
which made us feel that many of our brave boys were going
down in the battle.
At daybreak the next morning we were up to hear the news ;
and as we opened the front door, what a sight greeted our
eyes ! There was a vast army of the poorer class and negroes
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wlio liad brokt-n in lo the stores and were carrying great
bundles of clothing and eatables on their backs. They shouted,
cursed, and sang wildly. Pandemonium reigned all day.
It was the 3d of April, 1865, when General Lee surrendered
the capital city, and it was set on fire. By whom may never
be known. Men who had the strength were on top of the
houses with wet blankets, hoping to save their homes. Gen-
eral Lee's home was just below ours, and one time it caught
fire. Mrs. Lee, being an invalid, was moved to the home of a
friend who lived some distance from the burning region. We
all expected to be burned out, but toward noon Grant's army
entered the city, and the troops extinguished the flames.
The war was over ; and though a saddened and distressed
people over our losses, the young and the old went to work to
rehabilitate their broken homes. Young gentlemen of the
South went to work at a dollar a day to scrape mortar from
the bricks of the burnt district, and in time accumulated for-
tunes. Those of us who were beginning life as I was had
many days of toil and care ahead, yet we were gay and happy.
For some time after the war there was but little intercourse
between the bluecoats and the Southern men and women.
General Grant was very kind, however, and respected (he
feelings of the citizens. The young girls of that period
showed their bitterness of spirit on many occasions. During
that period we decided to have a picnic, and made ready for
the event with enthusiasm. On a beautiful day in June we
hied lo the woods, answering the "call of the wild." l-'or
four years we had been confined to the city, hardly ever hear-
ing the singing of a bird or seeing nature in her true beauty.
It was a glorious day of freedom and joy. We had dancing
on the green and otherwise made merry. The rig we had to
take lis to the woods was a L^nitcd States ambulance ( !)
borrowed by the young men from an army surgeon whom they
had learned to fraternize with. .After a delightful day, we
started home, and were singing in unison the Southern songs.
Just as we came in sight of a large United States flag
stretched across the road we sang the "Bonnie Blue Flag."
when out ran a Northern woman tearing her hair. She called
to her husband in loud tones : "Arrest those Rebels ; they
insult tlie flag!" We were in great consternation, being two
or more miles from home. The young men and our chaperons
expostulated with the patrolmen, but to no avail; so we took
up our line of marcli and reached home a tired crowd and
gl;ul we wire not in charge of the provost guard.
White it is nearly fifty years since the war, I can still hear
the somul of bugle and drum, the tramp, tramp, tramp of the
marching army, and I can sec the soldiers ragged, unkempt,
sockless, and shoeless, yet always bright and brave. I can
hear the moan of the widow for her loved one lost in battle.
I can sec the bright faces and hear the gay laughter of our
young friends as we walked and danced with the soldier boys.
General Lee's voice is as clear to me now as when I heard
him forty years ago ask about the "boys," for he seemed in-
terested in the love affairs of the young people.
I wish I could remember more of my war experiences, but
my memory is a little dim; and as all history should be true,
I have chronicled those events that should not be forgotten.
COMMANDS IX HOOD'S TEXAS BRIGADE.
BY GEORGE T. TOim, JEFFERSON, TEX.
Referring to the comments of Comrade .'\. J. Cone, of the
18th Georgia Regiment. Hood's Brigade, in the Veteran for
February, 191 1, on the published proceedings of the unveiling
of the Hood's Brigade monument as contained in the Veteran
of December, 1910, I wish to say that the recognition given
and honor done to Comrade Cone's grand regiment was as
frequent and ample as that of any other regiment of the bri-
gade. Its name, "l8th Georgia Infantry," stands carved in
enduring granite along with Hampton's Legion and the 3d
Arkansas on the most prominent face of the monument.
While President Hamby's address was given at some length
by the Veteran, it was not full, and other addresses are not
reported in which the deeds of the 18th Georgia were men-
tioned more than once. Our old battery too (Riley's, com-
posed mostly of Virginians, I think) w-as not forgotten. The
three Texas regiments, the 1st, 4th, and 5th, can never forget
their comrades of Georgia, South Carolina, and Arkansas of
Hood's immortal brigade. Their fame will grow brighter
and more enduring as true history makes up her record.
The writer of this on December 14, 1862, walked along the
silent ranks of dead Irishmen (Meagher's Brigade, U. S. A.)
lying in line of battle in front of the rifles of the 18th Geor-
gia at Marye's Hill, Fredericksburg. Va., and yet they all were
not worth the life of General Cobb, whom they killed at that
place. The land at Fredericksburg and within a radius of
twenty miles is classic ground. The blood of more gallant
men flowed on those historic hills and fields than on any other
spot of the earth of the same area. One hundred and thirty-
five thousand men were killed and wounded on both sides in
these famous battles: Tw'o at Manassas, 1861 and 1862; two at
Fredericksburg, 1862 .md 1864; one at Chancellorsville, 1863;
one at Wilderness, 1864 ; and one at Spottsylvania, 1S64. (These
figures are taken from the official records of Union and
Confederate losses by Col. W. S. Fox, U. S. C, pp. S43-6.)
This does not include smaller fights and skirmishes, which
would increase the munber to 150,000. The States from
Maine to Ohio and from Maryland lo Texas should unite in
an effort to build at Fredericksburg, Va., the greatest monu-
ment on earth to those who fought for State sovereignty on
the one side and for the Union (though "pinned together by
bayonets") on the other.
I find in the Veteran for !\Iarch, page 126, a personal allu-
sion to myself, and rise to a question of privilege. Comrade
S. B. Barron, of Rusk, Tex., while a member of Gen. Hinchie
P. Mabry's old regiment, the 3d Texas, has no right to say
that H. P. Mabry was not a brigadier general in the C. S. A.
He most assuredly was and duly commissioned, and com-
manded a brigade east of the Mississippi River in 1865. As
you say, many of the Confederate records connecting the de-
partments at Richmond and the Trans-Mississippi Departments
were destroyed or lost in the difficulties of intercommunica-
tion after the river was closed by the fall of Vicksburg.
It may perhaps be interesting not only to Comrade Barron
but to many hundreds of comrades of different regiments of
both sides of the Mississippi to give a very brief but authentic
statement of General Mabry's career, as prepared by his son,
Col. W. H. Mabry, who died in the Cuban-Spanish War.
General Mabry was truly "one of the bravest of the brave."
General Mabry was born in Georgia, educated at the Uni-
versity of Tennessee, at Knoxville, and caine to Jefferson,
Tex., when only twenty-one years old and entered upon the
practice of law. He was a member of the Texas Legislature,
1859-60, and opposed secession, but believed of course in
allegiance to his State, and followed her fortunes. In May,
1861, he served in the expedition that captured Forts Washita
and Arbuckle in the Indian Territory. In June, 1861, he be-
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came captain of Company G, 3d Texas Cavalry, commanded
by Col. E. Greer, and was in the battle of Oak Hills August
10.
In the following autumn, under orders of Gen. Ben Mc-
Culloch, he and Capt. Alfred Johnson went on a scout as far
as Springfield, Mo. Leaving their commands after night, they
entered the town on foot while General Fremont held it with
over fifty thousand men. They entered the house of a widow
whom they knew in search of information. A Federal officer
discovered their presence and sent a squad of twenty men to
capture them. Going a step into the yard to see that all was
well. Captain Mabry was confronted by seven of this squad,
who demanded his surrender. Knowing that as a prisoner
his fate would be that of a spy, he promptly took the hazard
of resistance. With his Bowie knife he cut down two and
wounded a third. Captain Johnson sprang from the back door
and with his revolver opened on the thirteen remaining in
the back yard. The result, all the work of a few seconds,
was seven Federals killed and several others wounded. They
escaped and, eluding pursuit, rejoined their little command.
Johnson was severely wounded, and Mabry had his hand
and arm terribly shattered. He bore this crippled arm and
hand the rest of his life, but he recovered in time to lead his
company in the battle of Elk Horn. After this battle, he,
with the entire regiment, was transferred to Corinth, Miss.
In April, 1862, he became lieutenant colonel, and a month
later colonel of Johnson's (afterwards Hawthorn's) 6th
Arkansas Regiment. He commanded the regiment in the
battle of luka, where he was severely wounded in three places
and captured. Too badly hurt to be moved, he was paroled,
and later, in 1862, exchanged at Vicksburg, reassuming com-
rrand of his regiment, then a part of Whitefield's Brigade. In
the summer of 1863 General Whitfield went west of the Mis-
sissippi River, and Colonel Mabry then took command of the
brigade, then composed of Whitefield's Legion, 3d and 9th
Texas Cavalry, and Craft's Georgia Battery. He commanded
the brigade till March, 1864, when Gen. Sul P. Ross, with his
old regiment, 6th Texas, added, took command. "At the same
time Colonel Mabry was raised to the rank of brigadier gen-
eral and assigned to the command of a brigade consisting of
the 4th, 6th, and 38th Mississippi Regiments, the 14th Confed-
erate, the 14th and i6th consolidated Arkansas Regiments, and
an Arkansas battery."
General Mabry was placed in command at Yazoo City and
surrounding country, and with his cavalry captured the gun-
boat Petrel, the first incident of the kind on record. He next
served with Forrest in all his subsequent campaigns, but was
left behind on the campaign into Tennessee. During General
Hood's campaign north General Mabry commanded in West
Tennessee and North Mississippi. He victoriously fought a
severe battle and preserved Hood's connections. He was of-
fered a command under Gen. Stephen D. Lee, but preferred
to keep his old command. In March, 1865, Gen. Dick Taylor
sent him to Louisiana to conduct troops to the east side of the
Mississippi River, but before anything could be accomplished
the surrender by Taylor occurred.
The order of Forrest's assistant adjutant general, J. P.
Strange, alluded to in Comrade Barron's article was made in
March, 1864, not 1865.
And now a word personally. I want to show how this scribe
knows so much about Judge Mabry (I having been until the
^battle of Mansfield, in 1864, in Hood's Brigade, A. N. V.).
We lived in the same town, Jefferson, where I still live, and
"General Mabry's mortal remains lie in our beautiful Oakwood
Cemetery. At the first election in Texas after the war (1866),
before the colored brother had been enfranchised by the
Reconstruction Acts of 1867, General Mabry ran for district
Judge and I for district attorney. We were both elected in
a large district comprising eleven counties in Northeast
Texas, and held our offices until we were officially decapi-
tated by the "carpetbag" rulers under "Reconstruction." The
boys all called General Mabry "old auger eye," owing to a
peculiar cast of his eyes which seemed to see everything. For
three years we drove together over our district in a double
buggy, as it was ten years before we got a railroad, and autos
were undreamed of. Invariably the Judge would start to drive
every morning, but within the first half hour he never failed
GEN. H. p. MABRY.
to Strike a stump, and would coolly inform me (who was ten
years his junior) that if I could do any better to drive myself,
throwing me the lines. Of course I drove. There was little
we did not tell each other on these journeys, and we were
very intimate. The lawyers of each county generally drove
or rode with us on the circuit. There is nothing set down
Iiere but what came from himself, and might almost be con-
sidered a part of his autobiography. There are many anec-
dotes that might be told showing his noble and amiable dis-
position and his popularity as a judge and a citizen, but I
refrain.
VANDALISM IN MISSOURI.
BY MRS. B. A. C. EMERSON.
(Extracts from a Denver paper.)
Near the close of the year 1864 an order of banishment
from Missouri began to be enforced. Women and children
whose husbands, fathers, or brothers were in the Confederate
army were to be sent into the Confederate lines.
General Rosecrans was in command. Many of the best
families were compelled to leave their homes, and they were
permitted to take only what they could pack in trunks. Sales
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were made and household furniture was auctioned off for the
little that it would bring. * * *
A day was set and those who had received notice to be ready
to leave were ordered to the headquarters post from which
they were to start with an escort, "to see them through the
lines," as they phrased it. Farm wagons and teams were
pressed into service by Federal authorities. If wagon covers
could be had, they were used; if none, straw was placed in
the bottom of the wagon bed, and the women and children
were packed in until all the space was taken.
Another wagon and another was loaded with human freight
in this cramped condition. Mrs. McCoy, who lived near Mis-
souri City (her husband, Capt. Moses McCoy, being in Gen.
Joe Shelby's command), was sick, scarcely able to sit up in
bed. She had a babe two years old and two other small
children, and asked permission to delay being sent away
until she was better able to stand the trip; but the commander
of the Liberty Post said : "No ; the order can't be changed.
You must go with this crowd."
It was February and cold, and the ground was frozen.
Cameron, forty miles away, was the nearest railroad station,
and it had to be reached overland in these rough farm wagons.
On the journey the children suffered both with cold and
cramped limbs in these closely packed wagons, jolting along
over the frozen grouiid. Billy Moore, a bright little boy, be-
came furious and began to cry out against the officer who was
escorting the wagon train. When the captain, who was
mounted on a spirited horse, riding first ahead and then back,
would come alongside the wagon, Billy would raise the edge
of the wagon cover, shake his fist at him, and yell at the top
of his voice : "You old Cap't Kemper ! You'll be killed when
I get where my pa is. I'll make him shoot you, see if I don't!
You mean old Kemper!"
"Hush, Billy,'' said his mother; "they will hang us, and we
will never get to your papa if you don't hush."
"I don't care," said Billy. "I'll tell him how mean he is.
My feet are freezin'."
But Captain Kemper was obeying the orders of his superior
officers and was not to blame. * * *
What these women and children suffered on that trip south-
ward into Arkansas and into the Confederate lines will never
be known. Many of them never recovered from the breaking
up of their homes. Some of them never returned to Missouri
or ever saw their homes again. Captain McCoy and his wife,
a. sister of the writer, have lived in Texas ever since. These
people were banished for no offense but for sympathy with
the Confederacy.
In our part of Missouri it was no uncommon thing to hear
,of some man being shot or hanged who was too old or
physically unfit for service and who tried to remain at home
[because of his sympathy with the South.
I Rev. Mr. Payne, of Clinton County, had a son in the
jConfederate army. He was arrested one day by a squad of
Federal soldiers, and, not being heard from for two days, his
laughter went to the nearest headquarters at Plattsburg to
,ascertain what she could of her father. To her pathetic ap-
ical the commander gruffly replied : "You had better look in
lie woods for him."
She returned home. The neighbor women gathered in and
' vent in search. They discovered buzzards circling and light-
ng in the dense forest near the home, and found several buz-
:ards feeding on the dead body of the preacher Payne, who
't vas Icved by all who knew him. He was a good man and a
toed preacher and was particularly inoffensive.
Y'ou observe that banishment was not the worst feature of
the situation in Missouri during the war period. Sad as is
the narrative of the murder of the Rev. Mr. Payne, there are
others equally pathetic.
A few nights after Dr. Payne was shot the same Federal
soldiers went to the house of John Morris, who also had a
son in General Price's army. Arousing him out of his bed,
before he had time to dress himself, they began beating him
over the head with pistols. When almost unconscious, his
gray hair matted with blood, they dragged him out of the
house, with his wife clinging to him. Breaking her loose
from him. they dragged him out into the yard and riddled
his body with bullets.
A mile and a half from Liberty, Mo., lived a Mr. Thacher,
who was Southern and entered the service at the beginning
of the war; but being disabled for service, he returned home
and was given permission by the commander of the (Liberty)
post to remain with his family and be neutral. He had taken
the oath of allegiance to the Federal government. But very
soon afterwards a new commander was sent to the post. He
was not satisfied with the mild treatment accorded Mr.
Thacher, and sent out a squad of soldiers with orders to hang
him. They found Mr. Thacher seated on the front porch
holding a sick baby on a pillow. Seeing the child in a dying
condition, the soldiers returned to town without stating the
object of their visit, and said to their colonel: "We can't
hang that man ; his babe seems to be dying."
Colonel Pennick was very little more humane than old
Asher-banapal, one of the Persian kings. Not to be thwarted
in his purpose, he said: "I'll send my lop-eared Dutch. They'll
hang him."
True to their trust, they rode to the Thacher home and
found him still holding the sick baby on a pillow. They
called to him : "Colonel Pennick vant you."
His wife begged them to excuse him and let him remain
with their sick child, but to no purpose. They ordered him to
come on. He handed the baby, burning with fever to his wife,
and went with them. In a few minutes one of the soldiers
came galloping up to the j-ard fence and said to her : "You
find yo huspan hang on a tree down de road."
Her aged father and the little girls ran down to the place
indicated and found Thacher's hat lying on the ground and
his lifeless body hanging to the tree, as stated.
A fine old gentleman, the father of Rev. Charlie Hodges
and of Mrs. Slaughter, lived near Platte City. The soldiers
ransaked Mr. Hodges's house, gathering up valuables, opening
trunks and bureau drawers, and taking whatever they could
carry. The venerable Mr. Hodges, a soldier of two wars,
came leaning on his cane into the room where they were filling
bags with their plunder. Reanimated by his ancient courage,
he said in a voice filled with rage : "Get out from here, you
cowardly thieves !" At this they turned on him and threatened
to hang him.
He stood in the doorway, with his honorable scars from
the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, and, looking, the very
"god of war," said: "Hang me, you cowardly thieves! You
can't cheat me out of my days. You are not true soldiers
of the Union, as you claim to be, or you would not be found
robbing my house. I defy you ! \'ou are cowardly thieves !
Put those things down and leave this house !"
Alarmed at the fury of the old veteran or stung by his
words, the men filed out one at a time and left the place, tak-
ing their booty with them, however.
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"Xo voice is heard, no sign is made,
Xo step is on the conscious floor ;
Yet love will dream and faith will trust
( Since He who knows our need is just)
That somehow, somewhere meet we must."
Capt. S. B. Barron.
On February 2, 1912, Capt. S. B. Barron, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Rusk, Tex., answered the last
roll call. He was born in Gurley, Ala., X'ovember g, 1834.
His father, Samuel B. Barron, was a native of South Carolina,
a soldier of the War of 1812, and a captain under Andrew
Jackson. His parents died early, thus leaving him to work
his way through the world as best he could. Having studied
law, he came to Texas in 1859 and located at Rusk, where
he continuously resided until the time of his death, excepting
the time he was a soldier in the Confederate army.
When the call to arms was made, in 1861, he volunteered
with the first company that left the county for the front,
Company C, 3d Texas Cav-
alry, participating in the bat-
tles of Oak Hill, Elkhorn.
Corinth, Farmington, luka,
Hatchie Bridge, Oakland,
Holly Springs, and he was
wounded at Davis's Mill. He
was promoted for courage
and gallantry to the rank of
second lieutenant, and later
fought at Jackson, Miss.,
Liverpool, and Yazoo City.
He was in the Georgia Cam-
paign of 1864 from start to
finish. He was captured at
Lovejoy Station, but made
his escape by playing dead.
He was with General Hood's
army in Tennessee in 1864-65,
and under General Forrest
in the battles near Pulaski, Tenn., and Sugar Creek, said to
have been the last battle of the war in that department. He
was detailed by Gen. S. L. Ross to be judge advocate of the
permanent brigade court-martial, and served as such with
credit. The regiment to which Captain Barron belonged was
one among the best that was mustered into the Confederate
service — a regiment dubbed "Old Ironsides" and given a post
of honor and of danger in every advance and retreat by the
army which it served, and he endured all the dangers to which
his command was exposed.
When the war ended Captain Barron returned to his home,
in Rusk, Tex., and again resumed the practice of law. He
held many positions of trust and honor, having been county
clerk, county judge, and justice of the peace. He was a
man in whom people had great confidence, a member of the
Presbyterian Church, the Masonic order, and Knights of
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CAPT. .S. E. BARRON.
Honor. He spent several years during the latter part of his.
life in writing a book, "The Lone Star Defenders," which re-
lates in a plain, unvarnished way the dangers, trials, and
hardships through which the Confederate soldier passed while
on the march, in camp, or on the battle field.
On September 5, 1865. Captain Barron was married to Miss
Eugenia Wiggins, daughter of Col. James M. Wiggins, who
died in 1882. The only surviving child of that union is Dr.
W. P. Barron, of Carmona, Tex. In 1884 he was married to
Mrs. Olympia Miller (nee Scott), who died in 1893, leaving a
daughter. Miss Anna, now of Ladonia, Te.x. His third mar-
riage was to Mrs. .Agatha Leftwich (nee Scott), formerly of
Huntsville, .\la. He was greatly esteemed by his comrades.
[Sketch by J. A. Templeton, of Jacksonville, Tex.]
Thomas ^Ioore.
With the night of March 30 ended the life of Thomas Moore
at his home, at Parks Hill, Ky. For the past twenty years he
had been in charge of the pumping station near Myers and
custodian of the assembly grounds at Parks Hill. He had
rounded the threescore and ten years. He followed Morgan
and participated in the many thrilling experiences of that
daring leader.
A lifelong friend writes this of his service: "He was a mem-
ber of Company H, 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Colonel Breckin-
ridge's regiment, having joined the command in 1862. He
was among the few of that regiment who participated in the
famous Ohio raid and escaped capture. After the fight at
Bufifington Island, he left his horse and went afoot through
the woods until he came to a cornfield where a man was plow-
ing at the far end of the field, his coat and dinner pail hang-
ing on a stake. Tom exchanged his coat for the one on the
stake, took the dinner bucket on liis arm, and started south.
Hearing a train whistle, he went in that direction. Coming
to a station on the Little Miami, lie asked the agent how long
before a train was due going south, and was told 'but a few
minutes.' He bought a ticket, boarded the train for Cincin-
nati. Arriving in a short time, he went over to Covington,
stopping at the Drovers Inn. It was but a few minutes until
a man came in and recognized Tom, and they soon had the
usual 'toast.' When Tom told where he was from and where
he wanted to go, his friends gave him the wherewith. He
took the first train to Le.\ington, then to Mount Sterling.
Walking into the country, he was supplied with a horse, and
made his way south, passing himself off as a buyer of rail-
road ties, rejoined his command, and served until the sur-
render, in 1865."
Henry M. Dillard. ]
Henry Moorman Dillard died on April 30, 1912, at Meridian,
Tex., at the age of eighty-one years. "Colonel Dillard," as he
was familiarly known, was a graduate of the LTniversity of
Virginia in 1857, and was married in 1859 to Miss Lizzie |
Lucas, of Somerville, Tenn., who preceded him to her eternaL
home about three years ago.
Colonel Dillard entered the Confederate service in 1861, and
served with distinction throughout the war. He had lived
for more than a quarter of a century in Meridian, where he
served for many years as county surveyor. He was a valued
contributor to several newspapers and wrote historical sketches
for the local Chapter, U. D. C, which are highly prized. He
never swerved from loyalty and devotion to the Confederate
cause, and he was often present at the sessions of the Daugh-.,
ters of the Confederacy.
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Belmer Harlow.
Belnier Harlow was bom in Shelby County, Ala.. April 27,
1831. He moved with his father's family to Arkansas in 1852.
He spent the year 1856 in Texas. He was happily converted
:soon after returning to Arkansas and joined the M. E. Church.
South. He was married on December 25, 1866, to Margaret
• C. Harrison, with whom he lived happily for forty-six years.
His four sons and a daughter reached maturity.
On May 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 26th Arkansas
Regiment, under Captain Halladay, for three years, or during
the war. The regiment was mustered into service at Pine
Blufif, Ark.. June i, 1862, by Colonel Greenwood. He served
in infantry until July I, 1862, when he was detailed into
Daniell's Battery of Artillery and ordered east of the Mis-
sissippi River. He was paroled on May 20, 1865. After linger-
ing "right at the water's edge" for nearly two months, on the
morning of April 12, 1912, he crossed over to "everlasting
spring." We laid him to rest in the Rison Cemetery to await
the resurrection of the just.
X .\. C.\MPBEI.L.
Oavid .\. Campbell was born in Franklin, Tcnn. ; and died
ill Memphis March 2g, 1912. He enlisted in the Confederate
srrvicc in Januarj-, 1862, and was assigned to duty in the com-
missary department at luka. Miss., serving as receiving agent
for army supplies at luka, Corinth, and Tupelo. He resigned
this position and enlisted in a cavalry company made up in
Marshall County, Miss., commanded by Capt. Thomas B. Web-
ber, This company was assigned to duty with the 2d Ken-
tucky Cavalry. Morgan's old regiment, and was mustered into
service as Company F.
He followed the intrepid John H. Morgan on all of his raids.
When Morgan's command was captured in Ohio at Buflington's
Island, Dave Campbell and a few others of Company F made
their escape by swimming the Ohio River, and then made
their way to General Forrest. They were in the forefront in
tlie battle of Chickamauga, and it is thought by his comrades
;hat he fired the first gun in the battle of Chickamauga. After
hat he was ordered to North Mississippi to get recruits. Soon
fter General Morgan escaped from prison we were ordered to
'Vtlanta, where we remained three weeks, and after reorganiza-
ion we went to Southwest Virginia.
The last of Morgan's raids was in the spring of 1864. On
his raid Mr. Campbell's "Old Stonewall" gave out and he
Ivalked one Inmdrcd miles, carrying his saddle on his back, to
Mount Sterling. Ky.. where he was again in battle and got
another mount.
Comrade Campbell was always ready for duty, never
flickered, but was always in front cheering others to "come
on." He was very popular. One of his old comrades and life-
long friends journeyed to Memphis from afar to participate
in the last sad rites.
D.WID H.\RPER.
David C. Harper died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. J.
T. Rush, Catherine, Ala., April 22, 1912. He was born in
South Carolina October 31, 1828, and when a young man re-
moved with his parents to Marengo County, Ala., where he
died. He was an "old school" Presbyterian.
At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the 5th
Alabama Infantry Regiment, and served in the Army of North-
ern Virginia. He was captured July 3, 1863, in the battle of
Gettysburg, and spent nearly two years in prison at Fort Dela-
ware and Point Lookout prisons. He is survived by three
children — Samuel A. Harper, of Beaumont, Tex. ; William M.
Harper, of Catherine, Ala.: and Mrs. J. T. Rush, of Catherine,
Ala.
Maj. I-'rederic Seip.
Maj. Frederic Seip died in Alexandria, La., on the 13th of
November. 191 1. He was born in Rapides Parish, La., on
.\ugust 5, 1840, the son of Dr. John and Eliza Seip, and lived
in the old home at the time of his death.
I'rederic Seip received his preparatory education in Louisi-
ana and then went to Princeton, graduating in the class of
i860. He returned home and entered the Confederate service
as a member of Company K, Alexandria Rifles, of the Crescent
Regiment. He was made lieutenant of his company and
served in the Tennessee Army. Later he was transferred to
the Trans-Mississippi Department, and served on the staff of
Gen. Dick Taylor and Gen. S. B. Buckner, and then on the
staff of Gen. Joseph L. Brents as adjutant and inspector gen-
eral with the rank of major, which position he held until the
close of the war. He was in .Alexandria, La., at the time of
the surrender. .Xfter the war he devoted several years to his
plantation.
In 1865 M.ajor Seip was married to Miss Adelia Flint, who
d'cd in 1878, and in 1882 he married Miss Emeline Flint. To
them were born four sons, who survive their father.
For a long time Major Seip was recognized as one of the
leading citizens of Rapides Parish. He was appointed police
juror in 1877, and served many consecutive years. In 1888
he was elected to the State Senate, and reelected in 1892 for
four more years. He was president of the Rapides Parish police
jury for four terms (sixteen years), on which he was serving
at the time of his death. He was also Commander of Jeff
Davis Camp, U. C. V., and had been for a number of years.
He was a man of much worth to his community.
David W. Dowtin.
The thin gray line lost one of its best defenders in the
death of David W. Dowtin on April 9, 1912, at his home, near
Troy, in Greenwood County, S. C. He was born in old Abbe-
ville County, S. C, in May, 1843, and was among the first to
respond to the call of his country in 1861, enlisting in Com-
pany C, 7th South Carolina Infantry, Kershaw's Brigade,
Longstreet's Corps. One who marched, fought, and suffered
with him through those long years can testify to his gal-
lantry and bravery as a soldier. He was ever at his post
of duty except when disabled by wounds or sickness. He had
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a most remarkable memory, and it was his delight to talk of
incidents and occurrences which came under his observation
during the war.
Shortly after he returned home he was married to Miss
Sallie Watson, of Abbeville County, who made him a faith-
ful wife. He was a devoted husband and father. His wife
survives him with their seven sons and a daughter. He was
borne to his last resting place by these seven sons. Comrade
Dowtin was a zealous and faithful member of the Church
from early years.
Michael H. Hulihan.
Michael H. Hulihan died January lo, 1912, at Jackson River,
Highland County, Va. ; born in Ireland January I, 1842.
He enlisted in Company I, 25th Virginia, for the war, and
was in all the stirring campaigns of those war days, always
on the front line of battle, an intrepid soldier, ready at all
times for duty, which he performed with cheerful diligence.
At the second day's fight at Gettysburg he was so sick he
was compelled to report for sick call, and was in an ambu-
lance, hardly able to be upon his feet. However, the soldier's
ardor was stronger than reason, and he climbed from the
ambulance, picked up a dead comrade's gun and cartridge box,
and rushed where the fighting was thickest. He lost an arm
in this battle, and was made a prisoner of war, which ended
his military career.
His brother, Patrick Hulihan, was killed in the battle of
Sharpsburg. Both were members of Company I and were of
the bravest of Ireland's sons.
[From Capt. J. W. Mathews, Co. I, 2Sth Virginia Inf.]
Rev. a. C. Hopkins, D.D.
The end of a noble life came by the death of Dr. A. C. Hop-
kins at his home, in Charlestown, W. Va., on December 4,
191 1. To the people among whom he had lived and served as
pastor his memory will ever be a benediction, and to others
who knew him his noble and unselfish life will be an inspira-
tion to higher and better living.
Dr. Abner C. Hopkins was born in Powhatan County, Va.,
in 183s, and was a graduate of Hampden-Sidney College.
During the War of the States he was chaplain of the Stone-
wall Brigade, and often under fire. He later served as chap-
lain of the Second Army Corps, A. N. V., and was on the
staff of Gen. John B. Gordon on the last retreat of the Con-
federate army from Petersburg to Appomattox. He began
his first pastorate fifty years ago at Martinsburg, W. Va.,
and in 1866 became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in
Charlestown, a ministration ending only with his death. He
was prominent in the work of his Church, but no narrow de-
nominational lines confined his service. Following the foot-
steps of the Master through a long and consecrated pil-
grimage, of a verity he was ready
"To be called,
Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel,
To put his armor ofif and rest in heaven."
DR. A. C. HOPKINS.
Capt. J. M. Berry.
Capt. Jiles M. Berry was born near Liberty Hill, S. C.^
April 3, 1840; and died in Augusta, Ga., December 8, 1911
He entered the Confederate service in the 7th South Carolina
Regiment early in 1861, and served faithfully and bravely
with that command in Kershaw's Brigade, McClaw's Division,
Longstreet's Corps, through all the campaigns of the Army oil
Northern Virginia. A man of tall, commanding form and
conspicuous courage, he made a brilliant record as a soldier
rising to the rank of captain, and receiving several woundsj
one of which lingered with him until his death.
When the war ended, he entered the milling business ir
Augusta, and for forty years and more he was a prominent
and influential factor in its commercial life. He met death
as he had faced it on the battle field, without a tremor, anc
hosts who honored him in life mourn him in death.
Joseph C. Eaves.
Dr. J. C. Eaves was born July 17, 1836; and quietly fel;
asleep in the presence of his children on February 19, 1912.
He read medicine under Dr. Miller at Manchester, Tenn.j
attended the medical lectures at Nashville in 1859, and «•
ceived his diploma in i860. He volunteered in the Confedi
erate army at the beginning of the war in Starnes's 4tt
Tennessee, Forrest's Cavalry, and served till the close of th(
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war. His record as a soldier was to get there first and stay
till the last. After the war he located at Spencer, Tenn., and
began the practice of medicine, but later moved to White
County, and continued the practice of his profession until a
few years ago.
Kind and courteous in his disposition, his friends were
legion. His life was devoted to charity, and whenever called
ministered to the sick, no matter how poor. He was honored
and loved by all who knew him. He was laid to rest in the
cemetery near Quebeck, Tenn., where his friends gathered to
pay their last tribute of love and respect.
From a tribute by O. V. Anderson, Tullahoma, Tenn. :
After the war Dr. Eaves located at Spencer, Tenn., and
engaged in the practice of medicine. Later he removed to
White County, where he continued to practice until a few
years before his death. His record as a soldier was to get
there first and stay till the last. His life's work was charity.
He visited the sick regardless of their ability to pay. He
was ever loyal to the cause for which he fought. Kind and
courteous in his disposition, his friends were legion: to know
him was to love him. He quietly fell asleep surrounded by
his children. The large assemblage which gathered to pay
him last tribute testified to his worth. He is survived by
three daughters and their families and a son, Robert, now in
business in Chattanojga.
William W. Cavcnder.
In the April Veteran, page 181, there is a sketch of Wil-
liam W. Cavcnder, known as "Bill" Cavender, a scout and
secret service man. Col. John W. Tench, of Gainesville, Fla.,
writes of him : "This picture of him should have been pub-
lished with the sketch." Colonel Tench pays him highest
tribute as a soldier, and as a man he was ready and capable.
James Alexander Gass.
The death of James Alexander Gass occurred at his home,
in Dandridge, Tenn., December 10, 191 1. Practically all of
:he sixty-si.x years of his life had been spent in Dandridge,
where his ki-^dly greeting, his genial ways, and his familiar
figure will be missed. As a young man he became a member
of the Church, and gave it faithful service to the close of his
life. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Etta
Fain, who died leaving one son and a daughter; his second
wife, who was Miss Emma Mitchell, survives him.
In 1862, when but seventeen years of age. Comrade Gass
joined the Confederate army, serving under Capt. David NafT,
of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry. He made a splendid soldier,
participating in many of the battles in upper East Tennessee.
At one time he was a prisoner in Knoxville. When the war
closed, he returned to Dandridge, and with characteristic
cheerfulness and bravery he began the battle of everyday life.
He engaged in the mercantile business, and accumulated a
comfortable fortune. In his pleasant home he delighted to
entertain his friends and old comrades. For some time be-
fore his death he had given up active business on account of
failing health.
Hon. James W. Gregory.
James W. Gregory, one of the oldest members of the House
of Delegates, representing Pittsylvania County, Va., for sev-
eral years, died at the Retreat for the Sick in Richmond on
March 13, 1912, after a short illness of pneumonia. He was
three-score and ten years old. His home was near Pickaway,
where he was a successful farmer and a man of large in-
fluence in his county.
As a soldier his record was fine, for he entered the war as
a youth under twenty years of age and served with unswerv-
ing fidelity in the Ringgold Battery. He was with that com-
mand in the last engagement near Appomattox C. H. He did
not surrender there, but with his battery, of which he was
sergeant, he went to Lynchburg, where the battery was dis-
banded and he was later paroled.
After the war he returned to his native county and lived
the life of a farmer, uniting industry with intelligence. At the
time of his death he was serving his third term in the House
of Delegates of Virginia, and was unusually active and vigor-
ous mentally and physically. He is survived by his wife and
a son and daughter.
Capt. D. R. Ransom.
Comrade D. R. Ransom, who was a member of Camp Ross
Ruble, No. 1558, U. C. v., died in March, igi2, at the home
of his son, Harry Ransom, near Bellefonte, Ark.
Comrade Ransom was a charter member of our Camp. Only
two other charter members are waiting God's time to muster
them out of service and transfer them to his army above. In
the old Liberty Cemetery his emaciated body, clothed in the
uniform of a Confederate soldier, rests under a bed of flowers.
Comrade Ransom was a native of Tennessee. He was a
member of the i8th Regiment Tennessee Infantry. He en-
listed in September, 1861, as a private, and served throughout
the four years of strife, although twice wounded. He served
in the Army of Tennessee in Cheatham's Division, Hardee's
Corps. He was in battles from Shiloh to Baton Rouge, La.,
and was mustered out as a captain. He had preserved the
parole he received when his army surrendered, and it will be
kept by his children as a precious family relic — a certificate of
honor.
[From W. H. Harrell, Adjutant of Camp Ross Ruble, No.
1558. U. C. v.]
Richard Poole Hays.
Richard P. Hays, of Dickerson, Md., son of Leonard and
Eliza Poole Hays, died on April 8, 1912. He was a descend-
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ant of Jeremiah Hays and Abraham Simmons. His mother
was a daughter of John Poole Sprigg and a great-granddaugh-
ter of Col. Joseph Belt, of Colonial fame, an ancestor of two
of Maryland's earlier Governors, Samuel Sprigg and Thomas
G. Pratt.
On August 12, 1862, Richard Hays and about forty others
crossed the Potomac River and a company of cavalry was
formed under command of Col. E. V. White. This command
grew to six companies, and a battalion was organized as the
35th Virginia and mustered into service October 26, 1862, when
E. V. White was made major. Company B was commanded
by Capt. George W. Chiswell and was known as Chiswell's
"Exile Band." By a charge at Park's Store, Va., on Novem-
ber 29, 1863, the battalion won the name "Comanches," given
to it by General Rosser, under whom it became a part of the
Laurel Brigade. Comrade Hays served gallantly to the close
of the war. He never lost his ardor for the cause, and in late
years served as Chaplain of Ridgely Brown Camp, U. C. V., of
Rockville, Md. He ever held out a helping hand to his old
comrades in distress. He was ambitious that a monument be
erected to the memory of the men who wore the gray from his
section, and he was actively interested in securing a fund for
that purpose. Through him and other Confederate veterans
a Chapter, U. D. C, was organized in Rockville, which
was named for his old commander. Col. E. V. White.
A faithful soldier of the stars and bars, so was he under the
banner of the cross, and now it is well with him. He is sur-
vived by his wife (who was Miss Bettie Batson, of Howard
County, Md.) and four sons and four daughters.
Mrs. W. J. Cook.
Mrs. Georgia Maxwell Cook was born August 25, 1850, at
Bel Air, near Tallahassee, Fla., a daughter of Col. William
M. and Mrs. Rebecca Maxwell. The Maxwells of Scotland
are famed in song and story, and their representatives in the
Western world have ably kept up the traditions of the family.
Maxwells fought for liberty in Georgia in 1776 and Max-
wells of Florida led their troops to war in 1861, again fighting
for liberty. Brought up in such a family and in such stirring
times, it is no wonder that her young heart was filled with
an ardent love for the Confederacy that ended only with death.
In 1865 Mrs. Cook, then Georgia Ma.xwell, a fifteen-year-
old girl, began her career practically as a Daughter of the
Confederacy. In March of that year, nearly half a century
ago, was fought the battle of Natural Bridge, and a Confeder-
ate victory prevented Florida's capital from falling into the
hands of the enemy. In this battle the cadets of the West
Florida Seminary fought side by side with gray-haired vet-
erans, and at its end as they marched back to Tallahassee the
girls of Bel Air came out to meet them and to crown the boys
with the laurel wreaths of valor which they had so early won,
and among those girls was Georgia Maxwell.
Mrs. Cook was for twelve years State Chairman of the Sol-
diers' Home Committee, and served during all that time with
unabating zeal. She ministered to the comfort of the living
and saw to it that the dead were laid to rest with fitting cere-
mony; never a coffin from the Home was carried to its last
resting place but that her flowers brightened its sable pall.
When Martha Reid Chapter first sprang into being, Mrs.
Cook's name graced the charter list. It was her mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Maxwell, who gave it the name of Martha Reid.
Notwithstanding all the U. D. C. work that she did so well,
her home was never neglected, and of her truly might the
wise man have spoken when he said : "She looketh well to the
ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
These resolutions were adopted by tlie Martha Reid Chapter:
"Whereas Almiglity God in his divine wisdom has taken
unto himself our beloved member and coworker, Georgia
Maxwell Cook, a charter member and officer of Martha Reid
Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy ; and whereas her un-
tiring efforts were constantly exercised to the upbuilding of the
organization ; and whereas she gave her untiring devotion and
attention to the comfort and necessities of our sick and afflicted
veterans who were through their misfortunes placed in our
Soldiers' Home ; therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That in her sudden death the Martha Reid
Chapter has lost a most faithful, loving, and patriotic mem-
ber, and our Soldiers' Home a most sympathetic and diligent
worker for the. comfort of its inmates.
"2. That we as members of Martha Reid Chapter, as well
as her personal friends, extend to her bereaved husband, chil-
dren, and relatives our most loving sympathy in their sorrow.
"Mary A. Rogers, Amelia M. Dozier, and Mrs. J. H. Bor-
roughs. Committee."
Mrs. M. E. Drew wrote of her :
Her heart is still — a heart so large
That all could find a shelter there ;
Too swiftly pulsed her tenderness ;
Its strength was its despair
Her helpful hands ! 'Tis hard to see
Them folded and moveless now.
To miss the living light of love
That glorified her brow.
Well may the men who wore the gray,
The men of her boundless care,
Bow whitened heads with streaming tears
And whisper her name in prayer.
On her Chapter's memory leaf
Her name is written in gold.
But the tale of her devoted life
Can never all be told.
HoNE.^u Pritt.
Honeau Pritt died at Beverly, W. Va., on the 15th of Feb-
ruary, 1912. He was born in Randolph County, Va. (now W.
Va.), March 28, 1838. He served with Company F, 31st Vir-
ginia Volunteers, 4th Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, A. N. V.,
and was one of the ax men who went with regimental skir-
mishers in the charge on Fort Steadman at Petersburg. He
was captured when the brigade fell back and sent to Point
Lookout, and was paroled from there in May, 1865.
H. Cl.\y Norris.
Died at the home of his brother, Dr. Robert Norris, in
Villa Americana, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil, H. Clay Nor-
ris, private of Company G, 15th Confederate Cavalry. He
served from the beginning of the war to the close, stationed
at Mobile, Ala. He was born in Dallas County, Ala.. June
I, 1841 ; and died January 20, 1912.
E. F. Jordan.
At Meridian, Tex., in February, 1912, the remains of E. F.
Jordan were laid to rest. He was a Confederate veteran in
his eightieth year. In 1863 he entered the Confederate service
in Company A, loth Artillery of North Carolina, and served
until the surrender.
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D. W. Alexander.
D. W. Alexander was born in Moulton. .Ma., October 22,
1841 ; and died February 4,
1912, near Shelbyville, Tcnn.
He was reared in Moulton.
Ala., and came to Tennessee
in 1865. He was married in
1866 to Sallie Shearin, daugh-
ter of Matthew Shearin, of
Bedford County, Tenn. Com-
rade Alexander was proud of
his record as a Confederate
soldier, having been in all the
hard-fought battles of his
command. In the battle of
Franklin, Tcnn., he was the
only one of his company that
went through that awful bat
tie without being wounded or
killed. Surviving him are his
two sons and one daughter,
a brother and a sister.
Mr. Alexander lived after the war in Bedford County. He
engaged in farming successfully, and was devoted to the Con-
federate cause. His support of the Veteran was steadfast.
John W. Hight.
John W. Hij;lit was born in Wilson County, Tcnn.. June
22, 18.^5; and died at Lisbon.
Tex., September 12, 191 1.
Comrade Hight enlisted in
the Confederate service from
his native county May 22,
1861, with Company 1, l8th
Tennessee Regiment, and was
in all the principal battles of
his command. He was cap-
tured at Fort Donelson and
kept in prison eight months,
when exchanged. He rccn-
listed for the war at Corinth,
Miss. He surrendered with
Johnston's army at Durham.
N. C, on April 15, 1865.
Returning to W i 1 s o n
County, Tenn., he was mar-
ried to Miss Mahala Boiid.
In 1872 they moved to Dallas County, Tex., where he suc-
cessfully farmed until his death, and was a good citizen in
every sense. (See notice in April Veteran, page 175.)
C. M. Waller.
C. M. Waller was born in Roane County, Tenn., December
21, 1841; and died at Dodd City, Tex., December 8, 1911.
His wife preceded hini to the other life a year before. Their
four sons and four daughters live near Dodd City.
Comrade Waller became a Confederate soldier as a member
of Company B, 63d Tennessee Infantry, early in 1862, and
participated in all the battles of his regiment : Chickamauga,
Fort Saunders, Bean Station, Drury's Bluff, and many others,
including the battles near Richmond and Petersburg. He was
captured on April 4, 1865, and taken to Point Lookout Prison,
and there remained until paroled in June, 1865. He was a
brave and faithful soldier of the Confederacy to the end.
loiix w. nii.in.
Maj. Samuel J. Alexander.
Maj. S. J. Alexander, whose death occurred at his home,
in Macon, Tenn., March 19, 1912, was born in Henderson
County, Tenn., in 1833, a descendant of a Charlotte (N. C.)
family who signed the famous Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence. He entered Forrest's Cavalry as a private and
rose to the rank of major.
Major Alexander was educated in the old Masonic College
at Macon. He was self-made, ha\nng amassed a splendid
estate. He was very active and contributed much to the improv-
ing of his community. He was an ardent and devoted member
of the Church and true in every relation of life. He leaves
the rich legacy of an honorable and well-spent life.
Of four brothers who served faithfully in the Confederate
army, he was the last to pass away. An adopted niece lives in
Macon, Ga., and he had expected to attend the Reunion there,
for he loved to mingle with the survivors of those days of
sacrifice, suffering, and achievement.
In a personal letter John H. Hineman, of Morrell, Ark., who
sent the foregoing, writes : "Major Alexander was a first
cousin to my mother. Of all the group of my kinsmen who
w-ent out at the call of the grand old Volunteer State, only
one survives, John Smith, of Oakland. My mother's brother
was killed in the battle of Belmont, Mo., another of the group
was killed at Franklin, a third was desperately wounded at
Shiloh and again at Chickamauga, and a fourth was seriously
shot at Murfreesboro. Major Alexander passed through the
war without receiving a wound."
J. Grief Edwards.
J. Griff Edwards died recently at his home, in Portsmouth,
Va., in the forty-second year of his age. Mr. Edwards was a
lifelong resident of this city and was a son of the late Grif-
fin F. Edwards and Mrs. Belle (Bilisoly) Edwards. He had
a large circle of friends in his section and was well known
throughout the South. He was a charter and prominent mem-
ber of Stonewall Camp, Sons of Veterans, and at the time of
his death was Commander of the Virginia Division of Sons,
having been elected in Newport News last fall. He took an
active part in all matters relating to the organization and was
held in high esteem by the officials.
He is survived by his mother and his wife, Mrs. Martha
Nelson Edwards, the leader in Confederate Choirs.
The funeral was held in St. Paul's Catholic Church. The
services were conducted by the Rev. Father Donohoe, pastor
of the Church, and the interment was made in Cedar Grove
Cemetery.
Stonewall Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, attended
the funeral in a body, and many other prominent Sons were
present. The pallbearers were selected from the Sons. Many
beautiful floral designs were sent by sorrowing friends, and
telegrams of condolence were received from many sections of
the South.
Lafayette D. Settle.
Lafayette D. Settle died on April 3, 1912, in his seventy-
third year. He was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., and
moved to Corinth, Miss., from which place he enlisted in
Company D, 32d Mississippi Infantry, and served throughout
the entire war. He was Commander of John B. Gordon
Camp, U. C. v., of Lawton, Okla., having just been reelected.
His fellow citizens deplore the loss to that community of an
upright and honorable man. He was a good citizen, a true
and faithful friend, beloved and respected by all who knew
him.
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James Davis Porter.
"Tennessee's first citizen'' is the way Hon. James D. Porter
was regarded for many years. His earthly end occurred in
Paris, Tenn., the town of his birth, on May 18.
The funeral discourse embodies much of his public career,
and it is given in full. His service in the Confederate army,
however, is merely touched upon therein. He was the most
noted staff officer of any rank in the Army of Tennessee. He
was evidently more in the councils of army commanders
and his opinion sought more frequently doubtless than any
other officer of his rank in any army of the Confederacy. As
he wrote most of General Cheatham's reports, being his chief
of staff, very little is recorded in commendation of his serv-
ice; but prior to his engagement as such the "War Records"
contains the following which illustrates the character of
his service: "The zealous efficiency in the administration of
his office and the earnest devotion to duty always evinced by
my assistant adjutant general. Maj. James D. Porter, were
only surpassed by the promptness with which he transmitted
my orders to all parts of the field and the calm, unfaltering
courage with which he bore himself throughout the bloody
battles." (See Series I., Part I., Vol. X., page 443.)
Funeral Discourse by Comrade Rev. W. T. Boiling.
James Davis Porter was born at Paris, Tenn., on December
7, 1828; and closed a long and eventful life at his home, in
this place, on May 18, 1912, being in his eighty-fourth year.
These dates mark the coming and going of more than an or-
dinary man — a man who towered among the great men of a
great State.
For many years his life was a public one; and while not
infallible and marred by some mistakes, no stain marks his
public career ; but in all his open life the record shows only
the stately gentleman, the honest public official, and the
demonstration of ideals creditable to him in the well-defined
lines of honesty, personal integrity, and faithful service to
his fellow men. He passed through the crucial tests by which
so many public men are singed without the smell of impurity
upon his official garments, and no man can point to any one
of such acts that smacked of personal profit at the expense of
the public. He was a high-toned gentleman, a pure citizen
and keeper of liis home, and in all a man who leaves a name
honored through many years and to be honored by coming
generations of those who shall love a great State and her best
ideals. In 1859 he was a member of the legislature, and in
1861 he became the author of the "Porter Resolutions," by
which the State of Tennessee was pledged to stand by the
South in case of war.
When the war came, he entered the provisional army oi
Tennessee and became assistant adjutant general on the staff
of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow ; and when the army of the State
became a part of the army of the Confederate States,
he was made adjutant general on the staff of Gen. B.
F. Cheatham, with whom he served until the close of the war.
Then with the South in mourning and in tears James D. Por-
ter as a faithful son drew nearer to and began a work to
comfort his stricken mother. Resuming the practice of law
here in Paris, he took an active part in doing what he could
to aid his people in the dark days of reconstruction. Having
passed through the bloodiest battles in which the Army of
Tennessee engaged, he brought the same heroic spirit home
and took up the task to aid in bringing order out of chaos and
to lay again the foundations of prosperity in the midst of
desolation.
In 1870 he was elected circuit judge, which position he re-
signed in February, 1874, and in the following August he was
nominated by his party for the governorship, and was elected
by an immense majority. He was reelected in 1876, serving
two terms with honor to himself and to the betterment of the
condition of the people.
In 1880 he was called to the presidency of the Nashville,
Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad, and so remained until
1884. A special train was sent from Nashville bearing officials
of the railroad and other friends.
In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland Assistant
Secretary of State, and in 1893 he was sent to represent our
government as Minister to Chili, which position he filled with
marked success.
After his return from Chili, Governor Porter was elected
Chancellor of the University of Nashville, and as an educator
he became as successful as he had been in political life, and
before he retired under the press of years he succeeded in
securing an endowment of one million dollars from the Pea-
body Fund for the Nashville college, making of it one of
the best educational institutions in the South. This closing
work of his busy life was worthy of the pupil of his great
preceptor, Cochran, for many years Principal of the Paris
Academy, and the great school at Nashville will remain a
fitting monument to the man who did most to establish it as
a richlv endowed educational center.
l.ON. JAMES D. PORTER.
In June, 1851, he was married to Miss Susanna Dunlap,
who, with two sons and one daughter, survives him, and hand
in hand they moved in beautiful loyalty through sixty-one
years of married life, until the silent Boatman took the loyal,
loving husband to the other shore of the mystic stream.
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In private home life Governor Porter was ever the best
pattern of husband and father, and he did his dehcate work
well. In his walk as a private citizen he was above reproach ;
and while not a member of any Church, he w-as a thorough
believer in the great Christian doctrines and a man of prayer
and of implicit trust in the guiding hand of his Maker, the
God of infinite mercy and justice, who judgeth the right.
In the home, in his community, and in his public life James
D. Porter was found worthy of the great confidence of his
family and of the people at large, and I count it one of the
privileges of my life to have known him and to have had his
friendship and confidence, for such loyal friendship is of
much value to any public servant.
As a soldier, a private citizen, a holder of places of public
trust Tennessee will never produce a man of better poise, of
sounder judgment, of purer personal and public life than this
son whom she loved and honored and for whom she now la-
inents in sorrow and in tears, and in her Hall of Fame will
ever hang the picture of James D. Porter, framed in the love
of a great State and of a people who cherish courage, un-
tarnished honor, and private and public purity in the life of
a public man.
If the State at large mourns her loss, another body draws
nearer in sorrow and yet in joy to this coffined clay and feel
our loss. It is the remnant of sons of Tennessee who wore
the gray in the eventful struggle from 1861 to 1865, for we
know that when the bugle of death sounded "taps" and James
D. Porter is laid away in the silent bivouac wo lose one of the
truest comrades with whom we marched and fought, and who
after the war suflfcred, fought again, and won, for in this
cofiin is the casket of a soul that was loyal to every ideal of
the South and held the history of Ijie deeds of his comrades a
sacred heritage to the land of his birth. His life and manly
examples will be an inspiration to us to close up our files, to
move right on in the line of duty, and sleep at last
"Where glory marks willi solemn round
The bivouac of the ilcad."
John W. Mor.w.
That ;io worthier man wore '.he Confederate gray than John
Moran will stand all tests. He was born in Dresden, Tenn..
March 20, 1840; and died in a Nashville hospital April 12,
1912. His father. James Moran, was a merchant of Dresden,
and his mother was Miss Harriet Harris, of McLemoresv:lIe.
Tenn. He was educated in the schools of his neighborhood.
He was of philosophic tcmiicramcnt ; and while performing the
duties that were incumbent upon him, his humor was pro-
verbial and he was ever entertaining to his associates.
He was about ready for business life when the War of the
States began, and he, together with a younger brother who
soon surrendered his life in tlie cause of the Confederacy,
enlisted in Company I, 31st Tennessee Infantry, in the brigade
gallantly commanded by Brig. Gen. O. F. Strahl. His first
battle of importance was that of Pcrryville, Ky., in which the
army and his company suffered heavily. It had perhaps the
largest percentage in killed and wounded of any company in
that sanguinary battle. He was wounded in the battle of
Chickamauga. He was again severely wounded in tlie battle
of Franklin, and was long a sufferer in the hospital. He
frequently told a good story of his experience in the battle of
Resaca. He had captured a rabbit, which he secured in his
shirt bosom, and of course had fond anticipations of a feast
after the fight. The battle waxed so hot, however, and his
heart became so generous toward "Molly Cottontail" that he
gave her freedom. He may have been author of the Zeb
Vance story in saying: "Go it, Molly Cottontail! If I had no
reputation at stake, I'd run too." At all events, when the
battle was over he regretted not having the rabbit for supper,
as he had more appetite then than during the battle.
.tOIlN \V. MOR.AN.
The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. W. Irion, assisted by
the regular pastor of the M. E. Church, South, Rev. Mr.
Douglass, and Rev. G. T. Mayo, pastor of the Baptist Church
of Dresden. It was largely attended.
Joseph E. Jones in an interesting sketch of Mr. Moran states
that "he succeeded along all the lines of life that are worth
while. His business methods were open and above suspicion.
As possessor of a large fortune at his death, there was not
in it all an unclean dollar."
Mr. George W. Martin, a life-long friend and a man who
has long given liberally of his time and his means for the
cause of education, paid high tribute to the deceased at the
funeral and complied with the request of the Veteran in
sending the manuscript that follows :
"The late John W. Moran, who died recently at St. Thomas
Hospital, Nashville, on his way from Florida to his home in
Dresden, Tenn., was one of the most prominent and best-
known citizens of his county. His father was one of the
early settlers of Dresden, and for many years was a leading
merchant of the place. John spent his entire life where he
\\as born and reared, with the exception of four years in the
Confederate army. When not at school he was in the store
assisting his fatlier, and had just arrived at manhood when
the War of the States began. He volunteered early in the
struggle, remaining throughout the entire war, and from the
record given by his comrades no one performed his duties
with greater fidelity and bravery than he. He spoke often of
the war, but claimed little for himself. He took great pleas-
ure in commending the noble acts of others, as he was ac-
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customed to do through life. He was a man of remarkable
courage, but he used it with great discretion and justice. He
had excellent self-control and possessed decided opinions on
all subjects, but expressed himself reasonably and rationally
and always with a view of being just and truthful.
"As a successful merchant and banker his integrity was above
reproach and never questioned by any one who had business
relations with him, and he performed every duty put upon
him with noble iidelity. His integrity was of such high order
that if I had met him in the most remote part of the world
and he had been on his way to Weakley County I would have
been willing to intrust my entire fortune, great or small, to
him to deliver in Weakley County without the slightest fear
of his failing to comply with my request literally. His in-
dividual wants were few and easily supplied, but he spent his
life in honest toil to supply the wants of his family and to
fulfill his duty to the public, which he did admirably.
"John Moran was a well-developed and an 'all-round' man.
As husband, father, citizen, soldier, neighbor, he contributed
well to all these relations. He had the misfortune to lose his
wife when his children were young, and his devotion to rear-
ing and training them cannot be commended too highly. If
there is anything that can lighten the grief and sorrow for
the loss of this valuable man it is to know how well his life
was spent and all his duties performed. The influence of his
life will long remain a benefit and a blessing to many."
While frugal in his personal affairs, he was diligent for
the public, and served most efficiently as chairman of the
Democratic committee of his (Weakley) County as well as
publicly in many other useful ways.
In his early thirties Mr. Moran married Miss Sophia Gunn,
whose father, Dr. Gunn, formerly lived in Nashville. She
preceded her husband to the better land seventeen years.
Their five children are, Fannie (Mrs. J. B. Ezell), Ida (Mrs.
W. G. Timberlake), Marion (Mrs. C. H. Cobb), Harold, and
James. The latter of the two sons succeeds as president,
while Harold takes the place of their beloved father on the
directorate of the Bank of Dresden. He is survived by an aunt,
Mrs. Virginia Wood, and a sister, Mrs. Aggie Irvine. Not
only these loved ones but the entire community sorrowed in
his death as if all were of close kin to him. The testimony at
his funeral of a life devoted to uprightness and love for his
fellow men was well worth his struggle for seventy-two years.
E. K. Edmondson.
Comrade E. K. Edmondson, of Fayetteville, Tenn., died at
the Macon Reunion, and it is understood that he was the only
veteran to die while in attendance. He was seventy-four years
old. He fell and fractured his hip in Camp John B. Ckirdon,
the rendezvous of all the delegates. He was taken promptly
to the field hospital and then to the city hospital, but despite
all possible service he died. It is said that he had so strong
a premonition that he would not return alive he bought a coffin
before leaving home and made specific funeral arrangements.
His nephew, Charles Edmondson, went to Macon promptly
and took his remains to Fayetteville.
Deaths in Joseph H. Lewis Camp, U. C. V.
The following comrades have been lost to the membership
of Joseph H. Lewis Camp, No. 874, U. C. V. :
J. S. Take, Co. E, 6th Ky. Inft., aged seventy-four years.
W. M. Lewis, Co. A, 64th Va. Regt., aged eighty-one years.
S. T. Barlow, Co. C, 2d Ky. Cav., aged seventy-one years.
T. K. Rutledge, Co. A, 12th Tenn. Bat. Cav., aged eighty-
two years.
CAPT. D. H. BRUCE.
Capt. D. H. Bruce.
Capt. Daniel Hoge Bruce was born in September, 1839, in
Wythe County, Va. He enlisted in Company A, sist Virginia
Infantry, Floyd's Brigade, and served with the regiment
throughout the war. He was present in the battles of Camifax
Ferry, Cotton Hill, Fort Donel-
son, Mercer C. H., and Fayette-
ville. In November, 1863, he
was elected captain of his com-
pany. He was severely
wounded at New Market, in
the valley of Virginia, May 15,
1864, and while his wound was
partially healed he rejoined his
company. He was captured
March 2, 1865, with Early's
command and sent a prisoner
to Fort Delaware. He was re-
leased on June 20, 1865. Re-
turning to his home, in Wise
County, Va., he remained there
several years. He then went
to Breathitt County, Ky., where
he was elected sheriff and served two terms. Leaving Ken-
tucky, he resided in Lea County, Va., for several years, and
then went to Grainger County, Tenn., where he spent the
remainder of his life on his farm, twenty-three years.
As a soldier Captain Bruce did his whole duty as a private,
and later as an officer he ranked with the best. In early life
he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and was never contaminated by associations in camp
life. He passed to his reward above February 28, 1912. He
was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried by
them at Joppa, Grainger County, Tenn. He leaves a wife,
four sons, and three daughters to mourn their loss.
W. Frank Ogilvie.
W. Frank Ogilvie was in the commissary department of the
Confederate army under Maj. James F. Cummings, of Shelby-
ville, the entire four years. He was born April 15, 1834; and
and died October 20, 1911, at
his home, in Rutherford
County, Tenn., within a few
miles of his birthplace. He
was an unusually strong man
for his years, but developed
heart trouble about a year be-
fore his death, and he was
stricken down on the public
road. He was a faithful mem-
ber of the Church and super-
intendent of his Sunday school,
and was especially loved by his
pupils, who often visited at
his home. He always had a
pleasant word for everybody,
and was a devoted husband, a
w. frank ogilvie. fond father, and a good neigh-
bor. He was married in 1855 to Miss Virginia Hughes, who
died in 1895. There were four daughters and two sons of
that union, who survive him. He is also survived by his sec-
ond wife, who was Miss Betty Roberts, to whom he was
married in 1897.
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"BLACK MAMMY" OF THE HUME HOME.
"Aunt" Jemima Rayburn, who was a servant in the family
of Maj. William Hume and then in the family of Mr. Leiand
Hume, serving the two more than forty years, had unusual
honor paid her memory in marking her grave some time ago.
The sons of the family, Leiand, Alfred, Foster, Fred, and
John D. Hume, the wife of Mr. Leiand Hume, their son, Wil-
liam Hume, Jr., and her sister. Miss Trenholm, and some
business associates went to Murfreesboro in automobiles and
dedicated a tablet to her memory in the presence of a large
assembly of colored people. The inscription states :
"Erected to the memory of
Mrs. Jemima Rayburn ;
Born Sept. 16, 1827; Died Oct. 30, 1908.
Beloved Black Mammy of — "
Names of the Hume sons and other inscriptions follow.
Addresses were made by a colored pastor, by Mr. Leiand
Hume, who gave a life sketch of the faithful woman, and by
Alfred Hume, Vice Chancellor of the University of Missis-
sippi, who was born soon after her service began in the family.
It was a fitting event and made the occasion a reunion of the
brothers. Mrs. W. C. Branham, of Spring Hill, the only
d.Tiightpr of Major and Mrs. Hume, was not present.
Faithful .\i,bi:rt Piet, i 1'. m i
.Mbert Peete was buried on March 6, 1912, from the Colored
Baptist Church of Nashville, Tenn. He was Gen. William B.
'Bate's cook for forty-five years. He was true and honest.
When the 2d Tennessee Regiment was in Huntsville, Ala.,
he soldiers gave all their money to General Bate to take care
if for them. He took Albert with him one night and buried
talf of the money, placing the other half under the floor at
Martin's store.
.\lbcrt ripped up the floor and placed it back. Every cent
't the money was returned to the soldiers after the war. The
l^'ankees dug deep all over the yard looking for hidden treas-
ure; and when they came near the crape myrtle tree at the
front porch, it was feared they would find the money, but they
missed it. Albert was uniformed by the Yankees and pressed
mto service; but when General Rousseau was informed that
he was "rheumatic and always delicate and unfit for service,"
.Mbert was ordered dismissed.
Tribute to Aleck Kean in Virginia.
Judge George L. Christian, of Richmond, writes of Aleck
Kean, colored, as "faithful unto death :"
"Early in November, 191 1, three of us, ex-members of the
second company of Richmond Howitzers during the war of
the sixties, honored ourselves by attending the funeral serv-
ices of Aleck Kean, which took place near Green Springs, in
I-ouisa County. The career of Aleck as an honest, upright,
faithful servant and man was so conspicuous and unique that
it deserves this public notice.
"When the war broke out, John Henry Vest, a son of the
late James M. Vest, of Louisa, entered the Confederate army
as a private in the second company of Richmond Howitzers,
and took Aleck along as his body servant and cook, as was
customary in those days. The 'Renfrew' mess was soon formed
with Aleck as the cook, and without hesitation I affirm that
he was the most faithful and efficient man in the performance
of every duty pertaining to his sphere that I have ever known.
His whole mind and soul seemed bent on trying to get and
prepare something for his mess to eat ; and if there was
anything to be gotten honestly, Aleck always got the share
which was coming to his mess, and he always had that share
prepared in the shortest time possible and in the most delicious
way in which it could have been prepared in camp. The com-
fort of having such a man as Aleck around us in those trying
times can scarcely be described and certainly cannot be ex-
a.egeratcd.
'Young Mr. Vest (Aleck's young master) died in the fall
of 1863, and after that Aleck, although he had offers to go
to others or to return to his home, had become so attached
to the members of the 'Renfrew' mess that he refused
to leave them, and, with his master's consent, remained with
that mess up to the very last, when he surrendered with them
near Appomattox. He was always loyal, true, brave, honest,
and faithful not only to the members of his mess but to every
man in the 2d and 3d Howitzers, all of whom knew, respected,
and admired his fidelity and efficiency.
"When the war ended, he went back to his old home. His
old master, Mr. James M. Vest, gave him a little home a very
short distance from his own dwelling, and it was there within
hearing of his own people and always ready and willing to
do their bidding that he spent the rest of his life. There was
scarcely any one in all that community who was more re-
spected by all the people, white and colored, than Aleck, and
certainly no other deserved that respect and confidence more
than he did. His funeral was largely attended both by white
and colored, all of whom seemed anxious to attest by their
presence the high regard in which he was held both as a man
and a Christian.
"Such a career of fidelity, loyalty, and devotion is worthy
of being published to the world and ought to stimulate others,
both white and black, to strive to follow his example. Nearly
every year since the formation of the Howitzer Association
an invitation to its annual banquet has been sent to Aleck,
and whenever he was able to do so he attended. Every mem-
ber of the association knew and respected him, and was glad
10 extend to him the cordial greeting which he received at
these annual gatherings.''
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PRISOX LIFE IX CAMP CHASE, OHIO.
CAPT. E. E. BOULDIN.
BY MAJ. J. COLEMAN ALDERSON, CHARLESTON, \V. VA.
I have long intended that before answering the "last call"
I would give an account of experiences and recollections as
a Federal prisoner of war, as I have been frequently requested
to do by fellow sufferers in this prison, especially by Capt. E.
E. Bouldin, of Danville, Va. A statement of facts is so harrow-
ing as to seem incredible except to those who were there and
experienced the same terrible suffering.
I will give only a brief outline, as the whole sad story would
fill a large volume. Naturally after the lapse of nearly fifty
years many occurrences are
dimmed, like troubled dreams, but
^g^^^ what I relate is confirmed by fel-
/^^^^^**^ ' low prisoners.
■ • ^ On June 12, 1864, during ffun-
■Ml '^ ^ '^""'^ raid on Lynchburg, I was first
V ak lieutenant in command of Com-
^ kr ^^ pany A, 36th Battalion, Virginia
Cavalry, Capt. Cornelius T. Smith
commanding the battalion. While
leading our advance we met and
captured General Duffie's advance
guard, three times our number.
We had only time to disarm our
prisoners, when we were attacked
by Duffie's whole column, and in
a hand-to-hand engagement I was
wounded and captured near my
birthplace, in Amherst County, Va.
Suffering terribly while being hauled over rough roads, I
was finally placed, with other prisoners, in the old Atheneum
at Wheeling, W. Va. On our arrival we "Rebels" attracted
much attention as we were marched from the depot.
The streets were lined with old men, women, and children,
some of whom were looking for friends. After a few days,
we were conveyed to Camp Chase, Ohio, which we entered
on July 3, 1864. On our long march through the mountains
of West Virginia we were guarded by Ohio ninety-day "tin
soldiers," who had never been in battle and knew nothing of
that consideration which existed between real soldiers
Camp Chase (named after Chief Justice Chase), situated
four miles west of Columbus, Ohio, on level, sandy ground,
was at that time divided into three sections, or prisons, by plank
walls, or parapets, sixteen feet high, and known as prisons
Nos. I, 2, and 3. There were double outside walls, with a
board walk on the outside about three feet from the top, along
which were the sentinel beats occupied day and night by sol-
diers armed with loaded muskets. There were "outlooks," or
guardhouses, at each corner on the top of the parapets, in
which the guards had protection during storms and blizzards
and from which they could see to the next one as well as
see over the prisons. Houses of the Federal officers and the
camp of the guards were located outside and near the prison.
Prison No. I contained nearly an acre of ground, in which
was confined an average of one hundred and seventy-five of-
ficers and a few "disloyal" civilians. Nos. 2 and 3 contained
about five acres each, with 4,000 non-commissioned officers
and privates in each.
In No. I there were two one-story barracks made of plank
nailed upright to stringers running parallel to the division
wall about thirty feet from the outer side wall. They were
set on posts three feet from the ground, about one hundred
and twenty-five feet long, divided into eight rooms, each 15x17
feet, and from floor to roof about fifteen feet, a door in
the middle of each room, fronting the parapet, with a small
window on each side and one in the rear at the back end of
the passage way between the bunks, which were built one
above the other three tiers high, with only about three feet
between bunks. Twelve to fifteen men occupied each
room, with two and sometimes three squeezed into one nar-
row bunk. We were furnished with only one blanket each.
In cold weather we covered with these, and had nothing but
the hard planks under us. Wc had to "spoon" to keep from
freezing until the hip bones of some wore through the skin.
We had never experienced such intensely cold weather. We
frequently urged the officers to furnish us with straw to sleep
on, which was promised but never furnished. In December
and January the temperature often went from ten to twenty
degrees below zero. We were not permitted to have fires in
our little stoves at night, and the plank barracks, full of cracks,
were very little protection to us. In our emaciated condi-
tion, with nothing to wear but our thin Southern clothing,
some were frozen, and it is wonderful that any of us survived.
In prison No. i, mess 15, there were fourteen officers and
one "disloyal" civilian, as follows : Col. W. S. Hawkins, min-
ister and poet from Tennessee ; Lieut. Col. John Summers,
6oth Virginia Infantry (Monroe County, W. Va.) ; Capt.
Edwin E. Bouldin, Company B, 14th Virginia Cavalry (Char-
lotte County, Va.) ; Capt. James W. Sheffey, Company — ,
l6th or 17th Virginia Cavalry (Smith County, Va.) ; Capt.
I!
CAPT. R. F. DENNIS.
Capt. Robert Flournoy Dennis was born in Charlotte County, Va., September
iS, 1S23; and died at Lewlsburg, W. Va., October 8, 1S07.
Robert F. Dennis, Greenbrier Rifles, Company E, 27th Vir-
ginia Regiment (Lewisburg, W. Va.) ; Captain Phillips, min-
ister and founder of the Phillips Episcopal Female School,,
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Staunton, Va. ; Captain Thompson, Confederate quartermaster,
Ashland. Va. ; Lieut. Elbert Fowler, Lowry's Battery (Monroe
County, W. Va.) ; Lieutenant Pollock, Tennessee; Lieut. J.
W. Marshall, Company B, 14th Virginia Cavalry (Charlotte
County, Va.) ; Lieutenant "Tige," Louisiana Tigers; myself
and Mr. — Thomas, the "disloyal citizen,"' of Richmond, Va.
There were two other officers whose names I cannot recall.
Captain Bouldin and I have passed our three-score years and
ti 11. and we know of no other members of this mess living.
A merciful Providence has dealt gently with us. Summers,
Bouldin, Slieffey, and Fowler read law in prison, and lived to
make distinguished lawyers. Captain Dennis was a prominent
lawyer before the war, and afterwards served his State ably
in the Senate. Captain Bouldin was exchanged shortly before
General Lee's evacuation of Petersburg, where on his arrival
he was immediately placed in command of his regiincnt. He
led the last charge against Sheridan's Cavalry about two miles
west of .Appomattox C. H. to open the way for the retreat,
capturing two pieces of artillery and several prisoners. This
wn-. after the surrender. He did not know that it had taken
I had been so afflicted for months that my life was despaired
cf I was urged to take the oath 01 allegiance to the United
Slates government, which I of course refused. My father,
residing in the North, through influential friends in the United
States Congress secured an order from the War Department
in January, 1865, for my release on parole. This I also re-
f; '(1, but was granted a special exchange in February, just
In- tore the general exchange was ordered. I was taken to
Fort McHcnry. near Baltimore, thence to Point Lookout, and
eNchanged at Picrmuda Hundreds. -I was carried to Ford's
Hotel in Richmond, where I was very ill. After being con-
tincd to my bed for live or six weeks, 1 stole away from my
' physicians and went to the home of my grandfather, Capt.
J hn Coleman, in Amherst County. On the morning of April
M.vjui; .\Lmj;.-o.N s oi-U u .m; horse.
0 I mounted my old gray war horse, which had escaped
hrough the enemy's lines when I was wounded and captured
and had been cauglit by my faithful negro servant and started
to join General Lee. After traveling a few miles I met some
returning soldiers, who gave me the sad news of the sur-
render the previous day. I cannot express the sorrow I felt.
My initiation into prison life was quite exciting. I knew
nothing of prison rules. Within one hour after entering the
prison I was walking within a few feet of the wall, when on
hearing "click, click" I looked up and saw the guard on top
of the parapet with his gun leveled at me. I quickly said:
"Hold on! Hold on! What are you going to do?"' He re-
plied, still holding his gun on me : "Fm going to blow h —
out of you because you d — n Rebel are across the "dead line.' '"
I replied that I had never heard of the "dead line." Raising
his gun, he asked me if I was a "fresh fish." He then asked
if I had come in with the batch of prisoners that afternoon.
I said I had, and then he informed me that he had orders to
shoot any d — n Rebel who came within ten feet of the prison
walls. I thanked him for this information and went to my
quarters.
The very next morning near nine o'clock I heard rapid liring
on the outside. It was the Fourth of July. The prisoners
in Nos. 2 and 3 heard that the infantry and cavalry guarding
the prisoners were going that morning to Columbus to cele-
brate, leaving only one company on guard. It was customary
for the bread and garbage carts to enter the wide double gates
at 9:30 or ID each morning. The prisoners determined then
to make a break for liberty through these gates as they were
opened for the carts, supposing no one would be left to dispute
their exit but the guards on the parapets. They had armed
themselves with stones, case knives, forks, and pieces of plank
taken from their bunks with which to protect themselves.
Many had assembled in the barracks nearest the gates ready
to make the break. L^nfortunately the cart drivers intended
to celebrate also, and came in at nine o'clock instead of the
usual time, just as the infantry and cavalry were drawn up
outside of the gates ready to march. Our poor boys dashed
through right into the armed guards, and were shot down. I
heard the firing, ran to the gate of my prison, and while peep-
ing through the cracks in the gate at the slaughter I was
hailed by the guard on the parapet, who had his gun leveled
at me. I again thanked the guard for sparing me. After these
nnprcssive incidents, I never forgot the "dead line."
Tre.atment of Prisoners.
The prisoners were guarded by one or two companies of
cavalry and the 88lh Ohio Regiment of Infantry, the "Feather
Bed Regiment." It had never been baptized in the fire of bat-
tle. Colonel Richard.son, the commandant of the prison, and
Captain Lamb, his assistant, were kind and educated gentle-
men. Lieutenant Sankey, the provost marslial, had direct
command of the guard and the prisoners. He was cruel, even
brutal, in his treatment of the prisoners. Sometimes when
wc were able to reach Colonel Richardson or Captain Lainb
our wrongs were righted. The guards were inconsiderate
and mean, often shooting day or night unsuspecting prisoners
without the least provocation.
The outrages were committed only in prisons Nos. 2 and 3
while I was there, and not in No. i. We communicated be-
tween prisons by tying a note around a small stone and toss-
ing it over the dividing walls when the guard's back was
turned to us. In this way we got news from prisons Nos. 2
and 3 and froin the outside when "fresh fish"' came in. The
Federal officers and guards had some respect for our officers.
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for there were some very distinguished men among us, though
or.r quarters were often searched for tunnels and arms.
In our prison "retreat" sounded at dusk and "taps" at
eight o'clock in winter and nii"" oV'ock in summer. After
that no light was permitted, even ■ the stoves, and all was
quiet as death until the next morning. Shots were fired into
the barracks at night without cause, often wounding or killing
prisoners perhaps while sleeping. On one occasion the moon
was shining through a back window in barracks No. 2, on
tlie opposite side from the guard, who called, "Lights out ;"
and as the moon did not go out, he killed two men sleeping
together in their cold, narrow bunks. On another occasion a
sick prisoner nearly frozen made a fire in the stove after
"taps," and was quietly sitting by it when the sentinel, seeing
the light, killed the poor fellow without warning.
The prisoners were required to step across a ditch at roll
call as their names were called out. On July 7 a sixteen-year-
old boy from Tennessee thought he heard his name called and
stepped over the ditch. He was ordered back and was shot
through the leg when attempting to return. His leg was am-
putated. On July 4 the boy's father, who was also a prisoner,
was shot through the arm, and it had to be amputated. .A
young man was drinking water at the well, and as he turned
to leave he was shot through the shoulder, the ball passing
into a tent and wounding another man who was quietly read-
ing his Bible. These outrages occurred without the least
provocation. But I shrink from reciting more of their acts of
brutality which were wantonly perpetrated.
For a few weeks after being imprisoned some of us who
had friends in the North secured money and purchased eata-
bles from the sutlers, but we did not get all the money sent us.
Some time in August we were notified that our rations were
cut down to about one-third, and we were not permitted to
buy or receive any eatables from the outside. This was done,
they said, in retaliation for the treatment of Federal prisoners
in the South. The order was rigidly enforced, and our suffer-
ing thereafter cannot be even imagined. For several weeks
our daily rations consisted of twelve ounces of baker's bread,
eight ounces of unsound salted white lake fish, bones and fish
(sometimes when the head of the barrels were knocked out we
smelled them in any part of the prison), one tablespoonful of
navy beans, and a spoonful of vinegar. Some time in Septem-
ber these were cut down to a thin slice of bread or a tin cup
of corn meal, spoiled salted lake fish, and eight or ten navy
beans once or twice a week. We were not allowed even pepper,
which we craved. Occasionally we were given a small quarter
of fresh beef for nearly two hundred men. Confederate of-
ficers would stand around while the beef was being cut up and
scuffle to pick up from the ground pieces of bones or meat
which would fly off the ax. The guards threw melon rinds,
apple cores, and parings into the street, and enjoyed our scuf-
fle for them. I often paid one dollar each for rats and ate
them without bread, unless I chanced to buy a piece from
some poor fellow who was near death. One day we got a
stray dog in our room, but he escaped from us through the
back window, or we would have had a feast.
Intestinal trouble and scurvy were quite general because of
the food. We were ravenously hungry all the time, and hence
we became peevish and quarrelsome. I attempted to strike
Lieutenant "Tige" with a stick of wood for insulting me.
We would have been shot by the guard had not some of our
comrades run in between us and the guard. Smallpox broke
out all over the prison. I bunked with Lieutenant Pollock
for two weeks before he was moved to the pesthouse with it.
There was not enough vitality in me for a sore, and I escaped.
We were vaccinated with poisonous vaccine matter, and many
arms became terribly swollen. The arms of some in prisons
Xos. 2 and 3 were amputated. Mortality increased rapidly dur-
ing December, January, and Febraury. Some days as many
as thirty or forty Confederates were carried out to the "bone
yard.'' as the Yankees called it. Our most delicate were
stricken down first, while the hardier wore on to the last
unless shot by cowardly guards. The prisoners did all the
nursing, cleaned up the barracks, streets, etc. There was a
small wood stove in each room. We did our own cooking,
washing, etc. No one would trust his scant rations with an-
other.
Part of tlie time Major Hawkins was my mate in a top
bunk. Here is where, lying flat on his stomach, he wrote the
"Triple Barred Banner," "Bonny White Flag," "Your Letter
Came, but Came Too Late," and other beautiful Southern
poems. We cut a hole in a plank to admit air and light and
through this saw fields waving with golden grain and droves
of fat cattle, hogs, and sheep passing along the national turn-
pike to market, while we, strangers and captives in this land of
plenty, were starving to death.
Attempts to Esc.\pe.
We were always scheming to escape. Only the hope of
liberty gave us courage to live. Frequent false promises of
exchange when the Federal officers feared we might make a
successful break for freedom would brighten for a brief period,
our dreary existence. We organized a small band of true and
trusted comrades, bound together by an oath as sacred as that
of Masonry. Captain Phillips, the fearless Christian gentle-
man, was selected as our leader.
Many attempts were made to escape by tunneling at night
from under the barracks to the outside, but we were always
betrayed by some Judas, whom we called "razorbacks," or a
spy from the outside pretending to be a "fresh fish." On one
occasion the tunnel was completed, and our little band at-
tempted to escape. Col. J. E. Josey, of the 15th Arkansas
Regiment, Lieutenant Fowler, of West Virginia, and Lieu-
tenant Warfield, of Kentucky, passed through the exit beyond
the outer wall ; but when the next man peeped out, he saw
they were taken in by Sankey's guard. The order of the pro-
cession was immediately reversed, and the disappointed
prisoners returned to their bunks. The captured officers were
placed in irons. Lieutenant Sankey ordered us to fill up the
tunnel and to give the names of those engaged in this enter-
prise. We positively refused to do either. The rations for
the whole prison were then cut off. .Already weakened by
disease and starvation, our condition was now deplorable.
After nearly three days without one morsel to eat, we got an
audience with Colonel Richardson, who countermanded San-
key's brutal order and gave us three days' back rations.
Most of us consumed the whole three days' rations within a
few hours. This was the only time in seven long months
when we had something near sufficient food to satisfy our
h.unger.
Another tunnel was dug, and when nearly completed a
heavy rain fell and the ground caved in. This greatly ex-
cited the Federals, and about the same orders were issued
and punishment administered as before. Colonel Riddle-
barger, afterwards United States Senator from Virginia, of-
fered to take all the punishment on himself if they would
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issue rations, but this brave and generous offer was lirnily re-
fused.
Attempts were made to scale the walls. Preparations were
made by constructing ladders from planks taken from our
bunks and hidden conveniently under the barracks nearest the
wall. We armed ourselves with stones, knives, and forks.
At the appointed time, Sunday afternoon, religious services
were held in the streets. Colonel Hawkins and Captain Phil-
lips preached from a box placed as near the "dead line" as
possible. It was agreed that at the close of the benediction
a rush should be made for the walls, which, with the aid of
l"ixes and ladders, were to be scaled, while some were to
stone the nearest guards from the walls. Just before the
close of the services we noticed that the guards were being
doubled. We had been betrayed, and the attempt was there-
fore abandoned. We were always willing to risk our lives
fcir frce'Ioni. A diseased and starving man cares little for life.
M.^.T. J. C0LEM.\N .VLDERSON.
I am sorry to relate that a few in prisons No. 2 and No. 3
took the oath of allegiance to the United States government,
and were released. A good many at one time who could not
stand the pressure accepted a bounty of $503 and joined the
United States gunboat service.
We were permitted to purchase from the sutlers at enor-
mous prices only tobacco, paper, envelopes, stamps, needles,
thread, buttons, soap, gutta percha, bone and pearl buttons,
files, and sand paper with w-hich many made rings, breast-
pins, watch charms, badges, etc., which were sold for "green-
backs." We could receive books, but no newspapers, and
were allowed to have only one dollar at a time. When our
rations were cut down, a dear Haltimorc woman, w-ho had
been supplying nic with delicacies to eat, sent me a box of
valuable books, which I passed around among my fellow
prisoners and which aided us in whiling away many dreary
hours. In writing we were limited to one letter on one
page of small note paper per week. All letters to and
from prisoners were examined and stamped "Examined" be-
fore being received or mailed. Regular religious services
were held. Rarely was an oath uttered or a vulgar story told.
The city of Columbus now extends beyond where Camp
Chase once stood. Every trace of that place has long since
been obliterated. Beautiful residences and attractive homes,
surrounded by shrubbery, flowers, and twining vines, have
replaced the cheerless rough board prison. The laughter of
happy childhood is heard where once echoed the sighs and
groans of suffering, starving, dying men.
The Confeder.^te Cemetery.
The only remaining reminder of the horrors of Camp Chase
is the "City of the Dead," situated just west of where the
prison stood, in which sleep 2,260 Confederate soldiers in a
strange land far from home and loved ones: I,I3,'?. or more
than one-half, died from disease and starvation in January,
February, and March, 1865.
Soon after the close of the war the old barracks were torn
down and the plank used in building a fence around the ceme-
tery. Headboards were put up, on which were the names of
the soldiers and their regiments. It remained deserted and
desolate for many years. The fence and headboards rotted
down. It became overgrown with briars, weeds, and brush,
a hiding place for wild animals and open commons where cat-
tle ranged. After twenty years the government erected a
stone wall around it : yet it still remained neglected until 1894,
when that brave old Federal officer whom Gen. John B. Gor-
don called the "Golden-Hearted Col. W. H. Knauss," and who
had been desperately wounded in the buttle of Fredericksburg,
Va., cleared off the ground, planted trees and shrubbery,
marked, and kept green all the long-neglected graves he could
lind largely at his own expense. Under his direction in 1896
the first decoration ceremonies were held here over "war's
richest spoils, the ashes of the brave." Then came manfully
to his assistance S. A. Cunningham, proprietor and editor
of the CoNFEriER.\TE Veter.^n. who has done so much to hal-
low the sweet memories of our dead; Gen. Bennett H. Young,
tliat gallant and eloquent Southern orator, whose time and
means have ever been freely given to our cause ; and other
big-hearted men from both North and South.
A Confederate Camp and a Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy were organized at Columbus. A monumental
arch bearing the one word ".\merica" was erected over the
entrance to that hallowed spot, and thousands attend annually
on Memorial Day bearing flowers of love. They come from
the South with palms and jessamines, from the North with
laurel and roses to honor the silent dead.
"Our comrades dead are the living fire upon the altars of
memory. * * * And iinmortality's light perpetually hal-
lows every grave where heroes lie, and every death for duty
was a hero's death."
Colonel Knauss and his noble assistants have endeared
themselves to every Southern heart for all time to come.
In reciting this story of prison life, I have stated some things
which occurred in prisons Nos. 2 and 3 not from my ow-n
observation but from reliable information given me by those
who were confined in these prisons while I was in prison No.
r. I would be glad to hear from any of my comrades who
were in Camp Chase with me. I am greatly indebted to Cap-
tain Bouldin and other officers who shared with me the hor-
rors of Camp Chase in refreshing my memory on many inci-
dents that had grown dim.
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REI'IEIV OF SEXATOR J. If. DAM ELS UKATIOXS.
BY RF.V. J. n. m'nEILLV, D.D.. NASHVILLE, TENN.
This splendid work, "Speeches and Orations of John War-
wick Daniel," compiled by his son, Edward M. Daniel, of
Lynchburg, Va. (J. P. Bell Company, Richmond), is a worthy
memorial of the great Virginia Senator, who kept alive in
his day the traditions of that old Southern oratory which was
illustrated by Patrick Henry. Clay, Meredith P. Gentry, the
Prestons of South Carolina, Polk, and Yancey.
But if true eloquence consists in lofty sentiments and vital
truths uttered in burning words of strength and beauty, if it
is to be measured by its power to arouse men and stir them
to heroic action, then that old type of oratory which made
Demosthenes its model was worthy of being preserved on the
printed page and cultivated by the coming generations of pub-
lic men.
These orations of Major Daniel are selected from the great
number of addresses made by him from the days of his stu-
dent life in the University of Virginia to the days of his
matured powers as a Senator of the Old Dominion in the
Congress of the United States. They include literary orations.
memorial addresses, political discussions, and occasional
speeches. They all have the literary flavor, the classic atmos-
phere. The tributes to the great leaders of the South, Davis.
I.ee. Jackson, and Early, glow with the loftiest patriotism.
The political discussions indicate profound acquaintance with
the theory of government, and the occasional speeches nomi-
nating men for office or presenting testimonials of apprecia-
tion are graceful expressions of the sweet amenities of public
life. The tributes to the military leaders abound in descrip-
tions of great battles and campaigns which are not only viv.'d
but intelligible. His addresses on Thomas Jefferson and Jef-
ferson Davis, on the settlement of the Northwestern Territory,
and on the ?.Ionroe Doctrine are not only treasure houses of
political history but also of political philosophy.
Major Daniel was a Southerner to his heart's core, loving
the South with a devotion that never counted the cost. He
gloried in the story of the Confederacy's magnificent fight for
State sovereignty and for racial integrity. Above all, he was
a Virginian Southerner. He had inherited the grand tradi-
tions of the old commonwealth. He was proud of her his-
tory. With glowing words he celebrates her sacrifices for
liberty and right. With pathetic tenderness does he utter the
requiem of her fallen sons. With exultant pride he tells of
her recovery from the desolations of war.
Indeed, the only criticism I would venture on the author of
these addresses is that his devotion to Virginia sometime^
causes him to overlook the achievements of other States in
the great war. For example, in his address to the Virginia
Division of the Army of Northern Virginia on the brittle of
Gettysburg the credit of Pickett's glorious charge is given
almost exclusively to Virginians, and scarce a mention is
made of Heth's Division, which was equal sharer of the duty
and the danger of that wild charge, and no notice is taken of
Archer's Tennessee Brigade, which not only reached the
enemy's works but went over them and held them for a while.
But the book is a splendid contribution to the history of the
South's sacrifice' for the Union, when it was true to the Con-
stitution, and of her sacrifices against the Union when it
trampled the Constitution underfoot. Every true Southerner
will find these orations delightful reading, even though he will
miss the rich and varied tones of voice and the expressive
features and grace of gesture that added charm in the delivery.
THE MEN IN GRAY
BY R. C. CAVE
■The Jlen in Gray." cloth-bound. H3 pages, contains:
1. "The Jlen in Gray," an oration delivered at the unveiling of
the monument to tlie private soldier.-; and .sailors of the South in
Richmond, Va.. which created quite a sensation at the time it was
delivered, and was discussed for weeks by the press throughout
the country. One oC the Virginia papers said: "It is a speech
from which nothinp can be taken and to which nothing can be
added without injury. . . . It is a concise but clear state-
ment of the causes that led up to the war and an accurate pen
picture of the private soldier such as we know him to liave been."
2. "A Defense of the South." a paper which refutes the mis-
representations of the social conditions existing in tlie South be-
fore the war and brielly, sharply, and convincingly states the
real issue in the controversy between the .sections whicli culmi-
nated in secession and war.
3. "Cavalier Loyalty and Puritan Disloyalty," a paper whicli
briefly tells the story of Cavalier fidelity to constituted authority
and Puritan rebellion against lawful government, and shows how
the spirit of the one was manifested by the South and the spir-
it of tlie other dominated the North.
Gen. K. JI. Van Zandt, Commander Trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment, Fort Worth, Tex., says: "After a careful examination, I
most heartily indorse 'The Men in Gray.' by Dr. Pl. C. Cave, of
St. Louis. It is a most admirable defense of the South, and is
unanswerable. I cordially commend it to all students of South-
ern history. It should be in the hands of every boy and girl in
the South."
Of this book Gen. Bennett H. Young, Commander Department
Army of Tennessee, Louisville, Ky., says: "I have read witli al-
most inexpi-essibie delight Dr. Cave's booli. 'The Jlen in Gray.'
No Confederate wlio desires to liave an intelligent appreciation of
the great Civil War and its causes and the character of the men
wlio engaged in it on the Southern side can afford to be with-
out Dr. Cave's book. In its way and along its lines it is the
best publication since the war. It deserves and sliould have an
extended circulation."
Every Confederate soldier who wishes Ills children to under-
stand clearly what he fought for and truly honor him for fighting
on the Southern side should place tliis little volume in their
hands. Price, $1, postpaid.
Commanders of Camps are requested to write for particulars.
Address the Confederate Vetera:;. Nashville, Tenn.
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Whenever you take a glass of refreshing Celery-Phos, you
can feel that you are contributing to the benefit of some
worthy object, for ten per cent of the net profits of tliis bev-
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The owner of the formula for making this soft drink has
made this donation as liis contribution to the work of the
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of the company to see that the U. D. C. receive their promised
percentage.
You will sec an advertisement of Celery-Phos in llic \'i;t-
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can help along the good work. It docs not contain any in-
gredient injurious to health. Capt. J. H. Reed, the owner of|
the formula, was a private in Company C, 7th Kentucky Cav-
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Lost. — On Monday night. May 6, at eight o'clock on L. & X. |
train No. 4, between Montgomery and Atlanta, $95, also set 1
of Catholic beads and a medal, while en route to the Reunion 1
at Macon. Ga. Finder will please communicate with Mrs.
John W. Dixon, 454 S. Akard Street, Dallas, Tex.
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e\ cry lovor of an
endeared cause and
eM-ry seeker after
truth. Judpe Ty-
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that In our great
(• i V I 1 War the
.^"Uth contended not
f o ]■ secession or
sl.ivery, but for the
right of self-govern-
ment as set forth In
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Independence.
The story deals with the tragic fate of
Sam Davis, and here again the Judge
delves into history and maintains that
Sam Davis was not betrayed by his chief-
tain. Shaw, as has been gener.Tlly asserted,
but that the plans found on ids person
were stolen from Federal headquarters at
Pulaski by a negro boy. who gave them to
his master, an old farmer, in Giles County,
who In turn gave them to Davis.
The heroine of the story is a Nashville
Bin and very attractive. All the charac-
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ring, and the book is written in the kindli-
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Instructive and very entertaining. The
first limited edition is exhausted, and the
second wil! be on sale soon.
All who have read the book speak of it
In the highest terms.
To liclp a number of Confederate
widows secure a pension in Kentucky
C. B. Brewer, of Elkton. Route No. 2.
asks that surviving comrades of tlie fol-
lowing will kindly give such information
of their service as will help complete the
records : L. T. Leavcll, Company H, 3d
.Arkansas Infantry; Benjamin F. McRae.
Company E, 23d Tennessee Infantry;
J D. McCormick (or Maccomick),
Coinpaiiy H, 2d Virginia Cavalry; E. J.
Luck. Company D, ,10th Virginia In-
fantry; J. C. Weddington, Company
A. i8lh Missouri Infantry; also
Cliarlcs C. Adams, of Graves County,
Ky., W'ho served under Capt. Lynn Boyd
and Colonel King, and E. Benjamin
Wood, who enlisted from Christian
County, Ky., and was under Colonel
Woodard.
Mrs. Mary Carnes, of Mist, .\rk..
Route No. I. Box 52, who is the widow
of Robert H. Carnes, of a Mississippi
regiment, wishes to ascertain the com-
pany and regiment with which her hus-
band served, and especially the name of
the captain. Her husband enlisted from
Choctaw or Carroll County, Miss., and
she thinks he served under Forrest.
Mrs. S. E. Strode, of Maysville, Ky.,
would like to hear from any surviving
members of Company I, 4th Kentucky
Infantry, of the Orphan Brigade, and as
to when their command was mustered
out. This regiment was mounted before
the war ended.
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Roanolie. Va.
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Monument: Joel Chandler Harris Monument,
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horses and equipments taken from the soldier
by Federal troops, in violation of the terms of
his surrender, must tile same before June 25, 1912,
or they will be forever barred. The under-
signed prosecutes these claims : makes no charge
unless the claim is allowed: ^') per cent if col-
lected. I also prosecute ("laims for cotton taken
after June 1, 1865. Res]iectfullv.
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Mrs. Mattie Acree, of Hazel, Ky.,
asks that surviving comrades of her
husband, Ed Acree, who was a member
of McCroley's company, Woodard's
Regiment, will give her information of
his service, as she wishes to apply for
a pension.
Col. L. T. Dickinson, Adjutant N. B.
Forrest Camp, U. C. V., Chattanooga,
Tenn., has in his possession a cross of
honor that was found on the floor of the
Hamilton National Bank there on ^Nlay
10. The name of John Horned is on the
bar of the cross, but no Camp or State
is given.
Inquiry is made for an old song which
was popular after the death of Gen. A.
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was disbanded, and then joined the Ten-
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tingtnn, who wishes to get a pension.
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which restore the nerve cells to a healthy condi-
tion. When this is done the "craving'' disappears,
because, like a cough, it is merely a sj'mptom of a
disease and not the disease itself.
The treatment is absolutely non-injurious and
causes no sickness. There is no restriction or
confinement of patients. The genera! health im-
proves from the first day.
Result oE the Keeley Treatment
It frees patients, absolutely, from all craving,
appetite, and necessity for alcoholic stimulants.
The man is also vastly improved mentally, physi-
cally, and morally. His head is clear, mind active,
appetite and digestion good, eyes bright. I/is de-
sire for drink is gone, he is disgusted with his
former life, and filled with ambition to make a
fresh, clean start."
Write £or Complete InEormation
Booklets and full information about the Keeley
Institute and the Keeley Treatment sent scaled,
under absolutely plain cover. All communications
strictly confidential.
Yes! Cure him! In the last 32
years 400,000 men have been cured
of the disease of drink by the Kee-
ley Institute.
Drunkenness Is a Disease
The man who drinks to excess is
to be pitied and helped— noi abused.
Abuse will not cure a man of ty-
phoid fever, or smallpox, or brain
fever. Neither will it cure him of
the liquor habit, which is a disease
of the nerve cells requiring special
treatment.
Dr. Keeley's definition of drunk-
enness is now universally recog-
nized as absolutely correct. He
says:
"It is a condition wherein the nerve cells have
become so accustomed to performing their duties
and functions under the influence of alcohol that
they will no longer perform those duties and func-
tions properly and painlessly except when under
its influence."
There is little or no hope that,
unaided, an inebriate can or will
stop drinking of his own accord or
by the exercise of his own enfeebled
will power.
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ORGANIZATION
OF THE
United Confederate Veretans
WITH NAMES OF THE
DEPARTMENT, DIVISION AND BRIGADE COMMANDERS
THEIR ADJUTANTS-GENERAL AND ADDRESSES
AND THE STANDING COMMITTEES
),
;s.
er a.nd more
ence.
Lieut. General C. IRVINE WALKER, Commanding, Charleston, S. C.
Major General WM. E. MICKLE, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, New
Orleans, La.
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT.
Major General ROBERT WHITE, Commander, Wheeling, W. Va.
Brig. General J. FULLER LYON, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff,
Columbia, S. C.
South Carolina Division.
Major General B. H. TEAGUE. Commander, Aiken, S. C.
Col. S. E. WELCH, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Charleston, S. C.
Brig. General U. R. BROOKS, Commanding 1st Brigade, Columbia, S. C.
Brig. General FRANK H. CREECH, Commanding 2d Brigade, Barnwell,
S. C.
North Carolina Division.
Major General JULIAN S. CARR. Commander, Durham, N. C.
Col. H. A. LONDON, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Pittsboro, N. C.
Brig. General P. C. CARLTON. Commanding 1st Brigade, Statesville, N. C.
Brig. General W. L. LONDON. Commanding 2d Brigade, Pittsboro, N. C.
Brig. General .JAS. L METTS, Commanding .3d Brigade, Wilmington, N. C.
Brig. General JAS. M. RAY, Commanding 4th Brigade, Asheville, N. C.
Virginia Division.
Major General STITH BOLLING, Commander, Petersburg, Va.
Col. WM. M. EVANS, Adiutant General and Chief of Staff, Petersburg. Va.
Brig. General J. THOMPSON BROWN, Commanding 1st Brigade, Rich-
mond, Va.
Brig. General R. R. HENRY, Commanding 2d Brigade, Tazewell, Va.
Brig. General R. D. FUNKHOUSER, Commanding .3d Brigade, Maurer-
town, Va.
Brig. General JAMES BAUMGARDENER, Commanding 4th Brigade,
Staunton, Va.
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West Virginia Division.
Brig. General CHARLES S. PEYTON, Commander, Ronceverte, W. Va.
Col. A. C. L. GATE WOOD, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Linwood,
W. Va.
Brig. General WAYNE P. FERGUSON, Commanding 2d Brigade, Kenova,
W. Va.
Maryland Division.
Major General A. C. TRIPPE, Commander, Baltimore," Md.
Col. DAVID S. BRISCOE, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Baltimore,
Md.
Brig. General OSWALD HILGHMAN, Commanding 1st Brigade, Easton,
Md.
Brig. General FRANK A. BOND, Commanding 2d Brigade, Jessups, Md.
ARMY OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT.
Lieut. General BENNETT H. YOUNG, Commander, Louisville, Ky.
Brig. General E. T. SYKES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Colum-
bus, Miss.
Louisiana Division.
Major General THOS. J. SHAFFER, Commander, Irish Bend, La.
Col. M. L. COSTLEY, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, New Orleans,
La.
Tennessee Division.
Major General JOHN H. McDOWELL, Commander, Collierville, Tenn.
Col. JOHN P. HICKMAN, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Nashville,
Tenn.
Brig. General ROBT. C. CROUCH, Commanding 1st Brigade, Morristown,
Tenn.
Brig. General BAXTER SMITH, Commanding 2d Brigade, Nashville, Tenn.
Brig. General W. 0. GORDON, Commanding 3d Brigade, Trenton, Tenn.
Florida Division.
Major General J. A. COX, Commander, Lakeland, Fla.
Col. J. D. ALLEN, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Lakeland, Fla.
Brig. General C. V. THOMPSON, Commanding 1st Brigade, Pensacola, Fla.
Brig. General A. D. WILLIAMS, Commanding 2d Brigade, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Brig. General B. F. TAYLOR, Commanding 3d Brigade, Tampa, Fla.
Alabama Division.
Major General GEO. P. HARRISON, Commander, Opelika, Ala.
Col. HARVEY E. JONES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Montgom-
ery, Ala.
Brig. General JOHN B. FULLER, Commanding 1st Briade, Montgomery,
Ala.
Brig. General H .AUSTILL, Commanding 2d Brigade, Mobile, Ala.
Brig. General J. N. THOMPSON, Commanding 3d Brigade, Tuscumbia, Ala.
Brig. General BENJ. F. WEATHERS, Commanding 4th Brigade, Roanoke,
Ala.
Mississippi Division.
Major General PATRICK HENRY, Commander, Brandon, Miss.
Col. JOHN A. WEBB, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Jackson, Miss.
Brig. General W. CALVIN WELLS, Commanding 1st Brigade, Jackson,
Miss.
Brig. General J. M. SHIVERS, Commanding 2d Brigade, Poplarville, Miss.
Brig. General E. L. SYKES, Commanding 3d Brigade, Aberdeen, Miss.
Georgia Division.
Major General JNO. W. MADDOX, Commander, Rome, Ga.
Col. W. 0. CONNOR, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Cave Springs.
Brig. G.eneral W. B. BURROUGHS, Commanding South Georgia Brigade,
Brunswick, Ga.
Brig. General J. HARDY SMITH, Commanding East Georgia Brigade,
Dublin, Ga.
Brig. General SAMUEL B. LEWIS, Commanding North Georgia Brigade,
Fayetteville, Ga.
Brig. General H. M. BRYAN, Commanding West Georgia Brigade, Tal-
buton, Ga.
Kentucky Division.
Major General W. B. HALDEMAN, Commander, Louisville, Ky.
Col. W. A. MILTON, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Louisville, Ky.
Brig. General JAMES R. ROGERS, Commanding 1st Brigade, Paris. Ky.
Brig. General W. J. STONE. Commanding 2d Brigade, Kuttawa, Ky.
Brig. General I. P. BARNARD, Commanding 3d Brigade, Louisville, Ky.
Brig. General GEO. B. TAYLOR, Commanding 4th Brigade. Nicholasville,
Ky.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
Lieut. General K. M. VAN ZANDT, Commander, Fort Worth, Tex.
Brig. General W. T. SHAW, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Fort
Worth, Tex.
Texas Division.
Major General FELIX ROBERTSON, Commander, Crawford, Tex.
Col. B. F. WEEMS, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Houston, Tex.
Brig. General J. J. HALL, Commanding 1st Brigade, Houston, Tex.
Brig. General J. H. JOLLY. Commanding 2d Brigade, Lockhart. Tex.
Brig. General SETH P. MILLS. Commanding 3d Brigade, Waco. Tex.
Brig. Cr^neral W. H. GASTON. Commanding 4th Brigade. Dallas, T^x.
Brig. General H. L. NEELY, Commanding 5th Brigade, Granbury, Tex.
Oklahoma Division.
Major General D. M. HAILEY, Commander. McAlester, Okla,
Col. R. B. COLEMAN, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, McAlester,
Okla.
Brig. General JOHN TREADGILL, Commanding 1st Brigade, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Brig. General JAMES A. DAVIS, Commanding 2d Brigade, Norman, Okla.
Brig. General JARRET TODD, Commanding 3d Brigade, Mangum, Okla.
Brig. General A. S. McKENNON, Commanding Choctaw Brigade, McAles-
ter, Okla.
Brig. General R. W. LINDSEY, Commanding Cherokee Brigade, Chou-
teau, Okla.
Brig. General W. B. ROGERS, Commanding Creek and Seminole Brigade,
Checotah, Okla.
Brig. General G. G. BUCHANAN, Commanding Chickasaw Brigade, Ard-
more, Okla.
Missouri Division.
Major General J. WM. TOWSON, Commander, Shelbina, Mo.
Col. D. D. BERRY, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Springfield, Mo.
Brig. General W. M. FERRAEL, Commanding Eastern Brigade, Paris, Mo.
Brig. General J. WILL HALL, Commanding Western Brigade, Liberty, Mo.
Arkansas Division.
Major General CHAS. C. COFFIN, Commander, Batesville, Ark.
Col. JAS. M. STEWART, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Little Rock,
Ark.
Brig. General G. L. BASHAM, Commanding 1st Brigade, Little Rock, Ark.
Brig. General W. A. BROWN, Commanding 2d Brigade, Monticello, Ark.
Brig. General M. H. BAIRD, Commanding 3d Brigade, Russellville, Ark.
Brig. General GEO. M. CLARK, Commanding 4th Brigade, Nashville, Ark.
Northwest Division.
Major General GEO. F. INGRAM, Commander, Helena, Mont.
Col. J. H. WILLIAMS, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Phillipsburg,
Mont.
Brig. General W. H. H. ELLIS, Commanding Montana Brigade, Bozeman,
Mont.
Pacific Division.
Major General WM. C. HARRISON, M. D., Commander, Los Angeles, Cal.
Col. B. L. HOGE, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Los Angeles, Cal.
Brig. General J. T. EVANS, Commanding New Mexico Brigade, Roswell,
N. M.
Brig. General E. D. EDWARDS, Commanding California Brigade, Fresno,
Cal.
STANDING COMMITTEES
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., Chairman ;
Gen. S. R. French, Tallahassee, Fla. ;
Col. Wm. M. Pegram, Baltimore, Md. ;
Col. Geo. L. Christian, Richmond, Va. ;
Col. J. W. Scanlan, Louisiana ;
Col. W. P. Manning, Galveston, Tex. ;
Gen. Fred L. Ferguson, Birmingham, Ala. ;
Col. W. T. Shaw, Fort Worth, Tex. ;
Prof. I. T. Derry, Atlanta, Ga. ;
Gen. Chas. Coffin, Batesville, Ark.
MONUMENTAL COMMITTEE.
Col. Samuel E. Lewis, M. D., Washington, D. C, Chairman ;
Capt. Iredell Jones, Rock Hill, S. C. ;
Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham, N. C. ;
Capt. C. T. Smith, Croxton, Va. ;
Col. John P. Hickman, Nashville, Tenn.;
Col. T. W. Giv.ens, Tampa, Fla. ;
F. L. Creech, Greenville, Ala. ;
Maj. Chas. Scott, Rosedale, Miss.;
Brig. Gen. Wm. B. Buri-oughs, M. D., Brunswick, Ga. ;
R. S. Hearne, Georgetown, Ky. ; ^
Col. Val. C. Giles, Au.stin. Tex. ; ^
Gen. E. G. Williams, Waynesville, Mo.;
Capt. Jas. P. Coffin, Batesville, Ark. \
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Col. W. A. Montgomery, of Edwards. Miss., Chairman ;
Col. G. N. Saussy, of Ocala, Fla.. Secretary;
Maj.-Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky. ;
Maj.-Gen. Virgil Y. Cook, of Batesville. Ark.;
Maj.-Gen. A. C. Trippe, of Baltimore, Md. ;
Maj.-Gen. J. H. Martin, of Hawkinsville, Ga. ;
Brig.-Gen. J. F. Shipp, of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Col. J. G. Holmes, of Charleston. S. C;
Col. J. Taylor Ellyson, of Richmond, Va. ;
Col. Jno. P. Hickman, of Nashville, Tenn. ;
Col. Philip H. Fall, of Houston, Tex.;
Col. H. A. Newman, of Huntsville. Mo. ;
Col. Paul Sanguinetti, of Montgomery. Ala.;
Col. Samuel E. Lewis, M. D.. of Washington, D. C;
Major J. A. Long, of Roxboro, N. C.
CONFEDERATE WOMEN'S MONUMENTS COMMTITEE.
(Incorporated.)
Gen. Julian S. Carr, Chairman. Durham. N. C;
Col. J. P. Hickman, Sorretarv, Nashville, Tenn.;
Gen. Virgil Y. Cook. Batesville. Ark. ;
Gen. John 0. Waddcll, Cedartown. Ga. ;
Col. Jos. M. Womack. Louisville. Ky. ;
Gen. T. W. Castleman, New Orleans, La.;
Gen. Chas. Scott. Ro.sedale. Mi.ss. ;
Gen. Geo. P. Gross, Kansas Citv, Mo. ;
Maj. Clinton M. Felder, Blackville, S. C;
Gen. J. R. Waties. Houston. Tex. ;
Hon. R. T. W. Duke. Charlottesville, Va. ;
Gen. C. Irvine Walker, Charleston, S. C.
DAVIS HOME FARM COMMITTEE.
S. B. Buckner,
Bennett H. Young,
S. A. Cunningham,
H. C. Myers,
W. A. Montgomery,
K. M. Van Zandt,
V. Y. Cook,
Stith Boiling,
John H. Bankhead,
T. W. Castleman,
Basil W. Duke,
Julian S. Carr,
Thomas D. Osborne,
John H. Leathers.
J. P. Hickman,
S^. &. M<.'cM^,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
LIST OF CAMPS
Admitted into the Fellowship of the United Confederate Veterans, with
Numbers, Headquarters and Names of Present
Commanders and Adjutants.
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1. Army of Northern Va . . . La . . New Orleans, La . . . Harry H. Marks. . Thos. B. O'Brien
3. General LeRoy Stafford. .La. .Shreveport, La F. A. Hilley Will H. Tunnard
4. N. B. Forrest Tenn. .Chattanooga, Tenn. A. W. Judd L. T. Dickinson
5. Fred Ault Tenn. .Knoxville, Tenn. . . . J. L. Morgan Chas. Ducloux
6. Jeff Davis La . . Alexandria, La Maj. F. Seip
Cap. W. W. wiiittington
7. Ruston La. .Huston, La Capt. J. L. Bond
8. Ex-Conf. Assn., Chicago.. Ky. .Chicago, 111 J. D. Wallace G. W. Le Vin
9. Vet. Confed. States Cav...La. .New Orleans, La. . . Lt. Col. G. H. Tichenor...
Col. M. L. Costley
10. Ward Confed. Veterans.. Fla. .Pensacola, Fla D. B. Reed Col. Boykin Jones
U. Raphael Semmes Ala. .Mobile, Ala T. T. Dorman. .Horace Davenport
12. Turnev Tenn. . Winche.ster, Tenn. ..P. B. Keith N. R. Martin
13. W. W. Loring Fla. .Brooksville, Fla Gen. J. C. Davant
Col. Frank E. Saxon
14. R. E. Lee La. .Opelousas, La Samuel Haas Leonce Sandoz
16. Henry St. Paul La. .New Orleans, La. . .
17. Baton Rouge La . . Baton Rouge, La ... 0. P. Smith F. W. Heroman
18. Iberville La. .Plaquemine, La. . . . Fred Orillon Anatole Joy
19. Ben Humphreys Miss. .Crystal Sp'gs, Miss. A. T. Wolfe. S. H. Aby
!0. Natchez Miss. .Natchez, Miss W. H. H. Wilson. . . .John A. Dicks
Jl. Hattiesburg Miss. . Hattiesburg, Miss. .J. P. Pace W. P. Chambers
J2. J. J. Whitney Miss. .Fayette, Miss .John W. Broughton.T. B. Hammitt
!3. Kit Mott Mi.ss. .Holly Sp'gs, Miss. ..Laf. Gatewood
Brig. Gen. W. G. Ford
!4. Robert A. Smith Miss. .Jackson, Miss J. W. Clinclan E. H. Reber
!6. Walthall Miss. .Meridian, Miss B. Waddell, M. D.Gen. B. V. White
!6. W. A. Montgomery Miss .Edwards, Miss H. S. Pond T. H. W. Barrett
17. Isham Harri.son Miss. .Columbus, Miss. . . .Col. W. C. Richards. ...
!8. Conf. Historical Assn.. Tenn. .Memphis, Tenn I. N. Rainey
19. Ben McCulloch Tex. .Cameron. Tex J. J. Irwin Ed F. English
10. Ben McCulloch Tex. .Decatur. Tex G. W. Short M. D. Sellars
1. Sterling Price Tex. .Dallas. Tex H. C. Lamar Geo. W. Blair
2. Vicksburg Miss. .Vicksburg, Miss Gen. D. A. Campbell. .R. E. Walne
4. Joseph E. ,Iohn.ston Ga. .Dalton. Ga S. B. Felker J. H. Stanford
5. Frank Cheatham Tenn. .Nashville, Tenn. . . .Hamilton Parks
Col. John P. Hickman
6. Hillsboro Fla. .Tampa, Fla J. P. Hill H. L. Crane
7. John Ingram Tenn. .Jackson, Tenn David T. Turner G. R. McGee
3. Major Victor Maurin La. . Donaldsonville, La..S. A. Poche Bienv.enu Cire
9. W. J. Hardee Ala. .Birmingham, Ala. ..N. A. Graham. . .J. Lawler Darby
3. Natchitoches La. .Natchitoches, La. . .Gen. J. A. Prudhomme. . .
J. C. Trichel, Sr.
I. Mouton La. .Mansfield, La J. J. Billingsley
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
42. Stonewall Jackson . . . Tenn .
43. John C. Upton Tex.
44. John H. Reagan Tex.
45. J. E. B. Stuart Tex.
47. Indian Riv.er Fla.
48. Alb't Sidney Johnston . .Tex .
49. Woodville Miss.
50. John B. Gordon Ga.
51. Stephen Elliott S. C.
52. Montgomery Miss.
54. Orange County Fla.
55. Dibrell Tenn.
56. Marion Co. C. V. Assn.. Fla.
57. Pasco Conf. Vet. Assn.. Fla.
58. R. E.Lee Fla.
59. Patton Anderson Fla
60 Moore La.
61. Col. B. Timmons Tex.
62. Calcasieu Confed. Vet. ..La.
64. Sanders Ala-
65. Howdy Martin Tex •
66. R. E. Lee Tex.
67. Granbury Tex.
68. Jeff Lee Okla-
70. Alb't Sidney Johnston. Tex.
71. Alb't Sidney Johnston. Tex-
72. Tom Green Tex
75. Alb't Sidney Johnston . Tex .
77. Forbes Tenn.
78. Amite Citv La-
79. Merkel Tex.
80. Kansas City Mo-
81. Joe B. Palmer Tenn.
83. Wm. Frierson Tenn •
84. Barnard E.Bee S. C .
86. Bedford Forrest Tex.
87. Wm. L. Moodv Tex
88. Pat Cleburne Tex .
89. Cabell Ark.
90. Mildred Lee Tex .
91. Stonewall Jackson . . . .Tex.
92. E. C. Walthall Tex.
93. Bob Stone Tex.
94. Joe Johnston Tex.
95. John H. Morgan Ky.
96. Wm. Prei5ton Kv-
97. Abe Buford Ky.
98. Geo. W. Johnson Ky.
99. Ben Desha Ky.
100. John C. Breckinridge. . .Ky.
102. Hannibal Boone Tex.
HEADQUARTERS.
.McKenzie, Tenn
.Huntsville, Tex.
.Palestine, Tex. .
.Terrell, Tex....
.Titusville, Fla..
. Tyler, Tex
.Woodville, Miss.
. Spring Place, Ga
. St. George's, S. C
.Rosedale, Miss. .
.Orlando, Fla
.Lewisburg, Tenn
.Ocala, Fla
. Dade City, Fla . .
.Jacksonville, Fla
.Monticello, Fla. .
.Kentwood, Lia. . .
. La Grange, Tex .
. Lake Charles, La
.Eutaw, Ala
.Athens, Tex
. Lainpassas, Tex . .
.Granbury, Tex. . .
.McAlester, Okla..
.Paris, Tex
. Kingston, Tex
.Abilene, Tex
.Beaumont, Tex. . . .
. Clarksville, Tenn . . .
.Amite City, La
.Merkel, Tex
.Kansas City, Mo. . .
. Murfreesboro, Tenn
.Shelbyville, Tenn
.Aiken, S. C
.Seymour, Tex. . .
. Fairfield, Tex . . .
. Cleburne, Tex . . .
.Bentonville, Ark.
.Sherman, Tex. . .
. Atlanta, Tex ....
. Sweetwater, Tex ,
. Montague, Tex . . .
.Mexia, Tex
.Paris, Ky
. Harrodsburg, Ky .
.Versailles, Ky. . .
. GeorgetowTi, Ky.
COMMANDER. ADJUTANT
J. P. Cannon M. S. Martii
,W. W. Durham W. BarfielJ
,T. \v . Moore P. L. Bradford
.J. C. Campbell Vic Reinhard
,W. S. Norwood M. S. Sam(
John F. Haden F. S. Zachr:
Gen. J. H. Jones G. Kani
B. W. Gladdan T. J. Ramse^
Col. T. Otey Reed. . . Jno. J. Howe!
W. C. Boyd John L. Gil
Robt. Howe B. M. Robinson
J. Boone Marshall . . W. W. Walke;
L. M. Graham E. T. William;
James E. Lee J. G. Wallac<
R. P. Daniel W. S. Stetsoi
Maj. B. W. Partridge. . ..S. C. Bot
Maj. R. L. Draughon. .J. W. Bird
W. H. Thomas Natt Holma?
H. C. Gill Maj. A. B. Hoskini
E. C. Meredith W. P. Brugj
L. A. Powers M. D. Lammoni
,D. C. Thomas T. H. Hayni*
,R. S. Whitehead Joel C. Arche
Gov. J. J. McAlister
Gen. R. B. Colema?
,John Martin W. J. Notlej
,D. C. Kennedy F. B. Norri
W. C. Kingsbring J. J. ClintoT
,S. L. Townsend. . .L. K. Billingsle]
Gen. Clay Stacker. .Alex. Davidso]
E. C. Cooley Geo. F. Starn!
,A. A. Baker W. H. Hawkin
Gen. Jno. B. Stone . . J. Turner Coi
.L. J. Nelson Richd. Bear*
.R. L. Brown J. F. Johnso;
.C. K. Henderson
Geo. C. Edmondstoi
.J. T. Stevens. .Chas. S. Humphriej
.M. H. Harris A. G. Andersoi
.J. L. Boone R. W. Ferre]
, A. J. Bates N. S. Henr
. J. H. LeTellH
.J. D. Johnson J. M. Fletche
. W. T. Hightower A. A. Princ
,W. H. Fitts J. A. Chisoln
. F. M. Sellers H. W. William:
, E. W. Lven J. D. Bryan
.D. L. Thornton Albert B. Scot
.John A. Lewis, M. D
Elley Blackbun
. Cynthiana, Ky. .
.Lexington, Ky. .
. Navasota, Tex. .
.0. S. Tenney S. S. Rosel
, J. J. Felder F. P. Hardiii;
I
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
103. John B. Hood Tex. .Austin, Tex W. B. Walker
Lt. Col. Henry G. Askew
104. Nasisau Fla. .Fernandina, Fla. . ..H. J. Baker G." L. Baltzell
105. Magruder Tex. .Galveston, Tex J. M. 0. Menard
106. R. Q. Mills Tex. .Frost, Tex I. N. Wilkinson J. L. Harris
07. .John H. Morgan Okla. . Ardmore, Okla D. M. Rumph. . .Henry Sutherland
108. Winnie Davis Tex . . Waxahatchie, Tex. .B. F. Marchbanks . Wm. L. P. Leigh
on. J. W. Throckmorton. . .Tex. .McKinney, Tex 0. H. Kirkpatrick, M. D..
C. H. Lake
10. Isaiah Norwood La. .Merrick, La S. R. Harmanson..J. Jewell Tavlor
.11. W. P. Townsend Tex. .Calvert, Tex Harry Field J. P. Casimir
1 1?,. Alb't Sidney .Johnston . Tex . .Colorado, Tex L. H. Weatherly. .Thos. Q. Mullin
I 14. Shackelford-Fulton . .Tenn. . Fayettevill.e, Tenn. . Jas. D. Tillman. . .G. W. D. Porter
I 15. Alb't Sidney Johnston. Tex. .Meridian, Tex John HarA'ey John W. Duncan
' 17. Jeff Davis Tex. . Goldthwaite, Tex. . .L. G. Blackburn J. T. Prater
I 18. Stonewall Jackson . . . .Tex. . Brownwood, Tex. . . W. D. Turner J. W. Davis
I 19. .Joseph E. Johnston. . ..Tex. .Gainesville. Tex. . . . Robt. Bean A. J. Meriwether
I 20. Beauvoir Miss. .Gulf port. Miss W. T. Price. . .Capt. Jas. B. Cable
, 21. Col. Dudley W. Jones. .Tex. .Mt. Pleasant, Tex... W. J. .Johnson J. D. Mitchell
122. Bell County Tex. .Belton, Tex W. W. Upshaw R. H. Turner
I2n. L. F. Moodv Tex. .Buffalo Gap, Tex. ..R. C. Lvon R. D. Proctor
124. J. B. Robertson Tex. .Bryan. Tex W. E. Saunders W. G. Mitchell
25. Cabell Tex . . Vernon, Tex J. A. Creag.er W. R. Hazlewood
26. Robert E. Lee Tex. .Ladonia, Tex T. C. Reed. .Capt. E. W. Cummens
27. Young County Tex. .Graham. Tex J. W. Horner R. C. McPhaill
28. .John G. Walker Tex. . Madison ville, Tex... J. E. Morris, M. D
W. D. McDonald
29. Sul Ross Tex. .Denton, Tex J. W. Custis. . .Alex. W. Robertson
30. Geo. Moorman Tex . . Forney, Tex C. W. Robinson T. M. Daniel
31. John M. Stone Miss . .Tupelo, Miss A. J. Kennedy W. F. Sparks
32. Milton Fla. .Marianna, Fla C. B. Pledger C. C. Gunn
34. Gen. J. W. Starnes. ..Tenn. .Franklin, Tenn. .. J. P. Hanner Geo. L. Cowan
35. Ex-C. A. fCorvell Co) .Tox. .Gatesville, Tex. . .. J. R. Brown F. M. .Jones
39. .John W. Caldwell Ky. .Russellville, Kv W. B. McCarty Ben F. Settle
10. D. L. Ivenan Fla . . Quincv, FJa ..." . T. R. Cantv W. W. Wilson
il. Crockett Tex. .Crockett. Tex W. B. Wall J. B. Ellis
t3. Bowling Green Ky. .Bowling Green, Ky. . W. A. Oberchain. .John E. DuBose
14. Alb't Sidney Johnston .Tex. .San Antonio, Tex. ..A. B. Briscoe... .Godfrey Peterson
16. Ben T. DuVal Ark. .Fort Smith. Ark. ..Henrv Kuper, Sr. . .John A. Miller
t7. C. M. Winkler Tex. .Corsicana. Tex A. F. Wood H. G. Damon
18. George T. Ward Fla. . Inverness, Fla Chambers Graham . . . S. M. Wilson
50. E. A. Perry Ala. .Lake City, Fla T. W. Gitzen Maj. W. M. Ives
)1. Lomax Ala. .Montgomery, Ala. ..Br. Gen. J. B. Fuller
Col. P. Sanguinetti
')3. Wood Countv Tex. .Mineola, Tex L H. Huffma.ster J. S. Daniels
54. W. W. Loring Tex. .Roby. Tex J. E. Philhps N. S. Bonner
)5. Stewart Fla. ..Jasper, Fla D. B. Johnson 0. W. Bailey
6. .John C. G. I^ev Tex. .Gonzales. Tex John S. Conway F. F. Wood
i7. Wm. Rose McAdory. . .Ala. .Bessemer, .Ala W. F. Hanby T. P. Waller
i8. R. E. Lee Tex. . Fort Worth, Tex. . . Wm. Barr M. D. McNeely
19. Atlanta Ga. .Atlanta, Ga Georgia Hillyer
Capt. W. H. Harrison
il. Lamar Fla. .Tallahassee, Fla.. . .T. H. Randolph. . . .Geo. Greenhow
2. Catawba N. C . Hickory, N. C N. E. Sigman L. R. Wliitcncr
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUAETERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
163. Horace Randall Tex. .Carthage, J'ex J. P. Forsvth C. I. Voorhie^
164. Sul Ross Tex. .Bonham, Tex J. A. Duncan M. A. Bridge;
165. Alb't Sidney Johnston. Tex. .Taylor, Tex J. R. Hargis Perrv Hawkins
166. Hill County Tex. .Hillsboro, Tex John P. Cox D. C. Wornel
167. Claiborne Miss. .Port Gibson, Miss. . Jas. B. Allen Thos. M. Re?
168. D. H. Hill Tex. .Paint Rock, Tex. ...
169. Tom Green Tex. . Weatherf ord, Tex. .R. J. McKinney J. J. Stokei
170. Matt. Ashcroft Tex. .Surphur Sp'gs, Tex. J. R. Ferguson I. H. Harrisoi
171. Con. Vet. Assn. of D. C.Md. .Washington, D. C. .Thos.. W. Hungerford. . .
Capt. H. H. Marmaduk(
172. Sul Russ Tex. .Henrietta, Tox J. T. Williams J. P. Earl^
173. Pierce B. Anderson . . Tenn . . Tullahoma, Tenn . . . A. W. Monier, M. D . . W. L. Nortor
174. A. P. Thompson Ky. .Paducah, Kv
175. E. Kirby Smith Fla. .St. Augustine, Fla..
176. Yazoo Miss. .Yazoo City, Mis^. . H. L. Taylor.. Maj. C. J. DuBuissor
177. Capt. D. Hammons. . .Okla. .Oklahoma Citv, Ok.M. L. Nix N. A. Robinsor
179. W. H. H. Tison Miss. .Booneville, Miss. ...Philip B. Mitchell. ..L. P. Reynold^
181. R. E. Lee Va. .Richmond, Va Col. J. W. Gordon I
Col. J. T. Strattoii
182. Henrv W. Allen La. .Monroe, La W. P. Renwick W. A. O'Kelljl
183. John Peck La. .Sicily Island, La. . ..W. S. Peck H. Bondurant, Sr '
185. Ross Tex .Campbell, Tex W. D. Hodge R. A. B. Crai,
186. Roger W. Hanson Ky. .Winchester, Ky.
187. Humphrey Marshall. . .Ky. .Nicholasville, Ky
188. Thomas B. Monroe Ky. .Frankfort, Ky . 1
189. W. B. Barksdale Miss. .Grenada, Miss B. C. Adams J. S. King
190. Pat R. Cleburne. . . .Miss. .RolHng Fork, Miss.. J. C. Hall, M. D John S. Jooi
191. Pat R. Cleburne Ark. .Charleston, Ark. ...T. J. Ward H. C. Hir
193. Lake Providence La. .Lake Provid'ce, La.. J. C. Bass James S. Millikii
196. Braxton Bragg La. .Thibodaux, La John J. Shaffer H. N. Coulor
197. Dick Dowling Tex. .Houston, Tex Br. Gen. J. J. Hall.Lt. W. C. Kellj*
200. Gen. J. B. Gordon Okla. .Norman, Okla B. H. Wolf J. W. Armstrong
201. Roy S. Cluke Ky. .Mt. Sterling, Kv.
t
203. Gratiot Ark. .Hope, Ark .' . . ..Gen. C. A. Bridewell. .B. P. Haynes
204. Geo. E. Pickett Va. .Richmond, Va J. Ryland Epps ;
Capt. Ro. N. Northeit I
205. William Watts Va. . Roanoke, Va Chas. Bilharz S. L. Crut^f,;
206. Joe McConnell Ga- .Ringgold, Ga J. W. Smith J. T. Robinsot
207. Robert W. Harper Ark. .Morrilton, Ark Carroll Armstrong. .J. A. Wilhams
208. Joel L. Neal Ark. .Nashville, Ark B. F. Smith F. T. Shepherq
212. Cabarrus County N. C . . Concord, N. C H. B. Parks M. M. Gillor,
213. Jeff. Davis Ark. .Conwa.v, Ark W. D. Cole, Sr R. A. RejTiold&]
214.' J. Warren Grigsby. . . .Ky. .Danville, Ky 1
215. Thomas Collins Ky. .Richmond, Kv ]
216. Pat Cleburne Ark. . Favetteville, Ark. . . J. T. Eason C. W. Walkei
217. McMillan Fla. .Chipley, Fla S. M. Robertson J. A. Mathia.
218. Hugh A. Reynolds Miss. .Greenwood, Miss. . . D. J. Mitchell W. A. Gillespit^,,,.
220. De Soto Miss. .Hernando, Miss W. L. Glenn W. F. Wessoiii
222. Pat Cleburne Tex. .Waco. Tex Geo. W. Randal ni
Lt.-Col. T. C. SmitltiJ
224. Franklin K. Peck Ala. .Camden, Ala R. E. McWilliams.Maj. J. F. Fosteaii
226. Amite County Miss. .Liberty, Miss C. H. Frith Geo. A. McGeheeji;
228. Buchel Tex. .Wharton, Tex R. M. Brown A. J. WynriJf
229. Arcadia La. .Arcadia, La A. G. Cobb S. S. Carikei
'J
wo. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
31. R. E. Lee . .Tex. .Commerce, Tex. . . . W. E. Mangum G. G. Lindsey
I !32. Albert Sidney Johnston . Ky . . Flemingsburg, Ka .
'^8. John B. Hood Ky. .Augusta, Ky
'. Ector Tex. .Cooper, Tex J. J. Thornton S. C. Ratliff
JO. Sylve.ster Gwin Miss. . Brookhaven, Miss. .A. M. Summers. . . .J. B. Daughtry
■M. John H. Waller Ky. .Shelbyville. Ky Lt.-Col. Wm. F. Beard. . .
R. A. Briggs
38. W. A. Percy Miss. .Greenville, Miss j. H. Robb W. K. Gildart
30. Washington Tex. .Brenham, Tex J. G. Rankin R. S. Booker
40. Gen. Turner Ashby Va. .Winchester, Va Geo. W. Kurtz H. Clay Krebs
41. Ned M.eri'iweather Ky. . Hopkinsville, Ky. . .Nat. Gaither Hunter Wood
46. Talladega Ala. .Talladega, Ala J. N. Heacock. . .R. J. Cunningham
47. Fred N. Ogden La. .Gonzales P. 0., La.. J. A. Gonzales. . . .P. H. Fairbanks
48. Col. James Walker Tex- .Hallettsville, Tex. . . M. B. Woodall J. W. Carson
49. Stonewall Jackson Tex. .Archer City, Tex. . .J. W. Johnson W. W. Duren
50. Sumter S. C .Charleston, S. C Thos. Pinckney. . .Walter Williman
51. E. Kirby Smith Ky. .Eminence, Ky
52. Patrick R. Cleburne. . . .Ky. .Ovvingsville, Ky. . . .
53. Thomas H. Hunt Kv. . Bard.sto\vn, Ky A. B. Baldwin A. R. Carothers
54. Cape Fear N. C .Wilmington, N. C.Gen. Jas. L Metts R. W. Price
55. Elmore County Ala. .Wetumpka, Ala. . . .H. H. Robison. . . .C. K. McMorris
58. Pelham Ala. .Anni.ston, Ala G. W. Jones A. T. Hanna
59. Jos. E. John.ston Tex. .Childre.ss, Tex A. T. Scott R. L. Curd
60. Joe Wheeler Ala. .Bridgeport, Ala. . . .D. T. Cro\\Tiorce B. C. Jones
61. Lee County Ala. .Opolika, Ala B. W. Williams T. H. Clower
62. Rodes Ala. .Tuscaloosa, Ala. ...A. F. Prince J. Henrv Rvan
64. Feliciana La. .Jackson, La W. D. Wall, M. D. . .R. S. Austin
65. Rankin Miss. .Brandon, Miss t.en. Patrick Henrv. .R. S. Maxev
66. Allen C. Jones Ala. .Greensboro, Ala. ...W. G. Britten Wm. P. Knight
67. Joseph E. Johnston. . .Tex. .Greenville, Tex S. R. Etter J. M. McLeod
69. A. P. Hill Tex. .Texarkana, Tex. ...J. J. Towery P. A. Skeen
72. Patron's Union Miss. .Lake, Mi.ss M. W. Stamps. J. B. Bailev, M. D.
74. McGregor Tex. .McGregor, Tex F. P. Lyon J. C. Alexander
75. Emma Sansom Ala. .Gadsden. Ala R. A. D. Dunlap. . .Jos. R. Hughes
77. L W. Garrett Ala. .Marion, Ala J. B. Shivers J. 0. Bailev
78. Catawba S. C .Rock Hill, S. C Iredel Jones W. Greene Steele
79. Lake Co. C. Vet. Assn.Fla. .Tavares. La Maj. H. H. Duncan. . .H. J. Peter
82. E. Kirby Smith Fla. .DeFuniak Sps., Fla.W.B. McLeod A. B. McLeod
84. Francis S. Bartow Fla. .Bartow, Fla Wm. Hood B. F. Holland
35. Jasper Hawthorn S. C. .Easley, S. C B. C. .John.son Elias Dav
36. John A. Wharton Tex. .Alvin, Tex W. J. Kerr C. Z. Sedwick
92. Col. James B. Martin. .Ala. ..Jacksonville. Ala...W. L. Stevenson
93. Aiken-Smith Ala. .Roanoke, Ala B. F. Weathers J. T. Coleman
97. R. C. Pulliam S. C. .Greenville, S. C. ...R. A. Means .L W. Gray
98. E. A. O'Neal Ala. .Florence. Ala Robt. Andrews. Jos. Wm. Morgan
99. Willis L. Lang Tex. .Marhn, Tex J. H. Robertson Alex. Frazier
90. Ben McCulloch Tex. .Mt. Vernon. Tex. . .P. A. Blakev R. A. Foster
32. Wills Point Tex. .Wills Point, Tex. . .J. A. Harris A. W. Meredith
35. Jefferson-Lamar Ga. . Covington, Ga J. W. Anderson
12. E. Giles Henry Miss. . Canton. Miss J. W. Downs. . . .Henry Purviance
14. Frank Cheatham Tex. .Breckinridge. Tex. .J. J. Robertson ... Newton Russell
15. Palmetto Guards S. C. .Charleston. S. C. . . A. W. Lanneau
17. Catesby Ap R. Jones. .Ala. .Selma. Ala David M. Scott. . .Thos. B. Creagh
18. Tom Hindman Ark. .Newport, Ark Col. L. Minor W. E. Bevens
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HEADQUARTERS.
.Salisbury, N. C. . . ,
.Troy, Ala
.Livingston, Tex. . . ,
.San Saba, Tex
. Carrolton, Ala
.Magnolia, Miss
. Benton, Ark
. Lowndesboro, Ala. .
. Guntersville, Ala. . .
. Sumter, S. C
.Spartanburg, S. C.
. Newberry, S. C . . . .
.Evergreen, Ala
.Hot Springs, Ark. .
.Sardis, Miss
.New Albany, Miss..
.Dadeville, Ala
. Carlisle, Ky
.Franklin, La
.Guthrie, Okla
. St. Stephens, Ala . .
.Louisville, Miss. . . .
. Senatobia, Miss . . . .
. Little Rock, Ark . . .
.Booneville, Ark. . . .
.Huntsville, Ala. . . .
.Beaufort, S. C
.Rome, Ga
.Waynesboro, Ga. ...
. Summerville, S. C.
.Benton, Ky
.Farmerville, La. . . .
.Charlotte, N. C
. Hartsells, Ala
.Prairie Grove, Ark.
.Albertville, Ala. . . .
.Pittsboro, N. C
.Paris, Ark
.Columbia, S. C
.Florence, S. C
.Washington, Ga....
. Statesville. N. C...
.Robinson Spgs., Ala,
.Lexington, Miss. ...
.Athens, Ala
.Alexander City, Ala.
. Talbotton, Ga
.Cedartown, Ga
. LaGrange, Ga
. Morgan, Ga
.Monroeville, Ala. . .
.Benton, La
.Mt. Pleasant, S. C.
. Cedar Bluff, Ala . . .
. Cheraw, S. C
.Waldron, Ark
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
319. Col. Chas. F. Fisher.. N.C
320. Ruffin Ala
321. Ike Turner Tex.
322. W. P. Rogers Tex.
323. Pickens Ala.
324. Stockdale Miss.
325. David 0. Dodd Ark,
331. T. J. Bullock Ala.
333. Montgomery Gilbreath. Ala.
334. Dick Anderson S. C ,
335. Joe Walker S. C.
336. James D. Nance S. C.
338. Capt. William Lee Ala.
340. Albert Pike Ark,
341. John R. Dickens Miss,
342. Gen. W. P. Lowry Miss,
343. Crawford Kimbal Ala.
344. Peter Bramblett Ky,
345. Florian Cornay La.
347. Jamison Okla ,
350. John James Ala.
352. John M. Bradley Miss.
353. Bill Feeney Miss,
354. Omer R. Weaver Ark.
355. Evans Ark.
357. Egbert J. Jones Ala.
366. H. M. Stuart S. C.
368. Flovd County Ga.
369. Gordon Ga.
374. Gen. James Conner. . .S. C.
376. Alfred Johnston Ky.
379. C. V. Assn., Union Par. La.
382. Mecklenburg N. C.
383. Friendship Ala .
384. Prairie Grove Ark.
385. Miller Ala.
387. Leonidas J. Merritt. .N. C.
388. Ben McCulloch Ark.
389. Hampton S. C.
390. Pee Dee S. C.
391. John T. Wingfield Ga.
394. Col. Reuben Campbell. N. C .
396. Robinson Springs Ala.
398. Holmes County Miss.
400. Thos. H. Hobbs Ala.
401. Lee Ala.
402. L. B. Smith Ga.
403. Polk Co. Con. Vet Ga.
405. Troup Co. Con. Vet Ga.
406. Calhoun County Ga.
407. George W. Foster Ala .
409. Lowden Butler La.
410. Thomas M. Wagner. . .S. C.
411. John Pelham Ala.
413. J. B. Kershaw S. C.
414. Sterling Price Ark.
COMMANDER.
ADJUT\NI'.
W. C. Coughhenhauer. .R. W. Pric
J. P. Wood.
James S. Evans.
Jas. Boyd.
..T. E. Hi
..A. B. Gree
. .S. M. Moor
Wm. G. Robertson. . .John W. Co
W. C. Vaught.
.J. L. Cotto:
L. A. Hooper D. M. Clou
J. W. Rast
J. A. McKinstry.
Perry Moses ....
Charles Petty. . .
J. W. Gary
G. R. Boulware. .
A. Curl C. W. Fr;
E. S. Walton L. F. Rainwate
.T. L. S. Grac
...J. L. Burk
.W. F. Rham
.W. C. Canno;
.M. M. Bufor
Thos. A. Jonei
W. A. Robertson J. L. Nelsoi
E. J. Trastou;
. . .T. S. Jone
.J. M. Pelhan
...J. B. Gagi
Gen. T. J. Shaffer
J. D. Maurice
A. F. Hooks
J. T. McLeod
T. P. Hill Sam J. Hous
Geo. L. Basham . ..Geo. Thornburgl
C. B. Florence.. J. W. Castleberrj
C. S. McColhg J. W. Battk
J. 0. H. Sander^
J. T. Moore F. W. Quarles, Sri
P. B. Hall Sol. WetherhahT
Julius J. Westcoat. .Hy. P. Fostei
R. J. Tabor W. P. Chandlei
W. M. Smith H. D. Duckworth
D. Walden A. M. C. Dentor
R. 0. Hannah . . Thos. J. Campbel
T. J. Bruce W. H. McCorc
T. Y. Mimms. .Col. H. A. London!
A. S. Bennett R. H. Rhyne
W. D. Starling.. .D. R. Flenniker
J. W. Brunson D. H. Hambyl
T. Burwell Green W. S. Land
J. C. Irvin P. W. Eaglej
A. T. Goodwin. . .W. D. Whetstond
Thos. W. Smith. Maj. F. A. Howell
Perry Henderson. . . . J. C. Gordon
A. V. Tamure T. J. Worthy
W. Dennis T. N. Beall
T. M. Hightower . . . D. M. Russell
J. L. Schaub J. B. Strong
T. J. Emmons F. M. Jones
J. H. Nattin J. S. Alison'
G. W. R. Bell'.'.".'.".'.'.'. .J. M. Reed
T. F. Malloy C. A. Malloy
J. W. Bratcher C. Malone
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<0. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
ae. Sessession S. C. .Abbeville, S. C James Pratt W. A. Templeton
!:17. Ryan N. C. .Red Springs, N. C.J. D. Croom, M. D. . .J. L. McLeon
\20. Rabun County Ga . .Clayton, Ga VV. H. Price Wm. T. Dozier
''':21. Pike County Ga. .Zebulon, Ga J. S. Lifsey J. Z. Jones
22. Chattooga Veterans. . . .Ga. . Summerville, Ga. . .H. A. Brownfield. . . .G. J. Moj'ers
2:!. W. D. Mitchell Ga. .Thomasville, Ga. ...R. P. Davis John M. Dekie
21. Bryan Grimes N. C. .Washington, N. C. .Macon Bonner Alston Grimes
25. Lamar Miss. .luka. Miss Geo. P. Hammerly. .G. W. Dudley
2(J. Hiram S. Bradford. .Tenn. .Brownsville, Tenn..W. L. Richardson....
27. Stonewall Jackson . . .Miss. .Amory, Miss W. H. Pratt J. P. Johnston
2'.i. Tom Coleman Ala . . Unionton, Ala Junie Harwood. . . .B. F. Harwood
:;o. N. B. Forrest Ala. .Scottsboro, Ala J. R. Harris
:;2. D. Wyatt Aiken S. C. .(ireenwood, S. C. . .
:'.:;. George W. Cox Ky. .Campton, Ky
;'). Con. Survivors' Assn.. .Ga. .Augusta, Ga Geo. T. Lamback Brad Merry
:;ii. Norfleet N. C. .Winston, N. C Maj. T. J. Brown Z. T. Bynuiii
:!S. Col. S. B. Gibbons Va. .Harrisonburg, Va. .Col. D. H. Lee Martz
T. L. Williamson
:;!i. R. G. Prewitt Miss. .Ackerman, Miss.. . .J. W. Pinson W. Bruce
11. Carnot Posey Miss. .Wesson, Mi.ss W. W. Walden.Col. J. T. Bridewell
12. Joseph E. Johnston. . . .Ky. .Maysville, Ky Maj. T. J. Chenoweth
John W. Boulden
1.;. G. C. Wharton Va. .Radford, Va E. M. Ingles W. P. Nve, M. D.
11. Sam Dill Ark. .NewLewisville, Ark.W. L. Nance B. P. Wheat
1"). William Barksdale ...Miss. .Kosciusko, Miss. ... Frank Hillerman. . .M. T. Boswell
hi. Hampshire W. Va. .Romney, W. Va. . . .Geo. H. Johnson. . . .H. G. Houser
IS. John H. Morgan Ark. . DeQueen, Ark John G. McKean J. B. Dyer
r.>. Paragould Ark. .Paragould, Ark. ...C. T. Cole J. N. Johnston
.2. W. F. Tucker Miss. .Okolona, Miss W. B. McDowell H. B. Lacey
'>■■'■. Tippah County Miss. .Ripley, Miss Thomas Spight T. A. Hunt
u. Thomas J. Glover. . . .S. C. .Orangeburg, S. C. .James F. Izlar F. S. Dibble
12. Heyward S. C. .Walterboro. S. C. . .C. G. Henderson. .G. W. 0. Rivers
i... J. T. Walbert Ky. .Paducah, Ky E. Futrell R. M. Miles
) I. John Bowie Strange. . .Va. .Charlottesville, Va. . Lin Wood
;'.. Randolph County Ga. .Cuthbert, Ga R. D. Crozier B. W. Ellis
;s. John C. Brown Tex. .El Paso, Tex H. F. Stacey John C. Caldwell
')'.>. Stonewall Jackson Va. .Staunton, Va W. D. Armstrong
F. T. Stribbling, Jr.
' H. A. Clinch Ga. .Sparta, Ga Col. S. D. Rogers... .W. A. Martin
Gracie Ala. .Luverne. Ala J. L. Hawkins. . . .G. N. Buchanan
;. Chickamauga Gaf. .Lafayette, Ga W. W. S. Myers. . .B. F. Thurman
(i. Horace King Ala. .Decatur, Ala W. H. Long W. R. Francis
8. Cobb-Delnney Ga. .Athens. Ga J. J. C. McMahan.W. G. Carithers
9. Winnie Davis Tex. .Pilot Point, Tex. ... W. H. Ledbetter
>1. Gen. Adam R. Johnson. Ky. .Evansville, Ind. . . .Col. Frank A. Owen. .C. J. Morris
13. Kev Ga. .Monticello, Ga 0. G. Roberts A. S. Florence
14. Col. R. A. Smith Ga. .Macon, Ga Ab. F. Jones W. A. Poe
:5. R. E. Lee Va. .Hampton. Va R. K. Curtis .los. R. Haw
.7. McDaniel-Curtis Ga. .Carrollton. Ga G. F. Chenev W. 0. Perry
8. Col. L. C. Campbell Mo. .Springfield. Mo H. S. Duncan J. E. ElHot
9. Thos. H. Watts Ala. .Cullman. Ala C. A. Owen J. H. Dunlap
0. Honrv Grav La. .Coushatta, La .Toe P>. Poland F. B Williams
1. Wm. W. Wadsworth. . .Ala. .Prattville, Ala W. F. Mims Z. Abney
3. Barbour Countv Ala. .Clayton. Ala L
5. Wm. Hy. Trousdale. .Tenn. .Columbia, Tenn C. C. Vaughn J. T. WilHamson
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
497. Calhoun Ala. .Jackson, Ala E. P. Chapman
Capt. S. T. Woodai
499. R. H. Powell Ala. .Union Spgs., Ala. . .Maj. I. F. Culver J. A. Ween
500. Alexander Young Md. .Frederick, Md.
501. Garlington S. C. .Laurens, S. C T. B. Crews 0. G. Thompsc
502. Caddo Mills Tex. .Caddo Mills, Tex. . .W. J. Lewalling J. T. Huls«
508. Archibald Gracie Ala. .Demopolis, Ala Jno. C. Webb, Sr. .Geo. E. Pegra:
509. Polignac Tex. .Blum, Tex.
510. J. Ed Murray Ark. .Pine Bluk, Ark. . . .Br. Gen. Thos. Green, Sr.
Br. Gen. J. Jordi
511. Benning Ga. .Columbus, Ga Col. Wm. S. Shepherd. . . .
Br. Gen. Wm. Redd, J
512. Page-Puller Va. . Gloucester C.H., Va.H. C. Bland. .Alexander T. Wia
513. Ross-Ector Tex. .Rusk, Tex M. J. Whitman. .James P. Gibsci
514. Standwatie Okla. .Muldrow, Okla J. W. Weaver J. M. Ral(
515. L. O'B. Branch N. C, .Raleigh, N. C Maj. Alex. B. Stronach.
J. C. Birdsor
516. W. R. Scurry Tex. .Victoria, Tex H. B. Petuslas W. C. Carre!
517. Featherstone Miss. .Water Valley, Miss.M. D. L. Stephens. . .J. W. Mee.
518. Ridgely Brown Md. .Rockville, Md Col. S. C. Jones E. L. Ami
520. John C. Bro\vn Tenn. .Nashville, Tenn. . . .Philip B. Spence. .John O. Tream
521. Grand Camp, C. V. D. .Va. .Richmond, Va W. E. Harwood, M. D
Col. Thos. Elle
522. Jasper County Mo. .Carthage, Mo Gen. C. C. Catron
Gen. J. W. Halliburtd
523. Jefferson Davis N. W. .Great Falls. Mont. .
524. Con. Survivors' Assn. .Pac. .Socorro. N Mex A. Mennet J. J. Leesc
527. Jim Pearce Ky. .Princeton, Ky J. T. Dorrah T. J. Johnsc;
528. Hopkins Co. Ex-Con
R. Assn Ky. .Madisonville, Ky. . .F. B. Harris John H. Sha
531. Mcintosh Ark. .Dardan^lle, Ark G. L. Wirt J. J. Jacks(
533. Col. E. B. Holloway. . . .Mo. .Independence, Mo. .E. W. Strode. Capt. Schuyler Lov
534. Rion S. C. .Ridgeway, S. C E. H. Heines John Mclnty:
537. Pat Cleburne Ark. .Brinklev, Ark W. F. Forbes A. K. Camerc
538. Cobb Fla.. Milton, Fla, M. N. Fisher. ..Col. Frank E. D.
540. Pearl River Miss. . Poplarville. Miss. . .J. H. Caver
542. Ben McCulloch Ark. .Star City, Ark J. A. Lael J. L. Hunt
543. Martin H. Cofer Ky. . Elizabethtown, Ky..Jas. Montgomery. . .Jas. W. Smi'
544. Drury J. Browm Miss. .Hazlehurst, Miss. . .
545. Gen. T. M. Scott La. .Minden, La W. J. Reams D. M. Hadl<
547. Sterling Price Mo. .Odessa, Mo W. F. McKinn<
548. Claiborne La. .Homer, La L. H. Featherston. .Maj. G. G. G
551. Henrv Gray La. .Timothey, La G. W. Oakley. . . .Timothey Oaklf
552. Bill Dawson Tenn . . Dyersburg, Tenn ... J. M. Lauderdale
Lt. Col. R. L. Beav^
553 Jas. Gordon Miss . . Pittsboro, Miss.... Col. Robt. N. Provine. . . .
C. K. H. Bya
554. Gen. J. S. Marmaduke . Mo . .Marshall, Mo G. W. Lankford. . . .A. T. Swish
555. Tom Douglass Tex. .Lexington, Tex G. C. Hilliard J. B. McAllist
556. Tom Moore Fla. . Apalachicola, Fla. .W. J. Donahue A. J. Muri
557. Henrv E. McCulloch. .Tex. .Ballinger, Tex J. H. Routh G. W. Newra^
558. J. Ed Rankin Ky. .Henderson, Ky Gen. M. M. Kimmel. . .H. F. Daf
559. .Jack McClure Tex. .Rising Star. Tex. . .H. E. Head J. H. Carti
561 P F. Liddell Miss . . Carrollton, Miss .... Jno. T. Stanford . . W. F. Hamiltc
563. Ben McCulloch Tex. .Brady, Tex Jno. M. Duke L. Balk
565. John Pelham Tex. .Comanche, Tex T. 0. Moore J. T. Gret
I
0. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
15
HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER.
ADJUTANT.
568,
I 570,
'571,
J572.
•J .'4,
;, 580.
' 583.
'585,
.)586,
587.
1|588.
, 590.
,592.
595.
596.
,,600.
O'.'U.
Gn7.
611.
fi12.
617.
618.
619.
620.
621.
623.
625.
26.
27.
SO.
2.
133.
4.
6.
Bridgeport Tex .
George E. Pickett Tex.
West Point Veterans. . .Ga,
Bowie Pelliam Te.x.
Standwatie Okla.
James C. Monroe Ark.
Mouton-Gardener La.
S. H. Stout Tex.
John R. Baylor Tex.
John H. Woldridge. .Tenn.
John Gi'egg Tex.
Magnolia Tex .
John D. Traynor .... Tenn .
Velasco Tex.
Skid Harris Ga.
Lafayette McLaws Ga .
Richard Coke Tex.
John M. Simon ton. ...Miss.
Vermilion La.
R. S. Gould Tex.
Jones County Tex.
Marmaduke Mo.
Morgan County Ga.
Fort Ma.son Tex .
Scott Anderson Tex .
Raguet Tex.
W. P. Lane Tex.
N. B. Forrest Ark.
Winnie Davis Tex.
E. B. Pickett Tex.
Jenkins S. C ."
Jo. 0. Shelby Mo.
Fred A. Ashford Ala.
Ravnes Tex.
Teche La.
Thomas G. Lowrey. . . .Mo.
638. John G. Fletcher Ark.
J9. Walter P. Lane Tex.
10. D. C. Walker Kv.
U. Marion S. C.
12. Sumter Ga .
i8. Lexington
.Mo.
10.
}!•
12.
(4.
55.
'.56.
:57.
58.
i60.
61.
Mexico Mo.
Harmanson-West Va .
Tom Green Tex.
Alb. Sidney .Johnston. .Tex.
Macon Co. Con. Vet.
Assn Ga.
John C. Burks Tex.
James R. Herbert Md.
Stonewall Jackson Ala.
John B. Clark Mo.
R. E. Rodes Tex.
.Bridgeport, Tex. ...S. W. Cowling P. W. Tunnell
.Lockhart, Tex M. L Davis George W. Kyser
.West Point, Ga J. H. Booker G. W. Shealey
.Bowie, Tex J. A. Cummins G. W. Herron
.Chelsea, Okla John P. Drake M. Roberts
.Arkadelphia, Ark. .J. A. Ross C. C. Scott
.Lafayette, La James McNaspy... .J. Ed Moreton
. Eastland, Tex
.Uvalde, Tex J. F. Robinson. . . .J. H. Kennerdy
.Pulaski, Tenn R. L. Gulps George T. Riddle
.Longview, Tex J. K. Bivens W. F. Young
.Woodville, Tex J. 0. Lindsey J. Dallas Collier
.Cleveland, Tenn.... W. H. Patterson
.Velasco, Tex Frank E. Jones
.Canton, Ga H. T. McCallum A. B. Coggins
.Savannah, Ga A. B. LaRoche A. K. Wilson
.Robert Lee, Tex H. H. Hayley H. D. Pearce
.Nettleton, Miss R. S. Thomas R. H. Rogers
.Abbeville, La Wm. D. Gooch Jos. T. Labit
. Jewett, Tex Horatio Durst S. A. Castles
.Anson, Tex S. W. Thompson Ed Kennedy
.Butler, Mo J. R. Ford Robt. S. Catron
.Madison. Ga A. A. Mustin J. S. Leak
.Ma.son, Tex S. V. Wood Wilson Hey
.Eagle Lake, Tex. . .T. J. Roberts J. K. David.son
.Nacogdoches, Tex. .John C. Fall. . . .John S. Doughtie
.Marshall, Tex W. W. Heartsill T. A. Elgin
.Forrest Citv, Ark. .T. C. Merwin T. W. Yerzley
. Van Alstyne, Tex . . . N. M. Spears C. C. McCorkle
.Libertv. Tex T. J. C. Chambers. . . W. J. Swilley
. Bamberg, S. C
.West Plains, Mo. ... W. N. Evans
.Town Creek, Ala. . .Chesiey Davis J. W. Spangler
.Haskell, Tex W. W. Fields S. L. Robert-son
. Jeanerette, La A. S. Underwood A. N. Neal
. Huntsville, Mo Brig. Gen. H. A. Newman. .
J. W. Brooking
.Berryville, Ark. . . .J. P. Fancher N. C. Charles
.Orange, Tex P. B. Curry, Sr R. E. Russell
Franklin. Kv Joe C. Bryan. ....... .P. V. Mayes
Marion, S. C <•. A. Mclntyre J. D. McLucas
, Americus, Ga Brig. Gen. H. T. Davenport. .
H. D. Watts
Lexington, Mo Lt. Col. J. Q. Plattenburg
Maj. Geo. P. V enable
Mexico, Mo R. H. Edmonds. . .R. S. McKinney
Jenkins Bridge, Va.F. Fletcher, M. D T. C. KeJlev
Groveton, Tex E. .J. Magee D. E. Pool
Baird, Tex
R. E. Wathen T. H. Floyd
Montezuma, Ga. . . .J. J. Ea.sterlin. .W. T. Christopher
Clarksville. Tex J. M. Smiley R. C. Graves
Baltimore. Md J. 0. Squire Chas. H. Mettee
Centre, Ala Lem H. Sanford.T. H. Shropshire
Fayette, Mo R. H. Walden.Col. .John A. Woods
Quanah, Tex G. H. Alexander H. W. Marlin
16
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
662. Nevada Mo. .Navada, Mo A. C. Steritt. . .Robt. J. McGowar
663. LeSueur Tex. .Georgetown, Tex. . .D. P. Wilcox. . .R. H. Montgomerj
664. Manor Tex. .Manor, Tex J. J. Parslev J. W. Bitting
665. Clement A. Evans Ga. .Kirkwood, Ga J. N. Nash W. 0. Mitchel.
666. Clark L. Owen Tex. .Edna, Tex J. L. Dickie Geo. S. GayU
668. Steadman S. C. .Lexington, S. C M. D. Harman G. W. Reedei
675. Jones M. Withers Ala. .Mobile, Ala R. S. Dickens. . . .Francis Kiernar
676. Robert Ruffner Mo. .Hannibal, Mo
677. Denson Ark. .Warren, Ark M. B. Garrison J. F. Neely
679. Bledsoe Mo. .Paris, Mo John W. McGee J. E. Lynch
680. Shenandoah Va. .Woodstock, Va Geo. W. Miley
681. Zebulon Vance N. C. .Asheville, N. C F. M. Miller Geo. H. Bel]
682. W. H. Ratcliffe Ky .. Falmouth, Ky N. U. C. Mains
Lt. Col. C. H. Lee, Jr,
683. William F. Corbin Ky. .Newport, Ky
684. Maj. John L. Mirick. . .Mo. .Carrollton, Mo S. A. Ballard. . . .James A. Turner;
685. Marmaduke Mo. .Moberly, Mo James A. Tagart. . . .G. E. Greent
687. Walker-McRae Ark. .Searcy, Ark C. W. Chrisp Wm. P. Martin,
688. C. H. Howard Mo. . Waynesville, Mo. . .C. H. Howard
Brig. Gen. E. G. Williams
690. Freeman Mo. .Neosho, Mo L. W. Overbeck M. E. Benton
693. Col. John A. Rowan. .Tenn. .Sweetwater, Tenn. .J. C. Waren W. T. Lenoir
698. Raines S. C . . Winnsboro, S. C W. Glover Jordan .... John J. Neil
703. G. R. Christian Tex. .Antelope, Tex H. B. Rowan
704. Richard Kirkland S. C. .Camden, S. C W. F. Russell A. D. Kennedy
705. Samuel V. Fulkerson.Tenn. .Bristol, Tenn John N. Johnson. .N. D. Bachman
707. Crittenden S. C . . Piedmont, S. C W. F. Lee C. B. Tarrant
708. J. R. R. Giles S. C. .Union, S. C A. H. Foster F. M. Farr
709. William E. Jones Va. .Abingdon, Va T. K. Trigg. .Maj. J. W. McBroom
711. John Percival Mo. .Waverly, Mo S. W. Brown. . . .Aldridge Corder
714. George B. Harper Mo. .Booneville, Mo Gen. Robert McCulloch
J. A. Howard
716. J. E. B. Stuart N. W. .Philipsburg, Mont. .
718. Gen. M. M. Parsons. . . .Mo. .Jefferson City, Mo. .Maj. Gen. Jas. B. Gantt
Thos. 0. Towled
720. Niemyer-Shaw Va. .Berkley, Va ....
722. Joe Johnston Tenn. . Maynardville, Tenn. Berry L. Donehue. . .A. L. Monroe
724. William S. Grimes Va. .Orange, Va
725 W. B. Tate Tenn. .Morristown, Tenn. .Brig. Gen. Robt. C. Crouch. . .
M. C. William^
726. Brown-Harman Va. .Tazewell, Va. ..... .A. J. Tynes N. W. Kiser
728. Platte County Mo . . Platte City, Mo T. B. George v
Lt. Col. B. F. Murdock
729. Capt. Thomas McCarty.Mo. .Liberty, Mo Brig. Gen. John Will Hall
L. G. Hopkinsj
730. George Doles Ga. .Milledgeville, Ga. . .Danl. B. Sanford. Andrew J. Miller
73l! St. Louis Mo. .St. Louis, Mo E. C. Robbins H. L Simmons|
733. John N. Edwards Mo. .Higginsville, Mo. . .Saml. Downing. John B. Santmyer
735. M. M. Parsons Mo. . Warrensburg, Mo. .W. P. Gibson D. P. Woodruff
737. Gen. D. M. Frost Mo. .Fulton, Mo H. H. Brown. . . .N. D. Thurmond
738 Hanging Rock S. C. .Kershaw, S. C Col. L. C. Hough B. N. Jones
739. Col. P. S. Senteney Mo. .Bowling Green, Mo. J. W. Adams. . .E. B. Omohundro
742. Col. Early A. Steen Mo. .Rolla, Mo. .
743. Kershaw S. C. .Pelzer, S. C
If
747! Franklin Buchanan . . .Md. .Baltimore, Md Col. Wm. M. Pegram.A. J. McKayj
748. Warthen Ga. . Sandersville, Ga. ...Geo. D. Warthen. . . .T. H. Sparks'
17
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
749. John McEnery La.
750. Lane-Diggs " Va .
751. Col. J. R. Woodside. . . .Mo.
752. Lafayette County .... Miss .
753. Stephen D. Lee S. C
756. Con. Assn. of Savannah . Ga .
Presley S. C .
Stonewall Va.
R. T. Davis Va.
Marietta Ga.
McHenry S. C
A. Burnett Rhett S. C
Arthur Manigault S. C
Fletcher Smith Ky.
Con. Vet. Assn. of Cal.Pac.
Stonewall Jackson .... Tex .
Pap Price Pac
Culpeper S. C
Geo. H. Steuart Md.
Maj. Kyle Blevins Tenn.
Hugh McCollum Ark.
Stonewall Jack.son Mo.
Walkup N. C.
Maj. John Jenkins S. C
Darlington S. C
Gen. Jas. H. McBride. .Mo.
John P. Tavlor Mo,
Col. L N. Hedgepeth...Mo.
Thomas Ruffin N. C
Guilford N. C
Ben Robertson Miss.
frOT. Surry County N. C
rns. West Feliciana La.
^00. Vinita Okla.
HEADQUARTERS.
.Columbia, La. . .
. Mathews, Va . . .
.Alton, Mo
.Oxford, Miss. . .
.Anderson, S. C. .
.Savannah, Ga. . ,
COMMANDER.
ADJUTANT.
. Kingstree, S. C . . .
.Portsmouth, Va. . .
, Eatonton, Ga
. Marietta, Ga
.Johnston, S. C. . . .
.Charleston, S. C. ..
.Georgetown, S. C.
, La Grange, Ky ....
.Los Angeles, Cal. .
. Mineral Wells, Tex
. Deming, N. Mex. .
. Timmonsville, S. C.
.Annapolis, Md. . . .
. Rogersville, Tenn..
.Camden, Ark
.Poplar Bluff, Mo. .
.Monroe, N. C
.Edisto Island, S. C
.Darlington, S. C. ..
.Houston, Mo
. Kennet, Mo
.Doniphan, Mo
. Goldsboro, N. C . . .
. Greensboro, N. C . .
.West Point. Miss. .
.Mt. Airy, N. C
. St. Franci.sville, La
.Vinita, Okla
.J. W. McGinnis. . .S. D. S. Walker
.A. H. Williams J. A. Weston
.J. J. Sitten B. Gurn
.J. L. Shinault G. H. Evans
.Joseph N. Brown L. P. Smith
.Lt. Col. D. B. Morgan
Jas. W. Mclntire
. H. H. Kinder Geo. J. Graham
. C. R. Warren . . . Thomas Shannon
John S. Raid Robert Young
.Gen. J. Gid. Morris. R. E. Lawhon
.J. D. Eidson T. G. Mobley
. Wm. Korber Wm. Mather
.J. H. Read G. F. S. Wright
.Col. B. L. Hoge
. .Maj. Gen. Wm. C. Harrison
.R. M. Oneal C. W. Webb
. E. H. Mathews.. A. H. Thompson
.J. F. Culpeper D. H. Traxler
'^03. George B. Eastin Ky. .Louisville, Ky
im. Wm. Richardson Va.
i06. Jackson Ga.
.Front Royal. Va.
. Brunswick, Ga . .
nn?.
ni.
IS.
, 19.
120.
!J21.
2.3.
25.
26.
30.
Cundiff Mo.
Jake Carpenter S. G.
Healy Claybrook Va.
Lamar-Gibson Ga.
S. M. Manning Ga.
Robert F. Webb N. C.
S. Ga. Con. Vet Ga.
P. M. B.Young Ga.
Walker Gaston S. C.
George McDuffie Ga.
Joseph D. Sayers Tex .
Jefferson Ga .
Richmond County. . . .N. C.
.St. Joseph, Mo
.Gaffney, S. C
Freeshade, Va ....
. Lincolnton. Ga. . . .
. Hawkinsville, Ga. .
.Durham, N. C
. Waycross, Ga
. Cartersville, Ga. . .
.Chester. S. C
.Thomson. Ga
.Smithville, Tex. . .
.Louisville, Ga. . . .
. Rockngham, N. C.
De Wolfe Miller, M. D
Frk. McCutchen
Brig. Gen. J. A. Reeves. S. B. Lide
Henry N. Phillips B. C. Jones
R. V. Houston J. F. Gordon
W. J. Whaley. . .Townsend Mikell
W. H. Crosswell W. E. James
P. H. Gettys E. K. Lyles
T. B. Bradley Collin Morgan
Thomas Mabrev Gus H. Rife
lohn H. Hill A. B. Hollowell
J. Y. Whitted W. W. Wood
T. M. Moseley
Brig. Gen. W. S. Coleman
J. R. Paddison B. V. Holcombe
W. B. Smith
B. G. Chandler
Lt. Col. F. J. Barrett
Lt. Gen. B. H. Young
Col. Andrew M. Sea
W. E. Grayson. . .R. M. Blakemore
J. T. Lambright
Br. Gen. W. B. Burroughs, M. D.
J. C. Landis L. H. Read
D. A. Thomas L M. Peeler
. R. E. Roberts
.A. C. Pipkin L L. Walker
.J. W. Hamilton. . .W. T. Redmond
.A. P. Perham R. P. Bird
.A. M. Foute J. J. Calhoun
.Wm. H. Hardin W. D. Knox
.H. McCorkle Robt. H. Pearce
.A. W. T. Hill Wm. Plummer
.W. A. Willis S. M. Clark
18
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
831. Up Hayes Mo. .Oak Grove, Mo B. F. Harding H. J. George
832. Paul J. Semmes Ga. . Fayetteville, Ga T. N. Farr •. . .T. M. Murphy
833. Walter R. Moore N. C. .Smithfield, N. C C. S. Powell J. D. Smith
835. McElhaney Va. .Lebanon, Va J. W. Bausell J. H. Sullivan
836. Flournoy .... Mo . . Linneus, Mo Edw. Barton I. P. Bradley
837. A. P. Hill Va. .Petersburg, Va Shelton Chieves R. M. Bidgood
840. Harllee S. C. .Dillon, S. C A. K. Parham Elihu Muldrow
841. Samuel Corley Ark. .Helena, Ark Greenfield Quarles. ...C. N. Biscoe
843. Jeff Davis Ark. .McCrory, Ark John Shearer. . .Col. R. T. Martin
846. Anson N. C. .Wadesboro, N. C. . . W. A. Smith J. M. Little'
848. Pink Welch N. C. . Waynesville, N. C. .Lt. Col. W. W. Stringfield. . .
A. C. Cagle
851. Ben McCulloch Tex. .Wolfe City, Tex R. W. Rymer.Maj. W. E. Fleming
852. Fayetteville N. C. .Fayetteville, N. C. .E. W. Nollev A. A. McKethan
853. Mike Foster W. Va. .Union, W. Va R. A. Hall J. D. McCartney
856. David S. Creigh. . . .W. Va. .Lewisburg, W. Va. .Saml. Austin. . . .John A. Preston
857. Pendleton W. Va. .Franklin, W. Va. ...Geo. W. Hammer S. P. Priest
858. Mercer County W. Va. .Bluefield, W. Va Robt. H. Bailey G. A. Harris
859. El Dorado Mo. .El Dorado Spgs.Mo
860. S. B. Maxey Tex. .Matador, Tex P. A. Cribbs J. M. Campbell
862. James Mcintosh Ark. .Lonoke, Ark Lt. Col. P. H. Wheat, Sr
J. C. Boyd
863. Sidney Johnston Ark. .Batesville, Ai-k J. P. Coffin R. P. Weaver
864. Stonewall Jackson . . .Ark. .Altus, Ark W. D. Rodman W. H. Wilson
874. Gen. Jos. H. Lewis. . . .Ky. .Glasgow, Ky Thos. G. Page William Wood
876. Jenkins W. Va..Parkersburg, W. Va.C. C. Martin J. R. Meehari
878. Stonewall Jackson. .W. Va. .Charleston, W. Va. .J. W. Vickers J. F. Wilcox
879. Stonewall Jackson. .W. Va. .Beverly, W. Va Wm. H. Wilson. . .S. N. Bosworth
880. Houston County Ga. .Perry, Ga C. C. Duncan J. D. Martin
881. James Breathed Va. .Pulaski City, Va. .,
882. Thomas W. Napier Ky. .Stanford, Ky
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I"
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884. E. Kirby Smith Tenn. .Tracy City, Tenn. . .A. D. Hargis T. F. Conick
885. Denison Tex. .Denison, Tex A. W. Mixon A. B. Gardnei|
886. Yates Miss. .Philadelphia, Miss..E. D. Gambling Owen Moor€
887. R. E. Lee W. Va. .Charleston, W. Va. . Jas. Z. McChesnev.M. W. Venable
889. -Jefferies S. C. .Etta Jane, S. C G. W. McKouti L L. Straiii
890. John Sutherland . . . .Tenn. .Ripley, Tenn G. J. Hutcherson. . .A. J. Meadows
891. Smith Ga. .Dubhn, Ga Brig. Gen. Hardy Smtih
Lt. Col. Jas. A. Thoma?
892. Alb. Sidney Johnston . Tenn . .Martin, Tenn J. L Wilkes E. C. Lyor
894. Law.son-Bell Va. .Lancaster, Va Col. J. C. Ewell. . . .T. A. Pinckarc
896. Morrall S. C. .Meyers Mill, S. C. . .J. H. Lafitte J. A. Meyei,
897. Sam Checote Okla. .Muscogee, Okla J. A. Spalding. .Gayther G. Tysor 2
898. W. A. Jonnson Ala. .Tuscumbia, Ala. . . .Joe N. Thompson. . . .E. C. Downs
902. Garnett W. Va. .Huntington, W. Va..J. H. Cammack J. N. Pott^ ,,,
903. J. F. Fagan Ark. .Barren Fork, Ark. .L. F. Johnson J. M. Hil 1
906. Col. R. M. Russell Tenn. .Trenton, Tenn W. 0. Gordon J. R. Danc^ .'■
907. Shriver Grays W. Va. .Wheeling, W. Va. . .Gen. Robt. White. .L C. McMahoi '
908. John W. Rowan Va. .CharlesTown,W.Va. Julius C. Holmes J
Col. C. Frank Gallahel : ;
911. Meadville Miss. .Meadville, Miss. ...J. L. Calcote E. C. Adamij ^
912. Surgeon John Cravens. Mo. .Gallatin, Mo Independence Mann...N. A. Bakei 'J',
915. Joseph E. Johnston. .Tenn. .Alamo, Tenn H. C. Winburn D. B. Dodsorl *
916. Paul Anderson Ark. .Marianna, Ark. . . .J. S. Baker A. S. Rodgen
917. Frank Ragsdale ... .Tenn. .Manchester, Tenn. .
918. 0. A. Lee Ga. .Baxley, Ga L. W. Baxle;
19
NAME OF CAMP.
DIVISION.
980. Westmoreland Va. .Hague, Va.
NO,
)19. D. Waller Chenault Ky.
•21. C. W. Boyd S. C.
123. J. W. Gillespie Tenn.
125. W. H. T. Walker Ga.
»jO. Savage-Hacket Tenn.
t.]2. R. S. Owens S. C.
'.;3. Bill Green Tenn.
t.!4. John M. Lillard Tenn.
i:;6. Warren McDonald. . .Tenn.
939. Gen. James Connor. . .S. C.
940. Sam Davis Ky
941. S. G. Shepard Tenn.
942. E. C. Leech Miss.
943. N. B. Forrest Miss.
946. Ben McCulloch Tex.
947. Charles L. Robinson. .N. C.
949. Moffet-Poage W. Va.
950. Winnie Davis S. C.
951. A. P. Hill Va.
9.52. Col. John T. Jones. . .N. C.
953. Transvlvania County. N.C.
958. Eufaula Ala.
959. Dade County Ga.
9G2. Adairsville Ga.
963. Con fed. Vets Va.
964. Johnson Countv Ga.
965. Llovd Tilghman Kv.
966. Clavton Ala.
971. Wm. M. Slaughter Ga.
972. Greenfield Tenn'.
974. Humboldt Tenn.
975. Joe Shelbv Okla.
976. Cabell Okla.
977. B. T. Embrv Ark.
HEADQUARTERS.
. Richmond, Ky
. Jonesville, S. C. . . .
. Dayton, Tenn
.Atlanta, Ga
. McMinnville, Tenn. .
.Clinton, S. C
.Dickson, Tenn
. Decatur, Tenn
.Union City, Tenn...
. Batesburg, S. C . . . .
.Marion, Ky
.Lebanon, Tenn
.Columbus, Miss. . . .
.Cedar Bluff, Miss...
.Dripping Spgs., Tex.
.Franklin, N.C
.Marlinton, W. Va. .
.Chesterfield, S.C. ..
. Culpeper, Va
.Lenoir, N. C
.Brevard, N. C
.Eufaula, Ala
.Trenton, Ga
.Adair.sville, Ga
. Martinsburg.W. Va.
.Wrightsville. Ga. ..
.Cadiz. Ky
. Blockton, Ala
. Albany,. Ga
.Greenfield, Tenn. .
.Humboldt, Tenn. ..
. Chickasha. Okla. .
. Shawnee. Okla . . ." .
. Russelville. Ark. ..
COMMANDER.
ADJUTANT.
W. H. S. Harris.
V. C. Allen
Julius H. Cook. . .
J. C. Biles
W. A. Shands, M.
R. J. Work......
J. D. Blevins
W. B. Sowell ....
W. X. Gunter . . . .
. ...W. T. Ward
....W. G. Allen
. . . W. P. Archer
, . W. C. Womack
D..W. D. Watts
. ...J. M. Talley
...J. P. Blevins
. ..R. W. Powell
. ..W. P. Cullum
A. K. Miller...
E. M. Franks. .
A. P. Waddell . .
M. L. Reed
W. R. Stallcup.
. ..R. P. McClain
. . . E. H. Gorgan
A. S. Fields
.W. T. Chapman
. . . . W. A. Curtis
W. J. Hanna W. D. Craig
H. C. Burrows W. P. Hill
P. J. Johnson Edmund Jones
J. M. Hamlin Jno. M. Kern
S. H. Dent A. A. Curie
T. J. Lumpkin Lee Pope
J. P. Kenman R. D. Combs
981. J. B. Ward Kv.
983. C. A. Evans Ga.
984. Henrv L. Wvatt N. C
987. -.Jeff Thompson Tenn .
988. Reinhardt Ark.
989. C. S. Winder Md.
990. Jim Pirtle Ky.
991. Van H. Manning Ark.
995. Joe .Johnston Ark.
998. John A. Jenkins Tenn.
999. New Hope Ga.
1001. J. E. B. Stuart Va.
1003. Henrv M. Ashbv Kv.
1006. Cor. tallev Simpson.. .8. C.
1008. Adam Johnson Ky.
1011. Stojiewall Jackson. .Okla.
1013. Geo. 0. Dawson Ga.
1014. Benton Countv Tenn.
.Hickman, Ky
.Lumpkin. Ga. . . .
.Henderson. N. C.
. Sharon, Tenn ....
Des Arc, Ark
Easton. Md
Fulton, Kv
• Malvern, Ark. ». . .
. Jonesboro, Ark. . .
.Dresden, Tenn. . . .
. Dallas. Ga
. Berryville, Va . . . .
. Middlesboro, Ky. .
.Pendleton. S. C. .
. Morganfield, Kv. . .
. Perry. Okla
. Greensboro, Ga . . .
■ Camden, Tenn. . . .
J. T. Snell J. L. Martin
H. C. Vin.son John H. Caldwell
T. C. Wallace Geo. Hagin
J. A. Rumney. . . .B. F. Brimberrv
Thos. Campbell Thos. B. Lane
W. H. Harris G. B. Stone
G. G. Buchanan —
E. E. Flippen T. B. Hogg
Brig. Gen. M. H. Baird
S. A. Henrv
Brig. Gen. M. M. Walker. M. D.
Jno. W. C. Davis
Thomas Dillon, Sr..A. M. DeBow
.E. P. Pearson J. T. Harrison
J. T. B. Hoover. .Thos. B. Parham
.J. M. Glass G. M. Terrv
John R. .Johnson T. C. Ballowe
Gen. Oswald Tilghman
L. W. Trail
W. C. Croft R. A. Browder
.S. H. Emerson W. H. Cooper
M. A. Adair D. L. Thompson
Col. E. E. Tansil. . J. R. Little
Jno. C. Rutherfttrd. .W. T. Milton
J. C. Stribling W. M. Gibson
F. M. Sparks Wm. Frazier
W. H. Primrose
A. H. Smith CM. King
H. F. Stigall A. E. Swindle
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1015. Arnold Elzey Md. .Bammore, Md J. F. Zimmerman. . .A. J. Wicklitte
1019. Bovd Hutchison Tenn. .Springfield, Tenn. . J. M. Martin R. K. Hicks
1020. Woody B. Taylor. . .Tenn. .LjTichburg, Tenn. . H. B. Morgan J. N. Tajior
1022. William Terry Va. .Wytheville, Va J. J. A. Powell. . .E. H. Winberger
1025. Isaac R. Trimble Md. .Baltimore, Md Maj. W. M. Gary
Luther W. Hopkins
1027. Pat Cleburne Ark. .Harrisburg, Ark. . .E. Couch L. E. Stancell
1030. Sterling Price. . . . Pacific. .Fresno, Cal Gen. E. D. Edwards
J. W. Dumas
1031. John F. Hill Ark. .Clarksville, Ark .J. M. Johnson D. N. Clark
1032. John Mcintosh Kell. . .Ga. .Darien, Ga Wm. H. Atwood
Wm. McW. Young
1035. Perry County Tenn. .Linden, Tenn Wm. Curl W. H. Lancaster
1036. James Adams ArK. .Austin, Ark J. D. Starritt T. J. Young
1040. Richard Robertson. ..S. C. .Rapley, S. C R. J. Stoddard
1042. John S. Hoffman. . W. Va. .Green Bank, W. Va. Wm. H. Hull J. 0. Beard
1043. Decatur County Ga. .Bainbridge, Ga. . . . Col. John E. Donalson
Maj. A. S. McBride
1044. John M. Stemmons. . .Mo. .Greenfield, Mo Lewis Renfro. . . .Col. B. M. Neale
1045. Cleveland N." C . . Shelby, N. C T. D. Lattimore S. A. Hoey
1048. Stonewall Tex. .Aspermont, Tex M. V. Guest T. C. Hoy
1049. Barrett Ky. .Carrollton, Ky H. H. Adcock J. G. Ginn
1050. Alex. Stephens Ga. .Crawfordville, Ga. .S. J. Flynt Jesse A. Woodall
1053. Carv Whitaker N. C. .Enfield, N. C John A. Collins, M. D
F. C. Pittman
1055. R. E. Lee Ga. .Monroe, Ga Maj. J. M. Gresham
Lt. Col. J. M. Turner
1056. Sam Davis Tex. .Rogers Prairie, Tex.. D. L. Palmer J. T. Rosco
1059. George W. Murphy. .Ark. .Sheridan, Ark \v. J. Nixon Sam R. Cobb
1064. Wade Hampton S. C. .McCormick, S. C. . .R. J. Robinson T. A. Boxx
1070. Putsey Williams S. C. .Cross Hill, S. C. . . G. M. Hanna S. W. Lowe
1072. Gen. Clanton Ala. .Brewton, Ala Maj. W. S. Neal. . . . J. M. Davison
1074. Ponchatoula La. . Pdnchatoula, La. . . W. A. Chambers. .Col. T. J. Butler
1076. Valdosta Ga. .Valdosta, Ga C. Oakman
1078. Chas. W. McArthur. . .Ga. .Alamo, Ga A. C. McLennan
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1080. Chas. Wickhfl^e Ky. .Wickliffe, Ky T. C. Faulkner Geo. B. Wilds
1082. Edward F. Bookter. .S. C. .Pleasant, S. C W. P. Habird L. T. Locklin
1083. Screven Countv Ga. .Sylvania. Ga J. C. Overstreet J. W. Bryan
1084. John White N. C. .Warrenton, N. C. . .W. B. Fleming P. H. Allen
1085. Wm. M. Mcintosh Ga. .Elberton, Ga Maj. E. B. Tate. . . . .J. F. Stilwell
1087. W. J. Hardee Ga. .Warrenton, Ga W. H. Shelton P. M. Hill
1089. Sam Davis Tex. .Milford, Tex C. P. Hoskins H. N. C. Davis
1090. George T. Ward Fla. .Williston, Fla
1093. Hammond La. .Hammond, La W. W. Bankston. . . . J. W. Skinner
1095. Col. W. T. Black Ga. .Ellaville, Ga A. Allen E. S. Baldwin
1100. Albt. Sid. Johnston.. Tenn. .Shiloh, Tenn J. W. Irwin R. W. Michie
1101. Gordon County Ga. .Calhoun, Ga Maj. W. R. Rankin. .R. F. Patman
1102. Washington Artillery.S. C. .Charleston, S. C. . . Richard F. Morris. . .A. W. Riecke
1103. Harrison S. C. .Hampton, S. C Gen. James W. Moore
• W. H. Dowling
1105. Stonewall Ga. .Flowery Branch, Ga.T. S. Shankles F. C. Jones
1107. 0. M. Dantzler S. C. .St. Matthews, S. C.
1109. Dooly County Ga. .Vienna. Ga L. W. Mobley B. M. Wood
1110. Bradley T. Johnson. . .Md. .Leonardtown, Md
1111. Fr'klin Par. Sharpsh...La. .Winnsboro, La. . . . E. M. Hicks John M. King
1114. John L. Barnett Ga. .Jackson, Ga L. D. Watson C. S. Maddoxl
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1116. Paul Hatch Fla. .Mayo, Fla '. . .D. G. Geigger W. C. Johnson
1118. D. G. Candler Ga. .Homer, Ga M. L. McDonald J. C. Allan
1121. Rice E. Graves Ky. .Owensboro, Ky. . . . Col. Henry Moorman
Hillerv F. Cooms
1122. Quitman Ga. .Forsyth, Ga S. D. Mobley James R. Hill
1125. Harrison Ga. .Jesup, Ga
1126. Loring Fla. .Tampa, Fla B. F. Tavlor J. J. Head
1130. Irwin County Ga. .Ocilla, Ga Danl. Tucker W. I. Phillips
1135. Mangum Okla. .Mangum, Okla A. M. Hart Jarrett Todd
1138. Edward S. Willis Ga. .Gray, Ga J. R. Chiles John F. Chiles
1139. Sam Johnston Ala. .Tuskegee, Ala T. Y. Conner. . .John H. Alexander
1141. Fitzhugh Lee Ark. .Ozark, Ark
1142. Gen. F. T. Nicholls. . .La. .Napoleonville, La. . Thomas Loftus E. L. Monnot
1144. S. H. Powe Miss. .Waynesboro, Miss. L. R. Gunn W. S. Davis
1148. Joe Brown Tenn. .Covington, Tenn. . . John A. Crofford
1149. Bill Harris Ga. .Poulan, Ga P. Pelham J. D. Martin
1151. Buchanan Ga. .Buchanan, Ga A. J. Hunt M. W. White
1156. Davis-Le^-Dickenson.N. C. .Rutherfordton, N.C.J. Y. McEntyre. . . Wm. T. Wilkins
1159. Heard County Ga. .Franklin, Ga Wm. S. Echols
Maj. Frank S. Loftin
1161. Coweta Ga,. .Newnan, Ga John B. Goodwyn
Geo. H. Carmical
1162. New Bern N. C. .New Bern. N. C J. J. Wolfenden. . .James F. Clark
1164. Albt. Sid. Johnston. .Miss. .Corinth, Miss T. K. Young J. P. Collier
1166. N. B. Forrest Okla. .Durant, Okla G. W. Mitchel Z. T. Serner
1167. Fred S. Ferguson Ala. .Pratt City, Ala A. W. Key P. J. Powell
1169. Sam Davis Te.x. .Rockdale, Tex E. E. Smith R. S. Wilson
1170. Jackson County Miss. .Pascagoula, Miss. . Ma.i. P. K. Mayers
S. R. Thompson
1171. G. G. Dibrell Tenn. .DarkevSpgs.,Tenn..S. V. McManus J. L. Quarles
1175. Dixie S. C. .Lancaster, S. C W. Q. Caskey
W. T. Van Landingham
1180. Thomas H. Wood Miss. .DeKalb, Mi.-^s John L. Hunnicut J. W. Smith
1181. Ohio Kv. .Columbus, Ohio Thos. P. Shields J. H. Levy
•1182. Pickett-Buchanan Va. .Norfolk, Va Oliver H. Perry T. B. Jackson
■1184. William Gamble N. C. .Gastonia, N. C J. P. Stowe
•1185. S. E. Hunter La. .Clinton, La Gen. G. H. Packwood
J. A. White, Jr.
189. Eutaw S. C. .Hollv Hill, S. C John \. Breland..W. L. Stoutamire
191. Chas. Broadway Russ.Md. .Washington, D. C. .Col. S. E. Lewis, M. D
Arthur N. Marr
192. Elloree S. C. .Elloree, S. C Fred J. Gates
M. J. D. Dantzler, M. D.
194. Neff-Rice Va. .New Market, Va. . .Maj. Christian Shirley
J. L. Schaeffer
196. Wallace S. C. .Woodruff. S. C J. W. Westmoreland. .J. B. Bragg
197. Statham-Farrell Mi.ss. .Winona, Miss M. H. Allen J. C. Wadsworth
198. John H. Morgan Tex. .San Diego, Cal Brig. Gen. H. G. Gwyn
Fergus P. Ferris
200. Lee-.Jackson Va. .Lexington, Va W. C. Stuart T. M. Wade
201. Hi Bledsoe Pacific. .Santa Anna. Cal. . .J. A. Willson
202. Hutto Ala. .Jasper, Ala Lieut. Col. T. P. Lamkin
Richard T. Knight
203. "Tige" Anderson Fla. .Miama, Fla
205. Beauregard Pacific. .Denver, Colo Benj. Honnett Henrv Apple
206. Jones N. C. .Roxboro, N. C Col. J. A. Long A. R. Foushee
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1209. Magruder Va. .Newport News, Va.Maryus Jones. . .Capt. G. W. Nelms
1210. P. G. Breckenridge. . ..Va. .Buchanan, Va G. W. Breckenridge
C. T. Hazlewood
1213. John A. Hudson Tex. .Cundiff, Tex W. B. Johnson G. P. Whitaker
1214. Franklin Buchanan. . .Fla. .Key West, Fla Col. J. V. Harris, M. D
1218. Cabell-Graves Va. . Danville, Va Harry Wooding R. A. Walters
1220. Francis Cockrell Mo. .Lebanon, Mo F. M. McChain. .George T. Aycock
1222. Bavboro S. C. .Bayboro, S. C Joseph Fowler. . .George Grainger
1224. Nathan Parker Ky. .Bedford, Ky W. B. May Wesley Rowlett
1227. J. S. Cone Ga. .Statesboro, Ga S. J. Williams Jacob Rocker
1228. Col. Ed. Crossland Ky. .Clinton, Ky John R. Kemp Dan Singletary
1231. Hankins Ark. .Lockesburg, Ark. . . John M. White T. J. King
1232. New Roads La. .New Roads, La. . . .Maj. L. B. Claiborne
Auguste Pourcian
1233. Col. E. S. Griffin Ga. .Big Sandy, Ga James Leshe J. H. Jessup
1234. J. C. Davis Miss. .Utica, Miss J. M. Dowling
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1240. Upshur County Tex. .Gilmer, Tex J. M. Marshall
1243. W. C. Preston Tenn. .Alexandria, Tenn. .J. F. McNabb F. L. Foutch
1244. Winnie Davis Pacific. .Safford, Ariz Wm. C. Neese T. T. Hunter
1246. Robt. J. Breckenridge..Ky. .Danville, Ky J. M. Vanmeter. . . J. H. Baughman
1248. Henrv L. Wyatt N. C. .Bavboro, N. C G. S. Atmore, M. D. . . .W. T. Caho
1249. Mayfi'eld Ky. .Mayfield, Ky T. J. Elmore W. A. Hendley
1251. Bedford Forrest Tex. . Arhngton, Tex T. B. Collins J. C. Herndon
1255. Samuel J. Gholson. . .Miss . .Aberdeen, Miss J. W. Howard J. W. Eckford
1256. Lee Sherrell Ky. .Bardwell, Ky J. F. Moore T. A. Cross
1258. John H. Cecil Ky. .Lebanon, Ky B. J. Lancaster. .Ben. F. Bowmai^
1259. H. B. Lyon Ky. .Murray, Ky J. N. WilHams W. 0. Weai^
1260. Ben Hardin Helm Ky. . Lawrenceburg, Ky J. W. Speer, M. D
James S. Coke, SrJ
1262. Thomas H. Hunt Kv. .Cynthiana, Ky J. Wm. Boyd
1263. Gen. Jno. S. Williams...Ky. .Grayson, Ky W. D. Malone
1264. Jesse S. Barnes N. C. .Wilson, N. C J. C. Hadley B. F. BriggSll
1265. Gen. Dick 'laylor Tex. .Jefferson, Tex G. W. L. Dawson 3;,
Maj. Geo. T. Todd :J8,
1266. James H. Berry Ark. .Springdale, Ai'k. . . Geo. A. Graves. . . . J. H. Amackei ji)
1267. Jefferson Davis Ky. .Elkton, Ky R. B. Kendall J. C. Malon^i,
1270. Co. A, Wheeler's Con.
Cavalry Ga. .Atlanta, Ga Col. John S. Prather.
Geo. A. WebsteAj,
1271. Thornton W. Va. .Summersville.W.VaGeo. A. Thorne. . .Robt. A. Kincai(^ j"
1272. Chas. J. Batchelor La. . Williamsport, La. . . Henry Malbins...Maj. W. W. Main^
1273. Nimrod Triplett N. C. .Boone, N. C E. J. Norris W. W. Presnelj
1275. Bill Johnston N. C. .Weldon, N. C A. R. Zollicoffer, M. D.
H. S. S. Coopeii 51
1277. Maurice T. Smith. . .N. C. .Oxford, N. C
1278. Oscar R. Rand N. C. .Holly Springs N.C.Col. G. B. Alford..B. S. Utley, M. D,
1280. Sam Davis Tex. .Los Angeles, Cal. . . W. E. Sloan T. W. T. Richards
1281. Forrest Ark. .Magazine, Ark. . . . J. F. Potts
1283. Private Ike Stone. . .Tenn. .Henderson, Tenn. . J. B. Day A. A. Middletoi
1284. Fitzgerald Tenn. .Paris, Tenn Fitzgerald Williams. ..W. D. Morrii
1285. Daniel H. Reynolds. .Ark. .Lake Village, Ark. .C. W. Sanders J. R. Spragins
1287. James W. Moss Kv. .Arlington, Ky John R. Owen, M. D. . . .R. Portej (>
1288. Stonewall Jackson. .Okla. .Pontotoc, Okla J. C. Gates W. F. Elkin?
1289. M. J. Ferguson W. Va. .Hurricane, W. Va. .J. J. Estes M. McCluns
1290. James Newton Ark. .EI Dorado, Ark. . . .
1298. Pres. Jefferson Davis. .Ark. .Kingsland, Ark. . . .W. B. Seymore J. W. Thoma;
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1294. J. T. Stuart Ark. .Van Buren, Ark. . . D. W. Brodie Chas. T. Ward
12!)5. Gen. Jno. S. Williams.. Ky. .Winchester, Ky E. G. Baxter R. R. Scobee
12!t9. Gen. Geo. Moorman. .Tex. .Hearne, Tex I. C. Brovra R. H. Martin
1301. E. C. Walthall Miss. .Coffeeville, Miss. . .J. L. Collins J. W. Brown
1302. Alfred Rowland N. C. .Rowland, N. C N. T. McLean Wm. H. Graham
1304. Henrv M. Shaw N. C. .Currituck, N. C T. P. Hall J. B. Lee
130.5. Sterling Price Ark. .Black Rock, Ark. . J. B. Judkins M. G. Wilson
1307. Karnes County Tex. .Karnes City, Tex. .L. C. Tobin W. C. Smith
1308. James A. Jackson. . .Ark. .Monticello, Ark. . . . J. H. Shipman
Brig. Gen. W. A. Brown, M. D.
1309. James Norris Ark. .Hamburg, Ark T. W. Ramsey W. E. Kittrell
1310. J. Z. George Miss. .Carthage, Miss D. F. Cadenhead N. E. Walker
1311. Oktibbeha Miss. .Starkvilie, Miss J. L. Crigler H. T. Saunders
1313. A. P. Hill Tex. .Angleton, Tex Walter Kennedy. .Thos. E. Douthit
1314. R. E. Lee Tex. .Jacksboro, Tex J. W. Dodson W. V. Allen
1316. Marion Cogbill ^rk. .Wynne, Ark John Graham W. H. Cogbill
1319. Jasper County Miss. .Heidelberg, Miss. . .M. G. Turner M. A. Ryan
1321. Hugh R. Miller Miss. .Pontotoc, Miss T. F. Herron 0. C. Carr
1322. Mar.shall B. Jones. . .Miss. .Batesville, Miss C. B. Vance A. T. Bobo
L323. Granbury Tex. .Temple, Tex J. J. Adams W. D. Shaw
132.5. Bob Lowry Miss. .Mt. Olive, Miss Jas. G. Cherry J. H. Riley
[326. Noxubee County. . . .Miss. .Macon, Miss H. A. Minor W .H. Holman
1327. D. T. Beall Miss. .Rienzi. Mi.ss Jesse T. Cheves L E. Miller
1328. Mcintosh Ark. .Mulberrv, Ark Thomas B. Remy Joe M. Scott
1329. 0. F. Strahl Tenn. .Chewalla, Tenn. . . . W. R. Ramer, M. D
T. J. Hurly, Sr.
L330. John H. Morgan Ga. .Harmony Grove, Ga. Brig. Gen. T. A. Little
George L. Carson, Sr.
.331. Lamar Fontaine. . . .Mi.ss. .Lvon, Miss Col. Lamar Fontaine.. W. E. Dickey
335. A. Buford Ky. .Wingo. Kv J. T. Daughadav
B. P. Willingham
.336. Capt. D. M. Logan Kv. .Lancaster, Ky Joe H. Arnold R. R. Denton
337. Pat Cleburne Tex. .Hico, Tex Ben Randals A. L. Maxwell
.338. Jonathan B. Evans. . .Va. . Blacksburg, Va. . . . Bvrd .Ander.son. . .C. R. Woolwine
.340. Jas. W. Fulkerson. .Tenn. .Tazewell, Tenn John Nunn B. F. Schultz
341. John M. Stephen Tex. .Stephenville. Tex. . A. L. Murphv McD. Reii
343. J. B. Hood Ark. .Piggott, Ark D. A. Stanfield J. W. Johnson
344. Shclbv Countv Tex. .Center, Tex I. W. Webb Jos. F. Wills
345. Bedford Forrest Okla. . Weatherford, Okla.Thos. Sparks W. G. Houtgrave
347. Bob McKinley Ala. .East Lake, Ala. . . . Thos. L. Moore.. .Robt. N. McKinlev
348. W. L. Cabell Okla. .Wagoner, Okla John B. Cook D. W. McGuire
349. Alonzo Napier Tenn. .Waverlv, Tenn W. L Whit« D. H. Goodrich
350. Wichita Conf. Assn. .Okla. .Wichita. Kan R. T. Bean John H. Shields
351. Johnston-Edwards. . . Ky. .Benton. Kv C. M. Green J. P. Brian
352. J. W. Harris Ala. .Russellville, Ala. . . W. R. Petrie. .W. H. Austin, Actg.
353. Judah P. Beniamin. .Tex. .Kaufman, Tex E. S. Pipes Dan Coffman
354. Cleburne Ala, .Hartford. Ala W. B. Kirkland J. K. Yeoman
35.5. Hamilton Mavson. . .Miss. .Columbia, Miss Z. S. Goss, M. D..W. T. Willoughby
356. Phil. Lee Kv. .Shepherdsville,Ky...
360. "Pap" Price Pacific. .Colusa, Cal Mai. John B. Moore
W. T. Beville
362. Preston Smith Tenn. .Lavinia, Tenn J. P. Adams J. W. Williams
363. Rob McCulloch N. W. . Spokane. Wash
365. A. P. Hill Tex. .Burleson. Tex J. C. Shannon J. A. Roberts
367. Horace Randal Tex. .Pittsburg. Tex J. C. Porter R. F. Lewis
368. Bourbon Ky . . Paris, Ky Russell Mann
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1369. Stanley N. C. .Albemarle, N. C. . .M. E. Blalack J. S. Ewinj;
1370. Emmett McDonald. .N. W. .Missoula, Mont L. M. Davis Glover Gough
1371. Joe Shelbv N. W. .Hamilton, Mont. . . . —■
1372. Tom Smith Va. .Suffolk, Va H. E. Smith Maj. R. S. Boykin
1374. Bill Scurry Tex. . Snyder, Tex Geo. W. Johnson J. W. Shaw
1376. D. L. Killgore Ark. .Magnolia, Ark C. M. Fomby
1377. Roger Hanson N. W. .Anaconda, Mont. . .N. S. Snyder. . .Harvey S. Showers
1378. Sterling Price N. W. .Bozeman, Mont Brig. Gen. W. H. H. Ellis
White Calfee
1379. R. E. Lee N. W. .Butte, Mont
1382. Jeff Falkner Ala. .Montgomery, Ala. .Col. John Purifoy. .W. B. Whiting
1383. Sam Lanham Tex. .Clarendon, Tex R. S. Kimberlin W. G. Smith
1384. Gen. Marmaduke. . .N. W. .Livingston, Mont. . W. F. Kirby J. R. Hathorn
1385. Stonewall Jackson. .N. W. .Townsend, Mont. . .J. R. Wine J. R. Belcher
1386. Robert E. Lee Tex. .Royse City, Tex. . . J. T. Murphy J. T. Fitzpatrick
1387. Bedford Forrest Ala. .Woodlawn, Ala Wm. H. Reynolds C. C. Stamps
1388. General Parsons. . .N. W. . Twin Bridges, Mont. N. B. Christianson W. M. Beal
1389. J. L. Fleming Ga. .Augusta, Ga W. H. Hendricks J. 0. Ulm
1390. N. B. Forrest N. W. .Helena, Mont Brig. Gen. George F. Ingram.
Shirley C. Ashby
1391. Hupp-Deverle Va. .Salem, Va W. Griffin A. H. Whitesell
1394. J. L. Power Miss. .Laurel, Miss J. D. Morgan F. Marshall
1395. Stonewall Jackson. . .Tex. .Springtown, Tex. . Jesse Roberts. .Frank B. Wharton
1396. Joe Savers Tex. .Stamford, Tex A. H. O'Keif G. W. Barr
1399. James Longstreet Tex. .Ennis, Tex R. W. Derden. . .d. D. Beauchamp
1400. Gen. Jno. B. Gordon..Tenn. .Johnson City, Tenn.W. A. Dickinson W. A. Kite
1404. Sutton Tex. .Port Lavacca, Tex. .C. D. W. McNeill.
1406. Albany Tex. .Albany, Tex D. G. Simpson J. M. Frierson
1408. R. M. Gano Okla. .Sulphur, Okla
1411. E. C. Walthall Tex. .Wellington, Tex. . . R. H. Cocke 0. W. Alexander
1412. Na.sh County N. C. .Rocky Mount, N. C. R. H. Ricks J. H. Thorpe
1414. Albert Pike Tex. .Keller, Tex T. A. Neace Richard Brown
1415. Harvey Walker Tenn .Lynnville, Tenn J. K. P. Blackburn . .T. G. McMahon
1416. Bath Va. .Warm Springs, Va.
1417. Altus Okla. . Altus, Okla L. T. Aiken Henry C. Gilliland
1419. Valverde Pacific. .Roswell, N. Mex R. P. Bean A. J. Welter
1423. Mammoth Cave Ky. .Cave City, Ky
1424. Joseph E. Johnston. . .Ala. .Tallassee, Ala J. M. Hethcox A. C. Justice
1428. Capt. E. S. Rugelev. .Tex. .Bay City, Tex John A. Jones
Lt. Col. Bat Smith, M. D.
1429. Co. D, 6th Tex. Inf. . .Tex .Matagorda, Tex John F. Holt E. J. Inglehart
1430. Fagan Ark. . Almvra, Ark E. B. Fitzhugh M. F. Pike
1431. Cooper Okla. .Caddo, Okla Brig. Gen. John M. Hall
A. E. Folsom
1432. Frank Cheatham Okla. .Iron Bridge, Okla. .M. W. Newman W. M. Sharp
1436. Joe Wheeler Ala. .Oneonta, Ala John S. DeLoche
Aquilla J. Ketchum
1438. Stonewall Fla. .Gainesville, Fla. . . .John A. Rosborough
John C. McGrew
1439. E. H. Leblanc Okla. .Checotah, Okla. . . . W. H. Russell W. B. Rogers
1442. Stanwaitie Okla. .Wilburton, Okla. ..A.J. Pepers Wm. G. Baird
1443. John W. Morton Tenn. .Milan, Tenn W. H. Coley E. N. Stone
1444. Joseph E. Johnston. .Tex. .Farmerville, Tex... John Murchison H. M. Rollins
1446. Giles Va. .Pearisburg, Va Wm. Woodyard F. G. Thrasher
1447. Wm. McKnight Tex. .Winsboro, Tex D. M. White J. D. Richardson
1448. Wynne Wpod Okla. .Wynne Wood, Okia.P. W. McCoy A. H. Jones
25
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
1449. W. C. Rice Okla.
1451. W. B. Plemons Tex.
14.5.5. Tige Anderson Ga.
1456. John B. Gordon N. W.
1458. Willis S. Roberts Ky.
1459. K. M. Van Zandt Tex.
14G0. Gen. H. D. Cla\i;on. . .Ala.
[11461. Col. John A. Green. . .Tex.
1462. Scales-Boyd N. C.
1463. Gen. Jno. H. Margon..Tex.
1465. Gen. Alfred Mouton. . .La.
1466. Henrv L. Giltner Ky.
1467. L. P. Thomas Ga.
1 1(;9. Robert McLain Miss.
1470. Sabine River Tex.
1-J71. George M. Emack Md.
Ii73. George W. Robinson. Ala.
1174. V. Y. Cook Ark.
1475. James H. Dunklin. . . .Ala.
1477. Macon Ga.
Gordon Ga.
Sam H. Gist Ala.
Alfred Iverson Fla.
Tandy Pryor Ky.
St. Helena La.
M. A. Oatis Miss.
Pat Cleburne Ala.
E. A. Perrv Fla.
Wni. J. Houston N. C.
B. Brooks Tex.
Zeigler S. C.
Forrest Tenn .
Pendleton Groves La
P. A. Haman Miss.
Stover Va.
Jefferson Davis Mis.3.
Thornton-Pickett Va.
Alcibiades DeBlanc. . . .La.
S. D. Fuller Ga.
Gen. Joe Wheeler... Tex.
Frank Phillips Fla.
Ivanhoe Va .
1509. J. E. B. Stuart Va.
11511. Stuart-Hairston Va.
512. Bill Adkins Ala.
.513. Sam Lanhani Tex.
514. .Joseph E. Finnegan. .Fla.
515. Goss-Grigsby Va.
i.516. Featherstone Miss.
.517. John C. Crabb Ga.
518. Ely M. Bruce Ky.
HEADQUAKTEKS.
.Marietta, Okla. . . .
. Amarillo, Tex. . . . ,
.Granger, Tex
.Atlanta, Ga
.Seattle, Wash
. Owenton, Ky
.Piano, Tex
. Enterprise, Ala . . .
.Dickens, Tex
.Reidsville, N. C. . .
.Justin, Tex
. Moreauville, La . . .
. Brooksville, Ky. . .
. Norcross, Ga
.Quitman, Miss. . . .
.Burkeville, Tex. . .
. Hyattsville, Md . . .
.Stockton, Ala
.Newark, Ark
.Greenville, Ala. . . .
.Macon, Ga
. rhomastnn, Ga. .
. Calera, Ala
, Ki-ssimmee, Fla.
• Covington. Ky. .
. Greensburg, La.
. Monticello. Miss.
COMMANDER.
ADJUTANT.
■J. A. Myers J. C. Ijams
W. M. Warren Sam J. Brown
.J. W. Posey. . . .W. L. McLaughlin
N. T. Gann. .Lt. Col. Jos. S. Alford
.A. K. Shay W. H. Collier
John M. Herndon...C. W. Threlkeld
T. F. Hanston W. H. Chaddick
, . .Y. M. Edwards
L. W. Davis
. P. H. Williamson
T. J. Walker
. . Henry G. Lewis
F. J. Carlisle.
W. C. Ballard...
.E. R. Harris
,T. R. Allen
Frank M. Pavey.
S. T. McElroy T. T. Key
.J. A. Fontaine J. P. May
E. L Kellie Wesley McKee
Maj. John F. Hickev
J. R. H. Deakins
.D. C. Byrne G. W. Burns
R. R. Reeves J .W. Barnett
. Ensley, Ala
. Palmetto, Fla
.Pearf^all, N. C
.Franklin, Tex
.Hodges, S. C
. Gleason, Tenn. . . .
.Pickering, La
.Learned, Miss. . . .
. Strasburg, Va ....
.Ellisville, Miss
. Farmville, Va ....
.St. Martinville, La
.Abbeville, Ga
. Cumby, Tex
. Graceville. Fla. . .
. Ivanhoe, Va
K. R. Moore, M. D
W. Lamar Williams
F. J. Reeves S. H. Brooks
R. 0. Camp John A. Campbell
J. M. Gardner W. R. Johnston
D. B. Bayless Benj. Ashbrook
Pierce PhilHps a. P. Richards
G. A. Teunisson, M. D
Thos. M. Beal
W. T. Davison W. J. Havis
S. B. Newton . . ,
M. A. Smith...,
John Kennedy.
L W. Phillips..
.D. W. Frisby.. .
P. A. Haman . . .
. Stuart, Va
.Martinsville, Va. .
.Good Water, Ala.
.Nevada, Tex
.Live Oak. Fla....
• Stony Point. Va. .
.Bay St. Louis Miss.
. Rockmart. Ga. . . .
. Fleming.sbui'g, Ky.
W. J. Boney
....H. P. Kellogg
C. A. Moore
J. H. Bandy
.Maj. C. K. Oakes
E. C. Gibbes
J. Stickley L. Hum
.T. J. Hardy J. F. Parker
Coi. S. W. Paulett B. M. Cox
Albert Martin L. C. Duchamp
.J. L. Bankston Geo. McLeod
.W. J. Branon R. R. Williams
J. T. Whitaker J. B. Hinson
.Col. M. W. Jewett, M. D
H. C. Thompson
C. W. Plasters H. C. Light
0. M. Allen John W. Carter
J. T. Brown. . . .W. H. Moon, M. D.
Roland Gooch B. A. Beader
.W. A. Tii^on J. S. Mikell
Col. Alvah Kase Lvnn L. Goss
W. A. Dill E. S. Drake
S. E. Smith G. W. Peacock
John W. Heflin M. M. Teagar
26
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT,
lol9. Finley Fla. . Westville, Fla W. M. Hawkins Daniel Gille
1521. Gaiiand-Rodels Va. .Lynchburg, Va. . . . Jos. L. Thompson. .Thos. C. Mille
1523. Garvin S. C. .Pickens, S. C W. B. Allgood J. B. Newberr;
1524. Rappahannock Va. .Washington, Va. . . J. B. Wood Chas. H. Dea
1527. Robt. M. McKinney. .N. C. .Louisbiirg, N. C. . . Henry C. Kearney. . . .
!1
1528. W. S. Thayer Fla. .Deland, Fla Wm. S. Thayer N. M. Bennet
1529. W. R. Stone La. .Tallulah, La Henry "^. Holmes... Maj. A. L. Slacl
1530. Erath Tex. .Thurber, Tex W. E. Sa\\Ter W. C. Read;
1533. Lewis Dowd Wyatt..N. C. .Tarboro, N. C E. D. Foxhall J. A. Davl
1534. Graybill Ga. .Tennille, Ga B. S. Boatright. . .M. G. Murchisoi
1535. Organ Church N. C. .Salisbury, N. C Geo. A. Barger A. Wiley Klut
1537. Oregon N. W. .Portland, Ore Lewis C. Garrigus
Col. Chas. E. Morgai
1539. Spivey Ga. .Broxton, Ga Geo. R. Briggs A. D. Burkt
1540. Terry Tex. .Kerrville, Tex J. W. Stone J. N. Boyd, M. D
1543. Lakeland Fla .Lakeland, Fla J. D. Allen C. L. Willoughbj
1544. Alfred H. Colquitt. . . Fla. .Madison, Fla Theodore Randell. . .A. Livingstor
1545. Wm. L. Byrd Okla .Ada, Okla W. H. Fisher.. .Lt. Col. Wm. L. Byro
1547. Lee County S. C. .Bishopville, S. C. . . E. F. Burrows.. ..H. S. Cunningham
1548. Plainview Tex. .Plainview, Tex. ... J. D. Smith. . . .John G. Hamiltor
1.549. M. W. Garv S. C. .Columbia, S. C John T. Gaston. . . Wm. J. Hornsbj
1550. John B. Gordon Okla. .Elk City, Okla W. P. Francis J. P. Clark(
1551. Gordon Memorial Ala. .Oxford, Ala J. J. Sims W. T. Dod(^
1553. Joseph E. Johnston. . .Ga. .Winder, Ga J. M. Tucker E. M. Mouldei
1554. Taylor County Ga. .Butler, Ga J. C. Butler A. S. Wallace
1555. James J. A. Barker. .Tex. .Jacksonville, Tex. . J. H. Lattimore. . . J. A. Templetor
1556. H. L. Buck S. C. .Conway, S. C Jeremiah Smith. . .George Hodges
1557. George W. Scott Fla. .Crawfordsville, Fla.R. Don McLeod. . . Wm. H. Walkei
1558. Ross Ruble Ark. . Belief onte. Ark W. H. Harrell Sid Aller
1559. Stonewall Jackson. . Okla, Wapanucka, Okla. . G. N. Powers A. W. Dumas
1560. Jesse Martin Okla. .Poteau, Okla B. F. Garrett James A. Fry
1561. Rosser-Giv.Dons Va. .Luray, Va R. S. Parks S. K. Wright
1562. Ashby Va. .Coincville, Va J. L. Hansberger J. M. Callis
1569. Hugh McGuire Va. .Lebanon Church, Va.S. R. Feely J. F. Booth
1571. Bassett Fla. .Norma, Fla Mose Tindell J. W. Stokes
1573. John B. Gordon Okla. .Lawton, Okla L. D. Settle Chas. G. Joy*
1574. Buck-Kitchin N. C. .Scotland Neck, N.C..W. F. Butterworth... Isaac H. Smith
1575. E. T. Stackhouse. . . S. C. .Latta, S. C W. B. Allen B. H. Myerd
1576. Scotland N. C. .Laurinburg, N. C. W. H. McLaurin..A. H. McLauchlii^
1577. Geo. E. Pickett N. W. .Tacoma, Wash John C. Weatherred ;
Jas. J. Anderson
1578. J. L Metts N. C. .Whiteville, N. C. . . A. F. Powell Joshua Smith
1579. L. B. Hall Ky. .Dixon, Ky ■
1581. Stonewall Jackson Ga. .Atlanta, Ga J. F. Kelly 1
1582. J. A. Weaver Tex. .Como, Tex J. R. Pickett Edw. C. Petty
1585. "Jeb" Stuart W. Va. . Fayetteville, W. Va.S. S. Dews J. H. Abbott
1587. Tolar S. C. .Loris, S. C S. W. Vaught. . Wm. Carter, Actgj
1588. T. N. Walls Tex. .Silverton, Tex. . ... .J. R. Wright E. T. Woodburn
1589. Tom Green Tex. .Lindale, Tex H. L. Tate W. P. Cannon
1590. Wm. F. Martin N. C. .ElizabetnCity.N.C.D. B. Bradford
John H. Burgess, Sr.
1591. Bartow Ala. .Dothan, Ala A. J. Smith J. J. Boyett
1593. Stonewall Jackson. . .Ark. .Huntsville, Ark. . . W. G. Holland C. K. Polk
1594. Dixie Fla. .Sneads, Fla W. B. Forman, M. D
A. J. Wooldridge
1596. W. J. Hoke N. C. .Lincolnton, N. C. . .A. C. Hartzoge J. A. Eppes
II
27
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1597. Columbia County. ... Ga. .Appling, Ga L. F. Kendrick
1598. J. J. Beeson Ala. . Pisgah, Ala C. 0. Steele Frank Jarnagin
1599. Alamo Okla. .EricK, Okla J. W. Simmons L. E. Ellis
1600. Joe Wheeler Okla. .Frederick, Okla R. A. Murrell W. J. Hargrove
1602. Gen. Pegram W. Va. .Valley Head, W. Va.G. W. Painter J. L. Coff
1603. David Pierson La. .Winnfield, La Geo. A. Kellv Will A. Strong
1604. Colquitt County Ga. .Moultrie, Ga J. S. Robinson A. S. Williford
1605. Hobart Okla. .Hobart, Okla W. L. York M. D. Davis
1606. Bedford Forrest. .Pacific. .Portales, N. Mex. . L. P. Glasscock R. Y. Gregg
1607. Nat H. Harris Miss. . Maversville, Miss. .Murrav Pevton... Marshall R. Smith
1608. Joe D. Harrison Tex. .Llano, Tex L. M. Deats E. H. Alexander
(1109. Bedford Forrest Tex. .Liberty Hill, Tex. .J. H. Faubion J. B. Ratliff
1610. Merri wether Ga. .Greenville, Ga A. J. Snelson S. F. Culpepper
'^611. Urquhart-Gillette Va. .Franklin, Va L. R. Edwards Capt. J.' P. Gay
(112. Jeff Davis Ga. .Hazlehurst, Ga. . . .D. B. Pennington
W. T. Christopher
613. Carraway Tex. .Hemphill, Tex H. C. Maund W. T. Arnold
614. Crisp County Ga. .Cordele, Ga W. M. Tomlinson
Capt. J. B. Smith
615. A. R. Witt Ark. .Heber, Ark T. J. Andrews W. C. Watkins
616. Chas. Seton Fleming. .Fla. .Green Cove Spring.<^ C. T. Burford A. A. Allen
17. J. J. Dickison Fla. .Starke, Fla W. T. Weeks. . .Wm. F. Malphurs
\R. Eliot Muse Ala. .Lafavette, Ala G. H. Chatfield J. B. Barrow
I!). Robt. Eminet Rodes. .Ala. .Eclectic. Ala. . . T. J. McDonald A. T. Jackson
■Zi). Callcote-Wrenn Va. .Isle of Wight, Va. .J. W. Jordon . .E. E. Edwards, Sr.
21. David Coleman N. C. .Painter, N. C J. W. Shelton R. H. Brown
622. Ebeneeser Ala. .Stanton, Ala Geo. B. Reed Chas. W. Gregg
624. A. E. Steen Ark. .Fort Smith, Ark. . . D. S. Patrick
625. Jos. E. Johnston Ala. .McKenzie, Ala. . . . A. J. Hall James Alexander
626. W. T. Wofford Ga. .Clarksville, Ga Jas. P. Phillips Jos. B. Erwin
627. Oglethorpe County. . . Ga. .Lexington, Ga M. S. Weaver T. G. Lester
628. Jos. E. Johnston Va. .Manchester, Va B. M. Robertson E. J. Howlet
629. Brunswick Va. .Lawrenceville, Va. J. M. Flournoy L E. Trotter
630. Caroline County Va. .Bowling Green, Va, C .T. Smith E. R. Coghill
631. Spalding County Ga. .Griffin, Ga W. C. Hammock L. N. Johnson
632. Wm. B. Woodridge. . . Va. .Chesterfield. Va. . . David Moore E. H. Flournoy
633. Straton W. Va. .Logan, W. Va H. C. Ragland. . . .J. R. Henderson
634. Ben EUiott Okla. .Savre, Okla P. W. Gunn A. A. Locklar
635. Matt Ransom N. C. .Elm Citv, N. C. . . . Joel T. Wells W. H. Langley
636. Clintwood Va. .Clintwood, Va Felix Senter J. S. Colley
637. D. C. Giddins Tex. .Somerville, Tex F. M. Griffin M. M. Myers
638. Halifax County Va. .South Boston, Va. . .Henry Easely E. N. Hardy
639. A. R. Wright Ga. .Millen, Ga W. W. Beard J. F. Bates
640. H. A. Carrington Va. .Charlotte C. H., Va.T. W. Scott John B. Paris
641. Wright-Latane Va. .Tappahannock, Va. T. R. B. Wright Wm. Campbell
642. John T. Powell Va. .Lovington, Va John T. Powell W. J. Kidd
643. James Mitchell S. C. .Saluda, S. C E. A. Perry Bailey Matthews
644. Floyd Va. .Flovd, Va W. T. Sowers N. J. Agnew
645. Fort Mill S. C. .Fort Mill, S. C. . . . S. E. While K. Shannon
646. Randolph N. C. .Ashboro, N. C A. C. McAhster. . .Alfred C. Rush
647. John Adams Okla. .Hollis, Okla F. M. Cunningham J. L. Nance
648. Jos. E. Johnston Va. .Bedford City. Va. . S. Griffin Wm. H. Mosby
649. Pat Cleburne Ark. .Fouke, Ark J. B. Frost J. F. Shaw
650. Grady Ga. .Cairo, Ga J. W. Clifford E. A. Parrish
651. Zollicoffer Fla. . St. Petersburg, Ela . C. Whitfield C. W. Bell
652. Clark Fla. .Blountstown, Fla. . .W. B. Clark A. J. Wood
28
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1653. Bartow Ga. . Ashburn, Ga .J. D. Marian J. 0. Rober
1654. Pat Cleburne Okla. .Tishomingo, Okla. . E. R. Lucas G. W. Rigj
1655. J. F. G. Williams Ga. .Hamilton, Ga T. ri. Kimbrough C. I. Hudsc,
1656. Maury v a. . Fredericksburg, Va. A. B. Bowering R. C. Ha,
1657. Park W. Va. .Ripley, W. Va Wm. Crowe V. S. Armstror
1658. R. E. Lee Va. .Smithtield, Va E. M. Morrison J. D. Jords
1659. W. N. Estes Ala. .Fort Payne, ^la. . .G. M. D. Lowry...H. A. McSpadde
1660. Mace Kimmev Ala. .Samson, Ala John J. Jones D. J. Willian
1661. Jefferson County Va. .Charles Town, W.VaCol. R. P. Chew. . .Geo. H. Hagk
1662. Daniel McDougald. .N. C. .Lillington, N. C Rich. M. Nelson J. L. Smil
1663. Schuyler Sutton Tex. .San Angelo, Tex. . . Stephen Elmore J. 0. Frir
1664. Berkeley S. G. .Monck's Corner, S.C. '. Calhoun Cain A. Ballentir
1665. D. L Roof y. C . .I\'ewBrookiana,&.U.J. S. Gunnell A. L. Hol
1666. Ben Hill County Ga. .Fitzgerald, Ga D. B. Mull J. H. Hid
1667. John H. Bankhead. . .Ala. .Winfield, Ala W. R. Hanev J. F. Hollim£^
1668. Crowder Okla. .Crowder, Okla. ... J. C. O'Neal B. F. Roc
1669. Ransom N. C. . Jonesboro, N. C. . . J. A. 0. Kelley J. W. Howe
1670. C. V. Morris Ga. .Fort Gaines, Ga. . . T. M. Brown F. E. Gri,
1671. E. M. Butt Ga. .Buena Vista, Ga. . . J. H. Lowe James M. Lov
1672. Wayerly Ala. .Wayerly, Ala J. B. Robinson S. C. 01iv(
1673. Jos. E. Johnston. .Pacific. . Visalia, Cal Isaac T. Bell D. S. Lipscoir
1674. Bedford Forrest. .Pacific. .Globe, Ariz Geo. M. Hubbard A. McNe
1675. Copperas Coye Tex. .Copperas Coye, Tex.C. E. Oliyer N. H. Rath(
1676. Sul Ross Okla. .Purcell, Okla J. W. Alcorn J. S. Willian
1677. Sam Lanham Tex. .Knox City, Tex. . . .Eenj. T. Lanier. . . .Jesse G. Jon(
1678. Pat Cleburne Fla. .Wauchula, Fla G. W. Cason L. E. Johnso
1679. Spurlock W. Va. .Wayne, W. Va Sanders Spurlock. .S. F. Reynok
1680. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. .Tex. .Laredo, Tex W. N. Mims J. A. Kirkpatric
1681. G. Gerdes Tex. .Ranger, Tex W. R. Hodges R. Dunca
1682. High Point N. C. .High Point, N. C. . . J. Matt. Sechrest. . Jno. D. Payk
1683. N. B. Forrest Tex. .Lufkin, Tex J. C. McConnell T. A. Kin
1684. Edd Thomas Ga. .Conyers, Ga G. W. Gleaton. . . ..Jno. W. Alman
1685. Blair Okla. .Blair, Okla G. S. Huling W. L. Huntf
1686. R. E. Lee Pacific. .Artesia, N. Mex. . . E. S. Bishop N. L. Munc
1687. Olustee Okla. .Olustee, Okla W. S. Canter L K. P. Cai
1688. Gen. Cabell Ark. .Fordvce, Ark Edw. Atkinson J. E. Hampto
1689. Ben McCulloch Okla. .Francis, Okla M. A. Little J. 0. Smit
1690. Joe Shelby Okla. .Crescent, Okla J. W. Wright J. B. Osbor
1691. W. L. Moore Okla. .Mansyille, Okla. . . . W. A. Coe L. J. Baile
1692. Jos. E. Johnston Okla. .Holdenyihe, Okla. . .H. C. Burford G. W. Cornis
1693. W. M. Parish Tex. .Moran, Tex W. E. Pinnell .Jos. H. Fretwe
1694. F. M. Boone Miss. .Belmont, Miss Thos. B. Lindsey C. C. Shoo
1695. Asa Morgan Ark. .Prescott, Ark W. A. Hartley J. A. Baile'
1696. J. M. Singleton Okla. .Temple, Okla J. M. Singleton J. B. Evan
1697. Bedford Forrest Tex. .Stratford, Tex Walter Colton L. J. Hensel
1698. M. M. Parsons Okla. .Antlers, OKla W. H. Carlisle J. S. Bryar
1699. Geo. G. Dibrell Tex. .Cro well, Tex S. 0. Woods. . . .J. G. Witherspoo
1700. Chickasaw Miss. .Houlka, Mi.ss Wm. H. Grifiin R. B. Mario
1701. Stigler Okla. . Stigler, Okla L. S. Byrd W. R. Spee
1702. T. G. Vining La. .Oak Grove, La J. B. Holland Thos. G. Vinin
1703. Wade Hampton Ga. .Lyons, Ga C. H. Mann J. B. CaV
1704. Jackson County Ga. .Jefferson, Ga H. W. Bell J. L. Williamsq;
1705. Fitzhugh Lee.'. Okla. .Pauls Valley, Okla. .R. H. Carter... . Th. F. Brery, M.I
1706. Seminary Miss. .Seminary, Miss. . . .B. L Leggett W. M. Collin
1707. Willis H. Pope N. C. .Lumberton, N. C. . . J. A. McAllister. . .M. G. McKenzi
1708. Stonewall Jackson. . Tex. .Bro\vnfield, Tex. . . .J. T. Gainer Jno. W. Con'
29
m. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HE.\DQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1709. Eldorado Okla. .Eldorado, Okia S. W. Speight J. A. Hearn
1710. Geo. M. McDowell Ga. . Barnesville, Ga Geo. L. Summers. . .W. P. Holmes
1711. Ala. Soldiers' Home. .Ala. .Mountain Creek,Ala.W. J. Bethune Wm. Bell
.712. Jos. F. Johnston Ala. .Leeds, Ala J. C. McLaughlin. .J. L. Bourgeois
.713. Stonewall Jackson . .Pacific. .Phoenix, Ariz James P. Bates. . . J. H. Robertson
,714. Bob Gaston Tex. .Frankston, Tex J. M. Emerson H. C. Moon
,715. Bladen N. C. .Clarkton, N. C W. L. Clark W. B. Hester
!716. Ashe N. C. .Chapel Hill, N. C. . W. A. Ellington W. C. Cole
,717. Stanwatie Okla. .Hugo, Okla Rob. S. Carothers...W. L. McQueen
.718. Allan Woodrum. . . W. Va. .Hinton, W. Va A. P. Pence A. A. Garden
719. Gholston Ga. .Danielsville, Ga F. B. Scarborough
Stephen C. O'Kelley
720. J. E. B. Stuart Tex. .Loraine, Tex Dan Thomas R. H. Watlington
721. John D. Cooper Miss. .Prentiss, Miss Geo. W. Clough Wm. Waller
:722. Clem Bassett Tex. .Richmond, Tex C. Bassett W. L. Davidson
723. 0. P. Brewer Okla. .Muskogee, Okla W. S. Agnew Henry Eiffert
,724. Arlington Ga. .Arlington, Ga W. J. Horsley C. J. Boynton
:725. Smith County Miss. .Raleigh, Miss J. W. Tullos J. P. G. Campbell
726. Lee La. .Eastman, Ga C. B. Murrell W. J. Wilhams
'727. John H. Broocks Tex. .San Augustine,Tex. Geo. E. Catling. .Jos. C. Anderson
1-2^. E. W. Home S. C. .Ridge Springs, S.C. T. D. Villard Monroe Gantt
iL'.i. Oran Tex. .Oran, Tex C. H. Jones F. M. Bailey
r.'.n. J. H. Martin Ga. .Roberta, Ga J. L Champion J. H. Irby
Ml. Bird Ga. .Springfield, Ga Wm. Speer W. C. Rahn
■ ' '. Bowie Tex. .Carlton, Tex W. E. Stephens. . .J. N. Thompson
Campbell County Ga. .Palmetto, Ga J. T. Beckman L. D. Belleisle
I. Magee Miss. .Magee, Miss W. H. Gardner L .A. McCaskill
'■'<■<. Madison Campbell. . Okla. .Carnegie, Okla. . . . Madison Campbell. ...J. T. Anthony
3(i. Bob Lowry Tex. .Hereford. Tex J. R. Wright E. T. Woodburn
37. Carlton Fla. .Perrv, Fla John R. Kelly A. J. Lewis
38. Tift County Ga. .Tifton. Ga C. A. Williams. .J. S. Rozal, Actg.
■3n. Dixie Ga. .Nashville, Ga J. L. .Lviathews M. R. Lindsey
111. Montg'y Carleton. . . Miss. .Decatur, Miss Eugene Carleton S. M. Adams
11. Longstreet Ga. .Atlanta, Ga V. A. Wilson W. F. Hunerkoflf
V2. Robert Bullock Fla. .Wildwood, Fla B. F. Smith W. C. G. Kilgore
13. J. R. H. Cummins .. . .Ark. .Mineral Spgs.. Ark. H. Bradford Bascom Ward
1 1. Stokes Countv N. C. .Danburv, N. C Walter W. King A. J. Tilly
..45. H. R. Sutherland Tex. .Corpus Christi, Tex. G. W. Shannon. .H. R. Sutherland
:46. Redwine Tex. .Henderson, Tex W. P. Davis J. H. Brown
:47. Joe Kendall Tenn. .Paris, Tenn Jas. D. Porter S. A. Miller
148. Ben McCulloch Okla. .Idabel, Okla W. S. Rav C. J. Stewart
349. Walthall Okla. .Okemah, Okla D. J. Dorsey W. T. Harper
150. Martin Walt, Brown Lt. Col. John Y. Rankin
County Tex. .Brownwood, Tex Horris A. Morse
51. Mitchell County Ga. .Pelham, Ga W. R. McClain G. A. McElvey
52. W. T. Milligan Ga. .Carne.sville, Ga G. N. Stovall S. M. Ayers
53. Lavonia Ga. .Lavonia, Ga G. W. Weldon J. J. Hardy
54. Tilmon Ga. .Bremen, Ga J. M. D. Stallings J. G. Parker
1)5. States Rights Tex. .Hughes Spgs., Tex. .D. T. Hearn T. G. Odell
)6. Tilfalr Countv Ga. .McRae, Ga T. J. Smith D. C. McEachin
;)7. S. W. Confederate Veter-
ans' Association. . .Ark. .Stephens, Ark C. M. Norwood C. T. Boggs
>S. Sam Livingston Mo. . Vei'sailles, Mo John M. Salmon. ..Chas. B. Howard
9. Stonewall Jackson. ..Okla. .Marlow, Okla Wm. C. Thompson. . .Wm. H. Roy
10. Fort Valley Ga. .Fort Valley, Ga C. G. Gray J. R. Mathewes
1. Gen. W. L." Cabell. . . .Tex. .TuHa, Tex Col. Harry Tracy C. W. Ford
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION.
1762. L. D. Bradley Tex.
1763. Lester Ga.
1764. Stephens County Ga.
1765. Stollings W. Va.
1766. Roxton Tex.
1767. Pettus Ala.
1768. Doug. H. Cooper Okla-.
1769. Jas. T. Hunter Tex.
1770. John B. Gordon 'lex,
1771. Jim Taylor Ga..
1772. Laurens Ga.
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HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
.Teague, Tex J. F. Williamson. . .C. E. Graysoi
.Pembroke, Ga L. M. Lanier
.Toccoa, Ga T. W. Looney J. C. Alre(
.Danville, W. /a. . . .D. J. Smoot Lewis F. Vickeri
.Roxton, Tex J. W. Dickey A. L. Allei
.Ashland, Ala W. R. Pruet W. J. Greei
.Pryor, Okla D. W. Vann James M. Key
.Conroe, Tex Maj. C. R. Scott G. R. Bobbit
.Chandler, Tex A. W. Rice L. Q. C. Askev
.Cochran, Ga E. Cook, Sr. .E. D. Wemberly, Sr
.Dublin, Ga T. D. Smith
The Adjutant General has made every attempt possible to have the foregoing lis'
accurate, but he has been much hampered by the dilatoriness shown by many officers ii
making reports. He will gladly correct any errors that may be found as soon as he ii
advised by those authorized to make the change; but he wishes it distinctly under
stood that he cannot promise to make corrections after April 1st, when the copy is pu
into the hands of the printer. He begs Camp officers to aid him in his efforts to have a ful
and absolutely correct list in the future.
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
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SUMMARY OF CAMPS BY DIVISIONS
Arranged According to the Present Number on Roster
DrVISION
Number
Alive Last
Report
Added During
Year 1911-12
and
Reinstated
Dropped for
Non-payment
of Dues this
Year
Net on
Roster
Texas
Georgia.
Mississippi...
Alabama
212
127
89
82
53
80
71
67
67
64
60
55
48
44
22
15
15
12
5
7
......
22
"2"
......
1
2
......
1
■" 3 ■
\
6
1
1
1
......
207
133
84
81
Kentucky
75
74
Arkansas.
Virginia
70
67
North Carolina
64
60
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Florida
Missouri
West Virginia _
Northwest
58
49
47
43
22
15
Pacific
Maryland
14
12
Total...
1183
38
46
1175
SUMMARY OF CAMPS BY DEPARTMENTS
This Year Last Year
Army of Tennessee ' 529 518
Trans-Mississippi... 407 417
Army of Northern Virginia 239 248
Total 1.175 1,183
TOTAL CAMPS CHARTERED
As per last report 1,758
This year 14
Total number chartered 1,772
District of Columbia belongs to Maryland Dinsion.
Illinois. Ohio and Indiana are part of the Kentucky Di\n8ion.
Pacific Division includes New Mexico, California. Cnlor.ido. Arizona and Kansas.
North West Division includes Montana, Washington and Oregon.
'^^. &. M<.'cMx.
Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.
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PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE V^ETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS.
Entered ;it the post office at Nashville, Tenn., :is second-class mailer.
Contributors are reqiiestetl In tise only one side of the paper, and to abbrevi-
•te as much as practicable. These suj^jdTestions are important.
\Vhere clippings are sent copy should be kept, as the \*eteran cannot un-
iertake to return them. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The date to a subscription is alwavs given to the month hrfnre it ends. For
Instance, if the Vetfkan is ordered to begin with January, the date on mail
'isl will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number.
The civit war was too long ago to be called the htr war, and when cor-
i^spondents use that term " War between the states*' will be substituted.
The terms "New South" and " lost cause'* are objectionable to the Veteran.
OFFICIALLY REPRESENTS.-
United Confederate Veterans,
United Daughters of the CoNFFnERACY,
Sons of Veterans, and Other Okcanizations,
Confederated SofTHERN Memorial Associatio.n.
The Veteran is approved and indorsed officially by a larger and mor*
elevated patronage, doubtless, than any other publication in existence.
Though men deserve, they may not win success;
The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less.
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XASHVlLL.i:. TEXX.. Jl"LV. igi.
X„ , I S. A. CUNXIXGHAII,
- -• '' t Proprietor.
(iREAT SEAL OF THE COX FEDERATE STATES.
MikIi iiUercst has been aroificd tlirougli finding the genuine
:n;it !ie:il of the Confederate Stales of .America and its pro-
> urcincnt by tliree patriotic gcntlenicn of Richmond, Va., for
liroservation in Confederate archives there. .'Xn account of
IN procurement and where it has been kept these many years
ill occupy several pages in the August Vf.tf.r,\n. The de-
luiii on tile cover of this Veter.kn was engraved to be used
Ml conncciiiin with it. This photo-engraving is from a copper-
pi. ile presentetl to the Editor years ago by Charley Herbst, of
kiiitucky. With the copperplate Mr. Herbst supplied a certiti-
• ite as to the genuineness of copy, which is as follows:
J. S. & .\. B. WvoN.
Chief Engr.weks of Her M.\jfsty's Seals.
Med.\llists. Jewellers, &c.
287 Recent Street. Lo,\io.\. \V.
6th March, 1S74.
To .\li. WHum It M.w Concern.
Having receiveil from John T. Pickett, Esq., Counscllor-
ai-Law, of Washington City, in the United States of .\merica,
a certain impression of the Great Seal of the Confederate
Slates of .America, obtained by the Electrotype process, we
hereby certify that the .said impression is a faithful repro-
duction of the identical Seal engraved in 1864 by our prede-
cessor, the late Joseph S. Wyon, Esq. (of the Royal Mint ), for
James M. Mason. Esq., who was at that time in Lonilim, rep-
resenting the interests of the Confederate States, of w-hich
the Seal referred to was designed as the symbolical emblem
of sovereignty.
We may add that it has been the invariable practice of our
house to preserve proof impressions of all important seal work
executed by us; and on a comparison of the impression now
sent us with the proof impression retained by us we have no
hesitation in asserting that so perfect an impression could
not have been produced except from the original Seal. We
h:;ve never made any duplicate of the Seal in question.
Witness our hands, the date above given.
J. S. & A. B. WvoN.
The article to appear in .August destroys the story told
by the old family servant that President Davis placed the
original in his custody.
IfHAT IVAS SAID OF COLOXEL OUEX VEARS AGO.
Evander Shapard, Esq., of Shelbyville, Tenn., who was a
prisoner at Camp Morton in 1862, when Colonel Owcn was
commandant, wrote for the Veter.\n for May, igoo — a dozen
years ago — in regard to an illumination of the prison with the
spare half candles that had not been used, of which there
were many thousands, to celebrate a Confederate victory.
He recalled the current report that citizens of Indianapolis
went to Colonel Owen and complained that he permitted it
and that Colonel Owen, "gourf and true and brair old irtcran
thai he 7vas." replied that the night before the citizens of In-
dianapolis made a demonstration when they heard that Mc-
Clellan had defeated Lee; that the prisoners then said quietly
that the news was false and the truth would come later; but
that they had behaved themselves, and that now, since by the
more recent news they had occasion to rejoice, he would not
interfere with them so long as they observed the rules of the
prison. This candle illumination was made on the night of July
5, 1862. Consider th.ese words of a prisoner after thirty-eight
ycar.s— "good and true and brave old veteran that he was."
Fellow prisoners (wherever the few of you arc left), com-
rades, and friends of every clime, the merit of the proposed
tribute to Col. Richard Owen grows better and better. The
contributors to this cause may take comfort that nothing of
a similar nature was ever undertaken, and every direct and
collateral influence that can come of if will be soothing to
patriots, benefactors, and Christians. The work is under
way, but let us make it as fine as practicable.
More Gifts to the Rich.\rd Owen Memo3i.\l.
E. M. Whitehead. Denton, Tex., $1 ; St. George T. Brooke,
Charlestown, W. Va., $1 : R. P. McCarys, Olive Branch, Miss.,
$1 ; W. P. Humphrey, Gretna, La., $1 ; Russell Jones, Bruns-
wick, Tenn., $1 : E. C. Faulkner, Montgomery, Ala., $1 ; J.
Mizell, King's Ferry, Fla., $10; M. .\. Hopkins, Sheffield, Ala.,
$1 ; Rev. Lewis Powell, Owensboro, Ky., $1 ; Christian Kreig.
Nashville, Tenn., $1.
From Vernon, Tex., comes the following: A. T. Boger, $1 ;
T. .\. Creagcr. 50 cents; A. J. Mathis, 50 cents; W. S. Ferrell.
$1 ; J. S. Rutledge, $1 ; J. R. Bradstreet, 50 cents; friend, $1.
The entire list will be published soon, and those who de-
sire to help in this cause are requested to report now.
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Qor)federat<^ l/eterai).
KILLED AT FORT DOSELSOS—UHO WAS HE?
D. \V. Fogg, of Mitchel'ville, Iowa, who served in the I7tli
Illinois Infantry, writes the Vf.tkrax :
"I take great pleasure in reading tlie Veteran. We have
nothing but the kindest feeling for our comrades in the South.
They fought for their country as nuich as we did. You folks
arc doing something all the time to keep green the memory of
your loved ones, and in this work of raising monuments and
training children to revere the old soldiers we are falling
behind.
"On tl:e battle field of Fort Donclson. when Buckner and
Floyd on Saturday tried in vain to cut through our lines, one
boy got through and far in advance of his command, and was
killed. The ball struck him in
the forehead, so he suffered no
pain. We laid him tenderly
awa\. We could find nothing
on liini giving his name, but he
had a picture of himself taken
in glass. I had it copied on
cards and sent one to the post-
master at Dover, but never
heard from him. I send one to
you, as tliere may be some one
yet living who would know him
from the picture in the Vet-
eran. I don't wisli you to pub-
lish this, as I never wrote for a paper. I am nearly seventy
years old."
[The lelter is too good to witlihold. The spirit manifested
is so liberal and so patriotic that it ought to be known. Mr.
Fogg makes one mistake, however, in the statement that Floyd
and Buckner failed to cut through the Federal lines. The
founder of the Vetera.n remembers well the events of that
Saturday morning. When the Federals had been driven back
a mile or so and we occupied the field, he got from the knap-
sack of a dead soldier a trophy in stationery with the stars and
stripes in bright colors ; but as his first letters were sent from
pri.^on, he had no desire to send anything of that kind.]
WORTHY or HO.VOR.
COXFEDERATE BROTHERS AXD A COUSLX.
■"On a recent visit to Alabama I wrote my three brothers,
who live in different States, to meet me in Birmingham for a
family reunion at the residence of my youngest daughter,"
states Col. Joseph Hardie, of Los Angeles, Cal. "They did
so, and we enjoyed four days of most delightful coinpanion-
ship. We also invited our first cousin. Major Spence, of Tus-
caloosa, to meet with us. Reading from left to right in the
top row of the accompanying picture is Mr. William T.
Hardie, a cotton merchant of New Orleans, La., age seventy-
two years, who was for four years a member of the Washing-
ton Artillery, campaigning with Lee in Virginia. The next
is Mr. .Alva F. Hardie, of Dallas, Tex., age sixty-nine years,
who was one of Wheeler's headquarters scouts, being a mein-
ber of the 51st Alabama Cavalry. The next is Maj. James
Spence, of Tuscaloosa, .\la., age seventy-five years, a first
cousin. The first year of the war he was a member of the
loth .\labama Infantry, was wounded in Virginia, and was
later a member of the 51st .Alabama Cavalry with Wheeler.
In the lower row from right to left is Capt. Robert A. Hardie,
of Uniontown, Ala., age seventy-five years, who was captain of
the 31st Alabama Infantry. He was in the Kentucky cam-
paign with Bragg, and was captured at Vicksburg. The
second is Maj. Joseph Hardie, of Los .\ngeles, Cal., age
seventy-nine years, who was adjutant of the 4th Regiment of
Alaliama Infantry for one year in Virginia, was in the first
battle of Manassas, and later commanded a battalion of cav-
alry. There were seven boys in this family, six of whom were
in the Confederate army, the youngest not being old enough.
Their mother was a widow living on a farm, and during the
war grew the cotton and the wool, spun the thread, wove the
cloth, and cut and made the clothes for her seven sons and all
of her servants. When any of them were wounded or re-
ceived a furlough, they always found a cordial welcome await-
ing them in their mother's home. While they were all
wounded and were prisoners at one time or another, they all
escaped with their lives and have lived to rear families and
enjoy a fair measure of prosperity."
TO HOXOR BARBARA FRIETCHIE FOR WHAT?
A vigorous protest has been made by the Fitzhugh Lee
Chapter, L'. D. C, of Frederick, Md., through resolutions
against the erection in that city of a monument to Barbara
Frietchie, the heroine of the poem by John G. Whittier.
MonuiTients are erected to perpetuate the memory of those
who did something. Can that be said of Dame Barbara?
Many years ago the Veteran published Gen. Kyd Douglas's
refutation of the story that "Barbara Frietchie waved the
stars and stripes as the troops of Jackson were passing her
home in Frederick, Md." General Douglas was on the staff
of General Jackson, and knew whereof he spoke. He says
they did not even pass her house. And her nephew says she
was a bedridden old woman at the time who could not have
performed that act had she desired to do so. It is also told
on good authority that Whittier himself expressed regret that
the poem had ever been written, and would have left it out
of editions of his poems but for the expense entailed.
The Baltimore Sun says the people of Frederick should put
nothing on the monument that is not in accordance with his-
torical facts. What, then, is left?
The following inscription is respectfully suggested:
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers ;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain.
And dies among her worshipers."
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GATHERIXG IN LEKANON. TE.NN., Ki M I'lCAir. MO.NUM KNT TO UKN. KOI.KRT IIATTON.
IT A most vvoitliy tribute to Gen. Robert Hatton and tboiij^ands
of other Confederates in Wilson County, Tenn., has been paid
in the recent erection of a monument at Lebanon. Wliile it
was undertaken as a monument to tlic Confederate soldiers of
the county, it was most fitting to place upon it the figure of
the distinguished citizen who after opposing tlie war was one
of its early soldiers and one of the first generals killed. The
four tablets bear the following inscriptions:
Xorth side: "Erected by S. G. Shepard Camp. Xo. 041. U.
r v., with contributions from true friends of the Soutliern
tidier. A. J. Casey, Chairman: A, \V. Page. W. M. Ilark-
n idcr. Comnu'ttee.''
I'ast side: "To the heroes of 1861-65: not dead, but living in
'''ds such lives inspire."
."^outh side: "As long as honor or courage is cherished the
(Kids of these heroes will live.
'W'hctlier on the scaflfold high or in the battle's van,
T he fittest place where man can die is where he dies for
man." "
West side : "Erected in honor of Confederate veterans of
\\'ilson Couny and all other true Southern soldiers. 1861-O5."
Miss Manie Hatton, of Nashville, General Hatton's daugh-
ter, and Miss Manie Hatton Towson, a granddaughur of
General Halton, and Rev. W. E. Towson were present.
Mrs. Robert Halton came from Georgia to Nashville, but
was unalile to attend. She is eighty-five and greatly beloved.
Capt. A. K. Miller, who was leader of the movement whereby
a fine Confederate monument was erected in the cemetery at
Lebanon some years ago, was master of ceremonies.
It is impracticable at present to give the addresses and re-
ports of flic proceedings in full that the enterprise merits.
Promoter of the ^^0VEME^■T.
In a letter as to how the movement was started to erect
the moniuiient its promoter, Mr. .A. J. Casey, writes:
"I moved to Lebanon from Kentucky November J5, 1910,
and leased the Lebanon Democrat until January 15, 1912.
While publishing this newspaper I went before the S. G.
Shepard Camp and asked them to grant me the privilege of
erecting a mtinunient to Ccmfederate soldiers on the Public
Square of Lebanon without asking any local veteran for a
contribution. The Camp at my request appointed A. W. Page,
W. M. Harkreader, and myself a building committee for the
erection of a Confederate monument. I was elected chairman,
secretary, and treasurer. I solicited the funds from citizens
in Wilson County and throughout the State, and am in debt
S196, for which I have no pledges.
"The contract was let for the erection of the monument by
the building committee to the Oman Stone Company, of Nash-
ville, Tenn. The contract for the concrete park, etc., was
awarded to W. S. Page, son of A. W. Page. At the April
(1911) term the county court granted the right to erect the
monument in the Public Square, and the City Council, with
Mayor J. T. Oduni, later granted us the privilege.
"In September, 1911, I began soliciting money for the monu-
ment, and May 20, 1912, was selected as the day for the un-
veiling, it being the fifty-first anniversary of the day when
General Hatton and six companies of soldiers left this county
for the war. The day of the unveiling was ideal. One of the
largest crowds ever seen in Lebanon was here that day. Com-
UKinder Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., was the orator
of the day. Rev. S. G. Shepard otTcred prayer. Judge Beard
made the address of welcome, and I as chairman and treas-
urer of the building committee turned over the monument to
the S. G. Shepard Camp. Capt. Rufus McClain accepted the
monument for the Camp, and at this point the unveiling look
place by Miss Manic C. Towson. of .^shburn, Ga., a grand
daughter of General Hatton, assisted by W. S. Page's little
daughter and W. M. Harkreader's grandson.
"A crowd of grandchildren of veterans stood in front of
the monument and sang 'Dixie.' As the curtain fell a detail
of the Tennessee State Guard (Captain Boyle) fired a salute.
"A. W. Page on behalf of the S. G. Shepard Camp turned
over the premises to the Daughters of the Confederacy.
"Mrs. .\. B. Martin, wife of Dr. M. B. Martin, who is at the
bead of the Law Department of the Cumberland LTniversity,
being President, accepted the care of the monument and park."
[The father of the promoter, A. W. Casey, was color bearer
in Col. John W. Caldwell's regiment from Russellvillc, Ky.,
and was killed in the battle of Shiloh on Sunday morning.]
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A BOARD OF ADJUSTERS FOR CUARnV.
Are we not great enough as a people to have a special
charity fund to be disbursed by a commission of honorable
men? Continually there occurs some defect in pension and
other charity laws that should be met in some such way as
indicated by the above query. There are many conditions
which appeal to such arrangement, one of which is here re-
cited. About eighty years ago a girl was born of good family.
She was properly reared and has been a credit to her good
name these fourscore years. When the war began, in 1861,
she was the wife of a successful merchant who at the call of
his country disposed of his store and entered promptly into
the hardships and privations of a soldier's life. His wife,
equally patriotic and being childless, entered the hospital serv-
ice and became a representative matron. Her husband suc-
cumbed to the army hardships and died in a hospital where
she was serving. He had a creditable soldier's burial in the
Confederate cemetery at Americus, Ga. After the war she
was married to a prominent citizen who was quite old — born
in 1810. His property w'as lost and his w-idow was left in
poverty. Her last husband had not been a soldier, being too
old, and by that marriage she was deprived of rights to a
pension on account of her first husband's service. There is
no law to pension her for her own personal service, and she
is living on charity in a remote country place ; yet she is the
widow of an Odd Fellow and she took one degree in the or-
der. She is the daughter and widow of Free Masons. The
Veter.\x vouches for all that is herein contained.
James C. Smythe, of .\ucilla, Fla.. calls attention to the
misspelling of the name of Gen. Theo W. Brevard as given
at the top of page 278, June Veter.^n (a typographical error
seemingly), of whom he writes: "On the secession of the
State of Florida Theo W. Brevard was Adjutant General of
the State. Resigning his office, he commenced raising a com-
pany in Tallahassee for Confederate service — the Leon Rifles.
I was a member of his company, which was Compan}' D of
the 2d I'liirid.i Regiment, commanded by George Ward as
colonel. Wc were mustered into the Confederate service on
the 13th of June, 1861. After serving one year, the regiment
was reorganized, and Brevard returned to Florida and made
up a battalion, which afterwards became the loth Florida
Regiment. Theo W. Brevard was a member of one of the
prominent families of Leon County. Fla.. and a fine lawyer."
I.:iSS BESSIE BROWN, SFOXSOR .\T M.\C0N.
MAJ. GEN. W. .\. BROWN, tUMM.\NllER .\l;K. DIVISION.
SOCIAL HEADQUARTERS AT MACOX REU.\'IOX.
Mrs. Walter Douglass Lamar, of Macon. Ga., the new
President of the Georgia Division, U. D. C, was formerly
Miss Eugenia Dorothy Blount, daughter of James H. Blount,
who served during the war as a member of the Floyd Rifles,
and afterwards organized a company of cavalry, of which he
was made colonel. At the time of the surrender his com-
mission as brigadier general had been ordered. Mr. Blount
served his State for twenty successive years in the United
States Congress, and represented the national government
under President Cleveland as Minister Paramount to the Sand-
wich Islands when the Republicans had produced a revolution
out there in 1892.
Mrs. Lamar graduated at Wesleyan Female College, the first
chartered college for women in the world, and afterwards
took a special course at Wellesley College, near Boston. Much
of her young ladyhood was spent in Washington, where she
was known as "the fascinating Dolly Blount." Later the
heart of Miss Blount was won by Walter D. Lamar, a worthy
scion of a noble family. Their home is famed for generous
hospitality, and was the official headquarters during the Con-
vention of 1912 for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Lamar has held many positions of honor in every for-
ward movement of the women of Georgia, and is ably doing
her dutv as State President of the \J. D. C.
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rxnisE ACTiox of u. c. r. camps.
[A sad but not alarming proposition comes from some of our
^nnd coinrades in Texas to divide the U. C. V. organization.
Its record for good and worthy pleasure to veterans for
nearly a quarter of a century embodies too much to be con-
sidered lightly or passionately. (See reference to this un-
happy subject on page 315 and latter half of first column.)
The famous Dick Dowling Camp at Houston. Tex., is the
most positively committed of the few Camps to such a course. )
Memorial to U. C. V.. Traxs-Mississippi Dep.m(tment.
J. J. Hall, Commander, and W. C. Kelly, .\djutant, Dick
Dowling Camp, send out a plea in substance :
"Believing that it will subserve the best interest of all mem-
bers of the United Confederate Veterans living east and west
of the Mississippi River, we recommend to all Confederate
veterans and their respective Camps that hereafter vvc hold
two annual reunions, one of said reunions to be held in the
Cis-Mississippi Department and the other to be held in the
Trans-Mississippi Department, each Departincnt to elect its
own officers, each grand Division to have jurisdiction over its
Department. The time of holding these annual reunions
should be so arranged as not to conflict in any way with
each other. For instance, have one reunion in the early
summer and the other in the early fall, thereby giving the vct-
cr.ms an opportunity of attending cither or both of these re-
unions. Let the Mississippi River be the dividing line. By
this method the expense of entertaining would be greatly re-
duced, as there would be two reunions instead of one. We
should take into consideration tlie long distance traveled by
many veterans in order to attend the annual reunions as they
have been held heretofore. Many of the old veterans arc both
pliysically and financially unable to make these long journeys.
By shortening the distance to reunions many veterans could
111 d<e the trip who would otherwise remain at home. As cvi-
'lince, out of a membership of three hundred and fifty of the
Dick Dowling Camp only twenty-five attended the Macon
(Ga.") Convention. The principal cause of the nonattendance
-of many was ih.il |]iey were physically or otherwise un.iblc
to make the long journey.
"In asking for a separate Departmeiit for all Camps
west of the Mississippi River, our prime motive is to get
as many of the veterans together as possible within the
short space of our remaining years. Not a day passes that
we do not learn of the death of some dear comrade. Trusting
that litis memorial will meet with the approi"il of every vet-
cr.-ni iif the South, we most respectfully ask that all Camps,
Iniied Confederate X'eterans, in tlie Trans-Mississippi De-
p.irtment take action in this matter. This is the earnest jirayer
of Dick Dowling Camp, No. 197, U. C. V., who will present
this memorial to our State Reunion at Cleburne in igu."
I Division reunions have been held for a long while in most of
the States. Department reunions might be held as well with-
; cut interfering with the general Reunions. whicJi have at-
I tr.ieled national consideration for over twenty years. The
1 Texans favoring such division can but know that the only
1. motive of the Veteran is to favor that which is for the gen-
i eral good. Us founder has ever deferred to the great Texas,
I as he should, for there is evidently no other print that circu-
it lates so generally throughout Texas as the Veteran. Tkfort
i| than twenty per cent of its issue is sent to Texas. It may be
I considered of insufficient importance for notice in the Vet-
'l KRAX, but con.irades should be one in interest and in action.
Opposed in Arkansas.
At a called meeting of the James Xewton Camp, U. C. V.,
El Dorado. Ark., on June 3, 1912, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted :
"Whereas it has been published in the newspapers that cer-
tain delegates from Texas to the recent Reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans at Macon, Ga., on their return home ex-
pressed great dissatisfaction at the failure of the Convention
to select San Antonio, Tex., as the next place of meeting and
at their failure to elect General Van Zandt as Commander in
Chief, and also expressed their determination to withdraw by
Camps from the regular organization of the U. C. V. and
form a Trans-Mississippi Department, calling on the State of
.■Arkansas to join them in this movement; and whereas we
believe the few years yet remaitiing when it will be possi-
ble for our organization of Confederate veterans to exist
should not be marred by dissension in our ranks and the de-
struction of that spirit of fraternity which has hitherto pre-
vailed througho'ut the South ; therefore be it
"Rcsoltcd, That we hereby express our emphatic disapproval
of any such movement and call upon all the Camps of the
Stale to take immediate action, so that this very unwise and
fatal action may be checked in its incipiency ; also that a copy
of these resolutions be sent for publication to the Confederate
Veteran, the El Dorado papers, and the .\rkansas Gazette.
"Committee : A. C. Jones, J. T. Tatum, G. T. Cullins."
ARLINGTON AND SHILOH MONUMENTS.
nv MRS. ALEXANDER n. WHITE, PRES. CEN. r. D. C.
While asking the Chapters of the U. D. C. to do all they
can for these two monuments, I want to commend to them for
their own pleasure and profit two books sold for the benci'.t
of these monument funds.
"Historic Southern Monuments," by Mrs. B. A. C. Emerson,
,3631 West 3o;h Avenue, Denver, Colo., is a very handsome
book, with Iieautiful photographs of monuments erected in the
Southern States by the Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Confederated Southern Memorial .Association. Few know
that seven hundred monuments to Confederate soldiers have
been erected in the South or know the history of them. Mrs.
Emerson has tried to secure a photograph of every one of
these monuments for her work, and, in addition to these photo-
graphs, she gives the addresses and pocins delivered at the
unveilings of the monuments and historical data connected
with theiTi. So this is not only a handsome book but a most
valuable one, and every Chapter should possess a copy. The
price of the book, postpaid, is $5.30, and on all orders sent to
Mrs. Emerson she will allow $1.75 for the Shiloh j^ronument
F'und.
.\ "U. D. C. Chart," arranged by Mrs. J. .\. Burton, of
Newberry, S. C, gives varied and valuable information about
U. D. C. work, and has a handy and condensed reference for
all things that she knows should be in the hands of every
President of a U. D. C. Chapter. She will find it most help-
ful. Written primarily for the South Carolina Division, its
information, with the exception of one or two strictly State
dates, is applicable to every Division. Its price is thirty-five
cents, and orders can be sent to Mrs. Burton, the proceeds
going to the Arlington Monument Fund.
Many of our U. D. C. Chapters have adjourned for the
suniirier. When yon meet again in the autumn, redouble your
work for these monuments and build up the funds for them.
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Qopfederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUXN'IXGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publisliing House Building, Nashville, Tenn.
This publication is the personal properly of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
eUtions throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
•oOperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
XECESSITV OF Bi'SIXESS DRUMMERS.
Wlicn photography is added to the telephone, the necessity
of "the traveling man" may be abridged. "Drumming" will
be necessary until men may see eye to eye for the salesman
or collector to prosper. Success attends efficient drumming
where the volume of business is larger. But in subscription
matters other methods must be adopted. The Veter.\n, for
instance, under the interstate commerce law in its wide-
spread patronage, Xorth, East, and West, as well as South,
cannot send traveling agents for the small sums of subscrip-
tion. It is impossible to take the time to investigate the busi-
ness standing of subscribers and to ascertain when patrons
die so the publication may be discontinued to avoid too much
loss. Its business must therefore depend upon friends for suc-
cess. Is that asking too much? It has ever been the rule of
the office to be unstinted in its work. More gratuitous service
is rendered by it than by any other periodical in e.\-istence ; and
as it is impossible to continue this rule without the coopera-
tion of those who like it and believe it is doing much good,
why not cooperate? Why not volunteer to give notice when
a patron dies? Why not speak to a friend who can aiiford to
take it and who would thank you for suggesting it? Why
not do the great kindness now to see if your own subscription
is paid? The date will show you whether you are behind.
If the subscriber is a very busy man. won't some member of
the family suggest attention to it? This would save hundreds
of dollars now and weeks of labor. Impulses are all right,
but delay is disastrous to the cooperation that is merited.
What a fine birthday tribute if every subscriber in arrears
would remit so that it would be received on July 21 !
Co.\FEDER.\TES ShoUI.U Uo LIKEWISE.
Robert B. Bolton writes from Philadelphia as follows:
"I have accidently seen a copy, or rather a part of one,
several months old of your magazine, the first one I ever heard
of. I like it so well that I inclose a dollar for subscription.
I am a Civil War veteran, but was not on the Southern side.
I was in the Army of the Potomac. I enlisted when seventeen,
and now I am si.\ty-seven years old.
"Five years ago I attended the Confederate Reunion in
Ricl'.mond. I wore my Grand Army badge on my coat,
and I never had a more enjoyable time. I met your veterans
from every Southern State and shook hands with them. I
was present at the meetings of Robert E. Lee and George E.
Pickett Camps, and made addresses to each of them. I ex-
pected to be welcomed and pleasantly treated, but the cordial,
enthusiastic reception given me far surpassed my expecta-
tion. They called me 'comrade.'
"I never felt any personal animosity toward the Southern
soldiers, not even in war days. They just as earnestly be-
lieved their cause was right as we; and when men believe in a
cause sufficiently to fight or die for it, if necessary, they are
worthy of all praise. The men of the opposing armies who so
often faced each other on the many awful battle fields certainly
admired each other's bravery and endurance. * * * j ^\\\
gladly at any time lake the hand of an old Reb as cordially
as I will the hand of a Yank."'
'Vermoxters Don't .\r.i;iEE with the Veter.xjv".
Henry O. Clark, of East Orange, X. J., in renewing his
subscription to tlie Vetek.\n writes: "1 du not fully coincide
with the principles advocated by the Veter.\x, but it is in-
teresting to me to read it. We Union soldiers still believe the
South was wrong in 1861." [Mr. Clark's regiment has had
two dozen annual reunions. They have occurred in June or
July every year. He is the only member who has held the
office of President twice, succeeding himself in 1898.]
MOSUMEST AT IVOODLAU'X, ELMIR.l, X. Y.
The United States government has placed a large granite
monument on the soldiers' plot at Woodlawn Cemetery, El-
mira, N. Y., over the remains of the forty-nine Confederate
soldiers and the seventeen L'nion soldiers who were killed in
a railroad wreck at Shohola, Pa., July 5, 1864. The remains
were originally buried near Port Jervis, but the graves were
unmarked and unidentified. The names of the victims were
secured from the government records. Last fall the gov-
ernment disinterred the remains and brouglit them to Elmira
and buried them in Woodlawn Cemetery.
The inscription on the north side of the monument reads as
follows : "Erected by the United States to the memory of pri-
vates of the nth Veteran Reserve Corps, comprising the Un-
ion guard, who were killed with their Confederate prisoners
of war in the railroad accident near Shohola, Pa., July 5,
1864." [Names of the Federals omitted.]
On the north side of the granite shaft a bronze tablet con-
tains the following inscription : "Erected by the United States
to mark the burial place of forty-nine Confederate prisoners
of war who were killed as stated above, and whose re-
mains were there buried, but subsequently removed to this
cemetery, where the undivided graves cannot now be identi-
fied: Joseph .^dams, Co. A, 51st N. C. ; Jesse E. Baker, Co
F, Sist N. C; John W. Baxley, Co. A, 31st N. C. ; Corp. J.
II. Bessent, Co. G, 51st N. C. ; J. H. Bird, Co. I, 26th Va.;
W. Bowers, Co. B, 48th N. C. ; R. Briggs, Co. E, 31st N. C;
Jim Bright, Co. .-K, 26th Va. ; Travers Bryant, Co. I, 51st N.
C. ; M. Cain, Pegram's Va. Bat. ; C. Callahan, Co. C, loth
Cav.; J. W. Gary, Co. I, 51st N. C. : C. O. Center, Co. H, S-^d
X. C. ; John D. Davis, Co. I, 51st N. Y. ; N. H. Dever, Co. I,
51st X. C; Byam Fuller, Co. H, 24th Ga. ; W. F. Gatton, C6.
B, 35th Va. Cav. ; Henry Green, Co. A, gth Va. ; Sergt. Wil-
liam B. Ham, Co. B, 8th X. C; J. J. Hardison, Co. I, 51st N'.
C. ; J. S. Hatch, Co. H, 53d Ga. ; Sergt. R. P. Haynes, Co. H,
26th Va. ; William M. Jackson, Co. C, S3d Ga. ; A. Joiner, Co.
C, 13th Va.; William A. Jones, Co. D, 22d Va. ; S. W. Lee,
Co. K, 8th N. C; M. McCorquadale, Co. I, 51st N. C. ; T. W.
McCurvey, Co. K, i6th Ga. ; A. McQtiaque, Co. B, 31st N. C. ;
Wallace Manning. Co. F, 31st N. C. ; Joseph Mitchell, Co. B,
42d Va. Cav.; Duncan Munroe, Co. I, sist N. C. ; J. C. Parks,
Co. H, 22d Va. ; J. N. Patrick, Co. H, 26th Va. ; J. D. Peiks,
Co. E, 47tli Va.; R. D. Pitchford, Co. E, ist N. C. Cav.; D.
W. Pope, Co. I, 51st N. C. ; Philip Reaser, Co. D, 26th Va.
Battle; J. W. Reuls, Co. E, 31st N. C. ; T. C. Samkins, Co. C,
2d Ga. Cav. ; J. F. Sanford, Co. A, 44th N. C. ; W. B. Sang-
ford, Co, K, i6th Ga. ; F. W. Sapt, Co, E, 22d N. C. ; G. C.
Smatley, Co. C, Ga. Legion ; H. B. Stauffer, Co. D, 42d N. C. ;
T. J. Strickland, Co. I, 51st N. C. ; Henry Vangham, Co. E,
4/th Va. ; Sergt. S. D. Watson, Co. F, 51st N. C. ; James H.
Williams. Co. K, 53d Ga."
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GEN. BENNETT H. YOUNG.
Commander in Chief United Confederate Veterans.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, Commander in Chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, has in many respects a very unusual
and extraordinary record. He never handled a card, never
touched tobacco, and never used into.xicants, never used an
oath, and those who are intimate with him say he never ut-
tered a word that could not be repeated before any woman.
General Young was born in Nicholasville, Jassamine County,
Ky., in 1843. The sympathies of his family were with the
Soutli. In April, 1861, a national flag was raised over Bethel
Academy, the high school of Nicholasville. Young insisted that
this flag must come down or one representing the South must go
up. Action not being prompt enough, he started up a ladder
to take the flag down. The ladder was pulled from under
him, and this brought on a fight, and as a result neither flag
floated over the schoolhouse. This was probably the first dif-
ficulty in Kentucky over the Confederate flag. General Young
enlisted as a private in Morgan's command. He was with
his regiment, the 8th Kentucky Cavalry, during Cluke's raid
in Kentucky in 1863, and subsequently with that regiment in
the spring and summer of the same year. He was captured
with Gen. John H. Morgan on his Ohio raid, and for a brief
while was in the Columbus penitentiary. From thence he
was transferred to Camp Chase and afterwards to Camp Doug-
las, Chicago. A portion of the guard at Camp Douglas was
comprised of Indians from Michigan connected with the 21st
Micliigan Infantry. These guards recklessly emptied their
guns into the cells, and a number of Confederates were killed in
their bunks. At a meeting of the prisoners Young w-as chosen to
appear before t!ie commandant to protest against this wrong.
He walked boldly into the office of the commandant and de-
claimed vigorously against the killing of helpless prisoners.
He warned the commandant that a just God would surely
punish so great a wrong, and there are those who feel that
the decimation of that regiment at Cold Harbor was a verifica-
tion of the prophecy of that hour.
After an unsuccessful attempt to escape. Young stood again
before the commandant. He was reminded of his conduct
at the former interview, and was given a thirty-day sentence
in an underground dungeon. By the bribing of the guard he
subsequently escaped and made his way to Canada, where he
was placed in comm.ind of a number of returning prisoners,
and ran the blockade at Wilmington, N. C, under fire. When
the Federal blockader opened fire on the vessel running the
blockade, a large part of the crew became panic-stricken and
sought cover in the hold of the vessel. The soldier pas-
sengers took the post of danger and held it until the boat was
landed under the guns of Fort Fisher.
Reaching Richmond in June, 1864, he was promoted and
sent out by way of Wilmington on secret service. He was one
of the expedition sent to Chicago in July, 1864, to under-
take the liberation of eight thousand prisoners in Camp Doug-
las but which failed by the betrayal of the plans by a spy.
He was subsequently ordered to attempt the release of the
prisoners at Camp Chase, Columbus, w-here it was proposed
to capture the State arsenal, rush the guards at Camp Chase,
and release the prisoners. This dangerous task was to be
undertaken by only twenty men. When the critical moment
arrived, the danger was so great that several men hesitated
and refused to proceed and left their associates at Columbus.
This defection rendered impossible the attempt to make the
attack. Subsequently by the order of C. C. Clay, Confederate
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Commissioner, he was directed to make a raid into Vermont.
This was undertaken and executed. Twenty men captured the
town of St. Albans, Vt. They took the money from the banks
and fired the public buildings. The money was paid over to
Confederate agents in Canada. The United States under-
took to extradite the men engaged in the raid. The trial
lasted more than seven months, and the courts of Canada de-
cided that Young and his companions had acted under the
order of their superior and were not amenable to civil law,
and were released. Young was prosecuted by the British gov-
ernment after this release, charged with organizing an armed
force on British soil; but after holding him under a large
bond until the spring of 1866, the authorities were compelled
to abandon the prosecution and admitted that there was not
proof to sustain the charge.
General Young was exempted from the benefits of the
amnesty proclamation of President Andrew Johnson, and could
not return to this country. He w^as compelled to reside abroad
until the middle of 1868, more than three years after the close
of the war. He lived quite a part of the time in Canada and
in England and a portion of the time in the family of Gen.
John C. Breckinridge. Later he took honors in the University
of Ireland in both law and literature. After more than three
years, the two hundred and fifty persons who were refused
amnesty were allowed to return. General Young then settled
in Louisville and undertook the practice of law. His rise in
the profession was extraordinary, and at the age of thirty he
was ranked among the great jury lawyers of Kentucky. He
was one of the counsel for Governor Goebel and was near to
his side at the time he was shot in the courthouse yard at
Frankfort. He prepared all the papers providing for the suc-
cession of Governor Beckham to Governor Goebel, and was
the trusted adviser of Governor Beckham at that critical and
important period. In introducing General Young to an au-
dience where he was to deliver the address upon Governor
Goebel on the third anniversary of his death. Governor Beck-
ham said: "In the darkest time of Kentucky's history Genera!
Young was my legal adviser. During the trying and difficult
circumstances of that eventful hour he never failed to give
me the wisest counsel, and I owe much to him for the suc-
cessful outcome from the surroundings of that dreadful period
of our State's life." ,
Services to the Confederate Organization.
General Young first became prominent in the counsels of
the United Confederate Veterans at the first meeting at Nash-
ville, Tenn. His speech nominating Louisville for the place of
meeting for the next Reunion was characteristic of the man.
His reference to John B. Gordon, Stephen D. Lee, Wade
Hampton, and W. L. Cabell moved the audience to the highest
pitch of enthusiasm. General Lee put his arms around Gen-
eral Young's neck and kissed him on the cheek and said to
him : "You are too young for a Veteran and too old for a
'Son.' What will we do \\\\.'\\ you?"
No man in all the organization was closer to Gen. John B.
Gordon, Stephen D. Lee, Wade Hampton, Clement A. Evans,
or George W. Gordon than the new Commander.
General Young's Connection with the Organization.
In 1899, when he was Adjutant General of the Kentucky
Division, he wrote the report wliich provided for the organiza-
tion of the Kentucky Confederate Home. He became chair-
man of the committee to raise funds to purchase the property.
In this he was extraordinarily successful. He wrote all the
legislative acts and secured all the statutes connected with the
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Confederate Home. He was named the first trustee of the
Home by Governor Beckham, was made president of the or-
ganization, and from that time to this he has been president
of the institution. The Kentucky Confederate Home, which
has two hundred and fifty inmates, was pronounced by Federal
surgeons who visited it for inspection to be the most com-
fortable, homelike, and best-managed of Soldiers' Homes.
For eight years General Young was Commander of the Ken-
tucky Division, each time being elected by acclamation. At
Mobile he was elected Commander of the Department of the
Army of Tennessee. He has thus gone through all the grades
— Camp Commander, .'\djutant General of Division, Division
Commander, Department Commander, and now has reached
the top as Commander in Chief. In all these places he has
served his comrades with unstinted zeal and devotion. He is
widely known all through the South for his great capacity as
a Confederate orator, and no other man can so move the
Confederate heart as this Kentuckian. In these gifts he is
more like John B. Gordon than any other.
When the birthplace of Jefferson Davis in Christian and
Todd Counties was about to pass into control where it could
not be used for memorial purposes, General Young advanced
the money necessary to secure the title and to preserve it for
dedication as the memorial of Jefferson Davis. He was made
President of the Jefferson Davis Home Association and took
the lead in securing from the Kentucky Legislature at its last
session seven thousand and five hundred dollars to aid in
properly marking this spot, sacred to all Southern people.
Several hundred Confederates were killed in the battle of
Fishing Creek. These men were from Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee. General Young, Mrs. L. Z. Duke, and James A.
Shuttleworth paid for the erection of a Confederate monument
to be built on a plot of ground which a Federal soldier do-
nated, to be known as Zollicoffer Park, on the spot where
General Zollicoffer fell. The monument was erected to the
memory of those heroes of the South who filled for so long un-
marked graves, and a beautiful marker was placed over the
graves of the soldiers.
The Army of the West feels particularly interested in Gen-
eral Young. His speech at Memphis in 1900 on the services
and sacrifices of the Army of the West, both the Army of
Tennessee and the Trans-Mississippi, takes high rank among
Confederate papers, and his address at the dedication of the
birthplace of Jefferson Davis to public use has been read by
many thousands with approval and delight. It is a worthy
presentation of Mr. Davis's character and life.
His publication regarding the manacling of President Davis
in Fortress Monroe by General Miles was pronounced by
Stephen D. Lee to be the "most forceful piece of Confederate
literature."
The report of the Historical Committee at the Mobile Re-
union prepared by General Young, entitled "The South in
History," was used by Francis Trevalyn Miller in his great
book, "The Semi-Centennial of the Civil War," and was said
by him to be the most eloquent presentation of Southern valor
that had ever come to his knowledge. It was published in
pamphlet form by the Editor of the Confeder.\te Veteran,
and thousands of copies have been distributed to the veterans
and the public under the caption, "The South in History."
General Young is a man of wide parliamentary experience,
full, strong voice, and vigorous body, and with "the power to
control any assemblage under any circumstances." It is easy
to predict for him a successful administration as Commander
in Chief.
TRfnrrE to gordox, lee. ei'axs, axd cordon.
BY MRS. VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE, POET LAUREATE U. C. V.
So shall they sleep, their still hands gently crossed,
Like tired children's after life's long day;
So shall they rest, these bravest, tempest-tossed,
These war-scarred chieftains who have led the gray.
So shall we fold their tattered battle Hags
That dripped with blood, that burned with smiting fire ;
So shall we leave them, while Time's sickle drags
Along the furrows built by man's desire.
And were this all, 'twas glory so to die,
To gain a hero's rest beside his blade ;
To leave a record missaled pure and high
Above the broken wrecks that war has made.
But their strong hearts that panted from their toil,
That fainted not beside their pallid hope,
Reared high again, despite the victor's spoil.
Their gods upon the Southland's sun-kissed slope ;
While their clear eyes were single to the dawn
In birth throe with the newer, fairer age;
For them truth's trumpet rang ere they were gone
Her clarion notes, once strangled out with rage.
God rest them ! Patriots, chieftains to the last,
E'en through the veil of silence hand in hand!
Who loved them, felt a blessing as they passed.
Who knew, a sunset glow that filled the land !
COXCERNING TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
BY W. T. SHAW, ADJT. GEN. TO GEN. K. M. VAN ZANDT, FORT
WORTH, TEX.
I regret to learn from private correspondence that a state-
ment appeared in Macon papers after the Reunion to the ef-
fect that General Van Zandt was leading a movement to
withdraw the Trans-Mississippi Department from the gen-
eral U. C. V. organization. This statement was wholly un-
warranted by the facts. While some of his enthusiastic sup-
porters were disappointed and expressed dissatisfaction, the
General himself and those most directly responsible for the
mention of his name as a candidate accepted the result un-
perturbed and can be relied upon to continue their influence
for the general organization under the leadership of our new
Commander in the future as they have done in the past. In
fact, the General was very much opposed to being considered
a candidate, and not until Oklahoma and Texas in their
State conventions had unanimously instructed for him, fol-
lowed by the positive assurance that Arkansas favored the
movement, and many influential Camps throughout Texas had
passed strong resolutions to that end (one of which from
John B. Hood Camp of Austin I inclose you a copy), did he
consent to allow his name to be used. He stated positively
from the beginning that the maintenance of the peace and
harmony of the organization above any and all personal in-
terests was his chief desire and that he was opposed to any-
thing calculated to engender strife or defeat this high purpose.
I make this statement on my own responsibility, not that
it is necessary for those who enjoy a personal acquaintance
with General Van Zandt, but for the information and benefit
of those among your readers who do not know him per-
sonally and to correct any false impression arising from the
unwarranted statement mentioned above.
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From the Austin Resolutions.
The resolutions unanimously adopted by the John B. Hood
Camp, No. 103, U. C. V.. Austin, Tex., February II, state in
part :
"Resolved: i. That in the opinion of this Camp the time
has arrived when, for a term at least, the general command
of the United Confederate Veteran organization should pass
to the westward of the Mississippi River, and that the dele-
gates from this Camp are instructed to use their utmost en-
deavors to that end.
"2. That John B. Hood Camp. Xo. 103, U. C. V., places in
nomination for the position of General coinmanding one who
is identified with both the Trans-Mississippi and the Army of
Tennessee Departments, in that he volunteered (in 1861) from
Texas, the State in which he was reared and to which he
returned when the Confederate flag was furled, having served
with conspicuous gallantry and courage during the four in-
tervening years as captain and field officer in a 'fighting regi-
ment which gave two general officers to the Confederate
army in the persons of Brig. Gens. John Gregg and W. B.
Granbury.' which participated in the defense of Fort Donel-
son, where its first lieutenant colonel, J. M. Clough, lost his
life in a gallant charge on the enemy. * * * General Van
Zandt has since then ever stood in the front ranks as a typical
Southern citizen, and by his fidelity to the Confederate or-
ganization and his ability has risen by the will of his com-
rades to be commanding officer of the Trans-Mississippi De-
partment, Lieut. Gen. K. M. Van Zandt.
"3. That Confederate Camps everywhere are earnestly re-
quested by us to consider the merits of our claim for a
Western Commander once at least and to consider the emi-
nent fitness of the promotion proposed and to cooperate
with us. H. G. Askew, Adjutant;
W. B. Walker, Commander."
It appears that the famous Dick Dowling Camp, of Hous-
ton. Te.x., has formally acted in withdrawing from the U. C. V.
Comrades, that won't do. In the voting at Macon. Missouri
did not stand for its Trans-Mississippi candidate. Away back
at the first New Orleans Reunion, after a spirited contest for
the next Reunion and a failure to carry it, a prominent dele-
gate, a representative Texan, said in anger : "Let us go home."
But better counsel prevailed, and there were then four to
every one perhaps of the organization now alive and able
to attend Reunions. Let all who are impatient, just as may
seem tlieir cause, read tlic words of General Van Zandt on
April 27, 1912, to a friend who suggested that he come through
Tennessee and see a sick kinsman who has since died. After
explaining that he could not do so on account of the condi-
tion of his wife's health, he added: "Over my protest my
friends have expressed a determination to present my name
for Commander. I am deeply sensible and grateful for their
consideration, and to be Commander of the L^nited Confeder-
ate Veterans would fill my cup of ambition to overflowing;
but unless it is best for the organization I do not wish it, for
my greatest desire is to promote the good of our Confederate
organization."
At Macon, when competition was at fever heat, he heard
that some report was being circulated derogatory to his
strongest competitor, and with much feeling he forbade any
such controversy by those who favored his election.
No nobler soldier, no better citizen, no worthier man ever
belonged to the organization than Major Van Zandt, now the
senior Department Commander of the \3. C. V.
TEXXESSEE DIVISIOX, U. D. C.
BY MRS. H.\RRIETT HOLLAND, PRESIDENT, JACKSON, TENN.
The sixteenth annual Convention of the Tennessee Division,
U. D. C. was held in Dayton May 8-10.
A most successful and enjoyable gathering of Tenn.-ssee
Daughters is on record for Dayton, a place fuU of enthusiastic
Confederate reminiscences, having furnished to the Confed-
eracy more men than she had voters and the only company of
women organized during the War of the States, a company._of
eighteen who were arrested and taken to Chattanooga as
prisoners of war to give an account of their attempt to destroy
the Union. [The story of this remarkable organization was
given in the Veteran for April, 191 1, on page 159. — Editor.]
V. C. Allen, the hostess Chapter, was named for Judge
Allen, who was wounded four times and left for dead on the
battle field, but still survives an honored and aged citizen of
Dayton. We welcomed the Daughters for the Veterans.
Speeches of w-elcome were voiced by many others : Mrs.
Robinson for the hostess Chapter, Hon. B. G. McKenzie foi
the Sons of Veterans, and the newly elected Mayor, Mr. Craw-
ford, on behalf of the fair young city. Response from the U.
D. C. was given most felicitously by Vice President Mrs.
W. T. Young, of Nashville.
Dayton opened wide her homes and hotels to free enter-
tainment for more than one hundred delegate visitors. Her
beautiful courthouse was tendered for the convention hall.
It was dressed in flags and banners of bunting, red, white, and
red. and its court room was filled to overflowing both day and
night with eager crowds to hear what we Daughters were
doing. Citizens were not too busy to leave stores, shops, and
banks to do us honor and thus inspire us to nobler efforts.
Three days of vigorous work showed progress along all
lines as follows : Two monuments completed last summer,
one at Cleveland by Jefferson Davis Chapter and one at
L'nion City by Leonidas Polk Chapter ; fountain with seats
in park at Brownsville by Forrest Chapter; public drinking
fountain at Humboldt by N. B. Forrest Chapter ; memorials
in public schools at Ripley by John Sutherland Chapter; high
school at Fayettcvillc named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee;
amount collected for Shiloh monument, $212; collected for
Arlington monument, $100: new members for past year, 300;
new Chapters and auxiliaries, 5.
According to by-laws the required number of officers were
elected for the next two years as follows : Mrs. S. C. Dob-
bins, Paris, Third Vice President; Mrs. J. C. Estes, Chatta-
nooga, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Maggie Sharp Darwin„
Dayton, Registrar; Mrs. J. D. Kelso, Chattanooga, Treasurer;
Mrs. W. T. Davis, Nashville, Historian ; Mrs. Florence Mills,.
Chattanooga, Custodian of Crosses ; Mrs. Pauline Dance Ross,.
Trenton, Custodian of Flags.
The Division last year offered a medal for the best Con-
federate historical essay. This was awarded to Miss Eliza-
beth Ring, of Franklin. The silk banner offered to the Chap-
ter doing the best historical work by Mrs. Owen Walker was
secured by Franklin Chapter, No. 14.
On account of conflicting dates — especially the Macon Re-
union— many familiar faces of dear veterans and friends were
missed, that of our Veteran Editor being among them.
Our next State Convention goes to Knoxville in May, 1913.
Comrades of Capt. Bailey Higgenbothem's company, H, 22d
Regiment Virginia Mounted Infantry, are requested to cor-
respond with Raleigh W. Meadows at Flemingsburg, Ky.,.
I^ock Box 136.
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CONFEDERATED MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
The thirteenth annual Convention of the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association was held in Macon, Ga., May
6-9, 1912. The first meeting was held on Monday, May 6,
at 4 P.M. in the Grand Opera House. There was a large and
enthusiastic attendance for the several addresses of welcome.
The first was by Rev. J. P. McFerrin in behalf of the Con-
federate veterans of Macon. He spoke of the bravery of the
women of the South and of their untiring efforts to con-
tribute to the wants of the Confederate soldiers in bivouac and
hospital. Gen. C. Irvine Walker was then introduced and
welcomed the Memorial women in the name of the U. C. V.
organization. He was followed by Hon. Ellsworth Hall, who
spoke for the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He compared
the Southern mothers to one of old Sparta, who told her son
on going to battle : "Come back with your shield or on it."
Mrs. L. R. Schuyler, of New York Chapter, U. D. C, spoke
of the Georgia Division, U. D. C, and Mrs. Drury C. Lud-
low, Second Vice President U. D. C, spoke as the official
representative of Mrs. Alexander B. White, President General
U. D. C, who was prevented from being present by illness
in her family. Mrs. W. J. Behan, President of the C. S. M.
A., was to have responded to these addresses of welcome, but
belated trains delayed her arrival. Prof. J. T. Derry, of At-
lanta, Ga., in a short talk extolled the virtues of the women
of the Confederacy, to whom Jefferson Davis had dedicated
his grand work, "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Gov-
ernment," and at the close of Professor Derry's remarks the
chair in which Jefferson Davis had sat on his last visit to
Macon was presented for the use of the President during the
convention. The chair was placed on the platform by two
Reunion scouts, and two lovely Macon girls placed a garland
of pansies around the chair. The pansy is the flower adopted
by all Memorial Associations. So closed the first meeting.
The ofiicers and delegates attended the opening meeting of
the U. C. v., seats having been provided for them on the
platform. During the meeting General Walker presented Mrs.
W. J. Behan to the veterans. In a few words she greeted
Ihem in the name of the Memorial women of the South.
The meetings of the C. S. M. A. were held daily in the Mul-
berry Street Methodist Church. Interesting reports were read,
and the prevailing sentiment was that, although their ranks
were growing thinner, the enthusiasm and devotion of the
Memorial women showed no waning, and that Memorial Day
exercises were made more solemn and impressive each year.
It was most gratifying to hear that the school children were
taking such an active part in this beautiful custom and that
tliousands joined in the parades on Memorial Day.
Miss Mildred Rutherford. President of the Ladies' Memorial
Association of Athens, Ga., was present at the convention,
and spoke most feelingly of the beautiful work carried on by
the Memorial Association of Athens, and declared most
earnestly that Memorial Day exercises should be conducted
by the Memorial Associations wherever they existed. She
protested in strong tertns against the term "Decoration Day"
and in favor of "Memorial Day." Miss Rutherford oflfered
the following resolution : "That in States where Memorial
Day has been made a legal holiday all patriotic associations
should unite in celebrating that particular day in honor of the
Confederate dead, and by so doing to make Memorial Day
exercises an object lesson to the youth of the land, teaching
Ihem to honor and revere the memory of the heroes of the
Confederacy." The resolution was unanimously adopted.
A splendid report from the Educational Committee was
made through the chairman, Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, of
Richmond, Va. The investigations of her committee extended
through ten States. The Confederate Highway Committee
reported favorably and expressed a determination to see that
the proposed plan was carried out. The chairman, Mrs. S.
M. Davis-Roy, of Front Royal, Va., will ask for the co-
operation of the Southern Commercial Congress at Washing-
ton, D. C. The Membership Certificate Committee was au-
thorized to have certificates printed, to be sold only to mem-
bers of Memorial Associations. In the future the officers will
wear a distinctive ribbon badge with title printed thereon. A
press committee was named, with Mrs. W. W. Whitefield, of
Pensacola, Fla., as chairman. Rules for securing data for the
CoNFEDER.ME VETERAN will be published later.
The Chickamauga Monument Committee of the Ladies' Me-
morial Association of Montgomery, Ala., made the pleasing
announcement that the monument would be unveiled on the
Chickamauga battle field on June 3, 1912.
At II -.30 the C. S. M. A. adjourned to meet in the U. C. V.
auditorium and participate in the joint memorial exercises.
The program of the memorial service was slightly changed
owing to the disorder in the auditorium, and General Walker
turned it over to the President of the C. S. M. A., who con-
ducted the service. Rev. W. M. Neelley, of Florence, Ala.,
offered the opening prayer, and Gen. H. T. Davenport, of
Ainericus, Ga., made the announcements. The beautiful
tribute to Gen. Clement A. Evans prepared by Gen. J. L. Mc-
CoUum, of Atlanta, Ga., was read by Mr. S. A. Cunningham.
Gen. L. B McFarland, of Memphis, Tenn, read the memorial
to Gen. George W. Gordon, which embraced every charac-
teristic of the man and soldier. He was followed by Col. Nat
E. Harris, of Macon, Ga., who delivered a soul-stirring and
inspiring address dedicated to the Confederate soldiers who
had answered the final roll call. The memorial women and
the audience joined in singing the favorite hymn, "Nearer,
My God, to Thee," under the leadership of Miss Mary F.
Simpson, a member of the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Petersburg, Va. The three front rows of seats in the audito-
rium were occupied by Company A, Confederate Veterans, of
Memphis, Tenn., with draped banner as a tribute to their late
beloved Cominander, Gen. George W. Gordon. The memorial
exercises were concluded with prayer and benediction by Rev.
Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D., of Atlanta. Dr. Ogden, the son of
3 Confederate veteran, had been invited by the C. S. M. A. to
deliver the memorial address for the Memorial Associations ;
but owing to the limited time allotted for these exercises, we
very reluctantly yielded to his request and omitted his address.
Returning to the Mulberry Street Methodist Church, the
"Memorial Hour" was the first order of business. After
prayer, the Secretary, Miss Hodgson, called the roll, "In Me-
moriam," while the members stood with bowed heads. The
twenty-third Psalm was read by Mrs. R. F. Harrell, of Alexan-
dria, La., after which she read with tender pathos a poem by
Mrs. Lilitia Lever Younge, of New Orleans, La., entitled the
"Tributes of the States." Miss Anna Smith followed with
a reading of "In a Dream," a very beautiful selection from
"Surry of Eagle's Nest.
Election of Officers of the C. S. M. A.
Mrs. Behan was nominated for President by Mrs. A. McD.
Wilson, of Atlanta, and then Mrs. T. R. Lee, chairman, spoke
a few words of appreciation of Mrs. Behan.
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The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :
Mrs. W. J. Behan, New Orleans, La., President (reelected).
Miss Daisy M. L. Hodgson, New Orleans, La., Recording
Secretary (reelected).
Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, Richmond, Va., Corresponding
Secretary (reelected).
Mrs. John E. Maxwell, Pensacola, Fla., Treasurer.
Miss Mary A. Hall, Augusta, Ga., Historian.
Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle, Memphis, Tenn., Poet Laureate.
Vice Presidents.
Mrs. J. C. Lee, Montgomery, for Alabama.
Mrs. Julia Garside Welch, Fayetteville, for Arkansas.
Mrs. Horace L. Simpson, Pensacola, for Florida.
Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, Atlanta, for Georgia.
Mrs. James Dinkins, New Orleans, for Louisiana.
Mrs. E. C. Varroll, Vicksburg, for Mississippi.
Mrs. George K. Warner, St. Louis, for Missouri.
Mrs. Robert H. Jones, Raleigh, for North Carolina.
Mrs. J. R. Bachman, Columbia, for South Carolina.
Mrs. Charles W. Frazer, Memphis, for Tennessee.
Mrs. Shelton Cheeves, Petersburg, for Virginia.
After the newly elected officers had been escorted to the
platform, the President thanked her co-workers for their co-
operation and asked for their continued zeal and loyally.
The report of the Resolution Committee was called for. and
Mrs. George K. Warner, chairman, presented the following:
"Whereas the Confederated Southern Memorial Associa-
tion in convention assembled extend thanks and wish to
express their appreciation to the Mayor and city officials, Col.
W. A. Harris, general chairman, members of the Reunion
committee, citizens of Macon, Mrs. W. D. Lamar, President
Georgia Division and of Sidney Lanier Chapter, U. D. C,
Daughters of the American Revolution, Nathaniel Macon
Chapter (Mrs. T. C. Parker, Regent), Mary Hammond Wash-
ington Chapter (Mrs. Charles C. Holt, Regent), Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Cliildren of the Confederacy,
stewards and officers of Mulberry Street Methodist Church,
Mercer Glee Club, the press, the band of the Second Regiment
Infantry, National Guard of Georgia, the ministers and com-
mittee for historical evening, Mrs. West, Mrs. Bcrryman,
Miss Craig, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Moore, Miss M. Campbell for
their cordial hospitality ; therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That the Confederated Southern Memorial
Association expresses sympathy to the family of Mr. Walter
J. Grace in the great loss sustained in the death of their
loved one. How sweet the thought was to leave vacant his
part in our program of welcome!
"2. That we appreciate the pretty act of the Daughters of
the American Revolution in bringing to our convention hall
the chair President Davis sat in on his last visit to Macon
draped in a garland of our memorial flower, the pansy, for
the use of our President, Mrs. W. J. Behan.
"3. That we honor the spirit of Macon in her beautiful
decorations and royal reception.
"Respectfully submitted: Mrs. G. K. Warner, Mrs. M. E.
Batts, Mrs. P. S. Morris, Committee on Resolutions."
After the adoption of the resolutions, the members joined
in singing "God be with you tiil we meet again," and the
President declared the thirteenth annual Convention closed.
Newt Green, of Livingston, Tex., desires to correspbnd
with any survivors of Company B (Capt. W. b. Rather), 4th
Texas Regiment, under Col. Dan Showalter.
COL. MATT F. LOCKE.
SKETCH BY A. A. NORTH, NASHVILLE, TENN.
M. F. Locke died in El Paso, Tex., June 4. 191 1. He was
born in Rutherford County, Tenn., near Murfreesboro, July
10, 1824; therefore was in his eighty-seventh year. At the age
of twelve his parents moved to Marshall County, Miss., where
he lived until 1850.
In 1846 he enlisted in the ist Mississippi Regiment of Vol-
unteers for the Mexican War. This regiment was commanded
by Col. Jefferson Davis. Young Locke served with distinc-
tion throughout that war as a member of his colonel's body-
guard. The regiment was engaged in the three days' fight at
Monterey and subsequently in the two days' battle of Buena
Vista, where, by Santa Ana's own admission, 24,000 Mexicans
were opposed and defeated by scarce 4,500 raw American vol-
unteers. According to General Taylor's report, the gallantry
and bravery of this regiment saved the day for the Americans.
Santa Ana's forces were advancing through the mountain
pass, confident of victory, when General Taylor asked Colonel
Davis if he could check them. "I can if you will give me
one regiment to support me," was the reply. Colonel Lane, of
the 3d Indiana, volunteered his regiment, and the fight began.
Santa Ana was checked at the pass, which. Colonel Locke
said, literally ran with blood when the struggle ended. The
3d Indiana by their bravery at this juncture wiped out the
disgrace to their State caused by the cowardice of the 2d
Regiment, which had turned its back to the enemy previously.
Colonel Locke said that it was there that he first saw Colo-
nel Davis, later President of the Confederacy, in action;
that he was cool, absolutely fearless, and the idol of his sol-
diery. Colonel Davis was seriously wounded on the second
day of this battle and was attended by Young Locke, who
cherished "the honor of assisting the surgeon in bandaging
the wound."
Colonel Locke denied the statement often made that General
Taylor was at enmity with Colonel Davis previous to this
battle, and, on the contrary, he said the General had chosen
his regiment as his bodyguard six months previous to that
time, and that he and Colonel Davis, his son-in-law, were
on the best of terms.
Mr. Locke married in Mississippi soon after that war, and
in 1850 moved to Upshur County, Tex. He was elected and
served three terms, representing this county in the Texas
House of Representatives, of which he was twice elected
Speaker, serving from 1854 to )86o. He was then elected
a delegate to the secession convention at Austin, over which
he presided (Hon. O. N. Roberts was president), being fa-
miliar with parliamentary law and having a fine voice, as also
the succeeding session which ratified the ordinance after it had
been submitted to the people. He was appointed by the con-
vention chairman of the committee to notify Gov. Sam Hous-
ton, who was a Unionist, of the action of the convention that
deposed him. He and Houston were warm personal friends,
members of the same religious denominations, and both Ten-
nesseeans. Governor Houston had taken Mr. Locke in his
arms when an infant. Owing to these circumstances the duty
was by no means an agreeable one. Colonel Locke said that
Governor Houston was one of the most courteous gentlemen
he ever knew, and as such received the committee. Colonel
Locke as chairman of the committee said: "Governor Houston,
the convention now in session has decided that it and you
cannot work in harmony. Therefore this committee has been
delegated to inform you that you have been deposed from
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the office ; we are therefore under the necessity of asking you
to vacate."
The Governor replied : "Gentlemen, I appreciate your posi-
tion. I have the honor to bid you good morning."
Lieutenant Governor Clarke succeeded Houston. He ap-
pointed Mr. Locke, after the ordinance of secession passed,
colonel of cavalry, and he at once raised a regiment, which
was the third organized under State auspices. It was" sub-
sequently transferred to the Confederate government as the
loth Texas Cavalry. While drilling his regiment Colonel
Locke was elected to represent his district in the State Senate,
which position he promptly declined over the urgent insistence
of the Governor, giving as his reason that the men he had en-
listed expected him to command them. He served throughout
the war, participating in many of the important engagements,
first under General Hogg, the father of ex-Governor Hogg,
and subsequently under Generals Price, Van Dorn, Braxton
Bragg, and Joseph E. Johnston.
His and another regiment opened the battle of Murfrees-
boro, and he fought over the ground traversed as a bare-
footed boy. His gallantry in this battle won him the offer
of promotion to brigadier general, which was declined on ac-
count of failing health. The name of the colonel of the as-
sociate regiment has escaped my memory, but Colonel Locke
told me that he was brave to a fault. At the beginning of the
battle that officer said to him : "I have a presentiment that I
will not survive this battle ; and if I fall, I want you to look
after my regiment." Within the hour he was killed.
Another incident he told me was that the color bearer of
each army advanced until they met, where, grasping the flag-
staffs in their left hands, they fought with the right until
both were killed. [The Confederate in this heroic action was
Sergt. A. Sims. (See Series L, Volume XX., Part L, page
914.) The Veteran should have a sketch of him. — Editor.]
At the close of the war Colonel Locke removed to Van
Buren, Ark. Shortly thereafter he laid out the town of Alma,
and was known as the '"Father of Alma." In the fall of 1887
he was elected the first Commissioner of Agriculture, and in
January, 1888, organized the present department in that
State, and two years later was reelected. In that year he re-
moved to Little Rock, and in 1890 married Mrs. Jennie L.
Laurie, who survives him, being his third wife. Partly on
account of her health in 1909 he moved to El Paso, where
his days were ended June 4. 1911.
It was during a sojourn in El Paso in the fall and winter
of 1909 that the writer had tlie good fortune to meet this dis-
tinguished veteran and prominent legislator, and at his home
obtained from him the facts herein narrated. From other
sources I learned that he was recognized as the dominant
spirit in the councils of the State in the strenuous days of
1S61, and that his influence reached farther perhaps than that
of any other man in shaping the destiny of Texas at that
eventful period.
Colonel Locke left numerous relatives in Davidson, Ruther-
ford, and Bedford Counties, prominent among Ihcm the Weak-
ley family.
When the writer knew him, nearly two years ago, he wat
physically infirm, mainly due to partial paralysis ; but his mind
was as clear as when he wielded the gavel in the Texas House
of Representatives. I have used his own words as far
as possible, but have been forced to use my own that a full
measure of justice might be accorded where the characteristic
modesty of the brave soldier forbids him doing justice to him
self. His name deserves to be recorded on the scroll of fame
beside those of Davy Crockett and Sam Houston, with other
unnamed heroes and statesmen whose indomitable courage and
COL. M.\TT F. LOCKE.
strong intellect were such material factors in aiding Texas to
attain her proud position in the galaxy of States and for
whom she is lastingly indebted to Tennessee.
PLEA FOR PEACE— WAR IN COXTRAST.
There sleep many Confederate heroes at Jackson, Tenn.
In May, 1885, Hon. William G. Brien, of Nashville, made an
oration there on the occasion of the decoration of the Con-
federate graves under very different circumstances from the
present, in which he said :
"Providence always approves a benevolent act. The day
is auspicious. Nature is clad in her richest vesture of foliage
and flowers, the air is balmy and fragrant; the sky is so cloud-
less, clear, and purely beautiful that God alone is to be seen
in heaven. We meet in the midst of profound peace to recall
the sad memories of war. Every nation must exist in one of
two conditions — peace or war. The former is a state of
health, the latter is abnormal.
"Prophecy glows with the highest and holiest inspiration
when predicting that noble elevation of the human family
which shall know war no more, when the ferocity of the lion
shall repose by the side of the harmlessness of the lamb and
the innocence of childhood shall lead them under its direc-
tion and control, and when the weapons of warfare shall be
fashioned into the implements of husbandry.
"That war should exist at all argues the imperfection of
human reason. It is the executive branch of an inchoate
government. It confessed the infancy of jurisprudence.
It is a rule of action without the basis of reason for
its foundation. It means that reason has been suspended
or has failed in its functions and that thoughtless pas-
sion has usurped its sway. It suggests the tented or tent-
less field, the bivouac, the silent watch, the midnight march,
the human form, daring, and courting diseases in all climates,
in exposure to all seasons and every weather; the hospital.
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with its pallor and its emaciations ; the grave, with its silence,
its gloom ; the field, with its horrors, broken bones, severed
arteries, lacerated nerves and muscles, cries of pain, wails of
anguish, sighs, tears, and groans. It speaks of disconsolate
widowhood, of unprotected orphanage, of devastated fields,
of smoldering ruins, burning homes and flaming cities. Then
" 'Waft not to me that blast of fame
That swells the trump of victory,
For to my ear it gives the name
Of slaiiglitcr and of misery.
Wave not so high the victor's plume,
Boast not so much of honor's sword ;
They point me to the blood-stained tomb,
They point mc to the bosom gored.'
"War settles no question, decides no issue. It is a resort
to physical force, because the intellectual power engaged has
failed to compass its object or attain its purpose. In what
engagement of the late war did an idea originate bearing on
the subject in dispute? In the mouth of what cannon and the
nnizzle of what rifle were found a major and a minor premise
from which a logical conclusion could be drawn? What
instruction did the blade of sword or the point of bayonet
furnish ? What mo.tal wound presented a fact, or what death
cstablislicd a jiroposition ? War may silence arguinent, sup-
press speech, and muzzle the press, but it carries conviction
nowhere. It neither enlightens the judgment nor convinces
the reason. Every other question presented in the contest
is relegated to that province from which no physical force can
take it — to the province of reason and candid inquiry. Facts
flowing from the incidents and events of the war and the
changed conditions thus wrought do indeed furnish means and
opportunities of judging and attaining just conclusions which
did not exist before.
"The day is coming when human education will be so per-
fect as to discard war. Internecine strife shall cease and in-
ternational tribunals will adjudicate international questions.
Mind will contend with mind for the attainment of truth. Jus-
tice and equity will affirm the decree pronounced, and the
force of enlightened public opinion will be the posse which
carries into execution the judgment of the court. Until then
the human family will not have attained that elevated plane
of Christian civilization and refinement for which they are
intended, and humanity will not have accomplished tliat destiny
which God, speaking through this prophet, has proclaimed.
Until then victory will know no glory and can offer no apology
luiless magnanimity exceeds the gratitude its clemency in-
spires.
"Here to-day humanity with bowed head stands uncovered
in the presence of a great sorrow. Sorrow is sacred. It
is the lot of mortality. It is the crucible in which the
human heart is purified and sublimed. It is the retort in
which the soul is refined. There is no great life without a
great sorrow. It teaches charity to the spirit. It gives to
pride the sackcloth and ashes. It crushes vanity and scat-
ters its broken bones in the valley of humiliation. Of all
antiquity, that philosophy is sweetest which comes to us
bathed in tears and softened by sorrow, and its illustrative
name will go down the ages to the end of time. The lamenta-
tions of Israel's prophet find ready response in every htmian
soul. Why cannot fair America, contemplating these graves,
exclaim, 'O that my head were w-aters and mine eyes a foun-
tain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain
of the daughter of my people?'
"The Egcan Sea rolled its waves in rapture around a lone
isle as the banished apostle, looking into heaven, beheld a
countless host, whom no man could number, who had 'come
up out of the great tribulation.' The Prince of Peace was 'a
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.' Who, therefore,
now and here in the presence of these graves shall forbid the
indulgence of the highest and holiest emotion known to the
human heart? Here, then, bring flowers wet with your tears,
sweet testimonials of tender and grieved affection, precious
tributes to the spirits which their fragrance will meet in the
sky. Now let all the memories of the past cluster about
them; the noble form, the gallant spirit, the warm heart, the
generous hand — all that was good and true in their lives, all
that makes their loss deplorable rise before you.
"Why do you mourn their loss? Is it solely because it was
from the smoke of battle that their great souls mounted from
earth to heaven ? Xo. Had they perished on the high seas or
in some great convulsion of nature or in some calamitous
conflagration, the grief, the sorrow would have been the same.
The form, the manner of their passing away is but an inci-
dent. It is their qualities and attributes of mind and heart
which we honor, and war was the accident only that revealed
them. Under other conditions and circumstances their vic-
tories in peace would have shone as brightly as their prowess
in war. You revere their memory, mourn their loss. Why?
Because they were sincere, because they loved truth better
than life, braved danger, and sank into the grave from the
honest conviction that they were right. This it is that en-
dears them to you. This is the material that makes martyrs.
This is the element out of which heroes are formed. Malice
may sneer, calumny may scoff, and detraction deride, but
from the historic page their fame w-ill spring and spread tlie
pinions of a glorious immortality. Then here to this sacred
spot memory will wander a willing hermit and love to linger
and weep around their hallowed graves.
"The victories of this war belong to us, by whatever army
achieved. No section can appropriate them. They are a part
of the national heritage — .\merican victories all. It is true
that in the unequal struggle the South went down. To this
extent and in this sense the nation was victorious. But,
thank God, even this victory has nearly been equaled by
magnanimity, and we believe yet will be. Let this victory
be glorified by the removal of every vestige of the strife.
Let not the sun go down on our wrath. Only two things re-
main to be done, and we will mention them, to make the mag-
nanimity of our government complete, perfect.
"On the Gulf of Mexico, where the wild waves wash the
white sand, there rises a quiet home whose roof shelters the
slight form and snowy head of a poor old man. His race is
run. He is a part of the past, and cannot be separated from
it. Memory cannot part company with him. History will
not surrender him. He lingers on the verge of the grave.
How soon will he be summoned hence? More than half a
hundred million people twenty years after the war, expending
their wrath on his devoted head, 'resembles ocean into tem-
pest-tossed to waft a feather or drown a fly.'
"The big brain of the North can perceive the emergency
now upon us. Horace Greeley, were he living, could do it.
Others there are that can and will. The nation should trem-
ble lest this old man die before the official seal of the govern-
ment has attested and authenticated his pardon. Therefore
haste ere too late. Let the record be that of universal par-
don. It will be the boast of the future historian that the mag-
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nanimity of the American government was so great that no
man could escape its clemency.
"The parchment on which this last act of love and grace is
inscribed will become the heirloom of the American people,
and future generations will read and ponder the pardon of
Jefferson Davis, while the w'orld stands lost in wonder and
admiration.
"The dead heroes that sleep before us need no stately
mausoleum, no towering monument, no emblazoned eiptaph,
no gorgeous inscription to tell the story of their lives or trans-
mit their fame. The hearts of brave men and fair women
everywhere are their cenotaphs. But the duty of the living,
suitably to honor and perpetuate their memory, is especially
incumbent on Southerners, since thus far the government of
the United States has omitted to pay this graceful tribute to
their heroic virtues and characters. But I maintain that this
final act of removing all trace of former discord should be
accomplished by the national government. This country owes
much to the South. How many Presidents has it called
from here? How much of its policy is illustrated in the lives
of Southern statesmen? Was there ever a time in the his-
tory of the government that it could have spared them? In
what struggle with foreign powers or for national life, honor,
or greatness was not the presence of the South seen and
felt? In what branch of the government, legislative, judi-
cial, or executive, did not these States impress themselves?
How many blank pages in our national history would there
be were their achievements, genius, name, and fame omitted?
How greatly would the treasury of our national greatness be
diminished by the absence of their wealth? More directly,
peculiarly look upon the empire which some of these States
donated to the government. Can you withdraw from the gov-
ernment that part of mind furnished by the South or that part
of the domain supplied by its munificence and say it suffers
no detriment?
"It is a pleasing gratitude which finds expression in na-
tional cemeteries for those who died during the war. We
remember with delightful consciousness the fact that it was
accomplished by the national treasury in which the quota of
the South so mingled that distinguishment is impossible. The
only objection is that the government did not do full justice
to the great heart of the American people. The cemeteries
are too small. They should be enlarged by the admission of
all who perished, from whatever section, State, or side of the
controversy. They are all children of the same mother. In
the presence of their cold clay or bleaching bones love should
weep for all alike. The government, whose magnanimity thus
honors them, honors itself. The love which inspires the act
will awaken a responsive love which will endure forever.
The glorious peace now blessing us presents the opportunity
of securing an unending peace, of healing all animosities, and
indissolubly uniting a great people in the bonds of love and
harmony. How? Let the same honors be paid all our dead
* * * Let one great monument be erected to all, to which
each State and territory contributes its block with its name
carved thereon. Let every victory of the war be there in-
scribed ; let all shine with one mingled glory of associated
splendor; let the eye of patriotism gather them all in one
glance; let the world behold a monument which a nation of
brothers can erect. 'Let it rise, let it rise till it meet the
sun in his coming, and let his last rays linger and play about
its summit.' Such a cemetery, such a monument is but the
announcement of a fact accomplished — a proclamation of peace
on earth and good will toward man.
"Springing from the only European nation that understood
the philosophy of government, and that could appreciate the
value of human liberty, our people, unencumbered by anti-
quated traditions, unfettered by artificial distinctions of caste
and title, removed alike by distance, sentiment, habit, and
association from the prejudices and errors there obtaining,
free from all entangling and embarrassing alliances, on a new
continent have created a new civilization.
"We have unfettered human thought and given the broadest
scope and strongest impulse to individual action, making merit
the only test of distinction and usefulness sure of reward.
The qualities, the energies, the agencies so destructive in war
are needed, demanded in the pursuits of peace. It is only
a new and more happy direction to those splendid forces.
The excess of national vitality here finds an illimitable field
in which to illustrate and signalize its powers."
HEROES IN GRAY.
BY REV. W. W. PINSON, D.D.
From under the battle cloud, bearing their scars.
With escutcheons as fair as the radiant stars.
Shot-torn, and saber-hacked heroes in gray.
Time-worn and way-weary greet us to-day.
Let us press the scarred hands that grappled and fought
And honor forever the deeds that they wrought.
They paid their round price for the chaplet of fame.
Which they worthily wear without boasting or blame;
They fawn for no guerdon, they blush from no shame ;
They grudge not the hunger, the hardship, the pain,
The ice in the trenches, the blood on the plain ;
The ages will reckon the valorous cost
Of the glory they won in the struggle they lost.
When they folded the flag with a sob and a tear.
They turned to the homeland with courage and cheer
To work without cringing — they'd fought without fear;
And there's light on the hearthstones and hope in the sky
Of the homes of the Southland that never shall die.
Because of the valor that wields without dread
The weapons of toil in the battle for bread.
With deeds to remember and wrongs to forget
They're dreaming of glory awaiting us yet
And helping to win it, as erst they have won
A glory as stainless and white as the sun.
Undismayed in life's battle they scorn to repine;
At the drum tap of duty they fall into line.
Too brave for regretting, too noble for spite.
They wait the fair verdict of justice and right
That forever must win over malice and might.
And the meed of the brave from the hearts of the true
Unstinted they pay to their brothers in blue.
They live for the battle-scarred country they love,
And would die for the flag floating proudly above.
Then uncover and stand ! They are passing, make way !
And lift a loud cheer for the heroes in gray !
William M. C. Moore, of Woodbury, Ky., who served in
Company I, 4Sth Tennessee Regiment, and was later trans-
ferred to the nth Tennessee Cavalry, Captain Lytle's company,
seeks the aid of comrades who can testify to his service' in
order that he may procure a pension under a recent law of
Kentucky.
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THE SHILOH MOSUMEXT FU.XD.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
M.\Y 7 TO June 7, 1912.
Alabnma : John D. Webb Chapter, $2; Alabama Charter
Chapter, $5; Sophia Bibb Chapter, $1.41; Virginia T. Clay
Chapter. $s ; Electra Semmes Colston Chapter, $10; Florence
Chapter, $5; Sylacauga Chapter, $1.60; Joe Wheeler Chapter,
$1 ; Stephen D. Lee Chapter, $5; Athens Chapter, $5: Besse-
mer Chapter, $10 ; Selma Chapter, $2y ; Yancey Chapter. $5 ;
E. A. Powers Chapter, $5 ; Blocton Chapter, $5 ; post cards
Slid by Mrs. Webster at State Convention, $3.50.
Arkansas : John R. Homer Scott Chapter, $2 ; Mildred Lee
Chapter, $5 ; post cards sold by Mrs. Hall, $1 ; Fannie Scott
Chapter, $2; C. E. Royson Chapter, $1; Robert A. Dowdle
Chapter, $2.62; W. A. Cabell (Old Tige) Chapter, $3.
California: Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 79, $25;
Sterling Price Chapter. No. 1343. $2; Robert E. Lee Chapter,
Xri, 27S. $10: commission on "Men in Gray" by Division,
40 cents.
Moriila : Jessie Denton Palmer, C. of C., $1 ; post cards,
?i 10: Annie Sebring Chapter, $10: Southern Cross Chapter,
$10; John B. Gordon Chapter. $5: R. E. Lee Chapter, $5;
,\ji,ilachicola, $3; Margaret Davis Chapter, $2; post cards,
$r : Elizabeth Harris Chapter, $5: Mildred Lee Chapter, C.
of C, $2; Kate D. Scott Chapter, $5; Stonewall Chapter. $5:
Miss Holmes (personal), Jacksonville, $2; Stars and Bars
Chapter, $2; Paton Anderson Chapter, $5; Ruth Jernigan
(personal), Gainesville. $1; Father Ryan Chapter, $3; Anna
Jackson Chapter. $5; Southern Cross Chapter. $2; Annie Car-
ter Lcc Chapter, $3; Dickison Chapter, $5 (interest, 30 cents) ;
Kilby Smith Chapter, $39.53; Mrs. Powell (personal), Jack-
sonville, $s; Mrs. B. B. Carroll (personal), Ocala, $1; Mrs.
M. E. Howard (personal). Ocala, $2.50; Martha Reed Dele-
gation, Memorial to Mrs, J. W. Cook, $10.
Georgia: Atlanta Chapter. $50; post cards, $2.30; Newman
Cliaptcr, $2.50; Annie Wheeler Chapter, $1; Chapter "A,"
.Augusta, $25; Covington and Oxford Chapter, $5; Atlanta
Ladies' Memorial Association, $10; R. F. Crittenden Chap-
ter, $3 ; Gen. Joiin B. Gordon Chapter, $5.
Kentucky: Paducah Chapter (post cards), $2.75.
New Mexico: V. Jeflferson Davis Chapter, Portales, $1.05.
Tennessee: Sarah Law Chapter. $25; Sarah I-aw Chapter
(post cards). $5; N. B. Forrest Chapter, Humboldt. $10; Ab
Dinwiddle Chapter, $1: Sam Davis Chapter, $5; Mrs. J. D.
Senter (personal), Humboldt, 47 cents; William Bate Chap-
ter. $5; Kirby Smith Chapter, $1.50; John W. Morton Chapter,
$25; Louisa Bedford Chapter, $6; Gen. A. P. Stewart Chap-
ter, $25; C. M. Goodlett Chapter, $5; Mrs. Harriet Holland
(personal), $5.
\'iiginia: Chesterfield Chapter, $5; Essex Chapter, $5; J.
E. B. Stuart Chapter, $10; Winnie Davis Chapter, $5; Hamp-
ton Chapter. $20; Fincastle Chapter, $5; Bethel Chapter, $10;
Warwick Beauregard Chapter, $1 ; Turner Ashby Chapter.
5^10; Anna Stonewall Jackson Chapter, $5; Isle of Wight
Chapter, $10; Mary Custis Lee Chapter, $10; William Watts
Chapter, $15.60; Gen. Dabney Maury Chapter. Philadelphia,
Pa.. $10.
Washington: Post cards sold on Shiloh Day by Di.xie Chap-
ter, Tacoma, $1.50.
Interest. $15.05.
Total collections since May 7, $656.()8.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $13,930.37.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date. $14,587.05.
THE BATTLE FIELD OF SHILOH.
BY MRS. CH.\RLES G. B.^RRETT, HUNTSVILLE, TEX., HISTORI.\N
TEX.^S DIVISION, U. D. C.
To All Members of the Texas Division, U. D. C. Greeting:
The rank and file of the Confederate army was like unto no
other. Drawn from the very flower of the South's chivalry,
and therefore descended from a Cavalier ancestry, the South-
ern soldier inherited a talent for leadership which was fos-
tered by the baronial life of the South, where "Old Marster"
was a feudal lord on his own estate, governing with wisdom
and kindness, and "Marse John" was brought up with the
principle of noblesse oblige in regard to the name and estate
to which he was to succeed.
Thus it was that the Confederate soldier, whether an officer
in command or the man behind the gun, has furnished the
students of military science with an uneclipsed example of
every species of courage, skill, and genius known to the an-
nals of war. At Shiloh when Albert Sidney Johnston fell a
new- and higher standard was set for the measurement of
heroes. Fame found it necessarj' to add another string to
her lyre, and "Battle's Magnificently Stern Array" demanded
a grander setting.
Words cannot portray the gallantry of our soldiers on that
red field, and what is true of the officer is equally so of the
thousands of privates who for honor's sake poured out their
lives through gaping wounds and have been sleeping all these
years in the three long scars that mar the breast of Tennessee.
No engagement which took place during the War of the
States has been more widely discussed and differed about by
men on both sides, as well as by schools and teachers of the
art of war, than this sanguinary encounter.
To the patriotic and well-informed Daughters of the Texas
Division I need not detail the main historic points; they are
already familiar to you. But the underlying causes which led
up to, ushered in, and continued this Titanic clash of arms,
making it the most famous and interesting of the war, I will
place before you. To you will be left the verdict as to where
the praise or blame should fall and who and what should be
held responsible for the success and failure of Confederate
and Federal arms.
L'nion officers have called it a "personal battle" as regards
themselves, and the facts that determined its character and
foreshadowed its results were eminently so. In fact, the whole
theme is full of personality.
Absolute fairness has been my object. I have searched as
diligently the Northern authorities as those of our own side,
drawing conclusions of the Union situation from the account
of events as in the official reports of the officers in command.
First, let us take a survey of the field and examine the
locality in which the storm of battle raged with such fury
for two long days that the river moaned and shuddered and
the very hills and valleys trembled with the conflict. It is
situated near the State line of Tennessee and Mississippi on
the west bank of the Tennessee River, at Pittsburg Landing,
where the Federal gunboats, Tyler, Lexington, and others,
were anchored. The lighting took place on an undulating table-
land, triangular in shape, four miles in length, with an eleva-
tion of one hundred feet at Pittsburg, but falling away to the
north, where the river widens. It is bound on the north by
Lick Creek, on the south by Owl Creek, with the river on
the east, running due north and crossed by neighborhood high-
ways, known as Hamburg. Purdy. and the river roads. Its
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topography is broken by deep ravines and hills. At the time
of the battle it was densely wooded, with occasional fields of
from twenty to eighty acres. So heavy was the carnage in these
clearings that the water of a small lake was crimson, and to
this day it is known as the "Bloody Pond." Near where
Albert Sidney Johnston fell the dead were piled so deep that
the Confederates designated it the "Hornet's Nest." Indeed,
there is not a cleared field within the limits of that battle
but has a history of its own.
The Federal Viewpoint,
A consensus of opinion seems about this : There is no
precedent or rule known to military art or science and no
reason of common expediency to justify conditions at Shiloh.
Pittsburg Landing was in no sense such a point of necessity
or desirability as to require any risk or expenditure to hold it.
The Confederate lines (which had been broken at Mill
Springs, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson by Generals Halleck,
Buell, Grant, and others) had fallen back for a new forma-
tion. Corinth, which was the point of intersection of the Mem-
phis and Charleston Railroad (running east and west) and
the Mobile and Ohio (running north and south), was the
logical point of concentration, and between Memphis and
Chattanooga the new line of defense for the Confederates
and attack by the Federals. While these plans were being per-
fected by both sides Halleck's troops were sent up the river
by water to destroy the Confederate railroad communication.
It was a temporary arrangement and not designed as a rendez-
vous for future operations. After several attempts to land
farther up the river, Pittsburg was selected as a place to go
ashore.
On learning that the Confederates were concentrating at
Corinth, about twenty miles distant, Generals Halleck and Buel
were ordered to that vicinity, with headquarters at Savannah.
This arrangement left the army protected by the river and
gunboats and free to choose a point of crossing and line of
attack.
When General Grant arrived in March, he (on the advice
of Sherman) placed the whole army on the west side of the
river and continued his headquarters at Savannah, leaving
Sherman (whose rank did not allow him to assume command)
with a "sort of control" at Pittsburg to assign the arriving
regiments to brigades and divisions and designate their camp-
ing grounds. Thus it was that an army of seventy regiments
of infantry, twenty batteries of artillery, and a large force of
cavalry lay for three weeks in an isolated camp, a river in its
rear, a hostile army (twenty miles distant) in its front, while
the commanding general made his headquarters and passed
his nights nine miles away on the opposite side of the river.
There were no line or order of battle, no defensive works of
any sort, no adequate outposts (to give warning or check the
advance of an enemy), and no recognized head during the
absence of the regular commander.
On Saturday the Confederates arrived and formed in order
of battle without detection or opposition within a mile of the
unguarded army, advanced upon it next morning at daylight,
penetrated its disconnected lines, assaulted its camps in front
and flank, drove its disjointed commands from position to
position (capturing some and routing others), and in spite of
much heroic resistance steadily drew near its base of supplies.
As night came on the disorganized Federal army was driven
to refuge in the midst of its magazine, with the triumphant
Confederates at half gunshot distance. Just here Nelson ar-
rived on the opposite side of the river with the advance di-
vision of Buell's reenforcing army, crossed over, and took
position under the fire of the Confederate g^ns after fighting
had ceased for the day.
The next morning, reenforced by Buell's army and Leu-
Wallace's division, the attack was made by the Federals, and
after ten hours of hard fighting the field was recaptured.
Some authorities seem to think that the Army of Ohio wai;
almost an intruder in this battle and the lives of two thousand
of its members a needless sacrifice ; but to the most super-
ficial observer it is apparent that the almost accidental arrival
of Nelson is all '>.dt saved the Federal army from annihila-
tion. With the fjreater part of the Federal army in retreat,
had the Confederates made the attack on the landing before
Nelson arrived, they must have succeeded beyond all doubt.
Lew Wallace has been severely criticized for failing to ar-
rive in time for Sunday's fight. McClernand, hampered by
the unexpected attack and the wreck of Prentiss in his front,
struggled gallantly to stem the tide of disaster, but failed.
Hurlbut placed his forces weakly, but maintained his position
for seven hours with a greater mortality than any other di-
vision. W. H. L. Wallace gave up his life to maintain his
front. Prentiss with the rawest troops in the army gave first
warning of the magnitude of the danger and offered a stout
resistance until completely overpowered, and six regiments of
his command were made prisoners. To the Army of Ohio is
due the honor of "saving the day" for the Union side.
So complete was the demoralization of the Federal army
that its commands lost all cohesion, and a week later had not
recovered from its prostrated condition. No pursuit was made
until next morning, and then only far enough to be assured
that the attack would not be renewed.
The Confeder.^te Side of the Question.
On April 2, 1862, when Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston learned
that Buell's army was advancing toward Savannah to join
General Grant, he determined to prevent the junction by at-
tacking the Federal forces at Pittsburg Landing before the
arrival of Buell. He therefore ordered the movement of his
troops on the following day, expecting to cover the twenty
miles and reach the enemy in time to make the attack at day-
light Saturday ; but the road was in such condition that it
was three o'clock Saturday afternoon before his forces were
in position. This delay and an exchange of shots with the
Federal pickets led him to believe that the enemy knew of his
presence and would be prepared. General Beauregard advised
the abandonment of the plan. He considered a surprise essen-
tial to success, but was overruled by Johnston, who thought
celerity of first importance if he was to strike Grant before
reenforcements arrived.
On the night of April 5 a council of war was held at John-
ston's headquarters, attended by Generals Beauregard, Bragg,
Hardee, Polk, and Breckinridge. They discussed the advisa-
bility of waiting for Generals Price and Van Dorn and their
commands, but the final decision was to make the attack at
dawn. The question of "Federal surprise" will never be set-
tled.
Some of the officers in the front division of the Union army
had a nervous feeling that their superiors were not giving
due importance to the presence of the Confederates, and Gen-
eral Sherman, disquieted by the frequent reconnoitering parties,
had strengthened his pickets on Saturday ; yet with the call to
arms was blended the crash of assault, and the whole forest
in front of them flashed with the gleam of Confederate bayo-
nets before they realized the extent of the danger.
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The Confederate plan of battle was to have the army drawn
up in three parallel lines, covering the enemy's front. Hardee
commanded the first, Bragg the second, and Polk and Breckin-
ridge the third. This e.xcellent arrangement gave each division
a triple complement of brigade and division officers, while
the front was in charge of four superb corps commanders.
At dawn the attack was made. The Federals were hurled
back, fighting with the courage of despair, yet falling back-
ward step by step. Hour after hour the victorious Confed-
erates advanced in triumph, and as night came on the enemy
was driven into a small space near the river.
But Fate was mi.xing a bitter cup for the South. In the
midst of victory Albert Sidney Johnston, while recklessly ex-
posing himself to the enemy's fire, was struck by a bullet
which cut an artery in his leg. He was lifted from his horse,
and ten minutes later this mighty warrior, gifted chieftain, and
white-souled, chivalrous Southern gentleman was dead, and
the Confederacy staggered under the blow.
At the close of the day General Beauregard ordered hostili-
ties to cease, saying : "The victory is sufficiently complete."
Was a victory ever "sufficiently complete" short of uncon-
ditional surrender? In disarming and escorting to the rear
the six captured regiments of Prentiss's command three valua-
ble hours were lost, and the force of attack on McClernand
weakened thereby.
The next morning, worn out with the fighting of the day
before and a night spent in the drenching rain, the Confed-
erates awoke to find themselves confronting not only the foes
of the previous day but, in addition, Buell's army and Wal-
lace's Division, which had also arrived fresh and splendidly
equipped. Against these overwhelming odds they contended
for ten mortal hours. At last, falling back slowly step by
step, they withdrew in good order. If Albert Sidney John-
ston had lived twenty-four hours longer, victory must have
remained with the Confederates in accord with his words:
"Gentlemen, to-morrow night we sleep in the enemy's camp."
Yes, it cost us dear, dear in the blood of ten thousand brave
Confederate soldiers, dearer still in the awful weight of woe
wliicli that day's work bore to the ears of a pitying God, and
dearest of all in the crushing blow dealt to the constitutional
rights of a million and a half free American citizens of eleven
sovereign States. Is not the spot worthy to be marked?
There are hundreds of Federal monuments on that field and
only three to the Confederacy. So though our soldiers have
"The hillside for a pall.
And lie in state while angels wait.
With stars for tapers tall ;
.And tlie dark pines, like nodding plumes.
Above them sadly wave,
And Fame stands tireless sentinel
Above their glory grave,"
and the Southern soldier buried in the trenches at Shiloh will
sleep as dreamlessly as the crowned monarch wrapped in splen-
did gloom, what of our duty as priestesses at our country's
altar? To the living as well as the dead are we not debtor?
Should not those who come after us find written in enduring
brass and marble, in mute but eloquent language, "All the glory
of the story of the men who wore the gray?"
[The foregoing splendid sketch should have been published
in the March issue, as it contained advice to the Texas Daugh-
ters for April 6 and 7, fiftieth anniversaries of the battle. —
Editor ■Veter.'\n.]
HOJV SERGEAXT FLEMIXG CAPTURED EIGHT MEN.
[E. W. Creswell, of Greenwood, S. C, induced Comrade
Fleming to write the story, and adds : "R. F. Flemirg was
orderly sergeant of Company A, 3d South Carolina Infantry.
In the battle of Savage Station during the seven days' fight
around Richmond, Company A was on the extreme right of
the skirmish line which brought on the fight, and was com-
manded by Maj. Frank Gaillard, of the 2d South Carolina
Regiment, when we charged the breastworks of the enemy."]
Serge.\nt Fleming's Own Account.
I was the first to mount the breastworks, and I saw several
Yankees dodge behind some cross breastworks which had been
thrown up to prevent a flank by us. I reported what 1 saw
to the officers, Major Gaillard, Major McLaws, and others
who had come up to inquire. After I told them all I knew.
Major McLaws said to me: "Go and take them." I asked
how many men I must take. The reply was : "Go and take
them." It occurred to me from that remark that they thought
I was mistaken, and I replied that I would do so.
Fortunately there were woods and undergrowth just in
front of where I saw the Yankees dodge behind the breast-
works. When I got in front of where I saw the Y'ankees
hide, I began to command in a loud tone and give orders as
if I had a regiment or company with me. After apparently
maneuvering for some minutes, I ordered my imaginary com-
pany to fire. I then stepped to the edge of the woods and
ordered the Y'ankees to come out and surrender, but there was
no answer. I then told them if they would surrender I would
treat them as prisoners of war ; but if I had to charge them,
I would give no quarter. I played bold.
Imagine my feelings until I saw a white handkerchief come
slowly above the breastworks on a bayonet. I felt greatly
relieved, but what if the Yanks had discovered I was alone?
I ordered all behind the breastworks to come out, and out
walked a lieutenant and seven privates. I ordered the lieu-
tenant to line up his men. After he had done so, I ordered
them to march four paces to the front and ground their
arms. I then ordered them to right about face and march
four paces, then to right face march ; and when they were
about ten paces from their guns. I halted them and asked the
lieutenant why he did not ground his sword and pistol. His
reply was that he would not surrender to a noncommissioned
officer. I told him I was not playing at etiquette nor taking
any chances, and that if he did not ground his arms I would
put a ball through him: but he still refused, and I hated to
shoot the poor fellow after he w-as in my power. So I told
him if he would lay them down I would leave the pistol where
it was, but I would hand him his sword when we got to where
my men were. He asked me if I meant it. I told him we
Southerners were gentlemen and we meant what we said.
He then laid them down, and when we got to the skirmish
line. I handed him his sword and let him hand it to one of
the officers. The lieutenant asked me where all the men were
I was maneuvering in the woods. When I told him I was
alone, he said if he had known that he would never have sur-
rendered to one man.
I thought sure when I got back to the line I would hear
the commanding officer say, "Well, as you have captured them,
you can march them on to Richmond ;" but I was told to turn
them over to Corporal Garret and Privates Mosely and Miller
to carry to Richmond. So I did not get a trip to Richmond
for all my trouble. I was in the fight at Savage Station, where
we lost so many good men of our regiment.
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irOMAX'S MONUMEXT AT JACKSOX, MISS.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone to the woman's
monument for Mississippi at Jackson on June 3. 1912, was
most imposing.
The parade was in the order following; Mounted police fol-
lowed by Major General Pat Henry and staflf as commander
of the Mississippi Division, U. C. V., Gen. W. A. Montgomery
(who has ever been chairman of the finance committee of the
U. C. V. and otherwise prominent in the organization), with
his staflf; next, five carriages with officials of Veterans, Sons,
Daughters, and other patriotic organizations ; the Confederate
Veterans in line, the Masonic bodies followed by many citizens
in carriages and automobiles, with lavish decorations in Con-
federate colors.
George B. Power as master of ceremonies called upon Rev.
P. A. Haman, of Learned, who invoked divine blessing.
Articles in the corner stone comprised much of important
■data, including the parchment on which is a list of the con-
tributors to the monument fund ; the names of the Mississippi
Daughters of the Confederacy, headed by Mrs. S. E. F. Rose,
President; names of Daughters of the American Revolution;
act of the legislature of 1910 providing for the fund and the
act of 1912 making a donation to the fund.
Addresses were made by Mrs. S. E. F. Rose and Miss Ana-
hel Power, of Jackson, after which luncheon was served to
the Veterans by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Mayor made an appropriate and pleasing address of
welcome. General Pat Henry followed the Mayor in an ad-
dress of welcome to the Veterans in which he gave some in-
teresting reminiscences. After introductory remarks. General
Henry said :
"As your Commander, comrades, the pleasing duty has been
assigned me of bidding you welcome on this occasion, which
I do most heartily. As heroes of a hundred battles, as sur-
vivors of the greatest war of modern times, as members of the
United Confederate Veteran Association, I welcome you, and
am glad that you are here on this the natal day of our illus-
trious President to participate in the exercises incident to the
occasion. I congratulate you that our labor of love, the erec-
tion of a monument to our glorious women of 1861-65, is so
nearly accomphshed, and trust we may all be here to witness
its completion in the fall. For years the Confederate heart has
heen set on this monument as a duty we owed to our moth-
ers, wives, and sweethearts — the Confederate women and girls
who wrought for their country in her dire distress. Early in
the war, through sewing societies, they made clothes for us.
These good women toiled by day and prayed by night to the
God of battles for victory. Many of you, my comrades, saw
those frail, tender Southern women, undaunted by disease or
shot and shell, ministering to our sick in hospitals, cooling the
parched lips of the wounded, and wiping death damp from
the brow of the dying soldier. They even buried the
dead and conducted the funeral service. Some of them
became noted scouts, and never was one known to betray the
cause. But as great as were our women in these lines, they
were even greater in the good influences over our soldiers.
They inspired them to noble deeds, for with every Confed-
erate soldier marched a noble Southern woman. * * *
Sweet and gracious as were our women to the soldiers at the
front, they scorned the man who shirked his duty ; nor did
they tolerate or forgive the man who deserted his flag. Even
the lonely wife, struggling to support her family while her
husband was away in the army, looking into the wan faces of
her children, pale and emaciated from hunger, would not
have welcomed back that husband had he come without leave.
These were the women of 1861-65; these are the women to
whom we build this monument. We offer it as an object les-
son to our children, and beg that they will love and venerate
the memory of those to whom it is erected. The Spartan
mother told her son, a soldier, to 'return with his shield or
upon it.' The Confederate mother knew that her son would
do his duty.
"After the war in our darkest days of the Reconstruction
era, when it seemed that hope had bidden the world farewell,
the virtue of our women shone through the gloom 'even as stars
through the dark.' She was wise in council and was always for
resistance to the element that dominated in Reconstruction. She
was cognizant of the workings of that great invisible army, the
Ku Klux Klan, but the powers of the Inquisition could not
have extorted the secret from her. It has been said that the
men and women of the South fought the battles of the war;
while the women and men fought later the battle for civil
government. These are the women, my comrades, to whom
you are building this monument ; for this you have labored
and prayed.
"Several years ago our late beloved and lamented Com-
mander, Gen. Robert Lowry, appointed a committee composed
of Comrades Charles Scott, H. Clay Sharkey, Charles Kimp-
brew, W. T. Coleman, and J. W. Griflfin to raise the necessary
funds for the monument. Of this committee he made Com-
rade Scott, whose absence to-day we regret, chairman, and
Comrade Sharkey, the original instigator of the movement,
treasurer. After diligent and faithful work, this splendid
committee failing to raise the necessary funds, the Gulfport
Convention last year asked the cooperation of the Daughters
and Sons of Veterans. Additional committees were appointed
from each, and we are happy that throitgh the combined ef-
forts of this joint committee and the donation from the State,
for which we are grateful, the monument is an assured success
and will be placed on this pedestal in the fall. To this joint
committee in your names, comrades I return the thanks of
our organization.
"Now, comrades, I beg you to remember that you represent
a cause which you know was right and was not lost, though
il went down in defeat ; remember that the principles for
which you fought yet live, and time has proved that they were
correct. * * *
"And now, my comrades, let me say : In the future be true
to yourselves as you have been to your country in the past.
Stand for the flag of a reunited country. At all times be ye
ready to answer that call which comes to all, and may the
good God watch over and bless you !"
Oration by Dr. Waddell.
The oration was delivered by Dr. DeB. Waddell, of Me-
ridian, an orator of splendid eloquence and prominent among
the members of the Episcopal clergy in this State, being now
the Archdeacon of the Mississippi Diocese. Dr. Waddell spoke
as follows :
"While I have had little to say about the erection of the
u'lany monuments raised throughout the South in honor of the
Confederate soldiers, I have always felt that in erecting them
we were neglecting a much more important duty. One would
suppose from these monuments that these soldiers were the
only heroes of the Civil War. But when we study the ques-
tion as we should — and especially would I have these young
men and women, who are so soon to take our place, to study
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it_we shall find that the real heroes of our struggle, the
noblest that ever adorned any land or age, are to be found in
those queenly women who ruled over the households of the
South and reared the boys who went forth to fight her battles.
"It is a truth beyond any questien that there never has been
in the annals of the world, nor ever will be again, a body of
men equal in prowess and endurance to the Confederate army.
Largely roared in luxury, knowing nothing of trials and priva-
tions, they went forth confidently, knowing they were poorly
equipped, and in a sense facing the whole world. For four
long years, often naked and hungry, with little ammunition
and with only old-fashioned rifles, they met and drove back the
mighty armies of the North, fully equipped with everything
necessary for an army, w'ho outnumbered them five to one.
When I think of the disparity in numbers and equipment, it
is almost an unbelievable wonder to myself that this four
\ cars' struggle could have been made. As we gaze and won-
der upon that struggle — and the more we gaze and wonder,
the more will we be impressed with the matchless valor of
the Confederate soldier — the question naturally arises, Why
was it that the soldiers of the CcMifedcracy outranked all other
!-n]diers who have battled in the liistory of the past?
"That they did outrank them should be impressed upon the
minds of the growing generation. We hear of weak numbers,
poor arms, and inferior ammunition, of want of food and
clothing, and many hardships and privations; but it is almost
impossible for us to realize them in their fullness. Yet we
are wliolly unprepared because i.trnorant to give him credit
for all he did. The truth of the matter is, he bore far more
than has ever been told. Tramping barefoot over frozen
ground, with scarcely clothes enough to protect his bod)% and
going four and five days with scarcely anything to eat, was a
common thing. Many of the desperate battles he fought
against fearful odds in which he routed the enemy w'ere the
result of his desperation produced by his hardships.
".•\s an illustration of this I will relate a scene I witnessed
in East Tennessee. Longstreet. after his failure at Knoxville,
went into winter quarters below Morristown. It was a terri-
ble winter, and we were cut off from all assistance of every
kind and had to depend upon foraging over the mountains.
We became short of clothes, shoes, and provisions. The
Federals moved out to about tw-clve miles of our camp. Not-
witlistanding the ground was frozen for two or three feet
and cracked open and there were thousands of barefooted men
in our corps. General Longstreet gave orders to move back on
she eneiTiy. The men, though barefooted, marched in fine
spirits over the frozen ground, hoping their condition might
be benefited by a fight. When within two miles of the
enemy's camp, our regiment halted for a five-minute rest,
when down the road came a Confederate soldier whistling
one of the gayest tunes I ever heard. He had on his head the
remains of a beaver hat, part of the crown and brim gone, and
his red hair sticking out of the top. His blankets were across
his shoulders, which were covered by a very thin and narrow
coat. His pants and drawers were frazzled out to his knees,
leaving his legs and feet perfectly naked. Right in front of
our regiment he met a courier on horseback, and, stepping in
front of Iiim, he ordered him to halt, which he did. 'My
friend,' said the soldier, 'I have halted you to ask if you
wouldn't like to swap your horse this morning for a Confed-
erate uniform.' The courier looked at him and said: 'If I was
in your place. 1 be dogged if I wouldn't desert.' 'Well,' said
the soldier, 'I had an idea like that myself; but I concluded
I had better wait until we got into this fight down here, and
perhaps I might get a pair of shoes and I could make a better
race.' This was the spirit of the Confederate soldier, and
you simply had to kill him to whip him. I will say in passing
that the Federals had just received their full winter supplies
of clothing, shoes, and food, and, taking them by surprise, we
ran over them and got not only clothing and food, but enough
shoes to supply our ten thousand barefooted men.
"I will give you one more illustration. Marching down the
road once in Virginia at the head of the regiment, I saw a
man standing against a tree rubbing his back. I knew the
man. and knew his father to be worth two hundred thousand
dollars. As the regiment approached he rubbed his back
against the tree and said: 'Boys, it won't do for a poor man
to have the itch.' 'Why?' said some of the men. 'Because
he hasn't got time to stop and scratch and enjoy it.'
"I linger on this subject of the hardships of the Confederate
soldier and the spirit in which he met them not only to prove
that he was matchless but to inspire, if I can. the young men
of this day to cultivate their spirit and prove themselves men
in the great battle of life. This to many may seem a digres-
sion, but it is really not so. The seeming digression was only
intended to help you to solve the question I propoimded just
now: 'Why was it that the soldiers of the Confederacy out-
r.nnkcd all other soldiers and waged a battle greater than any
fought on land or sea?"
"One of the proudest memories of the War of the States
is the conduct of the women of the Confederacy, who willingly
gave all — fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers — to the service
of the Confederacy. With no thought of self, at the first
call to arms in '6l they bade their protectors Godspeed and
undertook the support of their families, aged parents, and
children. They deprived themselves of the comforts and even
the necessities of life in order to care for the sick and wounded
soldiers and feed and clothe all those within their reach.
There were no idle moments in those Southern homes. The
women were constantly spinning, knitting, and weaving to
provide garments for those in the army and struggling to carry
on their hoine affairs.
"These women, reared in luxury, unused to aught but in-
door employments such as the customs of the country as-
signed to women, planted, cultivated, and gathered the crops,
chopped and hauled wood, fed and attended to the stock,
cheerfully performing such duties as their part of the sacri-
fices necessary to achieve the independence of the Confederacy.
"The heroism of these noble women was a moral heroism
even greater and grander than that of the soldiers who fell
in the excitement of battle. We hear heralded throughout the
world the courage of the Spartan mother who urged her sons
to go to battle and return with tlicir shields or upon them.
We are proud to say that heroism did not die with the ancients,
for the women of the Confederacy gave to the world an ex-
hibition of bravery and unselfish devotion never excelled and
rarely equaled in history. Many instances of her courage
could be related. One, although often told, will be given
again. Governor Tctclier. war Governor of Virginia, return-
ing from a visit to his home at Staunton, stopped at the house
of an old friend. The good woman of the house was alone,
and she told the Governor that her husband, father, and ten
sons were all in the same company in the army. 'You must
be very lonely,' the Governor said, 'accustomed to so large
a family. ' 'Yes,' this noble matron replied, 'it is hard to be
alone; but if I had ten more sons, they should all be in the
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army.' Is it any wonder that with such mothers the Confed-
erate soldiers for four years, although far outnumbered, poor-
ly equipped, almost starved, thrilled the world with their deeds
of courage and daring? Histor>- records the statement that
never before in the annals of history did so many brave and
patriotic men with such unanimity of purpose rally around a
common standard.
"The great Napoleon on being asked what was the greatest
need of his country replied, 'Mothers.' The South had mothers,
and that was what made her great ; and these same mothers
furnished to the world the Confederate soldier. These mothers
transmitted to their sons this courage of adamant and devo-
tion to principle which the Northern general recognized when
he refused to exchange prisoners. He said : 'If we let these
men out of prison, it will be a war of extermination and will
never end until that last man is cold in death.' What a tribute
from the enemy to the mothers of the Confederate soldier!
Truly the 'hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.'
"How appropriate that this memorial should be erected to
these Confederate mothers while many of them yet live, while
their ears can hear our approving words and their hearts be
cheered and thrilled by them! It is indeed fitting that these
flowers should be placed in their living hands ; and as these
dear mothers go on to life's sunset, their hearts may be made
to rejoice in knowing that their deeds are remembered and
appreciated. These women never forgot the Confederate sol-
dier 'on tented field, behind prison bars, nor under the sod,'
and now our veterans offer this tribute of their love to these
Southern heroines, the women of the Confederacy.
"Naught that can be done or said can add anything to their
laurels. This would be as useless as to attempt 'to gild re-
fined gold or paint the lily,' and there is not marble enougfi
in the bosom of mother earth to erect a monument grand
enough or pure enough to do justice to the women of the
Confederacy. The memorial will be placed as a tribute of
love from our veterans, an expression to the world of the un-
dying loyalty of Mississippi to the memory of her women and
an inspiration to generations yet unborn to revere the mem-
ory of the women who represented the highest type of woman-
hood and patriotism. On behalf of the splendid organization
I have the honor to present to the United Daughters of the
Confederacy of Mississippi our pledge of loyalty to the sacred
trust placed in our keeping and to forever cherish, preserve,
and defend the memorial erected by our beloved veterans and
the men of Mississippi to Southern womanhood, and to instill
into our children a reverence for the memory of the women
of the Confederacy, whose characters were adorned with gems
more precious than can be found in the richest mines of
earth — the jewels of love, honor, wisdom, truth, courage, patri-
otism, and, above all, a good name, which the Book of books
tells us is 'rather to be chosen than great riches.'
"No greater day has ever dawned in Mississippi than this
day, June 3, 1912, when the men of our great State with one
accord assemble to pay homage to the women of the Confed-
eracy. And no more appropriate date could have been se-
lected than this anniversary of the natal day of Jefferson
Davis, the central figure of the Confederacy, the incarnation
of the principles for which the South stood, and the vicarious
sufferer for the South when at Fortress Monroe he suffered
all the humiliation and degradation that could be heaped upon
him ; but he was ever sustained and soothed by an unfaltering
trust and rose supreme above the hatred of his enemies. In
those celestial regions yonder, if it is given to the spirit eye
to gaze upon earthly scenes, we know that grand galaxy of
Confederate heroes, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest,
our own Stephen D. Lee, and a host of others, is looking
down on us now with blessings and approval. Some day
when the South comes to her own — and even now we can
see the 'dawning of the morning' — but when that day shall
really dawn in all its dazzling splendor and the South, like
a radiant queen, shall don her coronation robes and a crown
shall be placed upon her fair brow by justice and truth, there
will be many great and good things to be told of her historj-.
Men will never tire of speaking of this land of romance, so
different in many essential respects from the rest of the coun-
try, and women will read with joy and tears the story of her
long-fought battle for supremacy; but when the tale is all
told and the history of her labor in war and peace has been
recounted, no grander chapter in all her history, no fairer
page will ever be read than that which tells the story of these
Southern heroines, the noble women of the Confederacv."
MISSISSIPPI DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
DY MRS. I.ILI.IE SC.'^LES SLAUGHTER, STARKVILLE, MISS.
The sixteenth annual Convention held at Natchez May 7-9,
1912, was one of the most delightful and successful meetings
ever held by the Mississippi Division, U. D. C.
Natchez, with its charm of historic associations and ele-
gant and cordial people, made an ideal setting for this Conven-
tion, and pleasant recollections will ever linger with those
fortunate enough to be present. The attendance was excel-
lent, considering the flood conditions which unavoidably cut
off delegates from the Delta counties.
A spirit of enthusiasm was manifested, and the meetings
were harmonious throughout. The new member contest in-
augurated this year by the President had proved a great suc-
cess. Over five hundred new members were added to the
Division, which has given new life and increased strength.
A pleasing feature of the program on the opening night was
the presentation of the beautiful silver loving cup to the Col.
H. M. Street Chapter of Meridian, which had sent in one hun-
dred and eleven, the largest list of new members. Beautifully
embossed "Certificates of Merit" were presented by the Presi-
dent to each Chapter in the contest. Several important amend-
ments were adopted which will improve the work along vari-
ous lines. Two new officers were created — viz., a Second Vice
President and Director of the Children of the Confederacy.
With a strong official board, proceedings will advance more
rapidly, and the important work of organizing Children's
Chapters will progress rapidly with an officer directly respon-
sible for and in charge of this department.
The Maintenance Fund Committee appointed last year was
continued. This relief fund enables the Daughters to give
speedy relief to veterans for whom there may not be room
in the Home.
On the recommendation of the President the Corresponding
Secretary was elected from the same town as the President.
Thus being in close touch, she will be able to do much routine
work, giving the President more time for important interests 1
of the Division.
The Old Capitol Committee will be greatly strengthened
and a bold fight will be made for preservation of this historic
building for which the U. D. C. have striven for many years.
A program of great excellence was rendered on Historical
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Evening, May 9. The medal in the prize essay contest of
1912 was awarded to Mr. Moses Copeloff. of Itta Bena; sub-
ject, "Slavery in Mississippi." The essay was sent in by
Mildred Maury Humphrey Chapter, of that town. The ban-
ner for history was won by the John M. Stone Chapter, of
West Point, for the best historical report for the year, follow--
ing the State Historian's outline of study in the yearbook.
This has been a glorious year in the Mississippi Division,
and it is the purpose of our members to reach even greater
success by making 1913 the best year of the Division.
The Convention left its impress for good. The next Con-
vention will be held in the city of Tupelo beginning the first
Tuesday in May, 1913.
Mrs. S. E. F. Rose was reelected President by acclamation,
and she received many compliments on the brilliant record of
her administration as well as on her splendid qualifications as
presiding officer, having conducted proceedings with dignity,
firmness, and dispatch,
Mrs. Lillie Scales Slaughter, of Starkville, the capable Re-
cording Secretary, would have been reelected, but declined on
nrrount of being physically unable to discharge the duties.
Officf.rs or Mississippi Division for 1912-13.
Mrs. Sarah Dabney Eggleston, Raymond, and Mrs. Mary
R. Wallace, Bcauvoir, were elected Honorary President and
Honorary Vice President, respectively.
President, Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, West Point.
First Vice President, Mrs. Madge H. Holmes. Hattiesburg.
Second Vice President, Mrs. Ella Mussclwhite, Kosciusko.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. G. Duprce. Jackson.
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. H. I-. Quinn, West Point.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Lampton, Magnolia.
Historian, Miss Alice Quitman Lovell, Natchez,
Registrar, Miss Lizzie B. Craft. Holly Springs.
Organizer. Mrs. C. B. Hill, Meridian.
Recorder of Crosses, Mrs. Perle L. Harris, Collierville,
Tenn.
Editor Official Or.gan, Mrs. Lizzie Hunter BIcwett. Yazoo
City, with Miss Gladys BIcwett. Yazoo City, Assistant.
Director Children of the Confederacy, Mrs. Emma Mc-
Gregor, Hattiesburg.
The address of the U. D. C. President, Mrs. Rose, at Jack-
son and other features of that important enterprise (it being
the first of the proposed uniformity by States of honoring
our beloved Soutliorn women of the sixties') are unavoidedly
omitted. Tliis proposed uniformity was su.ggcsted by the Vet-
ER.\N.
THIC ANTE-BELLUM WOMAN'.
An Acrostic by Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, President Mississippi Di-
vKsioN, U, D. C, West Point, Miss.
Tliougli many moons liave waned, and many years l^a^■e passed.
How oft in tender musins we lieliold. as in a glas.s.
Ever a lovely picture of an old plantation home 1
Amon^ the lilac?; and the lilies our thoughts delight to roam.
No wonder a.s we ponder o'er the scene.*^ of other day,*^
The woman of the South appears, in.spiring all our lays.
Each home in Dixie Land was guided by a gentle liand;
Brighter far her crown than any princess in the land.
Each jewel in her diadem sparkled with genuine worth.
Love, wisdom, honor, strength, and honest pride of t>irth.
Lo! her hu-'^band praised, her children called her blest.
Under her roof tree strangers found welcome with the rest.
Many servants did her bidding: they found her always kind.
Woman of the South, thou art gentleness and strength combined.
Onward with mighty strides the world moves on apace.
Many movements startle us: we pause and see a smiling face —
A woman pure in thought and deed : her life was e'er serene.
No laurel wreath is needed: her good name remains supreme.
PRISOX EXPERIENCE IN ELM IRA, N. Y.
BY DR. G. T. TAYLOR, BISMARCK, ARK.
I belonged to Company C, ist Alabama Battalion of Heavy
.Artillery, and served on the Gulf Coast most of the war of
1861-65. I was captured August 23, 1864, at Fort Morgan and
was taken to Mew Orleans and placed in Cotton Press No. 3
on September 18 (?). About 300 of us were sent on board
a ship for New York Cit>' and placed in Castle Williams, on
Governor's Island. We were kept there until December 4,
when we were sent to the Elmira (N. Y.) Prison. While in
New Orleans we fared fairly well under the circumstances.
While on Governor's Island a corporal (I think his name was
Toby) stole our rations, and we suffered hunger until Colonel
Bumford, in command of the prison, removed the man, who
was making money while we were starving. While there I
took smallpox, as did several others, and we carried the
disease to Elmira, where a number died of it.
Talk about Camp Chase. Rock Island, or any other prison as
you please, but Elmira was nearer Hades than I thought any
place could be made by human cruelty. It was in a bend of the
small river, surrounded by a high board inclosure, with senti-
nels walking on a platform near the top outside, with a dead
line some fifteen or twenty feet on the inside ; and if prison-
ers went near the line, a wound or death was the invariable
result. Snow and ice several feet thick covered the place
from December 6 to March 15, 1865. We were in shacks
some seventy or eighty feet long, and they were very open,
with but one stove to the house. We had bunks three tiers
high, with only two men to a bunk, while we were allowed
only one blanket to the man. Our quarters were searched
every day. and any extra blankets were taken from us. For
the least infraction we were sent to the guardhouse and made
to wear a "barrel shirt" or were tied up by the thumbs for
hours at a time. There was one Major Beal who, I believe,
was the meanest man I ever knew. Our rations were very
scant. .About eight or nine in the morning we were furnished
a small piece of loaf bread and a small piece of salt pork or
pickled beef each, and in the afternoon a small piece of bread
and a tin plate of soup, with sometimes a little rice or Irish
potato in the soup where the pork or beef had been boiled.
We were not allowed to have money, but could make rings or
pins or buttons and sell them for sutler tickets and buy tobacco
or apples; but w-e were not allowed to buy rations. .After the
surrender of General Lee, we thought it would be better, but
were mistaken.
In May they commenced to liberate prisoners, sending
three hundred every other day. I got out on July 7, 1865,
and started for my home in Alabama. Upon arrival in New
York City I secured my first "square meal" in over ten months.
My experience was that when you met a Western man you
met a gentleman and soldier ; but when you met a "down
Easterner" or a Southern renegade, you met the other fellow.
If any of the ist Battalion of Heavy Artillery of Alabama
or any of the ist Tennessee Heavy Artillery or any of Cap-
tain Butt's company, 21st Alabama Infantry sees this, please
write me.
.'\ny comrade who remembers Marian McConl. of the com-
pany from Rossville, Tenn., 38th Tennessee Regiment, will
please communicate with his widow, Mrs. California McCord.
R. R. No. I, Collierville. Tenn.. who is very old and needs a
pension.
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UXIOX VETERAX AT XATIOXAL CEMETERY.
[The following address by Capt. A. J. Gahagan, of Chatta-
r.ooga, at the Xational Cemetery, near \ashville, on May
?,c. 1912, vividly illustrates the sentiment that prevails among
the best men of the Union side. Captain Gahagan was a mere
boy, although an officer, and he has made a good citizen ever
since. He is not noted as an orator, but as an ardent con-
servative patriot.]
We gather to-day in the national cemeteries and other quiet
habitations of the dead all over this country to pay our tribute
to the memory of the men who died or offered their lives
that the nation might live. There is a special significance at-
tached to this service. This is the golden anniversary of the
year in which more men voluntarily enlisted to fight in two
armies than ever voluntarily offered to go to war for any
cause during any year for twenty centuries.
Many of those who enlisted during 1861 did so under the
impression that the war would be of short duration, believing
it would be rather an outing that w'ould not carry with it
such hardships, privations, and sufferings as were shown by the
trials that followed. Before the war had lasted twelve months
the magnitude of the task was developed, and it was then that
both the Union and the Confederacy realized that every pos-
sible resource of men and women would be heavily taxed to
meet the emergencies of that great struggle. During 1861 and
1862 both the Union and the Confederate armies were largel\
recruited by voluntary enlistment. In later years more ex-
treme measures had to be resorted to in order to fill up the
depleted ranks. In the Confederate States every available
man practically subject to military duty was called into the
service. He enlisted by his own voluntary choice or by the
enforced demands of tlie Confederate government. In the
States adhering to the Union in some cases a draft finally
was resorted to or large bounties paid by the States upon
which calls were made for more troops. The South labored
under the great disadvantage that loyal sentiment for the
Union existed among a large percentage of her population
and strengthened the latter's armies ; but while there were sym-
pathizers for the South in large numbers in the Northern
States, from that source the Confederate army did not pro-
cure perhaps one-tenth in proportion of the enlistments that
went from the loyal population in the Southern States to the
Union army. Had the three hundred or more thousands of
men enlisting from the Southern States in the Union army
gone into the Confederate army, the contest would have been
much harder and longer. Just what the effect would have
been under such conditions no one can tell.
People who do not carefully study history and analyze what
that great war meant can hardly appreciate its magnitude.
Figure up some of the enormous proportions of that contest,
and the results will be astonishing. From April i, 1861, to
January i, 1865, in the two armies more than three million
men were enrolled. If these were put in line standing side by
side with elbows touching, they would make a solid line of men
nearly two thousand miles long. If you divided that body into
two armies and they faced each other, they would make a line
of battle nearly nine hundred miles long, or would reach about
one-third the distance from New York to San Francisco.
Nearly four hundred thousand men were killed in battle or
died of wounds and disease. If they could be buried in a
single row, the graves two feet apart or a grave every five
feet, it would cover a distance of more than three hundred
and fifty miles.
During that great struggle there was a battle front or a
territory to be guarded from Chesapeake Bay to the Rio
Grande River, more than two thousand miles. A blockade
had to be kept up along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of
Mexico from Maine to Texas and on the Pacific Ocean from
Southern California to British Columbia. No such war was
ever fought, no such territory was ever before defended in
any war, and so vast a sum of money had never been ex-
pended in any war. Such a sacrifice of lives was never equaled
in any age of the world's history. More than that, no such
results for the good of the human race have ever resulted from
any war. By that awful contest the greatest government that
has ever existed on the earth has been permanently established.
A people possessing so great resources in wealth and in the
development of agriculture, commerce and trade, and the
practice of professions are happily located within the terri-
torial limits of the United States. And it is safe to say that
a people more loyal to the government and who would be more
willing and ready to shed their blood in its defense do not
live in any other country on the earth.
Think of our progress. A half century ago we were fighting
among ourselves. The very elements seemed to weep over the
sacrifice of human life and property, but out of that crucible
of destruction has come the most prosperous people in the
world. An effort to establish a Confederacy failed and the
power of the government to maintain itself has been estab-
lished. Those of us who took part in that great contest or
were living then and witnesses to tJie fearful carnage of war
can hardly conceive how a people defeated at such an awful
cost could so soon become reconciled to its results.
A few weeks ago in one of the great Northern cities at a
gathering of distinguished men I heard a prominent law-
maker of the country, a man who was a soldier of distinstion
in the Northern army, in an after-dinner speech pay the South-
ern people a compliment by saying that, in his opinion, in less
than fifty years after the close of that great war the people of
no section of our common country were more loyal to the
flag and all it represents than those whose ancestors gave
their all in defense of the Confederacy and who would be
more willing now to fight for the flag of the Union as hero-
ically as did their fathers fight foi that other flag that went
down at Appomattox. That sentiment was heartily applauded,
and I believe the speaker told the truth.
Why should we not be a happy and united people? There
is none just like it on the earth, and there is no other govern-
ment that represents just what this country does. It is in
advance of all other nations in growth and development. It
leads the world in elevating its people, caring for their wants,
educating them, and fitting them for that station in life that
our Heavenly Father has provided for all mankind. That
great war developed the latent powers of individuals as well
as of the nation. It brought men from humble positions in
life and developed their capacity for high commands and great
achievements.
Had that great struggle never come on, Abraham Lincoln
w-ould never have had an opportunity to show to the world
his wonderful resources of mind and heart. Grant and Lee,
Sherman and Johnston, Sheridan and Jackson, Thomas and
Bragg, Hancock and Forrest, and many others of both armies
would never have been known as such capable captains in
war as they demonstrated. And then, again, what great states-
men were developed in the conduct of the affairs of both the
Union and Confederacy during that trying, stormy period!
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And O what trials and privations were endured ! The strug-
gle was not alone with the men of either army who did the
fighting. I think it would be safe to say that the anxious days
and sleepless nights that were endured by the women of the
country, both North and South, next to the trials and hard-
ships of those who endured and died in prisons, deserve first
place. Let us go back in memory and recall the willingness
to obey orders, to go 'without complaining into any place of
hardship or danger. It seems to nie that that war was fought
at the right time and by the right people.
After coming out of that great contest, how the men of both
armies adapted themselves to the conditions with which they
were surrounded ! The men of each army went back to
farm and factcTy, took hold of the plow and implements of
industry, and went to work to rebuild what had been de-
stroyed.
"What other armies of all time fought such battles, made
greater marches, and accomplished more difficult tasks? Bull
Run was the first great baptism of battle. It was a Confeder-
ate victory, and I think it was well, as that engagement showed
the people of the Union what we were up against; that it was
a contest between brave men and that it was a struggle for
existence. It proved a question of resources in men and
facilities for carrying on war. From the beginning the army
of the Union was the aggressor; the majority of the great bat-
tles were fought within the limits of the Confederacy. The
Confederate soldier was on the defensive, consequently had
some advantage. He was fighting for a principle that was
dear to his heart in the establishment of a new government.
CAl'T. A. J. CAHAGAN.
The Union soldier fought to maintain llie government un-
divided. And then what real men that war made ! The pri-
vate in the ranks was seasoned, his fiber toughened, his cour-
aged was developed — all of which increased his personal i)ower
and influence. Those who withstood these hardships and the
temptations of vice and returned to their homes physically
strong made a race of men that has added luster to the fame
of this country. Consider the great battles they fought —
Manassas. Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Stone's River,
Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, the Wilderness,
Sherman's March to the Sea, Hood's invasion of Tennessee,
the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and the culmination at
Five Forks and Appomattox, saying nothing of a thousand
other battles on land and thrilling engagements at sea.
There is no record in any war of so many battles fought
and such stupendous results in the loss of life. Only great
leadership and rank nv\d file consecrated and devoted to their
cause could have made such history. During the four years
of that great conflict there were fought over 2,200 battles and
skirmishes. Virginia was the great battle ground of the
War of the States, and within the limits of that State there
were over five hundred engagements. There were 298 in Ten-
nessee, 214 in Missouri, and 186 in Mississippi. There were
twelve hundred battles and skirmishes in these four States.
At the close of the war more than a million and a half of
those who had taken part returned to their homes physically
strong and healthy and ready to engage in the avocations of
civil life. Almost a half century has passed, and yet many
of those men are still actively engaged in the great business
occupations and ennobling professions of our country.
It isn't strange that the custom of assembling on Memorial
Day should find greater approval as each memorial anniversary
occurs. No civilized race of people have ever failed to show
appreciation for those who fight their battles. The Greeks
have ever reverenced the memory of those who fell at Mara-
thon, nearly five hundred years before the time of Christ. The
Qcsars of Rome buill great highways and monuments to com-
memorate the victories of her soldiers. The great nations of
Europe have in harmony with their own ideas shown their
appreciation of those who died fighting their battles. It has
been left to our own country to reward more generously her
soldiers by liberal pensions in caring for them in the Sol-
diers' Homes and giving them comfort in their declining years
tlian has any other country. Every State that united with
llie Confederacy in granting liberal pensions to her soldiers
who fought for its cause is doing the right thing by them.
Those men who at the call of (heir State fought its battles de-
serve its support in their old age. To fail to do so would
show ingratitude that finds no place in the American heart.
The War of the States was not fought in vain ; the men
whose memory we honor to-day died for their country. The
heart of .American womanhood did not bleed for naught; the
part she accomplished, both North and South, during those
anxious years should ennoble her in the estimation of all men.
The services we perform to-day and the beautiful resting
places that the nation has provided for her dead are an evidence
of her gratitude to those who fought her battles. As we scat-
ter flowers over the graves of those who sleep here let us not
forget those who wore the other uniform. May the dust of all
who wore either the blue or gray forever rest in peace! No
people at the close of any war ever went back to their homes
to find greater desolation and ruin than that witnessed by the
Confederate soldier when he returned to his home in the
Southland. One of the delightful memories of that great con-
llict is the readiness with which each forgot the animosities of
war and joined hands in restoring to the country what had
been torn down, and this Southland, upon which the hand of
war rested so heavily, has in less than half a century shown
a growth and development the like of which the world fur-
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nishes no parallel. Every section is connected by a network
of railroads. Schools and colleges have been built every-
where; breastworks have been torn down and in their places
have been erected factories for the employment of labor and
the utilization of our many natural resources. So the smoke
of industry takes the place of the smoke of battle. What has
been accomplished by the soldier in war and the citizen in
peace should be an inspiration to future generations. The
government was worth saving, and the sacrifice of men and
money was not in vain. It was war between Americans, and
all the glory of the victory could never have been won except
for the courage and sacrifice of the army that went down in
defeat; but God's hand was surely in it all and we are a bet-
ter people in consequence of the crucible.
These memorial services bring back on the wings of memory
the events of other days. Again we hear the bugle call and the
drum beat ; we see regiments, brigades, and divisions march-
ing in review before us ; we can see charging columns as they
go forward in obedience to orders ; the sunlight glitters on
the saber and bayonet. In our front we see a brave foe clad
in gray. The shadowy hosts stand all around us, eloquent in
their silence, but their glory is secure. We live on to enjoy
the fruits for which they gave their lives and to tell the com-
ing generations of their heroic deeds. We share their glory
and begrudge them not the fame they won. Who can look
back over the stretch of years and not recognize the hand of
Omnipotence in it all? As Americans we can look out over
the wide world and see our flag in the forefront of human
progress leading the hosts of development everywhere. Those
of us who took part in that great conflict are growing old.
We ought to be thankful for the happy privileges enjoyed in
living so many years that we may share in the fruits of our
labors. Our soldier days are only a memory now, but let us
hold dear the friendships made in the camp, on the march, in
the trenches, and in prison pens. Our mutual regard and
•friendship for each other stand separate and apart in many
respects from the rest of the world. The men who fought in
that great war made an imperishable page in the nation's his-
tory. By their heroic deeds the problem of free government
was solved, and to-day the American Union takes first place
among all the nations of the world. We have not yet reached
the meridian of our greatness. It is for the new generation
yet to come to carry on the great work. These men who so
silently rest here in this beautiful habitation of the dead did
their work well in the permanent establishment of this mighty
American government, and in transmitting the same to their
posterity it will be in safe keeping.
UNION VETERAN HONORS A FOE.
CAPT. J. K. MERRIFIELD, ST. LOUIS, MO., ON DECOR.ATION DAY.
To-day is Decoration Day. I did not go to the barracks
with my G. A. R. Post, but with my wife took flowers and a
flag and decorated the grave of Col. Hugh Garland, colonel
of the 1st Missouri Infantry, killed at Franklin, Tenn., No-
vember 30, 1864. It was his regimental flag and his sword
that I got there, and it was Colonel Garland to whom I gave
a drink of water and from whose person I removed dead bodies,
as he was in great distress from a wound in his knee. My
heart went out to his memory to-day the same as it did to his
suffering on that terrible battle field. A beautiful monument
has been erected for him by his sister, Mrs. G. S. Meem,
who resides at Seattle, Wash. It was, I think, put in place
in 1910, and it was the first time I knew where his lot was. It
was a labor of love for us to-day to place flowers and flag
on his grave.
Our dearly beloved Judge Gantt died at his home, in Jeffer-
son City, Mo., May 28, and was buried in Clinton, Mo., on
May 30. The Missouri and Pacific Railroad ran a special
train to convey the body and friends from Jefferson City to
Clinton. No better man lived than Judge Gantt. Everybody
was his friend. A just judge, a good citizen, he made the
State better by being its resident. He left a loving, devoted
wife who has the sympathy of all the people in Missouri.
ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES.
The above print is from a vivid old engraving of Admiral
Semmes procured from a dealer in the national capital some
years ago by Hon. Joseph E. Washington, then a member of
Congress from Tennessee. This fine picture is of a large col-
lection in Mr. Washington's ancestral home, Wessyngton.
CHARGE BY A UNION VETERAN.
James H. Loughman concludes a sad story of over a year
in Andersonville Prison : "When the passing veteran would
tell you of his sufferings — how he thirsted, hungered, and
sickened; was reviled, scourged, and persecuted — I cliarge you,
though the story be long and poorly told, to listen and take
only the lesson of patriotism from him. The men in the
ranks were not abolitionists ; we were only fighting that our
country might be kept intact, and it is the trust we leave to
you, the man and the youth of to-day. Let patriotism be
taught and practiced not only at the Decoration Day season
or when we carry our tattered battle flags through the streets,
but daily. Let every organization intended to teach this
spirit be fostered, and let any who condemn such a movement
be regarded as a menace to our institutions."
Mrs. E. J. Featherston, 962 Woodland Street, Nashville,
Tenn., wishes to learn the fate of her father, G. W. Knight,
from whom she has not heard for a number of years. He was
then near Water Valley, Miss. He was a member of the 3d
Tennessee Regiment during the war.
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lOlVA HOLDS ON TO A SOUTH CAROLINA FLAG.
In the Editorial Department of "Annals of Iowa" for July,
191 1, recently received, of which Edgar R. Harlan is curator,
a singular position is taken in regard to a South Carolina
State flag. The flag (he states "our" flag) was presented by
Mrs. Mary Carpenter, of Monticello, Iowa, daughter of Maj.
S. S. Farwell, whose regiment "captured" the flag. They
"removed" it from the Capitol and presented it to Major
Farwell and "he retained the flag in his possession there-
after." The curator continues :
"Iowa survivors of the Civil War have protested against
our receiving with favor the suggestion that the flag be given
up. Opinions even among the soldiers difl'er on this point.
The policy of the return to Southern States of military stand-
ards taken by capture is cordially approved by some soldiers
and by others bitterly condemned. The flag in question seems
to have been the standard of the State of South Carolina
rather than an emblem of secession or of the government of
the Southern Confederacy, and for that reason technically
may not fall within the reasoning against the return of the
Confederate standards. Any acrimony that may ever have
existed as to the return of captured standards would probably
not exist with respect to this flag of South Carolina in one
who has full knowledge as to its origin and meaning.
"Major Farwell held this flag in a sense as a custodian for
its captors, and it was presented to the State Historical De-
partment as a sacred trust for them and all the people of the
State. The Historical Department therefore will never release
this flag, because it is the property of the State and could be
disposed of only by the General Assembly.
"But there are reasons for our keeping the flag that are
more in accord with tlie purpose of the Stale Historical De-
partment than are legal conditions or angry memories. An-
nually there pass througli our rooms thousands and thousands
of young people and newcomers into Iowa, who here re-
ceive their first impressions of the history of Iowa or have
impressions stimulated to higher appreciation than is done in
any other way. Objects strike the eye and the terse, accurate
language of labels strikes the attention of many visitors who
have not time, taste, or talent for the perusal of many books.
They undergo few influences stronger or more persistent than
are the museum and memorial features of our collections. No
object suggests at sight more vividly or perfectly an event of
historic importance to our country in which Iowa and its sol-
diers participated than does this great palmetto flag. Its silent
ministry will continue as long as Iowa and South Carolina
exist. It will speak volumes for South Carolina where chap-
ters might not be read of her by sons of Iowa. It engenders
disrespect and adverse comment only in rare instances of
especially embittered soldiers of the Civil War. When the
last of these has gone and the bronze button has become a
memory cherished as is that of Revolutionary heroes by our
oldest men, no one in Iowa or America will look with dis-
respect upon any memento of the great conflict.
"Those who administer the affairs of the Historical De-
partment have merely a trust in historical materials.
Properly discharging this trust, we will reserve for future
generations adequate aids with which to illustrate and in-
terpret all the important public events. In the distant future
Iowa must embrace as citizens the sons of Carolina soldiers
under Robert E. Lee and among Carolina citizens must in-
evitably be found descendants of Iowa soldiers under U. S.
Grant. In Iowa soil there are the ashes of at least eight Revo-
lutionary soldiers, of whom one was born in South Carolina,
two in Virginia, and one in Maryland. At a time as far re-
moved from the Civil War as we now are from the Revolution
the preservation in Iowa of this palmetto flag will doubtless
be universally approved even by the children and descendants
of men who were Carolina soldiers under the stars and bars.
In the meantime it will be accessible to perhaps as many tol-
erant souls as would observe it were it returned to South
Carolina. Commerce and other currents of social life hold
State lines in utter disregard. The bitterness of the Civil
War is rapidly vanishing. It seems to us in the light of these
conditions and of our sacred trust to the future that the with-
drawal by our State from its collection of historical treasures
of an emblem of another State, even though it might have
been at one time a leminder of hate and bitterness, should
now be neither requested nor considered."
[Fellow countrymen, do you realize that Captain Farwell's
company had fully as much right to take every picture, every
book, and the walls of the State Capitol to Iowa as that flag?
It is not in any sense a battle flag. It is no credit to Major
Farwell or his company that it was taken away from the
Capitol building of South Carolina. Ask your G. A. R. men
who served through the war what they think. Ask their
opinion at an annual Encampment and let real men tell you
about it. There is in no sense heroism in its "capture." Your
intention is better than your judgment. It is only the small
element of Union soldiers who are as mean as Senator Hey-
burn and as ignorant who would be willing to keep it. In-
vestigation would prove that only "bloody shirt" fellows who
never met Confederate soldiers in battle would want a trophy
like the flag of a State, "ten by fourteen feet" in size. Won't
our Grand Army heroes write to Mr. Harlan about the fra-
ternity and the justice of sending that flag back to Columbia?
It is pleasing that they want a South Carolina flag, and the
Veteran will guarantee that one will be given them if they
will be just enough to return this old one that has sacred
inemories, and which will ever be a reproach to the men who
were pilfering while their comrades were at the battle front
fighting to restore the Union.]
ESTEEMED FOR FAil HFUL SERllCE.
The Lookout, of Chattanooga, Tenn., reports that Rev.
Charles R. Hyde, of Little Rock, will return to Chattanooga,
having accepted charge of the Lookout Mountain Presby-
terian Church. Mrs. Hyde was before her marriage Miss
Anne Bachman, a popular Chattanooga woman, who never
severed her identity with her native city. She is a member
of many prominent organizations, the D. A. R., U. D. C, the
Daughters of 1812, the Tennessee Woman's Press and Au-
thors' Club, and others. Mr. Hyde is also of one of the old
and prominent families of Tennessee.
The Little Rock Gazette comments on the above: "The de-
parture of Dr. Hyde and his charming and cultured wife is
greatly deplored here, where they have been closely identified
with every good and progressive movement. The State His-
torical Association, of which Mrs. Hyde is a valued member,
adopted resolutions in which they say : 'Mrs. Charles R. Hyde,
who is one of the most valued members of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the Arkansas History Commission, is to return
to Tennessee. The auxiliary regrets losing a member whose
influence for religious, historical, and social benefit is appre-
ciated by it and by the community. The auxiliary congratu-
lates Chattanooga on her gain at Little Rock's loss.' "
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JIEIV OF THE WAR ISSUES BY A STUDENT.
Address on June 3 by ilR. Porter McFerein, of Nashville.
Under the blue canopy of heaven, in this beautiful, silent
city, we have met to pay a tribute of love to the memory of
our Confederate dead. Throughout the South to-day there
are similar gatherings, each bearing its garlands of flowers
with which to decorate heroes' graves. This custom, beautiful
in its simplicity, evidences not only our regard for the heroic
dead, but also our devotion to the principles for which they
died.
War is always fraught with sufiferirag, lea»ving in its track
death and desolation, and when waged for conquest can fisd
no justification. But when reascai is of no avail, when the
Censtitution is denounced as "a covenant with death and a
league with hell," when confidence is met with duplicity, when
honor itself is impugned, there is no alternative but a resort
to arms.
Brave Confederate soldiers, I am tired of hearing it said
that you fought for a cause you believed to be right. You
fought and your comrades whose memory we hoiwr to-day died
not for a cause you believed to be right, but in defense of
principles that you knew were right. I doubt if the werld
has ever comprehended fully the many provocations heaped
upon the South and the Seuth's long-sufifering and forbearance.
In my judgment, war was inevitable and would have come
sooner or later, even thoiugh slavery had bean abolished vol-
untarily by the Southern States. There w-ere many causes
that contributed to that great conflict. It is not my purpose
now to discuss those various causes. A mere ripple upon
the surface often marks the turn of an oceata tide. As a
pebble dropped into a pool of water produces a succession of
concentric circles, each larger than the preceding one, so the
atom of unrest dropped into the pool of the body politic
produced its ever-widening circles of discontent, envy, and
hatred that were destined finally to burst all boundaries in
the sweep of their wild fanaticism.
In a speech delivered in Brooklyn in November, 1859, in
defense of John Brown, Wendell Phillips said: "If Virginia
tyrants dare hang him, it will take two more Washingtons at
least to make the name of the State anything but abominable
to the ages that come after." And when Brown was executed,
the bells in many of the Northern cities were tolled and their
public speakers proclaimed him a Christian martyr. Nor has
this maudlin sentiment died out. Within the past decade a
President of the United States made a pilgrimage to the tomb
of John Brown and stood with bared head and tearful eyes
at the grave of that murderous fanatic.
It sometimes happens that a man is known to posterity as
the antithesis of what he really was. Through the manipula-
tions of Northern historians Daniel Webster is known as the
"Great Expounder of the Constitution," when as a matter of
fact he was a great perverter of truth. It is true that in his
last years, notably in a speech delivered at Capon Springs, Va.,
in 1851, he completely reversed the position he had maintained
in his earlier career, declaring the Constitution to be a com-
pact, a term he vehemently repudiated in 1833. As one writer
has said : "He shifted with the breeze of the passing hour, and
political expediency and the dazzling prize of the presidency
seem to have dominated his great genius." It is unfortunate
that his splendid abilities and great eloquence should so long
have been given to a perversion of the truths of history. Be
it said to his credit, however, that in his closing years, when
darkness was threatening the land, he raised his mighty voice
in behalf of "the compact of the Constitution," declaring that
all its stipulations should be observed religiously. But it was
too late. The tidal wave of fanaticism that his misrepresenta-
tions had helped put in motion had attained an impetus whose
currents the efiforts of his later years were unable to stem.
In the long and desperate struggle which followed the South
fought to preserve the Constitution of the fathers ; slavery
she regarded as a mere incident. We are perhaps in point of
time too near the scenes of that mighty conflict to estimate
the character and ability of those in control of affairs. We
are apt to criticize too severely on the one hand and to eulo-
gize with fulsome praise on the other. The historian who shall
calmly, dispassionately, and with equal justice assign each his
place has not yet been born. Time permits of my mention-
ing only a few of our illustrious heroes.
In i860 the United States Senate contained a galaxy of able
statesmen than whom there was none abler, none more patriotic
than Jefiferson Davis. There in the Senate chamber he defended
the Constitution against the assaults of its enemies and repelled
the aspersions and calumnies heaped upon the South with
the courage of a Caesar and the eloquence of a Mirabeau. His
preeminent ability was recognized by men of all political fac-
tions. No patriot in any republic has ever been subjected to
such indignities and cruelties as were visited upon Mr. Davis
by the United States government, all of which he here with
manly dignity and Christian fortitude. And what though he
be denied a place in the so-called "Hall of Fame" ! When
the passions engendered by the war shall have died out, when
true history shall have been written, the name of Jefferson
Davis will be inscribed high and conspicuous upon the walls
of the American Pantheon. But he needs no tablet to per-
petuate his honored name, for it is engraved indelibly upon
the memory of those for whom he became a vicarious sufiferer.
A member of the Confederate Senate who stood close to
Mr. Davis in public and in private life said of him in an ad-
dress delivered soon after the war: "I know JefTerson Davis
as I know few men, I have been near him in his public
duties, I have seen him by his private fireside, I have wit-
nessed his humble Christian devotions, and I challenge the
judgment of history when I say no people were ever led
through the fiery struggle for liberty by a nobler, truer patriot;
while the carnage of war and the trials of public life never
revealed a purer and more beautiful Christian character."
This estimate of Mr, Davis by that eloquent statesman, Ben-
jamin H. Hill, of Georgia, will constitute the verdict of im-
partial history.
Much has been said about appeals to the arbitrament of the
sword, but the sword has never settled a question where
principle was involved. As some one has said : "The sword
is but a hideous flare in the darkness ; right is an eternal ray."
"The battle is not always to the strong." There is often vic-
tory in defeat, and sometimes victory even in death.
"Speak, History! who are life's victors?
Unroll thy long annals and say.
Are they those whom the world called the victors.
Who won the success of a day?"
You have read how Leonidas and his faithful band of Spar-
tans held the narrow pass of Thermopylae till, overwhelmed
by the swarming myriads of Persians, they found a heroic
death. Who were the victors in that desperate struggle,
Xerxes and the Persians or Leonidas and the Immortal 300?
You have read of the courage and heroism of the Greek
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and Roman soldiery, and history is replete with deeds of
valor and renown. The poets have told in deathless song the
glorious deeds and mighty achievements of those Titans along
the .^gean and Ionian seas. Xo Homer or Virgil has arisen
to sing the glories of the Southern cause : but neither the an-
nals of history nor the pages of mythology will show any more
heroic, chivalrous character than the Confederate soldier.
In 1863 a young Confederate soldier was captured within
the Federal lines, and on the evidence of certain papers found
in his possession was convicted of being a spy and condemned
to death. He was offered life and liberty if he would tell
where he procured the papers, but he steadfastly refused.
The day of execution having arrived, he was escorted to the
scaffold, where the oflfer of life was renewed if he would
but divulge the source of his information. There in the gray
of that November morning, in the flower of youth, with life
in all its beauty and attractiveness spread out before him, his
mind filled with thoughts of loved ones at home, he was
urged again and again to tell where he procured the papers
and thus save his own life. Standing proudly erect, facing
the morning sun, with the breath of Eurus upon his noble
brow, he replied: "H I had a thousand lives, I would givd
tliem all here and now before I would betray a friend or the
rnnfidcnce of my informer."
On our beautiful Capitol grounds there has been erected a
statue of this young hero, Sam Davis, that shall stand through
the ages a monument to his courage and fidelity and an in-
spiration to the youth of the land.
"And there upon that silent face
Shall unborn ages see
Perennial youth, perennial grace,
And scaled serenity."
On the field of Shiloh, in that mnclstrom of death, amidst
the roar of cannon and the scream of grape and canister,
with victory within his grasp. .Mbert Sidney Johnston fell.
I know not if the destiny of a nation ever hung upon the
fate of one man, but I do know that in the death of General
Johnston the Confederate government lost one of its stanchest
supports and the army one of the ablest generals of modern
times. So great was the esteem in which he was held by
President Davis that at the beginning of the war Mr. Davis
expressed the wish that he by resigning might transfer to
Albert Sidney Johnston the presidency of the Confederate
States.
I feel that 1 would be derelict should I fail on this occasion
to express my gratification that there are being erected monu-
ments to the women of the South. This beautiful marble shaft
before us, erected chiefly through the efforts of our noble
women, bears silent yet eloquent testimony to the self-sacrifice
and heroic devotion of our Southern womanhood.
Wlien we look about us and see the changes wrought by
immutable time, when wx observe the furrowed brows of
these battle-scarred veterans bowed with the weight of years,
we are admonished that the time is not far distant when these
loving tributes must be paid by other hands.
Brave Confederate soldiers, j'ou who answered your coun-
try's call and survived the perils of that long conflict, you
who followed the gonfalon of Lee and Jackson, the Johnstons
and Bragg, Bate, CheatlKim, and the "Wizard of the Saddle" —
to you we turn to-day with all reverence and respect. May
the remaining years allotted you here be brightened with the
consciousness of duty well performed : and when tlie death
angel shall draw aside the drapery of your couch, may you
hear the welcome acclaim, "Well done, good and faithful
servant !" To your comrades who poured out their lifeblood
a libation upon the altar of their country, many of whom sleep
to-day in unmarked graves, we can only say : Sleep on, brave
soldiers, sleep on ; sleep till the resurrection morn shall call
you forth to the full fruition of a hero's reward.
"Xor shall your glorj' be forgot
While Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell.
When many a vanished age hath flown.
The story how you fell.
Nor wreck nor change nor winter's blight
Nor Time's remorseless doom
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb."
RADFORD 0:4.) MEMORIAL SERIICES.
Promptly at three o'clock on May 30, 1912, the business
houses closed and the town gathered at the high school for
the parade. The carnival band led the procession, followed by
the Veterans, the Daughters bearing flowers. Brotherhood
Bible Club, Mystic Chain, the school children, and the citizens.
The old burying ground presented a very peaceful and at-
tractive appearance when the people arrived. After the play-
ing of "Dixie" by the band, Capt. E. F. Gill, who presided,
made the opening address. He said: "My friends, under the
providence of our Heavenly Father we are again permitted to
perform a deed of love in memory of our departed friends.
Our action to-day does no good to those buried there; no
eulogies that may be spoken will do them good ; we alone are
the beneficiaries of these deeds. The day, the 30th of May,
is not the reason we have met. But it is to quicken our own
love for the departed and institute a feeling that willingly car-
ried out will soften our feelings for those now with us and
generate in our hearts the knowledge that we are all of a
common family. It is the National Decoration Day, and we
arc thus reminded that we are a part of one great nation and
should hallow the nation's dead, be they those who wore the
blue or those who wore the gray. We have no local day, as
some people have." * * *
.\fter Rev. Mr. Edwards made the invocation, Judge Long-
ley spoke on "The Confederate Soldier."
Captain Gill read the list of Confederate veterans buried
in Central Cemetery.
Capt. W. T. Baldwin paid a tribute to the soldiers of the
Confederacy and to the women.
Mr. R. L. Jordan spoke for the Mystic Chain, dwelling par-
ticularly upon the eventual victory of truth.
Elder Catron paid a tribute to the negro, not the most
noble but the most innocent factor in Southern civilization,
who should not be forgotten. "You know I plead not for
social equality." said he. "I plead for truth and for a fellow
feeling."
Judge Cassel said a word for the living. Spare some flow-
ers, some smiles for the man you meet, the man you pass on
the street, and he invoked the young people to show respect
for the older people, and especially for their parents.
The exercises closed with the singing of the long-meter
Doxology and beuedietion by Elder Catron.
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Deaths in Pat Cleburne Camp. Waco, Tex.
W. W. Hampton, Co. F, 6th Tex. Inf.. May 19, 191 1.
H. W. Sadler, Co. H, 19th Tex. Cav., June 6, 191 1.
George W. Hewitt, Co. G, 20lh Ga. Inf., November 5, 191 1.
John D. Morrow, Co. C, ist Miss. State, November 14, 1911.
Dr. W. R. Wallace, surgeon 15th Tex. Inf., Nov. 21, 191 1.
M. C. Stegall, Co. D, 4th Tenn. Cav., November 26, 1911.
D. D. Noell, Co. D, 4th Arizona Cav., November, 19 ri.
B. J. Kendrick, Co. F, 51st Ga. Inf., April 13, 1912.
A. J. Smith, Co. F, 4th Tenn. Cav., April 18, 1912.
[Reported by Thomas C. Smith, Adjutant of the Camp.]
H. H. HoCKERSMITH.
Comrade H. H. Hockersmith, who served in Company A,
30th Tennessee Infantry, has answered roll call the last time.
He passed over the river May 21 in the seventieth year of his
age. The last few months of his life were spent in the Ken-
tucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, Ky. During the
War of the States he was engaged in nearly twenty battles,
from Fort Donelson in February, 1862, to Bentonville, N. C,
where he surrendered in the spring of 1865.
When his already decimated company went into the battle
of Chickamauga, there were twenty-two on the firing line;
and when the conflict was over, nine were found dead on the
field and nine were wounded, with only four men left to stack
arms, and Comrade Hockersmith was one of the four. After
the smoke of battle was gone, he engaged diligently in avoca-
tions of peace. Much of his after life was spent in the news-
paper business, and he was often a contributor to the Veteran.
He was a good soldier of his country, enduring hardships in
the camp, on the march, and in fierce battles. He was no less
loyal to his convictions as a soldier of Jesus Christ, and he
was ever active in any movement for the betterment of men.
[A. N. White, Co. D, 42d Miss. Regiment, Pewee Valley.]
Judge James B. Gantt.
James B. Gantt, for twenty years a Justice of the Missouri
Supreme Court, died in Jeflferson City May 28, 1912. His death
was due to a malady of the liver. The funeral sermon was
preached at the family residence by Rev. John Fenton Hendy
and the interment was at Clinton, Mo., Judge Gantt's former
home. Members of the Supreme Court and State officers ac-
companied the body to Clinton.
Judge Gantt was born on a farm in Putnam County, Ga..
in 184s, and was educated by local schoolmasters. When
sixteen years old he enlisted in the 12th Georgia Infantry,
and served in the Army of Virginia under Stonewall Jackson.
He was in engagements against Banks, Shields, Fremont, and
Milroy. Next he was in the seven days' fight around Rich-
mond and on Cedar Mountain. Other service included the
second battle of Manassas, Chantilly, Sharpsburg, Fredericks-
burg, and Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg he was wounded
twice. While convalescent he went to the front again, and in
the battle of the Wilderness he was shot in the left ankle, and
later at Cedar Creek he was disabled permanently by wounds.
In 1867 Judge Gantt entered the law department of the Uni-
versity of Virginia, and was graduated later with the degree
of bachelor of laws. In 1868 he w^ent to St. Louis and was
admitted to the bar, and a year later he moved to Clinton. Mo.
In 1875 he became the law partner of United States Senator
George G. Vest at Sedalia, the partnership continuing until
1885. when he returned to Clinton. Shortly after resuming
his residence there he was elected a circuit judge. In 1890 he
was elected to the Supreme Bench, and served without inter-
mission until iQio. For several years he was presiding judge
JUDGE J. B. gantt.
of Division No. 2. It is said that while a supreme judge he
did not miss a call of the docket. Some of his decisions are
classed as of the most important in Missouri's judicial history.
Judge Gantt is revered most by those who knew him best,
the attorneys of the State, young and old, and more particular-
ly those who were his intimates in Missouri. Judge Shepard
Barclay was a classmate. Christopher P. Ellerbee and former
Judge Henry S. Priest were his friends for many years.
Former Judge Marshall, of Missouri, said of Judge Gantt:
"I regarded him as an exceptionally well-educated man, par-
ticularly in the law. He had a wonderful memory for the
incidents and circumstances of a case, and often could tell all
about the points involved in them without reference to books.
Judge Gantt did not seem to take much interest in matters
outside of the law except in affairs of his old comrades, the
Confederate veterans. He served his adopted State as Di-
vision Commander, and was ever zealous for his comrades.
He was at all times a friend of the young, aiding by encour-
aging words and never repulsing those who were in need of
his help. By comparison with others who have held prominent
places in Missouri's jurisprudence, he measured up well."
His wife was a daughter of Capt. J. M. Weidemeyer, a gal-
lant Confederate officer, and she is a devoted U. D. C. Mrs.
Gantt was President of her State Division, and was nominated
for President General, U. D. C, in Richmond last November.
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Thomas W. Cobb.
Thomas William Cobb was born June 12. 1844; and
died December 11, 191 1, at his home in Union, Ala.
During the war he served in Company C, 43d Alabama,
Grade's Brigade, and later
in the Army of Tennessee
until disabled by a long spell
of typhoid fever. He after-
wards joined Forrest's Cav-
alry, serving till the close of
the war. He was a member
of Camp Sanders, U. C. V.,
at Union, and almost invaria-
bly attended the reunions.
After the war was over,
he taught school, and later
he engaged in agricultural
pursuits, whereby he suc-
cessfully demonstrated the
dignity of farm life, and
from which he gathered a
competency. He was a Church member and was deeply in-
terested in Christian service. His wife, who was Miss Dora
Steele, and one daughter survive. (See May Veteran.)
Mrs. Kate Moss Van meter.
Mrs. Kate (Moss) Vanmctcr, wife of Capt. Charles J. Van-
meter, Chancellor of the Western Kentucky State Normal
School, died peacefully after a hngering illness at her home,
near Bowling Green, Ky., May 16. in her seventy-sixth year.
Mrs. Vanmeter was of one of Kentucky's most prominent
families. Her four brothers were all faithful and gallant Con-
federate soldiers. One of them. Col. J. W. Moss, who com-
manded the 2d Kentucky Regiment, was mortally wounded at
Joncsboro, Tenn., in 1864. Aimtlu-r brother, Maj. Thomas E.
THOMAS WILLIAM tOBU.
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MRS. KATE MOSS VANMETER.
Moss, fovnicrly .\ttorney-General of Kentucky, died in the
Philippine Islands about two years ago. She had survived all
her immediate family except one sister. Miss Joe Moss, whose
home has for years been at the Vanmeter residence. Her
venerable husband, Capt. Charles J. Vanmeter, who survives
her, though bowed down with grief, and now in his eighty-
seventh year, entered the quartermaster's service in the Con-
federate States army in 1861 and so continued until 1865.
Mrs. Vanmeter united with the Presbyterian Church in
early life, and was constant in her attendance at worship as
long as her health permitted. She retained throughout her
simple faith in the Lord and lived a consistent and active
Christian, dispensing charity in an unostentatious way, with an
eye single to the glory of the Master whom she loved.
As a wife she was truly and devotedly a helpmeet. With
her broad-minded, public-spirited, and greatly esteemed hus-
band she was active in educational work, and she cooperated
with him in his contributions to the many causes of education
and charity.
Mrs. Vanmeter was a woman of great force of character
and strong convictions and unflinching courage. What en-
deared her most, perhaps, to old Confederates and Southern
sympathizers was her undying loyalty to the cause of her
own Southland — a cause that will never be lost as long as
men love liberty and valor lasts. She was a moving spirit
and an enthusiastic worker in the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. She never failed to be present and to take an active part
in the decoration of Confederate graves in Fairview Cemetery.
Her last letter, written on her sick bed a day or two before
her death, was to the President of the local Chapter, U. D. C,
reminding her to make arrangements for the decoration ex-
ercises on June .•^.
In the death of Mrs. Kate Moss Vanmeter the Confederacy
has lost one of its most active and loyal Daughters and its
old veterans one of their best friends. The memory of her
Christian character — ^her loyal heart and her good deeds — is
deeply enshrined in the hearts of all who knew^ her.
[From sketch by Maj. W. O. Obenchain, Bowling Green.}
John Harl.
The Colusa (Cal.) Sun of recent date announced the death
of John Harl, a native of Hardin Codunty, Ky., where he was
born July 8, 1828. His father. John Harl, went from Loudoun
County, Va., in early days and died when the son was a youth.
When the War of the States began, he enlisted on the South-
ern side with the 2d Kentucky Regiment in Company C,
commanded by Captain Sale. This was Gen. John H. Mor-
gan's old regiment, commanded later by General Duke. He
remained with them and was in all the engagements of his
brigade until near the close, when he was taken prisoner.
Soon after the war the family started West, and after a
toilsome journey of six months they arrived in California
on the Sacramento River, where they located. It was a long
journey with wagons and teams. However, they soon found
some good lands near where Leesville now stands, and he
and his brother engaged in farming.
Comrade Harl first married Miss Mollie Kinsman, who
died in a few years, leaving him a little girl. In 1885 he re-
turned to Kentucky with his little daughter, and on April 9
he married Mrs. Eunice Taylor Frank, of Mead County, ad-
joining the county in which he was reared. They left im-
mediately for Leesville, Cal., where they resided until Novem-
ber, 1891, when they removed to Colusa.
He has passed a good and useful life, leaving an honest,
true name. He was a man without enemies. He joined the
Methodist Church in early youth, and died in that faith. In
political affiliations he was a steadfast Democrat.
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Maxdrid M. Murray.
Mandrid M. Murray died at Corbin, La.. April 20, 1912.
aged seventy-three years. He enlisted in 1861 with the Mc-
Nair Rifles, of Summit, Miss., which became part of the 3d
Mississippi Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Hardcastle, Cleburne's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of
Tennessee. He was made lieutenant in his company, and took
a gallant part in all the campaigns of the army in Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Georgia. He was wounded at Murfrecsboro
and Franklin. He was one of the few of Cleburne's Division
that penetrated the Federal lines at Franklin, where he was
taken prisoner, but escaped before the enemy got to Nashville.
Lieutenant Murray was a splendid soldier and a thorough
gentleman. He was that "noblest work of God," an honest
man. Only his comrades knew of his sublime courage in
battle and his heroic devotion to duty. He was so modest
that he rarely spoke of his four years' service in one of the
great armies of the South. He was a bachelor.
[Sketch by W. J. Durbin, of Norfolk, ^^^.]
P. W. Chase.
Payne Wingate Chase was born in Natchez, Miss., in 1840;
and died at Tyler, Tex., in March, 1912. He had been a resi-
dent of that city for many years. He moved to Texas in 1893.
Comrade Chase enlisted with "Adams's Troop," under Capt.
W. T. Martin, which company was a part of the Jeff Davis
Legion and was in active service with the Army of Northern
Virginia. This legion w'as under command of J. E. B. Stuart,
Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee, and M. L. Butler, successively,
throughout the entire war. Young Chase was a dashing
cavalryman under these illustrious men and a fine soldier.
"Major" Chase was one of the old-style Southern gentle-
men so rapidly passing away. Kind-hearted and true, he was
much esteemed by those who knew him in every walk of life.
Wyles. — John F. Wyles died at his home. Ward, Ark., on
May 24, 1912, at the age of seventy-one years. He was born
in Marshall County, Tenn., and served in the Confederate
army as a member of an Arkansas regiment.
Rev. James Battle Avirett.
On July 16, 1911, Rev. James B. Avirett died suddenly and
apparently without pain at the age of seventy-seven years. He
was one of the first chaplains in the Confederate army.
In "War Records," Series L, Volume H., page 954, Col.
Angus W. McDonald in a petition to Secretary of War L.
Pope Walker wrote : "In order that the demoralizing in-
f3uences of campaign life, particularly those which attach to a
border war, may be counteracted as far as possible, the Rev.
James B. Avirett, of the Episcopal Church, has been induced
by me to accompany the command as the acting chaplain of
the regiment. Already have I seen the good emanating from
the regular services and prayers of this clergyman, as we have
among us not a few communicants of the Church, and I need
not mention to you the good effect upon the popular mind
here that the presence of one whose life is devoted to God and
his country will have. I ask, therefore, that this gentleman
may be appointed chaplain of my command, and that his com-
mission may be issued for the same. I am more anxious for
the last-mentioned appointment in that in having a fully com-
missioned and authenticated man of God with us, aside from
the positive good to the command, the charges of 'land pirates'
and other unenviable sobriquets already preferred against us
as parties to this partisan warfare may be the more fully met
and refuted. For this gentleman, therefore, 1 ask this ap-
pointment." And the commission was at once issued.
Dr. Avirett was born on Lock Katherine Plantation, on Tar
River, in Onslow County, N. C. March 12, 1835, the son of
James Alfred Avirett and Serena Thomas Avirett. He prac-
ticed law in the South before entering the ministry. He served
as chaplain with the .-Xrmy of Northern Virginia throughout
the war. He founded the Dunbar Female Seminary at Win-
chester, Va., where he married Mary Williams, daughter of
Philip Williams, of that place. Returning to the active min-
istry, he held many important parishes until old age and the
death of his wife led to his making his home with his son,
Col. John Williams Avirett, editor of the Evening Times at
Cumberland, Md. He was buried in the family lot at Mount
Hebron Cemetery, adjoining the Stonewall Cemetery, which
he helped establish, at Winchester on Monday, February 19,
after funeral services at Cumberland and in Christ Church,
Winchester, where he was married. Turner Ashby Camp, U.
C. v., of which he was a member, acted as a guard of honor
and conducted military services at the grave. His casket of
cadet gray broadcloth was covered with the flags of the Con-
federacy and of North Carolina and Virginia intertwined.
DR. avirett and BLACK HAWK.
The accompanying picture of Dr. Avirett and of his old
colored camp servant, "Black Hawk," was taken at the time
of dedicating the monument to the memory of the Lexington
cadets who fell in the battle of New Market, Va., on the cam-
pus of the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington. Dr.
Avirett was the orator of the day. Black Hawk still lives at
Woodstock, Va., with the family of Gen. James H. Williams.
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Mrs. G. M. M. Cook.
Mrs. Georgia Matilda Maxwell Cook, State Chairman of
the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Florida, whose death oc-
curred on March ii, 1912, will be long remembered for her
faithful and loving service by the old soldiers of the Florida
Home. The following beautiful tribute by Mrs. E. T.
Oltrogge, poet laureate of the Florida Division, U. D. C,
fittingly expresses the meaning of such a life as hers:
"Measure life not alone by length of years;
Some die at three-score years and ten and leave
Behind them just a fleeting memory,
With few to miss them, fewer still to grieve.
But measure life by selfless deeds of love.
Fidelity to duty, home, and friend?.
True patriotism, loyalty to God,
For these make up the life that never ends.
Such was the life of one whose name shall breathe
A blessed fragrance in our hearts for aye.
Impelling us to nobler words and deeds,
For lives of her example never die!"
Uami;l B. S.wforh.
Daniel Benjamin Sanford was born in the old family home-
stead, near Greensboro, Ga., on April 11, 1830; and died at
liis home, in Milledgeville, Ga., on April 11, 1912. The slender
thread of life was permitted, as by a divine providence, to
hold until one minute past the turn of the night of April 10,
and his freed spirit winged its everlasting flight from earth
on his seventy-third liirthdiiy, beloved by all who knew him.
C.\PT. D. B. S.\NFORD.
D. B. Sanford witnessed the tumultuous proceedings that
marked the great secession convention in Milledgeville, Ga.,
early in 1861. He resigned a deputy clerkship to the Supreme
Court of Georgia and shouldered his musket as a Georgia
volunteer. In April, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he
returned to Greensboro and enlisted as a private in the "Green
Rifles," which became Company A, Phillips's Georgia Legion
of Infantry, DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Long-
street's Corps, of General Lee's army. Those who served
with liim in the ranks and under him when promoted to the
rank of captain bear fond testimony to his soldierly conduct
and undaunted valor. "Captain Dan," as his men affection-
ately called him, never shirked a duty nor quailed in the face
of the enemy.
Ever afterwards the "old boys" sought "Captain Dan" in
coming to Milledgeville. Each survivor left of the grand old
company will shed tears of sorrow and gratitude for his noble
life when he reads in the public prim that his old captain
has "crossed over the river" to be with Lee and his men to
"rest under the shade of the trees."
Captain Sanford was twice wounded in battle, seriously at
Sailors' Creek, April 6, 1865, just three days before Lee's
surrender at Appomattox. His left leg was shattered by a
Minie ball. In the awful confusion everything seemed to be
going to pieces. Lee's army had been marcliing and fighting
for days with nothing to eat except parched corn ; they were
starving. There was no time to look after the wounded. They
lay wliere they fell, with no surgeon to dress their bleeding
wounds and no food or water. That any lived was due to the
mercy of Him who feeds the sparrows. Captain Sanford
lay in that condition on the battle field where he fell, sur-
rounded with the dead and djing, and would have succumbed
had not a Union soldier passing by seen his distress and
given him a raw codfish and a canteen of water. All through
the night he ate and drank from the Yankee canteen.
The next day he was taken to the Lincoln Hospital at
Washington, D. C. Captain Sanford was one of many
wounded Confederate soldiers carried in ambulances through
the streets of Washington when President Lincoln's remains
lay in state, and the ambulances had to be guarded by regi-
ments of Union soldiers to prevent their being stoned.
Captain Sanford was paroled in June, 1865, and he returned
to Georgia with only his tattered gray uniform and his un-
tarnished record. His gray jacket is preserved and cherished.
Judge Sanford was married to Miss Elizabeth Stetson, of
Milledgeville, Ga., in 1868. His wife died in 1886, and two
children, Daniel S. and Elizabeth Sanford, survive him. He
held many positions of trust and honor. He was Ordinary
of Baldwin County, Chairman of County Commissioners,
President of Milledgeville Banking Company, President of
Board of Trustees Georgia Military College, and Commander
of Robert E. Lee Camp. U. C. V.
Judge Sanford was admitted to the practice of law in 1870,
and was a member of the law firm of D. B. and D. S. San-
ford when he died. He was a man of superior courage. In
matters of conviction when principle was at stake he was
immovable. Flattery could not seduce nor threats intimidate
him. He preferred death to the sacrifice of truth.
Deaths among Veterans at Saluda, S. C.
B. Mathews, Adjutant Camp Mitchell, U. C. V., Saluda, S.
C, reports the following loss in membership during the past
year: Sam Eidson, W. O. Carson (Adjutant), J. W. Ed-
wards, George W. Long, James M. Long, J. B. Roberson.
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R. H. White.
The death of R. II. White is reported from Smyrna, Tenn.,
as occurring on Christmas Day of 191 1. He was sixteen years
of age when he enlisted in 1861 for the Confederacy, and served
with tlie 20th Tennessee Infantry until the reorganization,
when he was discharged as being under age. He then joined
Captain Carter's scouts, and was under General Wheeler the
remainder of the war. "Dick" White is remembered by sur-
vivors for his brave deeds as a soldier.
J. H. BoUKNIGHT.
Joseph Huiet Bouknight, the youngest son of William and
Nancy (Huiet) Bouknight, was born at his father's Mount
Willing plantation in Edgefield County, S. C, on November
23, 1840; and died on his own Mulberry Hill plantation in
Edgefield County, S. C, on July 3, 191 1. He was a student at
the Lutheran College, Newberry, S. C, at the Arsenal in Co-
lumbia, S. C, and completed his academic education at tlic
Citadel, South Carolina Military Academy, at Charleston, S.
C. He was with the corps of cadets in tlieir military service
about Salkahatchie and in the coast country of South Caro-
lina, and was one of those who on the reopening of the Citadel
were awarded diplomas and ranked as graduates of the insti-
tution, this distinction having been denied them in the sixties
because of their military service to their State and the sus-
pension of the exercises of the institution for that purpose.
After the war Mr. Bouknight managed for his father their
Bouknight's Ferry plantation in Edgefield (now Saluda County)
until his father's death. During this period he was an active
Mason. He organized and was Master of a lodge at Bou-
knight's Ferry for years. He also took a dominating part with
"Red Shirts" in 1876 in his district, and did his share valiantly
in helping to rid South Carolina of her political oppression.
After the death of his father, he spent a year in Charleston
making some changes in his business affairs, and in 1881 set-
tled at his Mulberry Hill plantation, near Trenton, S. C,
where he resided until his death. He was one of the most
active and initiative men of his community; and while planting
cotton successfully, he was President of the bank of Johnston
for fifteen years, retiring only because of ill health. He was
also a director in the bank of Edgefield, the People's Cotton Oil
Company, and President of the Johnston Warehouse Com-
pany. He was active in real estate matters in the towns of
Johnston and Edgefield, and was a willing and helpful tax-
payer. His life was ever that of the country gentleman. He
was a devoted steward in Harmony Methodist Cliurch, and
was chairman of its board of trustees. He was a popular
member of Camp McHenry, U. C. V., located at Johnston.
In 1889 he married Miss Emma Bettis, of the Pine House,
who predeceased him several years. He is survived by three
sons (Benjamin Bettis, Joseph Huiet, Jr., cadets at the South
Carolina Military Academy, and William Bouknight) and
one daughter (Emina Bettis, a student at St. Mary's School,
Raleigh, N. C).
He never held political office, but was President of the Har-
mony Democratic Club, and was keenly alive to the responsi-
bility which comes with citizenship. He was fond of society,
and was a delightful companion, full of the joy of living, and
with a big, generous heart was ever ready to help the needy
and distressed. Many a poor boy was helped in securing an
education and many a widow's hard life was aided by his un-
obtrusive charity. He was an uncomplaining sufferer for two
years before his death, and passed away surrounded by his
family and mourned by a host of sorrowing friends.
CoL. WiLLi.AM Henry Stew.^rt.
William Henry Stewart was born at Deep Creek, Va., Sep-
tember 28, 1838. His grandfather, Alexander Stewart, died
from exposure in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather,
Charles Stew'art, was an officer in the War of the Revolution.
Colonel Stewart was educated in the Universitv of \'iroinia.
WILLIAM HENRY STEWART.
In 1859 he engaged in State military service, and in April,
1861, he engaged in the Confederate service. In March, 1862,
he commanded a rifle battery at Seawall's Point during the
time that the Virginia (Merrimac) did its famous work
against the Monitor and other vessels.
Later he served in the 6lst Virginia Infantry, became its
lieutenant colonel, and participated in its many important en-
gagements, including Rappahannock Bridge, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Mine Run, the
Wilderness, Shady Grove, and Spottsylvania. He commanded
the brigade picket line at Hagerstown follow-ing Gettysburg,
and after his promotion to lieutenant colonel he commanded
his regiment until the close of the war in the battles of North
Anna River, Hanover Courthouse, Reams's Station, the Crater,
Davis's Farm, Burgess's Mill, Hatcher's Run, Amelia Court-
house, and finally at Appomattox Courthouse.
After the war Colonel Stewart resumed the practice of law
at Portsmouth. He held the offices of commonwealth attor-
ney and commissioner in chancery. He was also prominently
connected with the journalism of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
He is the author of an exceedingly graphic account of the
desperate battle of the Crater, in which he was a distinguished
participant. One of the last works of Colonel Stewart was
the publication of "A Pair of Blankets." The book is dedi-
cated to some nephews. In that he gives perhaps the most
satisfactory account yet published of the great naval battle
beween the Merrimac and the Monitor. Persons interested
in this book may address Mrs. Stewart at Portsmouth, Va.
Colonel Stewart was probably the best-known citizen of
Portsmouth. He was a veteran of the War of the States, and
since the war had written many historical papers. He was
engaged in newspaper work for a time and was Portsmouth
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city editor of the Norfolk Landmark. He was also editor of
the Portsmouth Daily Times, resigning in 1880. He was a
Vice President and director of the Portsmouth Street Railway
Company and President and director of the Port Norfolk
Electric Railway from its organization until April, 1897.
Colonel Stewart was twice married. His first wife was Miss
Annie Wright Stubbs, of Portsmouth, and one son, Dr. Robert
Armistead Stewart, survives from this union. Mrs. Stewart
died in 1883, and on September 20, 18S8, Colonel Stewart mar-
ried Miss Sallie Watson Magruder, of Albemarle County,
who survives him.
Colonel Stewart was a member of the Virginia Society, Sons
of the American Revolution, Past Commander of Stonewall
Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Portsmouth, Past Grand
Commander of the Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Vet-
erans, and a vestryman of Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church. He was a member of the State Board of "Visitors of
Mount Vernon in 1898. His oration on Matthew Fountain
Maury was regarded as one of the finest utterances on that
famous navigator ever delivered. He conceived the idea of
the United Confederate Choirs of America a?iil was intru-
niental in its organization.
An editorial in the Portsmouth Star states : "The city he
loved so well, the State and the South to whose defense in
time of war and for whose honor and glory he strove with
tongue and pen so many, many years mourn the loss of a noble
son, a useful citizen, a perfect and lovable gentleman. His
work will enrich tlic minds and hearts of those who are yet
to do their part in the great work of bringing the South into
licr own. His contribution to history will be of incalculable
vahie in establishing the truth regarding many important mat-
ters vitally affecting our Southern country. His devotion to
the true ideals of the South was passionate and beautiful. He
loved Virginia as a man loves his flesh and blood, and by
COL. WILI.1.\M H. STKW.VRT.
printed word and eloquent speech on many platforms he ex-
tolled the glory and devotion of the men who made the South.
His record as a 'oldier was one of duty well done, of lion-
hoartcd courage in time of supremest trial, of dasliing gal-
i
lantry in action, and uncomplaining fortitude amid the priva-
tions of the camp. In civil life he served his city and State
as signally as in the army of Lee. The position he took among
men was an honor to his city as well as to the man himself."
An editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch says of
Colonel Stewart: "Virginia loses in the death of Col. William
H. Stewart, of Portsmouth, one of the most distinguished
and patriotic of her sons. As historian, as soldier, as lawyei
Colonel Stewart served his State with distinction and honor,
leaving behind the record of a life of line activity for the
public good. His historical and literary work was of a high
and permanent order; his contributions to Virginia history
are enduring. Easily one of the most notable Virginians of
the passing generation, he typified the truth-loving Virginian,
devoted to Virginia in war and in peace."
The Confederate Choir at Portsmouth took formal action
in which they said: "The swift-winged messenger of death
has summoned to the eternal throne <hc noble spirit of our
best and dearest friend. Col. William H. Stewart.
'Such was one friend, formed on the good old plan —
A true and brave and downright honest man!
His daily prayer, far better understood
In acts than words, was simply doing good.
So calm, so constant was his rectitude
That by his loss alone we knew his worth
And feel how true a man has walked with us on earth.'
The members of the Confederate Choir testify their keen ap-
preciation of the loss of such a friend, and each one feels im-
pressed by the death of one so upright and unswerving in all
the relations and responsibilities of life. We sympathize
with his family in their bereavement and extend our condo-
lence in their hour of grief."
Judge Jord.\n Gr.w Taylor.
Judge J. G. Taylor was born in Butler County, Ala., Oc-
tober ID, 1837; and died at his home, in Magazine, Ark., March
23, 1912. His parents removed to Union Parish, La., when he
was six years old. He graduated from Mount Lebanon Col-
lege, Louisiana, and in January, 1861, he was married to Miss
Sallie C. Lee, who was his faithful companion for more than
fifty years and cheered him to the last with her devotion.
Judge Taylor enlisted in the Confederate army as a mem-
ber of Company H, 31st Louisiana Volunteers, in 1862; but
after six months' service, he was discharged on ac(?ount of
jihysical disability, and served in other departments until the
close of the war. He lived in and near Magazine, Ark., for
forty-three years, and was prominent in the community, being
a member of the Camp, U. C. V., as well as of the Masonic
order there. He was a man of quick perception, ready to give
counsel in the right direction. As a lawyer he was dignified
and just, and his legal advice was sought by rich and poor
alike. As a citizen he was generous and did his duty well.
DeWitt C. Lee.
DeWitt C. Lee was born September 10, 1839, in Mississippi.
In 1861 he enlisted for the Confederacy in Company K, nth
Mississippi Regiment. He was captured at Gettysburg and
sent to David Island as a prisoner, but was paroled and re-
joined the army, serving till the close of the war.
In November, 1867, he was married to Miss L. F. Shaw
in Calhoun County, Miss., whose death occurred some eleven
years ago. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.
"Daddy Lee," as he was called, was a true and tried Chris-
tian, having been a member of the Church since early youth.
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Col. W. C. Parham.
On the morning of March 2g the end came to the life of
Col. W. C. Parham in the little town of Benton, Ark. — a life
well spent in the service of others. He had taught in col-
leges, in public schools, and in his own private school, and
it was perhaps in the latter that he did his greatest work.
It was said that he might ride from the State of Kentucky
to the Rocky Mountains and on to the Gulf of Mexico and
spend every night in the home of his students.
Colonel Parham was born in Virginia in 1838, and was
prepared for college under the tutorship of the celebrated
George Stone, a classmate of William IV. He graduated at
the age of nineteen from old William and Mary College, and
later received from that institution the degree of Master of
Arts. He moved to Mississippi when a young man, remained
there a short while, then moved to Arkansas and after-
wards to Texas, but later went back to Arkansas, where he
ended a long and useful career. He chose the profession of
teaching, and followed it continuously for nearly fifty^ve
years. * * *
When the War of the State - broke out, he offered his serv-
ices to the Confederacy, but was rejected on account of his
physical condition. He was a teacher in St. John's College
at Little Rock when the Brooks-Baxter War arose, and was
in charge of affairs at that institution and received Governor
Baxter and harbored him till the arrival of Colonel Gray,
when the Brooks forces drove the Governor from the State-
house. He was an enthusiastic member of David O. Dodd
Camp of Confederate Veterans at Little Rock.
He never accumulated much wealth. He owned some slaves
and farms at the beginning of the war, but lost them in that
struggle. It is said that he literally kept himself poor by
giving all he made to those in need.
Capt. Samuel F. Tyeee.
Capt. Samuel F. Tyree, whose death occurred at his home,
in Frankford, W, Va., on January 14, 1912, was a native of
Fayette County, born in October, 1840, and of a prominent
family of that section.
Upon the breaking out of the war in 1S61 he volunteered as
a soldier in Company E, commanded by his uncle, William
Tyree, and was attached to the 22d Regiment. Later on in
that great struggle he organized a company of independent
rangers, of which he was captain, and with this company he
did some very effective service for the Confederacy.
Captain Tyree married Miss Sabina Feamster, a sister of
Joseph and Col. S. W. N. Feamster, of Fayette County, and
of this union seven children — one daughter and six sons —
survive. Captain Tyree had lived in Greenbrier many years,
and was well known throughout the county. He was a com-
panionable, whole-souled, generous man, ever ready to do a
favor or to help the needy. He was an active member of
Camp Creigh, U. C. V., and proud of the part he had played
in the war for Southern rights.
Rev. James E. Poindexter.
Rev. James E. Poindexter, rector of Ascension Church,
Highland Park, Old St. Peter's New Kent County, and Lieu-
tenant Commander of Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, died
in Richmond. He became ill only a week before his death,
and his attendants believed that he was improving and ex-
pected his speedy recovery, although he was in his seventy-
fourth year.
Mr. Poindexter was born in Chatham, Va., November 17,
1838. He attended school in Louisa County, where his father
moved when he was a boy, and afterwards was a student at
the University of Virginia. He then decided to study for the
ministry, and entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary at
Alexandria, where he was a student when that institution was
closed on account of the War of the States in 1861.
Immediately upon the declaration of war he enlisted and
was made lieutenant in Company H, 38th Virginia Regiment,
Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division. He was first under
fire at Yorktown. and was shot in the battle of Seven Pines
on May 31, 1862, his death occurring on the fiftieth anniversary
of the day that he was taken to the hospital in Richmond
and thought to be mortally wounded. He remained in
the hospital for eighteen months, and then rejoined his regi-
ment as captain. He was at Gettysburg, and was wounded in
Pickett's famous charge. There he was taken prisoner and
incarcerated on Johnson's Island, from which he was ex-
changed just two days before the surrender of General Lee
at Appomattox.
After the war Mr. Poindexter taught school in Pittsylvania
County and then at Montgomery, Ala. Meanwhile he kept
up with his theological studies, and was ordained while in
Alabama by Bishop Wilmer. His first charge was at Easton,
Md., which he resigned to become assistant to Bishop Ran-
dolph, who was then rector of Emmanuel Church, in Balti-
more. After that he was rector of a Church at Front Royal,
Va., for eighteen years and spent sixteen years at La Plata,
Md. He then went to Warrenton, N. C, and removed to
Richmond in the fall of 1906. He spent much time in literary
pursuits, especially as regarded the Civil War.
Mr. Poindexter is survived by his wife (who was Miss
Katherine Wallace), one son (Gordon W. Poindexter, of
Richmond) and one daughter (Mrs. W. W. Taylor, of War-
renton, N. C.) ; also by a brother and sister.
WiLFORD Lee White.
Wilford Lee White was born January 29, 1839, in Howard
County, Mo. ; and died at Rock Lake, Wash., April 7, 1912.
He was laid to rest in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Boone-
ville, Mo., beside his wife.
He was the eldest son of James and Mary White. His
mother's maiden name was Lee,
being closely related to Light-
Horse Harry Lee, of Revolutionary
fame. While a small boy his
parents moved to Cooper County,
and settled on a farm near Lone
Elm, where he lived until the
breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted for the cause of the South
and served under General Price.
His health failing, he was given
an honorable discharge from the
army, and in company with one of
WILFRED lee WHITE. ,^j^ brothers he crossed the plains,
and they engaged in the mining industry. After a few years
of toil he returned to Cooper County and, his father helping,
settled on a splendid farm near Pilot Grove, Mo.
In 1867 Wilford White was married to Bethiah Julia Tal-
bot, daughter of William Talbot, of LaMine, Mo. This mar-
riage united two of the oldest and most prominent families
in Cooper County. Death came to this comrade as a passing
into sleep. He is survived by a son and daughter.
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THAT COLUMBIA COLLEGE PRIZE ESSAY.
BY ADELIA A. DUNOVANT, HOUSTON, TEX.
[Miss Dunovant was Historian of the Texas Division, U.
D. C, from 1899 to 1902, Chairman General Historical Com-
mittee 1901 and 1902, President of the Texas Division 1902.]
"Nor can we by our silent presence be faithless to the mem-
ory of our dead." (Bishop Wilmer.)
To the lover of history the Columbia College prize essay,
"Opposition to Secession in the South," comes as a lamenta-
ble evidence of the failure of the author of that historical
paper to recognize the true nature and intent of history.
History requires that in the discussion of any political or
governmental question there be shown "the very age and
body of the time, his form and pressure ;" and when, as in
tic present case, the dark problems of political existence and
the marshaling of intellectual forces claim attention, the re-
quirement becomes a peremptory demand that the "pervading
soul" of history look through "the bearings and the ties, the
strong connections, nice dependencies, gradations just" of
principles — their workings and effects — of which action is
only the result.
That the author of the essay has not met this requirement
admits of no quebtion. And that the subject (secession)
charged with the question of the preservation of constitu-
tional liberty or of submission to its destruction, with the
conflicts of duty and self-interest, of patriotic devotion and
self-love — that such a subject demands a deeper examination
than can be obtained under the mere light of vote records
and detached quotations will not, I think, be questioned.
To the errors that mar (some of so grave a nature as to
destroy) the historical value of the paper and to the defects
arising from presenting the subject in the oblique rays of
prejudice, 1 proceed to call attention.
There is a noticeable suppression of facts that justified and
finally induced secession. There is an absence of criticism
of the North, but much of the South. A few examples of the
comments of Miss Meares : "The 'paramount right' is not the
right of peaceable secession, but simply the right of rebellion —
the right to be styled a patriot like Washington if successful
and to be called a traitor and cast into chains like Jefferson
D.Tvis if unsuccessful." "Secession was the triumph of sec-
tional loyalty rather than the unanimous conclusion of reason
antl real desire." "Violently in favor of secession." "Cal-
houn had been stirring uf resistance to the extreme," etc.
I turn to the examination of the claims to acceptance of the
above-cited comments and to several other erroneous state-
ments. May the words of the venerable Bishop Wilmer that
head this review lend to these pages alike the sanctity of a
moral obligation and the disavowal of a controversial spirit,
the sole object being the vindication of the truth of history.
"The 'paramount right' is not the right of peaceable seces-
sion, but simply the right of rebellion — the right to be styled
a patriot like Washington if successful or to be called a
traitor and cast into chains like Jefferson Davis if unsuccess-
ful" is the announced opinion of Miss Meares. Was ever
more specious attempt through the subtlety of sophism to
shift from the North to the South the responsibility for a
most unholy war treacherously begun ("The Lincoln govern-
ment began the war by a signal act of treachery," Percy Greg,
"History of the United States") and barbarously prosecuted
("War Records." passim) and to transfer the odious epithet
"Traitor" from Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Davis ("His — Lincoln —
acts like Robespierre's and the acts of all men of like char-
acter," Alexander H. Stephens, "War between the States,"
Vol. n., p. 455) ? It is an instance where delusion
"Quite unravels all the reasoning thread
And hangs some curious cobweb in its stead !"
The fallacy of claiming that "the 'paramount right' is not
the right of peaceable secession, but simply the right of
rebellion," was exposed by a no less conspicuous Republican
than Mr. Greeley in an editorial of his own paper, the Tribune,
issued on the pth of November, i860: "The right to secede
may be a revolutionary one, but it exists nevertheless, and we
do not see how one party can have a right to do what another
party has a right to prevent." "Those who rushed upon it
(secession) to defy and defeat it would place themselves
clearly in the wrong." (Greeley, "American Conflict," Vol.
I-i P- 359-) McClure in his "Lincoln," page 292 et scq., says:
"Nor was Greeley alone in these views. Not only the entire
Democratic party with few exceptions, but a very large pro-
portion of the Republican party, including some of its ablest
and most trusted leaders, believed that peaceable secession
might reasonably result in early reconstruction." Mr. Lin-
coln himself on the :2th of January, 1848, in the House of
Representatives made a speech in which he characterized seces-
sion as "a most valuable and sacred right." "H it be a
'sacred right,' even in the view of its being a revolutionary
right, how can there exist any logical or moral right any-
where else to prevent its exercise? There cannot be two
antagonistic rights!" (Stephens, "War between the States,"
Vol. I., pp. 520, 521.) Mr. Seward, President Lincoln's Sec-
retary of State, in a letter to Mr. Adams, the United States
Minister at London: "The President willingly accepts it
(the right of secession) as true. Only an imperial or despotic
government could subjugate. * * * This Federal Republi-
can systein of ours is of all forms of government the very
one most unfitted for such a labor." (Edward A. Pollard,
of Virginia.) What changed Mr. Lincoln's conviction of
the right of peaceable secession to denunciation of the "Re-
bellion?" The answer is found in his remark: "Where will
we get our revenue if we let the South go?" Alas! the dollar
was the lever that plunged him into dishonor.
The Senate of the United States no longer recognizes that
there were any Confederate "rebels." In McCumber's pen-
sion service bill the designation, "War of the Rebellion'' has
been by unanimous vote changed to "Civil War." This is
gratifying, but "War between the States" is the designation
that correctly represents the character of the war. The North
is recognizing more and more the (Confederacy's true place
in history. Shall the Daughters of the Confederacy accept
assertions that keep her out of her true place?
The essayist's attempt to show an analogy between the Revo-
lutionary War and the War between the States ("the right
to be styled a patriot like Washington if successful and the
right to be called a traitor and cast into chains like Jeffer-
son Davis if unsuccessful") is consigned to the category of im-
agined resemblances by the following extract from a letter
written by the gifted L. Q. C. Lamar shortly after the death
of General Lee : "Both Washington and Lee were patriots,
but Washington stood before the world an avowed revolu-
tionist. The movement he led was an acknowledged insur-
rection against established authority. He drew his sword
to sever the connection between colonies and their parent
country, between subjects and their legitimate sovereign — a
connection that rested on historic foundation and undisputed
legal rights. But there was not in Lee or his cause one
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single element of revolution or rebellion. Conservative in his
nature and associations, unswerving in his loyalty to the
power which was for him paramount to all others, the cause
in defense of which he drew his sword was founded upon his-
toric rights, constitutional law, public morality, and the
inviolable rights of free and sovereign States, many of whose
constitutions were established and in peaceful operation while
that of the United States lay unlhought of in the far-off years
of futurity."
A few words in regard to the expression, "paramount
right," which seems to have been confused with paramount
authority by the Alabama "Unionists'" and their exponent,
Miss Meares. The paramount authority or State sovereignty
resides with the people of the several States separately. From
it all political power emanates, consequently the right to seces-
sion is derived from it, the element of right entitling its peace-
able exercise and making interference criminal.
In reference to the attitude of Governor Houston, of Texas,
we find Miss Meares asserts: "He condemned the disunionists
and said that the election of Lincoln did not justify secession."
We will let Governor Houston speak for himself and through
so authoritative a channel as an official paper, his message to
the legislature convened in called session on the 2ist of Jan-
uary, 1861. I quote from that message: "While deploring
the election of Messrs. Lincoln and Hamlin, the Executive yet
has seen in it no cause for the immediate and separate seces-
sion of Texas." How those three words, "deploring," "im-
mediate," "separate" change the attitude ! Again, in another
paragraph : "Nor can he [using the third person to designate
himself] reconcile to his mind the idea that our safety de-
mands an immediate separation." "Believing, however, that
the time has come when the Southern States should co-
operate to devise means for the maintenance of their con-
stitutional rights and to demand redress for the grievances
they have been suffering at the hands of many of the North-
ern States, he has directed his efforts to that end." Not a
word of "condemnation of the disunionists" appears in the
message. Yes, General Houston "loved the Union," but not
as a fetich ; his intelligence forbade that. He loved the only
real Union, the Union under the Constitution, as did all men
who had contributed to its honor and prosperity, as did the
secessionists, there being only this difference: he failed in im-
mediate realization of the ulterior object of the centralists,
misnamed Republicans. When he saw the compact broken
and despotism rise upon the ruins of a federative republic, he
gladly fitted up his son to be a soldier and said in a speech
to a Confederate regiment: "If I had a hundred sons, I would
send them to the ranks to fight for their country." (Clement
A. Evans, "Confederate Military History," Vol. XL, p. s:^.)
Another erroneous statement : "The well-known Union
speech of Stephens so attracted Lincoln's attention that he
entered into a correspondence with Stephens in an effort to
avert secession." The facts as shown by the full text of the
correspondence (Stephens, "War between the States," Vol.
IL, pp. 267-270) are as follows : Mr. Lincoln wrote a note of
six or eight lines to Mr. Stephens simply requesting a copy
of his speech. When complying with the request Mr. Stephens
wrote, gratuitously calling Mr. Lincoln's attention to the
"great peril the country was in" and that "no man ever had
heavier or greater responsibility resting upon him than he
(Lincoln) had in the momentous crisis." To this Mr. Lin-
coln replied : "Do the people of the South really entertain
fears that a Republican administration would, directly or in-
directly, interfere with the slaves or with them about their
slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you as once a friend
and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for
such fear." But conspicuously at the head of this letter
is the injunction, "For your ozvn eye only." Was that "an
effort to avert secession?" How could an assurance that he
would not "interfere" with the South possibly have any ef-
fect with the interdict that "no eye" but Mr. Stephens's must
read that assurance? Mr. Stephens then wrote again to Mr.
Lincoln reasoning with and appealing to him to "save our
common country." To that letter Mr. Lincoln made no reply.
Thus the correspondence plainly reveals not only the utter
groundlessness of the assertion that Mr. Lincoln entered into
it "in an effort to avert secession," but it also shows that he
did not even avail himself of the opportunity offered by Mr.
Stephens's correspondence and that he turned a deaf ear
to the appeal to "save our common country." It remains to
be added: "Mr. Lincoln's injunction in his second letter [wliich
I considered as applicable to the whole correspondence] was
strictly observed until the close of the war." (Mr. Stephens
in "War betw-een the States," Vol. IL, p. 266.)
Only a very limited and confused knowledge of the origin
and history of the forces in operation anterior to secession
could have betrayed the author of the essay into the assertion:
"The final outcome (secession) marked the triumph of sec-
t!o)tal loyalty and patriotism rather than the unanimous con-
clusion of reason and real desire." The historic fact is that
secession was "the outcome" of the "sectional" legislation of
the North and of the fanaticism of a Union-hating, "sectional"
party at the North. From a mass of testimony that a "sec-
tional party" liad its genesis and its exclusive domicile in
New England I select that of a citizen of one of the New
England States, the great Webster, than whom a truer patriot
never lived. The Hon. George Ticknor Curtis, a bosom friend
of Mr. Webster, gives the following account of his last politi-
cal utterance: "Calling me to his bedside by my Christian
name, he said : 'The Whig candidate will not be elected. You
love your country and you think its welfare involved in Whig
success. This has been so ; but let me warn you as you love
your country to give no countenance to a sectional, geograph-
ical party. The Whigs after the election will break up, and
upon the ruins of our party a sectional party will arise. The
stability of the Union will hereafter depend upon the De-
mocracy.'" ("Old Guard," Editor's Table, January, 1866.)
Now let me turn to the other member of the sentence,
"rather than the unanimous conclusion of reason and real
desire." That allegation is a near neighbor to Greeley's as-
sertion about secession having been carried by a violent, ter-
rorizing minority overawing a majority and, like it, "is noth-
ing but bald and naked assertion which cannot be maintained
against the facts of history. The question was as thoroughly
discussed as any ever was before the people." "It is true that
a large minority in all these conventions save one and in all
these States were opposed to secession as a question of policy;
very few in any of them questioned the right or doubted their
duty to go with the majority. But after Mr. Lincoln's procla-
mation of war, after his suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, no people on earth ivere ever more unanimous in any
cause than were the people of the Southern States." (Steph-
ens, "War between the States," Vol. II. , p. 14.)
The above extracts from Mr. Stephens's annihilation of
Greeley's untenable assertion and which have a likewise de-
molishing effect upon Miss Meares's neighborly assertion
also furnish reply to her kindred comment : "It is impossible
to think that extreme action was forced upon the leaders by
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a wave of popular sentiment." "The great vote throughout
the Soutli," she continues, "for Bell and 'the &Dnstitution, the
Lnion, and the enforcement of the laws' is a denial of such
overpowering sentiment in favor of secession." Why, so far
from being "a denial" it is an explanation of the "overpower-
ing sentiment in favor of secession" in this way: When Bell,
who represented "the Constitution, the Union, and the enforce-
ment of the laws," was not elected and his antithesis, Lincoln,
the candidate of the party who declared, "What we preach
is disobedience," was, the logical sequence was secession.
Not "reason and real desire !" The South had been fore-
most in statesmanship, in valor, in wealth ; the reason and
eloquence of her sons only equaled by their fortitude and
generosity. She to whom the Union owed i,ts establishment,
its fame, its territorial expanse — she with this proud record
acted without "reason !" Go read the "Declaration of Causes"
of each sovereign State, and then ask if there were no reason
for secession. Turn to the responses of the Governors of the
border States to Lincoln's call for troops, and dull would be
the apprehension that did not there behold reason keen as
a swung blade blocking the path of usurpation and despotism.
"No real desire to secede!" Indeed! The men of the South
were not of a fiber to be cither cajoled or overawed. Then
how or why was it that they quit the Union? The answer
is: They were too self-respecting to "desire" to remain in
company with those who had repeatedly and publicly de-
nounced the Union as "a covenant wHth death and an agree-
ment with hell ;" too orthodo.x to accede to the demand for
an "anti-slavery God, an anti-slavery Bible, and an anti-
slavery Constifution ;" too intelligent not to know that to
remain in company w-ith Constitution breakers, oath vio-
lators, and law dclicrs would be f>artice/>s criminis; there-
fore they withdrew in order to save the principles of
the Constitution and to perf'eluale them. The Confederate
Constitution w'as studiously modeled upon that of the United
States, with some undoubted improvements. For example :
The Confederate Constitution absolutely prohibited the over-
sea slave trade; that of the United States did not. The
New York Herald of March i6, 1861, published the Confed-
erate Constitution in full and on the 19th recommended its
acceptance as the basis of peaceful reunion. (J. L. M. Curry,
"The Southern States of the American Union," p. 207.)
"Rationally Virginia never left the Union," asserts Miss
Meares. Not "rational!" Well, maybe so. Of course the
millions cannot know as well as one! So, people, sit down.
As preceding paragraphs in this review touching upon the
attitude of the Southern States have application to Virginia,
the necessity for further discussion is reduced to one or two
questions which will be given as briefly as possible. No one
with knowledge of Virginia's record would for a moment
suppose that she entertained any desire to cling to the Union
other than by constitutional guaranties. "Virginia will insist
on her own construction of her rights as a condition of her
remaining in the present Union," declared the President
(John Janney, of Loudon) of the State Convention called by
an act of the legislature of Virginia to express the "sovereign
will of the people of the State upon their Federal relations."
What adds to the significance of that declaration is that it
was from one "distinguished for his devotion to the Union."
(Stephens, "War between the States," Vol. IT, p. 366.) In
referring to Virginia's "Peace Conference'' Miss Meares
quotes South Carolina's answer to the invitation, "No further
interest in the Constitution of the L'nitcd States'' (of course
not; she had seceded six weeks prior), but makes no refer-
ence to the emphatic declaration of Mr. Chase to the assembled
Peace Conference that the North ivould not comply with her
acknowledged obligations under the Constitution. Neither is
there any mention of Mr. Lincoln giving no satisfactory reply
to the delegation sent by the Virginia Convention to confer
with him. Furthermore, in her lengthy paper she does not
tind space for the significant statement that ei'ery compromise
for preserving the Union was deliberately and with foreinten-
tion defeated by the North.
The reproduction in the essay of an extract from a per-
sonal letter written by Mr. Stephens denouncing the "se-
ceders" from the National Democratic Convention in i860 is
to be regretted, because its reference to "the secession move-
ment." as Mr. Stephens characterized the split in the con-
vention, may in a hasty, careless perusal be supposed to mean
the secession from the L^nion. Why a letter relating to the
matter, if not extraneous to the subject of the essay at least
has no direct bearing upon it, should have been introduced
is not necessary to inquire; but it was, I think, incumbent
upon the essayist to throw more light on a letter which, if
not clearly understood, would be a discredit to Mr. Stephens,
the Vice President of the Confederacy. It should be dis-
tinctly understood and explained that Mr. Stephens's denun-
ciation was directed at the introduction of another plank into
the party platform, the disastrous result of which was fore-
.secn by him — the election of Lincoln. "I considered Mr.
Lincoln's election as nothing but the result of the unfortunate
rupture of the Democratic party at Charleston in i860. It
was not in any proper sense an indorsement of the principles
of his party by a majority of the people of the non-slave-
holding States." (Stephens, "War between the States," Vol.
11., p. 271.) "The Reconstructionists and Centralists could
have been again easily defeated if by wiser statesmanship the
supporters of the Union under the Constitution on the basis
of the compromise of 1850 and as carried out by the legisla-
tion of 1854 had been brought as they might have been to
act in concert in that election." (Ibid., p. 259.
The author of the essay quotes Lowell, a man whose total
disregard for truth and exhibition of coarse malignity in his
"Biglow^ Papers" should debar him from recognition by any
author whose object is truth. Hear him:
"Wal, go 'long to help 'em stealin'
Bigger pen to crain with slaves.
I'd sooner take my chance to Stan'
At jedgment where your meanest slave is
Than at God's bar hoi' up a han'
Ez dripping red ez your'n, Jefl Davis !"
Is it not the abandonment of "reason" to seek one who
revels in the companionship of calumny upon the peace con-
ference or, indeed, on any other subject?
"As near (in the thirties) as impetuous South Carolina
could bring herself to a definite policy of conciliation or re-
tardation she had been foremost in fostering the secession
movement,'' and "had been least tolerant of compromise."
"John C. Calhoun had been busy stirring up the spirit of
resistance to the e.vlreme" and "had promulgated the doc-
trine of nullification together with that of secession." I hear
in all this the grating note of filial criticism that comes with
a depressing power, disturbing traditional conceptions of the
love and reverence due one's venerable mother, the State.
And when with a rapid mental survey I behold that once
proud State crowned with the light of noble thought and
sacrificial deed, her valiant son, Calhoun, lifting her to that
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pinnacle of fame reached only by truth, honor, and duty;
when I behold this and then see in the day of her defeat
"impetuous" inscribed across her noble front and tind the ex-
pression, "stirred up," transferred from the John Browns of
history to him who ranks with Aristides and Cato, silence
would be a wrong not only to myself as a member of an as-
sociation obligated to vindicate the truth of history, but also
to the author, whose errors are chiefly attributable, I must
think, to the books that have fallen in her hand — such books
as Alexander H. Stephens characterizes "fiction called his-
tory" in which category nearly all histories belong if we ac-
cept the statement of J. L. M. Curry, a man and writer of
unassailable integrity : "History as written if accepted in fu-
ture years will consign the South to infamy." (Introduction
to "Southern States of the American Union.")
Replying in detail to the above-quoted comments of the
essayist, "South Carolina the earliest to oppose compromise,"
let us see. "Be it remembered," says Bancroft, "that the
blessing of Union is due to the warm-heartedness of South
Carolina." (Bancroft, "History of the United States," Vol.
II., p. ^72.) "A remarkable and sensitive regard for the
rights of others" characterized South Carolinians. (J. L. M.
Curry, "Southern States of the American Union," p. 24.)
In response to Clay on the compromise of 1833, Calhoun said
when agreeing to the compromise ; "He who loves the Union
■nmst desire to see this agitating question brought to a ter-
mination." (Niles's Register, Vol. XLIIL, p. 416.) "Im-
petuous South Carolina!" (For reply see the book of Revela-
tion, chapter iii., verses 15 and 16.) "Calhoun had been busy
Jlirring up the spirit of resistance to the extreme," and "had
promulgated the doctrine of nullification together with that
of secession." In his debate with Mr. Wilkins on "Nullifica-
tion" Mr. Calhoun said : "South Carolina has never contem-
plated violent resistance to the laws of the United States."
(Niles's Register, Vol. XLIIL, Supp., p. 53.) And in his
speech against the force bill he said : "It has been said that
South Carolina claims the right to annul the Constitution and
laws of the United States. Nothing can be more erroneous.
Her object is not to resist laws made in pursuance to the Con-
stitution, but those made without its autliority and which
encroach on her reserved powers." (From full text of the
speech given in "The Life of Calhoun" by John S. Jenkins,
P- 253.) "State interposition as advocated in 1828-32 was in
no sense a disunion measure. * * * The best preservative
of the Union is a faithful adherence to the Constitution."
(J. L. M. Curry, "Southern States American Union," p. 180.)
" 'Nullification' was a false nomenclature. The ingenious doc-
trine of the great political scholar of his times — John C. Cal-
houn— was eminently conservative and directly addressed to
saving the Union. * * * He proposed that in cases of
serious dispute between any State and the general govern-
ment the matter should be referred to a convention of all the
States for its final and conclusive determination — a measure
that might have long extended the term of the Union."
(Edward A. Pollard, of Virginia.) "I would, but ye would
not," found echo in the breast of this great patriot. And now
he is nailed to the cross of detraction.
The attitude of James L. Petigru, to whom Miss Meares
refers twice as "firm in devotion to the Union," furnishes an
example of the unwisdom of measuring a man by one or two
utterances or acts unless his stability and sincerity are es-
tablished. His biographer, Grayson (the same whom Miss
Meares quotes, relates (p. 83) that Mr. Petigru knocked a
man down for calling him a Federal. The indifference with
which Mr. Petigru listened only a few moments before to
"foul epithets lavished on him" by this same fellow was after-
wards explained by him: "I incur no injury from being abused
as a rogue, for nobody believes the charge; but I may be
thought a Federalist readily enough and be proscribed accord-
ingly, and so I knocked the man down by way of protest against
all current misconstructions." Mr. Stephens in his "War
between the States," Vol. II., p. 52, reproduces this incident
in full witli the comment: "It is truth when told to one's
disadvantage which generally ruffles temper the quickest."
"The anti-secessionist viewpoint," remarks Miss Meares,
"was not popular in the South at any time, and especially
during and since the war has the tendency been to look upon
it as a contemptible lack of patriotism and loyalty. Justice,
I think, demands a different attitude." In the very act of
protesting against the popularity of secession from the North
she proclaims herself a secessionist from the South. That
basic principle so dear to all Southerners — the right of each
State "to judge for itself" — she would blot out, because, for-
sooth, she does not think the people should tliink as they do,
but should let her be the interpreter of what "justice de-
mands." Miss Meares will permit me to remind her that
"the critic must expect to be criticized, and he who points out
the faults of others to have his own pointed out." Is not this
assertion of the honor in which secession was, and still is,
held proof conclusive of its recognized righteousness? Is it
not evidence that the secessionists were looked to "to save a
sinking land?" Think you not that the secessionists would
have been condemned if they had been responsible for "an
agitated and sinking land?" Think you not that the anti-
secessionists would have been turned to if they could have
"composed an agitated and sinking land?" Have justice or
right or reason ever prevailed against the unleashed powers of
darkness? Can justice be appealed to when it lies prostrate
beneath the heel of avarice and cunning? Did not the seces-
sionists try it only to be contemptuously rejected? Did not
the anti-secessionists try it only to be spurned? Did not
thousands and thousands of the peoples of the Middle and
Western States try it only to be "cast into prison by thou-
sands?" (Rhodes, "History of the United States," Vol. IV.,
p. 230.) Did not Greeley, "shuddering at the prospect of
new rivers of human blood," try to stay Lincoln's despotic
hand? (Nicolay and Hay, "Life of Lincoln," Vol. IX., pp.
184 to 200.) Greeley called this letter to Lincoln "the prayer
of twenty millions of people." ("Life of Hamlin," p. 437.)
Ida Tarbell in McClure's Magazine for 1899, p. 276 et seq.,
says : "Much bitter criticism was made of his (Lincoln) treat-
ment of peace overtures." Do not these historic facts give
to criticism of the South a complexion most unpraiseworthy ?
The war is gone by ; the earth, like a tender mother, has
hidden the scars. But the principles which it emblemed still
live ; the cause which it represented was not lost. Patriots
still fight with the ignorance that elevates the Union above its
creators, the States ; still draw inspiration from the seces-
sionists. The secessionist was the incarnation of law, the
laureate of duty, the exponent of reason. In him patriotism
was alive as with the old Roman stir; all thought was quick-
ened by a sense of the dire necessity, the responsibility be-
queathed by a proud ancestry. No other ever had so large a
measure of heroic virtue, no other pulses ever beat so true
to the instinct of the Anglo-Saxon race, none ever pressed so
close to honor's side.
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EXERCISES AT CAMP CHASE OX JCXE .'.
Before the largest audience ever assembled on a like occa-
sion Rev. James M. Magriider, of Covington, Ky., discussed
the race question as the outgrowth of the War of the States
at the annual memorial exercises at the Camp Chase Con-
federate Cemetery, near Columbus, Ohio. Two thousand per-
sons were present. After the services, tlie firing of a salute,
and the sounding of taps, ropes of Southern moss and sprays
of cape jasmine and magnolia blossoms w-ere placed on the
graves of the 2,260 Confederate soldiers who sleep there.
The somber green of the old trees that shade the rows of
marble stones were brightened with flashes of silk. The na-
tional flag waved from the top of the monument, while the
Confederate flag fluttered in a less conspicuous place. To the
north a speakers' stand had been erected, wrapped with ropes
of gray Southern moss. Here and there were tottering men
in gray uniforms. They were the heroes of the occasion.
All made way for them.
Opening a lane ihrough the crowd and between the stones,
J. W. Kidwell and a few other veterans led the way for the
Trinity Choir boys, who in full vestniciUs threaded their
way among the graves, chanting as they went a processional.
Throughout the exercises the full F.piscopal rites were ob-
served. With bow'cd heads men and women, young and old,
repeated the Lord's Prayer, and in succession joined in the
hymns "America," "Nearer. My God, to Thee," and. finally.
"God Be with Vou Till We Meet Again."
Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett. of St. Paul's F.piscopal Church,
read the responses and the lesson, after which he introduced
the speaker of the afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Magruder said he was not present to slir the
embers of smoldering passion, but to lay a wreath of laurel
and of bay upon the graves of those who fell <lefending what
they believed was right. "The problem that remains after
the war," he said, "is how best to do with that race that is
with us, but not of us. The race must help to work out its
ow'n salvation. The South loyally has accepted the arbitra-
ment of the sword, has spent millions on the education of the
race; yet it is being impressed on the minds of all lli.it ihc
negro is no more an essential part of the country than he
was fifty years ago. The victory of the abolitionist has been
supreme. The South to-day would no more consider the re-
introduction of slavery than would Ohio. But the .Xnglo-
Saxon is not willing to risk his civilization of one thousand
years by amalgamation with the African or the Mongolian."
Rev. Mr. Magruder paid a glowing compliment to Col. W.
II. Knauss for his part in assisting in the decoration of the
graves of Southerners. Colonel Knauss, who occupied a seat
on the platform, arose and grasped the speaker's hand warmly
and in a few words touching the reunion of the once opposing
forces presented Rev. Mr. Magruder with a silk flag. At this
the audience cheered and Rev. Mr. Magruder, holding it
aloft, said it was the emblem of liberty everywhere.
The exercises of the day were under the direction of the
l<ical Cliaptcr of llic Daughters of the Confederacy, of which
Mrs. W. B. Sells is President. Colonel Dodge, of the Colum-
bus barracks, sent a squad of regular soldiers to fire the salute
at the graves and also a bugler to sound taps.
[The foregoing was taken from a Columbia paper. The
^I'litlurn people should maintain an active interest in Camp
1 liasc. Union veteran friends have done all that should be
expected of them, and the U. D. C. Chapter there deserves
lulp every year.]
FALSE HISTORY SHOULD BE STOPPED.
BY DR. Y. R. LE MONNIER. 1224 NORTH G.^LVEZ ST., NEW ORLEANS.
Of course we Confederate veterans demand first of all that
justice be done to our Southland and, above all, to the Con-
federate cause. In the Veter.\n of June, 1912, page 279, 1
read: "Francis Trevelyn Miller, the eminent American his-
torian and projector and editor in chief of the great ten-
volume 'Photographic History of the Civil War,' commends
the Veter.\n." Mr. Miller's remarkable series of semi-
centennial articles that have been appearing in the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, the New Orleans Picayune, etc., have created
wide interest. Yes. the writings of Mr. Miller have with us
of the South through their unfairness and misrepresentations
created wide interest, compelling some of us not only to write
in the Picayune denying these misrepresentations, but to call
on that respectable sheet and with facts in hand ask that it
stop publishing the writings of this ex parte historian, teach-
ing our children a false history of the War of the States
written by a Northern man.
I and others were about to subscribe to the "Photographic
History of the Civil War:" but when wc learned that Francis
T. Miller, the historian, was its editor in chief, we decided not
to do so . * * * Von have always been the worthy champion
of our school children by denouncing false histories, and never
have I failed to approve you.
General Hatton's statue was fittingly used on the Ltb:inon
monument, as he was the only general Wilson County fur-
nished the Confederacy, unless Gen. A. P. Stewart should be
so considered since he livcil in Lebanon for quite a while.
St.\rs .\nd B.^rs in Sp.\rt.\, Wis.— Frazier W. Hurlburt,
of Sparta, Wis., has two old flags, one a Confederate and the
other a Union flag, in his possession. The former flag has
only eight stars, while the L'uion has thirty-four. The former
flag w\as carried by the ensign of a North Carolina regiment
during the war. Mr. Hurlburt was in the United States secret
service.
[The above is from a Sparta newspaper. There is evidently
a mistake about the "eight" stars. The regulation flags at first
contained seven and later thirteen stars.]
George C. Pendleton, of Temple, Tex., inquires for the
army comrades of A. Z. Givens, of Joe Miller's company,
Brooks's Cavalry Brigade, Arkansas troops. He was paroled
at Washington, Ark., at the close of the war as being of Cap-
tain Holman's company. He also desires to hear from com-
rades of Joe Wood, who enlisted from White County, Ark.,
in 1863, and served in Captain McCoy's company, B, Jackman's
Missouri Cavalry Regiment. These men are trying to get
pensions from their State and need the testimony of com-
rades as to their records.
Interest in Arlington Reported from Californi.\. —
Mrs. W. N. Perry, of Los .Angeles, Cal., submitted to the
las'- State Convention of the California Division, U. D. C, an
earnest and patriotic appeal for the .Arlington Monument Fund,
and reports receipts of $181.09 from various Chapters for the
fund. Mrs. Perry and her husband are both natives of Ten-
nessee, and in going to the far-away Pacific slope they main-
tain their undying devotion to the Confederate cause. Mr.
Perry w-as a valiant, faithful soldier, as he has been a useful
citizen since.
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MEETJXa OF XEir ORLEAXS CHAPTER. i\ D. C.
There was a large attendance of the Xew Orleans Chapter,
U. D. C, held on June lo at Memorial Hall, with Mrs. D. A.
S. Vaught, President, in the chair.
-Mrs. Vaught, President of the Chapter, reported :
"I call your attention to a communication from Major Gen-
eral Shaffer, commanding the Louisiana Division. V. C. V.,
in regard to the position of Commissioner of Louisiana Con-
federate Military Records and the great necessity for the con-
tinuance of this office and of properly financing it. I have
been brought into close knowledge of the extreme value of
these records both for history and for ascertaining the true
record of those desiring pensions and admission to the Sol-
diers' Home. In our own work the assistance given us through
the commissioner's office here lias been invaluable both for
applicants to membership in our Chapter and in our relief
work, which is intended only for needy Confederate soldiers
and their faimlies.
"Our beautiful cross of honor work is coming to a close,
but we owe a debt of gratitude for the help we have had in
that. Had the commissioner been able earlier to obtain access
to the rolls in the War Department at Washington, the work
would long since have been completed; but he has after years
of persistent effort only lately obtained access to these records
and permission to photograph them. I have seen some of the
wonderful photographic copies of the rolls, and I hope the
legislature will see its way again to create that oflice and
appropriate the very reasonable sums deemed necessary for
its maintenance. I will name Mrs. J. B. Richardson, Mrs. H.
J. Seiferth. and Mrs. W. P. Harper as a committee to prepare
resolutions which we will convey to the proper parties."
The committee set forth the following :
"The office of Commissioner of Confederate Military Rec-
ords, created by act of the Louisiana Legislature in 1908 to
authorize and enable the proper officer to collect original rolls
of Confederate regiments and companies and obtain certified
copies of others, was provided and provisioned only for the
period of four years ; and said office having expired, the New
Orleans Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, know-
ing by observation and experience the great value of this of-
fice as a means of establishing the claims of worthy Confed-
erate soldiers and their families, to assistance and honors from
their comrades, their State and the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and also a protection against fraudulent claims, do
hereby earnestly advocate and urge the recreation of this
office and the appropriation for its maintenance of the modest
sum deemed by competent judges to be sufficient.
"For many years the general order of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy has by every argument at its command
urged upon its members the securing and preserving of
these rolls, and this Chapter hears with consternation the sug-
gestion that this work, now so thoroughly organized and so
well advanced, should be arrested and discontinued."
The motion was carried and the resolution adopted.
A scholarship of free tuition at Loyola University, New
Orleans, valued at $80 a year, has been generously given this
Chapter by Rev. Father Biever, S. J. It will be open Sep-
tember 15. The Chapter invites applications from the State,
and requests the U. D. C. State Committee of Education to as-
sist in the selection of a nominee. Miss Mary Rawlins, 1563
Constance Street, will represent the Chapter in this work.
Mrs. H. J. Seiferth, Chairman of the Crosses of Honor Com-
■ mittee, reported on the successful celebration of June 3, and
.'-lated that, owing to many belated applications for crosses
having been received, another bestowal of an informal charac-
ter would take place September 25.
Miss L. Ruffier, Chairman of the Design Committee, reported
having carried to the Davis monument on June 3, birthday of
Jefferson Davis, a handsome wreath and silk Confederate flag.
Miss Lise Allain, Chairman Relief Committee, reported final
relief work for the flood sufferers to the amount of $3,741.50
Mrs. D. A. S. Vaught, Chairman of the Beauregard Monu-
ment Fund Committee of Xew Orleans Chapter, reported hav-
ing inspected the model recently exhibited with some other
members who had been invited to criticize and make sugges-
tions. The Beauregard Meinorial Association Executive Com-
mittee, as a recognition of the Chapter's work in having
aroused public interest in the work and having contributed
$5-750 to the fund, elected Mrs. Vaught and Miss Gautreaux
members.
L'pon motion of Mrs. E. C. Sclinabel. Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, the Chapter unanimously and enthusi-
astically decided to invite the general order. U. D. C, to hold
its 1913 Covention in New Orleans.
Delegates were elected to the State Reunion. U. C. V'., and
Convention, L'. D. C, which will take place at Baton Rouge
October i, 2 and 3.
The Chapter, learning of the death of Miss Sophie B.
Wright, which had just occurred, was deeply grieved and
expressed its feelings by a little memorial service at the mo-
ment of receiving the news.
The President read an appropriate psalm and said a few
words about Miss Wright's noble life and invaluable services
to the community and to all humanity. All stood a few mo-
ments in silence with bowed heads.
Dox't F.wor Coxfeder-\te B,\lls. — A. D. Betts, Chaplain
Xorth Carolina Division, Confederate Veterans, writes: "'We
do not think it is well to give public balls for the entertain-
ment of Confederate veterans.' Three bishops in North Caro-
lina, twenty-one presiding elders, and nine editors of the re-
ligious papers of the State have signed the above statement.
Let the dancers stay away from our meetings. Let us vet-
erans talk, sing, and pray and help each other toward God
and heaven."
Fakers and Thieves Are Everywhere. — Rev. H. H. Stur-
gis, of Detroit, Fla., writes : "I hope the future Reunions will
not have such a mess of catchpennies as the Macon Reunion.
It is a disgrace to have a Reunion for the benefit of fakers and
thieves. I lost all my baggage from my tent Friday morn-
ing. Call attention to this subject before the Cb.attano'iga
meeting. We old vets get very little enjoyment except to
meet o-ur comrades. They fed and sheltered us all right, but
some of the people looked upon us as lawful prey."
John S. Gilmorc, who enlisted in the Confederate army at
Montezuma, McX'airy (now Chester) County, Tenn., in Sep-
tember. 1861, in Company C, 3rst Tennessee Regiment, seeks
a certificate from comrades who know of his service. He was
first under Col. A. H. Bradford, then Captain Cason, who was
succeeded by Captain Clayton. He seeks a pension. Address
him care W. H. Wright, Esq., West Blockton, Ah.
The Robert E. Lee Chapter, U. D. C, of Columbus, Ohio,
took an active part in honoring the inemory of Dr. Thomas
P. Shields, who was a leading Confederate in that State. They
took part in the funeral and passed fitting resolutions.
C^^oQfederat^ l/etera^.
347
THE PHRASE '•CUIL IIAR."
BY REV. S. A. STEEL, JACKSON, TENN.
You have done well to debar the use of the words "New-
South" and "lost cause" from the Confederate Veteran.
Now, in the interest of history and out of respect for the
honor of the South so admirably upheld by the Veteran you
ought to debar the phrase "Civil War." A civil war is a war
between citizens of the same State contending for the control
of the same government. The war between the North and
South was the war of the North against a separate govern-
ment, that as long as it lasted was a de facto nation, exer-
cising all the powers of an independent government.
The phrase "Civil War" concedes all that the North ever
claimed, makes us guilty of treason, and is untrue to the facts
in the case. The true name of the struggle should be the
"War for the Union." That is what it was. Mr. Lincoln
distinctly declared that to be the object for which the North
took up arms. It was fought to a finish on that issue, and
that is what it accomplished — it made a loose Confederacy
into a consolidated Union. This name is fair to the North
and South alike ; but the term "Civil War," while incorrect
as a simple definition of the struggle, docs a gross injustice
to the South by degrading her struggle for a national ex-
istence into a partisan conflict. I never use it and mark it out
of cverv book where I find it. Let historv tell the truth.
POllERS KU.I.ED ON THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
Dr. J. D. Pierce, Si.TO First Avenue. Birmingham. .\la.,
writes the Veti:r.'\n : "I served in the Union army during the
W'.ir of tlu' States, and on the .Vtlanta campaign in looking
after the wounded, etc., I had charge of a Confederate who
was mortally wounded and died near Acworth or Big Shanty,
Ga. He gave his name as Powers, and said he had a widowed
mother and two sisters living in North Carolina and that he
was a lawyer. He was a small man, a blonde, nice and trim-
looking. In his delirium he would give orders as to a bri-
gade. 1 have often wishecl lh.it 1 knew his people so I could
tell tliem of his end. 1 had my arms around him when
he died."
"ABOLITION CRrSADE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES."
BY GEN. ROBERT WHITE. WHEELING, W. VA.
Our fathers left for posterity a government of law and
order witli a Constitution which recognized State sovereignty
and home rule. At this day how far, O how far have we
"progressed" from the principles of our fathers' government 1
It is well for our older people, who grew into manhood
more than fifty years gone by, to refresh our memories of
the great events through which we passed. It would be belter
for the middle-aged and younger men of this day to study and
become familiar with the true history of that past and th.at
our children's children sliould learn the very truth of hisU'ry.
Tliese thoughts arc suggested by a recent work published
by the Scribners, coming from the pen of Hon. Hilary A.
Herbert, Secretary of the Navy in Cleveland's time, en-
tiled "The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences," which I
have read with great interest and much profit and which has
deeply impressed me as I recall the events spoken of by the
author in this book. The author has thoroughly considered
the many published accounts bearing upon the subject of his
work, thus giving aid to his own personal memory and en-
abling him to give a most thorough and impartial account of
the events and subjects about which he writes.
I hope that it will be read and studicil by those now living,
because it contains within small compass truth of history
written by an impartial pen. It might well be adopted as a
textbook in the colleges and schools of the land, so that
tliereby our children may learn the history of their country
aright.
THE KEITH SPRINGS PROPERTY FOR SALE.
The map is designated as W. J. Slatter's. The property
comprises one hundred acres less one acre sold to Franklin
County, Tenn., for school purposes. The left side states S.
2 degrees. W. i8o poles, and the right side states N. 2
degrees, E. i8o poles. The springs and house are near the
side of the mountain as indicated. The land is half as wide
as long, 90 poles by i8o poles.
The public school acre is near the center and in third square
from the bottom, while a chalybeate spring is in white ground
near lower right-hand corner. The Winchester road enters
the land near tlie lower lell-liaiul corner and passes to the
left of the bluflf near upper right-hand corner. About three-
fourths of the land is tillable. The soil is not rich, but pro-
duces fairly good corn, is good for vegetables, and would make
a fine fruit farm.
The location is on top of Cumberland Mountain. The two
strongest springs, chalybeate and white sulphur, are in the
upper white space and near the bluff. The price of this prop-
erty is $1,000. It would be a good investment, but is not of-
fered to a veteran of either army without being seen by him.
The mountain is about 2,ooo feet high, and at present the
ascent is rough.
Address the owner, S. A. Cunningliam, Nashville, Tenn., or
.M.ij. W. J. Shatter, Winchester. Tenn.
348
C^OQfederat<^ l/eteraij.
ATLASTA CHILDREX OF THE COXFEDERACV.
The conference of the Children of the Confederacy Chap-
ter adjourned June 13 to convene again June 20. 1913. Miss
KHzabeth Hanna, Director of the Julia Jackson C. of C. Chap-
ter, was named as State Director, subject to the approval of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy at their next con-
vention and will be asked to create the office and approve the
choice of the conference.
Both sessions were devoted to the business of the confer-
ence, and the following topics were discussed :
1. ''How to Promote Interest in C. of C. Chapters among
the Children and Their Parents." Valuable suggestions were
made which may be adopted by the Chapter.
2. "What Scholarships Have Been Offered by the Children
of the Confederacy and How to Make Them More Availa-
ble." The following list of scholarships was read : Vassar
College, scholarship in full, valued at $500 (this year com-
peted for in Georgia only) ; free tuition University of Ala-
bama, valued at $60 : I-ucy Cobb, scholarship in part, valued
at $190; Washington Seminary. Washington. D. C. scholar-
ship in full, valued at $100; Alice Bristol, scholarship in full,
valued at $100: Higbee High School, Memphis, Tenn., valued
at $109. A telegram was received from Miss Mildred Ruther-
ford, who was to have discussed this subject, regretting her
unavoidable absence.
3. "How to Guard against the False Statements Conceni-
ing the South and Southern History So Often to Be Found
in Children's Literature." Miss Elizabeth Hanna opened this
discussion by saying that misstatements in this class of litera-
ture were more to be guarded against than those found in
histories and other textbooks and needed more careful re-
vision. As proof of this she read a criticism on "The Chil-
dren's Hour," which contained a beautiful collection of lit-
erary gems, which, however, gave but scant recognition to
Southern authors and contained much that is offensive to
Southern readers. Summing up the discussion, Miss Vivian
Mathis offered the following resolution, which was adopted :
"Resolved. That the study of Southern literature shall be
considered a part of the regular C. of C. work; that they
shall labor to promote interest in Southern authors to create
in the South a demand for Southern books."
The views expressed by the members of the conference
were fully concurred in by Miss Zebulon Walker, Chairman
of the U. D. C. Conimitte on Textbooks. She promised that
her committee would give the matter careful attention.
The fourth topic was the library work of C. of C. Chapteis.
Mrs. Owens Jackson gave an interesting account of the books,
scrapbooks, post card collections, valuable documents, and
pictures of war heroes which had been acquired by the Julia
Jackson Chapter.
Mrs. John J. Simpson, Registrar of the Chapter, spoke feel-
ingly of the delays and difficulties attending the filling out
of applications for membership, and after some discussion a
resolution was approved to the effect that the signature of the
U. D. C. member should be considered sufficient where that
of a veteran could not be obtained.
Mrs, McDowell Wolff made an interesting talk on the origin
and history of children's Chapters in the South. Mrs. Wolff
k the founder of this organization, which dates as far back
as 1896. The minutes of the State U. D. C. of 1898 so ac-
knowledged her and directed that her name as founder should
be mentioned whenever the officers of the Chapter are named.
During the two days' session interesting talks were made
by Mrs. McD. Wilson, Mrs. Helen Plane, Mrs. Williams Mc-
Carthy, Prof. B. M. Zettler, Dr. J. T. Derry. and Judge
Rodgers.
Mrs. McCarthy offered a banner helpful to the C. of C.
work, this to the Chapter doing the things must be decided by
vote of the Chapters represented at the next conference, the
contest to begin in September, 1912.
Upon adjournment the members of the conference visited
the Soldiers' Home, and were charmingly entertained on
their return at the residence of the President, Mr. Derry
Stockbridgc.
Mrs. Allen Porter, 3601 Central Street, Kansas City, Mo.,
desires to communicate with some member of the families of
the early settlers of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky, of
whom she mentions the following: Stanley Reasons, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Harris Avant, of Sumner County,
Tenn. ; William Stanley Owen, of Hawkins County, Tenn.,
wdio married Elizabeth Creed, of .'Mexandria, Va. ; Vachel
Clark, who married Miss Adams ; Henry Clark, who married
Patience Dillingham; Joseph Russell, who married Elizabeth
Williams, and lived in Barren Countv, Kv.
"O for a drink from the old oaken bucket !" exclaimed the
early boarder. "Where is it?" "The old oaken bucket was
unsanitary," explained the farmer, "We have supplied in-
dividual drinking cups instead."
U
THE MEN IN GRAY"
BY R.
CAVE
"The J[en in Gray," cloth-bounJ. 1-1.3 pages, contains:
1. "Tlie Men in Gray," an oration delivered at tlie unveiling ot
the monument to the private soldiers and sailors of the South in
Richmond, Va., which created quite a sensation at the time it was
delivered, and w'as discussed for weeks by the press throughout
the country. One of the Virginia papers said : "It is a .speech
from which notliing can be taken and to which nothing can be
added without injury. . . . It is a concise but clear state-
ment of the causes that led up to the war and an accurate pen
picture of the private soldier such as we know him to liave been."
2. "A Defense of the South," a paper which refutes the mis-
representations of the social conditions existing in the South be-
fore tlie war and briefly, sharply, and convincingly states the
real issue in the controversy between the sections which culmi-
nated in secession and war.
3. "Cavalier Loyalty and Puritan Disloyalty," a paper which
briefly tells the story of Cavalier fidelity to constituted authority
and Puritan rebellion against lawful government, and shows how
the spirit of the one was manifested by the Soutli and the spir-
it of the other dominated the North.
Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, Commander Trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment, Fort Worth, Tex., says: "After a careful examination, I
most heartily indorse 'The Men in Gray,' by Dr. R. C. Cave, of
.St. Louis. It is a most admirable defense of the South, and is
unanswerable. I cordially commend it to all students of South-
ern history. It should be in the hands of every boy and girl in
the Soutli."
Of this book Gen. Bennett H. Young. Commander Department
Army of Tennessee, Louisville, Ky., says: "I have read with al-
most inexpressible deliglit Dr. Cave's book. 'The Men in Gray.*
No Confederate who desires to have an intelligent appreciation of
the great Civil War and its causes and the character of the men
who engaged in it on the Southern side can afford to be with-
out Dr. Cave's book. In its way and along its lines it is the
best publication since the war. It deserves and should have an
extended circulation."
Every Confederate soldier wlio wishes his children to under-
stand clearly what he fought for and truly honor him for fighting
on the Southern side should place this little volume in their
hands. Price. $1. postpaid.
Commanders of Camps are requested to write for particulars.
Address tlie Confederate Veteran, Nashville, Tenn.
C^oi>federat^ Ueteraij.
349
Judge J. W. Moffctt should write to
tlie Adjutant General of Virginia, at
Richmond, for names of soldiers of
Companies E, G. and K, 49th \'irginia
Infantry.
J. M. Cartmell, of Jackson. Tenn., has
some back numbers and vohmics of the
Vf.terax which he would like to dispose
of. Write him and send list of those
you need.
Mrs. \V. .\. I.eVan ( Knute Xo. 4,
Box 8), Paducah, Ky., wishes to hear
from some one who knew W. X. Le-
Van, of East Tennessee, who was under
Captain Brewster in the Confederate
f.rniv.
C. A. Caloway, of W'ilhile, La., wants
to find some conuades who were with
him in Company K, 43d Mississippi
Regiment, as he needs their testimony
to proyc his record in applying for a
pension.
J. S. Pogue. of Mayslick. Ky.. Bo.x
22, wishes to get a copy of the "His-
tory of the Orphan Brigade," by Ed
Porter Thompson. Any subscriber
liaving a copy which he will dispose of
will confer a fayor by writing to Mr.
Pogue, stating conditinn ,-ind price
asked.
Thomas Peck, of Lawrenceburg. Ky..
seeks to establish the war record of hi?
father, Robert F. Peck, who was born
in Union. S. C. and who eiUered the
(Confederate army in 1861 as a mem-
ber of Company I, Gregg's ist Soutli
Carolina Regiment. In September of
that year he was transferred to Mc-
r.cth's Artillery, and served to the close
of the war. He died in the Confederate
Home at Pewee Valley, Ky.. in January,
101 J.
In or<lcr to become a member of the
1 S. C. v.. C. F. Cork, of Alabama,
\\ ash., desires to secure the war record
iif liis grandfather. Dr. \\'iniam Henri
I'.irner. who was regimental surgeon of
Riley's 4th Texas Cavalry, Sibley's
( '>rps. Dr. Farner was taken prisoner
.ii ihc battle of Teschc, where the regi-
iiirnt was broken up. He was paroled
l'> special arrangement and placed in
I li irge of the post hospital at Galveston.
II is hoped that this information may be
secured from some reader of the Vet-
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by the name of Frank Johnson, from
Williamsburg County, S. C, who was
shot down and was helped by McDaniel
to a place of safety. McDaniel would
be glad to know if he (Johnson) got
home safely and if still living.
E. S. Bishop, of Artesia, X. Mex.,
wishes a copy of the poem on the inci-
dent of General Lee's being told to go
to the rear.
J. R. Gibbons, of Beau.xite, Ark.,
needs Volumes I. and II. to complete
l-.is file of the Veter.xx. Write him in
advance of sending, stating condition
and price.
Mrs. E. H. .\dams, of Ann Arbor,
Mich., wishes the address of any rela-
tive of Col. Frank Wolford, U. S. A.,
now deceased, who commanded a regi-
ment of Kentucky cavalry during the
war.
John A. Payne, of Palmer, Tex.,
would like to know the address of a
Miss Laura Keith, who was a young
lady in 1862 and refugeed to Jackson-
ville, Ala., with her parents from Ten-
nessee.
Inrpn'ry is made for several books of
which the Veteran does not know, and
any information of them will be appre-
ciated. They are: "Hampton and His
Cavalry," "Butler and His Cavalry,"
"The Last Ninety Days of the War."
.\ny subscribers who know of them or
cm supply them will kindly write this
office.
Valentine Hardt, of Cuero, Tex.,
would like to hear from any surviving
comrades who were in the battle of
Franklin and shared his experiences
.afterwards. He was taken from there
to Camp Douglas ; was sent out on the
4th of May, 1865, and exchanged on the
Red River; from there they were sent
to Shreveport, and there learned the
fate of the Confederacy. He walked
from Shreveport to his home in York-
town, Tex.
Mrs. G. \. Grammar. 211 W. Balti-
more Street, Jackson, Tenn., wishes to
hear from some of the survivors among
her husband's comrades. He served with
the Warren Light Artillery, a company
organized at Vicksburg, Miss., whose
officers were Capt. Charles Sweet and
Lieuts. James Oslin, H. Shannon, and
Thomas Haven. They were mustered
into service by Capt. John H. Crump
August 17, 1861. Her husband kept a
diary throughout the war, in which he
tells of the tragic death of Lieutenant
I l;iycn.
350
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J, C. Witcher, of BcHs, Tex., lost his
Confederate cross of honor at the
Southern Depot in Macon, Ga. The
finder of this treasured relic will kindly
communicate with him.
John W. Taylor, of Burnside, Ky.,
Box 498, who served in Company A, 28th
Tennessee Infantry, Murray's Regiment,
Zollicoflfer's Brigade, would like to cor-
respond with some of his old comrades
or their descendants.
Mr. James F. Farrell. of Winder, Ga.,
who served in the uth Louisiana Bat-
talion, Company D, from 1861 to 1863,
when he was captured and confined in
prison at Fort Delaware, wishes to hear
from some surviving comrades who can
testify as to his record. He was in
prison until May, 1865.
S. C. Turnbo, of Jenks, Okla., would
like to hear from any surviving com-
rades of William Breeding, who is sup-
posed to have served in a Missouri regi-
ment that was sent to the east side of
the Mississippi River and with which
he continued to the close of the war.
He died in the early seventies near Lo-
cust, Ozark County, Mo.
Rev. William Arnold Greene, of
Geddes, S. D., writes of a Bible in
possession of an ex-Federal soldier out
there, on the fly-leaf of which appears
the name of "Hattie Hamlin." The
book was taken from the knapsack of a
dead Confederate soldier. It is hoped
that some friends or relatives of the
donor or owner may respond to this, as
it is desired to return the book.
W. W. Coleman, nf Allen, Ala.. R. I-.
D. Xo. I, would like to locate the flag of
the 24th .-Mabama Regiment, which was
lost on Sunday morning at the battle of
Chickamauga. It seems that the color
bearer deserted and carried the colors
to the enemv.
J. E. Gaskell, 1429 Missouri .-Kvenue,
Fort Worth, Tex., who was a drummer
boy of the Confederate army, wants to
learn something of a German lad, W. A.
Seufferheld, of the loist or 103d New
York Infantry, whom he knew as a
prisoner down in Louisiana. He was so
small that no uniform would fit him,
so the "Johnny" divided clothes with
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.\ giicsl cif tlio University Chib at X;islivillc w.is Wootlrow
Wilson. 'I"]u' writer met, heard, and liked him very mucli.
He was impressed with his independence and conciseness of
expression. As a Jerseyman it was not expected that his
\'irginia rearing wonld be so conspicuous. In private con-
versation he was ch;irmingly a,grecable while earnestly em-
phatic. Governor Wilson has a brother in Xashville, Mr.
Joscpli R. Wilson, a modest but forceful joiini.tlist. and better
acriuaintaiue was fondly anticipated.
Later nn the Richmond Times-Dispatch contained adverse
criticism of a statement in one of his histories concerning the
engagcmeiu between the Merrimac (Virgim'a') and the Moni-
tor by the late Col. William If. Stewart, of Portsmouth, Va.,
who witnessed the fight. To if Governor Wilson replied:
"My Hear Mr. Ci(niiiiighiini : 1 was very much grieved to
learn of the strictures uttered by Col. William IT. Stewart.
I of course am very mucli morlilied if T made a mistake in
the brief reference I niade to the light between the Virginia
and tlie Monitor. 1 am perfectly willing to accept, of course,
tlie authority of such men as Colonel Stewart, and can only
say I repeated what seemed to be the accepted version of the
fight in a history written upon an extended scale. I had not
the opportunity to consult original authorities. It never oc-
curred to me for a moment that the account involved anything
■ ' the discredit of the officers who were in command of the
llant Virginia. Cordially yours, Woodrow Wilsox."
In the early part of last year the Editor of the Veteram,
having resolved to pay tribute to Col. Richard Owen, went
lo Indianapolis to ascertain the sentiment that might prevail
in regard to it and to secure the modest privilege of placing
I memorial l.Mbk-l in commemoration of the noble man
\\ lio was in command of the prison there in 1862. He se-
lected that particular time because the legislature was in ses-
sion— the closing days — and because a monument was to be
<ledicated to Robert Dale Owen, a brother of Richard Owen,
by the women of Indiana. It happened that the leader of that
movement, Mrs. Ruth S. Conklin, was a good friend, and that
the Governor of the State was on the Veteran subscription
list. This fact, with Idlers of cordial iiUroduction, caused
prompt and generous attention by the Governor, Thomas R.
Marshall. He sent for a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Hon. William W. Spencer, a college student of
Colonel Owen's, and asked him to prepare a joint resolution to
be submitted to the House and Senate authorizing the Gov-
ernor to place such a memorial in the Capitol building, on the
Capitol grounds, or at the great State monument in Indian-
apolis. The resolution was adopted by unanimous vote, and
the mission was all that could have been desired.
Governor Marshall is a quiet man who does things without
parade. Two visits have been made to him this year, the
lirst to select the place and a second with Miss Belle Kinney,
who has the order to make the monument. After going about
the Capitol and through its grand hallways, and indicating the
place that he regarded the most proiuincnt and suitable (a
superb niche between the elevator and the Governor's office),
he said : "Mr. Cunningham, you may place it wdiere you desire."
Those visits to Governor Marshall are of delightful mem-
ory. Xo wonder he is so popular with the people generally
of his State. Wliile reared in Indiana, be typifies the culture,
the rclinement, and the dignity of his Virginia ancestry in a
charming way. He is very happy in his marriage, though
without children ; and whatever may be his lot in life, the
people of the United States will esteem him the more the bet-
ter they know him.
Governor Marshall seems to be the pride of Indiana; and
while a lifelong Democrat, he is esteemed by his people gen-
erally. Although he had not been discussed for second place
on the national ticket, it was early apparent that Governor
Wilson was the favorite for President ; so the writer sent the
following brief telegram to United States Senator Luke Lea,
member of the Tennessee delegation to the Democratic Con-
vention. Baltimore. Md., on June 27, 1912: ".Anticipating Gov-
ernor Marshall's prominence for the vice presidency, knowing
his merit and strength in Itidiana, commend him anxiously."
Senator Lea replied from W.ashington : "Your telegram was
received by me at the Convention, and. like yourself, I be-
lieve Governor Marshall will be a very strong man on the
ticket." Later he wrote; "Vou and the Democratic Conven-
tion seem to have been of the same mind." The date of the
telegram shows that the first say was from N'ashville.
In the Baltimore Convention, while Xcw York was voting
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solidly for oilier candidates, the Editor recalled a k-ltcr from
W. G. McAdoo, one of the delegates, who wrote him on
I-cbruary 2: "\ also hope that you are doing all you can
lor my friend Governor Wilson. He is a great man and the
only Democrat, in my opinion, who can be elected. Help him
if you can; he deserves it." Mc.Adoo is the Tennesseean who
lias done more for New York by putting tubes under the rivers
for railway trains than any man in any generation. He is
vice chairman of the Wilson and Marshall campaign, while
William R McCombs, the chairman, was an .\rkansns boy
and educated largely in Tennessee.
WMAWBLE AID I\ ir.lR RECORDS.
V\ CEX. M.\RCl"S J. WRIGHT. WAR RKCORPS OFFKK, W.\S!nNr,TOX.
H John S. Gilmore. C. .\. Caloway. Thomas Peck. C. F.
Cork. Valentine Hart, Mrs. G. .\. Grammar, and James F.
Farnell. who ask for certain records through the July Vet-
liR.x.v. will each write me. giving the command (company and
regiment) in which the parties served and the object of asking
the information, wlicthcr to apply for pension or join some
Confederate society, I can have official statement of the rec-
ords sent them. Xo records can be furnished unless the com-
mand in which the party served is given.
[Of course the foregoing suggestion applies to all who
seek such information. The War Records office is a very
liusy place, and requests for information should be clear and
■concise so as to give the department as little trouble as pos-
sible As stated, it is all-important to give the company and
regiment to which the soldier belonged. — Editor.]
THE SIIILOH MOXUMEXT FUND.
Rki'ort of Mrs. Roy W. McKinnev. Treasurer, from
June 7 to July 7. 1912.
Georgia: Walter .■X. Clark Chapter, Hephzibah, $1 : Cochran
Chapter, $2.50; Winnie Davis Chapter, C. of C. Savannah, $10,
Missouri: R. E. Lee Chapter, Kansas City, $25; C. M. Good-
let Chapter. C. of C, Kansas City. $10; Brown Rives Chapter,
Richmond, $15.50; K. K. Salmon Chapter, $5; Emmet Mac-
llonald Chapter, Sedalia, $25; Di.xie Chapter, Slater, $2.50;
Ceorge E. Pickett Chapter, Kansas City, $10.
South Carolina : St. Matthews Chapter, $2 ; Ratesburg
Chapter, $8; I'.utler Guards Chapter, C. of C, Greenville,
$3.25; Michael Brice Chapter. Blackstock, $2; S. D. Lee
Chapter, Starr, $1: Maxey Gregg Chapter, Florence, $5;
Charleston Chapter, $15; Cheraw Chapter (extra), $2; Black
'Oak Chapter, Pinopolis, $5.50; William Lester Chapter, Pros-
perity, $2; .\nn White Chapter, Rock Hill. $5; Frances IVLarion
Chapter, Bamberg, $7; Edgefield Chapter. $10; Secessionville
Chapter, James Island, $5; J. K. .Mclver Chapter, Darlington,
$2.50; Moses Wood Chapter, Gaffney, $1 : Lottie Green Chap-
ter, Bishopville, $5 ; Paul McMichacl Chapter, Orangeburg,
■$5: S. D. Barrow Chapter, Rock Hill, $2.50; I\L C. Butler
Chapter, Columbia, $2; St. George's Chapter, $3; Moffett-
Grier Chapter, Due West, $5; Greenville Chapter, $5.15; R.
F". Lee Chapter, .'\nderson, $3; Mrs. A. T. Smythe (personal),
Charleston, $10; Lee piicture sold ]>y S. D. Barrow Chapter,
$2.50; Confederate banners sold by J. K. McIvcr Chapter, $2.
Interest, $61.93.
Total collections since June 7. $2b'9.83.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report. $14,587.05.
Total collections to date, $14,876.88.
Amount refunded Dixie Chapter. Montgomery, .\la., $7.48.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $14,869.40.
Till; \i;ter.\.\ for Jin'e .\.vi) Jli.v Wanted. — The editions
for June and July, 1912, having been exhausted, request is
made of subscribers who do not preserve their copies to re-
turn the numbers for June and July to the Veteran office.
Credit on their subscription for two months will be given
gladly. Only copies that are clean and in otherwise good
condition are requested. Send card when m.iiling the copies,
stating that they are being sent. The July number is especially
needed. Good copies for May. June, September. October, and
l^ecembcr of 1905 are also needed, and credit will be given for
these in the same wav.
Death of Rkv. James Battle .Vvihett. — In the notice of
the death of Rev. James Battle .\virett appearing on page 336
o) the July \'ktkkan an error was made as to date of death,
which was I'ebruary 16, 1912.
THE RICHARD OWEX MEMORIAL.
Sentiments of gratitude are extended to contributors for
the memorial to Col. Richard Owen. Those who contribute
depend mainly upon representations in the Veteran as to
the absolute merit of the undertaking. These statements are
true without exaggeration, as verified by every known witness,
comprising more than four thousand men through a period of
fifty years. Then the moral effect in reconciliation of the
spirit that induced the men of the colonies to fight and make
other sacrifices for seven years exceeds any movement that
has ever been inaugurated. The memorial is to be as fine
and as durable as it is possible to make it with the funds con-
tributed. Donors to this memorial will constitute an honor
roll that should be preserved in history to the lasting honor
of those who contributed of their substance. The work is
under waj', and all who desire to help are requested to report
at least their names and the amount that they will give. Per-
sons interested who are not tlioroughly familiar with the
movement can have data for the asking.
Mr. J. M. Warden, of Wardensville, W. Va., sends a con-
tribution to the Richard Owen Memorial and states : 'T take
great pleasure in contributing to a memorial to that humane
Federal officer for his kind treatment of Confederate prison-
ers of war at Camp Morton. Ind. Had this noble nian"s ex-
ample been followed by other Federal officers who had charge
of the prison tamps, what suffering and how m:iny lives would
have been saved Ckid himself only knows."
James H. Baker writes from Pittsburg. Pa. : "I inclose
herewith $1 to the Colonel Owen Monument Fund. While 1
was not a prisoner at Camp Morton, I was twice confined at
Camp Chase. Ohio. ,iiul once at Fort Delaware, .and my ex-
perience was such as to see the great dififerencc in the spirit
of different commanders of prisons. I consider this effort
to be morally one of the finest the world has ever witnessed,
and I wish that every ex-Confederate could contribute some-
thing toward it."
Rev. Edgar E. Folk, Editor and Proprietor Baptist and
Refiector- "Mr. S. A. Cunningham, Editor of the Veteram.
is engaged in an enterprise which is as laudable as it is un-
usual. During the war he and other Confederate soldiers
were held as prisoners at Camp Mortof, Indianapolis, for
several months. 1 he commander of the prison was Col.
Richard Owen. He was so kind and courteous to the prison-
ers that they all came to respect him very greatly, and now
Mr. Cunningham proposes that they shall erect a monument
to his memory in the shape of a bronze bust of Colonel Owen
to be placed in a niche in the wall of the Capitol at Indian-
Qoi}federat(^ l/e'cerar?.
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ai'olis. TliL' following is ■ the suggestive inscription: •Cul,
Richard t)ucn. Tribute by Confederate prisoners of war at
Camp Morion in iS(_> and their friends for his courtesy
and kindness.' Mr. Cunningham has already received manv
suliscriptions to tlie monument, but not yet enough. * * *
Whenever before in the history of the world was a monu-
ment erected to a man by his former foes, and especially his
prisoners and their friends?"
Rev. Lewis Powell. Owensdoro. Kv.. a CoNTmnuTox.
I have read with sincere pleasure the articles on the Col.
Richard Owen Memorial, and my heart swells with pride and
gratitude for our own sunny Southland, for T am sure that
tlii'^ beautiful sentiment will strike a responsive chord in every
gemtine heart to p;iy tribute to that noble scholar and sol-
dier in the Xorth of lifty years ago for his kindly treatment
of our Southern soldiers in prison at Camp Morton.
I like your dcsi.gn and inscription. * * * This memorial
too will speak the generous and chivalrous spirit of the
South and be a real contribution to the rapidly grow'ing spirit
of amity between the two sectioiLs of our great country.
My own father gave four of the best years of his natural
uianhood to the Confederate cause, and he lost all his ma-
terial belongings; but if he were here, lie would join in this
tribute. I want to co:nribu;c my mite to this enterprise in
Iiis name — a man who stood f<uirs(|Uare to every wind.
This movement to honor the memory of Colonel Owen
letalls Longfellow's poem. "The .\rrow and the Song:'"
•'! shot an arrow into the air.
It fell to earth. 1 knew not wliere:
For, so swiftly it flew, tlie sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air.
It fell to earth, I knew not where:
For who has si.ght so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterwards, in an o.vk
T found the arrow, still unbrokc ;
.And llie song, from beginning to end.
1 found again in the h<-;iii ..I n fil.nd."
r().v7'/e//>'f
A Fripiiil $ a 00
A Fi-ienrl. Vernon. Tex 1 00
Alilersiin. .1. <_'.. ClKnlo-;lon. \V. V;i . 1 00
AlfxandiT. ,'■!. .).. M.-ir-on. Tonn.... 1 00
Allen, P. K. Grand ('Miie. La .5 00
Anderson. .lolin. I'.'ntield. X. C 1 00
Ander.son. S. R., Xlincola. Tex 1 00
Anderson, W. A., Holl.v Spring.-^,
Miss 1 00
Armstrong, Mrs. Nora Owen, Mcm-
plii.s. Tenn 25 00
Arnold. .1. M., Covington, Ky 1 00
Aslnirv. I'ol. A. K., lliggiiis\ iUe,
Mo G OO
liarron. .S. H.. liusk. Tex 1 00
liean. Willinm H.. Howe. Trx '. On
Helian. \V. .)., New Orleans. La.... S 00
Hell. a. \V. R. Oalp-ville. Ala 1 00
^•iger. A. T.. Verimn. Tex 1 00
nrnillev. ,1. P.. Linnens, Mo 1 00
llr.Mlstreet. J. R.. Vernon. Tex 50
lironke. .'^t. George T.. Cliarle-i-
l.nvn. W. Va 1 00
Hrnwn. H. R., Sliomis, Tenn 1 00
Brownson, Mr.s. .7. AT., Victoria.
Tex 1 00
Brusle. C A., Plaquemine, La 1 00
Brvant, 11. H.. Orlando. Fla 1 00
PmIow. T. L.. Ridgeway. S. C 1 00
Oaniiibell. J. M., .Martinshurg. W.
Va 1 00
I'annon, .1. P., McKenzie. Tenn.... 1 00
I 'arne.s. W. W., Meni|)liis, Tenn.., 1 00
I'liaeliere, Dr. Theogene, Opelousas,
La 1 on
riiacliere. .T. C. Opelousas, La..., 1 00
Ohiles. T. C. Greenwood. S. C. , . , 1 00
<"la|ip. .). \V., .Menipliis, Tenn 5 00
'■olvin, R. .M.. Harrisonlmrg, Va , . . 1 00
Oinnli. .1. H.. .-^an .Mni-eo<. Tex.... 1 00
i'i>oi!. V. v.. Palesville. .\rU 10 00
("iir^er. Lieut. K. 8.. Minneapolis.
•Minn 5 00
I'l-eager. .1. A.. Vernnn. Tex 50
"•roniwell. T. W., rvntliiana. .Kv.. 50
('room. lir. .1. O.. Sr.. Maxton, .X. C. I 00
I'rnteher. T. K.. Saeo, .Mont 2 00
DansUerty. J. K.. !^l. Loiii.s. .Mo.... 5 no
Davidson. H. C Monlgomerv, .\la. 1 00
Hinis, B. H.. Hiieatnnna. Miss.... 1 00
Davis. J. P.. Puealunna. Miss..,. 1 no
Dawson, G. W., Kansas ^'i^y, Mo.. 1 00
Deveniiorl. .7. .T., Deveniiort, Ala., 5 00
DeYonng. R. M., Chase, Ala 1 00
DiiUnisson. C. J.. Yazoo Citv. Miss. 1 00
Dudley, Ma.1. R. H., Xa^hville,
Tenn 1 00
I'dnionds. .1. S.. Ridgeway, S. C. , . 50
IMniondson, Y, C, Waxahaeliie,
Tex 1 00
I^llis, J. C, Bneatnnna. Miss 50
l-'auliiner, }■".. C.. Montgomery, -\la, 1 no
I'errell. \V. S., Vernon, Tex 1 00
l"ranl<lin-Buelianan Camp, Balti-
more 10 00
Gaines, ,T. X., Brunswick, Mo 1 nO
Gardner, G. X., Nashville, Tenn.., 1 00
TIOXS TO THE RICHARD OM
Gilfdil, J. H.. Omega. La %
Gillilan, C. W., Spring Creek. W.
Vii
Gilmer. Peachy. Breekinridge
Camp, Fineastle. Va
Godwin, .lames. l*'ineastIo. Va
Gorgas, Vn\. W. C, Canal Zone. , , .
Graham. W. M.. Cedar Blufl". Jliss.
(iranberrv, J. A. H., Waverly Hall.
Ga
Hammer. M. R., Newton. Iowa,..,
H.reis, ,T. R., Tavlor. Tex
Harris, C. I., Meliane, N. C
Harris. Miss Emma S., Mebane,
Hays, X. B., Kent's Store, La
Hearon, H. P., Bncatunna. Miss...
Hearon. Mrs. H. P., Bueatunna,
Miss
Hemming. C. C, Colorado Springs,
Colo
Herbert, Hon. H. A., Washington,
D. C
llewes, F. S., Gulfport, Miss ...
Hill. A. B.. Memphis. Tenn
Hinson. Dr. W. B.. Charleston. S. C.
Holiday. .1. D., Indianapolis, Ind..
Hopkins. M. A., Sheffield. Ala
Howeoil, \V. H., New Orleans, La.
lloweoti, \V. H. Xew Orleans. La.
Humphrey. \V. P., Gretna. La
.lewell. Gen. ■William H., Orlando.
.lohn'son.'Sv.'.'lVRidge'way, S. C
.Tones. George M., Springfield, Mo.
.Tones, l^nssell. Brunswick. Tenn..
.Tordan. .1. W.. Carrollton. Va
Kreig, Christian. Nashville. Tenn.
Lee. C. H.. .Tr.. l'"alniouth, Ky
T,ee, I. S.. Maversviile, Miss
Lester, ,lohn H.. Deming, X. Mex.
Lewis, .Tohn H.. Memphis. Tenn...
Lewis, H. H.. Longtown. S. C
I-ipscomb. li. G., Xashville, Tenn..
MeCarys. R. P.. t)live Branch, Miss.
MeCas'key. T. B.. Bueatunna. Miss.
Macbeth, Mrs. R. Y., Pinopolis,
Magnus, J. A., and wife, Cincinnat-
ti. Ohio
Mathis, A. ,T., Vernon, Tex
Means, ,Tame.s, Columbus, Oliiv). , . .
.Miller, VV J.. Burlington. Iowa..,,
Miller, VV. .1.. Burlington. Towa...
Mizell. .1.. King's Ferry, l'"la
M. XI. Parsons Camp, U. C. V..
VVarrensburg. Mo
Moore. Henrv. Texarkana. Ark,,,.
Moore, .Miss E. I., Bnda. Tex
Mver.s, ,T. M., Fisherville, Ky
Xewton. H. H., Benneltsville, S. C.
Xorwooil. ,T. P., Loekesburp, Ark..
Xnll. Miss Nannie. -Viva, Fla
.Xntt, Mrs. I^. A., Alva, I'^la
oltrogge, Mrs. E. T., JaeksonviUe,
Fla.
Palmer, X. G., Ridgeway, S. C
ES MEMORIAL.
2 00 Parker, Arthur, Abbeville, S. C $ 1 »o
Parker, S. H., Philadelphia. Miss.. 1 00
1 00 Park. r. P. P.. Washington. D. C 1 00
n- Paulell. S. W., Farmville, Va 1 OO
} „; Phillips, Capt. .loseph, Xashville,
I oS T>>"" S «»
1 00 Pleasants, Edw., Richmond, Va... 1 00
Porter. J. B.. Harmony, Ark 1 OO
1 00 Powell, Rev. Lewis. Owensboro.
1 no Kv 1 «l>
1 00 Powers. L. A.. Athens. Tex 1 00
1 00 Riee. .Tames T.. Iva. S. C 2 00
Robertson, Dr. J. .1., Ridgeway, S.
1 00 C '■ 1 00
1 00 Rogers. B. H.. Plantersville, Miss. 1 00
1 00 Rosamond. ,T. .'<., Diirant. Miss.... 1 00
liolhroek. G. M.. Pnla=ki, Tenn... 1 00
1 00 Ruff. D. W.. Ridgeway. S. C 1 00
Ruff. W. 11.. liidgewav. S. C 1 00
1 00 Rutledge. .1. S.. X'ernon, Tex 1 00
Scott. .1. .\.. -Muskogee. Okla 1 OO
5 00 Seagraves. .T. F.. Middletown. Ohio. 2 00
2 00 Setton. ICmmett. I'ulaski. Tenn.... 1 00
2 00 Sliaifer, A. K., Port Gibson, Miss.. 1 00
2 00 Shannahan. .J. K., Neweomb. Md . , 2 00
2 00 Shearer, .Tohn, .McCrory. Ark 1 OO
1 00 Shipp, ,1. F., Chattanooga. Tenn... 1 00
10 00 Sinclair, G. Terry, Xew York City. 1 00
"5 00 Smith. Miss Jessica R., Henderson,
1 00 N. C 1 00
Smith, ,Tndge C. .T.. Ridgeway, S. C. aO
1 no Smith, \V. A., Ansonville, N. C 1 00
1 00 Starr, J. B., Fayetteville. N. C 1 00
1 00 Stewart. Col. W. H., Portsmouth,
1 00 Va '00
1 on stone, ,1. B., Kansas City, Mo 1 00
1 00 Stone, Jolin B., .Kansas City, Mo.. 5 00
1 00 Stone-!. Mrs. C. B.. Galveston, Tex. 1 00
2 00 Streigler. O.. Menardville. Tex.... 1 00
1 00 Sword. Marion L.. Opelousas. l^a., 1 00
1 00 Thaver, Albert, Indianaiiolis. Ind. 2 00
1 00 Teagne. Dr. B. H.. .\ikcn, S. C 1 00
5 00 Team, Dr. .1. W., Ridgeway, S. C. . 1 00
1 OO Thomiison. R. H.. Culpeper. Va.... 1 00
50 Thomiison. W. A.. Gurley, La 1 00
Tilgliman. Sidell, Madison, N. .1... 10 00
1 00 Vanmeler, C. J., Bowling Green,
Kv ^ 00
10 00 Van' Pelt, S. W., I^armville. Va. , . 1 00
50 Varnadoe. J. O., Valdosta. Ga 100
1 on Wall. Dr. W. D.,. Slaughter. La.... 1 00
1 00 Wa]-den. J. M.. Wardensville. W.
5 50 Va 3 no
111 no Walts. \V. P.. Waverly Hall. Ga.. 1 00
Whitsett. J. B.. Xashville. Tenn. . . 1 00
5 on Whiteside. Jliss I-'lorenee, Cleve-
2 sn Wliitehead, E. if.. Denton. Tex 1 00
1 00 land. Tenn 1 00
] 00 Wilder. K. G., Soei-um. F'la 1 00
1 00 Wilson. C. B.. Taylor. Tex 5 OO
1 no Winnie Davis Chaptei-, U. D. C,
1 on Savannah, Ga 2 00
2 00 Womaek, .1. K.. I-:agleville. Tenn.. 1 00
Wrav. C. P.. Ridgeway. S. C 1 00
1 no Young. B. H.. Louisville, Ky 10 00
1 00 Total to date. $362.
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Qoijfedercti^ l/eteraij.
COXFEDERATES SHOULD RE.MAJX U SITED.
Opposition to the Movement ix Arkansas and Missouri.
Gen. J. Kellogg writes what was "unanimously adopted :"
"Whereas it has come to our knowledge that the Dick
Dowling Camp, No. 197, United Confederate Veterans, of
Houston, Tex., has adopted resolutions favoring the secession
of the Trans-Mississippi Department from the general federa-
tion, and has transmitted a memorial to the different Camps
in this Department urging their cooperation in that move-
ment ; and whereas the reasons given by said Camp for its
action are trivial and unimportant ; and whereas the men who
were good and true soldiers in the Confederate army, having
endured the trials, hardships, and sufferings incident to the
War of the States, fighting for principle, and having stood
together as a band of brothers all these years since the or-
ganization of the United Confederate Veterans, and since the\
are so rapidly passing off the stage of action, and as it will
be only a few years distant when they will all have answered
the last 'roll call ;' therefore
"Resolved: i. That Omcr R. Weaver Camp, No. 354. United
Confederate Veterans, does not approve of the action of said
Dick Dowling Camp, and deplores its effort to foment dis-
cord and promote the secession of the Trans-Mississippi De-
partment from the general federation.
"2. That this Camp pledges its loyalty to the general fed-
eration of Camps and its efforts to discourage any movement
for a dissolution of the federation.
"3. That we appreciate the active measures taken by Gen
K. M. Van Zandt, Commander of the Trans-Mississippi De-
partment, in his efforts to discourage the movement inaugu-
rated by Dick Dowling Camp, and that a copy of these reso-
lutions be transmitted to him and also to Gen. Bennett H.
Young, Commander in Chief."
Gen. Jonathan Kellogg, wlicn interviewed by an .Arkansas
Democrat reporter regarding the proposed witlidrawnl from
the U. C, v., said :
"There can be no good reason for such a movement. The
fact that a Commander in Chief has never been elected from
the Trans-Mississippi Department is certainly not a good
reason for such action. So far as my recollection goes, we
have but once presented a candidate for that position. At
the Macon Reunion Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, of Fort W'orth,
Tex., asked his friends not to present his name. Then the
fact that the Reunion has been held three times in this Depart-
ment and on two of these occasions (at Dallas and Little
Rock) they were more largely attended than on any other con-
vinces me that the veterans east of the ilississippi feel very
kindly toward us.
"The Department of North Virginia could with as good
grace as this one also favor secession, for I believe no Com-
mander in Chief has ever been elected from that Department,
and it has had the Reunion only three times.
"If this Department should withdraw and hold a separate
reunion, it would prove to he a tame affair. Kach State has
its annual reunion or convention now. and there is notliing to
■prevent each Department from having a reunion now. By
all means let us stand together to the end, which is not very
far off. The name of our federation. United Confederate
Veterans, means something. Then let us remain united to
the end."
Ge.nerai. Towson ox Separ.\te Orcaniz.\tion.
While I have known of the action of that fine old Te.xas
Camp, Dick Dowling. I am pleased that you gave space to
matters connected therewith and read them with interest and
concern in the July Veteran.
I am particularly gratified to note the patriotic position
taken by that splendid old soldier, General Van Zandt, for
love of whom and in whose interest some dissatisfaction arose
at the late Reunion. Now, I do hope that the "incident is
closed." Subdivision in the U. C. V. means disintegration —
the beginning of the end — and I do not believe Missouri will
ever consider it seriouslv.
Commander Aricaxsas Division, U. C. V. — Dr. W. A.
Brown, of Monticello, Ark., writes the Veteran: "Please cor-
lect an error that appeared in the July Veteran. Judge
Charles Coffin, of Batesville, Ark., is the Major General com-
manding the Arkansas Division, U. C. V. Owing to his in-
ability to be at the Macon Reunion, by order of Lieut. Gen.
K. M. Van Zandt, Commanding the Trans-Mississippi De-
partment, I was made temporary Commander of the Division."
[It is singular that the Editor of the Veteran did not de-
tect this error, for he well knew that Comrade Coffin was
Commander of the Division, and he apologizes.]
DID CEX. PAT CLEBURNE GIUE HIS BOOTS?
The story has been told repeatedly (and the Veteran would
be pleased at its verification) that Gen. P. R. Cleburne re-
cuiired a barefooted soldier to don his boots, and that he went
on to his death barefooted. Col. J. A. Watrous, of the L'nited
States army, quotes a report of it as follows :
"General Cleburne died barefooted. While riding along his
division from Spring Hill a few hours before the battle of
Franklin, where he was killed. General Cleburne saw several
soldiers trudging along with nothing on their feet. Coming
to one who was leaving blood in each track, the General
stopped, swung his right foot to the side of his left, and said;
'My man, take off my boots.'
" 'Wh}^, General ?'
"'Never mind why: take them off.'
"The private with bleeding feet obeyed his general's com-
mand reluctantly.
" 'Put them on ; you need them more than I do,' said the
division commander.
"'And you go barefooted. General?'
"'Do as I tell you, and at once, and catch up with your
command.'
"Gen. Pat Cleburne, of Cheatham's Corps, Hood's army,
fought his division in his last battle barefooted and died, with
his men, at the forefront in that awful battle of Franklin,
vhere seven general officers w-ere killed or wounded.
"It i.s said that General Cleburne had a premonition that he
would be killed in that battle."
A reply to the statement where the subscription has been
famished since October, 1910, is as follows: "Please discon-
tinue my subscription from this date, July, 1912." Net a
word more. Now an account must be sent to him, and he m.ty
not respond to that. ,
A woman writes : "I will write you that my husband is
.dead, and I am not able to pay for the Veteran. He was
sick a long time, and I am left penniless."
Another: "I should have written to you before now, but a
cancer came on my hand about two years ago and my
lower arm has been amputated. I will pay you as soon as I
can. I am seventy-three years old to-day. I was a Confeder-
ate soldier and regret to part with the Veteran."
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MACON iCA.) CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
The Confederate monument at jNIacon was greatly admired
bj- multitudes at the Reunion. There is not in all the South-
land a more pleasing and satisfactory one. The first issue of
the Vkteran ever printed (January, 1893, page 9) contained
the following account of it : "Macon, Ga., has a superb Con-
federate monument in the most prominent street crossing in
the city. It is of very white Italian marble, is thirty-seven feet
higli, including the statue of a private soldier ten feet, six
inches. The base is of Stone ^Mountain (Georgia) granite.
The inscriptions are: 'tircat seal of the Confederacy, by copy
belonging to Charles llcrbst, a Kcntuckian. but "resident of
Macon almost long enough to be a native." to quote from the
Irishman.' Then it is ornamented with the coat of arms of
Georgia, cannon, ;ind otlicr implements of w;ir. It is deco-
rated nn all Memorial Days by the ladies and cared for con-
-tanlly by Mr. Iterbst. It cost $4,500. Hon. John P. Fort,
of Macon, paid the expenses of its dedication in 1878 — $500."
The .great seal referred to above is the one from which was
made !lic engraving on ibo litle-page of the July Vi:Tr.K.\x.
k'l-MlXlSCILXCES OF MACON REUNION.
Maj. Gen. J. William Towson, Commander of the Missouri
Division, U. C. V., in a letter dated at Shelbina, Mo., states:
"Coiiiiiidcs: Our national Reunion is over and Macon is
quiet again. This beautiful city of Georgia opened her doors
in true Southern style and cnlert.iined us handsomely. The
Confederate colors were ever\\vbere in evidence, and our mem-
ory went back to the stormy days of the sixties as we marched
through her streets in serried ranks to martial music. Mis-
souri's lovely women and brave men had their share of atten-
tion and applause.
"When the delegates assembled for business, they elected
Gen. Bennett H. Young Commander in Chief. He is a fine
type of the Southern soldier and gentleman, a Kentuckian and
a lawyer living in Louisville. He has for years commanded
one of the Departments, the Army of Tennessee, and has been
active, generous, and is capable. Give him your loyal support.
Chattanooga was selected as the place of the Reimion next
spring.
"Your Commander believes that social events are worth
much to every Camp. Get the boys to.gether in your parks or in
the country for a day's outing, and take your families that you
may keep in touch with each other; and when death comes,
lay not your comrade away without token or comment. Let
the community sec that we are really interested in each other
and that "Comrade" is not an empty name. Invite any Camps
of the Sons of Veterans in your neighborhood to your meet-
ings and interest them in every possible way. Put them in a
position to tell the story of your lives after you have crossed
'the divide.'
"Every comrade slmuld lake the Confederate Veteran.
S. A. Cunningham, its Editor at Nashville, Tenn.. will send
you sample copies. It is devoted to the interests of the L^. C.
v., and is our only mouthpiece. If you desire to read it and
do not feel able to pay, write me and I will 'do the rest.'
"Xext year there will be a great peace jubilee upon the
Gettysburg battle field. Lee led his victorious legions into
Pennsylvania in the early days of July, 1863. and a bloody and
desperate battle was fought there. On its fiftieth anniversary
the Confederate soldier is invited to be present as guest.
'I he first day's program is entirely in the hands of our own
Connnandcr. General Young, and the Commander of the G.
.\. R. A statue of our beloved Lee, the soldier without a peer
and the Christian gentleman beyond compare, will be unveiled.
This is to be an extraordinary occasion, a patriotic event that
will draw a vast crow-d from the Southland as well as from
every other section. The government and the State of Penn-
sylvania have each appropriated large amounts, and all will
be handsomelv entertained and cordiallv welcomed."
Comrade Towson was born near Williamsport, in Wash-
ington County. Md., in 1839. He came farther South in Au-
gust, 1862, with a young attorney, .'\. C. Trippe, of Baltimore,
working his way through the Federal lines. He served in
the .\rmy of Xorthern Virginia under General Lee until its
PiTrrender at .Appomattox. He belonged to the noted "Black
Horse Troop" under J. E. B. Stuart, the superb cavalry com-
mander. Gen. I'itz Lee being the division ofiiccr. He was
taken prisoner in an engagement near Warrenton. Va., in May,
1S63. was exchanged in June, and was with the army again
on its march into Pennsylvania. He was in the battles of
r.randy Station. Gettysburg. Wilderness, Spottsylvania C. H.,
Coal Harbor. Trevillians Station, Yellow Tavern (where
Stuart fell), and many other engagements, the siege of Rich-
mind and the last retreat to .Appomattox.
Comrade Trippe, with whom he came through the lines, is
now the chief officer of the Confederates of Maryland. He
went to Missouri over forty years ago. locating at Shelbina.
He is a Presbyterian, a Mason. Knight Templar, and Xoble
ot the Mvstic Shrine.
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^Q7}je6er2tq l/ecersij.
Confederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Tenn,
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its beneiits as an organ fur Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
•oOperate in extending Its circulation. Li-t each unc be constantly diligent.
Xl) KEUARD l-OH DOIXG DUTY.
Will r. llak'. i:i the Xashvillc Banner: "A few days ago
I contributed to the B:inncr an article on the lack of Ten-
nessee in the matter of magazines. When I said we have not
one in its boundaries, of course I meant literary publica-
tions strictly. 'What of the Co.N'FKHER.vte Vetf.r.\n?' I have
been asked. That is a historical magazine. While it is ar-
tistically gotten up. and is more interesting and valuable than
any literary magazine published in .-\nierica. according to my
notion, it was not thought of by me as being properly classed
among the purveyors of lictioji and poetry. Its publisher,
Mr. Cunningliam, has been 1ni-.y getting up monuments to
worthy Americans. Reserved and modest, he does not realize
that as a benefactor of the South — toiling for twenty years
that the truth may be preserved re.garding her glorious strug-
gle for the right — he deserves a skv-reaching memorial him-
self."
Xo, no. '1 he founder of the Veter.vn asks no honor. He
is simply doing his best in a cause so sacred that he asks
iiotliing for himself. He doesn't expect any other reward
than that of the consciousness of having done what he could.
He is thrilled with the obligations that have been so confidently
placed upon him, and he grieves at the lack of a cooperative
spirit on Ihe part of so many thousands who ought to act
unstintedly in establishing the truth concerning the Southern
people for a h.alf century. This lack of cooperation he de-
plores. .A multitude of personal friends should become
aroused in behalf of the cause. He has for nearly two decades
been diligently ;it work and absolutely unstinted in sending
sample copies, and many express gratilication for them ; but
they seem never to think that it is their duty to subscribe.
He has gone on these twenty years without personally so-
h'citing a subscription, but in that he must have been wrong.
At any rate, after these many years of unstinted approval by-
noble men and women even unto death, he might consistently
tell Southerners of their duty. But what could one man do?
It is a work for thousands. Good people who do not realize
the truth consider that "it stirs strife." Tell them to ask a
thousand Union veterans wdio take and approve it as a fair,
conscientious record. Let every person who knows it do mis-
sionary work before the night cometh.
The Veter.\n is more interesting than the average history,
it is so diversified. Then it is doing a work for veterans and
widows that cannot be done by any other periodical in ex-
istence, and every Southern man or woman who bears per-
sonal friendship ought to contribute at least the subscription,
while thousands who are strangers take the Veter.\n and
make payment at a sacrifice year after year. The urgency of
the cause is apjparent as with no other publication. In a brief
time those who know the story the record of which it
seeks to lengthen ,incl to strengthen cannot help passing out
of this life. How can a family whose membership was in-
volved fail to cooperate? The memory of men who went
down to death and wdiose families suflfered war's perils should
animate all descendants to learn what they can of that history.
With profound gratitude to those who arc steadfast in their
patronage, the fact is admitted in humility that something
must be seriously lacking in presenting its cause.
The founder would not assume to lecture fellow comrades
and their families. He realizes that it is not nearly as good
as it should be: but through the unstinted support of many
thousands for nearly twenty years, comprised of soldiers of
all arms of service in every section, besides zealous support of
many who live Xorth. he realizes it to be his duty to demur
to indifference. Xow that a steadfast patronage of more tlian
twenty thousand has been established for years, the influence
I'l the Veter.\n nn'ght be augmented fourfold within a short
while. Patrons who have been steadfast for many years
could augment its usefulness, as every friend could secure an-
other. Many venerable comrades do not infiuence their
families to become interested : and wdien they die, wdiat they
owe even is lost, and tluir families are not enough interested
to have a record nv.ide in the Last Roll. This is wrong.
Pleas like the foregoing would be humiliating but for the
responsibility of vindicating the hundreds of thousands of men
and women whose sacrifices are without parallel in all his-
tory. Instead of the publication being for the fast-failing sur-
vivors, every man and woman whose parents suffered ought
to be diligent in its maintenance. The veteran who reads
it. does not pay for it, and does not enlist others fails of his
duty. Such patronage is a serious hindrance.
Many younger than the founder write of retiring from life's
active duties as if they feel that they have done enough. lie
contemplates no vacation until the sound of "taps." Indeed, he
would kindle a new fire of patriotism wdiereby the generations
would give a new tone that would ring on through the ages
in accord with the highest and purest ideals of mankind.
The following letter has been sent to patrons in arrears :
"It is presumed that all names on the Veteran list repre-
sent inen and women who are friendly to it. For nearly twenty
years the Veter.\.\ has been sent to any who request it. pre-
suming that all such are honest. Many of them are busy per-
sons who simply ne.glcct renewing, while indulgence is neces-
sary to some wdio are deeply concerned in what it contains
and for its welfare. This rule has been gratefully appreciated
by many, and will be maintained as long as practicable. But
so many comr;ides are dying, whose representatives are not
interested enough to give notice to discontintte, that nnich loss
results, which is unjust to patrons, for the Veter.\x is made
as good as possible with its receipts.
"Comrades who take the Veter.\n, please ask some one else,
if you have no family, to give notice in event of your death,
and to send some data for record in the Veter.\n. Its founder
is so grateful to every comrade-patron that he is anxious
about this. Let friends help."
The following note illustrates the rule of many to whom
notices have been sent: "I am sorry to inform you that my
father departed this life on June 12 and you will please dis-
continue the Veter.\.v." That ended the relation of the family
with the publication. If data of the father's life had been
given in brief, the record w'ould be made in the Veter.\.\,
which will be preser\e<I through coming generations and re-
ferred to by the children's children and would tend to make
them more and more gallant and patriotic. Then if the Vet-
eran was "good enough for father," it ought to be "good
enough for me." Every Veter.sn should be diligent to pro-
mote this sentiment, for "the story of the glory" redounds
to every principle that exalts the race.
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THE CADETS AT SEW MARKET, VA.
BV HENRY A. WISE, CAPTAIN COMPANY A. CORPS OF CADETS.
In the spring of 1864, when Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge,
lommanding the Confederate forces in Southwestern Vir-
L;inia, concentrated the troops under his command at Staun-
ton to check tlie advance of Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, who was
lirocccdiii.i? up the Valley of Virginia with a large Federal
force to destroy the railroads leading to Richmond from the
west, the hospitals, and supplies for the army stored at Staun-
ton and Lynchburg, and then to attack the left and rear of
General Lee's army operating in front of Richmond, the
Gorps of Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, under the
command of Lieut. Col. Scott Shipp, was ordered by the
iiovcrnor of Virginia to report for service to General Breck-
inridge.
.Although in comni.-uul of .i much sm.illcr force than Gen-
eral Sigcl, General Breckinridge assumed the oflensive from
I he bcgimiing and, rapidly concentrating his scattered forces
u Staunton, gallantly advanced against the Federals.
When tlic two armies were near each other, Sigel declined
battle for .1 time, retiring to New Market, where Breckin-
ridge succeeded in engaging and defeating him. The cadets
were heli)ful in the accomplishment of ibis result, and it is
the purpose of this article to relate briefly v,bat came under
my observation during tlie battle.
Captain Wise commanded Company .\, and when Colonel
Shipp was wounded and compelled to retire from the field
the command of the battalion devolved upon him. The bat-
talion of cadets — placed in reserve iti the rear of Echols's
Brigade when Breckinridge's line of battle was formed at
about half past eleven o'clock a little to the southwest of the
town of New Market as Breckinridge's troops advanced,
driving Sigel steadily before them, though subjected to the
lire of the enemy's artillery, which did it considerable damage
— did not come within r;ingc of the tire of the Federal in-
fintry until it was thrown into some disorder occasioned by
liaving to break ratiks to enable it to pass the Bushong house
.•ind outbuildings, but it reformed promptly under the lire of
the Federal infantry and artillery and continued to advance.
.\fferwards the battalion was ordered to lie down in or just
beyond an apple orchard near a fence north of the Bushong
house. The lire of the Federal infantry and artillery was in-
tensely severe at this point. \\ this stage of the fight Colonel
Shipp was wounded, struck in the breast by a spent Minie
b.all, and compelled to retire to the rear, the conmiand of the
corps devolving upon the captain of Company .-\.
.\t this the most critical period of the battle, certainly in
this part of the field, the center, the Confederates to the left
;md front of the cadets, who had been very strenuously op-
posed by tlie force in their front, many having been killed 01
wounded during their long-conlimied skirmishing and lighting
against Iieavy odds since about one o'clock in the morning,
were held in check by the .advantageously posted force of the
eiietny on elevated ground in their front.
Wh.artiin's Brigade, with Edgar's RegimciU on their left,
( oiistitiuing the left echelon of the Confederate line of battle,
had borne most successfully and gallatitly the brunt of tlie
crgagement in this part of our advancin.g line, and had ren-
<1ered invaluable assistance in paving the way to the success
l';n:illy .-Khicved by the Confederates.
While fills was the situation at this stage of the engage-
nient of the troops to the left and front of the cadets, the
troops on tlie right, Echols's Brigade, constituting the echelon
Of, the right of Breckinridge's line of battle, after gallant and
severe fighting, driving the enemy before it, its left was con-
fronted and held in check by a superior force of Federal in-
fantry strongly posted in a ravine wooded with a thick growth
of scrub oaks and small cedars.
The Federal force immediately in front of the cadets con-
sisted of artillery supported by a large force of infantry
occupying an elevated ridge somewhat circular in shape ex-
tending from east to west. The fire of these troops was very
destructive to the Confederates. It was therefore decided
after Colonel Shipp was wounded to move the cadets for-
ward to reestablish the center of Breckinridge's line of bat-
tle, which had been broken, and to the support of a regiment,
the 51st (?), about seventy yards to the left and front of the
cadets ; but before this movement could be executed this ad-
vanced regiment fell back — very properly so, too — for it was
unsupported and exposed to a terrific fire of artillery and
infantry. An act of bravery occurred at this time which is
worthy of mention. The color bearer of Colonel Fosberg's
Regiment, the Sist Virginia, in rallying the men after they
had fallen back advanced to the front, planted the staff of
the colors in the ground, and in tones that secured obedience
ordered the men to reform preparatory to advancing on the
enemy. Several cadets in their letters about the battle speak
in high terms of the judgment and bravery of Frank Linda-
mood, color sergeant of the 51st Virginia. After this the
•irder was given to the cadets to advance upon the enemy,
ind they moved forward promptly and most spiritedly, driv-
r.g the enemy in their immediate front from the field, captur-
ing guns and prisoners.
.Vfter the I'ederal infantry and artillery stationed on the
Ir.gh ground in front of Wharton and the cadets had been
<lefeated by the united efforts of the left echelon (Wharton)
and the cadets, assisted very greatly by the cross fire of
l.reckinridge's .Artillery stationed on the east side of the
turnpike, the body of Federal infantry posted in the ravine,
thickly wooded with scrub oaks and small cedars, to the right
of the battalion of cadets opposing the troops constituting the
right echelon (Echols) holding their left in check, finding
that the cadets were turning their right flank and attacking
their rear, cried out, "We are flanked !" and at once began
fo retreat. They suffered greatly from the front and flank
iM-e of the Confederates, and many of them were captured.
Sigcl was defeated on every part of the field ;ind the battle
was won.
Military Service of the Cadets durinc the War.
.\ dctachiucnt of the Corps of Cadets was sent to Harper's
i-crry in 1850, and constituted a part of the military force
assembled there by the State of Virginia at the time of the
John Brown raid.
On April 17. 1861, the corps, under file command of Maj.
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, was ordered to Richmond
to drill troops at Camp Lee. They remained at this camp of
'nstruction. some of them at .Ashland, for some time engaged
in drilling companies preparatory to their going to the army.
'I be members of the corps, thou,gli, left one by one to join the
;irmies in the field. In the meantiiue the institute was re-
(■pened at Lexington. .A few of the old cadets returned, but
ill the main the corps was composed of a new body of cadets.
In view of the value of the school in training young men as
officers for service in the ariny. Col. Francis H. Smith was
ordered to return to the institute and resume the duties of
superintendent.
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In the spring of 1862 the corps was ordered to proceed to
McDowell to aid General Jackson during his valley campaign
in his operations against the Federals under General Milroy.
In March, 1863, General Averill, of the Federal army, be-
gan his series of calvao' raids in Western Virginia, and the
Corps of Cadets was ordered out by the Governor of Vir-
ginia to assist the Confederate forces operating in that sec-
tion in opposing him. In the summer of 1863 they were sent
to Goshen to assist in repelling a Federal cavalry raid. In
the fall of 1863 two companies of cadets were sent out to
capture deserters who were said to be encamped southwest
of Lexington. On May 11, 1864, they were sent to General
Breckinridge and took part in the New Market campaign.
.'\fter this the corps was stationed on the lines below Rich-
mond until they were sent back to Lexington to assist in
opposing General Hunter. When General Hunter advanced
up the Valley of Virginia and burned the institute buildings,
including barracks and the residence of Ex-Governor Letcher,
the cadets joined the Confederates under General McCausland
and proceeded with them to Lynchburg, serving there with
the army until the Federals were defeated by General Early
and made their retreat through Western Virginia.
Next called into service about September 8, 1864, they were
stationed on the lines below Richmond until October 11. when
they went into winter quarters at the Richmond -Mmshouse
and resumed academic duties. During the winter of 1864
they were ordered out to assist in repelling a Federal cavalry
raid. On .■\pril I. 1865, they were stationed on the
outer lines below Richmond until the evacuation. It has been
estimated that the Corps of Cadets was in service about
twelve months during the war.
MANY ESCAPADES NEAR THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
nv JUDGE JOHN H. MARTIN, HAWKIN.SVILI.E, GA.
When General Lee surrendered at Appomattox on .-^pril 9,
1865, I was on duty near Danville, Va., and had under me
quite a large company gathered from various commands to
aid in guarding Danville from Federal raiders. The Confed-
erate Cabinet was then assembled. We also assisted in clear-
ing the road between Danville and Greensboro of Federal
raiders in their attempt to destroy the road and bridges. When
I got to Greensboro, my men left me, and I reported to Gen-
eial Breckinridge, who was at the time Secretary of War,
stating that my own company had been surrendered at Ap-
pomattox and that the men whom I had under me had all left,
and asked him for an assignment to duty. He called up
Major Riely and instructed him to give me an order to re-
port to Gen. A. R. Wright in Georgia for duty, the original
of which I now have in my possession and of which the fol-
lowing is an exact copy :
"Adjutant Inspector General's Office. Greensboro,
April 14, 1865.
"Special Orders, No. 86.
"The following-named officer will report to Maj. Gen. iK. R.
Wright for duty in Georgia ; Capt. J. H. Martin, Company D,
17th Georgia Regiment.
"By command of the Secretary of War.
John W. Rielv, Assistant Adjutant General."
I left Greensboro on the 14th of April for the purpose of
carrying into efifect the order given me. I had to go through
a part of Sherman's army. I crossed the Catawba River at
I.and's Ford, and found that I was surrounded by the Federal
soldiers and could not escape by taking any of the public roads
without being captured. I went through the woods as the
Fetleral cavalry came down the public road ; and when 1
emerged from the woods into a road, I met a gentleman
mounted with whom I engaged in conversation. Not know-
ing who he was, I at first attempted to play oflf as a Federal
scout, when he broke out in a big laugh and told me I need
not do that, for he knew me personally ; and although he did
not know my name, he knew that I was captain in Bcnning's
Brigade. Me then told mo that he 'belonged either to the 5th
or 6th South Carolina ( I think it was the 6th, and I have
forgotten his name ) and was at home on a furlough, wounded,
and lived only two or three miles from where we were. I
asked him the prospects of my getting through, and he said
they were very slim, as the Yankees had all the roads guarded
and there was but one way for me to get out. I would
have to cross a creek (I think it was Fishing Creek) near a
mill which was in possession of the Yankees, and that I would
have to cross at a ford just below the mill. He said the creek
was so boggy that it could be crossed only at this particular
place, and it w-as within one hundred and fifty or two hundred
yards of where the Yankees were stationed; but if I desired
to take the risk, being familiar with all that country, he would
pilot me to this ford, which he did, and I succeeded in cross-
ing without capture. If he is still living, I should like to hear
from him, for I should like to make a record of his name.
I succeeded in passing through the Yankee lines, although
I was right in among them at Winnsboro, S. C. The night
after getting through Winnsboro I stopped at a gentleman's
house (I think a Mr. Carter; should like to know) in Fair-
field County near Broad River, and he told me that he was
a refugee from Norfolk, Va., and that some of his barns
had been burned by Sherman. I got to his home in the night ;
and when he learned that I was a Confederate soldier, he
agreed to take me in, but told me that there were some Fed-
eral soldiers in his house at the time. He took my horse and
placed him in a chicken coop and carried me into his house
from the back way, introduced me to his wife and family, and
gave me a good supper. I then went around on the front
piazza with him and saw the Federal soldiers sitting up in hi.s.
parlor and was in a few feet of them, but they did not see me.
The ne.xt morning before day he aroused me and got me
ofif before the Federals were up and directed me how to avoid
the guards in crossing Broad River. After getting across, I
was out of the Federal lines. From Land's Ford to this gentle-
man's place I had dodged the Federal troops all day. I
asked him what distance I had traveled from Land's Ford,
and he told me that it was at least seventy-five miles.
1 reported to General Wright in obedience to the order
given me by General Breckinridge. General Wright then
ordered me to report to Colonel Barden at .Mbany, Ga. ; but
when I got near .Albany I found that the Federal General Mc-
Cook had possession of the place and had stations along from
.Albany to Tallahassee, Fla. I got through his lines without
capture and went as far as Bainbridge, Ga. I had started
west, but "the bottom dropped out" over there, and I re-
mained at home without ever having surrendered or being
paroled.
Just before I got to Winnsboro, after passing through the
woods to avoid the Federal cavalry, I came out into the road
and ran up with a Federal. He and I rode together some dis-
tance without ever speaking a word, he with his hand on his
pistol and I with my hand on my pistol. We rode together
a short distance, when I looked ahead and saw that we were
going right into a Federal cavalry camp, where the horses
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were tethered out. I wheeled off and remarked that I would
go across and strike another road to mislead him, and as soon
as I took to the woods again he put spurs to his horse and
dashed up toward where the Yankees were camped. I im-
mediately turned around, recrossed the road, and went in
another direction as rapidly as my horse would carry me. If
this soldier is living, it would afford me much pleasure to
hear from him and to know exactly who these three men were.
FIRST CHAPTER. U. D. C, OUT OF THE SOUTH.
BY MRS. MARGARET JOHNSTON PRICHARD, SAN FRANCISCO.
At the Richmond Convention both the New York Chapter
and the Dabney Maury Chapter, of Philadelphia, U. D. C,
claimed the honor of being the first Chapter organized out-
side of the Soutliern States. This honor — and it is a great
one — belongs to the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 79,
U. D. C. We intended to state this at the next convention,
but I notice in the June Veteran that Mrs. James T. Halscy
reiterates the claim ; so we are asking that the correction be
made in the Veteran. We are willing to accord the Maury
Chapter all honors for being early in the field. We know
how hard it was for them to gain a footing and make people
understand. We had the same difficulties, and wc appreciate
fully their good work under adverse circumstances; but the
lionor of being the first to answer the call of our people for
help in our great work is very precious to us. The Albert
Sidney Johnston Chapter was organized August 8, 1896, and
we celebrate this year our sixteenth birthday.
Our Chapter number is 79. the New York Chapter 103, and
the Dabney H. Maury Chapter, of Philadelphia, 177; so the
honor is undeniably ours. There was only a few months' dif-
ference, and we say, All honor to the other two Chapters,
liut wo. away off on tlie rim of the Ihiited States, were the
lirst til respond to the call.
MEMORIAL DAY AT PRAXKLIX, TEXN.
Extracts from Address by Park Marshall, June 3, 1912.
T <lccin it an especial Iionor to be the first person not a
sharer of your toils and military glory to address you on an
iiccasion of this kind at this place. But in a sense I compre-
liend your feelings and the dangers of forty-eight years ago.
1 was born here at Franklin, and as a small boy I visited this
battle field the next morning when the smoke had scarcely
disappeared, and impressions of that morning are still deep
in my memory. I was present at this cemetery soon after
it was dedicated and heard the address of Gen. G. W. Gor-
don, late Commander in Chief of the L'nitcd Confederate
Veterans. Memorial Day was a great occasion then, and I
am pleased to sec a return to that custom, as is evidenced
by the large gathering here to-day. Continue to come here
as this day recurs through respect to the Hag that is furled,
the history of the locality, and the memory of those who gave
up their lives on this field.
Without exaggeration I may say that the severest battle
of modern history was fought on these very plains. In the
forefront of that battle were not over twenty thousand Union
troops and not over fifteen (certainly not seventeen) thou-
sand Confederates. Yet the killed on one side was greater in
two or three hours than occurred on any one day on one side
in any other battle of the War of the States except Antietani,
though there were eighty and one hundred thousand men in
many of those battles. I believe that in proportion to the
size of the army involved more men actually died here in
two hours on one side than were killed in any battle in an
equal time in five hundred years of the world's history, at
least in cases where the losses occurred by attack in an open
field. If the conception of glory be not effete, the Confed-
eracy certainly here expired in a blaze of glory. Seven dead
generals were brought and laid together on this porch.
Yet another thing, I have been one of those who have been
endeavoring to get the government to map and mark this
battle field. It ought to be done, and the military affairs
committee of Congress has seemed to favor it ; but certain
circumstances have so far prevented action looking to that
end. Now-, why can't the people of this vicinity do it them-
selves, temporarily if need be, if the government continues
to delay action? The places are fading from memory and
the aspects are being changed by roads, streets, and houses.
Strangers come from afar and ask with interest questions
about the battle field which you cannot answer satisfactorily.
You can get markers and mark the cut by the L. & N. Rail-
road, the gin house site, the angle in the works near it, the
crossing of the Columbia Pike, the site of the locust thicket,
Wagner's position in front, Merrill's Hill, Fort Grainger,
Winstead's Hill, and the places where Cleburne, Cranberry,
Strahl, Gist, Carter, and Adams fell, leaving his dead horse
on the very crest of the breastw'orks, one of the most heroic
pictures of the war.
Much has been done about this cemetery. Col. John Mc-
Gavock dedicated the ground, and the bodies were removed
to it from the battle field, where they were first interred and
where "contrabands" stole many headboards, thus causing the
present number of "unknown." Miss Gay raised the fund for
the iron fence here, and Captain Murdock, of Missouri, raised
a fund for repairs after the storm some few years ago.
With funds graciously supplied through the efforts of the
Bivouac these headstones and moinimcnts have been placed.
.\ well-bound book has been made containing a true record
of these graves and placed in a secure place, a monument has
been erected on the Public Square in Franklin, and Mr. Shel-
lon, who owns this residence and farm, has contributed most
liberally the right of way, fixing the width at thirty feet. An
association holds the title to the cemetery and boulevard.
Now, do the one thing lacking and mark these places. Out-
side of sentiment of the direct motive people respect com-
munities that respect their own history. You have a Com-
mercial Club here. If they should join with the ladies and
others (while I would not suggest commercialism in such a
matter), they could easly put this through. More per.sons than
;ou realize come from afar to sec this battle field, and many
more w^ould come if these places I have mentioned were well
marked and our own people educated by a map and a booklet
to better understand them. Such markings are of actual
value, and among many otiicr properties are suggestions to
the youth which will in time turn the course of many a life to
higher and nobler aims.
Sarcastic Praise; It Is Given as Humor. — Some North-
erners w-ere boasting of Grant's military character in the
presence of Colonel H , a Confederate, who thought the
limit had been reached after one Grant enthusiast declared
him to have been the greatest general the world ever saw.
Alexander, Charlemagne, Napoleon — none could compare
with U. S. Grant. "Yes." said the Colonel ; "this must be
true. He captured Gen. Robert E. Lee with 13,000 Confed-
erate soldiers ; yes. Confederate soldiers, gentlemen, and he
had only 130,000 Yankee soldiers to capture them with !"
3^H
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IXCIDENT OF A BOY CONFEDERATE.
[Mrs. Adeline E. Brown, in the Pocahontas (Va.) Times.]
A stranger came to my house recently whom I had not seen
for forty-eight years. On November 3, 1863. General Averill's
army of more than ten thousand men passed through Green-
bank, Va., on their way to Droop Mountain, where they de-
feated the Confederates. They camped at Traveler's Repose
on the night before, but we knew nothing of it at Greenbank.
.About eleven o'clock we heard a great hallooing and shooting,
and when we ran to the door a young boy in Confederate
uniform dashed by. and right right close after him came a
great troop of Federal cavalry, whose pistols and guns were
smoking from their shots. I am now seventy years old, and
I never saw so cruel and thrilling a sight in all my life as
when I saw all those men trying to kill that one boy.
The boy in Confederate uniform who made the dash to
escape in order 10 carry the news of the advance of General
Averill's army was John A. McNeill, and he is now living in
Le-xington. Va.
[Comrade McNeill writes that while engaged in some geo-
logical research in West Virginia and adjacent parts of "old"
Virginia he called at the home of an old lady, and was about
to introduce himself when she interruptingly said, "I know
yini ; I saw you once when my heart bled for you," and then
she related the story as given above. He writes tliat he was
desperately hurt after getting away from the Federals by his
horse falling. He lay for three months, and was not able to
walk without crutches until after the war.]
.' FEDERAL I'ETERAN'S EXPERIENCE IX FLORIDA.
BY J.\.\Ii;S I. DOIG, GAINESVII.I.E, FI..\.
In 1886 there was a considerable influx from the North to
this section of Florida, and it included a family named Robin-
son from Evansville. Ind., which seemed to have been in good
circumstances. They located about two miles from town,
where they secured some old negro quarters. I was passing
the place with an old Confederate comrade, and we spoke to
Robinson as we passed. My friend remarked that he looked
like one of the guards at Rock Island Prison, so I suggested
that we go back and ask him. He told us that he was, and
niy comrade was pleased to meet him, saying that lie gave the
prisoners more privileges than the other guards.
I was afterwards informed that his family were all sick.
and that a daughter had died and was buried by the
negroes of the neighborhood. No wliite people had gone
tliere. I mentioned it to my wife, who was a Southern woman
and had suffered hardships from Sherman's army, which
burned their home and appropriated what food they had. We
went to the place and found the wife and two boys and two
fine Jersey cows that were starving. The cows were so poor
that they had to be helped up, as they were not used to our
Florida grass. When I approached the old man and told him
that I wanted to do what I could for him, the tears ran down
his cheeks. I took my wagon and moved them to my house
and got a doctor. I paid his bills and loaned him money to
go back to Evansville. He afterwards sent for his wife, but
they left the two boys with me for several years. I got one
of them in a large grocery store here. The other boy I placed
with a banking house in Ocala, Fla., where he gained dis-
tinction as one of the best employees until his death. The
other boy returned to Evansville and is with his mother.
I write this to show that sectional feeling has no place when
there is opportunity to help a one-time enemy.
HAS TOO OLD TO CO TO IVAR—lf. M. DOXEy.
William Mathias Do.xey departed this life March 9, 1912,
at the ripe age of ninety-five years, five months, and four
days, as he was born October 16, 1816. He was a native of
Carrituck County, N. C, but moved to Hinds County, Miss.,
in 1837. In 1843 he moved to Grand Cheniere, Cameron
Parish. La., where he passed the remainder of his life.
On September 25, 1847, he was married to Miss Mary E.
MeCall. sister of J. M. McCall, of Brownwood, Tex. Of this
union there were nine children, four boys and five girls. His
devoted wife crossed "over the river" .\ugust i, 1893, and his
last remaining son, J. A. Doxey. with whom he iTiade his
home for a number of years, died .April 11, 1911. He survived
them all but two daughters — Mrs. J. B. Rogers, of Calcasieu
Parish, La., and IMiss Jessie May Doxey — who were a comfort
to him in his declining years.
At the opening of tlie war William Doxey was one of the
largest slaveholders of Louisiana; and while he opposed the
ordinance of secession, when his adopted State withdrew
from the Union he tendered his services with all his posses-
sions to sustain the Southern cause. Although too old for
active service, and having been afflicted with rheumatism for
years, he did a great work. Every volunteer who went to the
front from that community had the assurance of Comrade
Doxey and his noble wife "that their loved ones left behind
should not want for anything they could supply," and these
promists were faithfully kept. His word was his bond. Colo-
nel Breaux. the enrolling officer of that district, detailed him
to the work of assisting the soldiers' families in those gloomy
days, and many a family lived to bless this venerable Chris-
tian gentleman and his noble wife for their many kindnesses.
[Contributed by Comrades J. M. McCall, E. B. Gordon,
.ind T. E. Gee, former residents of Cameron Parish, La.]
W. M. DOXEY.
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INQUIRIES BY AND ABOUT J-ETIIRANS CONCERN-
ING PENSIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION.
J. Stokes Vinson, of Hiram, Ark., inquires for Col. George
W. Pease, who was drill master for the 50tli Tennessee and
later lieutenant colonel of that regiment. Early after the war
he traveled for some hat house.
Old and in need. Mrs. R. B. Hatcher, of Corhin. Ky. (Box
^63), requests that comrades of her hushand furnish her with
information of his service that will enable her to get a pension.
He was Robert B. Hatcher and served in Company K. lolh
Virginia Cavalry.
Mrs. D. H. Middleton, 1219 Elgin .\venuc, Muskogee, Okla.,
inquires as to the name of the commander and the regiment
with which Sam Jolmston, of Maury County. Tenn., served.
He was first lieuten;int of a company from Maury County until
the c.-iplain was killed, when he was made captain of the com-
pany. He died at Vicksburg, Miss.
Miss Emily J. Raymond, ,301 East Seventh Street. Xcwton,
Kans.. desires to learn through some comrades of her grand-
father, William Stephens, who was in some camp in h'lorida
at the time of his death in 1862. Her uncle. l-"ranklin Swan-
ner, is supposed to have been killed in the battle of Nashville.
Both were from Coffee County. .\la.. but she does not know
the commands with which they served. .\ny information of
their service will be appreciated.
Mrs. C. I.. Barton, of Dickson. Tenn., is anxious to hear
from surviving comrades of her husband who know his war
record, as she seeks a pension. He served under Gen. John
H. Morgan, and at the time of enlisting he lived at Grecne-
ville. Tenn. She remembers that he was in a cavalry com-
pany. B, but doesn't know the regiment nor any of the officers
under whom he served. Comrades who can give her infor-
m.ilion will kindly write to her direct.
JWill X. LeVan. Jr., of Henderson, Ky. (Box 55), requests
surviving comrades of his father to assist in establishing his
war record. The father ran away from his home at Cedar
Springs, near Sparta, Tenn., and enlisted under the name of
William Pickett (no; being of age), and served in Forrest's
Cav.ilry. Inn the company cannot be recalled. He was dis-
cli;irged midcr the n;nne of Pickett at Tracy City, Tenn.. but
this discharge cannot be found. The widow seeks a pension.
Mrs. Myrtle George Deason. of Shawnee, Okla., desires to
hear from any comrades of her father. Dr. John George, who
enlisted with Company G. ist Missouri Regiment. He was
ciU off from his command in the battle of Champion Hill,
Miss., which command was later captured at Vicksburg, Miss,
Soon after this he was put on detached service and made guns
at Marshall, Tex., and he was at or near Tyler, Te.x., at the
time of the surrender. She is especially anxious to hear from
some one who knew liim in Texas.
11. 1.. Ilowell, i3-'0' .. Franklin Street. Tampa, Fla.. seeks
testimony in regard to his father, A. J. Howell, who enlisted
in Company E, ist Georgia Battalion, .April 17, 1861, and
served one year, when he was discharged. He reenlisted in
Company ]■'.. olli Mississippi, with which he served until the
surrender. Wliilc with the 1st Georgia Battalion his name
was given (by mistake of the clerk) as H. W. Howell, and
so remained wdiile he was with that command, ft is hoped
that surviving comrades can give the testimony needed.
James H. Baker, 316 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., who
served in Company O, /ih Virginia Cavalry, writes that Mr.
I. K. Campbell, one of the county commissioners there and
a Union veteran, desires the address of the family or de-
scendants of the colonel of the 55th Virginia, C. S. A., who
was mortally wounded and died in the hands of the enemy in
Eastern Virginia. His effects, including his sword, arc still
in the hands of Mr. Campbell and friend, who assisted in
alleviating the sufferings of this Confederate colonel, and they
would gladly return them if the family could be found. [The
field officers of the 55th Virginia Infantry were: Col. Francis
Mallory. Lieut. Cols. R. H. Archer. William S. Christian, and
Kvan l^ee, and Majs. Thomas M. Burke. R. B. Fauntleroy,
Charles N. Lawson, .Andrew D. Saunders, and William N.
Ward. The officer mentioned must have been one of these. —
FniToR Veteran.]
Mrs. M. C. Spencer, of Boonsborough. Ark., seeks to know
the command under whom R. L. Spencer served at Pea
Ridge and at Prairie Grove in the fall of '61. The command
was ordered to Little Rock. .-\rk.. to winter, but was soon
sent across the Mississippi. By sickness he was cut off from
I he command, and went to Texas on a furlough and never
lould get back to his company, so he joined Captain Shan-
non's company in Stand Watie's command. His first captain
was Earle. She writes : "I am now seventy-five years old and
have been a widow for twenty-two years, and I need a pen-
sion." [Service in his first command is unimportant, as those
comrades would not know of his parole. — En. Veter.\n.]
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Tkkasurer's Report i'or Month Ending Junk 30, 1912.
Beauregard Cb.iiHer, No. iioj, U. D. C, Washington, D. C,
$.io.
Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer. Director for Maryland. $65.50. Con-
tributed by Ridgley-Brown Chapter. Xo. 1347, U. D. C, Rock-
ville, Md., $25; Harford Chapter, No. 114, U. D. C, Belair,
Md., $18; Mrs. Herman Stump. $10; Mrs. James Wheeler
(through Miss Georgia Wright). $10; collection by Mrs. John
P. Poe, $2.50.
Mrs. L S. Faison, Director for North Carolina, $161.02.
Contributed by R. F. Hoke Chapter, Xo. 78, U. D. C, Salis-
bury, N. C, $110.10; Rockingham Chapter, No. 586, U. D. C,
Reidsville, N. C, $6.07; Cape Fear Chapter, No. 3. U. D. C.
Wilmington, N. C, $25; Brierfield Chapter, No. 1 157, V. D.
C, Thomasville. N. C, $10; King's Mountain Chapter, No.
i-'77, U. D. C. King's Mountain. X. C. $1; Faison-Hicks
Chapter. No. 5.W. I'- D- C.. Faison, N. C, $1 ; Norfleet-Harrill
Chapter, No. tj.34. U. D. C. Murfreesboro, N. C, $5; Joshua
\'ick. Children's Auxiliary. Selma. N. C. $2.85.
Mrs. J. B. Dibrell, Director for Texas, $29. Contributed
by Mrs. W. P. Baugh. San .Antonio, Tex., $1 ; Frank Lub-
bock Chapter, No. 550, U. D. C. Yoakum. Tex., $2; Albert
Sidney Johnston Chapter. No. 105, U. D. C. Austin, Tex., $10;
Mrs. W. IL .Aldridge, F:1 Paso, Tex., $5: Hannibal Boone
Chapter. No. 323. U. D. C. Navasola. Tex., $5; John B. Gordon
Chapter. No. 329, U. D. C, Huntsville, Tex., $1 ; Marshall
Chapter, No. 412, U. D. C, Marshall, Tex., $5.
Mrs. John Miller I4orton, Buffalo, N. Y.. $2.^.
Receipts for June. 19 12, $330.52.
Balance on hand June i. 1912. $19,501.17.
Total to be accounted for. $19,831.69.
Balance on hand July I, 1912. $19,831.69.
Wallace Streater, Treasurer.
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UNION VETERAN TO JEFFERSON DAVIS HOME.
[Hot Springs (Ark.) Sentinel-Record.]
Col. S. W. Fordyce, ex-Federal soldier, a Past Com-
mander of the Loyal Legion of Missouri, and a member of
the Lincoln Monument Association, received a communication
from the JcfTerson Davis Home .Association of Louisville, the
communication being in the usual form and sent out usually
to those considered friendly to the work.
Of course Colonel Fordyce wasn't an ex-Confederate sol-
■dier, even if he does afiiliate with the old followers of the
stars and bars. But he is solicitous of preserving their be-
loved landmarks as well as in the welfare of the old warriors;
and when he was given the opportunity to subscribe to the
Jefferson Davis Home fund, he responded just like he did
when the Lincoln Home fund made a call.
The fund is for the purpose of setting aside the birthplace
of Jefferson Davis that there may be immortalized the part he
played in the War of the States and in public and private life
previous to the w-ar. Colonel Fordyce responded, and later
may supplement this with some memoirs or incidents of the
war to be preserved along with all the history of the period.
On July 6. igi2, he wrote to Capt. John H. Leathers, of
Louisville, Ky. :
"My Dear Sir: Your recent letter received. I take pleas-
ure in handing you my check for the amount named as the
limit you have placed on the sum for each subscriber to this
fund. As an ex-Federal soldier, a Past Commander of the
Loyal Legion of Missouri, and a member of the Lincoln Monu-
ment Association I feel honored by the opportunity you have
kindly given me to become associated with so many of my
old ex-Confederate friends in a cause that ought to be dear
to the hearts of all native-born American citi7L-nA. North as
well as South.
'■.^Tr. Davis sacrificed his all for a cause he believed to be
iust; and now that both have gone down in death and defeat,
I can see no good reason why even an ex-soldier of the Union
army does not honor himself by aiding in perpetuating the
memory of one of America's illustrious soldiers and statesmen.
"Whatever of generosity, chivalry, and magnanimity was
displayed in either army or section of the country during
our unfortunate war is now, and should be, our common
heritage. Knowing Mr. Lincoln personally in life, of his
nobility of soul, his lofty patriotism, his utter lack of preju-
dice, his high hopes and confident expectations of seeing his
country again united in bonds of brotherly love and aflfec-
tion, I feel that I but utter the sentiments which while living
were his last and best convictions and which would be could
he speak to us now : 'All honor to those who fought that the
Union might be preserved as well as to those who fought that
it might be dismembered.'
"Again thanking you for bringing to my attention this
worthy object, I beg to subscribe.
"Very truly yours, S. W. Fordyce."
In a personal letter to the Editor of the Vetf.r.vn Colonel
Fordyce mentions the remittance, which is so like this gener-
ous, patriotic man who "was in the LInion army during the war
and in the Confederate since." In 1866 he was married
to Susan E. Chadick, whose father, William D. Chadick, was
major and lieutenant colonel of the 26th Alabama Infantry
during the war. This successful Federal officer has never
had to raise the white flag. In "War Records" Colonel
Chadick's name appears in Volume XL, reporting the battle
of Shiloh, pages 444-446, and in Volume XXXI., page 638.
Colonel Chadick held an important station at Guntersville,
Ala., in November, 1863. He was an eminent minister of the
Cumberland Presbj-terian Church, and was recommended as
chaplain by the Secretary of War; but there seemed to be the
greater need for him as a commander, so he was advanced
from the ranks to the command of his regiment.
The Veteran uses this opportunity to thank Colonel For-
dyce publicly for unstinted favors in railway transportation
very helpful to the Veteran. He stated in a letter last Jan-
uary: "If I had my way, you should have transportation on
every railroad in the United States and aeroplane privileges."
BOSTON G. A. R. TO NEW ORLEANS CAMP.
While most of the American people seemed to be enjoying
prize fights on the Fourth of July, the old Confederates at
the Soldiers' Home were displaying patriotism in raising the
United States flag, with forty-eight stars, representing forty-
eight States, on the great flag pole at the Home. They not
only raised the flag with the new stars for the first time in
Louisiana, but they listened to the national salute, sang songs,
and heard addresses. The flag was presented by E. W. Kins-
ley Post, No. 113, of Boston, Grand Army of the Republic,
and after the raising the old soldiers ate a dinner provided
with $113 given along with it by the Boston Post members.
It was a doubly historic event. First, the flag of the nation
was raised over the Confederate Home, where the pelican and
the Confederate flags had floated; and, secondly, the flag had
the forty-eight stars for the first time since the last two
States were admitted to the L^nion. It is a beautiful flag, and
an old soldier who stood watching it as its folds spread out
in the breeze exclaimed: "It's the most beautiful flag in the
world I"
The venerable Col. W. G. Vincent, through whom Kinsley
Post presented the flag, was present and had asked Judge
Frank McGloin, who had served under him in the war, to
deliver the address in presenting the flag.
The band of Jerusalem Temple played selections. Captain
Lord in introducing Judge AIcGloin said : "This is the day
that all thoroughbred, patriotic Americans love to celebrate."
He explained regarding the flag and the dollars and the senti-
ment which caused Colonel Lewis, of Boston, after a visit
here, to propose the presentation.
The donation was officially sent by J. D. Leatherbee, Com-
mander of Kinsley Post. His letter stated that at the regu-
lar meeting of the Post the money had been voted for the pur-
pose of providing a "collation for our disabled comrades of
the Confederate Home recently visited by Comrade John B.
Lewis, of this Post." Comrade Lewis reported that he was
deeply indebted to Colonel Vincent and other Southern com-
rades for the many courtesies shown him during his stay in
New Orleans.
The letter explained that the "Old Glory" and the dona-
tion had followed "as an earnest of its good will and esteem,"
ending with sentiments of friendship for all Americans who
fought conscientiously for what they believed was right.
Judge McGloin said before presenting the flag to Captain
Lord : "The good will of our Northern friends of Kinsley Post
did not satisfy itself with furnishing only this handsome em-
blem of our great republic. Accompanying the flag and from
the same source came a purse containing $113, $1 for every
member of the Post. This sum was supplied in order to en-
able our comrades of this Louisiana Home to celebrate here
with proper observance and with due festivity to-day's aus
picious event."
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367
George H. Vennard, an inmate, received the flag for the
veterans of the Home. He said that the eloquent words which
Judge McGloin had addressed to the Confederate veterans
and members of the Confederate Memorial Association and
Daughters of the Confederacy gave assurance of the kindly
thought and the sincere friendship of the veterans of the
North whose names ornament the roster of E. W. Kinsley
Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, at Boston, Mass.,
which prompted them to bestow this beautiful American flag
on the Soldiers' Home of Louisiana, accompanied by the check.
After the salute Mrs. H. J. Seiferth read beautifully 'he
poem by Mrs. E. C. T. Longmire, "Old Glory.'" She was
heartily applauded, showing the appreciation both of the
poem and the reading.
WOULD PUT COXFEDERATE FLAG OUT OF SIGHT.
M. H. Ingram, proprietor of the Winamac (Ind.) Democrat-
Journal, states in a leading editorial: "A Union veteran writ-
ing from Pennsylvania to the National Tribune says that
Rebel flags, etc., should be kept out of sight. This 'old veteran'
probably belonged to the 497lh Pennsylvania Home Guards,
and he doubtless was careful to 'keep out of sight' of a 'Rebel
rag' on the field of action. Why, bless his old heart, the editor
of the Democrat-Journal, who followed this 'emblem of trea-
son,' has a Rebel flag hanging in his office; but it is not con-
sidered by the old fighters around here as any sort of a men-
ace to the siiprenncy of Old Glory. '
States, 1861-65, the Arkansas State Convention, U. C. V.,
several years ago selected a committee to raise the necessary
funds to erect one in Arkansas. The committee tried by
various methods to accomplish this, and met with partial
success. They finally had a bill passed by the last legislature
appropriating $10,000 for the purpose and the appointment
of a committee with authority to select a design, construct a
pedestal, and erect it on the grounds of the new State Capitol.
The committee advertised for designs to be submitted on a
certain day. In response twenty-eight designs were sub-
mitted, and many of the sculptors or their representatives
were present to exhibit their models or sketches. They were
admitted one at a time to the committee room, and the com-
m.ittee heard each upon the merits of his design. The com-
mittee selected the one designed by J. Shweizer, and the
contract was awarded the McNeel Marble Company, of Mari-
etta, Ga. It is a group of four life-size figures in bronze rest-
ing upon a base of Winnsboro blue granite, standing nearly
fifteen feet above ground. It represents a woman of the
Confederacy sitting in a chair bidding good-by to her young
son who is going to war. A daughter, somewhat younger,
appears in grief with her head resting on her mother's shoul-
der, and a boy four or five years old, too young to realize
anything but the glamour of war. is beating a toy drum at the
side of his mother, who has already sacrificed her husband on
the altar of his country. There is no suggestion of the tumult
of war in the structure. It is feminine and speaks silently but
eloquently of the grief and self-sacrifice of the women of that
period in giving up their husbands, sons, and brothers for
the cause of the South.
Mr. J. Kellogg concludes a description : "In every line there
are tenderness and expression. There is nothing in the group
that should not be there, and anything else added would mar
its beauty."
The monument is to be completed and erected within this
year, and it will probably be unveiled with appropriate cere-
monies either late in the fall or early next spring.
.\kk.\ns.\s Montmfnt to Co.NrEni-.R.vTE Wdmf.x.
In sympathy with the general movement inaugurated by
the general federation, U. C. V., for the erection of monu-
menls throughout the Sotuh to the women of the Confederacy,
who bore so noble and heroic a part in the War of the
]VORK OF A TENNESSEE CHAPTER. U. D. C.
The Daughters of the Confederacy at Johnson City. Tenn.,
sent recently a box of presents to the Confederate Soldiers'
Home near Nashville. It is the fifth and most elaborate box
they have ever sent, and by which every wish expressed by
the members of the Home was gratified. The value of the
box is about $150, and the money was made largely at an
entertainment by the Daughters under the direction of Mrs.
W. B. Johnson, assisted by local talent, and which was called
an "Evening under Southern Skies." The result was a suc-
cess financially, hut not enough money was made; so the
ladies drew on their treasury for the balance.
The old veterans were asked to express a desire for what
they wanted, and one hundred and ten of them did so, the
wants ranging from a collar button to suits of clothes, and
every wish was gratified. They sent nineteen pairs of all-
wool pants, six pairs of shoes, five coats, nine shirts, two caps,
twelve hats, collars, socks, handkerchiefs, pocketknives, safety
razors, underwear, dressing gown, candy, six boxes of good
cigars, and other things too numerous to mention. The ladies
deserve much credit for the achievement; and, as one of the
old men expressed it the last time they sent a box, "it was
just like writing a letter to Santa Clans and getting what you
asked for." The Southern Express Company generously de-
livered the boxes free.
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Qo9federat<^ l/eterai),
CONFEDERATED MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
At the thirteenth annual convention of the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association, held in Macon, Ga., in 1912, it
was decided to appoint a press committee to supply the Vet-
eran with such items as would interest those who are still
devoted to the women of the Memorial Associations. The
Confederate Veteran is our official organ and messenger, as
through its columns we wish to send interesting and valuable
historical items to all parts of this great country. Tiirough
the work of our press committee we hope to keep our friends
posted as to the efforts of the memorial women to preserve
the memories of those who gave up their lives for their homes
and firesides. The secretaries of Memorial Associations are
urged to send to the chairman of the press committee all
notes of interest, Memorial Day observance, historical and
educational work. etc. Such matter should be written in as
condensed a form as possible and should be in the hands of
the chairman by the first week of each month. The members
of the press committee are : Mrs. Nettie S. Whitfield, 25 East
Gonzales Street, Pcnsacola, Fla., chairman ; Miss M. A. Ault,
Knoxville, Tcnn.. and Miss Mary A. Hall, Augusta, Ga., as-
sociate members. Mr;s. \V. J. Behan, President.
L..\DiF.s' Memoriai. Association of Augusta, Ga.
During the first year of the War of the States the ladies
of .Augusta, early foreseeing the need, banded themselves to-
gether with the noble and unselfish purpose of caring for the
wounded and sick soldiers as they were brought in from the
battle front or camps. This organization was known as the
Ladies' Relief and Hospital Association, and did much work
for the benefit and uplift of those brought to them.
With the close of active hostilities the necessity for the
Relief and Hospital Association ceased and the organization
went out of existence. But the war had brought about con-
ditions in our Southland whereby the banding together of
sorrowing hearts was necess.nry.
Many thousand patriots who had shed their blood for the
South were lying in their graves, many of them marked "Un-
known." So with mellowed love for the heroes who had died
for the Confederate cause these same ladies now organized
with the sacred intent of honoring the dead and caring for
their last resting places. And so from the echoes of the
Relief and Hospital .Association there was organized the
Ladies' Memorial Association in 1868 to care for the graves
of the Confederate dead and to properly decorate them on an-
nual Memorial D.ays. Mrs. John Carter was elected Presi-
dent; Mrs. H. H. Steiner, Vice President; Mrs. John T.
Miller, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Association was organized amidst distress of broken
fortunes and depressed business conditions, but these noble
woinen set determinedly to work. Thus it is that these many
years after the Confederate dead are annnally honored and
tne principles for which they fought and died are being taught
to the sons and daughters ; so the memory of those awful
days is being fostered as an inspiration to the younger genera-
tions.
Soon after the organization had been effected sorrow in-
vaded the ranks, as the Grim Reaper took from us both our
President and Vice President. Plowever, while mourning the
loss thus sustained, other leaders were chosen and the As-
sociation lives on.
During the first five years of its existence the Association
collected the sum of $458.12, and the entire amount was ex-
pended in caring -for the graves and grounds in the soldiers'
section of the City Cemetery. The section was inclosed with
stone coping, grass was planted, and in the center a fountain
was placed. This made the section very pretty and attractive,
and it was a source of nincli pride and gratification to the .\s-
sociation members.
.Another desire moved these ladies, which was to erect a
monument in the city. Various plans were employed to raise
the necessary funds, and in three years the ladies of the
.Association collected $i7,,^3i..S4. This amount added to ar
amount previously accumulated made a total in hand of
$20,934.04, and as a result of the untiring eflforts of the de-
voted women of the .Association there stands to-day on Broad
between Mcintosh and Jackson Streets one of the handsomest
monuments to Southern valor in the entire country.
In the year 1873 the Association elected for its President
-Mrs. -M, E. Walton (now Mrs. E. A. TimberlakeV for Sec-
retary and Treasurer Mrs. John T. Miller, and the Vice
Presidents were selected from .among the members of the
different Churches in .Augusta.
In later years Mrs. C. A. Rowland w'as elected President,
the Vice Presidents were selected as before from among the
membership of the Churches of the city, and Miss Mary
.A. Hall was elected Secretary and Treasurer, which office
she held until 1903, when she was elected Historian of the
Confederated Southern Memorial Association.
The Ladies' Memorial Association is at this time in good
condition and has a large, enthusiastic membership. Each
year on the 26th of April the annual memorial exercises are
held at the City Cemetery under the auspices of the Associa-
tion. The officers of the Association at this time are : Mrs.
Charles A. Rowland. President; Mrs. John W. Clark, Vice
President; Mrs. Leila Raines Sniythe, Secretary; Mrs. W.
Hale Barrett, Treasurer. Each of the officers is zealously
interested in promoting among the youth and childhood of
the South the principles and interests for which our fore-
fathers gave their all save honor. M. .\. H.
TRIBUTE TO A SOUTHERN BOY AT .INTIETAM.
"\ never have forgotten an incident of the battle field of
.Antietam," said Gen. A. W. Greeley, U. S. A., "and each
Memorial Day it presents itself with increased appeal. On
my way back to the field surgeon's hospital for treatment (I
had been wounded twice) I saw one of our doctors applying
restoratives to a wounded Confederate. He was a mere boy
of fifteen, and I was but eighteen. He also had been shot
twice, so there were things in common between ws. But it
was his courage, his unflinching, unyielding spirit that im-
pressed me most. .As he lay there, horribly mangled, his eyes
were as steady and his manner as cool as though he were idly
lounging in his own home. His nerve was not broken, nor
was the fear of death on him. He seemed grateful for the
attention, but not humble. 'Thank you, gentlemen,' he seemed
to be thinking; 'but when I get well, I'll be at you again.' 'If
there are many like him in the Southern army,' I thought, 'wt
are certainly in for a long, hard struggle.' I have wondered
many times since what became of that boy, whether he lived
or died on the battle field,"
General Greeley says he made two attempts before he was
allovk-ed to enlist. "You get out of here ; we don't want babies ;
we want men !'' was the objection of enlisting officers. Finally
he found one who passed him. He served throughout the en-
tire war, and was the first enlisted man in the l^nion volunteer
arinv to attain the grade of a general in the regular army.
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BATTLE FIELD MAPS L\ GE0RGL4.
EY MAJ. WILBUR F. FOSTER, NASHVILLE, TENN.
[The manner in which the field maps were prepared for the
use of the Army of Tennessee in the historic Dalton-Atlanta
Campaign of 1864, and which were so greatly relied upon in
the vririous strategic movements of the army commanded by
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, has been given by Major Foster at
the request of the Veteran]
On November i, 1863. the writer, then captain of engineers,
C. S. A., on duty with and reporting directly to Lieut. Gen.
S. B. Buckner, received an order from General Bragg through
his chief engineer. General Ledbetter, to organize a suitable
force and "take charge of a reconnoissancc to Atlanta." Per-
sonal explanation of this order indicated its purpose — to wit,
to make a thorough examination and map of the country from
Missionary Ridge to Atlanta and Rome for a width of at
least ten miles on each side of the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road.
Fortunately the State of Georgia was covered by govern-
ment surveys, and section lines and corners were generally
■well known and easily located. Maps of the government sur-
veys were on file at the State Capitol in Milledgeville ; and
although generally but little more than skeleton sketches, they
were yet of great value as a basis for the work done on recon-
noissance, and for that purpose copies were made for our use.
Four officers having reported for duty, work began at once
(November 3) without waiting for the government maps, and
was then pushed with the utmost vigor without intermission
until and even after the opening of the great campaign,
May 5, 1864. The method in detail was as follows : Each of-
ficer was assigned to the examination of a certain section or
part of a section, and an enlarged copy of the government sur-
vey of that section was furnished him on a sheet prepared
for the purpose. This sheet he would fill in from personal ex-
amination of the country, using a pocket compass for direction.
MAJ. W. F. FOSTER.
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counting the steps of his horse for distance, and platting his
work on tlie prepared sheet with protractor and scale as he
proceeded. For test of accuracy his work must check with
section lines and with the work of the officer in the adjoining
section. The skilled officers engaged became very expert, and
their combined work was remarkably accurate. All streams
with their bridges and fords, roads, houses, hills and valleys,
fields and woodland were carefully noted, and especially the
character of the roads or even bridle paths leading to prac-
ticable fords or mountain passes.
As soon as the work of a section was cempleted and checked
a copy of the field officer's work was made by himself or by
the draftsman in camp and forwarded to the chief engineer
at army headquarters, and later another copy to the engineer's
office in Atlanta or Micon for transfer to the general map nr.d
for photographic duplication.
Most of the officers reporting for this duty were not com-
missioned, but were serving by appointment or detail as "as-
sistant engineers." with constructive rank and pav as captain
or lieutenant : and to these men. remarkable for their intelli-
gent .skill, faithfulness, and zeal, is due the credit of this de-
tail of vital importance in the successful maneuvers of that
memorable "hundred days." Their work was repeatedly com-
mended not alone by officers of this army but by others as
well, including even President Davis. Gen. R. E. Lee, and
General Beauregard.
Further, this was no "bomb-proof" service, secure from dan-
ger or interruption. Much of it was done in close proximity
to the outposts of the enemy and in territory frequently visited
by their scouting parties. Being entirely without escort, these
officers were peculiarly open to bushwhacking or capture.
When the work was almost fini.shcd, one of the most expert
officers of the party was captured far outside of our lines by
a Federal scouting party, and spent the remaining period of
the war in a Federal prison. Another had a ride for his life,
and escaped by the merest scratch. One of the most annoy-
ing features was the frequent arrest of these officers while
diligently at work by our own outposts and scouting parties,
involving a ride under guard to headquarters and a serious
interruption to the work. Even when at work in the rear of
the army these officers were frequently regarded with great
suspicion. One officer was held up by a party of six zealous
citizens, who had been watching his motions for some time
and who insisted upon escorting him about twenty miles to
army headquarters, two in front, two in rear, and one on
each side, with guns ready for action. The officer, however,
calmly continued to take his notes as he went along, and was
allowed that privilege.
While this work was in progress this writer received his
commission as major of engineers, dated March 17, 1864.
The following are the names of the officers comprising this
corps, the States from which they came, and the dates when
their service began. Some of them have been very prominent
in civil life since the war. The list is probably complete, al-
though deficient in the initials of some of the names: Valen-
tine Herman, Louisiana, November 3, 1863: Felix R. R. Smith,
Tennessee, November 3. 1863; Napoleon B. Winchester. Ten-
nessee, November 3, 1863: McGuirc. , Novem-
ber 3, 1863 ; A. H. Buchanan, Tennessee. November 6. 1863 ;
Frank Gaines, Tennessee, November 27, 1863; John F. Steele,
.-Mabama, December 12, 1863; Henry C. Force, .-Mabama. De-
cember 12, 1863 ; J. K. P. McFall. Tennessee. December 12, 1863 ;
\\'il!i\m W. Fcrgiisson, Tennessee, December 12, 1863; J. H.
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Humphries, Tennessi-e, January 2, 1864; James D. Thomas,
Tennessee, January 19, 1864; James H. Allen, Tennessee,
March 3, 1864.
Charles Foster was draftsman with the parly in the field
from Xovember 6, 1863, to January 20, 1864. J. Louis Tucker
performed a like service from January 20 to April, 1864.
In April or May, 1864, the depot of engineering supplies
was transferred to Macon, Ga., in charge of J. C. Wrenshall.
assistant engineer, where a very admirable general inap was
made by Mr. Tucker and where photographic copies of our
tR'ld tuaps were made by Mr. Riley, photograplier. and for-
warded to the front for use of general officers.
Some of the officers above named are still living and may
be induced to furnish additional facts or incidents and to cor-
rect anv statement in this article which may be in error.
EXPERIEXCE AS A SPY IN AND ABOUT CORINTH.
BY D. J. HV.NEM.^X, CORINTH, CO. H, I2TH MISS. CAV.
After the battle of Shiloh, the Southern forces under Gen-
eral Beauregard retreated to Corinth, where they intrenched
themselves preparatory to an attack from the Federals, who
were in close pursuit. Instead of attacking, however, the
latter established their lines a few miles out east and north-
east of the town, where they remained for the ne.xt thirty
days. During this time there was no general engagement,
but there were almost daily sharp engagements between re-
eonnoitering parties between the lines.
General Halleck was in command of the army after the
battle of Shiloh. Beauregard quietly folded his tents and
marched away, establishing his base at Tupelo, some forty
miles south of Corinth. The Federals moved in, took pos-
session of Corinth, and established themselves in comfortable
([uarters, rerwaining there for the next ninety days. Both
armies remained inactive all summer. Of course the scouts
of both armies were active in keeping their commanders posted
as to the movements of the enemy.
About the time of the battle of Shiloh there was organized
in Corinth a company of scouts, composed mostly of men who
had enlisted at the beginning of the war, served twelve months,
and instead of reenlisting in the infantry organi;;ed a com-
pany of cavalry. This company was commanded by Capt.
(afterwards Maj.) G. L. Ba.xter. I became a member of
it and served in it to the end of the war.
The company being made up at Corinth, it was natural that
the commander of the army, General Bragg, wdio had assumed
command after our retreat to Tupelo, should expect good
service from them in obtaining news. Almost daily our
scouts were penetrating the lines of the enemy, sometimes
capturing straggling parties, scouts, or picket posts, but no
couriers, which they wanted most. Such was the status for
quite a while, when one day General Bragg told Captain Bax-
ter that he wanted him to open up communication with his
agent in Corinth. It seems that Bragg had been getting re-
ports through the enemy's lines ; but those communications
had been cut oflf, and he directed Captain Baxter to re-
establish the line. Of course Baxter was overanxious to
make good, but he realized the difficulty of the undertaking.
Wc all were anxious to help him. I volunteered to make an
efTort to get through the line, and I believed I could make it.
1 saw that he did not like to risk so perilous an undertaking
to a green boy, but it was "Hobson's choice," and he con-
sented for me to go.
At that time I was seventeen vears old, small for mv
age, and looked younger than I really was. 1 was considered
well able to take care of myself under any circumstances.
Just at that time Baxttr was making his headtjuartcrs around
Ripley, and it was arranged for a scout to accompany me as
far up from there as it would be safe for him to go. so that
I could leave my horse with him.
.As we entered Hatchie we fell in with an old gentleman.
Jack Tabscott. He invited us to go home with him, and said
he would show my partner where he could hide out with but
iittle risk. .At that time almost daily scouting parties from
the Federal lines came into the neighborhood, but always re-
turned to Corinth before night. We got tn Mr. Tabscott's
during the night. I arranged with him for an old plow horse,
got a suit of clothes from one of the boys on the place, and
next morning early mounted my old horse and struck out
for Corinth. Before reaching the Federal outpost, wdiich was
at Polk's Levee, four miles from the town, I fell in with an
old man and his wife who were carrying a bale of cotton to
Corinth in an o.x wagon. I told them that my people were
inside the lines, and that I had been run oflt and was trying
to get back to them. They readily consented for me to go
with them, and promised to assist me in finding them. We
soon reached the outposts and were passed in without any
trouble. There were then more than one hundred thousand
troops in and around Corinth.
.■\s soon as I got to Corinth I gave my friends with the
cotton bale the slip and started out to find my man. Captain
Baxter had told me that I was to see Dr. Stout, who had been
our family physician since before I was born. When Captain
Baxter told me whom I was to see, I balked. I told him that
I was afraid of Dr. Stout, for it had come through the lines
that he was a spy for the Yankees ; but Baxter said he had it
from General Bragg that Dr. Stout was perfectly reliable,
that he was his agent, and that there was no risk in ap-
proaching him.
When I reached Corinth, I went to Dr. Stout's house. He
was not at home, but his wife said that he would be soon.
I told her that I was sick and would be at the home of his
neighbor and wanted him to see me. I then went to the home
of his neighbor and arranged with him to stay that night, fed
my horse, and went into the house and went to bed about sun-
down. The lady was very kind. She bathed my head and
offered to give me medicine, but I told her that Dr. Stout
would be to see me soon. In a short time the Doctor arrived
and began his examination. As soon as the lady was out of
the room I told him my mission. He seemed much surprised
and doubtful of the wisdom of committing himself on so grave
a mission to a mere boy. I told him that I was direct from
Cieneral Bragg, and that he had catitioned me against talking
or mentioning Dr. Stout's name to any one, but to see him,
get my news, and get away from him as quickly as possible.
The Doctor became convinced, told me to get back to General
Bragg as soon as possible, and tell him that the army at
Corinth was on the eve of a general break-up ; that they would
move in a very few days, and that they were going back into
Tennessee and Kentucky instead of going farther south. Gen-
eral Bragg and Dr. Stout had agreed that all their communica-
tions should be verbal, as the Doctor refused to commit him-
self on paper.
When I got home after the surrender, I learned that Dr.
Stout had been to my father's house and left word for me
to see him as soon as I reached home. I called and he seemed
delighted to see me and impressed upon me the great inipor-
Qopfederat^ Ueterai).
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t;nice of never mentioning wliat liad passed between us. He
said that, as we liad lost, liis relations with the Federal com-
manders had been such that if the* found that he had
been giving out information to the Southern army he might
be tried as a spy and probably executed. Of course I never
mentioned it as long as he lived. He died a few years later,
leaving the impression among most of his old friends that he
was a Yankee spy, wlicn in fact he was as loyal to the Soutli-
ern cause as the best of them.
Up to this time I had no apprehension of trouble in getting
out. 1 knew that citizens had no trouble in passing back
and forth through the lines. So the next morning early 1
applied to tile provost marshal for a pass. You can imagine
my surprise when he told me he had just received orders not
to issue any more passes. I told him that I came in the day
before with niy folks with a bale of cotton, that I had gotten
lost from them, and that they had returned home without me.
He told me that it made no difference; that General Pope,
then in command of the army, was the only one who could
give me a pass. That they liad ceased to issue passes ton-
firmed my rejiort from Dr. Stout and made me most anxious
to get out. (ieneral Pope's headquarters were some five miles
away on the Ricnzi road, and I decided to try liim. I found
him in his quarters, just where Salem Church now stands.
I dismnnnted and, walking up to where a lot of officers were
sitting around, inquired for General Pope, and was pointed
to a fine-looking, heavy-bearded man. I approached him and
gave him the same spiel I had given the provost marshal. He
spoke very kindly to me and said that he was sorry for me,
but tli.it there would not be any passes issued for a few days.
I realized then tliat if I ever got througli the lines I would
have to do it on my own hook.
I knew tlure was a chain of guards all along Tuscumbia
Creek ; so I went back to Polk's Levee, where I bad come in,
hoping some of the guards would recognize me and let me
through, but no such good luck awaited me: different men
were on duty. Then 1 started up the creek reconnoitering the
lines, looking for a place where I might slip through at night.
I found the pickets about two Iiundrcd yards apart. Later
in the evening I found, si.x or seven miles from Corinth, a
family in which were some boys. I hitched my horse and en-
gaged ill play with the boys. I got them down around the
picket line, and while with them found a place where I
thought I might slip tlirougli on foot. I then made arrange-
ments to stay all night with the boys, intending to slip through
the lines as soon as it got dark.
It was a little wliile till night, so I got on my horse- and
rode up to a camp, ;•■ few hundred yards off. When I got
there I found that it was an Ohio regiment on outpost duty.
1 inquired for the eclor.el, and w'as shown to a pleasant-
IcM.king young man. 1 told him that I lived about two miles
on the opposite side of the creek; that our cows had strayed
c ff, that 1 had tracked them up the bottom and into his camp
and then lost them, that I w.inled to get back home, and that
his soldiers would not let nie through the line. He asked me
if there were many blackberries out there, and I told him the
woods were full of them. Then he told his cook to bring him
a bucket. Handing the bucket to me, the colonel said that if
I would bring him a bucket of ripe blackberries the next
morning he would give me a dollar for them. He called an
orderly and told him to go down the picket line and have
them put me through. I was a happy boy then. I crossed the
creek, and as soon as 1 was certain that I was out of sight of
the pickets I went to the right through the woods and struck
a bee line for my friend Tabscott's. I got there about nine,
found my scout awaiting me, and after supper struck out for
Baxter's camp. We got there about 3 a.m. I waked the cap.
tain and made my report. He took an orderly with him
and went at a double-quick tow-ard General Bragg's head-
quarters. A few days after both armies were on the move
in the direction of Chattanooga. Captain Baxter got a major'.'!
star for his service— my work. But while Baxter got the
commission, the praise I received from the boys was more to
me than even a major's star.
MEMORL-IL DAY AT FRANKLIN, TENN.
Jiih;!- He.vrv H. Cook's Address at McGavock Cemeteev.
Comrades. Ladies, and Gentlemen: The Confederate sol-
diers of Williamson County and the Daughters of the Con-
federacy have had this cemetery incorporated under the name
and style of "The McGavock Confederate Cemetery." We
have provided that it shall remain a perpetual monunient to
remind the coming ages of the courage, virtue, and patriotism
of the Confederate soldier. It is not only a monument to
those who sleep here, but also to remind us of all our com-
rades who gave their lives for the Southern Confederacy, the
grandest and purest government that ever rose or fell. It
was established from necessity to protect and preserve con-
stitutional liberty. It sought no injury to others, but only to
protect the people of the South.
On July 6, 1911, the Legislature of Tennessee appropriated
$J00 per annum for a period of two years, making $400 in
all, to the McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Franklin for
the purpose of building mads and maintaining the cemetery.
We hope to interest the diflferent States and greatly to beau-
tify this place and have the name of the soldier with date and
place of birth carved on each headstone.
In 1861, wdien our war began, the South had no govern^.
iTient ; it had to create one. It had not a soldier and not a
dollar; it had to raise an army, organize, equip, and feed it.
It had no arsenals, no powder, and but few guns. The eneiny
had twenty-four millions of people to our six millions. They
had an army and navy organized. They had an overflowing
treasury and ready access to the outside world, from which
they drew recruits and supplies of every kind. They put
nearly 3,000.000 soldiers in the field, while we managed first
and last to put into line about 6cx).ooo.
This is Decoration Day. It is the day and month upon
which Jefferson Davis was born in i8oS. I have been re^
quested to make special mention of him, the first and the last
President of the Southern Confederacy. .\ history of Mr.
Davis is a history of the Confederacy, and a history of the
Southern soldier is a history of Mr. Dnvis. Samuel Davis,
the father of Jefferson Davis, was a captain of Georgia troops
in the War of the Revolution, and Jane Cook, of South Caro-
lina, was his mother. Mr. Davis was born in Christian
County, Ky., June 3, 180S. His parents were members of the
Baptist Church. He became a member of the Episcopal
Churcli. and was intensely religious by nature and education.
He was educated at West Point and was colonel of a regi-
ment (armed with the percussion rifle) in the Mexican War.
His heart was as tender and sympathetic as a wotnan'.s,
yet he was resolute and fearless, with a heroic courage that
no danger could quell. Take him as an orator, statesman,
scholar, writer, and soldier, there has been none other like
liiiTi. He wrote a book that fully vindicates the Soutli. W«
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acted fully within our rights. It has been the custom of the
enemy to praise R. E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Stone-
wall Jackson and abuse Jefferson Davis.
All of these were types of the South and leaders of the
Southern Confederacy, the greatest Christian civilization that
ever existed upon the earth. No vindictive, cruel, or inhumane
act was ever authorized or sanctioned by the Confederate
government. We have heard much of the treatment of prison-
ers of war, and some vindictive persons of the North charged
Mr. Davis with responsibility; but the truth is, the Washington
government was responsible for all the sufferings of prison-
ers on both sides. There never were any prisoners of war
treated with harshness or cruelty by order or sanction of the
Richmond government ; but all was done that could be done
to lessen the severity of prison life. In the midst of our dis-
tress and extreme want we treated prisoners of war in our
hands better than did the North. As proof of this the rec-
ords show that the death rate of Southern prisons was nine
in each one hundred men, while the death rate in Northern
prisons of Confederates was twelve in each one hundred men.
Mr. Davis and General Lee did all in their power to better
the condition of prisoners of war; and when the Washington
government had rejected every proposition, Mr. Davis pro-
posed to return all sick and wounded Northern prisoners in
our hands if the Washington government would send for and
receive them. This proposition was made in August, 1864,
and no notice was taken of it for at least four months. Gen-
eral Lee told Mr. Davis that he should not grieve so much
over the matter, as he had done all in his power to better
the condition of prisoners of war. I was one of the
six liundrcd Confederate officers selected at Fort Delaware
for the purpose of retaliation. We were under fire of our own
guns on Morris Island off Charleston the latter part of Au-
gust, 1864.
"On August 27, 1854, General Grant ordered that the six
hundred should not be exchanged. He preferred to feed
Southern soldiers to fighting them, however much his own
men migtit suffer in Confederate prisons, where there was
not sufficient food to give them. The government at Rich-
mond made every effort to relieve the condition of the prison-
ers of war, but the Washington government rejected every
proposition. At this time the Confederate government was
offering to return all sick and disabled Federal prisoners
without exchange. The Washington government had only to
send ships to receive from Southern prisons all of their sick
and disabled."
Some have said it was fortunate that we failed, fortu-
nate that we were overpowered and crushed. We think it
was a great misfortune to the South. We were reduced to
poverty and have been kept in poverty. Under the Jewish
economy God promised to bless them in temporal matters.
We submitted to defeat because we could not help it, not
that we thought it a blessing. We surrendered in good faith
and have at all times been willing to assist in establishing
and maintaining good government equal and just to all men
and all sections. We took up arms with an intelligent under-
standing of our reasons and our purposes, and the vindication
of our motives may be left to the verdict of history.
We would have our children taught the truth of the case
as it stood in 1861 ; not that they may be less loyal to the
Union, but that they may properly respect us for what we
did then and are doing now, and may realize that it is those
who arc loyal to the memories of the past who prove truest
to the responsibilities for the present. We abide the issue of
arms, but would neither apologize for our course nor recant
our faith. We should not dishonor our heroic leaders and
brave comrades who died for our cause.
The last year of the war was a hopeless struggle. Only the
brave, the resolute, and the patriotic coidd remain true, but
these were a large per cent of the South. We were exhausted.
My company, I, 44th Tennessee Regiment, Bushrod John-
son's brigade, had only six surrendered at Appomattox ; the
others were in hospitals, in prisons, or in their graves.
When we meet on this beautiful spot and place flowers upon
these graves, we pay homage to the truest and bravest of the
South.
GEN. BENXETT YOUNG AT CAVE HILL CEMETERY.
On Memorial Day at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Gen.
Bennett H. Young, Commander in Chief, U. C. V., was the
principal speaker. The Courier-Journal quotes as follows :
"We have come in obedience to the dictates of love and
affection to strew flowers upon the graves of our deceased
comrades. War's richest spoils rest beneath these mounds.
" 'We care not whence they came.
Whether unknown or known to fame;
Their cause and country all the same,
They died, they wore the gray.
Gather them one and all, from the private to the chief;
Come they from hovel or princely hall.
They died for us, and for them shall fall
The tears of the nation's grief.'
"To the survivors of the armies of the Confederacy it
means much to have among us men who followed Lee and
Jackson and the Johnstons and the Hills, Beauregard and
Bragg and Kirby Smith and Morgan and Forrest, Wheeler,
Stewart, and Hampton, and hundreds of others whose cour-
age and genius won undying fame for the armies of the Con-
federacy.
"The sword in and of itself never made any cause right,
and the outcome of battles does not affirm the truth of political
or even religious questions. We of the South accepted the
result because we could not help ourselves. Defeat does not
change our political views. The men who composed the South-
ern armies surrendered none of their convictions at Appomat-
tox or Greensboro. They acquiesced wisely, honestly, and
philosophically when powerless to resist further. They did
not admit the incorrectness of their interpretation of the Con-
stitution. The defeat of their armies, the triumph of their
foes changes neither their faith nor the belief in the Southern
mind that secession was an inalienable right of States.
"Our love of our country does not dim or tarnish the love
for our Confederate nation. The Confederate States lived
only four years, and they occupy on the pages of human his-
tory more space than any other nation that ever lived for the
same time. We are not ashamed of what they did. We rejoice
in what we suffered. The glory and grandeur of the ch:iracter
of the Confederate soldier we shall maintain for all time.
We have nothing to say derogatory to the courage, valor, and
patriotism of our countrymen who sleep on the other side of
the avenue beneath the stars and stripes, and whose graves
are kept green by a nation's gratitude and love; but we af-
firm that no nation of equal numbers, with the limitations of
a large population of slaves, enlisted proportionately so vast a
number of men under its standards or ever undertook to de-
fend so vast a territory. We contend that no army of equal
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numbers ever fought so many battles in so brief a period or
suffered such tremendous losses. One man in every three
who wore the Confederate uniform died on the battle field
or from wounds received in conflict or in the hospital. His-
tory details no account of such a vast percentage of mortality
or such tremendous sacrifice. These losses proclaim the in-
contestible valor of the Confederate soldiers, and no people
who ever engaged in war inflicted upon their enemies such
vast damage and injury.
"War at best is a hateful business. To go forth to kill men
because they differ from you about the interpretation of the
Constitution and because they deny the right of a State to
sever its relation with the general government looks cruel,
heartless, and brutal; but mankind justifies war, and there
comes a time in the histories of nations when nothing else
will meet the requirements. There were at least two cam-
paigns in which for every Confederate soldier killed or
wounded there was an average of more than one man on the
other side. * * *
"We also contend that no nation or country has ever shown
such universal regard to the memory of its soldiers nor
builded proportionately so many monuments to voice their
heroism and their valor. Measured by the length of years or
number of survivors, the extent of monumental construction
of the Southern people surpasses all previous annals.
"In years to come the Civil War will be known as 'the great
war.' There is something in the magnitude of the mortality,
of the sacrifice of the Confederate war that appeals to the
pride of the Southern heart.
"Some may ask us why we are here forty-seven years after
the close of the struggle to speak of these things of the past.
Wc answer that we are here because we are neither cravens
nor cowards. To cease to glory in the character and achieve-
ments of the Confederate soldier on the part of the Southern
people would be cowardly. The Confederacy has left a
precious record to mankind of manly courage and patriotic
duty. Of the great host that was marshaled under the stars
and bars, only about one-tenth remain. Sixty thousand sur-
vivors are all that are left of that great Anglo-Saxon host
that arose in their might and poWer to defend the right of
self-government. Their services and their graves are holy
in the hearts and lives of the Confederate people, and with
our souls quickened by the splendor of the achievements of
the men of the South we are here again to lay beautiful flowers
— nature's offering — upon these hillocks which stand over the
scpulchers of our beloved dead.
"No officers of distinction rest in this little plot so sacred
i to the Confederate hearts. It is the humble soldier who sleeps
here. He was just as brave, just as loyal, just as patriotic,
just as gallant as the men who held the highest offices.
"General Lee's fame does not altogether rest upon his
achievements as a great military leader. It was the men who
carried the guns, the chivalrous sons of Virginia, the
Carolinas, Georgia. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas,
and Florida, that made General Lee's greatness possible. The
man who carried the gun with the proper spirit was just as
essential in that mighty conflict as the man who directed
armies and who laid out the campaign which shows such
transcendent genius, and we come to lay highest stress on
the courage of the Confederate private, who was, after all,
the man who did the larger part of the service, who won such
marvelous fame for the armies of the Confederacy."
[The proceedings included music and much else of interest.]
TRIBUTE TO ALBERT SIDSEY JOHNSTON.
In response to the inquiry for a copy of the old song re-
ferring to the death of Gen. A. S. Johnston, the following
comes from Dr. E. E. Folk, of Nashville : "It may be of in-
terest to say that the song was originally written in the North
— by whom I am not informed — and was dedicated to Ells-
worth, who was killed while tearing down a Confederate flag.
The song was entitled 'At the Dawning of the Strife.' It was
such a beautiful quartet that after the death of Albert Sidney
Johnston the name of Ellsworth was changed to Johnston by
my cousin, Mrs. Belle Estes, of Orysa, Haywood County,
Tenn., and the quartet was sung by her and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Callie Gates (wife of Col. Robert Gates, of Na.shville),
Dr. Louis P. Estes, of Orysa, and Frank M. Estes, later of
St. Louis. I have frequently heard them sing it, and it is
beautiful. I procured the words from Mrs. Estes, who was
unable, however, to furnish the music, as it has been so long
since she tried to play it.
"'Dead! Dead! Dead! At the dawning of the strife.
Dead! Dead! And late so loyal, brave, and true.
When high hopes entered in his life
.•\nd fond eyes had his fame in view —
Johnston, Johnston, Johnston, the noble, brave, and true!
Enfold him in the stars and bars;
He will not dim its brightest beam;
His blood will tinge the crimson bars,
.'\dd richer luster to its gleam.
Brave men, behold your fallen chief.
Whose love our hearts will keep in trust!
Our tears will mingle with your grief:
Strike down the traitors to the dust!
Then let no word of censure fall ;
Let those who scorn the world's applause
Know well he went at duty's call.
And perished in his country's cause.
Sleep on, brave heart ; the flag you bore
Through all the land at last shall wave;
Your bold comrades, when war is o'er.
Will plant that banner o'er your grave.' ''
About Mlrfrefsboro and Lebanon. — A. S. McCullom, of
Baconton, Ga.. writes : "I was a private nineteen years of age,
a member of Company C, 2d Georgia Cavalry, under General
F-orrest. On Saturday, July 12, 1862, wc left camp at Rock
Martins, on the Caney Fork. On July 13 we surprised and
captured General Crittenden and his brigade at Murfreesboro.
We lost eighteen men killed, and we killed one hundred and
six. In this battle a party of us went to the jail and rescued
William Richardson (now Congressman from Alabama'), who
had been condemned as a spy and sentenced to be hanged at
simrise in the morning. After the fight we were retreating
with two thousand prisoners from a large force of the enemy,
and were pursued two days. A short time thereafter we made
a similar entry into Lebanon, Tenn. We captured the pickets
and rushed into the town, but the garrison had fJed. At
Lebanon in July, 1862, the quartermaster was ordered to go
and buy a horse to remount me, my splendid roan mare hav-
ing given down. A splendid large black horse was furnished
me, and several friends of General Hatton asked me to call
him "Bob Hatton,' which I did. I was taken prisoner in the
battle of Stone's River, and 'Bob Hatton' was secured by
the 3d Ohio Cavalry."
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SPOXSORS AXD MAIDS OF HOXOR AT MACOX.
[Extracts from address by Gen. Samuel Griffin, of Bedford
City, Va., who served on that occasion as "substitute."]
Candor compels the admission that I appear as a "substi-
tute." With the old soldiers this will, I fear, deprive me of
the sympathy and good will that I might otherwise expect. In
the army honors coming to a substitute were unexpected.
During the war I came in contact with but one substitute.
He was more than sixty years of age. His most noted good
quality was his care for his horse. When the regiment went
mto bivouac or camp, no matter how hard the march nor
how dark the night, no matter how severe the rain or snow
or blizzard, he would fold his feed sack under his arm and
start out on foot in search of feed for his horse. He excited
the pity of younger comrades, one of whom ventured to warn
him that he was wearing himself out in his attentions to his
liorse. His reply well illustrated the character of a substitute:
"Voung man, you do not know what you are talking about.
This horse is my best friend, my only dependence in time of
battle. When he sees the first pufif of smoke and hears the
first crack of the enemy's rifle, he wheels about face and with
all speed he takes me to a place of safety." Such a horse
might be useful to me to-night as I face this great audience
without having had time for reflection as to what line of
thought I shall follow.
I share fully in the general regret that the distinguished
Virginian who was to have performed this function is kept
away by the serious illness of a daughter, one who on former
occasions like this has graced Reunions by her presence. When
it was found that he could not be here, I was ordered by our
beloved Commander in Chief to take his place. .\ soldier's
duty is to obey. I am here, however, without the beautiful
bouquets he had no doubt culled and arranged for these the
loveliest and most charming daugliters of this Southland of
beautiful and dutiful women.
Matrons, sponsors, and maids of honor, although I may
be entitled by reason of years, of which, however, I do not
boast or speak in this presence, to offer you some counsel as
to what you should do and what you should be in the race of
life, which might be useful in this period when there seems
to be a tendency to desert the old and hallowed paths and to
wander off into new and untried ones that lead to what is
sought to be made more attractive by the alluring name of
progressiveness, I intend, however, to assume no such un-
necessary task. I know from whom you are descended and the
pure atmosphere in which you were nourished; I know the
happy and holy influences that controlled and blessed you in
your Southern homes; I know the purity and elevated char-
acter of the mothers whose gentle and devoted lives have
been and will, I trust, ever be an inspiration to you ; I know
the e.\amples they set, the lessons they taught, and I declare
to you what you will hear with willing and eager ears that
these women, whose children you are so proud to be, were as
great and virtuous as any of whom history tells; yea, the
very noblest of God's creation I These mothers of the South-
land ! God bless and keep green the memories of the im-
mortal dead; God bless and cheer those who are living; God
bless their worthy daughters here and everywhere and grant
that they, fully appreciating the heritage left them by such ex-
ample, may strive to emulate them and to reach the high
standard to which they attained. The daughters of such
mothers will not fail to appreciate the praise that conies to
them in being told that they are just like mothers.
Comrades, sons of these mothers, are we not a little slow in
providing a fitting memorial of our appreciation of these devoted
women by erecting a monument in their honor grand enough to
testify to the patriotic impulses which animated them and the
constant though willing sacrifices they made for us? The
names of the men whose blood as with a halo of glory made
red this Southern land of ours are enrolled and will be pre-
served inipcrishably. The names of our mothers, who wore
out their precious lives in ceaseless efforts for our comfort
or in an agony of prayer for our safety and the success of our
cause, are nowhere written. But they shall not be forgotten,
for they are enrolled indelibly upon the tablets of our hearts.
Our very hearts arc set on fire with adoration and gratitude
when we think of what they were and what they did for us
in the days that tried men's souls and in the long night when
oppression almost drove out hope from our hearts.
Matrons, sponsors, maids of honor, and members of the
Southern Memorial .Association, what higher praise can be
bestowed upon you than to say truthfully that you are worthy
of such mothers and are to-day exhibiting those distinctive
qualities that made them such a blessing to all around them
and an honor to the race to which they belonged? Let me
say to you, dearest treasures of our Southland, that you need
not look or seek for anything beyond their examples to benefit
or adorn your Uves. You may be and j-ou are being con-
stantly invited to other fields for the exercise of your talents
and for the improvement of your condition. But tell me, fair
daughters of the Southland, are you willing to exchange the
graces and virtues of your mothers in their refined and hos-
pitable homes and in the wider circles in which they moved
for all the newly discovered "rights" that invite to a different
though perhaps wider field of influence or power?
It has been my privilege to attend many of these Reunions
and to look admiringly upon the brilliant and enchanting scenes
presented by the chosen women of the South, and I have been
struck with their somewhat uniform appearance; but they
are always selected from a class distinctly by itself and un-
approached by any other. If there is any difference to-night,
it consists of a larger number of gracious and beautiful South-
ern women than have at other times met my gaze. To the
sons of veterans who are here and yet remain "unblessed" I
suggest that in this charming group may be found and won
the greatest prize that life can bestow.
And to you, matrons, sponsors, and maids of honor, I ven-
ture this closing thought and sincere wish that with the aid
of all that your mothers have left you by precept and by ex-
ample you will continue to cherish your own ideal of South-
ern womanhood, realizing it to the extent of your power and
showing to the world how divine a thing a woman may be-
come.
THE MOXUMEXT AT COllXGTOX, VA.
A magnificent monument erected as a loving tribute to the
soldiers of Alleghany County, Va., by the Alleghany Chapter,
U. D. C, was unveiled at Covington last September with
imposing ceremonies. The monument stands in a corner of the
courthouse green, and is a beautiful shaft of Georgia marble
forty feet high and surmounted by the figure of a Confederate
soldier standing at "parade rest."
The program for the unveiling was preceded by a grand
parade led by Ensign Baker, of the old Stonewall Brigade, fol-
lowed by the sponsors, maids of honor, garland bearers, speak-
ers, and officers of the Chapter. Next in order were the secret
societies, the fire department, and citizens in automobiles.
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<:0VINGTON (VA.) MONUMENT. C. S. A.
Tlie iinvfiling exercises proper, which were interspersed
with music by the Citizens" Band of Covington, began with
"Dixie" sung by more than lliree hundred children who formccl
a Confederate battle flag. After the invocation by Rev. S. K.
Chapman, of Mosby's command, Judge George K. Anderson
introduced the orator of the day. Col. R. E. Lee. Jr.. a grand-
son of Lee the Great. Colonel Lee was greeted with an ova-
tion by the thousands who had gathered to witness the cere-
monies of the occasion. In the course of his eloquent address
the speaker presented a masterly vindication of the cause for
which the veterans fought. He was listened to with close at-
tention ; and when the applause at the conclusion of his speech
died away, the children of the human flag sang with ringing
voices the "Laud of Leo." a \'ir,ginia State song.
Mr. Robert L. Parrish. on behalf of the Daughters, pre-
sented the monument to the veterans, paying a fine tribute to
their valor and heroism. The monument was unveiled b\-
Misses Mary Kyle England and Louise Hammond, .grand-
daughters of Capt. Thompson McAllister, of the .Mlcghany
Roughs, and Lieut. Col. George W. Hammond, of the 6oth
Virginia Regiment, Breckinridge's Division. Mr. William M.
McAllister accepted the .gift for the veterans in an appropriate
speech, after which "The Bonnie Blue Flag" was sung by
thirteen young ladies, who were charmingly attired in cos-
tumes of bonnie blue.
Brief speeches were made by other prominent speakers, all
of whom united in praise to the Daughters, whose noble self-
sacrifice, untiring cnergj-, and loyal devotion in the face of
many obstacles had raised such a splendid monument to the
heroes of the county.
It is an interesting and illuminating fact that Alleghany
County furnished more soldiers to the Confederate cause than
she had voters during the years 1861-65. "They fought for
liberty, home, and those they loved. Their names are borne
on honor's shield and their record is with God."
U: B. TATE CAMP. XO. r-'5. t'- C. T.
\V. D. C. Member in Morristown (Tenn.) Gazette.]
Thinking a sketch of the history of W. B. Tate Camp.
United Confederate Veterans, might prove interesting, the
writer through the courtesy of Mr. R. C. Crouch, Commander,
gives the facts in regard to its organization and history.
The Camp was named in honor of William B. Tate, of
Grainger County, a brave Confederate soldier, who served
throughout the war. and his loyalty to the cause was attested
in many hard-fought battles. .\t Shiloh. when the late Capt.
J. C. Hodges was severely wounded, Mr. Tate exposed him-
self as a target for many bullets by carrying Captain Hodges
away from danger.
After the war, returning to his home in Grainger County,
he resumed work on his farm. He was frugal and industrious,
and accumulated considerable property. A few years prior to
the organization of the Camp he donated to the Confederate
, soldigrs of the First Congressional District twenty thousand
dollars, the stipulation being that those who had lost an arm
or a leg or who were totally blind should be the beneficiaries.
The distribution of this money was made in Morristown by
Cols. O. C. King and George P. Yoe. trustees of the fund.
The Camp was organized August 24, 1894. with about thirty-
live charter members, and has never missed a regular meet-
ing. The first Commander, Col. George P. Yoe, serred from
.\ugust, 1895, to December, 1896. He was succeeded by Dr.
Thomas J. Speck, who served to .^pril, 1910; and after his
death Mr. Crouch, the present Commander, was elected.
Dues of fifty-six members are paid to the Grand Encamp-
ment, while one hundred and sixty-eight members have been
enrolled since .\ugust, 1895.
Gradually but surely the call is being made, and silently
some veteran folds his arms and passes over to the great
beyond to the "bivouac of the dead." Through this never-
failing messenger the Camp has lost fifty-six members.
ATLAXTA IX JfAR TIMES— THE TROUT HOUSE.
Mrs. Wylie in the Atlanta Journal writes that for many
years Mrs. Alfred .\ustell has been identified with the social
and religious life of .Atlanta. She was in the very heart of
the political and social center during the entire progress of
the War of the States, and did not leave the city mitil Sher-
man arrived upon the scene.
"The Trout House was the place where much of the beauty
and chivalry of the Old South gathered," said she when asked
to relate soine of the happenings of the almost forgotten days
of the brave little town. "Before the war, as well as during
the war, it was the center of social, political, and military
life. The Trout House was situated on the northeast corner
of Pryor and Decatur Streets, facing the city park, which
was a plot of ground between Decatur Street and the Union
Depot. This park was beautifully laid out with winding
walks, ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowers, and it was
within its fragrant iiiclosure that the fashionable society peo-
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pie of Atlanta spent the summer afternoons, enjoying the
cool shade and social meetings. The hotel was a large
structure with an iron colonnade extending across the entire
front at the second story. From the colonnade the public
speaking took place, and many brilliant and daring speeches
were made to the great throngs that would congregate on
the streets below.
"My husband bought the Trout House in the fifties, and
when we moved to Atlanta he leased it to Mrs. Starr, of
Augusta, who was the most celebrated hostess in the South at
the time. When Mr. Austell purchased the hotel, we took
up our residence there and remained until 1864, when we
moved into my present home, on Marietta Street.
"As the foremost people of the South stopped at the Trout
House, I had a rare opportunity to meet the most brilliant
leaders along all lines of greatness that came to Atlanta. It
was during that period that I met Stephen Douglas and his
lovely bride and heard Mr. Douglas speak. He was intro-
duced by Luther Glenn, Mayor of Atlanta. JefTerson Davis,
who had just been elected President of the Confederacy, was
also a guest of the Trout House, and I shall never forget the
impression his personality made upon me during his stay in
Atlanta. Mr. Davis's visit occurred when the capital was
changed from Montgomery to Richmond. Mr. Davis also
spoke to the people during his visit, making a clear-cut,
spirited speech. Judah P. Benjamin was another distin-
guished-looking and celebrated guest of the house.
"It w^as during those times that the dashing, intrepid Gen.
John H. Morgan came to Atlanta after his escape from prison
and was the guest of the hotel, having a fine suite of rooms and
a private dining room. He was accompanied by his beauti-
ful wife and her brother and sisters, besides thirty of his men.
General Morgan had his recruiting station out in Decatur, and
every morning he would ride out from the hotel with his
party, including his wife and sister-in-law. Miss Reedy, and
Mr. Reedy, on horseback, returning at noon. This party added
much to the charm of the society life at the hotel, for General
Morgan was an adept in the art of gallantry and Mrs. Mor-
gan was beautiful and sang with a voice of unusual melody.
She and her sister were charming and cultured women.
"General Bruce and Gen. Basil Duke and his wife were at
the hotel, and many delightful people from Charleston, Mobile,
New Orleans, Nashville, Columbus, and other Southern cities
refugeed to Atlanta and took up a residence at the Trout
House, thereby making many a charming and brilliant gather-
ing within its walls. The Trout House was also a Mecca
for brides, there being six at the hotel at one time, all of
whom were prominent and well known throughout the State.
Among the brides whom I remember was Mrs. R. F. Maddox,
the mother of xMr. Robert F. Maddox, of this city. * * * '
"For several years before I moved to Atlanta to live 1
resided in Campbell County. My physician was Dr. Thomas
Glover, a fiery secessionist, who was one of the first to or-
ganize a company of soldiers. One morning he came to the
Trout House with one hundred and twenty-five men and
asked me to cover the canteens for the soldiers. I went down
to Mr. Silvey's store and got some cassimere ; and having in-
vited a number of my lady friends to come to the hotel and
assist me, we set about to make the covers and put them on.
The work had to be completed by evening, as the regiment was
to march on at night with one hundred and twenty-five more
men who had been recruited. Out of the two hundred and
fifty, seven surrendered. All were killed in Virginia but
seven. Among the survivors was a cousin of Mr. Austell's
who had enlisted as orderly sergeant. His name was Bradley
Kimbro: and as the officers were killed, he succeeded to the
command. An interesting story is told of him to the effect
that near the close of the w-ar he captured an entire battalion
with his own seven men by making them believe he had his
whole regiment waiting for his signal to take them prisoners
or kill them. Anyway, the Yankees stacked their guns, and
when they found how they had been trapped into surrender
they were very furious, and the captain said that if he had
known how few they were he would have worn out a hickory
on every one of them. He also told Bradley Kimbro that he
had broken every rule of military tactics and disregarded the
ethics of war. I never heard what was done with the Yankee
soldiers of that incident, but suppose they were paroled, as
there was no way to get them to prison at that time. It al-
ways seemed to me a very sad thing that so brave and fair a
body of young men should have to sacrifice their lives; but
it was war, and war means death.
"In 1864," continued Mrs. Austell, "we bought the home I
am now occupying. I have resided in it since that year and
have seen many changes going on around me. I did not
leave Atlanta during the war, as many did, but remained in
the city throughout the bombardment and until Sherman came.
I left then on the last train going out of Atlanta and made
a visit of several weeks to my mother in La Grange, until the
war was over. Travel in those days was not pleasant ; and
when it was announced at Macon that Sherman had left
Atlanta, everybody crowded into the cars. We got into the
coach through a window.
"Before we left Atlanta the town was bombarded. I could
see the shells high in the air, exploding and carrying death
and destruction with them. Of course the streets were more
or less deserted, and the greater number of killed were among
the soldiers. Sometimes we retreated into the "bomb-proof"
Mr. Austell had had dug in the back yard, and there we re-
mained until the danger passed. The "bomb-proof was a
large square hole dug deep and half filled with straw. The
cover was made of heavy logs and such other protective tim-
bers as we could get at hand. The citizens from the center of
town found shelter in the basement of the First Presbyterian
Church, and during the most severe fighting the soldiers
moved the cushions of the pews into the basement and slept
there. I remember that during the battle of the 22d of July I
looked out of the front of the house into Marietta Street, and
the whole face of the street looked blue, there were so many
Yankees there, Y'ankees that had been captured."
GREAT SEAL OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
BY MRS. MARY B. CLARK. HIST0RI.\N MUSAD0R.'\ C. M 'CORRY
CHAPTER, U. D. C, JACKSON, TENN.
The great seal of the Confederacy has been a theme of
discussion for nearly half a century, and theic has been much
speculation concerning its origin and possible fate. Every-
thing which has a tinge of mystery connected with it becomes
an interesting study. We have undoubted proof that the great
seal was provided for by the joint resolution of the Confed-
erate Congress April 30, 1S62, at Montgomery, Ala. The
seal is said to have been designed by Judah P. Benjamin, Sec-
retary of the Confederate States. The design was intrusted
to Hon. James M. Mason, Confederate Commissioner to En-
gland, who placed the design and order for the seal with the
firm of Wyon, her majesty Queen Victoria's chief engravers.
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Wyon engraved and completed the seal in London in July,
1864, at a cost of $600.
This seems to be proof positive that the great seal was
not lost, as has been so often stated. There appeared not
long since in the Atlanta Constitution a communication from
Judge Robert L. Rodgers. He writes: "It does not appear
that the press and materials were ever delivered in Richmond,
and the whole outfit must have been lost, strayed, or stolen by
blockade runners. Now, what did become of them? To whom
and when did Lieutenant Chapman deliver the seal? Has
anybody ever seen any impression of it on any Confederate
States official document or order or President Davis's official
proclamation?"
On a recent visit to Texas I wrote to Mrs. H. .\. Cline,
State Historian of the U. D. C, and whose home is at Whar-
ton, the home of Lieutenant Chapman, asking her to give me
any information she could on the subject. She very kindly
responded in a lengthy letter, from which I quote as follows:
"As a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
mid feeling a deep and abiding interest in all things Confed-
erate. I submit herein a statement penned by Lieutenant Chap-
man of his connection with the transportation of the great
seal of the Confederate States (designed by the Sculptor Foley
and made by the great artist Wyon\ from which it will be seen
that the seal was faithfully guarded by this trusted emissary
and conveyed from the hands of Commissioner Mason in Lon-
don, who had received it from the maker, Wyon, to Wilming-
ton. N. C, where unfortunately Lieutenant Chapman was
taken sick. Being too ill to proceed, and anxious to place the
seal in the hands of Secretary Benjamin as soon as possible,
he turned it over to Lieutenant Campbell to be delivered to
Secretary Benjamin, which Lieutenant Campbell declares that
he did.
"Lieutenant Chapman was for many years a member of
Buchcl Camp, L^ C. V., of Wharton County, and we of the
J E. B. Stuart Chapter, U. D. C. delighted to honor him in
life for the valuable service he rendered the cause as we
honor his memory. After the fall of the Confederacy, Lieu-
tenant Chapman located in Wharton and engaged in the prac-
tice of law until his death, which occurred three years ago.
.\lthough reticent and modest concerning his own deeds, he
remained true to the Confederate cause and held sacred its
principles. When called upon by a committee from the J. E.
B. Stuart Chapter a short time before his death, he was
pleased to present the satchel in which he brought the great
seal from London to Wilmington with this statement, a copy
of which, together with the satchel, was forward to Richmond
to be placed in the Texas Room in the Confederate Museum.
The statement is as follows :
" 'In the summer of 1864 I was ordered by Hon. James M.
Mason, the Confederate Commissioner to England, to bring
the great seal of the Confederate States and deliver it to Mr.
Benjamin, the Secretary of the Confederate States at Rich-
mond, Va. I had a valise made in London for the purpose of
bringing it over, and put a number of pounds of lead in the
valise in order that there might be no doubt of its sinking in
case I should be on the point of being captured by the Fed-
erals. I brought it safely over, but at Wilmington, N. C, I
was taken sick, and ordered Lieutenant Campbell to take it
to Richmond and deliver it to Mr. Benjamin, which he said
he did.
" 'Lieutenant Campbell had a large valise and could not
carry two; so I took the seal from the valise it came over in
and put it into the one belonging to Lieutenant Campbell,
with orders not to allow the valise to leave his hands until
he delivered it to Mr. Benjamin. I have had the valise ever
since, and have intended to write to the Daughters of the
Confederacy at Richmond and let them know I had it, but
have neglected to do so. Two ladies, Mrs. Huston and Mrs.
Outlar, called on me a few days ago and asked if I would give
it to the Daughters of Texas. They said they wanted it to
go to the Texas Room at Richmond. I told them certainly
I would give it to them, but first to write to the State Presi-
dent and ask if she would see that it was sent to Richmond.
They said they would do so, and that when they heard from
her they would come and get the valise. R. T. CH.^PMAN.'
"This may have been the only report Lieutenant Chapman
ever made, as the records show that he became ill when he
reached Wilmington. It might have been possible that some-
thing happened to Lieutenant Campbell after the seal was de-
livered to him ; but it is extremely improbable that such was
the case, because Lieutenant Chapman was sufficiently con-
cerned in its safe delivery to have known of the fact, and he
had Lieutenant Camphell's word that it was safely delivered.
Lieutenant Chapman fully realized the importance of his
commission, and it is improbable that after successfully evading
spies and blockade runners and reaching his ow-n country
with his precious burden he would have become so indifferent
as not to have known whether or not his orders were carried
out. No one who knew Lieutenant Chapman would doubt for
a minute that when he said over his signature that the seal
had been delivered to Secretary Benjamin he knew it to
be a fact."
The seal of the Federation of the V. D. C. is said to be a
reproduction of the great Confederate seal, with the excep-
tion of the inscription on the seal of the L^. D. C, which says,
"United Daughters of the Confederacy," on the under rim,
while that of the great seal of the Confederacy is said to be:
"The Confederate States of America, February. 1862."
WiLLi.\M B. Smith in Richmond Times-Disp.^tch, M.\y ig.
The story of the removal of the seal from Richmond and
its preservation through many years, with every person ac-
quainted with its whereabouts pledged to secrecy by the most
solemn Masonic oath, has been unearthed from the voluminous
records of the Library of Congress in Washington, and the seal
itself was located in possession of Rear Admiral Thomas O.
Selfridge, U. S. N., retired, now living in Washington, who
readily agreed to part with it for a consideration, expressing
his approval of a plan for bringing it back to Richmond and
its perpetual preservation in some suitable institution. The
seal is now in the vault of the Jefferson Hotel. It has been
carefully examined by many persons, and bears every indica-
tion of genuineness. * * *
The fact now appears to be fully authenticated that the seal,
together with a large number of official papers of the State
Department, was taken from Richmond on evacuation by Wil-
liam J. Bromwell, a clerk in the Confederate State Department,
or his wife. The papers were sold to the government by
Bromwell through Col. John T. Pickett in 1872 for $75,000,
and Captain Selfridge (now Rear Admiral) was the govern-
ment agent who examined and received the papers at Hamil-
ton, Ontario. In recognition of his services Colonel Pickett
presented the seal to Captain Selfridge, who has since had it
in charge.
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In an interview publislKil in tlie 'limes-Dispatch on October
IS, 191 1, Judge Walter A. Montague, formerly of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, who had been in Washington for
more than a year, traced the possession of the seal to Brom-
well. Judge Montague states : "There is at present suf-
ficient evidence to show that Admiral Selfridgc secured the
seal in 1873 from Col. John T. Pickett, the first Confederate
commissioner to Mexico."
Personal papers of the late Colonel Pickett have been ac-
quired by the Library of Congress which prove the contention
of Judge Montgomery that Pickett acted as Bromwell's at-
torney and not for himself in the sale of the State Depart-
ment papers to the government, and that the seal was pre-
sented to Captain Selfridge in recognition of his aid in that
transaction.
In disposing of the great seal to Messrs. Hunton. White.
and Bryan, .'\dmiral Selfridge has given a letter certifying to
its genuineness and offering the purchasers a period of
eighteen months to make every test before the transaction is
closed. The sea! will be sent to England this summer in
charge of a special messenger to be examined by its makers.
It was examined at the Jefferson Hotel by a representative of
the Times-Dispatch, and the seal bears on its margin the in-
scription : "Engraved by J. S. Wyon, 287 Regent Street, Lon-
don." The whole is of massive silver and is surmounted by
a heavy ivory handle and inclosed in a leather box, and that
in a wooden box, both of wliich are said to have been the
genuine inclosures in which it came from its maker.
Recently the Pickett papers and their references to the
great seal of the Confederacy caine to the attention of Gail-
lard Hunt, Chief of the Manuscript Division of the Library of
Congress in Washington, who. became convinced that the great
seal had been in the hands of .\dmiral Selfridge. Mr. Hunt
got into communication through Lawrence Washington with
Eppa Hunton, Jr., of Richmond. Mr. Hunton is undergoing
treatment in a hospital, and associated with himself are Wil-
liam H. White, President of the Richmond. Fredericksburg,
and Potomac Railroad, and Thomas P. Bryan, who had further
correspondence with Mr. Hunt and who went to Washington
and secured the great seal, bringing it back with them to
Richmond.
Mr. Hunt has furnislied the purchasers a statement of the
records now in the Library of Congress, serving to prove the
authenticity of the seal, his statement being accompanied by
copies of a large number of official papers and manuscripts : "
"At the third session of the First Congress of the Confed-
erate States of America a joint resolution was passed, which
was approved April 30, 1863, establishing a 'seal for the Con-
federate States.' The device was to be a representation of
the equestrian statue of Washington in the Capitol Square at
Richmond, surrounded by a wreath composed of the prin-
cipal agricultural products of the Confederacy (cotton, tobac-
co, sugar cane, corn, wheat, and rice) and having around the
margin the words: 'The Confederate States of America,
twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.'
"On May 20, 1863, Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State
of the Confederacy, sent an instruction to James M. Mason,
envoy of the Confederacy at London, informing him of the
law, inclosing a photograph of the statue and asking him to
have the seal made in England. On February 18, 1864, IMr.
Mason, informing Secretary Benjamin of the progress of the
work, said that the seal was being cut in silver, because that
metal was leys liab'e to rust than steel. The artist was J. S.
Wyon, maker of the great seals of England.
"On .Vpril 12. 1864. Mr. Mason reported that he had in-
structed Mr. Wyon to pack the seal, the press, and otlier ap-
pliances and put them in charge of Mr. Hotze, confidential
agent in London of the Confederate government. On July 6,
1864, Mr. Mason wrote his government that he was sending
the seal to .America by Lieutenant Chapman, C. S. N. * * *
Cost of seal, press, wax, and other appurtenances was £122 ids.
"\\'hen Riclimond was evacuated by the Confederate gov-
ernment in .\pril, 1S65. those records of the State Department
which Mr. Benjamin liad not destroyed and the great seal
were taken in charge by P.romwell. The records were con-
cealed by Iiim at first in a barn near Richmond, and his wife
secretly carried the great seal out of Richmond hidden in her
dress. Later she brought it to Washington.
In 1868 Col. John T. Pickett, a lawyer in Washington,
sometime commissioner of the Confederate States in Mexico,
and an officer in the Confederate army, on the staff of Gen-
eral Breckinridge, offered to sell to the government of the
United States as agent for a person whose identity he refused
to disclose the archives of the Confederate State Department,
the archives being, he said, in Canada.
"He made other and unsuccessful efforts to dispose of them
to private individuals. .Kfter prolonged negotiation, the gov-
ernment appointed an agent to go to Canada and inspect the
archives in April, 1872.
"In 1873 Pickett borrowed the seal from Captain Selfridge
and had one thousand electrotypes made from it by S. H.
Black, an electrotyper in New York, who was sworn to
secrecy. The impression was general that Colonel Pickett
himself had the seal, and he did not deny it ; but after the
electrotypes were made, it was restored to Captain Selfridge.
"Some question having been raised relative to the genuine-
ness of the seal from which the electrotypes had been made,
Pickett sent one of the electrotypes to J. S. and A. B. Wyon,
of which firm the engraver of the seal had been a member,
and received assurance from them of its genuineness.
"The fact of the seal's having been in possession of Brom-
well, of its having passed from him to Pickett, and from
Pickett to Captain Selfridge were revealed from the personal
papers of Pickett, which were acquired by the Library of Con-
gress within the past year. Of all the people concerned in the
history of the seal, Tliomas O. Selfridge is the only survivor.
.Acting in a personal and. unofficial capacity, I opened nego-
tiations with him to obtain pos'^'sion of the seal in order
that it might be restored to the Southern people, as I consider
it to be the most precious relic in existence of that separate
.American sovereignty which endured for so short a time and
left memories whicfi are so lasting. I invoked the assistance
of Lawrence Washington, Esq., who communicated the facts
of the discovery of the seal to Eppa Hunton, Jr., Esq., of
Richmond, and Mr. Hunton associated with himself William
H. White and Thomas P. Bryan, Esqs., also of Richmond.
These three public-spirited gentlemen have generously ac-
quired the seal, it being agreed on the part of all the persons
concerned in the transaction that it is to be placed in a public
institution in Richmond, formerly the capital of the Confed-
erate States. Gaillard Hunt,
"Of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Wash-
ington, D. C, May 14, 1912."
Among the exhibits is a copy of the act of the Confederate
Congress ordering that the seal should consist of a "device rep-
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resenting an equestrian portrait of Washington after the
statue which surmounts his monument in the Capital Square
at Richmond, surrounded with a wreath composed of the prin-
cipal agricultural products of the Confederacy." The act is
signed by Thomas S Bocock. Speaker, and Alexander H.
Stephens, President of the Senate. Further exhibits are copies
of correspondence between Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of
State of the Confederacy, to James M. Mason, agent of the
Confederacy in London, in which Mr. Benjamin says: "It is
rot desired that the work be executed by any but the best
artists that can be found, and the difference of expense be-
tween a poor and a line si)rcinicn of art in the engraving is
loo small a matter to be taken into consideration in a work
that we fondly hope will be required for generations yet un-
born."
The seal was brouglu to this country on the Cunard liner
Africa from Liverpool to Halifax and from Halifax to the
i.lermudas on the steamboat Alpha; and while running the
blockade to enter the South, Lieutenant Chapman was con-
stantly prepared to throw the seal overboard in the event of
capture by the enemy.
An interesting letter throwing light on the manner in which
the seal was taken from Richmond is that of Theodore J.
Pickett, a son of Col. John T. Pickett, now living in Xew
York City, to Gaillard Hunt, dated May 3, 1912, having been
secured since Mr. Hunt began his investigation. It says.
"Referring to our conversation about the Confederate seal,
I remember very well Mrs. W. J. Rronnvell's saying she carried
the great seal of the Confederacy in her bustle out of Rich-
mond when the Confederate government evacuated that city
when the Union forces took possession. Later in 1865 she
brought it to Washington herself, as she said. William J.
Bromw'cU was an officer in the Department of State of the
Confederacy. Mrs. Bromwell survived her husband for a
number of years. He died in London and Mrs. Bromwell
died in Washington, about two years ago. She had been a
clerk in the Navy Department for many years. Her father
was a distinguished officer in the Lhiited States navy."
Col. Thomas H. Pickett's letter book now in the Library
of Congress shows a number of letters to Captain Sel fridge.
One of them to Captain Selfridge, dated May 24, 1873, says:
"There is no danger of the 'aforesaid' being known to be in
your possession. In the public notice of it which I shall make
when my electrotype shall be ready it is my purpose to create
the impression that I still hold the article. By the way. the
electrotyper is Masonically pledged to secrecy."
"The Life of James M. Mason," by his daughter. p;ige 40.?.
gives the same correspondence alluded to between Conmiis-
sioncr Mason and Secretary Benjamin, with a full description
of the seal, whicli tallies in every detail, even to the position
of the date line.
In the interview published in the 1 imes-Dispatch on October
IS. 191 1, Jndge Walter .\. Montgomery, after showing that
the story of the negro James Jones was a pure hallucination,
traces the seal directly to .\dmiral Selfridge. He shows that
Jones was not in Richmond at the time of the evacuation, and
he quotes the statement of Col. Burton Harrison in the Cen-
tury Magazine for Xovember, 1884, who asserted that he
left Richmond on the iMiilay before w'ith Mrs. Davis and
party, together with maid and coachman, James Jones; "In
July. iS/J, the papers were bought by the L^iited States gov-
ernment, by special act of Congress, for $75,000. By the agree-
ment of sale the papers were to be delivered in Canada, and
Lieut. Thomas O. Selfridge, U. S. X., was commissioned to
receive them from Pickett. They were secured by Lieutenant
Selfridge. and arc now in the Library of Congress."
iriTH .IRMISTEAD il'HEX HE U.IS KILLED.
BV D. B. E.ASLEV, SCOTTSBURG. V.\.
While renewing my subscription I thought I would write of
the death of General .Xrmistead. as he fell at my feet.
I was a sergeant in Company H. 14th Virginia Infantry,
j'.nd before starting in the charge our captain specified three
or four men who were habitual "play-outs" and instructed the
file closers to "take them into that fight or kill them." he
didn't care which, and if we killed them he would be re-
• ponsible. I selected an old schoolmate, as he had done more
tilking and less fightirg than any one in the company. We did
not go far before he claimed to be wounded : but when I in-
sisted on seeing the wound, he .got up and ran. Finally he
dived through the space between the T4th and 57th Virginia
r:nd ran down the front of the 57th. I saw Sergeant Garner
tock his gun and run down the rear of the 57th Regiment.
Ours was the left company of the 14th Regiment. The
order was, "Guide center!" and just before I caught up they
crowded too much to the center, and the right company of
ihe 57th lapped behind our company and cut me ofT. I saw
;i gaj) in our line to the right and hurried through it and
ran to the front, looking back to locate my company, and
unexpectedly I ran into a whole line of Yankees. I brought
down my bayonet, but soon saw that every man had his arms
:ibovc his head ; so 1 crowded through them with no other
idea than to locate my company. By the time I was through
them I struck the stone fence in a battery of brass pieces.
1 mounted the fence and got one glance up and down the line,
while General .Xrmistead mounted it just to my left, with only
a brass cannon between us.
I forgot my company and stepped off the fence with him.
We went up to the second line of artillery, and ju.st before
reaching those guns a squad of from twenty-five to fifty
Yankees around a stand of colors to our left fired a volley
back at .Armistcad and he fell forward, his sword and hat
almost striking a gun. I dropped behind the gun and com-
menced firing back at them till they located me and poured
another volley. They shot my ramrod off where it entered
the stock. I then ran back to the stone fence to get another
gun. General Armistcad did not move, groan, or speak while
1 fired several shots practically over his body; so I thought
he had been killed instantly and did not speak to him. I have
since learned that he lived till next day.
I am not claiming any credit for being there, and acknowl-
edge that I was out of my place, for General .Armistcad was
killed on the left of the 14th in a space between it and the 57th.
(The reflection in the foregoing upon a few soldiers for
flickering in battle illustrates a case that was uimsual. The
writer recalls a man in his company who attracted much at-
tention by telling of his hand-to-hand conflicts and hair-
breadth escapes after a battle. He attracted attention by these
marvelous stories; so w-hen on Hood's Tennessee Campaign
a battle \yas expected at Decatur and the captain of this
man's company directed the sergeant to detail three men to
see that this soldier did only his part in the contemplated
fight. The next seen of the fellow he was in a Federal uni-
form, and when asked why he deserted said ; "I had to do
something for a living."]
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HOIV FORREST fCO.V OfER STREIGHT.
BY MRS. C. A. MITCHELL (MEMORIAL DAY), LAFAYETTE, GA.
I can see the little home now where we had the pleasure of
entertaining Gen. N. B. Forrest and his staff on May 3, 1863,
a day made memorable by one of the greatest Southern vic-
tories during the War of the States. We were living tempo-
rarily thirteen miles south of Rome on the old .Alabama road,
my husband. Judge Thomas E. Williamson, having sold his
river bottom farm. Glen Willie, seven miles below Rome on
the Coosa River.
While at breakfast Sunday morning Maria, the maid, came
in saying that a soldier was at the gate calling for buttermilk.
He was invited in to breakfast, but declined, asking only for
milk. Before he was supplied a comrade joined him, and yet
another, until quite a number had collected at the front gate.
Maria appeared the second time, saying: "The buttermilk is
all gone." She was ordered to give the milk in the churn,
which she did, and that soon disappeared. Later I went to
the front door and bade the men good morning, not noticing
the absence of guns nor the color of uniforms, so dust-soiled
were they. One soldier looked up and said : "We had the big-
gest fight yesterday, and I'll tell you we gave the Yankees
h — ." I answered, "I wish you had given them more," not
knowing that they were captured Federals. [It may be re-
called that they were paroled. — Editor.]
They then rode on toward Rome. Others were passing all
morning. Upon finding that they were bluecoats, we put our
valuables out of sight as well as we could. Gathering up the
silver and gold, Maria and I went to the henhouse, removed
an old speckled hen, and deposited our treasures underground,
carefully replacing the nest and persuading the hen to resume
her occupation. The soldiers quietly passed on. Horace, the
groom, had brought the carriage, but we did not go to Sunday
school that day.
Everyone was excited, the neighbors going from house to
house. While at my sister's home near by I was called to
come home and bring the keys to the sideboard, where the
wines were kept. On my arrival the house was full of sol-
diers, both the blue and the gray. I thought the whole army
was upon us and said to my guest: "O, Mr. Choat, let your
prayers ascend on high !"
I was introduced to Generals Forrest and Streight, and
wines were passed to the exhausted officers. [Forrest was
not in the habit of taking any beverage. — Editor.]
General Forrest was a brave and noble general. Streight's
forces had been sent out for the purpose of reaching Rome, de-
stroying railroads and bridges, liberating the Federal prison-
ers, and taking the commissaries, thus cutting off communica-
tion with Bragg's army and the supplies of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston. Forrest was ordered to pursue Streight and save
Rome. The armies had been skirmishing four or five days.
Near Gadsden Streight and his men crossed Black Creek,
burning the bridge behind them. Forrest, arriving a few hours
later, found himself cut off by the high waters, and inquired
of a family the best place to ford the creek. While the lady,
Mrs. Sanson, was giving directions, Emma, the eighteen-year-
old daughter, offered to show him the "shallows," where she
had driven the cows across. Taking her behind him on his
horse, she piloted the way, his brave men following. She was
sent back to her home in safety. Some years after Emma
Sanson was granted a section of land by the State of Ala-
bama and the Governor presented her with a medal properly
engraved.
Before finding the "shallows'' Forrest shouted across the
stream that he would give one thousand dollars to the man
who would take the news to Rome that Streight was on the
way. John H. Wisdom volunteered, saying that he would
go, but did not want any reward. The citizens of Rome years
after presented Mr. Wisdom with a silver service in recogni-
tion of his deed. He died four years ago at his home, Hoke's
Bluff, Ala.
Forrest was known as a strategist, never endangering the
lives of his men when it could be avoided. His forces had
been reduced to a part of a regiment, about five hundred men,
with but two field pieces ; while Streight's number was nearly
two thousand, as we understood.
There was a knoll around which the soldiers had to pass,
and, knowing that sentinels were watching, Forrest's men
were made to go round and round many times to show their
"vast numbers."
While Forrest was demanding Streight's surrender, couriers
were dispatched from
various directions
asking for General
Forrest's headquar-
ters and announcing
that reenforcements
were arriving. For-
rest seemed not tn
notice their comin.L;,
directing his atten-
tion to the opposing
general. Streiglit
reluctantly surren-
dered, deeming it
unwise to enter a
battle with such
odds against him.
When the ruse was
discovered. Streight
wept with disap-
pointment.
Their arms were
stacked a half mile
, , , MRS. CAROLINE MITCHELL.
from our house, and
the hungry men poured in. The large gate was opened in front
of our house and wagons and tents were taken into the grove.
Every negro on the place was put to work with pot, oven, and
skillet cooking for the exhausted soldiers. I continued till
midnight serving one table after another. The advance guard
who had passed in the morning were turned back by a fabri-
cated report that the cannon had been planted on the hills of
Rome, and that the Confederates were ready to meet them.
This story was told them by Mrs. Meyers, whose husband
was a Confederate soldier and whose father, Curtis Bailey,
was at her home hidden in a thicket.
Among Forrest's men were the late Col. Moses Clift and
W. T. Skelton, whose families still reside in Chattanooga.
In the fall of 1863 we moved to a large plantation six miles
north of Rome, taking with us more than a hundred negroes,
with horses, mules, and cattle, to cultivate a very large farm.
For eighteen months we were undisturbed. Many of our
neighbors refugeed, but Mr. Williamson remained, quietly pur-
suing his agricultural interests.
Sherman's campaign began the last of November, and while
stationed at Rome two Federal officers rode up to our house
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one day and discovered our well-stocked farm, full cribs, etc.
Then the foraging began, and for six months, excepting two
weeks, army wagons came every day, taking away to their
camps the corn and meat, oats, fodder, potatoes, and, lastly,
the green corn in the field. I stood on the porch and saw
them take twenty-five horses and mules to recruit their army.
There was left only a yoke of young oxen, and some wanton
soldier was careful to shoot them. However, the oxen re-
covered, and I asked a Federal officer to give me protection
for them to haul our firewood the next winter. A little slip
of paper served the purpose ; and although frequent attempts
were made, no one molested my property, and the next spring
we rode to church in an oxcart, thankful for our lives.
Some negroes reported that we were hiding Confederates
in a cave on our place, and two officers came to investigate.
Mr. Williamson went with them and showed them the empty
cave. They dined with us. Before leaving, one of them re-
marked that they had looked for a spy, but found a gentleman.
Not only our home but the whole country was devastated.
Mr. Williamson never recovered from the shock, but died six
years later. Somehow I was given the strength to withstand
tlie loss better than he, and for my children and my country
I have done mv best.
transferred to Forrest's old regiment of cavalry as Company
A and surrendered at Gainesville, Ala."
CAPTURED THE COLORS OF A REGIMENT.
In April or May, 1864, in Cherokee County, Ala., Federal
troops came down the main road leading from Rome, Ga., to
Gadsden. Ala. The Confederates attacked them from both
sides and forced them to retreat the way they came into the
valley. This threw the colors into the rear. The Confed-
erates pressed the retreating enemy, and while passing the
brow of a hill on which stood the house of the widow Huilson
the color bearer was wounded. His horse falling, lie threw
the colors into the corner of a fence near by.
Sammie Bell, about eleven years old, son of the widow Hml-
son, ran out as soon as the firing ceased and took up the colors
and carried them into his house, .\bout an hour later a small
Confederate force came up, and Sammie gave the colors to
the officer in charge. The soldiers went off yelling with joy at
the capture of the colors, and this was the last the boy ever
saw of them.
Samuel B. Hudson, now a man of sixty, would like to know
to what regiment these colors belonged and what finally be-
came of them. \i any of the readers of the Confeder.\te
Veter.\n know about the affair, he would be gratified to hear
from them. Mr. Hudson is Superintendent of the City Water
and Light Plant, Ashburn, Ga.
[Data sent by Rev. W. E. Towson, of Ashburn, Ga.]
Dabney W. Collier, of Memphis. Tenn., refers to an inquir^i
about a company knovrn as "The Southern Guards.'' of which
lie says: "It was a fine old company, organircd here before
the war. and belonged to the famous old is^di Senior Regi-
ment. Tennessee Volunteers, as well as militia. The company
went out with the 154th, but were promptly transferred to a
battery of heavy artillery commanded by Captain Hamilton.
Later, if I am not mistaken, they were disbanded and the
members all joined other commands, some going to the cav-
alry and others back to the infantry, of which several went
to the old regiment. It was a splendid body of men, including
some of the best citizens of Memphis. This is all from mem-
ory. The company to which I belonged was known as the
'Bluff City Grays' and then Company B, 154th; but it was
J. R. Gilchrist, of Malvern, Ark., writes in behalf of the
widow of James H. Taggart, who enlisted at Port Caddo,
Tex., early in the war, serving with Company A, 3d Texas
Cavalry, Ector's Brigade. He was serving under Van Dorn
when the latter was killed, and later was transferred to a
battalion of scouts operating on Big Black River.
IKDIAS AGEXT UNDER PRESIDENT DAVIS.
This faithful Southerner, of Oklahoma, was appointed by
President Jefferson Davis as agent for the Seminole Indians,
and served as such until the close of the war. He served
under the Secretary of the Interior as substance agent for
.1. S. MURROW, A VE.VERABLE SURVIVOR.
refugee Indains of various tribes who were camped along Red
River. He was intrusted with large sums of money and the
making of large contracts, where bribery offers of various
kinds were made ; but he is proud now that he always drove
the tempter away. In the early part of the war he served in
Albert Pike's brigade, and he was in the battle of Elkhorn.
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Memokiai. I RirvTE BV Li:e-J.\c Ksox LHAi'TtK. Reeuville, Va.
The following are the names of Confederate veterans who
have died since May lo. iQii. .-md for whom memorial ex-
ercises were held on May lo. 19U. by Lcc-Jackson Chapter,
Ko. 1284, U. D. C, of Northumberland County, Va. :
Horace L. Brill. Co. D, glh Va. Cav.
Robert L. Clark, Co. C. 40th Va. Inft.
James B. Duiigan, Co. C. 40th Va. Inft.
Frederick Licb. Co. F. 40th Va. Inft.
Henry Myers, Co. A. 40th Va. Inft.
X'.ah Pittman, Co. F, 40th Va. Inft.
Thomas J. Marsh. Co. A. 40th \'a. Inft.
Rev. A. D. Reynolds, Co. D, gth \'a. Cav.
Philip Swift. Co. F. 40th Va. Inft.
Albin D. Tapscott, Co. D, 9th Va. Cav.
Atway Webb, 40th Va. Inft.
Joseph T. Yerby. Co. D, pth Va. Cav.
Dr. S. Kitching. who was with General Cnbcll in the Trans-
Mississippi Department, but who died in Xorthumberland
County.
Angus Shaw.
Camp Ryan. No. 417, Maxton, N. C, lost an honored mem-
ber in the death of Angus Shaw in July, 191 1, aged seventy-
three years. He w-as in school at the University of North
Carolina when the war opened, and from there he enlisted in
the Confederate army, and he was a faithful soldier to the
end. He was a member of Company D, ist Battalion Heavy
Artillery, and was captured at the fall of Fort Fisher in
January. 1865. and kept a prisoner until June, 1865. He was
married in 1875 to Miss Mary McLean, of Maxton. Their
four children, two sons and two daughters, are all living.
W. C. Price.
W. C. Price, who died at Jasper, Te.x.. on the 3d of May,
1912, aged seventy-seven years, was a Tennesseean by birth.
He went to Texas in 1853 and settled at Jasper. He enlisted
in Company E. Whitfield's Texas Legion. Ross's Brigade,
early in 1862. and served until the end. This brigade, as is
well known, was in the .\rmy of Tennessee, and was in most
of the battles of that army.
Comrade Price was a good citizen, a good soldier, and a
Christian gentleman. One of his daughters, Mrs. Kittrell,
now lives in Columbus. Ohio, and is a prominent member of
the Daughters of the Confederacy there.
Frank Fitziut.h.
F. C. Fitzhugh died in May, 1910, at the age of seventy-two
years. He was living in Charlottesville, Va., in i85i, and
promptly volunteered in Company F, 13th Virginia Regiment,
but the surgeon, Dr. William F. Grymes, refused to pass him.
He returned home, but soon afterwards he joined an artillery
company made up in Charlottesville under Capt. W. T. Car-
rington. He participated in many battles in Virginia and
Maryland. In that of Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864, his battery
was captured with Johnson's Division. Fitzhugh escaped,
with a few others, when General Gordon recaptured three
lines of works. He returned with the infantry and helped to
tire his gun as long as the ammunition lasted. He stayed with
the infantry all day; but on the next day he, with a few of
his company (Captain Carrington having been captured),
joined another comi)any of artillery, in which he served until
the surrender at .\ppomattox. where he was paroled,
Coiurade Fitzhugh was always loyal to the cause for which
he fought, and enjoyed talking over the battles of those stir-
ring years. He was a consistent member of the Church.
Georce S. Bernard.
Mr. G. S. Bernard was born in Culpeper County. Va., Au-
gust 2"/, 1837. He received his education in Petersburg, Va.,
and at the L'niversity of Virginia. He taught school for a
short time, and in 1S59 was admitted to the bar in the city
of Petersburg.
At the outbreak of the War of the States, in .^pril, 1861, he
enlisted in the Petersburg Riflemen. The battalion of Peters-
burg volunteers to which he belonged soon was sent, under
Maj. D. A. Weisiger, to capture the navy yard at Gosport.
Mr. Bernard was discharged from the army in the fall of
1861 because of fever with which he was suffering. By the
next March he had recovered and reenlisted in the Neherrin
Grays, from Greenesville County, Va. This company later be-
came a part of the 12th Virginia Regiment of Gen. William
JNIahone's brigade. He served in the campaigns of 1862 around
Richmond and in Maryland and was wounded in the bittle of
Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862. He returned to the
ir'etersburg Riflemen in 1863, and served with them to the
end, participating in all of the principal engagements of Ma-
hone's command. In the battle of Hatcher's Run, February
6, 1865, he was wounded again.
Mr. Bernard engaged in newspaper work after the war '.<nd
contributed much to civil service reform. He was the author
of "War Talks by a Confederate Veteran.'' This work was
based upon an accurate notebook and diary which he kept
during the war, and it has met with a w-ide sale. He was in
pctive legal practice up to the time of his death. He served
in the Virginia Legislature.
When the A. P. Hill Camp, of which he was Conuuander,
visited the G. A. R. Post at Springfield, Mass., he was the
principal speaker from the Confederate sidf at a banquet
wiiich was given by Northern veterans.
J. W. Howard.
James W. Howard w-as born in Starkvillc, Miss., April
9, 1842. He joined the Columbus Riflemen, Company K, 14th
Mississippi Infantry, early in the war. Contracting rheuma-
tism, he was sent to the hospital in Columbus, Miss., for some
time, and wdiil- there was discharged from service. He latei
reenlisted in Company B, 43d ^lississippi Infantry, and was in
the siege of Vicksburg and the battles of Frankhn and Nash-
ville. He was captured near Nashville and imprisoned at
Camp Douglas until after the close of the war.
Kirk. — Lewis H. Kirk was born in Columbus. Miss.. Au-
gust 24, 1843. He joined the Columbus Riflemen, Company
K, 14th Mississippi Infantry, at the outbreak of the war, and
served throughout the entire four years. He was captured at
Fort Donelson ard kept in prison nine months. He died at
his home in Miami, Fla., on F'ebruary 4, igi2.
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Ho\. Lucius Lamar Midplebkook.
Hon. Lucius L. Midillcbrook passed away at his liomc, in
Covington. Ga.. January 22, igiJ. after an extreme illness ot
four days, though he had been in tnilini; health for months.
At the age of fourteen Lucius Middkbrook entered the Con-
federate service, enlisting September 25, 1862, in Lee's Bat-
talion of the 4th (leorgia Regiment. He served at Atlanta
twelve nionllis, until tlie time of his enlistment e.xpircd, when
he reentered the service upon the organization of State troops,
and was second lieutenant of the company from Xewton
County, with which he remained until the close of the war.
At the age of nineteen he went to Central America, and re-
mained a year in Honduras. He was admitted to the bar in
1871. and in public office he was City Treasurer for several
years, Chairman of the Board of Education, Mayor of Coving-
ton in 1890-gi, and an Elector for the Democratic party from
his district in 1896, He represented Xewton County in tlie
legislature for ten years and was four years in the Senate.
Colonel Middlebrook was prominently associated with the
V. C. V. for many years, having served on the staffs of Gens..
Stephen D. Lee and Clement A. Evans, also as a Brigadier
General, L'. C. V. At the time of his death he was Adjutant
of the Camp in Covington, Ga., and was always deeply inter-
ested in Confederate matters. He was a member of the
Mctluulisl Church.
Deaths i.\ Camp Cabell. V. C. V., Ver.nox. Tex.
Between April i, 1911, to the same date in 191J the follow-
ing of this Camp have been added to the last roll :
Rev. Peter Smith, Co. A. 31st Te.x. Inf.. September j8, 191 1.
D. L. Holt, Co. G, 2d Te.x. Inf., October 5, 191 1.
J. G. Wood, Co. C, Phillips's Legion Cav., October, 191 1.
H. Feely, Co. B, 2o;h Ga. Inf., May i. 1911. He was also a
veteran of the Mexican \\ .tr. and was ninety-three years of
age. He walked 150 miles to join the army to Mexico.
G. B. Keily, another Mexican veteran, died May 9. 191 1.
Shem E. Hatchet, Co. C. 7th .'Xrk. Inf., June 1,5. 191 1.
J. .\. Lance, who served in the 6th Ga. Inf.
T)r. Joseph William Perry.
Joseph W. Pcrr\', son of Rev. Dow Perry, was born October
r, i8,'o. in Lagrange, Ga. : and died at Paul's Valley. Okla.,
Kcbriiary 13. 1912. He w-as buried at Terrell, Tex.
Reared in a Chri'^tian home, he early united with the Meth-
odist Church, in which he lived and died. In 1S59 he was
married to Miss Eliza Wilson, who. witli three sons and one
daughter, survives hiuL One 'on preceded him to "tb:it belter
land."
Dr. Perry graduated from the JilTerson Medical College at
Philadelphia, and was engaged in the practice of medicine
when the war liegan. He enlisted in the Confederate service,
and was made lieutenant in Company G, 45th .Mabama Regi-
ment, but failing health caused him to resign before the war
ended. He removed from .Mabama to Texas in 1867 and re-
sumed the practice of his profession. He lived near Fort
Worth. Wills Point, and also Terrell, Tex., before moving to
Oklahoma. As father, brother, husband, physician, or citizen
he was loved and respected by all alike.
Dr. Perry leaves two sisters, who live in Te.xas. and two
brothers. Rev. O. S. Perry, of the .Mabama Conference, and
C. S. Perry, of Los Angeles.
[From sketch by J. A. X. Cranberry, a devoted friend.]
Capt. J. T. Haxxaford.
.Alter two years of ill b.ealth. death came to Capt. J. T.
Hannaford on .April 8. 1912, at his home in Morrillton, Ark.
The home of his parents was Suffolk, Va.. but they moved
in 1838 to Shelby County. Tenn., near Memphis, where this
son was born.
He entered the Confederate army on May i. 1861, from
Lexington, Miss., serving in the 171b Mississippi Regiment,
Barksdale's Brigade. Lee's .Army. He was in the first battle
of ^lanassas, in the seven days' battle around Richmond, also
in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Harper's
Ferry, and Sharpsburg. He was with Longstreet's Corps at
Chattanooga, Petersburg. Gettysburg, and in the last battle*
around Richmond, surrendering with General Lee at Ap-
pomatlox Courthouse. He lost tv.o brothers during the war^
one at Chattanooga and the other at Belmont, Mo. The Con-
federate cross of honor was one of his most prized possessions.
Captain Hannaford engaged in business at Fort Smith,
.\rk.. in 1870: but in 1874 he went to Morrillton, and had since
lived there. He was very successful in business, and was
highly esteemed. His first wife was Miss Juliet Dowdle, who
died in 1898. In 1900 he was married to Mrs. Emma Sayle,
who survives him. In early life Captain Hannaford became
a member of the Church, and ever remained faithful to its
teachings, serving as a loyal and constant official.
Deaths in Camp John B. Gordo.n". SpkIiNG Place, Ga.
The Grim Reaper in his visits to John B. Gordon Camp at
Spring Place. Ga., in 191 1 captured seven of its members — viz.:
W. R. Black, Chai)lain. was born in 1846; and died March
1. 191 1. He served in Company A, 39th Georgia Regiment,
and surrendered April 26, 1865, at Gree:isboro, X. C.
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S. C. Cliurcliman was born in 1838: and died May 7, 191 1.
He belonged to Company D, 2.'d Georgia Regiment, and sur-
rendered at Appomattox C. H., Va., April 9, 1865.
J. B. Brindell was born July 14, 1827; and died July 21,
191 1 He was a member of Company C, nth Georgia Regi-
ment. He was a good and faithful soldier until discharged
because of age and failing health.
F. M. Kilgore died February j;, 191 1. He was in Company
A, 39th Georgia Regiment, and surrendered at Appomattox
April 9, 1865.
J. B. Springfield died January 8, 191 1. He belonged to
Company C, nth Georgia Regiment.
J. D. C. Laughridge died January 8, 191 1. on the same day
'of his comrade Springfield, who was of the same company.
A. L. Keith died December 5. ign. He belonged to Com-
;pany A, 39th Georgia Regiment, and surrendered April 26,
J865. at Greensboro, Ala.
The following were not members of John B. Gordon Camp :
R. R. Love died August 7, 191 1. He belonged to Company
^, 8th Georgia Regiment.
J. M. Robinson died March 14. 191 1. He belonged to Com-
pany C, 8th Georgia Regiment.
H. A. McCullom died May 17, 191 1. He was of Company
I, 1st Tennessee Regiment.
M. R. Prichard died October 2. 191 1. He belonged to Com-
pany C, 22d Georgia Regiment.
J. F. Petty died July 22. 191 1. He belonged to Company F,
20th Georgia Regiment.
[Commander B. W. Gladden. .Adjutant Thomas J. Ramsey,
and L. F. Peeples, Committee.]
C.\PT. J. A. Leftwich.
The death of Capt. J. A. Leftwich at Mount Vernon, Tex.,
on June 4. 1912, removed one of the old landmarks of Frank-
lin County. He was born in Bedford County, Va., June i,
1833, and emigrated to Texas in the year 1858. He entered
the Confederate service at Sulphur Springs, Tex., and at his
own expense equipped a company for service. He was captaiit
of Company F, 6th Texas Infantry, Maxey's Regiment, Chal-
mer's Brigade. Resigning as captain during 1862, he went to
the Trans-Mississippi Department of service, and was en-
gaged in the ordnance department for Gen. E. Kirby Smith,
serving to the close of the war.
Captain Leftwich was First Lieutenant of Ben McCulloch
Camp, U. C. v., of Mount Vernon, and devoted to the in-
terests of Confederate survivors.
Gf.orce B. Svdnor.
George B. Svdnor was one of sixteen children born to Wil-
liam B. Sydnor and Sarah T. (nee Austin) Svdnor at
Meadow Farm, Hanover County, Va. He was born February
20, 1842; and died at Corder, Lafayette County, Mo., Sep-
tember 30, 191 1. For several months previous to his death
he was a great sufferer ; but he bore his sufferings with
Christian courage, and was most considerate of those who
ministered to him.
He was living in Galveston when that State seceded, and
joined the Texas troops that captured Fort Brown, near
Brownsville, Tex. In the summer of 1861 he returned to
Virginia and joined the Hanover Troop, Company G, 4th Vir-
ginia Cavalry, under J. E. B. Stuart, and continued with that
company till the end of the war. He was with Stuart on his
famous raid around McClelland's army in June, 1862.
In the charge at Kelley's Ford he was in the first set of
fours on March 17, 1863. His horse was killed under him,
and he received two saber cuts and one pistol wound and was
taken prisoner. Though suffering greatly from shock and
loss of blood, he made his escape early the next morning.
This battle was said to be the first in wliich the Federal cav-
alry ever crossed sabers with Stuart's Cavalry.
At the close of the war Mr. Sydnor returned to his native
county and engaged in farming. In 1870 he located in La-
fayette County, Mo., and except for a few years continued to
make that county his home until his death.
Six of the Sydnor brothers bore arms for the stars and
bars. In the tests of picket, vidette, and scout, as well as on
the field, his coolness, courage, and sagacity were conspicuous.
GKOUGE U. SVIi.XOU.
Such soldiers have ever been modest while liberal in the
praise of otlicrs. He accepted the results of the war and met
l;is subsequent civic obligations successfully with courage and
intelligence. As a citizen he had high ideals, and ever con-
ducted himself consistently with them; yet his heart was so
filled with that charity which "thinketh no evil" that he was
one of the last to impute improper motives to others. In his
judgment of men and measures he was quick and discrimi-
nating, and he always had an open hand for those in need.
Measures for the public welfare always commanded his
earnest support ; yet he was uncompromising in his opposi-
tion to unworthy methods. He was cordial, sympathetic, and
enjoyed the companionship of his family and of his friends.
Indeed, to an unusual degree he enjoyed all of the blessings
which God had given him. His wit and humor were delight-
ful, and he was charming with his pen.
In 187s he married Miss Addie L., daughter of Mr. Frank
S. Burton, one of the most esteemed citizens of that good
county. His widow and three sons survive him.
For years he was a devoted member of the Baptist Church.
He requested that notice of his death be sent the Veter.^n.
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Hf.xrv D. Pearce.
Gloom hangs over our Chapter. The Daughters of the Con-
federacy reahze that their strongest advocate has passed to
eternal rest. The hearts of onr veterans are bowed in sorrow.
H. D. Pearce organized the A. V. Winkler Chapter, No,
1 104, U. D. C. and approved our hi.storical work. His
soul was attuned to all that was broad and great and good.
He would say in adoring tone, "Our Confederacy." He or-
ganized many of the reunions. At San Angelo in 191 1 he was
made secrctaA' for life, but death soon overtook him. Brave-
hearlcd and with cnnrage to the end. he surrendered Decem-
ber X. 101 I.
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IIKNRV D.AVIS PE.\RCF..
1 lonry Davis Pearce was born June 4. 1S45. in .Vuanis Omnty.
111. He went to Grayson County, Tex., in May, iSjt), joined
.1 company made up by Capt. 1\ W. Self, called the "Sabine
Rebels," in .August, i8fii, and was sworn into service at Xew
Orleans September ,s. 1S61. About three weeks later the com-
pany w:is luustercd into Company P. of the 17th Louisiana
Infantry. In January, 1S62, while .at Corintli, Miss., ho was
taken sick with pneuiuonia and sent to tlie hospital at Oxford,
Miss., and remained there six or seven weeks, and so missed
the battle of Shiloh. He was discharged December 17, 1862,
and returned to Grayson County, wliere he recnlisted in Com-
pany D, i6lh Texas Dismounted Cavalry. The regiment was
camped at Hcmpsto.ul, Tex., when the end came.
While in Houston on a furlough tlic news came tliat his
regiment had been nuisiered out. On learning this he re-
ported to Gen. J. H. M.igrudcr for duty, being the only one
of his regiment left, by whom he was given discharge .\T:;y 22,
1865. while "true to liis colors to the last."
He moved to Runnels Connt.v with his family January 13,
1880. There he served three terms as justice of the peace, be-
longed to the Runnels Baptist Church, helped organize Run-
nels County, and was postmaster at Runnels seven years. He
moved to Coke County in the year 1907, and resided there
until the time of his death.
[Sketch by Mrs. J. D. Davis, President A. \'. Winkler Chap-
ter, 1 104, It has been unavoidably delayed.]
J.VMF.S M. COTTOX.
James Madison Cotton, a "business pioneer" of Houston,
T ex., died at his residence there on June 19, 1912, surrounded
by the members of his immediate family. He was a member
of the S, O. Cotton & Bros, Insurance Company. He was
also a director in the William .A. Wilson Company, and was
interested in a number of other Houston enterprises. He had
been prominent in the business aflFairs of Houston since 1875.
Mr. Cotton was born October 14. 1845, at Oglethorpe, Ma-
con County, Ga, He served in the War of the States, and
later moved to Houston. Tex. He is survived by his widow,
his niece (Mrs. W. B. Munson. of Angleton, Tex.), and live
nephews. He is also survived by two nieces by marriage,
-Miss Hallie Todd and Mrs. F. P. Berry. He was a member
of the First Methodist Church and took a leading part in
Church work. He was well known to the other members of
the congregation. He was a member of the Dick Dowling
Camp. U. C. v., and had always taken an active part in
the aflfairs of that organization. He was also a member of
Gray Lodge, No, 329, Masons. The funeral was held from
the residence.
F. M. D.\GGETT.
Sergt. F. M. Daggett died at West Point, Miss., June II,
T912. I knew Fred from cliildhood, and we were classmates
in school until the war began, enlisting at the same time
with the Pontotoc Minute Men, which became Company C,
2d Mississippi Infantry, We were messmates in the army
and were captured at Gettysburg and in prison together at
Fort Delaware. I never knew him to miss a roll call or shirk
a duty. He was true in every sense.
While at Fort Delaware he wrote to an aunt for some
money. She replied that if he would take the oath of allegiance
to the L^nited States she would send him as much as he
w.inted. He answered her that he took an oath to support the
Constitution of the Confederate States, and as long as there
was a Confederacy he expected to keep that oath.
I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Mobile Reunion
for the lirst time in nearly forty years. We had both grown
old and gniy, and were grandfathers. Of course we were glad
to meet again, but didn't recognize each other at first. He
wrote me soon after he got home, and that was the last I
heard of him till I saw an account of his death in the Vet-
i:k.\n. He has gone to meet the majority of that gay com-
pany of over one hundred young men who left their homes on
a bright .Xpril day in 1861.
(iMoni sketch by C. W. Farlc, of Dodd City, Tex.]
H.\NE. — C. L, Willoughby, Adjutant of the Camp at L,ike-
land, Fla., reports the death of another member of that
Camp, Urban H. Hane. who died on January 12, 1912. He
was born in South Carolina May 12. 1838. He enlisted in
the loth Florida Regiment in April, 1862, and was discharged
,\pril 9, 1865. He was wounded at St. John's Bluff, Fla., and
at Petersburg, Va.
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William Hknrv Taylor.
Died of pneumonia March 29, 1912, at Ills home, near Cole-
man's Falls, Bedford County, Va., Mr. William Henry Taylor,
in his seventy-third year. He was born in Amherst County,
near Mead's Chapel, January 12, 1S40, the son of Capt. Alfred
Taylor and Mary Mead, and a grandson of Rev. Stith Mead.
When eight years old his parents moved to Lynchburg.
In April, 1861, at the beginning of the War of the States, he
enlisted in Company A (Rifle Grays), nth Virginia Infantry.
He was engaged in many battles, and was severely wounded
in the battle of Seven Pines. Rev. .^sbury Christian states in
his book, "Lynchburg and Its People," that he saved the life
of his colonel, Maurice Langhorne, at the peril of his own life.
Just before the war closed he was in prison at Newport
News. He and two of his comrades escaped by bribing the
guard with gold sent to him by an aunt living in Missouri.
They walked all the way to Lynchburg before hearing that the
war had ended.
On jNIarch 31, 1912, he was laid to rest in the quiet church-
yard of the Cove, of which Church he had been a faithful
steward for twenty-five years. The pallbearers were his sons
and sons-in-law.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Henrian Per-
row, of Amherst County, and nine children, as follows : Dr.
Ashby Mead Taylor, of Elsberry, Mo.; Mrs. W. J. Bassette,
of Henry County, Va. ; Mrs. R. W. Walker, of Paducah, Ky. ;
Mrs. J. B. Field, of Roanoke, Va. ; Mrs. W. E. Elliott, Mrs.
J. D. Lancaster, Messrs. J. P. Taylor, P. R. Taylor, and Wil-
liam H. Taylor, Jr., of Bedford County, Va. He also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs.
H. C. Rees, of Hampton, Va.
When a boy Mr. Taylor united with the Methodist Church,
and was ever unswerving in his allegiance to every duty of
that sacred relation. Honest and unflinching in his principles,
optimistic, and cheery, he won the esteem of all who truly
knew him. The beautiful hospitality of his home was enjoyed
alike by friends and strangers, but the host was never so joy-
ous as when he welcomed some minister of God within its
walls. A godly man has gone to his reward.
[From sketch by Mrs. Marie Henson Battelle.]
W. G. Myers.
W. George Myers died at his home, near Landerneau, La.,
on June 30, 1912. He was born in Livingston, Ala., May 17,
1840, and moved to Louisiana just prior to the war. From
there he enlisted in the Confederate army at Waterproof, La.,
in 1861, and served with distinction in Company K, ist Louisi-
ana Cavalry, until the close of the war. He never missed a
fight in which his command was engaged, and they were many,
but was never wounded. He was paroled near Gainesville,
Ala., May 13, 1865. He was a true patriot, a brave soldier,
a warm friend. Just before death he requested that a small
battle flag of the Confederacy be placed across his breast that
he might die with the flag he loved so well. Devoted sons
will maintain his honored name.
[Sketch by L. D. Sugg, of Mnyersville, Miss.]
Gi:n. W. H. Jewell.
The city of Orlando was grievously startled on Friday after-
noon, January 2, 1912, by the news that Gen. W. H. Jewell
had with scarcely a moment's warning suddenly died. For
two years he had been in failing health, but last summer he
and Mrs. Jewell went North, hoping for relief. They returned
early in the fall, however, because the General insisted that
he must arrange for the Confederate Reunion of October 25,
in Orlando. He was its manager in chief, and he at-
tended faithfully to his duties.
He went uptown and arranged for the funeral of Daniel
O'Rouke, of Chuluota, a comrade, arriving home about noon.
.\bout three o'clock he became faint, and soon without a
word his spirit slipped away while his wife was by his side
reading to him. Often he had said he would like to go in-
stantly without pain, since he was ready.
The funeral was a great State pageant, the Presbyterian
church being tilled to the doors. The central part of the
church was occupied by representatives of the Grand Chapter
Knights Templar, the Knights Templar and Blue Lodge of
Orlando, and Confederate veterans, and delegates from other
GEN. W. 11. JEWELL.
places and sons of veterans and daughters of veterans were
also largely represented. The Orlando bar attended in a
body, while many citizens attended to pay their last tribute.
General Jewell was born February 26, 1840, in Wakefield,
Mass. At the age of eight years he went to Vicksburg, Miss.,
and naturally he grew to manhood with Southern proclivities
and espoused the Southern cause, going to battle in i86i with
the 2lst Mississippi. In 1862 he was placed on staff duty.
In 1S64 he served under Gen. Wade Hampton. He was editor
of a paper in Memphis, Tenn., and also at Vicksburg. In
1876 he went North and served as minister of a Church in
Bangor, Me. Afterwards he preached in South Dakota.
In 1879 he married Miss Carrie L. Stowell, of Athol, Mass.,
and went to Florida in 1886. He practiced law in Orlando
from that time onward, and was one of the founders and
editors of the Orlando Star. He served two terms in the
State legislature, fifteen years as city attorney, and three terms
as Mayor. In 1910 he decided not to stand for reelection.
As a Mason he had been Grand Commander Knights Tem-
plar, Grand High Priest of Grand Chapter, Grand Orator of
Grand Lodges. As a Confederate veteran he held about every
Qor;federat^ l/eterar).
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important office, and in 1906 he was elected Major General,
commanding the Florida Division of Confederate Veterans.
In all these important stations he was held in high esteem.
Orlando owes to him the beautiful Confederate monument
standing in Courthouse Square, all fully paid for. He was
ready. His work was done.
[The foregoing is by the editor of an Orlando paper who
held General Jewell in high personal esteem.]
Louis Hilger.
Louis Hilger was born and reared in White County, Ark.
His parents came from Germany. He served with the 32d
Arkansas Regiment, under Col. Lucien C. Cause, in the Trans-
Mississippi Department, all through the war. He died at his
home in Cleburne County, Ark., on March 23, 1912, aged
seventy-three years. Surviving him are his wife, four daugh-
ters, and two sons. Comrade Hilger served in the legislature
of his .State.
RonKRT H. Rice.
Tlic long roll has again been beaten and another comrade
has answered "Present." Robert H. Rice, an estimable man,
sincere friend, and gallant Confederate soldier, one who rode
with the mighty Forrest in the War of the States, has joined
that mighty host of heroes who since the day of .-Xppomattox
have hcor. "passing over" in review by our great dead com-
manders.
Comrade Rice was born in Copiah County, Miss., and
served in Company F, 4th Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry.
Although but fourteen years old. his' comrades testify that "he
was a good soldier and did his duty to State and cause man-
fully," a consoling eulogy to sorrowing relatives and friends.
When the last one of us who wore the gray has closed the
circuit, let this epitaph appear: "He was a good soldier."
Ur. J. S. Bl.\ck.
Dr. J. S. Black was born near .Atlanta, Ga., March 28. 1845:
and died at Lannius. Tex., June 12, 1912. He enlisted in Com-
pany K, 13th .'\labama Regiment of Infantry, serving in the
Army of the Peninsula at Yorktown. He was in the battles
of Williamsburg and Seven Pines and all the other battles
of his regiment except when disabled by wounds. Gettysburg
v.as the only important engagement in which he did not take
part. He was shot in the left arm at Sharpsburg, in the right
shoulder at Chancellorsville, in the left foot at the Wilderness,
and at Petersburg he received a wound in the right arm which
put an end to his active service. He had three brothers in
tlie Confederate service, one of whom was killed at Seven
Pines by the side of Dr. Black, one was wounded at Sharps-
burg and died in Texas, and the other was captured at Gettys-
burg and died in prison at Fort Delaware.
Dr. Black was of well-rounded Christian character and
took an active part in everything pertaining to the work and
welfare of his Church. He was a good husband and father
and a splendid neighbor.
Robert H.vmilton Welch.
Robert H. Welch, whose death occurred at Annapolis, Md.,
in April, 1912, was the eldest son of Charles S. and Anne
Welch, and was born in Anne Arundel County, near Annapo-
lis, on October 12, 1843. He was being educated at St. John's
College, and left that institution to join the Confederate army
shortly after the declaration of war. He was nineteen years
of age when he crossed the Potomac and joined the 1st
Maryland Infantry, under the command of Col. James R.
Herbert. He participated in many important battles, and was
taken prisoner at Gettysburg and confined at Point Lookout
until a short time before the close of the war. He was mar-
ried in 1872 to Miss .Alice Claytor, and afterwards made his
home in Annapolis.
Mr. Welch was popular and beloved. He was for twenty-
<>iie years Deputy Circuit Court Clerk, and was also City Clerk
and Justice of the Peace. He was a most charitable man,
spending his substance to relieve the necessities and wants
of those in need. He was one of the few Confederate veterans
of Annapolis, and is sincerely mourned by many friends.
J.VMES L. Whiteside.
J. L. Whiteside, said to have been the oldest native resident of
Hamilton County, died on July 6, 1912, at his home in Chatta-
nooga. Mr. Whiteside suffered from a lingering illness for
four months. He spent his entire life in Chattanooga. He was
born April 17, 1845. When .sixteen years of age he enlisted in
the Confederate army, and served throughout the war. He
is survived by his wife, one son (Claude Whiteside), two
brothers (Glenn and William), and two sisters (.Mrs. Barnes
and Miss Florence Whiteside).
His was for over half a century the best-known family in
that section of Tennessee. His father was an eminent jurist
.ind public man. and his mother was without question the
.•iblest business woman in the State. A sketch of her remark-
able career may be seen in the VrTER.\N' for March, 1903,
pages 129 and 130.
Confeder.\tes BuRiEn Xi;.\r White Pine, Tenn.
Rev. James W. Caldwell reports the following Confederate
dead who were buried in Westminster Cemetery, two miles
north of White Pine, in Jefferson County, Tenn. These sol-
diers w'ere killed on the dates named :
I). K. Bannaman, First Sergeant, Co. K. Sth Tc.x. Cav., Jan-
uary 17, 1864.
R. I. Caulder (or Calder), Lieutenant Co. H, Sth Tex. Cav.,
January 13, 1864.
J. J. Setzler, Co. F, 3d Ala. Cav., December 31, 1863.
IT. Thomas, Co. E, Sth Tex. Cav., January 13, 1864.
[Reported by .Vdjt. Gen. John P. Hickman, Nashville.]
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Thomas II. Ware.
Comrade Thomas H. Ware was lioni in Talladega, Ala..
March 20. 1846. and with his parents moved to .Arkansas be-
fore the War of the States. He enlisted in the Confederate
army. Company A, 4th Arkansas Cavalry, on Jnly 4, 1861,
being in his sixteenth year. He was wonnded but once. He
was captured near Red Fork in the smimier of 1864, but
soon afterwards made his escape. Later he served with Col.
R. B. Carlee until the close of the war, and much of his serv-
ice was within the Federal lines. Colonel Carlee reports that
he was delicate; and though at times sick, he was anxious to
engage the enemy, and always showed himself as brave as
the best. He surrendered at Little Rock in May. 1865, after
the close of the war, and was paroled there.
While quite young he entered the ministry of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South, and served continuously in
that vocation during life. For uTuiy years he was a presiding
elder in the Church, and was in clrirge of the Camden District
at the tiine of his death, which occurred nn .Ti:ne 7, 1912. He
was a courageous soldier, serving faithfully to the end.
In the L'nited Confederate Veterans organization he served
two years as Chaplain on the staff of the Commander of the
First Brigade, and subsequently one year on the staff of the
Division Commander. He was faithful in the discharge of
every trust committed to him. It is said by one who knew
him intimately: "His manliness appealed to me. His keen
wit and his rich fund of anecdote and reminiscence fasci-
nated, while his invincible logic overwhelmed me. In argu-
ment he was irresistible, in repartee instantaneous, and dan-
gerous to his opponent. He knew men ; his flashing, fearless
eyes looked through all disguises. A good man had no cause
to fear him, but a mean man would cower in his presence.
With the judgment of a diplomat he appreciated men's weak
and strong points. With the heart of a lion he could rebuke
a brother in fault, and then with a Christian spirit forget the
fault. He never took an unfair advantage, and would not
scheme for his own promotion. Honors came to him un-
sought. Because of his interest in public affairs he was ad-
mired by business men and politicians. His ability and fear-
lessness as a debater led men to urge him to run for Governor
and Senator; yet he steadily refused to be turned from his
sacred calling."
He was a trustee of Hendrix College fur Iwcnty-thrcc years,
and for two years he was a member of the General Board of
Education of his Church, and for a number of years he was
a member of the General Conference. Comrade Ware was-
true to the last as a soldier, faithful as a friend, affectionate
and devoted as a husband and father.
He is survived by his second wife (Mrs. Fannie Cook Ware,
of Arkadelphia) and his five children (Mrs. Walter J. Terry,
of Little Rock; Mrs. Norman Haskell, of Oklahoma City;
]\Irs. Laurence Calander, of San Dimas, Cal. ; Robert L. Ware,
of Clareniont, Cal.: and E. M. Ware, of Newport. Ark.). His
body was brought to Little Rock and buried in Oakland Ceme-
tery beside the mother of his children.
A committee composed of Jonathan Kellog.g, A. J. Snod-
grass, and George Thornburgh prepared the following :
"Resulted, That we cherish his memory as a comrade and
member of Omer R. Weaver Camp and direct that suitable
space be set apart in the record of this Camp, that this me-
morial be engrossed thereon, and that a copy thereof shall
be sent to the Confeuerate Veteran for the Last Roll, and
also that a copy be sent to each member of his family."
Ma.I. WlI.I.lAM J. GoOlMNC.
The William J. Gooding Chapter, U. D. C, at Brunson. S.
C, sorrow in the death of Major Gooding, for whom the
Chapter is named, 'ihey state in regard to him as follows :
"Whereas it has pleased our Heavenly Father to take from
our midst our beloved friend and honorary member, Maj.
William James Gooding, for whom our Chajiter w;is named;
therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That while we bow in humble submission to
the will of God. we feel that our Chapter has lost a most
loyal anil faithful friend.
"j. That we extend to (he family our heartfelt sympathy
and pray that the richest blessings of our Heavenly Fathei
may rest upon each of them in their sad affliction.
"3. That a copy of these resolutions be sent each of them,
that a page in our minutes be dedicated to his memory and
a copy be spread thereon, and that a copy be published in the
county paper and the Vkterax."
[By Misses Hattie Gooding and Hettie Lightsey.]
Byrd Douglas.
Byrd Dou.glas. President of the Nashville Grain Exchange,
a leading bank director, and one of Nashville's most highly
esteemed citizens, died suddenly December 3, 191 1, at his
home in Nashville. His death was a sad surprise to his family
and to the public. The end came almost without apparent
suffering. A week before his death he had a slight attack of
the heart ; but he was looking after business on Saturday, the
day before his death, and spent the cvenine (|uietly at home.
BYRD DOUGLAS.
On Sunday morning while in bed he ruptured a blood vessel
while coughing, and death ensued at once. His wife (Mrs.
Adelaide G. Douglas) and his sons (Samuel G.. Lee. and Byrd
Douglas, Jr, ) were present.
Byrd Douglas was born in Fayetteville. Tenn., Septem-
lier 12, 1845, the son of ;\Iartha Bright and Byrd Douglas.
His ancestry was Scotch, his grandfather being Dr. Patrick
Hume Douglas, and liis grandmother being Evelvn Byrd
Qopfederat^ l/eterar),
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Beverly, of Virginia. In his boyhood the family moved to
Nashville. When the War of the States began, he was attend-
ing the Western Military Institute at Nashville. Shortly
thereafter, although but a stripling, he left school for the
military service of the South, but was refused regular enlist-
ment on account of the loss of one eye, which occurred in his
childhood. Yet in February, 1862, he joined Baxter's Tennes-
see Battery, with which he participated in the battle of Shiloh,
and during the siege of Corinth was attached to Gen. Bushrod
Johnson's connnand. When the army under Bragg was trans-
ferred from Tupelo to Chattanooga, tliis battery, under Capl
S. L. Freeman, was with Murray's Brigade, and he was in
the skirmish at Bridgeport, the capture of Fort McCook with
a large amount of valuable stores, and the engagement at
Stevenson August 27-31, 1862. The command remained at
that post two or three months, during wdiich time Captain
Freeman detailed Mr. Douglas to obtain recruits for the
battery in Middle Tennessee, making his headquarters at
I'ayettevillc. He \v;is so engaged for about three months, .ind
he secured a considerable iiuniher of men for the battery,
which later was assigned to General I'orresl's cavalry com-
mand, with which it was identified the remainder of the war.
.\t the cliise of the war Mr. Douglas entered Forest
\ca(leni\. near Louisville, where he completed liis education.
In illustration of his close application and standing while at
this school, the family has preserved a report (1865) showing
the young student's marks to have been perfect in all his
studies and indorsed by the head master, under which is
written; '"Give nie cine hundred such boys." Such a record
w.as ccmsistent with his after life.
.Mr. Dniigl.is began his busitiess career in Louisville with
his uncle, Hugh Dougl.is. who conducted a large dry goods
Inisiness. Later he came to Nashville, where he became a
]i:irtner in the business of II. B. Douglas & Co. In 1874 he
entered the gr.iin and storage business in partnership with his
father and brother under the name of Douglas Bros., which
lirm continued until 1902, when the late Bruce Douglas re-
lit ed. Then the firm was changed to Byrd Douglas &• Co.,
the son, S. G. Douglas, becoming a partner. The Douglas
Warehouse was a noted enterprise of Nashville. In 1907,
when the large warehouse was totally destroyed by I'lre. Mr.
I Iniiol.is letired and gave his attention to other interests.
1 'tiring .1 period nf nearly forty years, in which he was en-
'-;aged in the grain business here, he was very successful. He
was a director for many years in the Nashville and Decatur Rail-
iciad, and a director of the -Xmerican National Bank, and was
long an important counselor. Ten years ago the Nashville
(ir.iin I'^xcliaiige, including nearly all the grain dealers of this
city, was organized. Mr. Douglas was then elected and was
coiitimt.-illy chosen President, and was forceful in its interests.
From his youth he was a devout Christian and a liberal
contributor to charities of the city and to his Church. At
the age of twenty he joined the First Presbyterian Church of
Nashville, where for forty-six years he had been an active and
consisleiU member. .\t the time of his death he was the
ruling elder and was one of its trustees. He was married
twice, ,nul is survived by his wife (Mrs. Adelaide Gaines
Douglas) and live children (Mrs. Walter Cain, of Washington,
D. C. ; Sam G. and Lee Douglas, of Nashville; Beverly, a
sophomore at Princeton ; and Byrd Douglas, Jr.. a Vanderbilt
freshman ).
Mr. Douglas was unassuming, modest, and courteous in all
his dealings, and was esteemed by the business men with whom
he had dealings for his high integrity and sound judgment.
His steadfastness as a Confederate was consistent with his
service in the army — faithful to the end.
WlLl.lAM S. G.VMBll.I..
William Stewart Gambill was born in Bedford County,
Tenn.. August 25, 1833, a son of James and Martha Stewart
Gambill, who w'ere of early settlers in that section from North
Carolina. He died at his home in Farniington, Tenn., June
2.S, 1912. He was married to Miss Fannie Ellen Ramsey, of
I'arniington, in May, 1875. They became the parents of six
daughters, four of whom are living, and one, the youngest, i&
married. A little .granddaughter gave him much comfort.
His wife was of a pioneer family also from North Carolina,
her father kaving settled in early days in the old town of
I-'armington. Lieutenant Gambill was a Mason for forty
years, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for
forty-one years, and a ruling elder for thirty years.
Early in the war Billy Gambill enlisted with the Editor of
the Veter.\n, who was ten years his junior; and as the families
were neighbors. Comrade Gambill was his diligent and heroic
champion.
The surrender of Fort Donelson included the entire regi-
ment, and in the early days of prison life in Camp Morton,
before the generous-hearted commandant. Col. Richard Ow^en,
could procure sufficient supplies, Orderly Sergeant Gambill
had the disagreeable task of distributing the scant allowance.
There was .so much dissatisfaction that he resigned the service,
and that duty was placed upon John B. Nance, who was ut-
terly indiflFcrent to complaints and so fully satisfied w-ith his
justice to each that he was amused rather than annoyed at
complaints. After exchange these two were made lieutenants
of the company, Gambill first and Nance second lieutenant.
Illustrative of Lieutenant Gambill's faithfulness and cour-
;tge, mention is made of a hard march of eleven miles in the
hot sun in May, 1863, when the writer was taken sick early
in the day and w\as almost completely exhausted in the after-
noon (the ambulances were ahead). Lieutenant Gambill
stayed back with hiiu and carried his baggage. When the of-
ficer of the rear guard caught up with us, he ordered that the
sick soldier "move on." Lieutenant Gaiubill explained that
the bov was ill and moving as fast as he was able. Soon
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again the commander of the rear guard demanded faster
marching, when Lieutenant Gambill turned upon him, all out
of patience, and said: "If you touch him, I will cut you with
my sword." He was a true soldier and a true man to all the
obligations of his various and hnnomhlc professions.
Mrs. Josephine E. Ellis.
The deatli of i\Irs. Josephine (Towson) Ellis, which oc-
curred at her old home at Hartsville, Tenn., on June 6, 1912,
was a sad event. Although seventy-eight years of age, according
to report, it seems incredible, considering her vivacity and her
active interest in her friends and in public affairs. About a
year previous she happened to an accident by falling in a
car at Tullahoma, Tenn. She had returned from Atlantic City,
and changed cars at Tullahoma to visit Miss Carrie Sims at
Faulkner Springs. The injury was not regarded as very
serious at the time, but she was never able to walk after-
wards except poorly on crutches. The injury was evidently
more serious than supposed by her attendants. She went to
her old home at Hartsville, Tenn., and remained several
weeks, then came to Nashville to her old quarters in the Max-
well House, where she seemed to improve, so that in return-
ing to Hartsville for another visit she dismissed her trained
nurse. Ere long, however, she suffered a stroke of paralysis
from which she never recovered, not even consciousness and
ability to express herself,
Mrs. Ellis as Josephine Towson was the daughter of Jacob
Towson, a leading citizen of Hartsville; but he resided on
the Brazos in Texas at the time of her birth, thougli she was
reared in Tennessee. Possessed of abundant means through
her father and husband, Mrs, Ellis, while economical and
practical, in a sense was bold and liberal in the public weal,
giving money without stint when the cause appealed to her.
She was an ardent Confederate Daughter, and attended many
of the Conventions of Veterans and Daughters. An interest-
ing interview was had by her with President Lincoln in behalf
of Captain Ellis which may appear later.
She had many friends who were devoted to her, of whom
were Misses Ida Hood and Susan Heron, of Belmont College.
Mrs. Andrew Marshall and Mrs. Hotchkiss attended the
funeral at Hartsville on June 8. It was a beautiful day, and
the attendance was very large. The service was in the Chris-
tian church, and was gratifying in the worthy tributes to the
distinguished woman. Rarely has a body been more beauti-
fully robed. It was of .'ilk draped in white cic/'e dc chine,
with the corsage trimmed in rose point lace, and white satin
slippers, the scene perfected by beautiful floral tributes.
(The same order of robing was followed for the burial of
Mrs. Mary I. DuPre, the sister-in-law of the late United
States Senator W. B. Bate, who died two weeks later. The
two women were devoted friends.)
Mrs. Josephine Towson Ellis was descended from promi-
nent Colonial and Revolutionary stock. Her great-grand-
father, William Towson, came from London to the English
Colonies sometime before 1700, and owned all the country
for ten miles north of Baltimore, embracing what is now
Towson. Before leaving England, William Towson married
Katherine Allen, the great-granddaughter of Oliver Crom-
well. Many of his descendants were Revolutionary soldiers.
Mrs. Ellis's grandfather, William Towson, though quite young,
was in the service, and often told his children and grand-
children stories of General Washington. Gen. Nathan Tow-
son, distinguished in the War of 1812, was a descendant of
William Towson I. Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Camp-
bell Chapter, D. A. R., Nashville, Tenn.
Capt. H. C. Ellis won the lovely Miss Towson as his bride,
and the two lived together over fifty years. Captain Ellis
was born in 1818, and served gallantly in the pth Tennessee
Cavalry under Gen. John H. Morgan. He was captured on
;he Ohio raid and imprisoned at Columbus when his chief
escaped from that prison. He was successful in business,
owning a large farm by the Cumberland River, and was presi-
dent of a bank from its organization, in 1884, until his death,
which occurred in Hartsville in October, 1908. He and Mr.
.Moscow Wright were long associated in the Bank of Harts-
CAPT. H. C. ELLIS.
ville, and the latter succeeded Captain Ellis as Presi'^''nt.
Captain Ellis left a will, and Mrs. Ellis dictated a will also to
Dr. A. G. Donohoe, designating two cousins, the widow of
the late Maj. James R. Crowe, of Shefifield, Ala., and the wife
of Dr. J. Owen Campbell, son of Governor Campbell, of
Lebanon, Tenn., with Mr. R. M. Potts and wife, as legatees.
QoF^federac^ l/eteraij.
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CEXERAL CONFEDERATE OFFICERS FROM TEXAS.
BY W. L. LEIGH, WAXAHACHIE, TEX.
Being Adjutant of Camp Winnie Davis, No. 108, U. C. V.,
at Waxahachie, I have been asked how many general officers
there were in the Confederate army from Texas. I have there-
fore carefully prepared the inclosed roster, taken from the
"War Records," which no doubt is as complete as we can
hope to procure. Tlie date is that of confirmation :
General : Albert Sidney Johnston, August 31, 1861.
Lieutenant General : John B. Hood, February 4, 1864.
Major Generals: John A. Wharton, February 4. 1S64;
Thomas L. Rosscr, February 20, 1865.
Brigadier Generals: Ben McCulloch, March 11, 1861:
Louis T. Wigfall, December 20, 1861 ; Joseph L. Hogg, Feb-
ruary 14, 1862; Hamilton P. Bee, March 6, 1862; Sam B.
Maxey, March 6, 1862; Henry E. McColloch, March 18, 1862;
John C. Moore, April ii, 1863; William R. Scurry, Septem-
ber 26, 1862; .'\llison Nelson, September 26, 1862; Matthew D.
F.ctor, September 27, 1862; John Gregg, September 2", 1S62;
William Steele, October 3, 1862; Elkanah Greer, October 8,
1862; Jerome B. Robinson, April 22, 1863; Thomas Green,
January 25, 1864; Thomas N. Waul, June 10, 1864: John W.
Whitfield, January 25, 1864; Lawrence S. Ross, February 5,
1864; James E. Harrison, January 6, 1865; Walter P. Lane,
March 18. 1S65 ; William P. Hardeman, March 18, 1865;
Richard Watcrhouse, March 18, 1865; Richard M. Gano,
March 18, 1865; Hiram B. Granbury, May it, 1864: Felix H.
Robertson, appointed July 26, 1864. not confirmed; Walter
II. Stephens, January 17, 1865; William H. Young, February
20, 1865; Thomas Harrison, February 18, 1865.
.■Xccordingly Texas furnished the Confederate army a full
general, a lieutenant general, two major generals, and twenty-
eight brigadier generals.
[Comrade Leigh was a private in Company H, 32d Texas
Cavalry Dismounted, Ector's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.]
BORDER WARFARE IN OLD KENTUCKY.
BY A. A. NORTH, NASHVILLE, TENN.
The writer resided in Northern Kentucky near the Ohio
River during the War of the States. It was the policy of the
Federal government to encourage the organization of home
guards in the towns by furnishing arms and equipments. The
invincible prowess displayed by some of these companies in the
drill exercise was marvelous when no "Rebels" were near.
The little town nearest my home had one of these "valiant"
companies who bade defiance to Confederates on drill days.
By and by a report got circulated that the Rebels were
surely advancing to capture that company. All hands got
busy to load the guns in wagons and start them North at a
rapid gait. In fact, there were no Confederate soldiers in
a hundred miles of them.
.■\t Maysvillc, a town of about six thousand inhabitants,
there were four or five hundred of these home guards, with
two gunboats anchored in the river to command the ap-
proaches on near-by hills. It so happened that General Mor-
gan's plans made it expedient to threaten Maysvillc. Ac-
cordingly Capt. Peter Everett was ordered to make the diver-
sion, which he did with a hundred men, heralding himself as
the advance guard of Morgan's army, a "short distance in
the rear." As soon as the report gained circulation our gun-
boats raised anchor and steamed for parts unknown, and
Captain Everett was denied even a glance at them. He, how-
ever, received a prompt surrender of the town without a gim's
being fired, held it an hour or so, and left undisturbed. He
could have been surrounded and captured easily.
Augusta, Ky., twenty miles below, had a company with
more valor than discretion. Gen. Basil W. Duke, in command
of a division of Morgan's Cavalry, decided to capture that
town, .^t the news of his approach the provost marshal,
against the advice of a trained military officer, sent to the
country and pressed into service every man that he could,
many of whom were strong Southern sympathizers. Some
of them were killed in a battle that followed, though refusing
to fire a gun. There were the two regulation gunboats also
which fired one or two shots, and, finding that Duke's men had
the range on them, raised anchor and steamed out of danger.
The valiant home guards took refuge in the houses, which
necessited firing the town to dislodge them, but not until from
fifty to one hundred had been killed and wounded. This was
the only real battle that occurred in that section.
The following day about five hundred home guards from
Ripley. Ohio, composed of volunteers, conscripts, regulars,
irregulars, and ragtag generally, came over intent upon de-
molishing Duke's army ; but it is said that "fortune favors the
brave.' They went in orie direction while Duke was going in
another, and they never got as close to him as they were when
they started, and evidently they were glad of it.
While there was little real fighting, there was much an-
noyance from raiders, horse traders, and horse thieves who
represented both sides in the trade.
My father-in-law. Rev. Hiram Baker, was preaching on
one occasion in a small town when his congregation became
so nervous that he stopped to inquire the cause, and he wa!i
told that Morgan's men were coming and they wanted to
save their horses. He told them to go and he would trust his
to providence, Morgan's men came and exchanged with him,
leaving a worthless horse in place.
The sentiment was fairly divided in that section, .'\bout as
many soldiers served en one side as on the other. Many of our
boys were captured and sent to prison and some were executed.
The writer, though a mere youth, could appreciate the serious
and ludicrous sides of the situation.
Near the close of the war, as the Federal lines extended
farther South, their vigilance relaxed to some extent. Yet
we were compelled to exercise great caution in aiding our
Soutliern boys with such things as they needed. Of course
they were contraband articles, and this was done at peril.
LIJ'ING MOTHERS OF CONFEDERATES.
Mrs. Mary A. Mell Lambright, widow of Veteran James E.
Lambright, of the engineering department, provisional gov-
ernment, C. S. A., is the mother of Veteran James T. Lam-
bright, who was a private in Troop G, 5th Regiment Georgia
Cavalry, and Commander of Camp Jackson, No. 806, U. C. V.,
Brunswick, Ga. She was married in 1842. She had nine chil-
dren (three sons and six daughters), of whom one son and
five daughters are living, together with thirty-one grandchil-
dren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Her home is in Bruns-
wick, Ga., where she is loved by all who know her.
Mrs. Margaret Lasserre, aged ninety, is the motlier of
Veteran Joseph F. Lasserre, of Company A, 26th Regiment,
Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, member of Camp Jackson,
No. 806, U. C. v., Brunswick, Ga. Mrs. Lasserre lives in
I'crnandina. Fla. Two of her three sons are living, as are
six of her nine daughters, also twenty-three grandchildren
and thirty-two great-grandchildren.
[Other sketches of these noble women desired. — Editor.]
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ALEX POSTOX A HERO OF FORT DONELSON.
Mr. A. C. Burnett, of Cadiz. Ky., writes that the young man
who so gallantly fell while in front of his command at Fort
Donelson, as reported by Mr. D. W. Fogg, of Mitchellville,
Iowa, on page 308 of the July Veteran, was Alexander Pos-
ton, of Cadiz, and that a Chapter of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy was named for him. Mr. BuDictt writes that he was
the first Confederate killed wlm went to the war from thai
town, and adds: ".\ gentleman now living here was in the
same company with this boy and saw him lying dead in the
road while the fight was at its height, but ne.xt day went back
to get his body and it was gone. This confirms the fact
stated by the Missouri man that be was buried. The photo
shows the boy with a drawn sword. This is how that came
about. Just before the war a local company of boys was
organized here, and this boy was made captain. He went to
a local blacksmith shop and had made for himself an old iron
sword, and this is what he had when the photo was made.
Two men are still living here who were in this boy's organiza-
tion, and they give this account of how the sword appears in
the picture. While not positive of the picture, as it has been
over fifty years, they firmly believe it to be .\lex Poston, as
they remember the circumstances of the sword, of how he
was killed, and that his friends never could find his body.
Two sisters are yet living, and we want In locate them and
submit this photo to them. We hope that the owner of this
original photo will send it here. Something connected with
the old photo might refresh the memory of those who knew
the boy when he lived here. His sisters and friends would be
gratified to get this photo."
THE HARLAN FAMILY REVXIOX.
On Wednesday and Thursday, .\ugust 21 and 22, 1912, the
Association of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan
in the United States will hold in Richmond, Ind.. its twelfth
national reunion. This reunion will celebrate the two hundred
and twenty-fifth anniversary of the landing of its ancestors,
George and Michael Harlan, on the shores of America and
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the family's organization.
Every person bearing the name of Harlan or who traces to
a Harlan ancestry is cordially invited to be present.
Address A. H. Harlan, Secretary, New Burlington, Ohio.
'■NEW MARKET CAMPAIGN. MAY. 1S64."
The above book is by Edward Raymond Turner. Professor
ot English History in the University of Michigan. It is l2mo
and has two hundred and three pages, maps, and engravings.
It is published by Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, Va. The
price is $1.50 net; postage, 15 cents.
Dr. James Power Smith mentions tliis book in a careful
review as a contribution to war history, "attractive and deeply
interesting." He mentions it as "a masterly study of the cam-
paign in the Valley of Virginia which culminated on May 15,
1864, in the battle of New Market." The book is well made,
printed accurately in good type, and very tastefully bound, with
maps and illustrations, etc. In a careful review Dr. Smith re-
fers to the notable skill and energy of the Confederate leader.
General Breckinridge, the unity of action on the field, the
courage and gallantry of officers and men of all commands, the
part taken by the boys of the V. M. I. Cadet Corps, and the
signal victory of the Confederate force against somewhat su-
perior numbers and at a time of general depression and dis-
couragement. * * *
The engagement, which lasted through the day, was most
vigorously fought, with changes in the lines and formations
and with advancing positions until in the evening victory
perched on the battle flag of the South and the Federal force
withdrew from the field. It was not a great battle as to the
number engaged, but was important in holding in check the
Federal campaign for the possession of the Shenandoah Val-
ley, of Staunton, and of the railroad which brought the supplies
of Western Virginia to the support of Richmond and the .Army
of Northern Virginia. The story is one of the most thrilling
in all the narratives of minor and separate campaigns.
Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge directed and led in the en-
gagement with consummate skill and energy. With him were
General Imboden, of the Valley, and Generals Echols and
Wharton from the Southwest. And under them were the gal-
lant Cols. Edgar and George Smith and Derrick, and with
the Cadet Battalion was Col. Scott Shipp, with the artillery
-Major McLaughlin, and staff Maj. Stoddard Johnston.
The part taken in this battle by the Corps of Cadets of the
\'irg!nia Military Institute has given to the whole engagement
.1 peculiar and pathetic interest in Virginia and the South
and in the North as well. It was a bittalion of boys number-
ing about two hundred and eighty in four companies, too young
to be enlisted in the army. Suddenly called from the barracks
and lecture rooms of their school, unused to the march and
the field of battle, they went into the fire of battle with the
veterans of many fields, and held their alignments like regu-
lars and moved steadily forward from one position to annther,
leaving some dead and many wounded behind, until in the
closing struggle they were in the center of the force which
( barged and secured the victory of that day.
After midnight the sleeping battalion was called from the
wet ground into line, and at Colonel Shipp's suggestion Capt,
l-'rank Preston, of Company B, offered prayer to God that all
might do their duty well and yet their heads be covered with
the honors of battle. It was the purpose of the general com-
manding to hold the Cadet Battalion in reserve and use it
only in action should there be great need. But through the
changes in formation and the new alignments the cadets
moved steadily onward, gradually .going to the front, until in
the center of the Confederate advance they passed on two
sides of the Bushong house and charged through the orchard
.'ind seized the guns that were sweeping the field, and so,
breaking the center of the Federal line, compelled its retire-
ment, and the day was won.
The V. M. I. cadets were the only heroes of the field of
New Market. The 26th Virginia Battalion, under Col. George
W. Edgar, on the extreme left of the Confederate line, fought
with such courage and steadiness and ultimate success that
history will not fail to record its fame. In all arms of the
command there were signal displays of soldierly courage
and gallantry, and "there is glory enough for all." This book
is a chapter of interest in the history of that war.
Edw.\rd W.\term.\n's SoNf; Book. — Mrs. M. W. Wilson, of
Philippi, W. Va., writes : "I have a thin cloth-back song book,
4x6 inches, picked up in a deserted camp during the War of
the States. It was sent evidently by a mother to 'Edward
Waterman, Macon, Ga., January 17. i860.' I would gladly
send it to the rightful owner."
"The Cr.mii-e of the Confeder.\cv." — This is a book written
jpy Hodge, of Mobile, that the Veter.\n would like to find.
'I'hose having copies to sell will please write, stating binding,
condition, and price asked.
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mil JEFFERSOX DAI 'IS HOME ASSOCIATIO.W
Rkieipts from -May i, 1912, to June 27, igu.
Chapters.
Gen. Dal)ncy H. Maury Chapter, Wilmington, Del., $5;
Robert E. Lee Chapter, Los Angeles, Cal., $25.
Individuals.
Alaliama : W. S. Wiggins, Moiiroevillc, $2; H. C. David-
son, Montgomery, $1 ; C. S. McDowell. Jr., Eufaula, $1 : Wil-
liam C. Crumpton, Evergreen, $2; J.J. Davenport, Letohatchee,
^i : Mrs. T. T. Ilillman, Birmingham, $25; James A. Woods,
Birmingham, $1 ; J. R. Powers, Demopolis, $1 ; John Parr,
Demopolis, $1 : Dr. C. X. Lacy, Demopolis, $1 ; Col. X. G.
Winn, Demopolis, $1 ; L B. L'llnier, Demopolis, $1 ; a friend.
D'.mopolis, $1; L. I^'olda. Demopolis. 50 cents; Lee Sanders,
llrmopolis, 50 cents: C. E. i\Iichael, Demopolis, 50 cents; W.
E. Miiliael, 1 K inopolis, 50 cents; Warren George, Demopolis,
50 cents; A. C. Acton, Birmingliam, $1; Mrs. G. T. Turner,
Ihintsville, $1.
.Arkansas: W. il. Ramsey, Argenta. $2; T. E. Hehn. Little
Kock, $1 ; W. I". Pierce, Hope, $1 ; Thomas H. Sims, Texar-
1 aiKi, $1: V. Y. Cook, Batesville, $25; J. .\. Reeves, Camden,
.>! : Dave I-'elsenthal C:nnden. $1 ; John W. Bird, Camden,
50 cents; James E. Lide. Camden, .So cents; George W. Xew-
I'ln, Camden, 50 cents; Col. S. W. Fordj'cc (Federal), Hot
Sjirings, $25.
Califorma: .\rthnr L. Darby, Downey, Cal., $2.50; E. C.
Dozier, Oakland. $20: Mrs. C. C. Clay, Oakland. $10; William
I'.. Richard. San I'rancisco, $1; Lafayette Yates, Elsimore,
Si : California Veteran Association, Los Angeles, $5; Col.
J. P. Brock, Los Angeles, $1; Albert McKiieely. Los Angeles,
M; .Mrs. J, T. GritVith. Santa Rosa. $1; Rev. M. >L Moore,
^;inta Barbar,-i, $1 ; Mrs. E. C. Hardaway, Los Angeles, $[.
Colorado: Mrs. J. .\. Gallaher. Denver, Colo., $2.
Connecticut: Mrs. Louisa T. Palmer, Xew London, $10;
Miss Virgini:i Palmer. Xew London. $5; Miss Theodora
P;dmer, Xew London. $5; Mrs. Matilda Townseiid Palmer,
.Middletown, $10.
District of C.ilumhi;i : John 11. Leuts, Washington. $1 ; Dun-
can ,M. Metchcr. W:ishington, $5; Mrs. R. L. Townsend,
Wasliinglon. $1; M. J. Knight. Washington, $1; Orville J.
.Moot. Washington, $1 ; William G. Brantley, Washington. $5;
I'. C. Calhoun, Washington, $5.
Florida: E. G. Porter, Aii.alachicola, Fla.. $2; P. L. Durisoe,
Conner. $1 ; H. L. Grady. Apalachicola, $2; William S. Thayer,
Jacksonville. $2; E. C. Brent, Pensacola, $10; John C. Blocker,
I St. Petersburg. $t ; John C. Blocker, Jr., St. Petersburg. $1;
Miss Xina M. Blocker, St. Petersburg. $1 ; Miss Xellic M.
Blocker, St. Petersburg. ?i ; J. W. Young, Tampa. $1; John
C. White, Tampa. $1 ; James I". Jaudon, Miami, $5; Mrs. Mary
McK. Xash, Pensacola, $1 ; Mrs. Marion R. Knowles. Pcn.sa-
cola. $1 ; John E. Cox, Lakeland, $1 : D. J. Jones. Chipley, $1 ;
J. Baxley, Chipley, $1 ; C. B. Dunn. Chipley, $1 ; C. V. Royster,
Chipley, $1 ; Charles E. Wilson. Chipley, $1 ; John Roberts,
Chipley, $1 ; J. J. Stokes. Jr., Chipley, $1 ; P. B. Calloway, Chip-
ley, $1 ; J. R. .McKolskey, Chipley, $1 ; J. J. Williams, Chip-
ley, $1 ; S.' A. Alford. Chipley. $1 ; John B. Glenn, Chipley, $1 ;
A. A. Myers. Jr.. Chipley, $1 ; W. O. Butler, Sr., Chipley, $1 ;
W. O. Butler, Jr., Chipley, $1 ; E. X. Dekle. Chipley, $1 ; A.
D. Campbell, Chipley, $1; 11. IL Wells, Chipley, $1; E. J.
Stokes, Chipley, $1 ; >L R. Ballantine, Chipley, $1 ; Dr. F. C.
Wilson, Chipley, $1 : J. T. Britt, Chipley, 50 cents; J. D. Catnp-
bell, 50 cents ; Dr. W. K. Coleman, Chipley, 50 cents ; William
McUllin, Chipley, 25 cents; James E. Tucker, Tampa, $1;
C, L. Willoughby, Lakeland, $1 ; W. H. Clifford, Lakeland, $1 ;
S:imuel Pasco, Monticello, $1; il. H. Duncan, Tavares, $2,
W. A. Miller, OT^rien, $2; Robert Lilly. Fort Myers, $1; J.
S. Jennings, Gonzales, ?i ; Benton M. Leary, Madison, $1 ;
B. F. Jloseley. Madison, $1; J. P. Hill. Seflfncr, $1; H. J.
Winpigler. Seflfncr. $1 ; J. W. Brown. Stffner, $1; S. D. Kyle,
Seflfner. $1; R. J. Blanton, $1 ; T. F. Parramore. Seflfncr, $1.
Georgia: Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta, $5; Dr. John L.
15ranch, Cedartown. $1 ; Richard Johnson, Gray, $1 ; J. W.
Stafford. Barnesville. $5; Mrs. F. ,A. Howard. Columbus, $10;
T. E. Shaflfer. Cuthbert, $1 ; W. T. Martin, Thomson, $i ; J.
H. Sibley, Union Point, $1 ; J. E. F. Matthews. Thoniaston, $1 ;
H. D. Watts, .\mericns. $1 ; S. B. .Adams, Savannah, $5; C. R.
\\'oods. Savannah, $5 ; A. R. Tinsley, Macon, $2 ; J. O. Verne-
doe, Valdosta, $5; William B. Stephens, Savannah, $5; Andrew
J. Cobb, Athens, $1 ; J. L. Klecklcy. Oglethorpe, $1 ; R. K.
Reaves, Athens, $1 ; Mrs. Raphael Semmcs. Savannah. $10;
i'". H. Bozeman, Hawkinsville, $1 ; .Alvan D. I'recman, Xewnan,
$1.10; Dan Gillis. Julia, $1 ; W. F. Snyder. Columbus, $1 ; Leo
Loewenhcrz, Columbus. $1 ; L. H. Mitchell, Columbus. $1 ;
John C. Cook, Columbus, $2 ; John T. Davis, Columbus, $1 ;
I'.. W. Swift. Columbus. ?! ; C. M Woolfolk. Columbus, $1;
John T. Fletcher, Columbus. $1 : F. L'. Garrard, Columbus. $1 ;
Mrs. O. E. Horlon. Doravillc, $2; R. C. Mallette, Hazlehurst,
$1 ; W. H. Tondee. Lumpkin, $1 ; J. G. Singer, Lumpkin, $1 ;
Dr. M. P. .Mexander, Maysville, $2 ; T. T. Key, Norcross, $1 ;
J. L. Sweat, Waycross, $1.
Illinois: W. G. Cline, Morrisonvillc, $1; H. J. Barrow,
Gibson City. $2.
Kentucky: Miss Xannie Xntt and sisters. Versailles, $4;
Mrs. Jennie E. Stuart. Fairview. $100.
Missouri: ,\. E. Asbury, Higginsville, $5; Jerome Twichefl,
Kansas City, $5.
Xorth Carolina : Isaac Hardeman, Charlotte, $5.
Oklahoma: Gen. John Threadgill, Ardmore, $25.
.Iddilioiiiil Coiilribuliinis throiig,b the I'eteran.
Mrs. J. B. Wilson. Waxahachie. Tex., $5 ; Winnie Davis
Chapter, Children of the Confederacy, Padueah, Ky., $1 ;
,\rmstcad Carpenter. Lincoln. .Ma., $2: D. C. Sample. Fresno,
Cal.. $5; Judge J. H. Martin, Hawkinsville. Ga., $1.
Orici.wm. PuRCH.\st';s Paid in Fuix.
Capt. John H. Leathers, Treasurer of the .Association, writes
on July 17: "Recently we received $800 from the State
and placed the amount to the credit of the Jeflferson Davis
Home .Association. This was the appropriation intended to
p;iy the balance of the purchase money of the Home, and I
am glad to say now that this has been done. Every dollar of
indebtedness has been paid with interest, and the little nucleus
that we have now left on hand I hope will be a nest egg
that will grow until it reaches considerable dimensions."
Two Kentucky brothers were in love with the same Ken-
tucky belle in the early sixties, as were many others. The
rivalry, however, was sharpest between the two brothers. One
of them hied away to Dixie and became a gallant Confederate
soldier ; the other anticipated making headway during that
dark period, but after the war was over the returned soldier
in the sunshine of his old Kentucky home won the fair maid.
I
Inquiry is made for the war record of Creed Haskins Ben-
nett, W'ho was a member of the Ilth Texas Cavalry, enlisting
at Tarrant, Tex. He was a prisoner at the close of the w'ar.
.Any comrade who remembers him will please address Mrs.
Helen E. Bennett. IIoj)kinsviIle, Ky.
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"THE BOYS UJIO XEIER CLUE BACK."
BV ANNA ROBERTSON NOXOX.
[Brady, the war artist, among other heart-touching scenes,
has one of the first young men who fell in the opening of
the War of the Stales, beardless boys, pulled to one side of a
dense wood, with white, upturned faces staring sightlessly at
the blue skies of May. Mr. Bra<ly labeled tliis picture "The
Boys Who Never Came Back," which is the subject of this
poem.]
In many a lonely thicket,
Far from life's beaten track.
Are scout and guard and picket —
The boys who never came back !
By many a brawling w.itcr,
Near a mill wheel's noisy clack,
They lie where they sank in slaughter —
The boys who never came back !
Death did not choose or single
His mark on each busy day ;
In serried ranks they mingle —
The flower of the blue and gray.
'1 hey died where the cannon's thunder
Made savage pulses thrill,
That the flag they battled under
Might wave o'er freemen still.
It is well to be brave and tender
And wise to a country's needs ;
When she calls for a quick defender,
It is then that valor bleeds
But up from that gloomy border
And the vales of the holocaust
Must arise a newer order
For the sake of the ones we lost.
O sweethearts, wives, and mothers,
Stand for the gift God gave ;
Send not your sons and brothers
To a soldier's unknown grave.
At the sepulcher first was woman.
And her woes will never cease
Till the world has been made human
By the dawn of eternal peace.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox ix .Xmerica.n Journal-Examiner.
The men of the Southern States have always been famed
for their gallantry, especially toward the fair se.v, of no mat-
ter what age or condition. There is an opportunity for this
reputation to be materialized into action. Something like
twenty years ago a Southern woman made for herself a place
in the literary parlors of New York by lier mental and physi-
cal charms. She wrote delightful bits of verse, she recited
Southern dialect with irresistible charm, and she was beauti-
ful to behold. Fifteen years ago this lady met with a trolley
accident. At the same time she was nursing an an valid hus-
band, and when he died it was too late to cure the injury to
her spine. Besides, she had no means. From that day to last
autumn she grew poorer in health and purse, and by mere
accident old friends found her in a semicharitable institution,
occupying a bed in a room with live other old lady invalids
Health and youth gone, suffering continually with her spine.
yet the wit and good cheer of her nature survived. A few
good friends combined to send her to Dr. Sahlcr's sanitarium
at Kingston-on-the-lludson. Her spine is being treated, and
she is assured of remaining until May. After that it will be
necessary to enlarge the fund.
Anna Robertson Xoxon was born in Tennessee. Her father
died fighting for the Confederacy, and he was a Mason.
Surely between the Masonic order and the gallantry of the
Southern men the needed fund for the support of this bril-
liant and gifted woman should be raised without difficulty.
Mrs. Noxon has written two poems while at the sanitarium
which have been taken by New York editors. Her wit and
optimism in the midst of her poverty and pain have caused
her to be the favorite of the medical staflf and the other pa-
tients of the sanitarium.
Will not our well-to-do Southern people take this matter
in hand? Will they not do as much as the Northern people
have already done for this gifted and unfortunate woman?
Mrs. Noxon is a widow, childless, homeless, ill and penniless,
and sixty-four years old ; but her bright mind and good heart
are both active.
The above verses indicate her mental ability, but with her
telescoped spine and advancing years she is not able to make
literature a paying profession. The woman who in loneliness
can write such lines ought not to become an inmate of an
almshouse. She should find friends among Southerners, who
consider it a privilege to raise a fund for her maintenance.
No contributions must be sent to this writer or this paper.
Send directly to Anna Robertson Noxon, care Dr. Sahler,
Kingston-on-tlic-Hudson, New York.
In connection with the above Comrade W. H. Davis,
brother-in-law of the late Governor Marks, writes from
Cuero, Te.x. : "The inclosures speak for themselves. Mrs.
Noxon is a cousin of mine. Her father was colonel of a Mis-
souri regiment of cavalry, and was commanding a brigade in
the battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn, Ark., when he was killed,
being pierced by twenty-seven bullets. When Mrs. No.xon was
about thirtj' years old, she was writing for the New York
Mercury and St. Louis Republic. Besides her father, she
had two brothers in the Confederate army. One of them was
captured somewhere in Tennessee and incarcerated in the
dungeon of the penitentiary at Nashville for forty days, which
so wrecked his health that he died soon after the war. Her
ether brother died about twenty years ago. No doubt the
Masonic fraternitj' would respond to Mrs. Wilcox's petition if
they realized Mrs. Noxon's real condition."
[Airs. Noxon's father. Dr. Hugh Robertson, was a de-
scendant of Gen. James Robertson, of pioneer fame in Ten-
nessee. The Veteran varies from the rule in favoring direct
donation. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who makes the appeal, is
very careful on this point. She has had money for a long
time to donate when she realized that the cause is worthy.
Our Southern people ought not to w;iit for her to help from
this sacred fund.]
Deeicit on the Lebanon Monument. — Mr. A. J. Casey,
of Lebanon, Tenn., Chairman of the Hatton Monument Com-
mittee, reports a shortage of $190.25 in the fund. He will be
glad to have the assistance of friends who have not yet con-
tributed to this memorial in meeting this deficit. He reports
that this deficit occurred through the failure of the late
Senator Taylor, on account of ill health, to deliver a lecture
from which it was expected that more than the amount would
be raised. This unexpected misfortune becomes at least a
mute appeal for help.
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MEMORIAL DAY IX MARVLAXD.
BY MARY E. WHEELER, BALTIMORE, MD.
Calmly at Loudon Park gather our own,
Making each sixth of June worthy those flown ;
Even if going means losses and pain,
Ever the cause before personal gain,
For they cannot abandon the truth tliat they love;
It is part of their being affianced above.
Softly the band plays the death marches o'er,
Bravely the banners advance as of yore,
Slowly the thin gray line charges the hill,
Aged and poor, may be wounded and ill :
Those who followed the flag when their footsteps were light
Come in age to confirm that their conflict was right.
After the veterans, vanquished by years,
Fade 'mid the trees as gray smoke disappears.
Widows of heroes from near and afar
Thrillingly tread where their hearts often are ;
Then like dew come the young with their hearts beating high
With the honor of going where glory glides by.
Round the Confederate standing in stone.
Typing the strength that his people have shown,
Row after row of their comrades are grouped,
Lying all lowly with fresh flowers looped.
There are names they have known in the heyday of youth
Amid names of the stranger that stir only ruth.
Living and dead, they have shown no affright ;
Liberty, home life, and history's might
Called them .-ind armed them and nerved them of old
E'er be their motive and suffering extolled.
'Tis a rung in the ladder that freemen must climb
Till the world swings aloft in the fullness of time.
"Nearer, ^ly God, to Thee" sung by us all,
Nearer each other our throbbing hearts call.
Piabies are there where the soft breezes blow,
Learning from heroes how grandly to grow.
That the ages to come in the sweetness of youth
Learn that what we defended was freedom and truth.
Fondly the veterans stroll about near ;
Greetings from comrades fall sweet on the ear.
.Vnecdotes flash, reminiscences fall.
Leaders are storied with glory for all.
For the blood of the brave and the prayers of the saints
.\re the parents of freedom, wliate'er our complaints.
Grand the oration that calls from the tomb,
h'ifty years sealed, the four years of our gloom.
Nation-wide State rights arc lasting applause
Won by our darling, our paramount cause.
And the maiden who raises her voice to recite
Is a symbol of womanhood sweetening nn'ght.
SuUnni the luish when the prayer rises high,
Only the trees iiUerrupt and the sky;
Yomig man or veter.an. bowed is his head ;
Sweetly the oriole pi])es for the dead.
Unto God be the glory for men like (uir own;
May our sons reach the stature these giants have shown!
lloliness ever is part of their fame;
h'ighting or starving, they righted tlieir name.
Heaven bends near, when to all gathered there
Tenderly trembles the taps on the air.
O'er the hill sleep in line their strong foemen of old
1 ill by reveille roused, by one Captain controlled.
DIAXA SMITH, OXE OF THE SOUTHS HEROIXES.
A friend has kindly furnished us with some interesting par-
ticulars in the history of Diana Smith.
"She was born and reared in the county of Jackson. Hex
father is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and was leading a quiet, peaceful, and useful life
until his country was invaded, when he called his countrymen
to arms and raised the first company of guerrillas, which he
commanded until captured last fall, since when he has been
confined in a loathsome dungeon at Camp Chase, Ohio.
"Diana, his only daughter, is a beautiful girl. She was
tenderly reared and well educated. She is also a member of
the M. E. Church, and has lived an exemplary life. She is
descended from a race of unflinching nerve and satisfied with
nothing less than freedom. Although a tender and delicate
flower, she has been five times captured by the Yankees and
marched sometimes on foot in manacles a prisoner, once a
considerable distance into Ohio, at which time she inade her
escape. She too has been in service ; she was in several bat-
tles in which 'her father engaged the enemy and where blood
flowed like water. Her trusty rifle has made more than one
Yankee 'bite the dust.' She left her home in company with
iMiss Duskic, who has eartied the proud distinction of a
heroine. On one occasion she was surrounded by five Yan-
kees and Union men, when she went rushing through their
ranks with a daring that struck terror to them. With her
rifle lashed across her shoulders, she swam the west fork of
the Kanawha River and made her way to the Mountain Ran-
gers, preferring to trust her safety to these brave spirits,
well knowing that her sex would entitle her to protection
from these brave mountaineers. These young ladies have
lain in the mountains for months with no bed but the earth
and no covering but the canopy of heaven. They have shared
the soldier's rough fare, his dangers, and his hopes." — ]Vylhc~
vlUe (J'a.) Dist'otch.
XARRATirE OF FOURTH TEXXRSSEE CAFALRV.
HY JtAT. GE0Rf;E C. fiVlLn, ADJUTAXT, NASHVILLE, TENN.
I have about completed a narrative of the 4th Tennessee
Cavalry Regiment (commanded by Col. Baxter Smith), Whar-
ton's old division. Wheeler's Corps. .Vrmy of Tennessee. 1
am now engaged in making out tlie casualty list. Many of
the eleven companies have responded fairly well in furnish-
ing a list of the members of their company killed in battle, in
which battle, and date they were killed. 1 also request the
names of the wounded in battle and such as died of disease
during the war. I have the names of one hundred and six
who were killed, and a few names of such as were wounded
or died during the war, and I will publish such as 1 can pro-
cure. Every survivor of a company should remember those
of his comrades who were killed in battle. This being fur-
nished, he can approximate the luimber of wounded, as five
wounded to one killed is the accepted ratio in all armies.
I have no report from Company D (Captain Phillips'), Com-
pany F (Capl. J. R. Lester), and Comp.my L ( Capt. J. 1.
Paiion) except a few names that I as adjutant of the regi-
ment happen to remember. Captain Parton was killed at
Chickamauga. and Captains Phillips and Lester died after
the surrender. The few survivors of these companies have
been unable to furnish me many names. I personally know
that they were as good companies as the others and are en-
titled to as large an average list of casualties. It will be a
great favor to have response at once.
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Two soldiers in the churchyard
Lay sleeping side by side.
Still spurred and cloaked and sworded,
A,> on their final ride.
Xo warning bugle woke them
Or summoned to the fray;
They held a truce eternal,
The blue coat and the gray.
Memorial morning thither,
With feeble step and slow,
There came an aged negro
Whose wool was white as snow.
Twin wreaths of damask roses
He bore with tender care;
Beside each grave he halted '
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"Why do you deck," I asked him,
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'Way down in Tennessee,
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Who died to set me free."
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Mrs. James ^Montgomery, of Ghent,
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rades who remember her husband as pilot
on the gunboat Jackson, thought to have
been the first gunboat leaving New Or-
leans. He was afterwards on the Mc-
Ray, Commodore Hollins's flagship, and
was also on the Arkansas Ram when her
officers deemed it necessary to blow her
up to prevent her falling into the hands
of the Federals. At the close of the
war he was in Texas under General !Ma-
gruder.
Comrades of the 2d Georgia Regiment
who remember Daniel F. (Bud) Griffin,
who enlisted at Adairsville or old Cass-
ville, will confer a favor by writing to
C. E. Brown. Bellevue, Tenn., R. F. D.
Xo. I. This information is wanted by
I'is daughters.
The State Library at Austin, Tex.,
needs Volume I. (1893), the first three
numbers of 1894, and February, 1896,
to complete its file of the Veter.vn.
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or to dispose of them will kindly write
to the librarian.
Sam A. Jones, of Anadarko, Okla.,
I'.Dx .J55. wishes to get a copy of the
poem used for Memorial Day, each
stanza ending with "Why don't you
put flowers on papa's grave?" Some
of our patrons may be able to supply a
copy of this poem.
Mrs. Mittie Hanks. 21 Wallace Ave-
nue, Covington, Ky., is trying to secure
the war record of her late husband,
Cyrus Hanks, who was enlisted in an
Arkansas regiment and with Kirby
Smith's command. Surviving comrades
will kindlv write to her.
Mrs. Emily Fawbush, 321 Adams
Street, Louisville, Ky., makes inquiry
for comrades who can testify to the
service of J. B. Epperson, who enlisted
in Richmond, Va., and was in the 38th
L'..ittalion of Pickett's Division.
Mrs. Fannie Young, of Sylvester, Ga.,
daughter of Jackson IMarion Hancock,
who belonged to Company B, loth Geor-
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ent whereabouts if living, as he left his
home in 1866. He was a great violinist.
C. E. Heath, of Rockwall, Tex., wants
a copy of an old song in which appear
these lines :
•■Tlie>'ll never subdue us, and that you'll
all see,
While we have Bragg, Beauregard,
Johnston, and Lee."
James T. Buck, of Chillicothe, Te.x.,
is compiHng a history of the Buck fam-
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the Jamestown colony, are especially
requested to write to him, as are all
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B. L. W'ynn. of Charleston. Miss.,
would be pleased to hear from any mem-
ber of the Signal Corps of the 2d Arm\
Corps, A. N. v., known as T. J. Jack-
son's signal corps.
I\Irs. Annie Toncy. of Ocilla. Ga..
would like to hear from some one whn
was with her husband. Sidney S. Tonex.
of Forsyth, Ga., at the time of the sur-
render. He was a member of Company
D. 5th Georgia Reserves. She needs this
information to complete her pension ap-
plication.
\l. V. Hu<l-.,n. of Greenville ( R. F. D.
No. 2), S. C, wishes to learn of any
Confederates who may have nursed his
father, P. W, Hudson, of Company V,
l6th South Carolina Regiment, who, on
Hood's retreat from Xashville. was left
at Pulaski. Tenn.. and died on I''el)ru;iry
12, 1865. in the hands of the h'edcral
army. .\ny information will be .appre-
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Ed C. Hill. 458r Ferdinand .•\venue.
St. Louis, .Mo., has in his collection of
t-urios a knife of the old-fashioned buck-
horn pattern wliich was recently found
ne;ir .Marsh.ill, .Mo. On the knife is a
silver iil.ite on which is engraved: "Pre-
senleil li> Capt. Thomas Harris to J. H.
Davis." Mr. Hill will be glad to find
the rightful owner of the knife ;uid its
liistor\-.
Mrs. R. M. tJuisenlnTrx. of Hickory
Grove. Ky„ Route Xo. 2. will appreciate
any information of the service of W. C.
Quisenherry in the Confederate army,
especially as to his <lischarge or parole.
wh;it prison he was in, .and where his
<onipan\ ,ind regiment were sur-
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as the troops passed through, and that
be recovered sufficiently to be removed
to the home of a friend. Jim Early, at
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WITH NAMES OF THE
DEPARTMENT, DIVISION AND BRIGADE COMMANDERS,
THEIR ADJUTANTS GENERAL, AND ADDRESSES. Tmc^
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South Carolina Division.
North Carolina Division.
West Virginia Division.
Maryland Division.
IHAM,
General STEPHEN D. LEE, General Commandiug, Columbus, Miss. ■
Major General WM. E. MICKLE, Adjutant General and Cliief of Staff, Wew
Orleans, La. <^"' '«
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ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT. ^rcat
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Lieut. General C. IRVINE WALKER, Commander, Charleston. S. C. v are
Brig. General J AS. G. HOLMES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Macon, Ga.
lomng
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Major General THOH. W. CARWILE, Commandor, Edgefield, S. C. flerate
Col. J. M. .10RD.\N, Adjutant (General and Chief of Staff, Greenville, S. C.
Brig. General ZIMMKRMAN DAVIS, ('omnianding 1st Brigade, Charleston, S. C.
Brig. General B. H. TEAGUE, Commanding I'd Brigade, Aiken, S. C.
se.ils,
II and
them
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Major General JULIAN S. CARR, ('ommander, Durham. N. C. upon
Col. H. A. LONDON, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Pittsboro, N. C. m f„r
Brig. General P. C. CARLTON, Comiuaiiding IhI Brigade, Statesville, N. C.
Brig. General W. L. LONDON, Commanding i;d Brigade, Pittsboro, N. C.
Brig. General J.\S. I. METTS, Commanding Sd Brigage, Wilmington, N. C.
Brig. General JAS M. RAY, Commanding 4th Brigade, Asheville, N. C. '^T^-
to the
Virginia Division. about
Major General THEODORE S. GARNETT, Commander, Norfolk, Va. ^ . ''^"
Col. .JOS. V. BFDGOOD, Adjutant (Jeneral and Chief of Staff, Richmond, Va. <^sk1cs,
Brig, (ieneral STITH BOLLING, Commanding 1st Brigade, Petersburg, Va. ■ great
Brig. General .lAS. MAC(JITjIj, Commandinir lid Brigade, Pulaski, Va. ;crvice
Brig. General R. D. KUNKHOUSEU, Commanding :id Brigade, Maurertown, Va. lenccd
Every
lumor-
Major General ROBERT WHITE, Commander, Wheeling, W. Va. yo"
Col. A. C. L. G.\TEWO0D, Adjutant (Jeneral and Chief of Staff, Linwood, W. Va. ns and
Brig. General D.WIO E. .JOHNSTON, Commanding 1st Brigade, Blueneld,W.Va. ^vhcn
Brig. General S. S. GREEN, Commanding 2d Brigage, Charleston, W. Va. y^
1. Do
ve the
Major General A. C. TRIPPB, Commander, Baltimore, Md. every
Col". D.WID S. BRISCOE, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Baltimore, Md. lithout
lirig. General OSWALD TIGHLMAN, Commanding 1st Brigage, Easton, Md. ,„ „„^
Brig. General FRANK A. BOND, Commanding 2d Brigade, Lumbertown, N. C.
ARMY OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT. ,
AR. .A
Lieut. General CLEMENT A. EV.VNS, Commander, Atlanta, Ga. ccr. of
*Brig. General E. T. SYKES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Columbus, Miss. Geor-
1 from
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Louisiana Division.
Major General A. B. BOOTH, Coiiiinander, New Orleans, Ija.
Col. T. W CASTLEMAN, Adjutant General and Chief of .Stall', Xcw Orleans, La.
Tennessee Division.
Major General GEO. AY. GOUnoN, Commander, Memphis, Tenn.
Col. JOHN P. HICKMAN, Adiutant General and Cliief of 8tafi; Nashville. Tenn.
Brig. General .lOHN F. HORNE, Commandinfr 1st Brigade, Knoxville, Tenn.
Brig. General .JOHN M. TAYLOR, Comnuuuliiis; 2d Brigade, Le-Nington, Tenn.
Brig. General CLAY STACKER, Commaudiug 3d Brigade, Clarksville, Tenn.
Florida DIvisian.
Major General W. J). BALLENTINE, Commander, Orlando, Fla.
Col". FRED L. ROBERTSON, Adjutant General and Chief of Statr, Tallahassee, Fla.
Brig. General W. L. ^YI 1 TICH. Commanding Ist Brigade, Pensacola, Fla.
Brig. (General FRANCIS P. FLEMING, Commanding 2d Brigade, Jacksonville,
Fhi.
Brig. General W. H. JEWELL, Commanding 3d Brigade, Orlando, Fla.
Alabama Division.
Major General GEO. P. HARRISON, Commander, Opelijsa, Ala.
Col. HARVEY E. JONES, Adjutant General and Chief of Staft", Moutgomerj-, Ala.
Brig. General JNO.W. A. SANFORD, Commanding 1st Brigade, Montgomery, Ala.
Brig. General P. D. BOWLES, Commanding 2d Brigade, Evergreen, Ala.
Brig. General J. N. THOMPSON, Commanding 3d Brigade, Tuseumbia, Ala.
Brig. General J. W. BUSH, Commaudiug 4tli Brigade, Birmingham, Ala.
Mississippi Division.
Major General ROBT. LOWRY, Commander, Jackson, Miss.
Col. J. L. McCASKILL. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Brandon, Miss.
Brig. General W. A. MONTGOMERY, Coinmanding 1st Brigade, Edwards, Miss.
Brig. General J. P. CARTER, Commanding 2d Brigade, McComb City, Miss.
Brig. General GEO. M. HELM, Comuianding 3d Brigade, Greenville, Miss.
Georgia Division.
Major General P. A. S. McGLASHAN, Commander, Savannah, Ga,
Col. WM. M. CRUMLEY, Adjutant General and Chief of StafT, Atlanta. Ga.
Brig. General J. L. SWE.\T, Commanding Southern Georgia Brigade, Waycross,
Ga.
Brig. General C. M. WILEY, Commanding East Georgia Brigade, Macon, Ga.
Brig. General A. J. WEST, Commanding North GeorgiaJBrigade, Atlanta, Ga.
Brig. General JOHN A. COBB, Commanding West Georgia Brigade, Americus, Ga.
Kentucky Division.
Major General BENNETT H. YOUNG, Commander, Louisville, Ky.
Col. W. A. MILTON. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Louisville, Ky.
Brig. General JAMES R. ROGERS, Commanding 1st Brigade, Paris, Ky.
Brig. General J B. BRIGGS, Commanding 2d Brigade, Russellville, Ky.
Brig. General D. THORNTON, Commanding 3d Brigade, Louisville, Ky.
Brig. General A. H. SINCLAIR, Commanding 4th Brigade, Georgetown, Ky.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
Lieut. General W. L. CABELL, Commander, Dallas, Texas.
Brig. General A. T. WATTS, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff", Beaumont, Tex.
Texas Division.
Major General K. M. VAN ZANDT, Commander, Fort Worth, Tex.
Col. GKO. JACKSON, Adjutant General and Chief of StafI", Fort Worth, Tex.
Brig. General THOS. H. EDGAR, tJommanding 1st Brigade, Galveston, Tex.
Brig. General T. L. LARGEN, Commanding 2d Brigade, San Antonio, Tex.
Brig. General J. D. SHAW, Commanding 3d Brigade, Waco, Tex.
Brig. General H. W. GRABER, Commanding 4th Brigade, Dallas, Tex.
Brig. General B. B. PADDOCK, Commanding 5th Brigade, Fort Worth, Tex.
Indian Territory Division.
Major Geueral JOHN L. (tALT Cotnuiaiider, Ardmore, Indian Territory.
Coi JOHN W. JOKDAX, Adjutant General and Chief of Stafi; Ardmore, Indian
Territory.
Brig. General J. V. WOOD, Comuianding Cliickasaw Brigade, Ada, Indian Terri-
tory.
Brig, (ieneral I). M. HAILEY, Cominandiug Choctaw Brigade, South McAlister,
Indian Territory.
Brig. General .]. G. .SCRIAISHIRE, Commanding Cherokee Brigade, (Marimore,
Indian Territory.
Brig. General \VM. E. GENTRY, Commanding Creek Brigade, Checotah, Indian
Territory.
Missouri Division.
Major General HARVEY W. SALMON, Commander, Clinton, Mo.
Col. WM. F. C.\I{TE1{. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, St. .loseph, Mo.
Brig-, (ieneral FRANK ( J.-Mi^NNIE, Commanding Easli'rn Hriirade, St. Louis, Mo.
Brig. General .JOHN B. STON E, Commanding Western Brigade, Kansas City, Mo.
Arkansas Division.
Brig. General DAN. W .TONES, Connuander, Little Rook, Ark.
Col. , Adjutant General and Chief of Stafl", Little Roc-k, Ark.
Brig. General , Conim;>iiditig 1st Brigaile.
Brig. General .JUNIUS .JORDAN, Commanding iid Brigade, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Brig. General J. W. RUiSSEIiL. Commanding ."d Hriirade, Russellville, Ark.
Brig. General D. B. CASTLEBERRY, Conunanding 4th Brigade, Booneville, Ark.
Oklahoma Division.
Major General S. J. WILKINS, Commander, Norman, Okla.
Col. WM. M. CRO.SS, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Brig. Ge-eral .J. V. .VLLI'.X, CommandiTisr 1st Brigade, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Brig. General A. V. W.VTSON, Commanding lid Urigade, Sliawnee, Okla.
Brig. General SAM. I'ORTER, Commanding ;id Brigade, Martlia, Okla.
North-West Division.
Major General I'.MTL A. FUSZ, Commander, JMiilipshurg, Mont.
("oh WILLIAM RAY, Adjutant (Jencral and Cliief of Slafl". JMiilipshurg. Mont.
Brig. General GEO. 1"". INtiRAM, Commanding Montana Brigade, Helena, Mont.
Pacific Division.
Major General STEPHEN S. BTRCIIFIFLD, Comniaiider, Doming, New Mexico.
Col. liOUIS ITEM.AiNN, Adjutant Geneial and Chief of Staff, Los Angeles. Cal.
Brig. General .JOHN H. I<ESTER, Commanding New Mexico Brigade, Doming,
New Mesioo.
Brig. General WM. C. HARBISON, Commanding California Brigade, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Official :
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Adjulcvit General and Chief of Staff.
LIST OF 1583 CAMPS
Admitted into the Fellowship of the United Confederate Veterans,
with Numbers, Division, Headquarters and Names of Present Commanders and Adjutants.
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDlvR. ADJUTANT.
l...Aniiy of Northern Virginia La. ..New Orleans, La Frank L. Place Louis A. Adam
2. ..Army of Tennessee La.. New Orleans, La Clement L. Wallier Major Nicholas Cuny
3. ..General LeRoy Stafford La...Shreveport, La F. C. Marsden Geo. L. Woodward
4...N. B. Forrest Teun... Chattanooga, Tenn..B. L. Goulding L. T. Dickinson
5. ..Fred. Ault Tenn...Kno.Kville. Tenn J. L. Morgan Chns. Ducloux
6. ..Jeff. Davis La....'Mexanclria, La Major Kred. Seip Capt. W. W. Wliittington
7...Rustou La...Ruston, La Col. Allen Barksdale Capt. J. L. l5)nd
8. ..Ex-Confederate Ass'n, Chicago.. ..111. ..Chicago, 111 L. D. McMekin Harry Lee
9. ..Vet. Confed. States Cavalry La.. New Orleans, La H. W. Spear '-
10. ..Ward Confederate Veterans Fla...Pensacola, Fla D. B. Reed Boykin Jones
11. ..Raphael Semmes Ala. ..Mobile, Ala Major Saffbld Berney W. S. Copley
12...Turney Tenn... Winchester, Tenn. ...A. .1. Skidmore ' N. R. Martin
13.. W. W. Loring Fla...Bro()ksville, Fla J. C. Davant Frank E. Saxon
14. ..R. E. Lee La...Opelousas, La Samuel Haas.. Leonce Sandoz
15... Washington Artillery La. ..New Orleans, La John Holmes Robt. McMillan
16. ..Henry St. Paul La. ..New Orleans, La Col. A. B. Booth Col. Jos. Demoruelle
17... Baton Rouge La. ..Baton Rouge, La John L. Walker F. W. Heroman
18... Iberville La...Plaquemine, La Fred. Orillon Anatole Joly
19... Ben. Humphreys Miss. ..Crystal Spgs., Miss...G. W. Copley 8. H. Aby
20. ..Natchez Miss. ..Natchez, Miss W. H. H. Wilson John A. Dicks
21...Hattiesburg Miss...Hattiesburg, Miss.. ..Geo. D. Hartfield W. J. Bass
22.. .J. J. Whitney Miss... Fayette, Miss W. H. Spencer T. B. Hammett
23. ..Kit Mott Miss. ..Holly Springs, Miss..J. B. Mattison R. A. McWilliams
24. ..Robert A. Smith Miss. ..Jackson, Miss John McDonald A. G. Moore
2.5. ..Walthall Miss.. .Meridian, Miss J. J. Hood Gen. B. V. White
26.. .W. A. Montgomery Mi8S...Ed\Viirds, Miss H. S. Pond T. H. W. Barrett
27...Isliam Harrison Miss. ..Columbus, Miss Col. Wm. C. Richards Col. Thos. Harrison
28. ..Confederate Historical Ass'n. ...Tenn. ..Memphis, Tenn INIaj. Gen. G. W. Gordon I. N. Raiuey
29. ..Ben. McCuUoch Tex. ..Cameron, Tex John J. Irwin Jas. B. Moore
30.. .Ben. McCulloch Tex. ..Decatur, Tex G. W. Short M. D. Sellars
31. ..Sterling Price Tex. ..Dallas, Tex T. J. Pulliam Brig. Gen Oliver Steele
32...Vicksburg Miss...Vicksburg, Miss Gen. D. A. Campbell R. E. Walne
33. ..R. L. Gibson La... Evergreen, La Isaac C. Johnson W. H. OliN'er
34. ..Jos. E. Johnston Ga...Dalton, Ga S. B. Felker J. H. Stanford
35. ..Frank Cheatham Tenn. ..Nashville, Tenn R. Lin Cave Col. John P. Hickman
36...Hillsboro Fla. ..Tampa, Fla B. N. Mathes H. L. Crane
37...Jno. Ingram Tenn. ..Jackson, Tenn .-.T. J. Dupree J. G. Wells
.38. ..Major Victor Maurin La...Donaldsonville, La..S. A. Poche Maj. W^m. J. ISlurphy
39. ..W.' J. Hardee Ala. ..Birmingham, Ala.. ..J. B. Francis Maj. J. Lawler Darby
40. ..Natchitoches La. ..Natchitoches, La J. Alphonse Prudhomme....Maj H. M. Hyams
41...Mouton La...]\Iansfleld, La J. G. Marshall Thos. D. Pegues
42... Stonewall Jackson Tenn...McKenzie, Tenn J. P. Cannon J. M. Null
43.. .John C. Upton Tex...Huntsville, Tex W. W. Durham M. A. Foster
44. ..John H. Reagan Tex. ..Palestine, Tex S. P. Allen A. N. Dexter
45. ..J. E. B. Stuart Tex... Terrell, Tex P. G. Nebhut Vic. Reinhardt
46. ..Felix K. Zollicoffer Tenn...Knoxville, Tenn Gen. John F. Home Chas. Ducloux
47. ..Indian River Fla...TitusviIle, Fla A. A. Stewart M. Goldsmith
48. ..Albert Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Tyler, Tex Major Benson W. Roberts John G. Chitwood
49...Woodville Miss...Woodville, Miss General J. H. Jones G. Kann
50... John B. Gordon Ga... Spring Place, Ga W. J. White T. J. Ramsey
51. ..Stephen Elliott 8. C.St. George's, 8. C T. Otey Reed W. D. Connor
52. ..Montgomery Miss...Rosedale, Miss W. C. Boyd Capt. Chas. C. Farrar
54. ..Orange County Fla. ..Orlando, Fla Robt. Howe B. M. Robinson
55...Dibrell Tenn...Lewisburg, Tenn 8. T. Hardison, M. D W. G. Loyd
56. ..Marion Co. Confed. Vet. Ass'n... .Fla. ..Ocala, Fla G. M. Hubbard L. Dozier
57. ..Pasco Confed. Vet. Ass'n Fla. ..Dade City, Fla James E. Lee A. H. Ravesies
.58.. .R. E. Lee Fla.. .Jacksonville. Fla H. H. Love Robt. J. Magill
59...Patton Anderson Fla...Monticello, Fla Capt. W. C. Bird B. W. Partridge
60. ..Camp Moore La...Kentwood, La R. L. Draughon J. W. Birch
61. ..Col. B. Timmons Tex. ..La Grange, Tex Wm. H. Thomas Natt Holman
62. ..Calcasieu Confederate Veterans. ..La. ..Lake Charles. La. ...Capt. W. A. Knapp. Chas. P. Hampton
63. ..Jos. E. Johnston Tex. ..Corpus Christi, Tex..Mark Downey H. R. Sutherland, Jr
64.. .Sanders Ala...Eutaw, Ala Capt. Geo. H. Cole W. P. Brugh
65. ..Howdy Martin Tex. ..Athens, Tex D. M. Morgan M. D. Lammons
66. ..R. E. Lee Tex... Lampasas, Tex D. C. Thomas T. H. Hayiye
67...Granbury Tex...Granbury, Tex -.H. L. Neely J. R. Morris
68. ..Jeff. Lee Indian Territory. ..McAlester, I. T Col. J. H. Reed Gen. R. B. Coleman
70...Albert Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Paris, Tex J. W. Hardison Gen. John W. Webb
71...Alberfc Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Kingston. Tex T. B. Spalding .- D. A. Edwards
72.. .Abilene Tex. ..Abilene, Tex J. W. Childers J. J- Clinton
74.. .Rockwall Tex.. .Rockwall, Tex M. S. Austin N. C. Edwards
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
75... Albert Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Beaumont, Tex Win. E. Kogers ,...H. C- McClure
76. ..Coleman Tex. ..Coleman, Tex James Williams M. M. Callan
77. ..Forbes Tenn...Clarksville, Tenu....Clay 8tracker Alex. Davidson
78 ..Amite City ha. ..Amite City, La E. C. Cooley George F. ytarns
79 ..Merkel Tex...Merkel, Tex A. A. 15aker John Miller
80. ..Kansas City Mo. ..Kansas City, Mo VV. T. Mills E. R. Tomlinson
81. ..Joe. B Palmer Tenn...Murfreesbo'ri), Tenn. Richard Beard Capt. H. H. Norman
82...Ro.sser Tex....Mt. Enterprise, Tex. .Thomas Turner
83. ..Wm. Frierson -....Tenn-.-iShelbyville, Tenn....R. L. Brown J. K. Johnson
84... Barnard K. Bee S. C... Aiken, h*. C P. A. Emanuel Geo. C. Edmonston
86. ..Bedford Forrest Tex...Soynioiir, Tex T. H. C. Perry P. N. Taylor
87. ..Wm. L. Moody Tex. ..Fairfield, Tex Geo. T. Bradley A. G. Anderson
88 Pat. Cleburne Tex...Cleburnf, Tex J. M. Mallett M. H. Kahle
8%.. Camp Cabell Ark...BentonvilIe, Ark.. ..A. J. Bates N. S. Henry
90. ..Mildred L,ee Tex. ..Sherman, Tex J. D. Woods J. H. LeTellier
91 .stonewall Jackson .Tex. ..Atlanta, Tex J. D.Johnson J. AI. Fletcher
92. .E. C. Walthall Tex. ..Sweetwater, Tex R. C. Childress B. F. Roberts
93. ..Bob. Stone Tex. ..Montague, Tex T. P. Paine Wm. J. Ryan
94. ..Joe. Johnston Tex...Mexia, Tex S. 15. Love H. W. Williams
9.5. ..John H. vli>rgun Ky...PHris, Ky Alex. T. Forsyth Will A. Gaines
96.. .Wm. Pr. ston KV-.Harrodsburg, Kv....E. W. Lyen J. L). Bryant
97. ..Abe Buf.rd Ky... Vers.iillefi, Ky ..' IJ. L Thornton Albert B. Soott
98. ..Geo. W. Johnson Ky...<JeorgetowM Ky A. H. Sinclair Elly Blackburn
99... Ben. Dtsha Ky...Cynthiinia, Ky." R. Af Collier J. William Boyd
100...J.)hn C. Breckinridge Ky... Lexington, Ky.. (). S. Tenney S S. Rosfll
101. ..Ben. Hardin Helm Ky...Lawrenceburg Ky...P. H. Thomas Lieut. Col. Jas. A. McCiuire
lOli... Hannibal Bonne Tex. .. Xavasota, TeX. ....".. ..W. E. Barry IL H. Wilson
10.'3...John B.Hood Tex. ..Austin, Tex L. P. Seikes I). F.Wright
104. ..Nassau Fla...Fernandina, Fla Thomas A. Hall G. L. Baltzell
105 ..;\Iagruder Te.x...(talv»-ston, Tex X. W.-eks Gen. Thos. H. Edgar
105...R. (}. Mills Tex. ..Frost, Tex Dr. A. Chamberlin I. N. AN'ilkiiison
107...J,)liii H. Morgan I. T...Ardinore. I T ]. C. Boucher George H. Bruce
10S...\ViTiniH Davis Tex...WHxah.icliie, Tex....T. B. Jackson Wm. L. P.Leigh
1011...J. W. Throckmorton Te.\ ..McKli'Ucv, Tex J. W. PofTord C. H. Lake
110. ..Isaiah Norwood La. ..Merrick, La Capt. D. T. Merrick J. Jewell Taylor
11I...W. P. Townsond Tex. ..Calvert Tex Harry Field J. P. Cassimir
11S....\lbert Sblnev Johnston TeX.. .Colorado, Tex L. H. Weatherly Thos. Q. Mullin
114...Shaekelford-kultoii THnn...Fayetleville, Tenn...W. H. Casliron John T Goodrich
115....\lber( Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Meridian. Tex Jef>e H. iMoore T. C. Ale-ander
1 hi.... Albert Sidnev .lohnnton Tex... Hamilton, TeX W. B. West S. .\. Peeter
117...J,.|r. Divis ..'. Tex .Goldthwade, TeX....W. R. Cox J T. Prater
n«... Stonewall Jackson Tex...Brownwood, Tex. ...J. A. Heiily Chas. Bean
ll'i...Josei)h K. Johnston Tex. ..(Gainesville, Tex I. M. Lindsay J. M. Wright
1.^11 Beauvoir IMiss...(iulf Port, Mis" M. C. May Jas. 1$. Cable
1-1. ..Col. Dudlev W. Jones. Tex...Mt. Pleasant, Tex. ..W. J. Johnson ...J. D. Mitchell
lJ:i ..Bell CouiitV Tex...Bcllon, Tex W. T. J. Hartrick Thos. W Taylor
I-'! ..L. F. Moody Tex...Buflalo (Jap, Tex....R. C. Lyon W. B. Brewer
1-4. ..J. 15. Kobertson TcX...BrvMn, Texas B. F. Lemon W. (i. Mitchell
l-'5 ..("ab^ll Tex. ..Vernon, Tex T. A. Creager J P.. Crawford
1-'l... Robert E. Lee Tex...Ladonia, Tex T. C. Reed ... Capt. E. W. Cummens
)-T. ..Young Count v Tex...<JrahMm, Tex. R. C. McPhail A. O. Norris
liis...Jolin (J. Walker Tcx...Madisonville, TeX...W. N. McBride W. D. McDonald
120. ..Sul Ross Tex. ..Denton, Tex W.J. Lacy R. B. .■\nderson
130. ..(Jm. Moorman Tex...Fornev, Tex H. I. Brooks W. E. Harvey
131. ..John M. Stone .'...Miss. ..Tupelo, ^liss W. A. Dozier H. E. Porter
132 ..:\rilton. Fla...Marianna, Fla (ieorge A. Baltzell
134. ..Gen. J. W. Starnes Tenn... Franklin. Tenn J. P. TTanner George L. Cowan
13o...Ex-Confed. Ass'n., Coryell Co...Tex...(iatesville, Tex J. R. Brown R. L. Suggs
13r,...i-om(1reen Tex. ..Hempstead. Tex J. W. Pinkney G. W. Ellington
137...Manipson N. C... Clinton, N C Dr. R. H. Holiday John A. Beainan
13S...K. R. Lubbock Tex. ..Lubbock. Tex W. D. Crump Geo. L. Beatty
131). ..John W. Caliiwell Kv...Russellville, Kv W. B. McCarty Ben. .Settle
140. ..n. li. Kenan Fla...(Jnincv, Fla Lieut. Col. R. H. M. Davidson. .. W. W. Wilson
141. ..Crockett Tex. ..Crockett, Tex N. B. Barbee C. J. Hassell
142. ..W. P. Rodgers Tex. ..Caldwell, Tex M. L. Womack E. B. Bell
143...Bowlin>r Green Kv. .Bowling Green, Ky..W. .A. Oberchain John E. DuBose
144 ....MhertSidiiev Johnston Tex. ..San Antonio, Tex ...F. F. Collins Godfrey Peter.son
140. ..Hen. T. Du Val Ark. ..Fort Smith. .Vik W. F. Braden David 8. Patrick
147. ..C. M. Winkler Tex...Corsicana, Tex A. F. Wood H. G. Damon
l4s...{j(.orgeT. Ward Fla. ..Inverness. Fa E. M. Zimmerman S. M. Wilson
14'i...(^en. Jos. Finnegan Fla...Sanford, Fla Harrv Cassel D. B Mauley
l."H)...E. .\. Perry Fla...L!\ke Citv, Fla Cot. Waller R. Moore W. M. Ives
151...Lomax ...." Ala...Mont<romerv, Ala ...J. B. Fuller Col. Paul Sanguinetti
152.. .Richland La...Rayville, Lii lohn S. Summerlin D. T. Chapman
153. ..Wood County Tex...Mineola, Tex J. H. HufTmaster J. H. Williams
1.54.. .W. W. Loriiig Tex...Robv, Tex T. P. Henry '. A. M. Davidson
155. ..Stewart Fla. ..Jasper, Fla D B. Johnson O. W. Bailey
1.51). ..John C. G. Key Tex. ..Gonzales, Tex John S. Conway H. L. Quails
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEAUQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
157. ..Wm. Rose McAdory Ala. ..Bessemer, Ala T. W. Huffman C. L. Hadaway
158. ..R. E. Lee Tex. ..Fort VVortli, Tex Col. E. W. Taylor Major W. M. McConnell
159. ..Atlanta Ga... Atlanta, Ga Frank M. Myers Capt. W. H. Harrison
160...Alvarado TeX...Alvarado, TeX Jesse M. Hill J. 11. Posey
161. ..Lamar Kla... Tallahasse, Fla D. Lang R. A. Whitfield
162. ..Catawba N. C... Hickory, N. C M. S. Deal- L. K. Whitener
163. ..Horace Randall Tex... Carthage, Tex J. P. Forsyth C. I. Voorhies
164. ..Sul Ross Tex...Bouham, Tex J. A. Duncan M. A. Bridges
165...Albert Sidney Johnston Tex. ..Taylor, Tex J. R. Hargis., Perry Hawkins
166. ..Hill County Tex...Hillsboro, Tex John P. t o.x D. C. Wornell
167. ..Claiborne Miss. ..Port Gibson, Miss....R. A. Owen Thos. M. Rea
168. ..D. H. Hill Tex. ..Paint Rock, Tex R. C. Tillery J. W. Ratchford
169. ..Tom Green Tex...Weatherford, Tex...B. L. Richey M. V. Kinnison
170. ..Matt. Ashcroft Tex...Sulphur8prings,Tex\V. F. Henderson I. H. Harrison
171. .. Confed. Vet.Ass'n. oftheD.ofC. , D.C... Washington, U. C.John T. Callaghan Thos. W. Hungerford
172. ..Sul Ross Tex. ..Henrietta, Tex C. B. Patterson J. E. Freet
173.. .Pierce H. Anderson Tenn...Tullahoma, Tenn W. T. Wilson M. L. Norton
175. ..E. Kirby Smith Fla.. .St. Augustine, Fla. ..J. J. Barling D. L. Dunham
176. ..Yazoo Miss. ..Yazoo City, Miss E. R. Gale Major C. J. DuBuisson
177. ..Capt. David H. Hammons Okla... Oklahoma, Okla G. W. R. Chin J. G. Street
17S... Winchester Hall La.. .Berwick, La D. B. Eells F. O'Brien
179,. .W. H. H. Tison Miss...Booneville, Miss Philip B. Mitchell , L. P Re.ynolds
181. ..R. E. Lee Va... Richmond, Va O. B. Morgan J. Taylor Statton
182. ..Henry W. Allen La. ..Monroe, La W. P. Renwick W. A. O'Kelley
183... John Peck La.. .Sicily Island, La W. S Peck John E. Euright
184. ..John R. Cooke Va...W^est Point, Va A. W. Eastwood W. W. Green
185. ..Sul Ross Tex. ..Campbell, Tex A. H. Hogue E. K. Patrick
187. ..Humphrey Marshall Ky...Nicholasville, Ky....Capt. Geo. B. Taylor Chas. Mann
1S8.. .Thomas 15. Monroe Ky... Frankfort, Ky Capt. A W. Macklin Joel E. Scott
189. ..W. R. Barksdale Mi.ss.. . Grenada, Mii^s B. C. Adams J. S. King
190.. .Pat. R. Cleburne Miss. ..Rolling Fork, Miss.. Capt. J. C. Hall John S. Joor
191. ..Pat. R. Cleburne Ark. ..Charleston, Ark W. P. McMoth W. H. Obar
192...Haller Ark. ..Center Point, Ark. ..John A. Hughes J. A. Wallace
193.. .Lake Providence La.-.LaKe Pmillence, La J. C. Bas's Jas. 8. Milliken
194. ..Ben. McCulloch Ark. ..Green wood, Ark Dudley Milam M. Stroup
195. ..John Donaldson Tex...OakvilIe, Tex J. C. Wright T. M. Church
196... Braxton Bragg La...Thibodaux, La John J. Shaffer H. N. Coulon
197. ..Dick Bowling Tex. ..Houston, Tex ^Vm. Hunter L. L. Cohen
198. ..Lone Star Tex. ..Emma, Tex John W. Murray
199.. .Stonewall Ark...Hackett City, Ark...L. B. Lake A. M. Gordon
200. ..Gen. J. B.Gordon Okla. ..Norman, Okla S. J. Wilkins B. F. Wolf
201. ..Roy S. Cluke Ky...Mt. Sterling, Ky Thomas Johnson W. T. Havens
202.. .Cabell Ark. ..Alma, Ark E. D. Steward J T. Jones
203. ..Gratiot Ark. ..Hope, Ark Gen. C. A. Bridewell B. P. Haynes
204.. .Geo. E. Pickett Va... Richmond. Va P. P. Winston Ro. N. Northern
205. ..William Watts Va... Roanoke, Va H. S. Trout W. P. Dupuy
206... Ringgold Ga... Ringgold, Ga W. J. Whitsitt A. B. Trimmier
207., Robert W. Harper Ark...Morrilton, Ark Carroll Armstrong J. A. Williams
208. ..Joel L. Neal Ark. ..Nashville, Ark J. T. Holt F. T. Shepherd
210...Magruder-Ewell Va... Williamsburg, Va....J. D. Moncure H. T. Jones
211. ..J. E. B. Stewart Va. ..Reams Station, Va .M. A. Moncure A. B. Moncure
212.. .Cabarrus County N. C... Concord, N. C H. B. Parks M. M. Gillou
213.. .Jeff Davis Ark. ..Conway, Ark James Haskrider W. D Cole
215. ..Thomas Collins Ky... Richmond. Ky N. B. Deatherage L. J. Frazee
216... Pat. Cleburne Ark...Fayetteville, Ark T M. Guntei; Junius Jordan
217. ..McMillan Fla...Cliipley, Fla 8. M. Robertson J. A. Mathias
218. ..Hugh A. Reynolds Miss.. .Greenwood, Miss....D. J. Mitchell W. A. Gillespie
219. ..Benton County Miss. ..Hickory Flat, Miss..W. A. Crum B. Ayres
220...DeSoto Miss...Hernaiido, Miss T. C. Dockery W. T. Wesson
221. ..W. H. Jackson Miss...Vaideu, Mi.ss T. B. Kennedy J. L. Cain
222. ..Pat. Cleburne Tex. ..Waco, Tex S. P. Mills B. R. Chandler
224... Franklin K. Beck Ala...C;imden. Ala Richard C. Jones Major J. F. Foster
225. ..Wilson County Tex...Floresville, Tex Jack Sutherland L. P. Hughes
226. ..Amite County Miss. ..Liberty, Miss C. H. Frith George A. McGehee
227 ..Frank Terry Tex. ..Richmond, Tex R. P. Briscoe Jas. P. Jones
228...Buchel Tex. ..Wharton, Tex G. C. Duncan R. M. Brown
229.. .Arcadia La. ..Arcadia, La Ma), Will. Miller John A. Oden
231. ..R. E. Lee Tex. ..Commerce, Tex W. E. Mangum W. A. Oneal
233. ..John B. Hood Ky...Augufta. Ky John 8. Bradley J. R. Wilson
234.. .Ector Tex... Cooper, Tex H. B. Blackwell D. H. Lane
235. .. Sylvester Gwin Miss ..Brookhaven, Miss.. ..John M. May Z. T. Hoskins
236... Auburn Ala. ..Auburn Ala H. Clay Armstrong R. W. Burton
237. ..John H. Waller Ky...Shelbyville, Ky Wm. F. Beard, M. D R. T. Owen
238. ..W. A. Percy Miss... Greenville, Miss J. H. Robb J. M. Lee
239. ..Washington Tex...Brenham, Tex J. G. Rankin R. S Booker
240. ..Gen. Turner Ashby Va... Winchester, Va Geo. W Kurtz P. W. Boyd
241. ..Ned. Merri wether Ky...Hopkinsville, Ky....M. H. Nelson Hunter Wood
242...Emmett Lynch Tex...Cuero, Tex Valentine Hardt Geo. H. Law
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
243. ..Clinton Terry Tex. ..Columbia, Tex J. W. Hanks J. P. Underwood
24.5 ..Hall County Tex. ..Memphis, Tex F. M. Murray G. \V. Tipton
246. ..Talladega Ala. ..Talladega, Ala Maj. T. S. Plowman J. M. Jackson
247. ..Fred. N. Ogden La. ..Gonzales, P. O , La. Dr. P. T. St. Amant H. T. Brown
248...Col. Jaaie.? Walker Tex...Hallett.sville, Te.x. ..M. K. Woodall J. VV. Carson
249...Btonewall Jacks^on Tex. ..Archer City, Te.x John Ground W. W. Duren
2-50. ..Sumter S. C.Charleslon, S. C J. W. Ward Walter Williman
2.5L..B. Kirby Bmitli Ky... Eminence, Ky W. li. Crabb T. 8. Turner
252...Patrick"R. Cleburne Ky...Owiugsville, Ky A. W. Bascchii Thos J. Peters
2-53. ..Thomas H. Hunt Ky...Bardstnvn, Ky A. P. Baldwin —
254. ..Cape Fear N. C... Wilmington, N. C.Gen. James I Metts R. W. Price
25.5. ..Elmore County Ala...Wetumpka, Ala H. H. Robison C. K. McMorris
256. ..Harper AIa...Andalu.sia, Ala John F. Thomas J. M. Robinson, Sr
257. ..Collingsworth County Tex. ..Wellington, Tex J. L). McDowell J. M. Yates
2.58...Pelhaui Ala...Anniston, Ala J. T. DeArnian A. A. Beal
250. ...los. E. Johnston Te.x. ..Childress, Te.x S. H. Bowman Jas. 8. Harrison
260. ..Joe Wheeler Ala. ..Bridgeport, Ala W. C. Glover L. B. Burnett
26L..Lee County Ala...()polika, .Ma R. M. Greene J. Q. Burton
262. ..Bodes Ala. ..Tuscaloosa, Ala A. F. Prince E. N. C. 8now
263.. .W. N. Estes Ala. ..Fort Payne, Ala Col. J. M. Davidson A. P. McCartney
264... Feliciana La... Jackson, La Zack Lea M. B. 8haw
265. ..Rankin Miss. ..Brandon, Miss.- Patrick Henry R. 8. Maxey
266. ..Allen C. Jones Ala. ..Greensboro, Ala W. G. Britton C. A. Ramsey
267....Ioscpli E. Johnston Tex...(ireenville, Tex E. A. Walker W. S. Ward
268. ..James M. Waddell Ala.. .Scale, Ala B. H. Bellamy T. W. Perry
26!).. .A. P. Hll! Tex...Te.xarkana, Tex L. A. Whatlcy J. D. Gains
L:7()...Gen'l Geo. Moorman La...MandeviIle, La John A. Miller R. O. Pizzetta
271. ..Stephen D. Ijce Miss...Maben, Miss Dr. O. B. Cooke J. li. Sherman
272. ..Patrons' Union Miss. ..Lake. Miss J. J. Crane J. B. Bailey
273...Preveaiix Tex. ..Cisco, Tex T. W. Neal J. 8. McDonough
274. ..Camp McGregor Tex. ..McGregor, Te.x J. C. Alexander A. J. Sewell
275 ..Ennna Sansom Ala...(iadsden, Ala R. A. D. Dunlap Jos. R. Hughes
276. ..Henry W. Cox Ala...Rockford, Ala Felix L. Smith W. T. Johnson
277. ..I. W. Garrett Ala.. .Marion, Ala J. Cal. Moore R. H. Evins
278. ..Catawba 8. C.Rook Hill. S. C E. B. Mobley Capt. Iredell Jones
279 ..Lake Co. Confed. Vet. Ass'n Fla...Tavares, Kla H. H. Duncan H. J. Peter
2.s(» . ({encnil Hood Tex...Riplev, Tex W. K. M. Slaughter John H. Hood
2sl ...Camp .Mu.xey Tex...Dod(rcitv, Tex A. L. Dickej- John W. Love
2S2 ..K. Kirby Smith Fla...DeIlllllalC SpflLgS. Fla J. T. Stubbs A. B. McLeod
283. .Buck Kilgore Tex.. Kilgnre, Tex D. H. Laird R. W. Wvnu
284. ..Francis S. Bartow Fla.. .Bartow, Fla W. H. John.son J. L. Albritton
2S5. ...lasper Hawthorn 8. C.Easley, S. C B. C. .Tohnston E. H. Barton
2S6 ...lohn .\. Wharton Tex...Alvin. Tex F. M. Ragland C. Z. Sedwick
2S7...SuI Ross Tex. ..New Boston, Te.v.... George H. Kea T. J. Watlinglon
2SS...<^eorge R. Reeves Tex...Whiteshoro, Tex J. W. M. Hughes B. U. Wright
2.8!t.,.Toni Wallace Tex...DeKalb, Tex L. H. Hall J. D. Stewart
2!tO..."Gotch" Hardeman Tex...Pea'-sall, Tex R. M. Harkness Henry Maney
2!il...Gracie A la.. .Verbena', Ala W. F. Claughton J. A. Mitchell
292. ..Col. James B.Martin Ala. ..Jacksonville, Ala H. L. Stevenson H. F. Montgomery
2!t3...Aikon-Smith Ala. ..Roanoke, Ala W. A. Handley D. McConnaghy
2!U...Ijogan David.son Teit... Honey Grove, Tex. ..J. W. Comptou B. F. McGaughey
2!l5...Ras Redwine fex.. .Henderson, Tex W. P. Davis C. C. Doyle
297. ..R. C. Pulliam 8. C.Greenville, S. C G. W. Sirrine Wm. H. Cely
298.. .E. A. O'Neal Ala.. .Florence, Ala Major .\. M. O'Neal Andrew Brown
299.. .Willis L. Lang Tex...Marlin, Tex D. H. Boyles Q. J. ( ockrell
300. .Ben McCullocii Tex...Mt. Vernon, Tex P. A. Blakey E. S. Prather
301. ..Andrew Coleman N. C.Brvson City, N. C....E. Everett W. T. Battle
302... Will's Point Tex. ..Will's Poiiit, Tex.. ..J. A Harris A. W. Meredith
304... Benevolent Ex-Confed Ill...Jerseyville, Til Jo.". S. Carr Morris R. Locke
305...JcfIorson Lamar Ga... Covington, Ga J. W. Anderson J. W^ Lee
306. ..Beauregard Tex...Collinsville. Tex J. B. King W. H. Stephenson
307. ..Brooks Tex...Daingerfield, Tex-.. ..J. N. Zachary J. A. McGregor
308. ..St. Clair Ala...Ashville, Ala Col. John W. Inger James D. Triess
309. ..(Charles F. Fisher N. C... Salisbury, N. C John A. Ramsay J. C. Bernhardt
310. ..A. A. <-ireene Ala...LaFayette, Ala James J. Robinson Geo. H Black
312. ..E. Giles Henry Miss. ..Canton, Miss J. W. Downs T. D. Coleman
313... James Dcshlei" Ala...Tuseuinbia, Ala
314. ..Frank Cheatham Tex. ..Breckinridge, Tex...T. H. Fowler J. L. Davis, Sr
315. ..Palmetto Guard 8. C... Charleston, K. C George L. Buist Geo. H. Manson
316... Randolph Ala...Wedowee, Ala C. C. Enloe '. R. S. Pate
317...Catesbv Ap. R. Jones Ala...Selma. Ala E. P. Gait Thos. B. Creagh
318. ..Tom. Hindman Ark. ..Newport, Ark Sam. Anthony F. W. Dillard
319. .Ool. Chas. F. FLsher N. C... Salisbury, N. C James R. Oawford W. L. Kluttz
320...Ruffln Ala...Trov, Ala J. P. Wood T. E. Hill
321. ..Ike Turner Tex. ..Livingston. Tex R. W^ Hubert A. B. Green
322...W^ P. Rogers Tex. ..San Saba, Tex Geo. Harris J. M. Pool
323. ..Pickens Ala...Carrollton, Ala James J. Gardner. W. G. Robertson
324...StockdaIe Miss.. .Magnolia, Miss J. J. White T. L. Gotten
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISIOX. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
325. ..David O. Dodd Ark...Bentou, Ark L. A. Hooper Fred. W. Bush
326. ..Junius Daniel N. C... Littleton, N. C .lolin P. Leech
327. ..Henry D. Clayton Ala. ..Ashland, Ala .A. 8. Htockdale W. J. Hunn
328... Menard ville Tex...Menardville. Tex....O. 8treigler J. .1. Callau
329. ..Lee .-Xla... Oxford, Ala Thos. H. Barry T. Timothy I'earce
3H0...Joe Wheeler Tex. ..Big .Springs, Tex \V. J. MiUer R. B. Ziun
331. ..T. J. Bullock Ala...Lo\vndesb<>ro, Ala....). W. Bust T. L. S. Grace
332. ..Sumter Ala ..Livingston, Ala R. Cliapnian Major John Lawhon
3:<3. .. Montgomery Gilbreath ,...Ala...Guntersville, Ala... J. A. McKinslry 1. L. Burke
334. ..Dick Anderson S. ('...Sumter, S. C Perrv Moses H. V. Moses
3.3-5. ...Joe Walker .S C... Spartanburg, S. C....H. D. Floyd C. V. Turner
336.. .James D. Xauce S. ('...Newberry, S. (' J. W. (iarv Col. O. L. Seliumpept
337... Benson S. C... Anderson, 8. C M. P, Tribble W. T. McGiU
33S...Capt William Lee Ala. ..Evergreen, Ala P. M. Brumes Col. N. Stallworth
339. ..Woodruff. Ala. ..Greensboro, Ala J. S. Powers J. A. Elliott
340. ..Albert Pike Ark.. .Hot Springs, Ark....C;. W. Fry Gen. J. M. Harrell
341. ..John R. Dickens Miss...sardis, Miss E 8. Walton J. B. Boothe
342. ..(ieu W. P. Lowrey Miss. ..New Albany, Miss. ..Col. C. 8. Robertson M. F. Rogers
34:1. .Crawford Kimba! Ala...Dadeville, Ala W. A. Robinson J. Ij. Reeves
344... Peter Brainblett Ky... Carlisle, Ky Thomas Owens Horace M. Taylor
34.5...Florian Cornay La. ..Franklin, La Tho-. ,1. Shaffer E. J. 'I'rastour
346 ...Marion County Ala. ..Hamilton, Ala A J. Hamilton John F. Hamilton
347....Lamison Okla...(:TUthrie, Okla H. D. Bowden N. M. Jones
348.. . John B Clark Okla...El Reno, Okla W. J. Montrief J. A. Nichols
350. ..John James.. Ala. ..St. Stepliens, Ala. ...A. F. Hooks John M. Pelham
35]...<apt. W. A. Handley Ala...Abuer P. O., Ala M. V. MuUins H. A. Brown
352...Jolin M. Bradley Miss. ..Louisville, Miss W. H. Richardson T. P. Metts
353... Bill Feeney Mi.ss...Senatobia, Miss T. P. Hill Sam. J. House
354...0mer R. \Veaver Ark. ..Little Bock, Ark W. M. VVatkins J. Kellogg
355. ..Evans Ark...Booneville, Ark C. B. Floiens J. W. Castleberry
356...McLeroy Ala. ..Stroud, Ala A. J. Thompson J. L. Strickland
357. ..Egbert J. Jones Ala...Huntsville, Ala Daniel H. Coleman Ben. Patteson
35S...O'Neil Ala.. .Vernon, Ala J. P. Young T. M. Woods
359...Wiggonton A]a...Edwardsville, Ala...T. J. Burton J. H. Johnson
361. ..Mcintosh Tex...Chico, Tex .L E. Bovette .Tos. H. Watson
362 ..Stonewall Tex...Alvord, Tex J. M. .Tones W. P. Wright
363. ..Pat. Cleburne Tex. ..Paradise, Tex A. J. Jones L. T. Mason
366. ..H. M. Stuart 8. C... Beaufort, S. C H. M. Stuart J O. H. Sanders
367...Abner Perrin S. C...Eddefield,C.H.,S.C. R. 8. Anderson W. D. Raiiiey
368. ..Floyd County Ga...Rome, Ga J. T. Moore F. W. Quarles, Sr.
369. ..Gordon Ga... Waynesboro, Qa John T. McElnerrj' Ed. Garlick
370. ..R. H. G. Gaines A la... Lower' [Vadi Tree, All. B. D. Portis N. J. McConnell
371. ..L. Q, C. Lamar Tex. ..Santa Anna, Tex G. W. Lappiugton Will Hubert
372. ..Robert E. Lee Ala. ..Pearce's Mill, Ala. ..Jim Pearce F. M. Clark
■S73...Leand^r McFarland Ala...Thomasville, Ala M. W. Crouch W. R. Greer
374. ..Gen. James Conner S. (^'...Summerville, 8. C... Julius J. Wescoat Henry P. Foster
375...(;iav Co. Vet. Ass'n Ala...(Treenwav, Ark E. M. Allen .T. R. Hodges
377.. .J. E. Johnston Tex. ..Grand View, Tex... .8. N. Honea J. W. Meador
378. ..Stewart Ala...Piedemont, Ala J. N. Hood E. D. McCIelen
379. ..Veteran Ass'n., Union Parish La...Farmerville, La 8. W. Taylor R. JNl. Tatum
380.. .Ozark Ala.. .Ozark, Ala W. R. Painter J. L. Williams
3'<2... Mecklenburg N. C... Charlotte, N. C Harri.son Watts H. D. Duckworth
383...Friendsliip Ala...Hartselle Ala D Walden A. M. C. Denton
384... Prairie Grove Ark. ..Prairie Grove, .'\rk..R. O. Hannah T. J. Campbell
385. ..Miller Ala... Albertville, Ala. M. A. Espy W. H. McCord
380. ..Jeff. Davis Tex. ..San Augustine, Tex. H. P. Teague Jas. C. Anderson
387...Leonidas .J. Merritt N. C.Pitsboro, N. C Oran 8. Johnson Col. H. A. I^ondon
388... Ben McCullough Ark. ..Paris, Ark B. IS. Chism W. H. H. Harley
389. ..Hampton 8. C... Columbia, S. C W. D. Starling D. R. Flenniken
.S90...Pee Dee S. C... Florence. S. (; J. E. Pettigrew J. S. Hutchinson
391. .. John T. Wingfield Ga... Washington, Ga .T. H. Fitzpatrick W. 8. Lane
392. ..J. C. Hodges Tex...Gordonville, Te.x....Wm. Hodges W. Blassingame
39:1. .South Prairie Tex. ..South Prairie, Tex .W. L. Hefner
394. ..Col. Reuben Campbell N. C.Statesville, N. C J. C. Irvin J. P. Burke
396. ..Robinson Springs Ala. .. Robinson Spgs., Ala. John E. Jones 'W. D. Whetstone
397.. .Cap Perot La...Campti, La T. H. Hamilton
398. ..Holmes County Miss. ..Lexington, Miss . .R. H. Baker Major F. A. Howell
399...Glymphville 8. C.Glymphville, S. C....C0I. L. P. Miller
400. ..Thos. H. Hobbs Ala. ..Athens, Ala George C. King Perrv Henderson
401. ..Lee Ala...AlexanderCity,Ala. A. V; Tamure' t. J. Worthy
402. ..L. B. Smith Ga..Talbotton, Ga W. Dennis T. N. Beail
403. ..Polk Co. Confed. Vet Ga...Cedartown, Ga J. M. Arrington J. 8. Stubbs
404. ..Terrell Co Ga... Dawson, Ga W B. Oxford S. W. Arnett
405, ..Troup Co. Confed. Veterans Ga...LaGrange, Ga L L. Schaub , J. B. Strong
406. ..Calhoun Co. Confed. Veterans Ga. ..Morgan, Ga J. L. Boynton A. J. Monroe
407...GeorgeW. Foster Ala... Monroeville, Ala T.J. Enimons Thos. S. Wiggins
40S...A. A. Russells Ala. ..MaJlSOn Station. Ala W. T. Garner Robt. E. Wiggins
409. ..Louden Butler La. ..Benton, La Thos. Lyles B. R. Nash
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUAKTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
410.. .Thomas M. Wagner S. C.Mt. 1'lea.saiit, S. C...S. Porcher Smith J. O. Freeman
411....IolinPelliam Ala...Gavlesville, Ala G. \V. R. Bell J. M. Reed
412. ..Wolf Creek 8. C.Piekeiis, 8. C Jus. A. Griffin H. B. Hendricks
413. ..J. B. Kershaw S. C.Cheraw, S. C T. F. Malloy C. A. Malloy
414. ..Sterling Price Ark...WaIdron, Ark L. P. Fuller V. Maloue
41 5. ..Ex-Confederate Ala...Guin, Ala N. W. Hulsey
416. ..M. T. Owen S. C.AIibeville, S. C J. F. Gilbert Arthur Parker
417. ..Ryan N. C.Red Springs, N. C...M. G. McKenzie f. L. McLean
419...Millican... Ga...Carnesville, Ga J. O. McCarter J. M. Phillips
420...Kalnin Co. Confederate Veteran. ..Ga... Clayton, Ga S. M. Beck \V. H. Price
421. ..Pike Co. Confederate Veteran Ga...Zebulon, Ga G. W. Stirckland Wm. O. Gwin
422. ..Chattooga Veterans Ga...8unin)erville, Ga J. S. Cleghorn G. J. Movers
428. ..W. D. Mitchell Ga...TlioinasvilIc, Ga Chas. P. Han-ell John M. Dekle
424. ..Bryan Giiiues N. ('...Washington, N. C... Macon Bonner Alston (irimes
42.5. ..Lamar Bliss. ..luka. Miss Geo. P. Hammerly G. W. Dudley
42'i... Hiram S. Bradford Tenn... Brownsville Tenn...A. H. Bradford H. J. Livingston
427...Stoiiewall .luck.son Miss....Arniotv, JMiss J. P. Johnston J. A. Nabers
42S... Walter Bragg Ark...Prescoil, Ark W. J. Blake Geo. W. Terry
42!I...Tom Coleman Ala...l.Tniontown, .Ma Junie Harwood B. F. Harwood
430... N. B. Forrest Ala...Scottsboro, Ala J. R. Harris J. W. Young
431. ..J. F.. Johnston Ark...Wo(istcr, .\rk W. A. .Milam W. J. Sloan
432.. .1). Wyatt .\iken S. C.Circenwood, .s. C C. A. C. Walker L. M. Moore
433. ..George W. Co.x Ky...Caini)ton, Ky Joseph C. Lykins C. C. Hanks
4.35... Con fed. Survivors' A.ssoeiation....Ga...Au<rusta, lia" John W. Clark John M. Weigle
43f!...Norfleet N. C... Winston, N. C Major T. J. Brown Z. T. Bynum
438. ..('ol. S. H. Gibbons Va... Harrisonburg, Va....Col. I). H. Lee Mart z A. M. Newman
4.3!t...R. (J. Prewitt Miss....\ckerman, Miss R. K Prewitt James McGovern, M. D.
44i)....Taekson CouTily Ga.. Jetrerson. (5a H. W. Bell '. W. I. Pike
441...Carnot Posey Miss. ..Wesson, Miss W. W. Walden Col. J. T. Bridewell
442. ..Joseph K.Johnston K v....Mav.svillc, Ky Dr. A. H. Wall John AV. Baulden
443. ..(i. C. Wharton Va...Kadtord, Va.! Gen. G. ('. Wharton K. M. Ingles
444. ..Sam. Dill Ark...NeW loniSVllle, AlK B. R. Harrell B. P. Wheat
44.'). ..William Harksdale Miss. ..Kosciusko, Miss V. H. Wallace V. Hillerman
44ti...H.unpshire W. Va...Ronuiev, W. Va ('. S. White John S. Pancake
447... Kli Hufsleiller Ark. ..Pocahontas. Ark J. P. Dunklin, Jr
44S...J()lin H. Morgan Ark...De(Juoen, .\rk W. 8. Ray John G. McKeon
44!i...P;irMgould A rk...Paiagould, Ark John Osteen J. N. Johnston
4-M...Harry T. Hayes La. ..Magnolia P. ()., La..R. H. Reden F. E. Hill
452 ..W. K. Tucker Miss...Okolona, Miss B.J. Abbott W. D. Frazee
4.")3...'rip|iab County I^Iiss... Ripley, Miss Thos. Spight W. G. Rutledge
4.')4... Manning Austin S. ('...Simpsonville, S. C...W. P. Gre'sham T. B. (ioldsmith
l.j.T... Oxford Ark G.xford, .Vrk F. M. (lib.son Ransom GuIIey
4.in... Sterling Price Mo.. .Exeter, Mo Sid. An tie F. M. James
457. ..Thos. J. (Clover 8. C.Grangebuig, S. C Gen. James F. Izlar F. A. Schiffley
4.58. ..H. M. Ashby Tenn. ..Pikeville, Tenn W. R. Pope H. C. Gree'r
4.50. ..Force Ala...Brookwood, Ala R. D. Jackson J. H. ^'elson
460... Miijor James Parrot :Mo...MorIey, Mo A. J. (iupton J. W. Evans
461...CcntrevilIe Miss...Centreville, Miss Bobt. J. P<'mble W. C. Stewart
462. Hey ward 8. ('...Walterboro, S. C John D. F:dwar<l8 C. (J. Henderson
463...,!. T. Wiilbert Kv...Paduc;ih. Kv Thos. Hcrndon J. V. (iricf
464. ..John Bowie Strange Va...(hai lotteville, Va....Gen. H. C. Micliie W. N. Wood
465. ..Randolph County (;a...CutlilHrf , (ia John F. Kiddoo B. W. Ellis
466...Lindsey Ala. ..Fayette, Ala John B. Sanford W. B. Siiirley
467. ..Forrest Ala...\\ alnut (Jrove, Ala. .A. J. Phillips Ben). W. Reavis
468. ..John C. Brown Tex...F:i Paso, Tex H. F. Stacey John'C. Caldwell
469. ..Stonewall .lackson Va... Staunton, Va H. ErskineGav F. T. Stribbling
470. ..H. A. Clinch (ia... Sparta. Ga Col. W. L L. Boweu S. D. Rogers
471. ..Harry Benbow 8. C... Manning, S. C D. J. Bradbam I. N. Tobias
472...(iracy Ala...Luverne, Ala B. R. Bricken M. Tucker
473...(;hickamauga Ga... La Fayette, Ga G. W. Innian B. F Tburman
476 ..Horace King Ala. ..Decatur, .Ala W. H. Long W. R. Francis
477...Ch!iltalioocliee County Ga...Cu«sata, Ga ^ C. N. Howard
478...Cobb-l)eloney Ga... Athens. Ua S. M. Herrington W. G. Caritbers
479. ..Winnie Davis Tex. ..Pilot Toint, Tex W. 8. McShan O. A Heain
480. ..Watts Ala...8prague Jet, Ala P. B. Masten J. T. Robertson
481. ..(ien. Adam R. Johnson Ind...Evnnsville, Tnd Frank A. Owen J Cave Morris
482.. .Hood L T...S. Canadian, T. T....C0I. E. R.Johnson J. M.Bond
483. ..Kev Ga...Monticello, Ga O. G. Roberts A. 8. F'lorence
484. ..Col. R. A. Smith (4a. ..Macon, Ga Ab. F. Jones W. A. Foe
485. ..P.. E. Lee V^a... Hamilton, Va R. K. Curtis Jos. H. Haw
486...Hutlin N. C... Burlington, N. C James .A. Turrentine John Rich Inland
487...McDaniel-Curtis (4a...Carrontot). Ga G. F. ( beney W. O. Perry
488. ..Col. L. C. Campbell Mo...Springtield, Mo Needham B." Hogan R. 8 I'rownlow
4.S9...Thos. II. Watts Ala. ..Cullman, Ala C. A. Owen J. H. Ounlap
49(1. ..Henry Gvav La...Coushatta, La O. T. Webb O. 8. Penny
491. ..William W. Wadsworth Ala...Prattville, .Via W. F. Minis Y. Abney
.492.. .Joe Wheeler Ala. ..Bangor, Ala Major R. H. L. Wharton W. L. Rednion
493. ..Barbour County Ala. ..Clayton, Ala W. H. Pruett E. R. Quillin
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
494.. .A. K. Blythe Miss. ..Walthall, Miss W. F. Rowell Sam. Cooke
49o...\Villiam Henry Trousdale Teiin... Columbia, Teiiii C. 8. Xicliols Wm. A. Smith, M. D.
496...Montevallo Ala...Montevallo, Ala H. C. Heynolds Burr Nabors
497. ..Calhoun .Ala. ..Jackson, Ala E. P. Chapman S. T. Woodard
499. ..R H. Powell Ala. ..Union Springs, Ala.. Major I. K. Culver J. A. Weems
500. ..Alexander Young Md... Frederick, iVld S. F. Thomas Aug. Obeudeyer
501...Garlington S. C... Laurens, S. C. T. B. Crews B. W. Lauford
502.. .Caddo Mills Tex. ..Caddo Mills, Tex.. ..W.J. Lewalling J. T. Hulsey
50.3... Stonewall Fla... Dayton, P'la M. Houston J C. Keller
504.. .Rector Ark. ..Rector, Ark. E. M. Allen T. J. Bone
505. .. Confederate Surv Ark...Walcott, Ark Benj. A. Johnson
506. ..Confederate Surv Ark...Ganesville, Ark F. S. White
508. ..Archibald Grade Ala...Deniopolis, Ala John C. Webb C. B. Cleveland
509...Polignac Tex. ..Blum, Tex R. (i. I.ee R. H. Sawyer
51(1. ..J. Ed. Murray Ark. ..Pine BhilT, Ark B. E. Benton W. I). Vance
611...Benuing Ga... Columbus, Ga Col. Wm. S. Shepherd Wm. Redd. Jr
512. ..Page Puller Va... Gloucester, C.H.,Va.Maryus Jones W. E. Wiatt
513. ..Ross-Ector Tex. ..Rusk, Tex M. J. Whitman J. F. Tathain
514,..Standwatie I. T...Muldow, I. T C. A. Fargo J. T. Blalock
515... L. O'B. Branch N. C... Raleigh, N. C Major Alex. B. Stronach Jas. C. Bird.song
616.. .W. R. Scurry Tex. ..Victoria, Tex C. A. Lousehner W. C. Carroll
517...Featherston" , Miss. ..Water Valley, Miss..M. D. L. Stephens S. B. Brown
518...Ridgely Brown Md...Gaithersburg, Md. .. .Spenser (_'. Jones Edmond L. Amiss
519... Spaulding County Ga...Gritfin, Ga Wm R. Henleiter
520. ..John C. ijrown Tenn... Nashville, Tenn Pliilip B. Spence John O. Treanor
521. ..The Crand Camp C. V., Df|iarimennt of Virginia Va... Richmond, Va W. E. Harwood Col. Thos. Ellett
522. ..Jasper County Mo. ..Carthage, Mo C. C. Caton J. W. Halliburton
523...Jeflerson Lia.vis Mont. ..Great Falls, Mont.. ..A. Rispaugh
524. ..Confederate Surv. Ass'n N. Mex... Socorro, N. Mex Capt. J. J. Leason ■
526. ..The Muiinlain Rfmnants of CooWeralf Veterans Tex.. Burnet, Tex Ueu. Joe D. Harrison Lt. Col. Jas. H. Smith
527. ..Jim Pearce Ky... Princeton, Ky T. J. Johnson W. R. McChesney
528. ..Hopkins Co. Ei-Confederate Relief Association Kv...Madisonville, Ky. ...Alonzo Tinder A. E. Rees
529. ..Confederate Surv. Ass'n S. C...Bucksville, S. C Capt. B. L. Beaty ■ •
530. ..Croft La...Zachary, La O. M. Lee W. E. Atkinson
531. ..Mcintosh Ark...Dardanelle, Ark G h. Wirt F. A. Hamer
532. ..J. E. B. Stuart Ark. ..Rocky Comfort, Ark. F. B. Arnett R. E. Phelps
583. ..Col. E. B. Holloway Mo. ..Independence, Mo...E. W. Strode Schuyler Lowe
531...Riou S. C.Ridgeway, S. C John D. Harrison John jMcIntyre
537. ..Pat. Cleburne Ark...Brinklev, Ark W. F. Forbess A. K Cameron
538.. .Cobb Fla... Milton, Fla C. R. Johnston A. R. Seabrook
539. ..Daniel S. Donelsou Tenn. ..Gallatin, Tenn John T. Bi-anham Geo. G. Bryson
540. ..Pearl River Miss...Poplarville, Miss ....D. P. Archer A. J. Maxey
541...Mooresville Mo...Mooresville, Mo J. M. Barron Nat Fiske
542... Ben. McCuUough Ark. ..Star City, Ark H. H. Tarver J. L. Hunter
543. ..Martin H. Cofer Ky...Elizabethtown, Ky..Jas. Montgomery F. H. Culley
544...Drury J. Brown Miss...Hazlehurst, Miss W. J. Rea Tom S. Haynie
54i...Gen."T. M. Scott La ..Minden, La — '■ Goodwill Hugh A. Barnes
546. ..Dick Taylor La. ..Pleasant Hill, La. ...John Graham
547... Sterling" Price Mo. ..Odessa, Mo Sterling Powers W. H. Edwards
54S.. .Claiborne La. ..Homer, La J. C. Madden G. G. Gill
549...AlbertSiduev Johnston Miss...Indianola, Miss N. B. Clarke W. H. Leach
551. .. Henry Gray.^ La...Springhill, La G. W. Oakley Timothy Oakley
552.. .Bill Dawson Tenn...Dyersburg, Tenn W. H. Roark J. G. INIeadows
553. ..Jas. Gordon Miss...Pittsboi-o, Miss Robt N. Provine T. M. Murphree
554. ..Gen. John S. Marmaduke Mo. ..Marshall, Mo Richard W. Nichold D. F Bell
5-55. ..Tom Douglass Tex. ..Lexington, Tex T. S. Douglass W. A. Sikes
5-56, ..Tom Moore Fla...Apalachicola, Fla.. ..P. W. Hellan A. J. Murat
557. ..Henry E. McCuUoch Tex...Ballinger, Tex J. H. Routh H. D. Pearce
558. ..J. Ed. Rankin Ky... Henderson, Ky Gen. M. M. Kimmel ....H. F. Dade
559. ..Jack McClure Tex.. .Rising Star, Tex H. E. Head J. H. Canter
560 ..Gen. John W. Whitfield Tex...Devine, Tex R. C Gossett Leslie Thompson
561. ..P. F. Liddell Miss...Carrollton, Miss J. T. Stanford W. F. Hamilton
562. ..Sam Benton Migs...Byhalia, Miss H. H. Stevens
563. ..Ben. McCuHoch Tex.. .Brady, Tex Thos. H. Marsden L. Ballou
5fi4...Albert Sidney John.ston Tex. ..Dublin, Tex W. J. Salsberry L. E. Gillett
565. ..John Pelhani Tex. ..Comanche, Tex J. A. Holman J. T. Green
566. ...los. E. Johnston Tex...DeLeon, Tex Wm. C. Terry J. W. Porter
567...Ho!lv Pond Ala. ..Holly Pond, Ala (^eo. W. Watts Sam'l M. Foust
568.. .Bridgeport Tex. ..Bridgeport, Tex R T. Raines P. W. Tunnell
569. ..Bastrop Tex... Bastrop, Tex F. K Gray J. C. Buchanan
570.. .Geo. E. Pickett Tex...l-ockhart, Tex W. M. Steele Geo. W. Kyser
571 ..West Point Veteran Ga...\Vest Point, Ga Jas. S. Baker J. J. Smith
572.. .Bowie Pelhams Tex...Rowie, Tex J. P. Gamliell .Tohn M. Stallings
573...Standwaite, T. T. .Chelsea, I. T R. D. Fielder Geo. W. Morrison
574. ..James C. Monroe Ark...Arkadelphia, Ark....H. W. McMillan. C. C. Scott
575. ..Walton Tex. .Beesville, Tex W. S. Dugat R. W. Archer
576....Douglas Cooper I. T... Antlers, I. T W. H. Davis Eugene Easton
577.. .J. Foster Marshall 8. C. .Ninety-six, S. C Jas. Rogers J. Russell Wright
11
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
578....R. M. Hinson La. ..Bastrop, La J. M. Sharp W. A. Harrington
579... W. N. Pendleton Tex. ..Deport, Tex A. G. Rudder J. U. Pride
580. ..General Frank Gardner La....Lafayelte, La P. L. DeClouet C. Debaillon
581. ...Joe Wheeler Tex....Cresson, Tex J. R. Lay W. M. Crook
582.... Jake Standi fer Tex....Elgin, Tex F. S. Wade R. P. Jones
583....S. H. Stout .-. Tex.. .Eastland, Tex ...June Kumble R. M. Jones
584. .. Private Rufe Wood Tex. ..Glen Rose, Tex Geo. L.Booker J. A. Hamberlin
585. ..John R. Baylor Tex. ..Uvalde, Tex J. F. Robinson J. A. Hatch
580. ..John H. Woldridge Tenn. .. Pulaski, Tenn Z. W. Evving Geo. T. Riddle
587. ..John B. Gregg Tex...Longview, Tex J. Wni. Brown P. E. Coleman
588.. .Magnolia Tex...Woodville, Tex W. P. Nicks J. Dallas Collier
589. ..Hood La...Logansport. La G W. Sample E. Price
590. ..John D. Travnor Tenn. ..Cleveland, Tenn C. Apperson J. E. C. Easterly
591. ..Confederate 'Veteran Tex...Douglassville, Tex...R. H. Williams H. R. McCoy
692...VeIasco Tex...Vel.a.sci), Tex T. T. Shanks Frank E. Jones
593...Capt. I. G. Killough Tex...Flatonia, Tex J. A. Cadwell W. A. Beckham
694. ..Val Verde Tex...Pleasenton, Tex A. J. Rowe Ja.«. R. Cook
695. ..Skid Harris Ga. .. Canton, Ga John D. Attaway L. L. Williams
596. .. Lafayette McLaws Ga. ..Savannah, Ua C. L. Chosnutt A. K. WiKsou
597. ..H. H. Boone Tex. ..Goliad, Tc.\- J. P. Kibbe J.Gus. I'atton
598. ..(4. B. Gerald Tex...Bo.s.)ueville, Tex .... J. B. Waddell L. F. Lillard
599. ..San Jacinto Tex. ..Cold Springs. Tex. ...Geo. W. McKellar G. T. Turnly
600. ..Richard Coke Tex. ..Robert Lee, Tex J. L. Robinson H. H. Havley
G01...J. N. Boren Tex.Strawn. Tex Win. (irabam J. C. Mills
602. ..John M. Simonton Miss...Nettleton. Miss R. S. Thomas R. H. IJogers
603. ..J. E. B.Stuart Tex...Trinitv, Tex W. W. Dawson I. N. Parker
604...Rarlo Tex. ..Yoakum. Tex F. M. Tatum T. M. Dodd
60-1. ..Schuvler Sutton Te.\'...San .Angelo,Tex Milton Mavs John R. Norsworthy
606. ..Austin County Tex...Bellvillo, Tex W. L. Spri'ngtiold K. W. Reese
607. ..Vermilion La. ..Abbeville, La Edward W. Hull" Jos. T. Labit
608. ..P. P. I'orter Tex...Conroc, Tex J. K. Avres R >L Clopton
609. ..P. C. Woods Tex. ..San IMarcos. Tex Sterling" Fisher Thos. J. Peel
610...Rockport Tex... Rock port, Tex P. H. Terrv Geo. F. Perrenot, 8r
611. ..R. S. Gould Tex...Jewett, Tex J. E Anderson H. Durst
612. ..Jones County Tex. ...Anson, Tex J. D Pickens Ed. Kennedy
613. ..John Benson. Mo. ..Miami, Mo L. W. Hiivnie John F. Webster
614.. .Lane Tcx...Lulkin, Tex A. W. Ellis J. W. Davis
616. ..John S. Ford Tex. ..Del Rio, Tex S. H. Barton N. I\r. Gilder
617. ..Morgan County (ia... Madison, Cia M. A. Musten W. A. Wiley
61S...Kort Mason..." Tex... Mason, Te.\ S. V. Wood Wilson Hey
619. ..Scott Anderson Tex. ..Eagle Lake, Tex T. J. Roberts J. K. David.soh
620...Raguet Tex. ..Nacogdoches, Te.X...G. B. Crain R D. Chapman
62L..\V. P. Lane Tex. ..Marshall. Tex J. H Bonham J. L. Garrison
622... Con federate Veteran Tex.. (Jilmer, Te.\' J. E. Rawlins
623... N. B. Forrest Ark. ..Forrest Citv, Ark. ...J. B. Sanders Ed Landvoight
624. ..San Felipe Tex...Sealv, Tex Sam. Stone N. P. Ward
625. ..Winnie Davis Tex...Van".\lstvne, Tex ...J. H Mincer 8. L. McKinney
626. ..E. B. Pickett Tex. ..Liberty, Tex B. F.Cameron
627... Jenkins S. C... Bamberg, S. C J. Dickenson L. C. luglis
628. ..(^. T. Beauregard La. ..Crowley, La D. B. Hayes J. E. Barry
629. ..John Pelham Tex. ..Blossom, Tex W. E. Moore A. W. Black
630. ..Joe. O. Shelby Mo. ..West Plains, Mo O. H. P. Catron (Jeo. Turner
631.. .Montgomery Ija... Montgomery, La IMajor H. V. McCain J. ISL McCain
632. ..Fred. A. Ashford Ala. ..Town Creek", Ala....L L. Lvndon VVm. I. McMahon
633...Raynes Tex. ..Haskell, Tex W'. W. "Fields S. L. Robertson
634....\lcibiades Deblanc La...Jeanerette, La A. P. Allain W. I^. Brace.v
6.35. ..G. G. Vest Mo. ..Sweet Si>rings, Mo...V. Marmaduke W. C. Hall
636. ..Thos. (t. Lowrey Mo...Huntsville, Mo Geo. N. RatlilV John S. Robertson
637. ..Gen. Santos Benavides Tex.. I>aredo, Te.x N. W. CJrisamore W. H. Minis
638, ..John G. Fletcher Ark...Berrvville, Ark J. P. Fancber Isaac A. Clarke
639... Walter P. I^ane Tex. ..Orange. Tex P. B. Currv J- Swinford
640. ..D. C. Walker Ky... Franklin, Ky Joe C. Brvan P. V. Maves
641. ..Marion S. C... Marion, S. C (5. A. Mclntyre Fred. D. Bryant
642. ..Sumter Ga... Americus Ga H. T. Davenport W. B. He.ys
643. ..Bandera Tex. ..Bandera, Tex V. T. Sanders A. L. Scott
644. ..A. S. Johnston I. T...Rvan, T. T R. (5. (Joodloe J. F. Pendleton
645. ..Dock Belk Tex...Bartletl, Tex D. B. F. Belk W. J. Cagle
646. ..Upshur County Te.\'...Gilmcr, Tex A. H. Boven J. E. Rawlins
647... Albert Sidney "Johnston Tex...T,lamo, Tex J. S. Atchison E. H. Alexander
648 ..lycxington Mo...Iiexington, Mo Lieut. -Col. J. Q.. Plattenburg...Geo. P. Venable
649. ..Henry E. McCulloch TeX...Seguin, TeX Jesse LeGette Jos. Lorn
650. ..Mexico Mo. ..Mexico, Mo James Bradley Ben. C. Johnson
651...Harmonson West Va. ..Jenkins Bridge, Va..Caiit. Frank Fletcher
652. ..Tom Green Tex...Groveton, Tex ('apt. W. Dawson D. E. Pool
6.53. ..Hardee Tex. ..Bend, Tex Tom Hollis J. A. Skipper
654... Albert Sidney Johnston Tex...Baird, Tex R. E Wathen J. W. E. Lane
655... Macon Crant) Conffdfratf Vtteran Assotiation Ga...Montazuma, Ga J. E. DeVaughn J. A. J. Kimble
656. ..John C. Burks Tex...Clarksville, Tex J. K. P. Jamison R. H. Turner
13
KO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISIOX. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
657. .. James R. Herbert .Md... Baltimore, Md Harry ('. Hewett Capt. Dauiel A. Feuton
658. ..Stonewall Jackson Ala. ..Centre, Ala J. F. Hoge J. A. Law
660.. . John B. Clark Mo...Favette, Mo S B. Cunningham A.J. Furr
661. ..R. E. Rodes Tex...Quanah, Tex Capt. J. T. Spears H. G. Bardwell
6G2... Nevada Mo. ..Nevada, JVlo Lt. Col. J. D. Ingram A. C. Storritt
668...LeSueur Tex. ..Georgetown, Tex....F. T. Roach B. A. Strange
664.. .Manor Tex. ..Manor, Tex J. J. Barsley J. W. Bitting
665. ..Clement A. Evans Ga...Kirkwood Ga S. A. Morris \V. O. Mitchell
666. ..Clarke L. Owen Tex. ..Edna, Te.x J. L. Dickie Geo. S. (^ayle
6G7...Te.\as Tex...Chicota, Te.x Capt. T. B. Johnson N. L. Grifflu
66S...Steadman S. C... Lexington, S. C M. D. Harmau G. W. Reeder
66'J... Peyton N. Hale Va... Independence, Va...K. C. Cornett E. A. Perry
670. ..Robert S. Perry La. ..New Iberia, La L. O. Hacker Andrew Thorpe
671. ..Eunice La. ..Eunice, La V. T. Bondreau P. II. Fairbanks
672. ..(.'on federate Veteran Tenn...So. Pittsburg, Tenn.Ca])t. Jeptba Bright ■
674. ..Confederate Veteran Ark. ..Wilton, Ark..- Capt. J. A. Miller
675.. .Jones M. Withers A la... Mobile, Ala S. Franklin Preston Francis Kiernan
670. ..Robert lUiflner Mo. .. Hannibal, ISIo S.J. Harrison Geo. \V. League
677...r)en,sen Ark. ..Warren, Ark Hugh Bradley I. M. Bailey
678...Norval Spangler Mo. ..Clinton, Mo W. G. Watkins W. F. Carter
679. ..Bledsoe ... Mo. ..Paris, Mo John W. McGee W. M. Farrell
680.. .Shenandoah Va.. .Woodstock, Va N. M. Rhodes Geo W. Miley
681. ..Zebulon Vance N. C.Asheville, N. C F. M. Miller Jas. W. Albright
682.. .W. H. Ratditle Ky. .. Falmouth. Ky N. D. C. Mains C. H. Lee, Jr
683. ..William F. Corbin Ky... Newport, Ky M. R. Lockhart James Caldwell
684.. .Major John L. Mirick Mo...Carrollton, Mo S. A. Ballard Jas. A. Turner
685...MaVmaduke Mo...Mober]v, Mo Jas. A. Tajjert W. P. Davis
686.. .Bob Jordan Ark. ..Stephens, Ark John W. Walker C. T. Boggs
687...Walker-McRae Ark. ..Searcy, Ark R. W. Chrisp B. C. Black
688. ..C. H, Howard Mo...Waynesville, Mo C. H. Howard Gen. E. G.Williams
690. ..Freeman Mo...Waddill, Mo S. D. Ellis John Edmondson
691...PIea.sant Hill Mo.. .Pleasant Hill, Mo.. ..Thomas Hayes T. H. Cloud
692.. .Joe Wlieeler Tex. ..Bells, Tex F. K. Suddeth Geo. Coding
69.1. .Col. John A. Rowan Tenn... Sweetwater, Tenn.... John M. Jones J. C. Waren
695. ..(Confederate Veteran Tex. .. Lone (Jak, Tex N. D. Lawler F. W. Massey
697.. .Hart S. C... Sally's, S. C D. H. Sallv A. L. Sawyer
698. ..Rains S. C.Winnsboro, 8. C A. S. Douglass John J. Neil
699...Kerrville Tex...Kerrville. Tex R. H. Colvin D. G. Horn
700... Appomattox Va... Appomattox .
702.. .Micah Jenkins S. C.Yorkville, S. C W. B. Smith Jas. F. Wallace I
703. ..(4. R. Christian Tex.. .Antelope, Tex T. B. Roberts T. W. EUsi erry )
704... Richard Kirkland S. C... Camden, S. C W. A. Ancrum H. C. Salmoud
705...Sam'l V. Fulkerson Tenu... Bristol, Tenn N. D. Bachman Juo. N. Johnson
706. ..Dale Okla...Dale, Okla W. H. Bean M. Ginn
707 ..Criitendon S. ("...Piedmont, S. C M. C. Howard R. Y. H. Shumate
708. ..J. R. K. Giles S. C... Union, S. C A. H. Foster F. M Karr
709. ..William E. Jones Va... Abingdon, Va Thos. W. Colley Major D. A. Jones
710.. .Gen "Pap" Sterling Price Mo...Keytesville, Mo J G. Martin ' J. A. Egan
711. ..John Percival ....Mo...WaverIy, Mo S. W. Brown Aldridge Corder
712. ..Crow Mo...Farmington, Mo 8. P. Fleming Theo. D. Fisher
714. ..Geo. B. Harper Mo...Boonville, Mo Gen. Riibt. McCulloch B. F. Bedwell
715. ..Windsor Guards Mo. ..Windsor, Mo R. F. Tavlor A. C. Clark
716. ..J. E. B. Stuart Mont...Philippsburg, Mont..Jolin H."WiIliams Geo. E. Kerle
717. ..J. J. Searcy Mo. ..Columbia, Mo J. H. H. IMaxwell Col Eli Hodge
718...CJcneral M. M. Parsons Mo. ..Jefferson City, Mo. ..Hon. Jas. Gantt Thos. O. Towles
719.. .J. C. Wood Tex. ..Ringgold. Tex A. P. Cagle J. W. Long
720...Niemyer-shaw Va. .. Berkley, Va G. N. Halstead E. E. Hathaway
721 ...Gen. J. A. Walker Va. .. Pulaski Citv, Va C. L. Teany R. B. Roane
722. ..Joe. Johnston Tenn. ..Maynardville, Tenn. Berry L. Donehue A. L. Monroe
723...Shacklett Mo. ..Memphis, Mo W. (j. Ladd Capt. C. F.Sanders
724. ..William 8. Grymes -. Va...Gordonsville. Va Wm. H. Ricketts R. H. Stratton
725. ..W. B. Tate Tenn...Morristown, Tenn ...T. J. Speck R. C. Crouch
726...Brown-Harman Va. .. Tazewell, Va R. R. Henry James O'Keeffe
727. ..('apt. Silas R. Crispin Mo. ..Richmond, Mo Jas. L. Farris John C. Morris
728.. .Platle County Mo. ..Platte Citv, Mo T. B. George J. L. Caimack
729. ..Capt. ThomasMcCarty Mo. ..Liberty, Mo P. W. Reddish L. G. Hopkins
730. ..George Doles Ga...Milledffeville, Ga ....G. W. Caraker Walter Paine
731. ..St. Louis Mo. ..St. Louis, Mo Frank Gaiennie Wm. Bull
733. ..John N. Edward.s Mo...Higgingsville, Mo....R. (;. Ca'ter, M. D John B. Santmyer
734. ..Col. David Shanks Mo...Beiton, Mo R. M. Slaughter M. V. Ferguson
735.. .M. M. Parsons Mo...Warrensburg, Mo....W. P. (jib.sou D. P. Woodruff
736... Forsyth Ga...Cumminsr. Ga H. P. Bell R. P. Lester
737.. .Den. D. M. Frost Mo. ..Fulton, Mo L N. Sitton John M. Bryan
7.38. ..Hanging Rock S. C... Kershaw, S. C Col. L. C. Hough B. N. Jones
739. ..Col. Pembroke 8. Senteny Mo. ..Bowling (Jreen, Mo. Martin V. Wisdom A. E. Senteny
740... Lee's Summit Mo. ..Lee's Summit, Mo. ..J. A. Carr John T. Lacy
742.. .Col. Farly A. Stein Mo...RoIla, Mo W. A. Via O. P. Margedant
743. ..Kershaw 8. C.Pelzer, S. C W. C. Meredith T. A. McElroy
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784.
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792.
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NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION
.J. G. Shockley Mo..
.Col. K. T. Wingo Mo...
.Charles ilutledge Holmes S. C.
.Frauklin Buchanan Md,
.Warthen ba
.John McEuery La
.lol. J. R. Woodside Mo
.Lafayette County Miss
.Stephen D. Lee IS. C
. Emmet t McDonald Mo
.Jim Hagood 8. C
.The Conycriite Veteran Association of Saianniili Ga.
.Presley S. C.
.Stonewall Va..
.R. T. Davis Ga..
.Ben Holmes Mo..
.Marietta Ga..
.McHenry S. C.
.Henegan S. C
.A. Burnett Rhett S. C.
.Artiiur M.uiiirault S. C!..
.Fletcher Smith Ky..
.llie Conleileraie VftKran Ass'd. o( Calilonla. ...c.-ii..
. Le.xington-I'ureell Olila..
.Stonewall Jackson Te.\..
.Pai> I'rice N. Mex..
.Confi'ilcrate Veteran S. C.
.(leorge II. Stewart Md..
.Pat (^'ieliurne Ark.
.Major Kyle Blevins Tenii,,
.Hugh McColluni Ark..
.Stonewall Jackson Mo..
.Walkup N. ('..
..\ii(lerson S. C.
.Major .lohn Jenkins S. C.
.Darlington S. C..
.L. M. Keitt S. C.
,Geii. James H. McBridc Mo..
.Gen. Rohert E. I,ee Mo..
.(;oI. .Vmos C. Riley Iklo .
.Jolui P. I'avlor Mn..
.('ol. I. N. Iledgepeth Mo,,
.Tliomas Rurtin N. C,.
.(iiiilford N. C.
.lien. Holiertson Mi.ss..
.Surry County N. C
.West Feliciana La..
.Vinita I. T..
.Jackson S. C.
.Confederate Veteran Ga..
.George B. Eastin Ky..
. \Vm. Ricliard.son Va..
.Col Ijowe Mo..
..Tackson Ga..
.Cundurt' Mo...
.Buchel Te.v...
.Jake Carpenter S. C
.Col .To Kelly Mo..
.Ilealy Clay brook Va..
.Sam INIctiowan S. C
.Lamar Gibson Ga..,
.Telfair Ua...
.S M, Manning Ga,,
,RolH>rt F Wel.h N. C.
,S. (} I. (^otifoilerate Veteran Ga,.
.P. M. B. Young Ga..
.Walker Gaston S. C...
.<^en. Paul J. Semnies Ga..
Jos. D. Sayers Tex..
.letrerson Ga..
Johnson Hagood S. C.
J. H. Berry Ark..
.(Jordon Ga..
Richmond County N. C.
,Up Hayes Mo..
.Paul J. Semmes Ga..
.Walter R. Moore N. C...
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HEAI)QUAKTI4KS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
Vienna, Mo Jacob A. Love A. 8. Henderson
Salem, Mo Wm. Barksdale ; J. F. Organ
Waterloo, S. C R. N. Cunningham F. B. Wilcutt
.Baltimore, :SId Samuel D. Buck Spence M. Grayson
SandersviUe, Ga M. Newman E. A. Sullivan
.Columbia, La J. W. McGinnis S. D. S. Walker
.Mathew.s, Va John B. Donovan Sands Smith
Alton, Mo M. G. Norman S. B. Siiroule
.Oxford, Miss Lt. Col. R. W. Jones John F. Brown
.Anderson, 8. C G. F. Tolley L. P. Smith
.Pineville, Mo Col. J. C. Hooper J. P. Caldwell
.Alleuilale, S. C W. R. Brabham A. B. Connor
Savannah, Ga L. G. Young James W. McJntire
.Kingstree, S. C D. E. Gordon E. P. Montgomery
Portsmouth, Va John W. H. Porter Tho.s. Sluuinou
EatoMton, Ua W. F. Jeiikin.s Robert Young
Greenville, Mo I. B. Mctiliee John K. l.owrance
Marietta, Ga C, D. Phillip,s J. Uid. Morris
Johnston, S.C Wm. Lott P. B, Waters
Bennettsvilje, S. C.Col. Chas. S. McCall C. M. Weatherly
Charleston, S. C All)ert H. Prince Wm. Mather
Georgetown, S. C....J. Harleston Read G. F. S. Wright
La Grange, Ky W. C. Pryor John Holmes
Los .Vngeles, Cal Walter I). Addison Volnev Metcalfe
I^e.xington, Okla J. .M. Jaiboe Dr. W. H. Owsley
Mineral Wells, Tex..J. H. Smith IL C. Heuidon
Deming, N. Mex Gen. J. H. Lester A. H. Thompson
Tinnnonsville. S. C D. H. Traxler
Annapolis, Md James W. Owens Louis (ireen
Dumas, Ark M. W. Quilling H. X. Austin
Rogersville, Tenn....T. DeWolfe Miller, M. D Ernest Fain
Camden. Ark J. A. Reeves J. N. Parker
Poplar Bluti; Mo Henry N. Pliillips B. C. Jones
Monroe, N.C Rol)t V. Hou.ston N. S. Ogburn
Belton,S. C George W. Cox W. F. Smith
.Edisto Island, 8. C.-Major John Jenkins Townsend Mikell
.Darlington, S. C J. C Clements W. E. James
.Sprin<,-lield,S. C J. W. Juniix-r John C. Fanning
.Houston, Mo Col. W. L. Lyle lacob Karlev
.Cabool, Mo J. M. Cunnin'gliam E. A. Millard
.New Madrid, Mo Joseph Hunter Albert Lee
.Keiinet, Mo 1). T. Pankev Collin Morgan
.Doniphan, Mo Tlios. Malrev A. J. McCulIuni
GoMsboro, N. C Jolin H. Hill A. B. H.allowell
.GreenslM>ro,N. C J. Y. Whitted W, W. Wood
.West Point, IMiss....T. M. IMoseley W. S. Coleman
.!Mt. Airy, N. C S.C. Frankliii J. R. Paddison
.St. Francisville, La..Major F. M. Mumford, M. D W. B. Smith
.Vinita, Ind. Ter W. L Davenport F. J. Barrett
Harrelson,S. (; J. M. Harrelson
Mt. Vernon, (ia A. C. JIcLennan W. H. Sharp
.Louisville, Ky (Jen. Bennett H. Y'oung .Andrew M. Sea
• Front Royal, Va Giles Cook, Jr Cornelius Grimes
.Fredericktown, Mo..D. L. Glaves L. K. Jenkins
l?runswick, (ia Horace Dart. ..Lt. Col. Wm. B. Burroughs, M.D.
St. .loseph. Mo Rufus H. Todd J. H. Cooper
Mathis, Tex N. C. Pioward A. W. Horton
(JaH'nev, S. C D. A. Thomas
Cuba, Mo I. I'. Wel>b J. G Simpson
Freeshade, Va Wm. S Christian John H. Fleet
Donald, S. C J. W, Mattison W. B. Acker
Lineolton, Ga W. C. Ward R. E. Rolierts
McRae, Cia W. J. Williams Wni. .McLean
Hawkinsville, Ga....H. W. .-Vnilerson A. C. Pipkin
Durham, N C L. W. Highsmith J. G. Piper
Wayeross, Ga H. P. Bird T. S. Paine
Cartersville, Ga R. W. iSIurphy J. R. ,\nderson
Chester, S. C Col. J. W. Reed W. D. Knox
Tliomson. Ga Hezekiah McCorkle Robert H. Pearce
Smithville, Tex J. A. Revnold.s Wm. Plummer
Louisville, Ga S. M. Cl.ark M. H. Hopkins
Hlackville, S. C P. W. Farrell C. C. Hush
Amity, .\rk D. T. Brunson D. M. Doughty
Gundee, Ga W. B. McDaniel — • '-
Ro.-kinghani, N. C...W. J. Everett T. S. Wright
Oak Grove, Mo H. V. P. Kabrick T. M. Vermillion
Fayetteville, Ga J. M. Dorsey
Smithlield, N. C A. Home C. S. Powell
14
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUAETEKS. COMMANDEK. ADJUTANT.
834. ..Edwin W. Bellingers ...8. C... Barnwell, 8. 0 L. K. Ryan J. E. Jenkins
835...McElhaney Va...Lebannon, Va C. W. Powers 8. H. Wyatt
836...Flournov Mo...Linneus, Mo Edw. Barton I. P. Bradley
837.. .A. P. Hill Va... Petersburg, Va 8. L. Marks Capt. Carter R. Bisliop
838. ..Jackson 8. C.Laytou. 8. C E. 8. 8uiith J. M. Harrelson
839 ..Rivers Bridge 8. ('...Jenny, 8. C J. \V. Jenny J. F. Breland, Sr
S4i>...Harllee 8. C... Dillon, 8. C A T. Harllee A. K. Parham
841. ..Samuel Corley Ark. ..Helena, Ark Jas. C. Rembert Robert Gordon
842...Wiek .McCreary 8. O...Ellenton, 8 C T. L. Busli, 8r P. VV. Bowers
843...Jeti'. Davis Ark. ..Augusta, Ark John Shearer Ed. 8. Carl-Lee
844.. .Jo Shelby I. T... Davis, In. Ter H. H. .\llen M.Turner
84o...Jolin C. Lamb N. C... williamston, N. C...W. J. Hardison W. H. Robertson
846.. .Anson N. C.Wadesboro, N. C....F. Brunett J. M. Little
847.. .Fons Rogers Ga... Gibson, Ga W. W. Kitehins J. W. P. Whiteley
848. ..Pink AVelcb N. C.Wavnesville, N. C.Ll. Col. W. W. 8tringfleld. Marion Russell
849...Drvsdale N. C...8now Hill, N. C H. H. Best \V. H. Dail
8-50.. . Jack McCurtin I. T...Talihina, In. Ter Jas. T. Elliott G. T. Edmunds
851. ..Ben. McCollough Tex. ..Wolfe City, Te.x J. W. Kynier A. A. 8tephen8
852...Fayetteville N C.Favetteville, N. C.John H.'Robinson A. A. McKethan
853. ..Mike Foster W. Va... Union, \V. Va Col. C. S. Peyton J. Hunter Nickell
854. ..W. B. Newton Va... Ashland, Va Geo. P. Haw Clifton Lee
856. ..David 8. Creigh W. Va...Lewisburg,W. Va Jas. \V. Cunningham John A.Preston
857.. .Pendleton. W. Va.. . Franklin, W. Va (Jeo. W. Hammer 8. P. Priest
858... Mercer County W. Va...Rluetiold, W. Va Robt. H. Bailey G. A. Harris
859... El Dorado Mo...ElDorailO SjrillgS.MO Thos. B. Drv J. L. Willcoxon
860. ..8. B. Ma.xey Tex. ..Matador, Tex John A. (Jreen J. M. Campbell
861. ..Mcintosh Ark...Evansville, Ark N. B Littlejohn John C. Fletcher
862.. .James .Mcintosh Ark. ..Lonoke, Ark Lt.-Col. P. H. Wheat, 8r J. C. Boyd
863...Sidnev Johnston Ark...Batesville, Ark J. P. Coffin R. P. Weaver
864...8tonewall Jackson Ark...Altus, Ark H. J. 8criber Thos. G. Welch
865. ..Joe Johnston , Ark...Moorefield, Ark Y. M. Mack Jesse A. Moore
866...Henrv Roberts Miss. ..Leak.sville, Miss W. W. Thompson John West
867.. .Pat Cleburne Okla...Tecumseh, Okla B. T. Phillips A. J.Johnson, M. D
868.. .Crawford County Ga...Knoxville, Ga J. N. 8mith, M. D W. J. Dent
869... Robei-t Jones Ark. ..Powhatan, Ark C. A. 8tuart L. D. Woodson
871. ..A. M. Davis Va...Baywood, Va H. W. Fields T. J. McCamaut
872...Linville J. Perkins Va... White Top, Va Wm. M. Baldwin
873...Poeahonta.s W. Va...Marlington, W. Va..Col. A. C. L. Gatewood
874. ..Gen. Jos. H. Lewis Ky... Glasgow, Ky Tlios. G. Page Wm. Wood
876. ..Jenkins W. Va...Parkersburg, W.Va..CI)as. H. Turner Edgar Heermaus
877... Hardy County W. Va...Mooretield, W. Va.. . J. V. Williams Benj. Daily
878. ..Stonewall Jackson W. Va...Gharleston, W. Va...J. W. Avlor, M. D J. B. Peyton i
879.. .Stonewall Jackson W. Va... Beverly, W. Va W. H. Wilson C. N. Bosworth
880. ..Houston County Ga... Perry. Ga C. C. Duncan J. D. Martin
881. ...lames Breathed Va ..Pulaskv, City, Va....J. B. Caddall J. R. Miller
882.. .Thus. W. Napier Ky.. .Stanford, Ky G. 8. Carpenter R. J. Dunbar
883. .. .lames F. Gresham Miss...Dennis,"Miss C. C. Shook T. B. Lindsey
884. ..S. L. Freeman Tenn. ..Tracy City, Tenn....D. W. Eller J. M. Johnson
885...Denison Tex...Deiii'son, Tex James Moreland E Spencer
886. ..Yates Miss...Herl)ert, Miss J. M. Smith F. M. Ross
887... R. E. Lee W. Va... Charleston, W. Va...J. Z. McCesnev M. W. Venable '
888. ..Guthrie Tex. ..Alpine, Tex Gen. H. O'Neal H. L. Lockey
889...Jefferies S. C.Etta Jone, S. C G. VV. McKown I L. Strain I
890 ..John Sutherland Tenn. ..Ripley, Tenn A.J. Meadows G. Whit Young ,1
891. ..Smith Ga... Dublin, Ga Hardy Smith T. D. Smith
892.. .Albert Sidney Johnston Tenn. ..Martin, Tenn W. T. Lawler J. I. Wilkes I
894...Lawson-Bali Va. .. Lancaster, Va Col. J. C. Ewell T. A. Pinckard '
896...Morrall 8. C. ..Martins, 8. C J. A. Meyer G. R. Dunbar
897 . SamChecote I. T ..Muscogee, I. T D. M. Wisdom John C. Banks
898. ..W. .Al. Johnson Ala...Tuscumbia, Ala Joe N. Thompson E C. Downs
899.. .John C. Carter Tenn. ..Arlington, Tenn J. B. Thompson W. B. Stewart
900. ..8. 8. Stanton Tenn ..Gainesboro. Tenn. ...Sam. A. Smith N. B. Young
901. ..Crockett I'hilders Ark. ..Walnut Ridge, Ark.Col. W. M. Ponder Chas. Coffin
902...(Tarnett W. Va... Huntington, W. Va.. Joseph Ander.son H. D. Stewart
903. ...L F. Fagan Ark. ..Barren Fork. 'Vrk....L. F. Johnston J. M. Hill
9n4...Bett.s-Ball-Stoke.s Va...Heathsville, Va H. E Coles J. W. Anderson
906. ..Col. R. M. Russell Tenn. ..Trenton, Tenn W. O. Gordon J. R. Dance
907. ..Shriver Cray's VV. Va... Wheeling, W. Va....Gen. Robert White I. C. McMahon
908. ..John VV. Rowan W. Va...Ctiarles TOWn, W. Va Julius C. Holmes C. Frank Oallaher
909., . Francis T Nicholls La...Jonesville, La W. F. Miller J. C. Boyd
910. ..Thomas W. Armstrong 'I'enn...Somerville, Tenn T. B. Yancey Rob. Locke
911...Meadville Miss...Meadville, Miss .John L. Calcote E. C. Adams
912.. .Surgeon John Cravens Mo. ..Gallatin, Mo Independence Mann N. A. Baker
913...Avera Ga...Avera, Ga W. G. Walden R. B. Pope
915...Jo.seph E. .Johnston Tenn. ..Alamo, Tenn F. J. Wood D. B. Dodson
916. ..Paul Anderson Ark...Marianna, Ark Dewit Anderson A. 8. Rodgers
917. ..Frank Ragsdale Tenn. .Manchester, Tenn. ...J. H. L. Duncan T. M. Emerson
918.. .O. A. Lee Ga...Baxley, Ga A. M. Crosby L. W. Baxley h
15
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
919. ..D. Waller Chenault -....Ky... Richmond, Ky David Clienault Owen McKee
920. ..Fort Mill 8. O...Fort Mill, S. C Thomas B. Meacham J. W. Ardrev
921. ..C. W. Boyd S. C.Jouesville, S. C AV. H. S. Harris W. T. Ward
922...Ledbetter 8. C...Guytoii, 8. C .lo.^luia Jamison A. M Guyton
923. ..J. W. Gillespie Tenn...I)avton, Tenn V. ('. Allen W. G. Allen
924... Con federate Veteran N. C.Trvon.N. C W. E. Mills
925. ..W. H. T. Walker Ga... Atlanta, Ga J. Sid. Holland Jas. G. Ramsey
926. ..Confederate Veteran Tenn. ..Rattlesnake, Tenn. ..Joe T. Fletcher 8. B. Powers
927. ..Confederate Veteran Tenn. ..West Point, Tenn. ...J. \V. Welch —
928.. .C.J. Colcock 8. C...8ycaniore, 8 (' B. R. Lewis.. V. W. Manuel
029. ..Burgess W. Va. .. Academy, W. Va M.J. McXeel Wm. H. Auldridge
9S0...8avage-Hackett Tenn...McMinnville, Tenn. J. C. Biles W. C. Womack
931. ..Henry Havron Tenn... Jasper, Tenn J. A. Walker P. G. Pryor
932.. .R 8. "Owens ....8. C... Clinton, 8. C W. A. Shands W. D. Watts
933... Bill Green Tenn. ..Dickson, Tenn Jas. 8teel J. M. Tolley
934. ..John M Lillard Tenn. ..Decatur, Tenn Geo. W. McKeniie Robert 8pradling
9,3.5...Fo.\ 8print;s Tenn...Fo.\ Springs, Tenn. ..J. R. Donaldson J. C. Chowning
9.36. ..Warren McDonald Tenn. ..Union Citv, Tenn. ...J. N. Barnham Henry Moffatt
937. ..Confederate Veteran La...8tay P. O.', La Wm. H. Hodnett — ^
9.3S... Confederate Veteran Tex. ..Naples, Te.\ J. li. Jolly .
939. ..(Jen. James Connor S. C.Batesburg, 8. C A. P. West ■ —
941. ..8. G. Shepard Tenn. ..Lebanon, Tenn A. K. Miller R. P. McClain
942.. .E. C Ia'ccIi Miss...8teenston, Mi.ss E. C. Leech Thos. A Stinson
943. ..N. B. Forrest Miss.. .Cedar Bluff, Miss....W. R. Paramore R. W. Tribble
!»44... William C. Hancock Tenn... Auburn, Tenn J. R Dougherty R. R. Hancock
94.")...Capt. Elijali W. Horn 8. C... Johnston, 8 C J. H. Edwards' 8. L. Ready
940. ..Ben. McCullough Te.v. .. Dripping 8pgs.,Tex.M. 1^. Reed W. T. Chapman
947. ..Charles li. Robinson N. C... Franklin. N.'C K. P. Rankin W. A. Curtis
948. ..Confederate Veteran I T... Wagoner, Did. Ter...J. G. Schrinipher
949...Mofl'et Poage W. Va ..Marlinton, W. Va...Heiirv A. Veager Geo. M. Kee
!i"j(l... Winnie Davis S. C... Chesterfield. 8. C W. J.' Hanna W. D. Craig
IM1...A. V Hill Va...Culpepi)cr, Va J. M. Beckham W. P. Hill
:i"i2...Col. John T. Jones N. (!... Lenoir. N. C 1*. J Johnson Ednnind Jones
'.i"'3... Transylvania County N. C. .. Brevard, N. C W. K. Osborn J. J. Shipnian
ii.")4... James R l^ove X. ("...Webster, X. C Thos. J. Love E. J{. Hampton
9.')6...( 'onffderate Veteran N. ('...Murphy, X. C .1. W. (hooper
ltri7..Tlioina» C. Glover Ga...Douglasville, Ga C. P. Bowen W. A. James
!iiH.,.KufauIa Ala...Eufanhi, Ala 8 H Dent A. A. Couric
!i">li...l)nde County (Ja... Trenton, Ga T. J. Lumpkin Jas. A. Case
'."■] ...Bertram Tex. ..Bertram, Tex John Dunlap N. H. Wilson
'.ii;.... Adairsville Ga...Adairsville. Ga J. W. Gray R. D. Combs
963. ..Confederate Veteran W. Va. .Marlinsbnrg, W. Va.Dr. J. W."Mc"*herry Cajit. Wm B. Colston
964. ..Johnson Conntv Ga...Wrightsville, Ua.. John L. Martin R. J. Hightower
965...I;lovdTiglilinan Ky... Cadiz, Ev Robt. W. Roach John H. Caldwell
960. .Clay Ion Ala ...Blocton, Ala T. C. Wallace W. H. Logan
967. .Pat Clelnirne Tenn. ..Cookevi lie, Tenn Walton Smith ). H. Curtis
!iiis...M. C. Butler 8. C... Poverty Hill, 8. C...J. J. Bunch H. H. Townes
!ii;ii...Gen. Wm. Phillips Ga...Ellijav, Ga T. L. Greer Wm. DeJournelte
ii7()...8ani B. Wilson Tenn...Eagleville, Tenn Wm. A. Bailey W. J. White
971. ..Wm M. Slaughter Ga...AIbanv, Ga T. M. Carter B. F. Brlmberry
972...GreenlicId Tenn...Greenfielil, Tenn ...Thos. Campbell Tlio.s. B Lane
!i73...I>on!rstreel G a... Gainesville. (Ja Joseph H. Butt A. G Dorsey
:i74... Humboldt Tenn. .. Humbohit , Tenn W. X. li. Dunlap H. (i. Rowland
ii7.-i...JoeSiielbv I. T...ChJekash!i, Did. Ter.G. (4. Buchanan H. L. (Jrigsbv
976.. .Cabell '. Okla. .. Shawnee, Okla E. E Flippen T. B. Hogg
977... Ben T. Eiubry Ark...Russellville, Ark J W. Russell J. F. Munday
979... Con federate Veteran I. T...Brooken Ind. Ter.... W. H. Maphis
980. ..Westmoreland Va... Hague, Va James P. .lenkins John W. C Davis
981. ..J. B. Ward Ky. .. Hickman, Ky Thos. Dillon. 8r A. M. DeBow
982. ..Gwinnett County Ga...Lawrenceville, (ia...Col. T. M. Peeples D T. Cain
9S3...C. A. Evans Ga. .. Lumpkin, Ga M. Corbett J. T. Harrison
984 . Henrv L. Wvatt N. ('...Henderson, X. C Col. T. L.Jones W. ¥,. Garev
9S.5...8M!ilia Mo...Sedalia. Mo J. A. Collins T. C. Holland
980. ..Thi- Mountain Remnant Tex. ..Johnson City, Tex... W. T Shusrart 1. R. Brown
987. ..Jeff. Thompson Tenn. ..Sharon, Tenn E. T. Hollis G. M. Terry
988...Rcinhardt Ark...Des .\rcs, .\rk J. R. Johnson T. C. Ballowe
989. ..C. 8. Winder Md...Easton, Md Oswald Tighlman Louis AV. Trail
990.. .Jim Pirtle Ky... Fulton, Ky J. G. ParUer K. A. Browder
991. ..Van H. Manning Ark. ..Malvern, Ark W. H. Bachman W. P.Johnson
992...Henryville Tenn...Henryvillc, Tenn W. H. Skillman B. S. Shields
993.. .Confederate Veteran Tenn... Pet ersbnrur, Tenn G. C. Gillesoie
994. ..McMillan Tenn...Decaturvil]e, Tenn. .John ^IcMillan J. J Austin
99.T ..Joe Johnston Ark...Jonesboro, Ark M. A. Adair D. L. Thompson
996. ..Confederate Veteran Tex. ..Junction Citv, Tex...W. J. Cloud
998. ..John .\ .Tenkins Tenn. .. Dresden, Teiin E. E. Tansil J. R. Little
1000. ..Jos. E. Johnston 8. C.Chapin, S. C T. M. Lippard G. W. Williams
1001. ..J. E. B.Stuart Va...Berrvville, Va A. Moore, Jr W. T. Milton
1002. ..Edward Manigault S. C...McCielIanville, 8. C.Hibben Leland R. T. Morrison, Jr
16
NO. NAME OF CAMP. IdVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT. ^
1003...Heury M. Ashbj' Kv...MicUllesboio, Kv J. A Sommer Major J. M. Campbell I
1004. ..Eagle Aik...EuglaiJci, Ark..'. \V. P. West J. K. Uudie ;
100B...Corpl. Tally Simpson S C... Pendleton, 8. C J. C. .-"tribling B. C. Crawford
10()7...Stand\vatie I- T...Ber\vyn, Ind. Ter....R. Hardy J. W. Tinuia
]00'j...Adam Johnson Ky...Morganfield, Ky F. B. Brown Maj. John W. Wall
1009.. .('loud Okla... Cloud Chief, Okla...G. W. Hunt B. F. Canterberry
1010. ..Ben. McCullough Okla. ..Stillwater, Okla Frank Cook W. \V. Abercorabie
1011. ..Stonewall Jackson Okla. ..Perry, Okla W. H. Primrose Hamilton Ellis
1012. ..Confederate Veteran Okla. ..Chandler. Okla
1013. ..George O. Dawson Ga...(Tlreensboro, Ga Columbus Heard W. A. Kiinbrpugh
1014. ..Benton County Tenn... Camden, Tenn J. M. Castile J. G. Kobiiis
1015.. .Arnold Elzey Md... Baltimore, Md J. F. Zimmerman A. J. WicklifTe
1016. ..Confederate Veteian Tenn.. Capleville, Tenn A. B. Ellis
10]7...Collierville Tenn...Collierville, Teuu....T. T. McDonald J. R. Norfleet
1018.. .L. N. Savage Tenn.. Snuthville, Tenn W. C. Potter T. JNI. Hooper
1019. ..Boyd Hutchison Tenn...Sprinf{tield, Tenn....J. E. Rutlin John Y. Hutchison
1020. ..Woody B. Taylor Tenn. ..Lynchburg, Tenn ...H. B. Morgan J. N. Taylor
1021. ..Watt llrysen N. C...HeudersonvilleN.C..J. W. Watlbrd W. G. GuUick
1022... William' Terry Va...Wytheville, Va J. H. Fulton Ro X. Pendleton
1023...Fitzhugh Lee Colo.. .Aspen, Colo Thos. A. Rucker Vincent Johnson
1024.. .John K. Xeal Tenn. ..Rockwood, Tenn J. L. Waller W. E. McElwee
102-5. ..Isaac R. Trimble Md. .Baltimore, Md Col. Wm. L. Bitter Capt. W^m. H. Brent
1026... Murray Association Md... Baltimore, Md
1027. .Pat Cl't-burne Ark...Harrisburg, Ark J. L. Smith H. E. McGee
102S...Tatnal County Ga...GlenviUe, Ga J. E. Deloach H. S. Williams
1030. ..Sterling Price Cal... Fresno, Cal Maj. G. W. Cameron R. G. Harrell
1031. ..John F. Hill Ark...Clarksville, Ark J. B. Porter D. N. Clark
1032.. .John Mcintosh Kell Ga...Darien, Ga Wm. H. Alwood Wm. Mc. W. Young
1033.. ..lohn B.Gordon Okla. ..New Kirk, Okla W. N. Harmon Geo. S. Fentou
1034.. .John C. Breckinridge I. T... Oakland, I. T Col. T. D. Taliaferro R. C. Wiggs
1035. ..Perry County Tenn. ..Linden, Tenn Wm. Curl W. H. Lancaster
1036. ..James Adams Ark. ..Austin, Ark Donald .Starett T. J. Young
1037. ..Marble Falls Tex. ..Marble Falls, Tex....H. J. Dawson Col. A. F. Hicks
10.39. ..John H. Kelly Ark. ..Melbourne, Ark F. M. Hanley H. B. Landers
1040 ..Richard Robertson S. C.Raplev, B. C Dr. J. R. Culbertson R. J. Stoddard
1041...Loring L T...Mannville, I. T W A. Coe F. A. Butt
1042.. .John S. Hoffman W. Va... Green Bank, W. Va .Tohn R. Warwick Wm. H. Hull
1043. ..Decatur County Ga...Bainbridge, Ga I. D. Harrell W. G. D. Tonge
1044. ..John jSI. Stenniions Mo...Gre.'ntield, Mo Lewis Renfro B. M. Neale
1045. ..Cleveland N. C... Shelby, N. C Major H. F. Shenck John B. Wells
1 046. ..James Breathed Md... Cumberland, Md H. Lichtenstein Arthur Dawson
1047...Hankins Ark...Locksburg, Ark Shad W. McCown Alex. Luther
1048. ..Stonewall Tex...Aspermont, Tex S. D. Clack T. C. Hoy
1049.. .Barrett Ky...Carrollton, Ky H. H. Adcock J. G. Ginn
1050... Alex. Stephens, Ga...Crawfordville, Ga....B. J. Flynt Jesse A. Woodall
1051. ..R. S. Ewell W. Va... Addison, W. Va B. C. Conrad M. P. Cutlip
10.=i2... Beauregard W. Va... Hacker Vallfj. W. Va P. W. Bruftey F. M. Malcomb
10.53. ..Gary Whitaker N. C... Enfield, N. C W. F. Parker F. C. Pittman
lfl54...Gh6lestou Montgomery Ga... Planter, Ga J. A. Willifonl Dawson Williams
1055. ..R. E. Lee Ga. .. Monroe, Ga J. E. Nnnnally... J. M. Turner
10.56. ..Sam. Davis Tex. ..Rogers Prairie, Tex..W. B Hollis A. M. Hill
10.57. ..James W. Cook N. C... Beaufort, N. C David Pierce B. J. I'.ell
1059. ..Geo W. Murphy Ark. ..Sheridan, Ark John W. Lybrand J. S. Williams
1060. ..R. G Shaver Ark. ..Salem, Ark D. P. Tunstall C. A. Phillips
1062. ..Clement H. Stevens S C... Early Branch, S. C...J. H. Steinmeyer Roger Pinckney
1063.. .A. C. Haskell S. C.Killians, S. C Dan'l Rabon W. W. Kntzminger
1065.. .A. J. Lvtligoe S. C... Level Land. S. C....R. W. Crawford R. M. Pratt
107(1. ..Putsey "Williams S. C... Cross Hill, S. O W. S. Pitts S. W. Lowe
1071. ..Stonewall Mo. ..Salisbury, Mo C. H. Woodson F. M. Clements
1072.. .(General Clanton Ala...Brewton, Ala Major W. S. Neal J. M Davison
1073. ..Battle Ground Ga... Regnant, Ga Chess Flanders J. B. Howard
1074...Ponchatoula La...Poncbatoula, La Geo. M. Penn Col. T. J. Butler
1075. ..R. M. (iano Tex. ..Ross, Te.v M. M. Emmons S. L. Makeig
1076...Valdosta Ga...Valdosta, Ga S. T. Kinsberry C. Oakman
1077.. .Joe Shelby Mo... Taney ville, Mo A. P. Garrett
1078...Chas. W. McArthur Ga. .. Alamo, Ga A. C. McClennan M. D. Hughes
1079. ..Pat. Lyon Ga... Ball Ground, Ga P. H. Lyon D. B. Lyon
1080. ..Chas. Wicklifle Ky...WicklifIe, Ky T. C. Faulkner Geo. B. Wilds
lOsl... Gibson W. Va...Grantsville, W. Va...H. A. Ferrell G. G. Stump
1082. .. Edward T. Bookter S C. .. Pleasant P. O., S. C...W. P. Havird J. T. McGrady
1083. .Screven County Ga...Svlvania, Ga J. C. Overstreet H Parker
1084. ..Jnhn White N. C.Warrenton, N.C W. B. Fleming P. H. Allen
1085. ..Wm. M. Mcintosh Ga...Elberton, Ga E. B. Tate J. F. Stillwell
1087. ..W. A. Hardee Ga...Warrenton, Ga John Thompson C. E. McGregor
1088. ..Skid Harris Ga... Woodstock, Ga Wm. C. Dial M. S. Paden;
1089. ..Sam Davis Tex...Milford, Tex J. M. Webb Z. T. Bundyl
1090.. .George T. Ward Fla...Williston, Fla D. P. New.som J. J. Johnson,
1091...Fitzhugh Lee L T...Paul's Valley, I. T....R. A. Sneed James A. Tippett
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQTTAKTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
10!)2...Wier Boyd Ga...DawsonvilIe, Ga George K. Porter John B. Tliomas
1093. ..Hammond La. ..Hammond, La \V. \V. Baiikstou J. W. Skinner
]094...Tlie Confed. .Soldiers' Ass'n Ga... Augusta, Ga Wm. Brvson W. B. Hays
109.5. ..Col. W. C. Black Ga...Ellaville, Ga A. Alleii E. S. Baldwin
10y6...Keynold.s Ga ..Reynolds, Ga Thos. J. Marshall R. C. Paris
1097.. .Confederate Veteran Tenn... At liens, Tcun W. T. Lone
1098...8enoia Ga...8enoia, (ia Capt R H. Woods —
1099. ..Tallahatchie County Miss. ..Charleston, Miss \V. M. Steel John T. Neely
1100. ..Albert .Sidney Johnston Teun...Shiloh,Tenn .lames W. Irwiu C. C. Strawn
1101. ..Gordon County Ga... Calhoun, Ga H. C. Hunt M. K. Ellis
1102. ..Washington Artillery S. C... .Charleston, 8. C Richard F. Morris Clias. L. McClenahan
110;i...Harri.son 8. C... Hampton, S. C Gen. Jas. W. Moore 8. J. Kitts
1104. ..The Auk Masters (4a...Hiirtwell, Ga W. M. Clark M. M. Richardson
11 05... Stonewall Ga... Flowery Branch, Ga. John L. Hutchinson F. C. .Tones
llois... Albert Sidnev Johnston Tex. ..Greenwood, Tex E.J. Brown T. A. Vandiver
1107...(). M. Dantzler 8 C...8t. .Matthew's, 8. CF. J. Buyck. W. 8. Murray
llOs... Quitman County Ga...C!eorgetown, Ga F. M. Bledsoe Wm. Harrison
1109. ..Dooly County Ga... Vienna, Ga J. 8. Las-seler I). A. R. Crura
11 10... Bradley T. Johnson Md...Leonardtown, Md. .. James T. Parsons Francis V. King
1111. ..Franklin Parish Sharpshooters.... La.. .Winnshoro, La W P. Power John M. King
1114. ..John I,. Barnett Ga... Jackson, (Ja L. 1). Watsou C. 8. Maddox
111-5... A. H. Cohjuitt Ga... Newton, Ga T. H. Caskie John (). Perry
lliO...Paul Hatcli Fla...Mavo. Fla 8. G. Davenport M. J. Brvah
1117. ..J. J. Fiiiley Fla...l'alatka, Kla J. D. Points Joseph Price
Ills. ..I). G. Chandler Ga... Homer, Ga W. M. Ash J. C. Allan
1119...Nav!ijoe Okla...N'avaJoe, Okla 8. M. Casteel N. V. White
1121. ..Rico E.Graves I\y...Owei'isl)oro, Ky (:. H. Todd J. Y. Small
1122... (Jul tman (ia...Forsvtli, Ga...." Thos. B. Cabaniss J. T. McGinfy
112:;...R.'cd Ga... Austell, Ga W. H. Winters J. K. McKenney
1124. ..Wright Ga... Watkinsville, Ga ...Geo. E. Griffeth R. >L Jackson
lI2')...Harrison Ga...Jesup. (ia Ben Mill kin Jas. K. Black
]I2ii...Lorliig Fla...Tam))a. Fla Col. T. W. Givens F. E. Davis
1127...Cai)t T. J. Butt Ga...Blaiisville, {in J. A. Butt Thos. C. Hughes
H2S...(\)nlVd(M;ile Veteran Te.\...Xcches, Te.\ 1. G. MoRevnolds
11211. ..Harris County (fa...Hamillon, Ga L. I>. Stanford A. F. Truett
ll:;o... Irwin County Ga. .. Fitzgerald, (ia D. H. .Mull T. P. Littletield
11.'! I ...Wilcox County (ja...RochelU', (ia 8 F. Laidler A. B. Cain
ll.')2... Confederate Veteran Okla....\rrap|iahM\ Okla.... .'\. H. Latimer
ll;i:'>... Confederate Veteran Okla...EarlslM)r<i, okla H. C. Devault
11." I. ..Stonewall Okla... Avoca. Okla M. F. Philips W. A. Duncan
ll.;5...Manguin Okla...Manguui, Okla Sam Porter W. P. Johnson
:i.iii. .Campbell Countv (la... Palmetto, (Ja I. T. Beekman R. Cumniings
ll:;7... Sumter ! (ia... Cleveland, (ia K. 1{. Asbury W. B. Bell
ll.'is ..Elwaid Willis Ga.. .Clinton, (ia lames A. Walker John R. iMiiles
11 '.'.I ..Sam Johnston Ala...Tuskegee, Ala W. 11. Hurt John H. Alexander
lMI...FIIzliugh Lee Ark. ..Ozark, Ark B. L. .Tones H. H Turner
1112...(Ten. I'^rancis T. Nicliolls La...Xapoleonville, La....Thos. Loftus E. L. Moiinnt
1144. .8. ir. Powe Miss...Wj\vnesl>oro, Miss...M. L. McRae W. 8. Davis
iNi... Abbeville Ala....\bheville, Ala lames W. Stokes
llHi ..Tom Green I. T... Woodford, I. T W. .M. Reed E. C. Moody
114s..,,Io(. Brown Tenn. ..Covington Tenn ('has. B. Siinonton .Tohn A. Croirord
114!i ..Bill Harris Ga...Poulan, (ia W. L. Story .J. W. Price
115(1. ..Charles C. Jones, Jr (ia...Hiiiesville, (ia H. ( '. Repi.ard J. I. Daniel
11-51 ...Buchanan (ia... Kucha nan, Ga F. M. Dun kin 8. P. Sbejiard
1152 ..Sp:uks Ga... Sparks, (ia J. E. Williams John F. Parrish
115:i... Jordan E. Cravens Ark. ..Coal Hill, Ark E. H. Walker J. D. Hunt
1154. ..General Pender N. C.Hurnsville N. C J. Hughes D. A. Angell
,1155. ..Confederate Veteran N. C...Elrod, N. C Rev. Weslev Thompson
:11.5(i...Davis-Ivee-Dickenson N. C.Rutherfordton, N.C.J. V. McEntyre Wm. T. Wilkins
n5S... Ray burn Miss...T)«'eatur, Miss M. W. Stamper J. H. Keith
n5ii... Heard County (^a...I''ranklin, (ia Isaac J. Stephens Frank 8. Loftin
IKil ...Coweta Ga... Newman, (ia John B. (ioodwyn T. W. I'owoll
lll!2...Newliern N. C...Newbern, N. C T. J. Wolfeiiden". James F. Clark
ll(i.!..,Asliby & ISfcGhec Tenn... Lenoir City, Tenn... (i. M. Bnrdett W. B. Buhrman
111)4. ..Albert Sidney Johnston Miss. ..Corinth, Miss Sam Sharp J. W. Me.Amilty
U(i5...W. C. Gates Ala...(ieneva, Ala H. H. Foster W. C. McLauchliii
ll(>i>...N. B. Korrest I. T...Durant I. T I. N Seth J. Q. Cabler
1107. ..Fred. 8. Ferguson Ala. ..Pratt City, Ala A. W. Key P.J. Powell
lliiS, .. Private H. E. Hood 8. C.Blvthewood, 8. C....W. W. Smitli Roht. Proctor
110it...Sani Davis Te.\... Rockdale, Tex A. J. Worley R. .S. Wilson
!170... Jackson County Miss...8cranton, Miss IMajor P. K. Mayers Edgar Hull
1171. ..(i. (i. Dibrell..! Tenn. .. Darkey Spgs, Tenn... Jolin .M. Knowles W. L. Dibrell
17:5. ..(Confederate Veteran Miss. ..Benton, Miss C. B. Adams
1 175. ..Dixie 8. C... Lancaster, 8. C W. G. A. Porter Geo. "VV. Jones
177. ..Sam Davis Ala...Blountsville, Ala 8. T. Burnett J. M. Doyle
I7S... Pickens Ga....Iasper, tia J. A. Rhyne E. WofTord
17n....\nderson Te.x...Vinevard, Tex T. ISI. Anderson J. W Childers
l.sil...Th(unas H. Wood Miss...DeK!ilb, Miss A. H. Morse J. W. Smith
18
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTEE.S. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1181. ..Ohio O.. .Columbus, O Thos. P. Shields J. H. Levy
1182...Pickett-Buchauan Va... Norfolk, Va J. MiluorKeeUng T. B. Jackson
11S4... William Gamble N. C...Ciastouia, N. C L. M. Hoffman B. F. Carpenter
118.5.. .8. E. Hunter La...Cliut(in, La Gen. G. H. Packwood John A. White, Jr
118(3... Lancaster 8. C... Lancaster, 8. C B. J. Witherspoon J. E. 8tewman
1187. ..Joe Sayera Tex...I.ewisvilIe, Tex C. E. Lamb J. M Fox
1191. ..Charles Broadway Rouss D. C... Washington, U. C....C0I. 8am'l E. Lewis, M D \Vm. Brown
1192...Elloree 8. C... Cameron, 8. C A. F. Browning M. J. D. Dantzler, M. D
1193...MiistoKee Conneil No. I, II. C. V. Relief Association. ..Ga... Columbus, Qa J. B. Hobbs R. R. Smith
1194. Nen-Rice Va...New Market, Va Christian Shirley John L. Schaeffer
1196... Wallace 8. C... Woodruff, 8. C A. B. Woodruff
1197...Statham Farrell Miss. ..Poplar Creek, Miss. ..J. B. Simpson R. I. Allen
1198. ..John H. Morgan Cal...8an Diea;o, Cal Major Hugh G. Gwyn Fred. C. Foard
1199. ..Fair Bluff N. C... Fair Bluff, N. C A. C. Oliver Rev. J. A. Smith
1200...Lee-Jacksou Va... Lexington, Va J. P. Moore AY. C. Stuart
1201. ..Hi Bledsoe Cal. ..Santa Anna, Cal J. A. Wilson A. H. Lacy
1202...Hutto Ala. ..Jasper, Ala Lieut.-Col. T. P. Lamkin J. H. Hayes
12(13..." I'ige" Anderson Fla... Miami, Fla J. R. Anthony, Sr
1205...Reauregard Colo... Denver, Colo Ben Hounett E. L. Colburn
]20t)... Jones N. C.Roxboro, N. C Major J. A. Long A. R. Foushee
1207. ..Confederate Veteran Ga...Kingsland, Ga D. R. Proctor
120S...Halifa.\ Va... South Boston, Va.... R H. Beazley
]209...Magruder > Va...NewportNews, Va...H. J. Fleury G. W. Nelms
1210...Peacliy-Giliner-Breckinridge Va... Buchanan, Va J. N. Shaver Thos. J. West
1211. ..E. J. Dennis S. C.Monck'sCorner, 8.C.E. J. Dennis, 8r E. O. Hall
1213 ..John A. Hudson Tex...Cundift', Te.x W. B. Johnson G. P. Whitaker
121-1.. .Franklin Buchanan Fla. ..Key West, Fla J. V. Harris, M. D
121.T...Kaigler 8. C... Swansea, S. C J. C. J. Wannamaker U. W. Jebcoat
1217. ..Stonewall Jackson I. T...McGee, I. T W. W. Hyden A. H. Shi, Jr
1218. ..Cabell-Graves Va... Danville. Va Harry Wooding R. A. Walters
1220. ..Francis Cockrell Mo...Lebannon, Mo F. M. McChain Geo. T. Aycock
1221. ..J. C. Mounger Ga... Quitman, Ga Wm. L. LeConte Allen Beaslee
1222...Bayboro 8. C.Bayboro, 8. C A. L. Alford Geo. Gedinger
1223...Sw"ainsboro Ga...Swainsboro, Ga J. P. Pughsley John Bell
1224.. .Nathan Parker Ky... Bedford, Ky W. B. May Wesley Rowlett
122">... Augustus DuPont Ga...DuPout, Ga Augustus DuPont T. L. Wyche
1226. ..Col Edward Bird Ga... Springfield, Ga John B. Walton John C. White
1227.. .J. S. Cone Ga...8tatesboro, Ga J. S. Cone A. W. Stewart
1228. ..Col. Ed Crossland Ky... Clinton, Ky T. L. .\twood M. D. Ward
1229;.. Bryan County Ga... Clyde, Ga W. H. Strickland John Lane
1230.. .Geary Okla... Geary, Okla J. 8. Rutledge J. M. Scott
1231...Hankins Ark...Lockesburg, Ark John M. White ..J. R. Holcombe
1232. ..New Roads La. ..New Roads, La Maj. L. B. Claiborne Auguste Pourcian
1233. ..Col. E. 8. Grifliu Ga...Big Sandy, Ga T. E. Williams J. H. Jessup
1234. ..J. C. Davis Miss...Utica, :M1ss D. X. Brown J. L. Collins
12.3-5. ..Stonewall Jackson I. T...Hart.shorne, I. T Wra. M. Holland W. B. Enloe
1237.. .Confederate Veteran N. C Charm, N. C
1238. ..Lee's Creek La...Lee'sCreek,P. 0.,La.Mart Williams J. R. Johnson
1240. ..Upshur County TeX... Gilmer, Tex Tho.s. H. Chandler W. A. Hart
1241. ..R. F. Hoke.....' N. C.Lumberton N. C Gen. T. F. Toon John H. Morrison
1242. ..Joe Wheeler I. T... Graham, Ind. Ter....R. T. Rickets J. H. Ewing
1243. ..W. C. Preston Tenn... Alexandria, Tenu.... J. F. McNabb F. L. Fouteh
1244. ..Winnie Davis Ariz...Saflord, Ariz T. T. Hunter Wm. C. Neese
124-5. ..Gates County N. C.Willeyton, N. C Riddick Hafler
1246... Robt. J. Breckinridge Kv--Danville, Kv John M. Van Meter Jas. A. Yeager
1247.. . Dick Gano Tex. ..Mansfield, Tex T. B. Huett J. H. Gibson
1248.. .Henry L. Wyatt N. C.Bavboro, N. C G. S. Attmore, M. D W. T. Caho
1249...Mayfield Ky...Mayfleld, Ky T. J Elmore Stephen Elmore
12-50... Con federate Veteran Tenn...TuIu, Tenn Major J. S. Atkins ■
1251... Bedford Forrest Te.\... Arlington, Tex J. C. Heveuden T. B Collins
1252. ..Jos. E. Johnston Tex...Quinlan, Tex B. F. Ivy R. S. Shepard
12.53. ..Stonewall Jack.son Tex. ..Grapevine, Tex J. P. Lipscomb J. E. Brock
1254. ..Jos. E. Johnston Tenn...Sehner, Tenn J. R. Stovall R. D. Anderson
1255. ..Saml J. (^hol.son Miss. ..Aberdeen, Miss Gen. Robert E. Houston B C Sims
12.56. .. Lee Sherrell Ky...Bardwell, Ky W. E. Bugg T. A. Cross
1257...Zebulon B. Vance N. C...Troy, N. C John C. Cornelison D. 8. Pool
1258. ..John H. Cecil Ky... Lebanon, Ky B. J. Lancaster Benj. F. Bowman
1259. ..H. B. Lyon -.Ky. .. Murray, Ky J. N. Williams M. W. Martin
1260. ..Ben Hardin Helm Ky...Lawrenceburg, Ky...J. W^ Speer, M. D Jas. S. Coke
1261...Pickett-Stuart Va...Nottaway, Va Wm. Hodges Mann Wm. S. Guy
1262. ..Thomas H. Hunt Ky...Cynthiaua, Ky O. Kennard A. J. Morey
1263. ..Gen. John 8. Williams Ky.. . Grayson, Kv W. D. Malone H. C. Horton
1264... Jesse 8. Barnes N C... Wilson, N. C H. M. Warren E. M. Pace
1265. ..Gen. Dick Taylor Tex... Jefferson, Tex George W. L. Dawson Maj. George T. Todd
1266. ..James H. Berry Ark...8pringdale, Ark Geo. A. Graves J. H. Amacker
1267.. .Jefferson Davis Kv...Elkton, Kv R- B. Kendall J. C. Malone
1268...S0Il-N00-Kee (ClierOte Mians) N. C. ..Cherokee, p. 0.,N.C.Sou-Ate-Owl George French
1269. ..Stonewall Jackson Ark...HuntsvilIe, Ark J. L. Crain A. A. Broad
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19
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTEKS. COMMANDER. ADJLTANT.
]27O...C0ipaDy "A," WMer'S ConM. Cavalry Oa... Atlanta, Ga Col. John S. Prather Geo. A. Webster
1271 ..Tiiomton W. Va...SniI!niersville, W. Va W. S. Meador Robt. A. Kiiicaid
1272. ..Charles J. Batchelor Iya...\Villianisport, La \V. \V. ISIaius
1273...Nimrort Triplett N.C... Boone, N. C E. F. Lovill W. W. Pressuer
127.5. ..Bill Johnston N. C.Weldon. N. C T. L. Emry A. L. Zollicofer
1276. ..Quitman Miss...Belen, Miss J. T. Davis W. B. Clarke
1277. ..Maurice T. Smith N. C... Oxford, X. C B. P. Thorp A. \V. Graham
1278. ..Oscar R. Rand N. (.'...Holly .Springs, N.C. Col. G. B. Alford B. S. Utlev, M. D
1279...Costello Ala. ..Elba, Ala N. O. Hutchinson A. S. Head
1280. ..8am Davis Cal...Los Angeles, Cal T. W. T. Richards Robert Stewart
1281. ..Forrest Ark. ..Magazine, Ark J. F. Potts T. C. Moore
1282.. .\V. R. White S. C.-Lowndesville, 8. C.Jas. B. Moseley Jas. W. Huekabee
, 1283. ..Private Ike Stone Tenn... Henderson, Tenn....J. W. Ozier T. H. McGee
I 1284.;. Fitzgerald Teun... Paris, Tenn Ex-Gov. J. D. Porter Capt. J. T. Irion
I 1285. ..Daniel H. Reynolds Ark. ..Lake Village, Ark. ..John Bagby i obert lioudon
I 1286. ..Joe Wheeler Okla... Cheyenne, Okla C. P. Bingham R. K Houston
1287. ..James W. Moss Ky... Arlington, Ky John R. Owen, M. D W. H. McMurray
1288 ...Stonewall Jackson I. T... Pontotoc, Ind. Ter...W. H. Norman R. H. Jones
1289.. .M.J. Ferguson W. Va... Hurricane, W. Va...J. B. Hicks J. H. Garrett
1290. ..James Newton Ark. ..El Dorado, Ark -Major W. E. Lacey John F. Marrable
1291...WinfleId Ala...Winfield, Ala N. A. Musgrove W. J. Trull
1292...("lineh County Ga...Honiersville, Ga F. M. Jackson M.S. Corbett
1293. .. President JelTersou Davis Ark...Kiugsland, Ark W. B. Scvmore J. W. Doster
1294. ..J. J. Stuart Ark. ..Van Buren, Ark R. B.Allen Chas. T. Ward
129.5. ..Gen. John S. Williams Ky.. .Winchester, Ky Col. Leeland Hathaway R. P. Scobee
1296. ..Joe VValktr S. C... Greer Depot, S."C H. V. Westmoreland W. J. McCain
1297...Shiloh Ark...Mena, Ark Gen. R. (i. Shaver W. J. Davis
129S...John W. A. Sanford Ala...Clanton, Ala W. J. Midiileton J. M. Stanfleld
1299. ..Gen. Geo. Moorman Tex...Hearne, Tex Richard Boswell R. H. Martin
1300.. .W.T. Smith Ga...Buford,Ga J. E. Cloud Col. Henry D. Capers
1301. ..E. C. Walthall Mis8...Cofleevillc, Miss J. D. Collins J."W. Brown
1.302... Alfred Rowland N. C... Rowland. N. (; N. T. McLean W.J. Smith
1.304... Henry M. Shaw N. C.. .Currituck, N. C W. P. Creekmore J. B. Lee
130.5. ..Sterling Price Ark. ..Black Rock, Ark W. S. Nowlin N. E. Judkins
1306. ..Walthall Miss. ..Abbeville, Miss J. J. Wilkinson F. T. Leak
1.307. ..Karnes County Tex...KarnesCity, Tex L. C. Tobin A. J. Pritchard
1.308...James A. Jackson Ark...Monlicell(^ Ark L. E. Morgan W. A. Brown, M. D
1309. .. James Norris Ark. ..Hamburg, Ark W. F. McCombs Wni. H (jladney
1310.. .J. Z. George Mi.ss... Carthage, Miss D. F. Cadenhead N. E. Walker
1311. ..Oktibbeha Miss...Starkville, Miss L. 1). McDowell D. A. B-.rdwell
I312...Dabney H. Maury Miss. ..Newton, Miss Major S. (i. Spann John Blakeley
1313. ..A. P. Hill Tex...Angleton, Tex J. K. Glasscock R. Faickney
1314. ..R. E. Lee Tex...Jacksl>oro, Tex J. W. Dodson J. A. Rouse
131.5...Pettigrew N. C.Edenton, N. C Major W. B. Shepard Capt. T. M. Small
1316. ..Marion Cogbill Ark... Wynne, Ark A. W I<ake W. }'. Brown
1318... Earl Van Dorn Tex. ..Rio Vista, Tex E. C. Town H. F. Menefee
1319. ..JasiH-r Count v Miss. ..Heidelberg, Miss M. G. Turner M. A. Rvan
1320... W. P. Martai'ii N. C... Southern Pines, N.C. C. W. Sliaw
1321. ..Hugh R. Miller Miss.. .Pontotoc, Mi.ss T. F. Herron O. (". Carr
1322...Marsliall B. Jones Miss...Batcsville, Miss C. B. Vance A. T. Bobo
1323...Granbury Tex. ..Temple, Tex A. M. Kellar W. D. Shaw
1324. ..Col. George Wilson Tex...Lanc4ister, Tex W. F. Ijavender A. H. Rawlins
1325. ..Bob Lowery ISIiss...Mt. Olive, Miss G. C. Buchanan Jas. G. Cherry
1326. ..Noxubee County Miss. ..Macon, Miss H. A. Minor Z. T. Dorroh
1327. ..D. T. Beal Miss.Rienzi. Mi.'ss Jesse T. Cheves H. C Powell
1328. ..Mcintosh Ark. ..Mulberry, Ark Tlios. W. Moslon loe M. Scott
1329. ..O. F. Strahl Tenn-.-Chewalla, Tenn W. R. Ranier, M. D T. J. Hurlev, Sr
1330. ..John H. Morgan Ga. .. Harmony Grove.Ga.T. A. Little T P. Hudson
1331... Lamar Fontaine Miss ..Lyon, ISiiss Col. Lamar Fontaine T. S. Shuford
1332. ..John Pelham Tex... Rosebud, Tex J. W. Sneed W. F. Bozeman
1333...Gibson-iSrcCready Va... Marion, Va G. H. Fudge J. H. Gollenhon
13.3.5. ..A. Buford Ky...Wingo, Ky B. P. Willinghara J. F. Milton
1336. ..Capt. D. \r. Logan Kv... Lancaster, Ky Joe H. Arnold R. R. Denton
1337. ..Pat Cleburne Tex...Hico, Te.x R. F. McKeage A. L. :Maxwell
13.38. ..Jonathan B. Evans Va...Blacksburg, Va Byrd Anderson J. C. (irissoni
13.39. ..William B. Isler Tenn...Tiptonville, Tenn... L. Donaldson P. Davis
1340. ..James W. Fulkerson Tenn. ..Taz-well, Tenn B. F. Schultz A. Y. Johnson
1341 ..John M. Stephens Te.x. ..Stephcnville, Tex J. F. Henderson J. T. Starr
1342. ..Wilkinson County Ga...Irwinton, Ga J. W. Lind-ev W.F. Cannon
1343. ..J. B. Hood '. Ark...Piggott. Ark R. L. Hancock S. H. Julian
1344. ..Shelby County Tex. ..Center, Tex B. S Sims J. B. Beck
134,5. ..Bedford Forrest Okla...Weatherford, Okla...A. L. Woodliff J. T McKewen
1346. ..James F. Preston Va...(^hristiansburg, Va.H. D. Wade S. G. Farley
1347. .Bob McKinley Ala.. .East Lake, Ala Thos. L. Moore Robt. N. McKinley
1348.. W. L. Caliell I. T... Wagoner, I T Theodore F. Potts Major S. Barbee
1349...AIonzo Napier Tenn...Waverlv, Tenn M. O Box D."H. Cioodrich
1350.. .Wichita Confed. Ass'n Kan. ..Wichita, Kansas R. T. Bean John H. Shields
1351. ..Johnston-Edwards Ky... Benton, Ky C. M. Green H. M. Wade
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NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUAKTEKS. CoMMANDEK. ADJUTANT.
1352.. .J. W. Harris Ala...Russellville, Ala Peter VAay T. E. McCulloch
1353...Judah P. Benjamin Tex...Kautiiiau, Tex E. S. Pipes Uan Cotthian
13-54. ..Cleburne Ala. ..Dundee, Ala W. B. Kirkland J. K. \eonian
13.5.5... Hamilton Mi.yson Miss. .. Columbia, JNIiss Z. 8. Goss, M. D W. T. Willoughby
ia57... Tom Harrison. Tex. ..Whitney, Tex F. M. Knox W. T. Moore
13.58 ...T. S. Evans Miss. ..Houston, Miss A. J. Pulliam J. M. (xritim
1359 ..Florence Tex. ..Florence, Tex Dr. W. L. Stewart J. P Moore
IStiO "Pap Price" Cal. .. Colusa, Cal Major John B. Moore W. T. Beville
13tiK'.'.Befltord Forrest I. T...Rofr. I. T W." L. Fletcher J. O.Cottle
1362. ..Preston Smitli Tenn...Lavinia, Tenn I. R. Attkisson W. W. McDougal
1363. ..Rob McCuUoch Wash. .. Spokane, AV ash Jas. Z. INIoore E. H. Lively
1364. ..Confederate Veteran N. C.Albertson, N. C — Wm. H. Grady
1365 A P Hill Tex. ..Burleson, Tex J. H. Landers 1. A. Roberts
1366" Joe Ravia '. I- T...Ravia, I. T W.J. Mitchell E. W. Reed
1367. ..Horace Randall Tex. ..Pittsburg, Tex J. C. Porter J. M. Bradley
136.S Bourbon Ky... Paris, Ky J. R. Rogers Russell Mann
1369. ..Stanly ...N. C... Albemarle, N. C M. E Blalock J. S. Ewing
1370 Emmett McDonald Mont. ..Missoula, Mont L. I\r. Davis E. M. Ratclift
1371 Joe Shelby Mont.. .Hamilton, Mout T. H. Gibbins W. T. Flanders
1372 .. I'om Smith Va.. .Suffolk, Va Geo. T. Parker R. S. Boykin
1373... Rosen berg Tex... Rosenberg, Tex 8. H. Blair F. CuUen
1374. ..Bill Scurry Tex. ..Snyder, Tex A. J. Scarboro B. F. Wilkes
1375 Sayers ..." Te.x...Strawn, Tex John R. Graves Wm. (iraham
1376.. D."L. Kilgore Ark. ..Magnolia. Ark R. D Smith C. M. Fomby
1377...Ro2-er Hanson Mont. ..Anaconda, Mont N. S. Snyder Harvey S. Showers
1378 Stel-lini' Price Mont...Bozeman, Mont Charles P. Blakely White Calfee
1379... R. E. Lee Mout. ..Butte, Mont J. P. Reins AV. H. Archer
1380.. .Confederate Veteran Tex. ..Pittsburg, Tex E. 6. Hobson
1.3K1... Confederate Veteran Tex... Lancaster Texas Alex. Rawlins
1382 ..Jetr Falkner Ala... Montgomery, Ala....W. D. Wescott F. M. McQueen
1383. .. Sam Lanham Tex. ..Clarendon, Tex E. E McGee T. L. iSaylor
1.384.. .General Marmaduke Mont.. .Livingston, Mont....W. F. Kirby J. R. Hawthorn
1385 ..Stonewall Jackson Mont...Townsend Mont J. R. Wine J. R Belcher
1386.. .Robert E. Lee...'. Tex. ..Fate, Tex E. Miller J. N. Tabler
1387. ..Bedford Forrest Ala. .Woodlawn, Ala Wni. H. Reynolds J. E. Thomas
1388 ..Genera! Parsons Mont. .. Twin Bridg-'S, Mont..N. B. Christianson W. M. Beal
1.389. ..J. T. Fleming Ga... Augusta, Ga Edward Hett Henry C. Kennedy
1390 ..N. B. Forrest Mont.. .Helena, Mont George F. Ingram Shirley (;. Ashby
1.391... Hupp-Deyerle Va... Salem, Va Henry E. Blair A. H. Whitesell
1392 Lee Tex. ..Mill Creek, Tex R. H. Jones W. J. Losson
1393. ..Joseph E. Johnston Mi.ss... Hickory, Miss F. Ru.ssell W. A. Logan
1394. ..J. L. Power Miss. ..Laurel, Miss J. A. Pack John F. Marshall
!395... Stonewall Jack.son ■|'ex...Springtown, Tex Jesse Roberts Frank B. Wharton
1396. ..Joe Sayers Tex. ..Stamford, Tex J O. Kelly Aaron Wood
1397.. .John B. Gordon Tex. ..Chandler, 'I'ex R. J. Martin L. Q. C. Askew
1398.. .John Manning N. C ..Durham, N. C N. A. Ramsey V. Ballard
1399. .James Longstreet Tex...Ennis, Tex W. N. George T. ii. May
1400.. .Gen. John B. Gordon Tenn. ..Johnson City, Tenn. Ed. Rogan W. A. Kite
1401.. Ben Watson rex...Forrestoii, Tex Car Forrest W. jNI. Gardner
1402.. .C'rail Miller Tex. ..Ferris, Tex J. C Blakeney W. R. Pannell
1403...DeSoto Fla... Arcadia, Fla John M. Whidden F. M.Cooper
1404. ..Sutton Tex. ..Port Lavaca. Tex...-.C. D. W. McNeill C. T. Dudgeon
1405. ..Ad Darby Tex. ..West Point, Tex Williamson Daniels C. B. Hall
1406. ..Albany .' Tex...Albanv, Tex D. (i. Simpson I. M. Cliism
1407... Robert E. Lee Ark. ..Mansfield, Ark J. H. Caldwell J. W^ Sorrels
1408. ..R. M. Gauo I. T... Sulphur, I. T Dean J. Kendall Ben. R. Hargreaves
1409. ..Geo. R. Reeves Tex... Whitesboro, Tex M. L. Webster Geo. W. Diamond
1411. ..E. C Walthall Tex. ..Wellington, Tex R. H. Cocke O. W. Alexander
1412. ..Nash County N. C. .. Rocky Mount, N.C...B. H. Bann Robert H. Ricks
1413 ..Archer Tex. ..Italy" Tex A. J. Lloyd Alex. Moseley
■ 1414. ..Albert Pike Tex... Keller, Tex T. A. Neace H. D. Griffin
1415. ..Harvey Walker Teun...Lynnville, Tenn A. R. (Gordon J. M. Thirman
1416. ..Bath..' Va... Warm Springs, Va...Wm. M. McAllister George Mustoe
1417...Altus Okla...Altus Okla Wm. Taylor G. H. Kennedy
1418 . Alvord Tex...Alvord. Tex W. H. Cummings D. Speer
1419...Valverde N. Mex...Roswell. N. Mex J. A. Foreman J. T. Evans
1420. ..John H. Morgan Tex...Floydada, Tex R. C. Andrew.s J. L. Van Hook
1421. ..J. P. Douglass Tex...Maybank, Tex A. A. Coupland C. W. Robinson
1422 Walker Tex. ..Grand Saline, Tex... A. C. Alexander Z. W. Gunning
1423. ..Mammoth Cave Ky...Cave City, Ky Wm. E. Garnett, M. D Wm. H. Hindman
1424 .Joseph E. Johnston Ala...Tallas.see, Ala E. D, (Mowe Seth P. Storrs
1425. ..J. B. Hood I. T... Duncan, I. T E. N. Marcell J G. Woods
1426... Alamo I. T.. .Comanche, I. 'J' M. J. Davis P. A. Cox
1427. ..Tom Reece Ala... Attalla, Ala T. R. Carnes B. H. Nicholson
1428. ..Capt. E. S. Rugeley Tex. ..Bay City, Tex C. H. Williams Frank Rugeley
1429. ..Co. D, Sixth Texas Infantry Te:c...Ma"tagorda, Tex John F. Holt E. .L Inglehart
1430 . Fagau Ark. ..St. Charles, Ark Moses Katz E. B. Fitzhngh
1431. ..Cooper I. T... Caddo, I. T B. S. Ellis John M. Hall
21
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
14.32.. .Frank Cheatham I. T...Iron Kridge, I. T M. W. Xewraan C. C. Cone
1433. ..Throckmorton Tex... Throckmorton, Tex. C. K. Stribbling J. B. Alas.sie
1434. .Cabell Okla...Foss, Okla H. G. N. Crabb A. D. Phillips
14.35... A. \V. Ellis Tex...Lufkin, Tex A. W. Ellis E. H. F. McMuUen
1436. ..Joe Wheeler Ala...Oneonta, Ala S. C. Allarood Aguilla J. Ketchum
1437... Midlothian Tex. ..Midlothian, Tex E. Bruce'Moore J. A. Orr
1438. ..Stonewall Fla... Gainesville, Fla H. Davis John C. McGrew
1439. ..E. H. Leblanc I. T...Checotah, I. T W. H. Ku.ssell W. B. Rogers
1440. ..Stonewall Jackson Tex. ..Canyon City, Tex.. ..J. T. Bobbitt John R. Wright
1441... Eddy Tex. ..Eddy, Tex J. B. Cox J. H. Cathcart
l442...Stanwaitie I. T...Wilburton, I. T Duncan McArthur Wni. G. Baird
1443. ..John W. Morton Tenn... Milan, Tenn W. H. Coley J. J. Collins
1444. ..Joseph E. Johnston Tex...Farniersville. Tex....M. A. Jackson H. M Rollins
]445...PooIville Tex...Poolville, Tex H. L. Ray J. H. Cox
144G... Giles Va...Parisbiirg, Va Jas. W. Williams John D. Foote
1447. ..Wm. McKnight Tex...\Vinsboro, Tex D. M. White J. D. Richardson
1448.. .Wynne Wood I. T... Wynne, Wood, I. T..Chas. W. Cox S. J. Kendall
1449. ..W. C. Rice I. T.. Marietta, 1. T H. R. Aerhart R. W. Choat«
1450...Jo.sei)li E.Johnston I. T...Holdenville, I T....W. F. Donald H. C. Oxley
14.")1...W. B. Pleiijons Tex...Aniarillo, Tex W. M. Warren P. N. Adsisson
14.^)2. ..Stonewall Jackson I. T...(irahain, I. T E. D. Shaw T. A. Ware
1453. ..Ed. H. Voutress Tex. .. Granger, Te.x J. W. Posey W. L. McLaughlin
1454... Leonard Tex. ..Leonard, Te.x S. M. Ross" G. G. Kemper
1455.. .Tige Anderson Ga... Atlanta, Oa R. S. Ozburn Samuel Fulton
14.56. ..John B. Gordon Wash.. Seattle, Wash A. K. Shav W. H. Collier
14-57. ..A. F. Alexander Col. .. Canon Citv, Col G. R. Taniier. E. E. Rankin
14-58. .. Willis S. Rolicrls Ky...Owenton, Kv John M. Herndon C. W- Trelkeld
14-59, ..K. M. \'au /andt Tex. -Piano, Tex..! W. If. L.Wells W. H. Ch.addick
]4(>0...(ieM. H. I). Clayton Ala. ..Enterpri.se, Ala T. J. Carlisle R. D. Bowdoin
1461. ..Col. Jno. A. Green Tex. ..Dickens. Tex W. C. Kallard T. B. Love
1462.. .Scales- Moyd N. C...Reidsville, N. C E. R. Harris
1463. ..(4en. John H. Morgan Tex... Justin, Tex P. C. Bush T.J. Walker
1464.. .I'at Cleburne Ark...Casa, Ark T. F. McElwee W. J. Flinn
1465. ..Gen. Alfred Mouton La...l\Ioreauyille, La A. C. Normaud Henry G. Lewis
14(i6... Henry L. Giltnor Ky...BrooksvilIe, Ky D. J. Wallin H. P. Willis
1467. ..L. P. Thomas Ga...Norcross, (Ja S. T. McElroy J. H. Johnston
146S... Stonewall L T... Kiowa, I. T 1. R. Fortson W. D. Toivnley
1469... Robl. .McLain Miss., liuitman, Miss Ij. B. Brown W. L. Brunson, Sr
1470. ..Sabine River Tex... Hurkeville, Tex E. I. Kellie (J. W. Powell
1471...(}eorge M. Emack Md...Hyattsville, Md lohn F. Hickey J. R. H. Deakins
]472...Pat Cleburne L T... Tishomingo, I. T E. R. Lucas Butler Boyd
1473. ..(Jeo. W'. Robin.son Ala. ..Stockton, Ala N. L. Durant D. C. Byrne
1474.. .V. Y. Cook Ark. ..Newark. Ark T. B. Jackson H. G. Logan
1475. ..Jas. H. Dunklin Ala.. (Jrccnville, Ala I. Y. Traweek E. R. Adams
147()...Ben Hakcr Ala...Phcpnix City, Ala.. ..Geo. A. Hays J. I{. Page
1477. ..Macon (_ia... Macon, (Ja N. E. Harris J. W. Wilcox
1478.. .DeKalb County Ala. ..Fort Payne, Ala li. L. flochrau Capt. H. B. Campbell
1479... Lee Ala....-\uburn, .\la T. A. Flanagan J. W. Harris
14S0... Gordon Ga...Thomaston, Ga F. J. Vining R. D. Shuptrine
14Nl...Sam IL Gist Ala...Calera, .Ma Sam H. Gist C. C. Oliver
1482...Alfr<'d Iversou Fla...Kissimniee, Fla C. E. Franklin Rev. F. (i. Railey
148.'i... Tandy Pry or Ky... Covington, Ky D. B. Bayless Benj. Ash brook
14.s4...St. Helena La...(lreensburg, La A. P. Richards W. Wallace Matthews
1485...DeRussev La...MarksyiIle, La T. R. Roach A. M. Oremillion
184<!..M. A. Oatis Mi8s...Monticcllo, Miss G. A. Teunisson, M. D M. D. Wylie
1487. ..Horace Randal Tex. ..Brandon, Te.x; H. C. Giles H. S. Carson
1488. ..Pat Cleburne Ala...Enslev, Ala J. B. Guy W. J. Havis
1489. ..E. A. Perry Fla...l'aImetto, Fla M. B. Harrison J. W. Nettles
1490. ..Wm. .L Houston N. CPearsall, N. C L. T. Hicks J. W. S. Miller
1491. ..B. Brooks Tex. ..Franklin, Tex R. S. Glass H. P. Kellogg
1492.. .Wm. Shumate 8. C Chandler, S. C Thos. J. Chapman L. T. H. Daniel
1493...Zeigler S. C... Hodges, S. C John Kennerly W. C. ISIartin
1494. ..Geo. H. Nixon Tenn. ..Lawrfncfhnrs, Tenn Thos. H. Meredith John B. Kennedy
1495, ..Jno. B. Gordon Te.v... Index, Tex A. H. Anderson
1496,,, Forrest Tenn...Gleason, Teuu I. W. Phillips J. H. Bandy
1497,, .Pendleton Groves La, ..Pickering, La C. K. Oakes W. H. Smart
149S...(ireenville Tex.,, Greenville, Tex J. S. Richie Jim Tom Story
1499. ..P. A. Haman Miss. ..Learned, Miss P. A. Haman E. C. Gibbes
1500.,, Stover Va,,,Strasburg, Va Gen. R. D. Funkhouser L. Hum
1501...Jefrerson Davis Ml.ss...Ellisville, Miss T.J. Hardy '. M. G. Turner
1502...Thornton-Pickett Va,..Farmville, Va S. W. Panlett B. M. Cox
1503,,..\lcibiades DeBlanc La.. .St. Martinsville, La. T. L. Broussard J. E. Mouton
1504. ..S. D. Fuller Ga... Abbeville, Ga J. L. Bankston J. M. Mixou
1505. ..Gen. Joe Wheeler Tex...Cumby, Tex J. A. Grain R. R. Williams
1506.. .Frank Phillips Fla...Graceville, Fla Jno. J. Jones J. T. Whitaker
22
NO. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
1507...Ivanhoe Va...lvai]hoe, Va M. W. Jewett J. L. Fisher
15(18... \Vashina;ton La...Fraiiklinton, La Wm. Magee Thos. D. Biekhani
1509.. .J. E. B.Stuart Va.. Stuart, Va Win. T. Ackers Sam'l F. Shelor
1510. ..Pittsylvania Va...Cliathani, Va Cliiswell Dabney Pleteiier B. Watson
loll...Stuart-Hair.ston Va... Martinsville Va O. M. Allen C. B. Bryant
1512. ..Bill Adkiiis Ala...(iood\vater, Ala John .J. Evans H. 11. Kobbins
151.S...Sani Laiihain Tex. ..Nevada, Tex Goot-b Roland W. G. Hamilton
1514. ..Joseph E. Finnegan Fla... Live Oak, Fla C. W. P. Howell J. S. Mikell
1515...(ioss-Grigsbv Va... Charlottesville. Va...Col. Alvah Kase Lynn L. Goss
15l6...Featherstone Miss... Bay St. Louis, Miss.W. A. Dill J. M. Tyler
1517. ..John C. Grabb Ga...Rockniart, Ga Stewart McMuUen J. N. Hardage
151S...Ely M. Bruce Ky...Flenijngsburg, Ky...Milford Overley M. M. Teagar
15i9...Finley Fla...Westville, Fla "....J. N. Skinner.! W. M. Hawkins
1.520. ..Dixie I. T...Wetunika, I. T J. W. Jones D. L. Weast
1521...Garland-Rodes Va... Lynchburg, Va Chas. B. Fleet, M. D Tipton D. Jennings
1522. ..Ocean Springs Miss. ..Ocean Springs, Miss. .Enoch N. Ramsey H. Shannon
152.S... Garvin S. C ..Plelvens, S. O M. T. Smith J. M. Stewart
1524... Rappahannock Va.. .Washington, Va Col. Thos. B. Massie J. B. Miller
1525. ..Confederate Veteran Miss ..Raymond, Miss B. Williams D. M. Ballard
1526. ..Cabell Tex:...Gibtowu, Tex W. L. Lewis
1527... Robt. M. McKinuey N. C.Louisburg, N. C Henry C. Kearney N. M. Barron
152S...Loring Fla...Deland, Fla Wm."S. Thayer N. M. Bennett
1529.. .W. R.Stone La...Tallulah, La Henry B. Holmes A. L. Slack
1530.. .Erath Tex...Thurber, Tex W. E. Sawyer W. C. Ready
1531. ..W. C. Ware Ga...Leesburg, Ga W. M. Tomlinsou B. A. Forrester
1532.. .Gid Lowe Tenn... Ashland City, Tenn..T. A. Turner T. J. Adkieson
1533. ..Lewis Dowd Wyatt N. C.Tarboro, N.C H. C. Bourne J. A. Davis
]o34...GraybilI Ga...Teunille, Ga B. S. Boatright Sparks Clayton
I535...0rg,in Church N. C... Salisbury, N. C Geo. A Barger A. Wiley Kluttz
1.536. ..W. H. Forney Ala...Wilsonville, Ala W. T. Smith T. A. Huston
1537. ..Oregon N. W... Portland, Oregon Lewis C. Garrigus J. P. Rurkhart
1538.. .Cabell Ark..,Beebe, Ark J. T. Kirk D. J. Mcintosh
15.39 ..Spivy Ga... Braxton, Ga T. C. Allen W. B. Tarrant
1540.. .Terry Tex...Kerrville, Tex J. W. Stone J. N. Boyd, M. D.
1541. ..Wade Hampton Tex. ..Claude, Tex W. H. Brummett J. H. Hamner
1.542.. .Sheet/ Cheshire W. Va...Romuey, W. Va Geo. H. Johnson V. M. Poling
1543.. .Lakeland Fla. ..Lakeland, Fla J. A. Cox R. O. Cresap
1544. .. Alfred H. Colquitt Fla.. .Madison, Fla W. H. Dial, Sr Theo. Randell
1.545. ..Wm. L. Byrd I. T...Ada, I. T Sam H. Hargis Wm. L. Byrd
1.546.. .Gen. Frank Cheatham I. T...Madill, I. T D. C. Smart J. B. Smith
1547. ..lice County S. C.Bishopville, S. C S. E Durant H. S. Cunningham
].54S...Plainview Tex. ..Hale Center, Tex J. M. Shropshire A. T. Howell
1.549. ..INl. W. Gray S. C. .. Columbia. S. C John T. Gaston L. H. Robinson
15.50. ..John B. Gordon Okla...Elk City, Okla W. P. F'ranci.s J. P. Clarke
1551. ..Gordon Memorial Ala...Anniston, Ala Addison F. McQee Wm. Bell
]5.52...Avery-McDowell N. C.Morganton, N. C L. A. Bristol J. F. Battle
15.53. ..Joseph E. Johnston Ga... Winder, Ga John B. Richards J. J. WiUis
1554. ..Taylor County Ga... Butler, Ga T. C. Butler A, S. Wallace
1.555... James J. A Barker Tex. ..Jacksonville, Tex J. J. Felps N. C. Gragard
1556. ..H. L. Buck S. C. .Conway, S. C Jerimiah Smith George Hodges
1557.. .Geo. W. Scott Fla...Sopchoppy, Fla A. W. Smith 8. K. Casseaux
1558. ..Ross Ruble Ark...Ballefonte, Ark W. H. Harrell D. R. Ransom
15.59.. .Stonewall Jackson I. T...Wapanucka, L T G. M. Powers J. N. Walton
1560.. .Jesse Martin I. T. .Poteau, I. T Edmund McKenna S. T. Lane
1.561. ..Rosse-Gibbons Va...Luray, Va R. S. Parks B. K. Wright
1562...Ashby Va...Coiiicville, Va J. L. Hansberger Jos. A. Walter
1563. ..David Williams N. C.Burgan, N. C Petegrew Moore T: H. W. Mclntire
1.564. ..Mike Powell Tex. ..Montgomery, Tex....C. B. Scott W. A Ryals
1565. ..J. B. Biffle Tenn. ..Waynesboro, Tenn.. P. H. Craig E. J. McLean
1566. ..Pap Price Mo...Morrisville, Mo A. E. Miti-hell James G. Simpson
1.567. ..Everett L T... Holder, L T J. B. Everett S. A. Kitchner
1.568.. .J. A. Early Va... Rocky Mount, Va....Wm. Powell G. W. B. Hale
1.569. ..Hugh McGuire Va...Letianon Clinrcll, Va Wm. Miller S. R. Feely
1570...Fagan Tex...Redwater, Tex Capt. W. T. Fagan S. P. Parker
1571. ..Basset Fla.. .Noma, Fla G. W. Brooks J. W. Stokea
1572... Confederate Cross Ga... Helena, Ga ■ ■
1573. ..John B.Gordon Okla...Lawton, Okla Col. Algernon S. Reaves Chas. G. Joy
1574 ..Buck-Kitchin N. C.Scotland Neck, N.C.John B. Neal Isaac H. Smith
1575. ..E. T. Stackhouse S. C.Latta, S. C G. G. Crawford J. J, Rouse
1576. ..Scotland Camp N. C.Laurinburg, N. C W. H. MeLaurin A. H. McLauchlin
1577. ..Geo. E. Pickett Wash...Tacoma, Wash John C. Weatherred Jas. J. Anderson
1578. ..J. I. Metts N. C.Whiteville, N. C H. H. Holton H. C. MofHtt
1579. ..L. B. Hall Ky... Dixon, Ky Thos. 8. Page Arthur Hall
39
MP. NAME OF CAMP. DIVISION. HEADQUARTERS. COMMANDER. ADJUTANT.
I08O W. B. Bate Tenn...Centerville, Tenn E. W. Easley W. M. Baxter
liSI... Stonewall Jackson Ga... Atlanta, Ga J. B. McKadden J. M. Ravsor
1582... J. A. Weaver Tex...Como, Tex A. G. York W. T. Gass
1583. ..Armstrong Mo. ..Armstrong, Mo J. E. Gates W. F. Green
Official :
■^^, <£. ^/k<j<:Mju.
Adjuiant Oeneral and Chief of Staff.
IS&'The Adjutant General has made every attempt possible to have the foregoing list accurate, but he has
been much hampered by the dilatoriuess shown by many oflicers in making reports. He will gladly correct any
errors that may be found as soon as he is advised by tho.se authorized to make the change. He begs Camp
officers to aid him in his effort to have a full and absolutely correct list in the future.
24
Summary of Camps by States.
DIVISION. No. Chartered. Dormant. Alive.
Texas ! ol6 15 301
Georgia 146 2 144
Alabama 12-5 13 112
South Carolina 140 36 104
Missisiiippi 102 7 95
Arkansas 100 7 93
Tennessee 90 1 89
North Carolina 79 2 77
Kentucky 73 4 69
Missouri 80 11 69
LouLsiana. 69 1 68
Virginia 67 0 67
Indian Territory 47 0 47
Florida 49 6 43
Oklahoma 26 1 25
West Virginia 24 0 24
Nortliwest 15 0 15
Pacific 15 1 14
Maryland 13 1 12
District of Columbia 2 0 2
Illinois 2 0 2
Indiana 10 1
Ohio 1 0 \
Massachusetts 110
1583 109 1474
Summary of Camps by Departments.
Army of Tennessee Department 620
Trans-Mississippi Department 564
Army of Northern Virginia 290
Total 1474
Pacific Division of this list includes New Mexico, California, Colorado,
Arizona and Kansas.
North-West Division in this list includes Montana and Washington.
District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are in the Army of Northern
Virginia Department.
Offical:
Adjuta7tt- General and Chief of Staff.
REPORT
a 9.
lED TOPICS.
Maj. Gex. WM. E. MICKLE,
ADJUTANT GENERAL AND CHIEF OF STAFF.
Year ExniNG Dp:ckmhrr 31, l')()4.
SHOWING INCREASE IN THE FEDERATION,
NUMBER OF CAMPS,
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF
EXPENSES, ETC.
HE CAIJ.S ATTICNTION TO THE GREATLY INCREASED
DEATH ROLL; AND COMMENDS THE OFFICERS AND
CAMPS FOR THE PROMPTNESS AND HEARTINESS WITH
WHICH THEV PAY THEIR DUES.
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REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
HEADQUARTERS INITED CONl-HDERATE VETERANS,)
Niiw Ori.kans La., June 10, 1905. (
General Stephen D. Lee, General Coininanding. I'liilfd Confederate I'eterans,
Columlins. Miss.:
Gknerai, — I have the honor to present for your information my Re]X)rt as
Adjutant General for the year endiufj December 31 , 1904.
It is a source of sincerest pleasure to me thai 1 am able to report that the debt
that has been resting on the Federation so long, has been paid in full. That this
matter has been liquidated is due to the extraordinary efforts put forth by you;
and while the urgent appeal made by you to the wealthiest members of our
Order, was sent to near three hundred people, and should have had most generous
responses, the amount realized was barely sufficient to wipe out the debt. The
lukevvaruiness on the part of those who were in a jjosition to respond most liberally
is a sad commentary on the retrogression of the times, and displays a deplorable
lack of interest by men who were once so ready to share the dangers and depriva-
tions that rendered the Confederate Armies famous throughout the world. This
settlement leaves our Federation free from all encumbrances, and it does not now
owe one dime.
There have been carried on the roster of the Order for a number of years
many Camps who had made no payment of any kind since they were chartered;
some of these really never had any existence, having died aborning. To prepare
mail matter for these, and prepay the postage to convey it to its destination, has
been a burden that I did not feel was just, .\fter conferring with the .adjutants
General of the various Divisions, these Camps have been put on the ' ' dormant
list," and no mail matter will, for the present, be sent them. This means a con-
siderable annual saving to the Order. A full .statement of the Divisions to which
the.se Camps belong will be found infra in this report. There are still on the
ro.ster a number of Camps who do not contribute to the finances of the Order,
make returns of any kind, or manifest the least interest in the Federation. As
soon as definite information can be secured regarding them, they will be added to
the ' ' dormant li.st."
I am proud to he able to report that at no period in the history of the Feder-
ation have the Camps paid their dues with more promptness or in greater numbers.
At the Nashville meeting only about 46?^ per cent, of the Camps paid in full all
claims against them, while at the present time 47^^ per cent, of them are "all
present and accounted for." Special praise is due the officers for the cheerfulness
and readiness with which they have settled their dues. While there are some
striking exceptions, the rule has been to pay. The amounts involved are insigni-
fi-ant, but in the aggregate are of material assistance in meeting the expenses of
the headquarters.
The field from which new Camps are to be gathered is limited, and the material
is rapidly diminishing by the erosion of time. Yet, there are those who once were
units of our great armies who desire to associate themselves together, and connect
thera;elve3 with our "social, literary, historical and benevolent" Order. Since
our reunion in Nashville, last June, 18 new Camps have been chartered, making
the total on the roster at the present time, 1,474, distributed as follows:
SUMMARY BY STATES.
Division —
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina. . .
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina. . .
Kentucky
Missouri
Louisiana
Virginia
Inilian Territory . . .
ploriila ......
Okl.ihonia
West \'irginia . . .
Northwest
I'acific
Marylanil
Distrietof Cohunbia
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Massachusetts . . .
Number
chartered.
Dormant
.Mive
316
15
301
146
2
144
125
13
112
140
36
104
102
7
95
100
7
93
90
1
89
79
2
77
73
4
69
80
n
69
69
1
68
!>/
67
47
47
49
6
43
26
1
25
24
24
1,^
15
15
1
14
13
1
12
1
-1
2
->
1
i
1
1
1
1
1,583
109
1,474
The t- tal receipts for the past year bear a most favorable coni]>ari.son with
those of the year precedin.u. For the year 1903 the cash receipts from all .sources
nniomiteil to p, 035. 83, while for 1904 the amount was f7, 812. 58. When it is borne
in mind that the source from which this income is derived is );reatly reduced each
year, this Rain is the more marked ami more i;ratifying. The total receipts and
disbursments for the venr 1''04 are summarized as follows:
RI^CKIPTS.
Cam]) dues
Commissions
Donations. .
mSBIRSEMEXTS.
Balance of debt left by .Adjutant General Geo. Moorman
Salaries (inclmliuf; amounts paid for extra hel]) at and immediately pre
ceding the Reunion I
Printing .
Postage
Rent
Furniture
Miscellaneous
j;4,448 46
100 OO
3,2o4 12
f7,812 58
} 9<io 00
3,78b 00
1,234 22
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The death rate among our associates has been exceptionally heavy iluriiig the
past year, owing to the ailvanced age of the men and the unusually severe winter.
From all sections come greatly increased mortuary reports, to which must he
added the names of some of our most distinguished and zealous leaders:
George G. Vest, Jlatthew \V. Ransom, John H. Reagan, William I!. Bate,
John J. Hornor, Cullen A. liattle, Fitzhugh Lee, Thomas J. Churchill and our
beloved Mildred Lee, all of whom in one way or another added lustre to our dear
Southland and contributed to its greatness and renown.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
-^^^. &. ^/KozMj^.
BelK
Adjuta7it- General and Chief of Staff.
IV.
v,onieaeraie veteran, nasnviiie, lenn.^
137 K'ederal St., Boston, Mass.
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The terms "New South" and " lost cause" are objectionable to the \'eteran.
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No. 9.
j S. A. CUNNINGHAM,
\ Proprietor-
rXlTED P.irCIlTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
By MK.s. .\i.kx..\.\i)i;r n. white, president gener.m..
Only two months remain in wliicli to help your Division or
your Cli.nptcr not in a Division to win the "certilicate of merit"
that I offered last Dcccmlier for tlie largest increase in mem-
bership. As advised then, this will be rew.-irded not only for
increase in general membership lo new Chapters and Chil-
dren's Chapters, but for the number pf Chapters represented
by credentials in the Wasln'ngton convention and by the per
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State President win it. In your zeal for new members, how-
ever, do not gallur in members regardless of their eligibility,
but accept only desir.ilile nu-mbcrs with good, clear Confed-
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All reports in regard to the certilicate of merit must be sent
me by Division Presidents by November 1, so do not post-
pone this work; also remember that the books of the Treas-
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No crosses of honor will be issued after November i ; so
make it your duty to sec that no veteran or descendant who
deserves and desires a cross shall fail to receive one. See
that notices g<i in your loc:il papers and that .all applications
are sent in promptly.
1 he Daughters of the Confederacy of Washington, with
the assistance of ;ill the Confederate organizations of the Dis-
trict of Colunilii.i. have made beautiful plans for the conven-
tion in November, and I hope many of you will attend and
participate in our deliberations and pleasures. The New Wil-
lard will be headi|nartcrs. and the sessions of the convention
will be held in the ballroom of that hotel.
The corner stone of the .-Xrlington monument will be laid on
Tuesday afternoon of convention week, the convention opening
Tuesday evening. Novetuber 12. .\fter our feet have pressed
the hallowed soil of .\rlington and we have seen that desolate
white-columned luansion that silently recalls happy days of
the long ago and great deeds and grand lives, and after we
have participated in those impressive ceremonies, we shall be
satisliod with nothing less than a magnificent Arlington re-
port. Therefore I urge you in the next two months to make
Arlington your watchword and to raise all the money you
can for this monument fund. Not much more than half the
required amount is in h:nid. .-ind we must not let this matter
rest thus; the b:il;nicc must be raised soon.
Neither forget that the work for the Shiloh moiuiment is
calling unto you for help. Vou have done much during the
past year, but much luore must be done to crown this great
work with success. How eagerly are the veterans looking for-
ward to the completion of this monument while they are
still with us to see it ! Don't disappoint them by postponing
its completion for want of the needed amount. Think of the
six long trenches at Shiloh and that this monument will com-
memorate the deeds and devotion of the entire Confederate
army.
Send orders now for Shilolt post cards and U. D. C. seals.
Copies of the "revision'' of the V. D. C. constitution and
by-laws will be sent to every Chapter. Do not cast them
aside, but study the "revision'' closely and carefully that yon
may be prepared to discuss and to decide intelligently upon
what shall be the fundamental law of our organization for
siveral years. This is most important.
REI'ISIOX OF CORRESPONDENCE IMPORTANT.
There ought to be a radical revision in contributions to the
Veteran. The men who were most capable of writing about
battles arc nearly all dead. Private soldiers could tell
very little in a general way about what occurred. Besides,
the "War Records" contain the leading features of the great
battles. There is, however, a more important kind of service
that comrades can give — ^viz., what they saw and experienced.
The Veteran asks for items and per.sonal experiences. Every
living Confederate can furnish some interesting thing, humor-
ous and pathetic. W^ritc it or have some one do so for you.
Send very brief notice for the Last Roll of the veterans and
the noble mothers who die. There is no expense except when
engravings arc made, and that expense is but $2. The Vet-
eran does more gratuitous service than any periodical. Do
your part. See that $1 a year is paid for it and preserve the
copies. It is published in the interest impartially of every
luan and woman who served through the tragedies without
partiality as to conuuand, rank, or section. Do your duty now
and it will console vou in the "Well done" at last.
Miss Ritth Walker Secures a Scholarship to Vassar. — A
Vassar College scholarship goes to Miss Ruth Walker, of
Cartersville, Ga.. under the auspices of the LI. D. C. in Geor-
gia. Miss Walker is eighteen years old. She graduated from
the La Grange Female College with the A.B. degree, and
■secures the Vassar scholarship over thirteen competitors.
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Qo9federat(^ l/eterap.
COL. RICII.IRD OlfEX MEMORIAL.
Comment bv Contributors to the Fund.
From Hon. J. M. Dickinson, formerly Secretary of \\'ar,
the following comes with a contribution to the memorial :
"Owing to long absence from home, my attention has just
been called to the proposal to erect a memorial to Richard
Owen, It is a worthy cause and it is a privilege to contribute
to it. Inclosed please find my check for five dollars. If con-
tributions should lag. I will cheerfully give more. I hope
that the Southern people will be swift to render this tribute
and in a manner honorable to themselves."
Dr. John A. H'yctli .Ap/^reciatcs Colonel Oitrii,
Dr, John A. Wyeth, of New York City, sends a contribu-
lion to the Richard Owen Memorial, and writes : "If there
was so noble and kind a m:in in charge of the prison when
yc.u were there, it is a tribute well deserved. Would to God
he had been there from November i, 1863, to February 23,
1S65, for I spent sixteen months of discomfort and wretched-
ness due cliiefly to neglect and cruelty from those in im-
n'ediate charge of Camp Morton. I know you will see that
the memorial we dedicate to a generous foe will not be con-
strued as in any manner suggesting that the later administra-
tion of this prison was honorable or humane, I felt it my
duty to give to the world the true story of Camp Morton
years ago in the Century Magazine."
[Dr, Wyeth's story referred to created a widespread sensa-
tion. It was so near the Reconstruction period that the bitter-
ness of reply is a painful memory both South and North. He
was one of the first of our Southern writers to emphasize the
truth about prison cruelties at the North, and his contribu-
tion created a vindictive spirit such as has not been exhibited
since. The Veter.\n is much pleased to add Dr. VVyeth to
the list of contributors, — Editor.]
Complete Contributions to the Rich.vrd Owen Memori.\l to D,\te.
A Friend I
A Friend, Vernon. Tex
A Friend. Nasliville
Addison Har\'ey Cliapter. U. D. C.
('anion, ^[i.s.s
Alder.son. J. C, Cliarleston. W. Va.
Alexander, S. J.. Macon, Tenn....
Allen. P. E.. Grand Cane, La
Ander.son, John, Enfield. N. C
Anderson. S. B., Mineola. Tex
Anderson, W. A., Holly Springs,
Miss
Armstrong. Mrs. Nora Owen, Mem-
phis. Tenn
Arnold. J. M., Covington. Ky
A.sbury, Col. A. E., Higginsville,
Mo
Barron, S. B., Rusk, Tex
Bean. William H., Howe, Tex
Behan, W. J., New Orleans, La, , , .
Bell, G. W. R., Galesville, Ala
Boger, A. T.. Vernon. Tex
Bradley, J. P.. Linneus, Mo
Bradstreet, J. R., Vernon, Tex
Brooke, St. George T., Charles-
town. W. Va
Brown. B. R.. Shouns. Tenn
Brownson, Mrs. J. M., Victoria.
Tex
Brusle, C, A., Plaquemine, La
Bryant, D. H,, Orlando. Fla
Bulow, T, L., Ridgeway. S. C
Byui's. H. C. Sidnej', la
Campbell, J. M., Martinsburg. W.
Va
Cannon. J. P.. McKenzie. Tenn....
Carnes, W. W.. Memphis. Tenn...
Can-. Gen. Julian S.. Durham. N. C.
Chachere, Dr. Theogene, Opelousas,
La
Chachere, J. O., Opelousas, La,,..
Chiles, T, C, Greenwood, S. C
Clapp, J. W., Memphis, Tenn
Colvin, R. M., Harrisonburg, Va,..
Comb, J. H., San Marcos, Tex
Cook, V. Y., Batesville, Ark
Corser, Lieut, E, S., Minneapolis,
Minn
Creager, J. A.. Vernon, Tex
Cromwell, T. W., Cynthiana, Ky. .
Croom, Dr. J. D., Sr.. Maxton, N. C.
Crutcher. T. E.. Saco, Mont
DauKlierty. J. R.. St. Louis. Mo....
Davidson, H. C, Montgomery. Ala.
Davis, B. B., Bucatunna, Miss
Davis, J. P., Bucatunna, Miss
Dawson, G. W., Kansas City, Mo,.
Devenport, J. J., Devenport, Ala,,
DeYoung, R. M., Chase, Ala
l>i(!;ni.s(>n, Hon. J. M.. Nashville. . .
DuEuisson, C. J., Yazoo City, Misa.
Dudley, Maj, R. H., Nashville,
Tenn
Edmonds, J, S., Ridgeway, S. C. . .
Edmondson, Y. C, M^axahachie,
Tex
Ellis, J. C. Bucatunna, Miss
Faulkner. E. C, Montgomery, Ala.
Ferrell, W. S., Vernon. Tex
Franklin-Buchanan Camp, Balti-
more
Qalnes. J. N., Brunswick, Mo
Gardner, G. N., Nashville, Tenn...
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Gillilan, C. W., Spring Creek, W,
Va 1 00
Gilmer, Peachy, Breckinridge
Camp, Fincastle, Va
Godwin, James, Fincastle. Va
Gorgas, Col. W. C, Canal Zone. . . .
Graham, W. M,, Cedar BlulT, Miss.
Granberry, J. A. H., Waverly Hall,
Ga
Hammer, M. R.. Newton, Iowa, , . .
Hamnu'r. II. R.. Newton. Iowa !
Harhaugh. T. C. Casstown, Ohio. . .
Hargis, J. R.. Taylor, Tex
Harris, C. I., Mebane. N. C
Harris. Miss Emma S.. Mebane,
N. C
Hays. X. B., Kent's Store, La
Hearon, H. P., Bucatunna, Miss. . .
Hearon, Mrs. H. P., Bucatunna,
Miss 1 00
Hemming, C. C, Colorado Springs,
Colo 1 00
Herbert, Hon. H. A., Washington.
D. C 5 00
Hewes, F. S., Gulf port. Miss 2 00
Hill, A. B., Memphis, Tenn 2 00
Hinson. Dr. W. B., Charleston. S. C. 2 00
Holiday, J, D.. Indianapolis, Ind. . 2 00
Hopkins, M. A., Sheffield, Ala.... 1 00
Howcott. W. H., New Orleans, La. 10 00
Howcott. W. H.. New Orleans, La. 25 00
Humphrey, W. P., Gretna, La 1 00
Jewell, Gen. William H.. Orlando,
Fla
Johnson, W. J., Ridgeway, .S. C. . . .
Jones, George M., Springfield, Mo.
Jones. Russell, Brunswick, Tenn..
Jordan, J. W.. Carrollton. Va
Kreig. Christian, Nashville, Tenn,
Lee, C. H., Jr.. Falmouth. Ky
Lee, I. S., Maversville, Miss
Lee. W. F.. Piedmont. S. C
Lester, John H., Deming, N. Mex.
Lewis, John H.. Memphis. Tenn...
Lewis, R. B., Longtown, S. C
Lipscomb, H. G., Nashville, Tenn. .
McCarys, R. P., Olive Branch, Miss,
McCaskey, T. B., Bucatunna, Miss,
Macbeth, Mrs. R. Y., Pinopolis,
S. C
Magnus. J. A., and wife, Cincinnat-
ti. Ohio
Mathis, A. J., Vernon, Tex
Means, James, Columbus, Ohio, , , ,
Miller, W J., Burlington, Iowa. . . .
Miller, W. J., Burlington. Iowa...
Milner, ^^'. J.. Eirmin,gham. Ala. . . .
Mizell, J.. King's Ferry, Fla
M. M. Parsons Camp, U. C. V.,
Warrensburg, Mo 5
Moore, Henry, Texarkana, Ark,,,. 2
Moore, Miss E. I.. Buda. Tex 1
Myers, J. M.. Fisherville, Kv 1
Newton. H. H.. Bennettsville, S. C. 1
Norwood. J. P., Lockesburg. Ark.. 1
Nutt, Miss Nannie, Alva, Fla 1
Nutt, Mrs. L. A., Alva, Fla 2
Oltrogge, Mrs. E. T., Jacksonville,
Fla 1 00
Palmer, N. G.. Ridgeway, S. C 1 00
Parker, .Vrtliur. Abeville. S. C 1 00
Parker, S. H., Philadelphia, Miss,, 1 00
Parker, P, P„ Washington, D. C. . . . 1 00
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Paulett. S. W.. Farmville. Va
Peak. W. D., Oliver Sprin.i^s. Tenn. .
Phillips, Capt. Joseph, Nashville,
Tenn
Pleasants, Edw., Richmond, Va, , .
Porter, J. B., Harmony, Ark
Powell, Rev, Lewis, Owensboro,
Ky
Powers, L. A.. Athens, Tex
llay. H. F.. Kosciusko. Miss
Rice. James T., Iva, S. C
Robertson, Dr. J. J., Ridgeway, S.
C
Rogers. B. H., Plantersville, Miss,
Rosamond, J. S., Durant. Miss....
Rosenberg. Mrs. M. R. Macgill. Gal-
veston. Tex
Rothrock, G. M.. Pulaski, Tenn,,.
Ruff, D. W., Ridgeway, S. C
Ruff. W. H., Ridgeway, S. C
Rutledge, J. S., Vernon. Tex
Scott. J. A., Muskogee. Okla
Seagraves. J. F., Middletown, Ohio.
Setton. Emmett. Pulaski. Tenn....
■Shaifer. A. K., Port Gibson, Miss. .
Shannahan. J. K.. Newcomb. Md..
.Shearer, John, McCrory, Ark
Shipp, J. F., (jhattanooga, Tenn...
Sinclair, G. Terrv. New York City.
Slocum, J. W.. Gray. Ga
Smith. Miss Jessica R., Henderson,
N. C
Smith, Judge C. J., Ridgeway, S. C.
Smith. W. A.. Ansonville. N. C...
Smitli. J. F.. Morgan. Tex
Starr, J. B., Fayetteville, N. C
Stewart, Col. W. H., Portsmouth,
Va
Stone, J. B., Kansas City, Mo....
.Stone. John B., Kansas (3ity, Mo..
Stones. Mrs. C. B., Galveston, Tex.
Streigler. O., Menardville. Tex....
Swor(i, Marion L., Opelousas, La. .
Thayer, Albert, Indianapolis, Ind,
Teague, Dr. B. H.. Aiken. S. C
Team. Dr. J. W.. Ridgeway. S. C
Thompson, R. H., Culpeper, Va. . . .
Tliompson, W. A., Gurley, La
Tilghman, Sidell, Madison, N. J...
Vanmeter, C. J., Bowling Green,
Ky
Van Pelt, S. W., Farmville, Va,..
Varnadoe, J. O., Valdosta, Ga
Wall, Dr. W. D., Slaughter, La
Warden, J, M., Wardensville, W,
Va
Warden, J. M., Wardensville. W. Va.
Watson. Richard Vidmer, Belvidere,
III
Watts, W. P., Waverly Hall. Ga. .
Whitsett. J. B.. Nashville. Tenn...
WHiiteside. Miss Florence. Cleve-
Whitehead. E. M., Denton, Tex,.,.
land, Tenn
Wilder, E. G., Socrum, Fla
Wilson, C. B., Taylor, Tex
Winnie Davis Chapter, U, D, C,
Savannah, Ga
Womack, J. K.. Eagleville, Tenn,.
Wray, C. P.. Ridgeway. S. C
Wyeth, Dr, Jolm A.. New York City.
Young, B. H., Louisville, Ky
Total to date, $509.
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C^oijfederat^ Ueterar/.
405
I
B. F. Ray, Kosciusko, Miss., Was ix Camp Morton.
Inclosed please find $1 for the Richard Owen Memorial Fund.
I was a member of Jamison's company, K. 4th Infantry, and
was captured at Fort Donelson, was sent to Camp Morton
Prison, and was there under Col. Richard Owen. I remem-
ber his kindness to me personally. He gave me a Testament
and told mc to read it, which I did and brought home with
me. I had a brother, two cousins, and one nephew who were
also prisoners there. They were sick and in the hospital, and
all died there except my brother. Colonel Owen let me go
often to see my sick kinsmen.
I wonder if the Editor of the Veteran remembers the day
tliat Governor Morton drove into the prison with W. G.
Brownlow, who was to make a speech to the prisoners. .\
bugle sound caused the prisoners to gather around the stand,
and soon a large crowd assembled. Governor Morton then
introduced Brownlow to us prisoners, and he started off abus-
ing the Smith and the prisoners and said the South was about
out nf sciap. (^'es, the Editor of the Veteran was in that
crowd anil recalls Brownlow's first sentence : "I tell you that
your Jeff Davis Confederacy is about out of soap."] The
prisoners yelled : "Look at his big ears !" "Take him down !"
"Hang him to a limb!" Then two companies were ordered
in in double-quick time, but before they got to the stand
Govcrnnr AInrton and Brownlow got into their carriage and
drove away and the prisoners retired to their quarters.
.\notlier incident that I remember quite well shows Colonel
Owen's good nature and kindness. Ry some means a shy-
looking dog got into the inclosurc, when the boys began stamp-
ing their feet and slapping their hands at him. The dog, al-
ready frightened, started on a run. but more slapping of hands
and stamping of feel greeted him at every turn, until he was
nearly run down, when ho ran into Colonel Owen's office.
The Colonel turned him out of the back door, which opened
outside the prison, and said: "Boys, let the poor dog go; you
have had fun enough." The Colonel seemed to enjoy the fun
a'- much as the boys until tlie dog turned to him for protection.
I would not have written had I not wanted lo be a con-
tributor lo tlic Richard Owen Meniori.i]. 1 have been a Vet-
eran reader for fifteen years, and am in niv seventv-first vear.
W. n. Peak, of Oliver Springs, Tenn., who belonged to the
2(ilh Tennessee Regiment, Buckner's Brigade, writes that he
was one of the Fort Donelson prisoners who landed in Camp
Morton Prison in February, 1862, and remembers well how
kind Colonel Owen was to the prisoners. "They all loved
him," he says, "and I think it nothing but right that we should
do something to show our appreciation of his kindness, so I
send a contribution to the memorial to that good man."
Mrs. Matlie R. Macgill Rosenberg sends ten cli.illars for
llie Jefferson Davis Home .-\s.sociation, also five dollars
for the Richard Owen Memorial with this comment: "It gives
me pleasure to be able to add my mite to both memorials."
Gen. Julian S. Carr writes from Durham, N. C. : "I am
deeply ashamed that I have been so slow in making my con-
tribution to the Richard Owen Memorial. I inclose $10.''
I
Information Sought of Young Man. — William J. Walker,
of .Xtlanta, Ga., left his home for St. Louis on June 4, 191 1.
He was an expert silk salesman in a department store. His
mollur. Mrs. R. M. Baker. R. F. D. Xo. 6, Peachtree Road,
/Vtlanla. will lie most grateful for information about him.
THE SHILOH MOXUMEXT FUXD.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
July 7 to August 7, 1912.
Arkansas: Nannie A. Duley Chapter. De Queen, $2.10.
California : Commission on sale of "Heroes in Gray," $1.32.
Georgia; .-Mexandcr Stephens Chapter. Craw-fordsville, $1.
Illinois : Chicago Chapter, Chicago, $25.
Kentucky; May Paris McKinney Chapter, Springfield, $20;
May Faris McKinney Chapter, Springfield, post cards, $2;
Mrs. J. M. .-Arnold (personal), Covington, $15.
Missouri : John Marmaduke Chapter, Columbia, $10 ; post
cards sold in Division, $6.
Virginia: Manassas Cliapter, $5; Rawley Martin Chapter,
Chatham, $5; Portsmouth Chapter, $5; Shenandoah Chapter,
Woodstock, $2: Southern Cross Chapter, Salem, $5 ; R. E.
Lee Chapter, Falls Church, $5 ; Alleghany Chapter, Covington,
$1 ; receipts from song "Virginia," $8.75.
Interest; $12.73.
Total collections since July 7, $1,^1.90.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $I4,<%9.40.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $15,001.39.
COMMENT BY COMRADES.
Col. W. W. Folsom. proprietor of the Hope (.\rk.) Gazette,
writes the Veteran : "I find the inquiries always interesting,
■| hrough them I have been enabled to bring some old com-
rades together and made pleasure for both. "
Comrade Folsom refers in his letter to the errors com-
mitted by many in writing the name of Gen. Joseph E. John-
ston frequently given by men of distinction as Johnson. There
were four Generals Johnson, C. S. A., Bushrod R. and Ed-
ward, major generals, with .Adam R. and George D. as
brigadier generals; while there were two full Generals John-
ston. .Mbert Sidney .-Liid Joseph Eggleston.
Correctio.v .\sked nv J. S Pehrh k. Morristown. Fi.a.
In the July Veteran a slight error occurs in the Last Roll
sketch of James Battle Avirett. He was born near Catharine
Lake and not Lock Katherine Plantation, on New (not Tar)
River, in Onslow County. He was the son of John (n»t
J:imes) Avirett. .,
1 only volunteer to make this correction because I think
so much of the dear old Veteran that I believe all that is in
it. I am two years older than James B. Avirett. Both of us
were born and reared on Catharine Lake. N. C. We went to
school together and were close associates until the war broke
out. The last time W'c met was at Winchester, Va., while he
was, I think, chaplain in Colonel Ashby's cavalry.
Now, if you wish, I will tell you of our march from Win-
chester to Fredericksburg, and how we put General Burn-
side out of business on December 13, 1863.
[Yes, venerable comrade, tell as briefly as you can of the
march from Winchester to Fredericksburg. — Editor.]
Seeks the Donor of Testament. — William Robison, of
Chippewa Falls, Wis., who served in Company B, 14th Penn-
sylvania Cavalry, has a Testament found among the effects
of J. N. Johnson at the battle of Mansfield, Va., August 7,
1S64. On the flyleaf of the book appears the following: "To
J. N. Johnson from Alice." In another part of the boek is
the name "A. Simons." Mr. Robison would be glad to re-
turn the book. He thinks Johnson must have been an officer,
judging from his occouternients and fine horse.
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Qopfederat^ V/eterat).
REQUEST OF PRESS COMMITTEE OF C. S. M. A.
The Confederated Southern Memorial Association Press
Committee requests all Associations to send to the Chairman,
Mrs. W. W. Whitfield, 23 E. Gonzales Street, Pensacola, Fla.,
all items of interest, happenings and plan of work on educa-
tional lines, etc., to be published in the Veteran. Please bear
in mind that "brevity is the soul of wit," as space is very
valuable in our Veteran.
Spottsylvania C. H., Va.
It is with sincere pleasure that we record the affiliation of
the Spottsylvania C. H. (Va.) Association, one of the oldest
of the Memorial Associations, with the C. S. M. A. We
would welcome a letter from this Association. Other As-
sociations from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia are in
correspondence with officials of the C. S. M. A. with a view
of affiliating. We heartily welcome all.
The Recording Secretary, Miss Daisy Hodgson, 7909 Syca-
more Street, New Orleans, La., would like the minutes of
1906-09 of the C. S. M. A. to bind in one volume comprising
our minutes from 1900 to 191 1. Please send them to her; we
shall appreciate the kindness. "Whosoever will."
Pensacola (Fla.) Memorl\l Association.
The Pensacola Memorial Association was organized August
16, 1890. A magnificent monument stands in Lee Square as
the result of the indefatigable labors of the Association. Mrs.
F. R. Mallory was the first President and Mrs. W. D. Chip-
ley the next President. Mrs. H. L. Simpson is the third and
present President. The Association observes Memorial Day
on April 26 and is gathering historical data.
Later the name was changed to Ladies' Confederate Me-
morial Association. They have just finished putting in the
Florida window in the old Blandford church in Petersburg,
Va., and it was unveiled on June 24, 19 12, all expenses, several
liundrcd dollars, having been met. A more extended notice
of the unveiling will be reported later.
The Association fittingly observes Memorial Day by an ad-
dress and by decorating the monuments and graves of our
noble heroes.
Mrs. H. L. Simpson, President; Mrs. T. V. Kessler and
Mrs. S. A. Mareno, Vice Presidents; Mrs. Francis Wilson,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Florida Window Unveiled in Blandford Church.
Mrs. Ella Risque Ward Caulkins, of Pensacola, Fla., has
just returned to Pensacola from Petersburg, where she at-
tended the unveiling exercises of the Florida window in old
Blandford church, acting as chaperon for little Miss Julia
Maxwell, aged eight years, great-great-great-granddaughter
of the first rector of that old historic Church, Miss Julia
Maxwell being selected as the most appropriate one to do the
unveiling. Mrs. Caulkins also represented the Memorial As-
sociation of Pensacola, Fla. A beautiful and eloquent ad-
dress was delivered by the Hon. Emmctt Wilson, of Pensacola.
Mr. Wilson is to be the next Congressman from West Florida.
A letter from Madisonville, Ky., states: "My husband has
been dead the past eighteen months, and the reason I did not
write you to stop the Veteran was because I knew it was
against the postal laws to send out magazines after subscrip-
tions expired, so I thought you would stop it accordingly."
"So one by one into the morning light.
Whilst yet late watchers gaze upon the sky
And wonder what the heavens prophesy.
The shining stars pass silently from sight."
REPORT FROM DEXVER CHAPTER, U. D. C.
The Margaret Howell Davis Hayes Chapter, L'. D. C, of
Denver, is the recipient of a steel engraving entitled "In
Menioriam," » gift from Maj. Charles S. Semper, the oldest
member of Beauregard Camp, U. C. V., of Denver, and the
only living veteran who went from Colorado to enlist in the
Confederate army. Inclosed in the frame across the top of
the picture is a piece of the flag which was surrendered at
\'icksburg. In each lower corner with the engraving is a
card bearing the following: "Presented to the Daughters of
the Confederacy by Charles S. Semper, Sergeant Major First
Louisiana .\rtillery."
.\)ISS EL'I.A si'i\'i;v,
Sponsor for \J , S. C. V. of Arkans;is.
Truth Was Crushed to Earth. — Collier's Weekly makes
this worthy admission : "Twenty years ago a large proportion
of the party politics of the Republicans in Congress consisted
of waving the bloody shirt, of supporting force bills, and in
general acting toward the South with that same vindictive
hate which made the Reconstruction the most detestable epi-
sode in American history. To-day there remains but one
United States Senator who acts toward the South other than
with respect and consideration."
Poor Heyburn ! He must feel lonesome. But it is better
to be alone than with the small element that approves him.
John B. Wilkes, of Pulaski, Tenn., bought in a local store
a pocket Bible with the following written on the flyleaf: "John
R. Bugg, 3d Rich., 1st Virginia Artillery, Fort Delaware,
June, 1864."
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407
THE JEFFERSON DAVIS BIRTHPLACE.
Meetings Held in Fairview and Hopkinsville, Ky.
On August 13 an interesting meeting was held at Fairview,
Ky. Maj. John H. Leathers, the Treasurer, General Young,
the President, and S. A. Cunningham, another official of the
Jefferson Davis Home Association, were present. Dr. E. S.
Stuart was made Chairman of the meeting and Mr. J. R. Wiles
Secretary.
Major Leathers made a fine patriotic address and gave an
account of the financial condition of the Association. He an-
nounced that the property was now free of all claim and en-
cumbrances of any kind, the Association has under control
something over five thousand dollars, and it was proposed to
carry on the work at once. He stated that he had sent out
from his office something like forty thousand circulars, that
the sentiment is growing to make a memorial worthy the dis-
tinguished character born there, and that an appraisement of
$11,000 had been raised from voluntary contributions which
had come from all parts of the country and in many instances
ijuitc liberally from people north of the Ohio River. He con-
; ratulated the people of Christian County upon the consum-
mation of tliis enterprise at Fairview which will make it one
of the prominent places on the map of the United States and
V liicli will loiitinui' and be visited by thousands of people who
revere the splendid character of Mr. Davis. The State of
Kentucky has already appropriated $7,500 for beautifying the
home, eighteen hundred dollars of which is to be used for con.
slrucling a fence around the premises and eight hundred dol-
lars to finish payin.g for the property. This leaves $4,900 of
ihe Slate's funds to be spent for building a memorial hall or
monument to Jeflfcrson Davis.
Major Leathers told of how Mount Vernon was precious to
the entire country, and also Monliccllo, the home of Thomas
Jefferson. He reported the memorial at the birthplace of
\braham Lincoln, and that it was both fitting and proper to
liv.i|ierl\ mark the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the only
Tresidcnt of the Confederate States. He said that however
]H-oi)Io may look upon Mr. Davis's life, some saying the prin-
ciples he adhered to were right and others wrong, politics was
^linlited entirely, and no other county or place in the world
could boast of possessing the birthplace of Jefferson Davis.
He stated that whatever tlie differences that led to the war,
when an impartial history of the great struggle between the
South and North is written, Jefferson Davis w'ill stand out
as a man of the grandest courage, of the highest integrity, and
of the noblest patriotism, and that all he did was along the
lines of the noblest ideas of duty and devotion to his country.
Major Leathers said that be was constantly receiving re-
mittances from people who differed from President Davis in
his views but who believed he was sincere in his motives.
Mr. S. A. Cunningham said that he felt honored in having
been one of the promoters of the movement to secure the
property and build on it something that would show the world
that Mr. Davis's sacrifices and sufferings for the South had
been appreciated. He spoke of his personal acquaintance with
Mr. Davis, how pure and noble his character and sublime his
dignity. He also suggested that there be organized in the
County of Christian a park club to include adults and chil-
dren of Fairview and vicinity, and that its first purpose should
be to place the town in readiness for the park. This sugges-
tion met with hearly and apparently universal approval.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, the President, made a brief resume
cf the situation and told wh.nt hns been done in three vcars.
The Association started with nothing but sentiment. It
has secured about $18,000 for the great work in hand, and
after its payment for the property there is in cash $5,600
ready to begin the memorial He said the "sentiment" was
connected with the birthplace of Mr. Davis ; that it was a
great treasure for any county or section to have such a sacred
spot within its limits; that hitherto the people of Christian
County had been called upon for nothing; but now since
outsiders mainly have secured enough to assure the erection
of a memorial. Christian County would doubtless do the hand-
some thing to show her appreciation of the conditions and
their pride in the fact that Jeflfcrson Davis was born in the
county. .'\s President of the Association he declared that
nothing .should stop the work ; that a stone wall inclosing the
park would certainly be erected this fall; that the large house
on the grounds would be moved to the rear of the lot for ;:
caretaker's residence : that it would be gratifying to all to be
able to build a memorial hall, but if this could not be done that
tlicrc is in safe prospect sufficient funds to erect such a
monument as w-ould be a pride to the people of Christian
County. He said that Jefferson Davis is the most prominent
figure in history who was born in Christian County. He told
of the great higbw-ay which had been named for Jefferson
Davis which comprises 365 miles of road, the center and heart
of the l)irthplace of this eminent statesman and soldier.
Meeting in Hoi-kinsvii.le.
.A meeting was subsequently held at the courthouse in Hop-
kinsville, where the fiscal court of Christian County had as-
sembled. All of the officials returning from Fairview made
addresses. They were followed by the county attorney,
county judge, and all the magistrates, and all expressed their
sympathy with the movement and .issured the officers of the
Jeflfcrson Davis Home Association that Christian County
cither through public or private subscription would do its full
share in carrying out this splendid work. Wherever it was
discussed before llie people there was sincere and profound
interest manifested.
General Young's address produced a profound impression;
and when the tentative vote was taken by the court on the
appropriation to be made at a future lueeting of the court,
every member present voted earnestly in a favor of the county's
voting a liberal sum for it.
The officers of the .Association spent a most pleasant day at
Hopkinsville and Fairview, and were entertained at dinner
in the elegant home of Capt. C. F. Jarrett, one of the Com-
missioners of the Jefferson Davis Home Association.
Mr. E. K. Yeatman, of Catonsville. Md., sends a contribu-
tion to the Jeflfcrson Davis Home .Association, and writes:
'1 knew Mr. Davis and his family well. I taught his daughter
Winnie to read, and gladly contribute to the memorial."
LinXG MOTHERS OF CONFEDERATE rETERANS.
George H. Reid, of Bishopville, S. C, writes; "Mention in
the Veteran for August of two venerable mothers of Con-
federate soldiers who are still living at an advanced age re-
minds me of another who is a resident of this town, Mrs.
.•\bbie DuRant, widow of the late John O. DuRant. She is
ninety-one years old. She has been the mother of thirteen
children, ten of whom are still living. Mr. David E. DuRant.
a veteran of the war, still lives at the age of seventy-one.
Another son, James A. DuRant, died in service. Mrs. DuRant
has one hundred grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchil-
dren, and one great-great-grandchild. She is in good health,"
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Qoijfederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM. Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Term.
^ ■- ,,i
This publication is the personal property of S. A, Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
ciations throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
•oOperate in extending' its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
EXPLAXATORY RATHER THAX APOLOGETiC.
It is; Inimilialiiig and very expensive In be obliged to send
reminders that subscriptions are due. These statements are
in as courteons and grateful a spirit as it is possible to phrase
them, and yet some persons become offended by the "dun."
Those who do not renew promptly are of two widely different
classes — one of big-hearted wealthy men and women ever
ready to pay, which fact tnakes them careless ; and the other,
sad to state, are hard-up generally and wait through neces-
sity. If families of deceased veterans who receive the mail
would give notice, it would be helpful, as in this way much
is lost through the men whom it is especially desired to favor.
It is grievous to confront readers who pay promptly in
advance with complaints in space that should entertain and
profit them, but conditions are so unusual that to adopt the
cut-off rule with many would be a deprivation. A typical let-
ter from such as it is desired to favor contains the following:
■•T dislike to have to inform you that I can't send you a dol-
lar until October, when I will get my pension. I am seventy-
one years old. I never was into.xicatcd, never gambled, and
never lost in trading; but I have had three providential losses,
one by water, another by fire, and still another by wind and
water. This last caused a loss of $5,000, including money. I
was l?ft withoiit even a good suit of clothes, I have taken
the Veteran a long time and hope to coi'tv/me to Ad so."
The serious trouble is in the failure to give notice. It is
not right to fail. The failure to respond on the part of the
rich, with plenty, causes severe loss in the general assump-
tion that others who are dead and their representatives have
not the interest to give notice. Everybody who reads the
Veter.\n could remedy this calamity at once by responding.
It will be sent to any veterans or widows of such in the com-
forting faith that they appreciate it and will try to pay. If
those who need indulgence will send a postal card, they may
deduct ten times the amount when they remit later.
Every Southern man and woman should be interested in
the Veteran. It is the most important periodical in existence
for them while they revere principle and honor their fathers
and mothers. It is not equal to what it ought to be, Init it
has the concurrent approval of every Southern State and sec-
tion ; so they should help to make it better and better while
there is a man or woman of the sixties to record the most
sacred of all history. Every veteran and venerable mother
should write something for its colunnis of what they remem-
ber, of their experiences and of the devotion and sacrifices
of thrir friends, the kinspeoplc of all to whom this is ad-
dressed. Every meeting of every Camp or Chapter should be
reported very briefly in so far as it will stimulate and help
others. There is no more sacred obligation of Southern life
than to regard this appeal while the few short days are pass-
ing. Write just a few lines about something funny, pathetic,
and great. You know just such; every one does. Let the
brief, story with your name be recorded in the Veteran. It
will be preserved in many bound volumes in private and in
most of the public libraries of the United States.
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH— A MEMORIAL.
The visit of the officers of the Jefferson Davis Home .As-
sociation to Fairview and to Hopkinsville resulted most satis-
factorily. All the people seem to be of one mind in making
the memorial just what it should be. Formal action should
be taken by the membership of the Baptist Church whereby
the handsome stone wall to inclose the premises will include
the Baptist church area and that our common patriotic im-
pulse will control. The property owned by the .Association is
bound by Main Street from the corner of Pembroke Street
to the Baptist church corner, indicated by the Yancey lot and
the Combs property in the rear of the church property. The
Yancey and Combs properties belong to the .Association.
The church area is that presented by Jefferson Davis in
person, coming in his old age from Mississippi to show his
personal interest in the matter. (He was enabled to do
this by the generous supply of funds to pay for the land
through M. H. Clark and brother, of Clarksville, Tenn.) The
deed sets forth in the usual form that in the event the prop-
erty ceased to be used for the purpose indicated it would
revert to his estate. Mr. J. .Addison Hayes and wife, Mar-
garet Jefferson Davis Hayes, the last surviring child of Jeffer-
son Davis, gave quitclaim deeds to their interest, so that
the Church organization feels at liberty to make any special
arrangement with the Home Association.
It is desirable to include the church property within the
handsome wall which will inclose the Association's possessions.
It is understood that the Church membership is of one mind
in this behalf, and it is desirable that such formal action will
be taken promptly as will include the entire area of over
twenty-five acres in one inclosure.
By the map it will be seen that the property is mainly m
Todd County, but it was all formerly in Christian County.
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409
ENFORCING THE LAW IN riRGINIA.
[Richmond Times-Dispatch.]
The majesty of the law has again been vindicated. For
the life of the innocent man whose blood without cause he
took, Claude Allen must give his life, following his father into
the death house. He must pay the forfeit of the murderer.
The verdicts in the Floyd and Claude Allen cases not only
command the conmiendation of the law-abiding citizens of the
commonwealth, but gain also the just admiration of the peo-
ple of the country. No State in the Union has so high and
so honorable a record of strict obedience to the law as Vir-
ginia. There are no loopholes for murderers here ; the law-
breaker cannot escape the consequences of his infraction.
The Claude Allen conviction accumulates credit to Virginia
justice, because the opinion was prevalent in many place; 1' at
the conviction of Floyd .Allen would be considered ci, .ugh
punishment for the clan, and that his successors in the prison-
er's box would be let down with comparatively light im-
prisonment. Not so. Each man is being tried for his own
participation in the crime, and to each man is meted out just
punishment without reference to other cases. Mountaineers
are always free, but hereafter they will choose to be free
under the law.
FITTINGLY OBSERVED IN NEW ORLEANS.
Automobile Par.\df, for Veterans on June 3.
June 3, the anniversary of the birth of President Davis and
the legal Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana, was fittingly
and uniquely observed in New Orleans. Realizing that the
sands were running low for many of the brave old boys who
would march to do reverence to the memory of their de-
parted comrades, Mrs. W. J. Behan, assisted by a committee
(if women from tlic Ladies' Confederate Memorial Associa-
tion, conceived the idea of procuring automobiles for their
comfort. Through the medium of the press and by personal
notes more than fifty cars were secured.
A large delegation of veterans, together with the State
militia, assembled at Memorial Hall, where the parade formed.
There were thirty-one autos in line, each holding several
veterans, and every man carrying either the organization ban-
ner or flinging to the summer breeze miniature stars and bars.
.\ detour was first made around the Lee monument, which
was beautifully decorated with flowers and where a delega-
tion from the R. E. Lee School formed the guard of honor.
These children, with teachers and the committee in charge,
took their places in the parade. The next stop was made at
the Jeflferson Davis Parkway, where loving hands had made
beautiful with flowers the monument of the great leader.
Here also young pupils from the Jefferson Davis School kept
loving vigil. The parade stopped long enough to sound taps
and gather up the children and committees, then wended its
way out to Mctairie Cemetery. Here and in Greenwood
Cemetery the dift'ercnt moinunents were aglow with flowers
and evergreens and flags.
The Confederate monument was the Mecca to which the
vast concourse of people turned, and it was here that the
impressive ceremonies took place. The invocation and bene-
diction were given by Rev. J. W. Caldwell, and a masterful
address was delivered by Capt. Lewis Guion. He extolled
the bravery and patriotism of the men, the fortitude and cour-
age of the women of the sixties, and the sacredness of the oc-
casion. A young lad from the R. E. Lee School, immaculate
in white with red sash and flashing saber, recited "The Sword
9*
of Lee" with telling effect. A touching incident brought to
notice was a tribute paid the "boys in gray" by the "boys in
blue" of the James F. Mower Post, G. A. R., in the form of a
beautiful wreath reverently placed on the monument just
a few days before Memorial Day. on their own Federal Deco-
ration Day. Such things show the signs of the times when
men's loftiness of soul is raised above party lines and sec-
tional differences and recognizes the Fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man.
All in all, the auto parade will go down in the annals of
Confederate celebrations as a marked success and the most
pleasant one in which the scarred warriors have ever par-
ticipated.
Respected for the Cause He Fought for.— The action of
the students and faculty of the Medical Department of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina in refusing to dissect the body of
a captain who was in the Confederate service, which had been
turned over to the university for that purpose, is commend-
able. The old soldier ended his own life in Raleigh after
having been an inmate of the soldiers' home there. In his
will he bequeathed his body to science. They said: "Inspired
by sentiment for the Confederate cause, students composing
the senior class of the Medical Department of the University
of North Carolina to-day refused the regular routine of in-
struction in the dissecting room because the subject for dis-
section was the corpse of a hero of the War of the
States — the late Capt. Edward Benton, of Raleigh. Backing
the students in their stand, and declaring that the needs of
humanity did not require the carving of the body of a
follower of General Lee, Dr. C. S. Mangum, Professor of
.\natomy, passed around the hat for a collection, and later,
followed by the student body, the remains of the gallant vet-
eran were borne to the Confederate lot in the Chapel Hill
Cemetery and given Christian burial. The Confederate flag
was planted at the head of the grave, and the obsequies were
conducted in a blinding snowstorm."
SHY'S HILL OF ■OVERTON HILLS'' RANGE.
BY A. E. GLANVILLE, POE, KANS.
Shy's Hill, one of the Overton Hills, is the most noted in
Tennessee since the battle of Nashville. It is five or six miles
sorith of the city and aliout half a mile west of the Granny-
white Pike.
Being the first hill on the Confederate line of intrench-
ments of December 16, 1864, it was the salient or key point
of Genera! Hood's line, and was the storm center of the
n.emorable battle of that date. The brave Col. William M.
Shy, lieutenant colonel of the 20th Tennessee Infantry, and
hr.lf of his men were killed or wounded in its defense on that
occasion, and by mutual consent of both armies it has since
borne Colonel Shy's name. It is a spot of great historic im-
portance and interest to those who served in either army.
[The purpose of the above is to start an inquiry into this
name and the circumstances. Mr. Glanville is correct, per-
haps ; but the facts should be better known, and the Veteran
seeks further information as to whv it is called "Shv's Hill.''l
"Cease firing ! There are no foes to fight ;
Grim war is o'er and smiling peace now reigns.
Cease useless strife, no matter who was right;
True magnanimity from hate abstains.
Cease firing.'"
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MASTER AXD HIS FAITHFUL SLAVE.
BY SAMUEL COLEMAN, SIXTH ALABAMA CAVALRY.
This contribution records a deed done during the war by
one in the humblest walks of life, as heroic in character as
any ever performed by the men who to-day proudly wear the
victor's cross of honor. The facts were brought more vividly
to mind by an accidental meeting with one of the actors re-
cently. In the lobby of a hotel in Houston I noticed a tall,
heavily built man wearing the cross of honor. I spoke to him
as a comrade, and learned that he was a member of the staff
of Brig. Gen. James H. Clanton, of Alabama. I then recog-
nized him as Baxter Smith, ordnance officer of the command,
now a practicing physician of Bay City, Tex.
Well, to the story. On the morning of July 14, 1864, a de-
tachment of the 6th Alabama Cavalry, about one hundred and
fifteen men, under the command of General Clanton, en-
countered a largely superior force of the Rousseau raiders
at Greensport Ferry, on the Coosa River. Colonel Living-
stone, with about two hundred and fifty men, was holding back
the enemy's main body at Ten Island Ford. It was impera-
tive for us to hold the road until reenforcements could reach
us; otherwise the Oxford Iron Works, upon which the Confed-
erate foundries at Selma, Ala., depended, would be destroyed.
The men had been well posted behind trees and rocks on
the slope of a thickly wooded liill, and the road extended
along the river bluff. The firing on both sides was spirited.
The enemy, in spite of superior numbers, could not drive our
boys from their position ; but they seemed determined to gain
possession of the road, and they formed a heavy column with
which they could pass our thin line and clear the road before
them. General Clanton and two of his staff officers, Capt.
R. A. Abercrombie and "Bat" Smith, also Tommy Judkins, were
standing in the middle of the road dismounted. A few feet
away on the side of the road were five or si.x young fellows
attached to headquarters and eight or ten boys of the 6th
Alabama Cavalry, also dismounted. I was behind a large
tree, a few feet in advance of the General, and had a good
view of everything in front. A heavy column of the enemy
on foot was coming around the curve of the road, about
two hundred yards distant. Suddenly just behind me I heard
;i loud, fierce yell, and the two staff officers, followed by the
headquarters' boys and the small squad of the 6th Alabama
Cavalry, dashed at the enemy, who quickly poured a deadly
fire upon them and then halted.
.'\bercrombie and Tommy Judkins were killed. Bat Smith
and the handful of boys close behind him kept on. In a few
seconds Smith fell headlong upon his face and then turned
over on his back. The effect of the enemy's fire was appalling.
Not one of that gallant little band was left standing. The
charge was reckless in the extreme, but it illustrated the spirit
and high courage of our soldiers. That feat of daring was fol-
lowed by another of the lowliest and humblest man there pres-
ent. A tall, strapping, young negro named Griffin approached
General Clanton and asked: "General, where is Marse Bat?"
The General pointed down the road and said : "There near
the enemy's line dead." Griffin at once started down the road.
He was called back, but did not heed. He sped on in the
face of that heavy fire, took up the wounded young officer,
and carried him in his arms from the field. He came up the
road for a few yards, then stepped into the woods and came
out again on the road just where the General was standing.
"Is he dead. Griffin?" asked General Clanton. "I don't know,
sir," he replied. "Mammy was his nurse, and I am the older.
I promised mammy to take care of him and to bring him back
to her, and I am going to carry him home."
Simple words, but how much do they convey ! An untutored
negro slave carrying out his mother's commands in behalf of
her nurseling at the risk of his own life ! I have often thought
of that day, and the scene is vivid. I can see the deathly pale
face of the unconscious and sorely wounded young officer as
he was being carried to safety in the arms of his faithful slave.
If some of our Northern neighbors could have witnessed
th.s scene, they might form some conception of the devotion
existing in the old days South between master and servant.
GRATITUDE OF A FAITHFUL SERVANT.
"Black Hawk" writes from Woodstock, Va. :
"I thank you for putting my picture in your magazine. 1
nm proud of my war record. I was given when a young man
by my old master, Samuel C. Williams, who was a member
of the Virginia Secession Convention, to his oldest son, who
was then Lieut. James H. Williams, of Chew's Battery, and
I stood by him and his brothers until the close of the war.
I was taken prisoner twice, captured once with the watches
and money of our boys and others of the Williams mess upon
my person, given into my care when the battle began. I es-
caped and returned with watches and money all safe.
"The picture you published was taken while Dr. Averitt
was on a visit to Mrs. James H. Williams at Woodstock, Va.
r was not Dr. Averitt's camp servant, nor was he ever a
member of the Williams mess. As far as I know, Dr. Wil-
liam McGuire, of Winchester, Va., L. B. Morel, of Florida,
and myself are the only living members of that mess. Rev.
Dr. Averitt was often our guest. * * *
"Like the rest of the veterans, I am growing old ; but I am
with my people in Woodstock, where I was born."
HONOR FOR THE OLD-TIME NEGRO.
The time is not far distant when a monument will be
erected in Montgomery, Ala., or Richmond, Va., as a tribute
to the memory of the old-time Southern negro. The loyal
devotion of the men and women who were slaves has had no
equal in all history. They took care of the women and chil-
dren whose natural protectors were with Lee and Jackson,
Forrest and Joe Johnston, and were faithful to the trust.
Women during the great war did not fear to ride alone
through large plantations to give directions as to the crops.
These women were protected and never outraged. It was
the coming of the carpetbagger, with his social equality teach-
ings, that caused many negroes to become brutes. The old-
time negro will soon be but a memory, and while a renuiant
survive an imposing monument should be erected as a tribute
to their faithfulness. It should be a monument worth fifty
thousand dollars. This money could be easily raised if the
religious and secular papers in the South would take up the
matter in the spirit that the cause merits. — John fC. Pauh-tl.
in the Morristoti'n (Tcnn.) Gazette.
Three of the Boys Escaped. — If Captain Taylor and Lieu-
tenant Holderberg, of the i6th Virginia Cavalry, who es-
caped from the Yankees while being conveyed from Frederick
City, Md., to Baltimore about the i8th of July, 1863, by jump-
ing from the train, will write to G. W. Arrington, Canadian,
Tex., they will hear from the "kid" that escaped with them.
Thev were from Cabell County, W. Va.
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MOXUMENT AT I'JCTORIA, TEX.
The Confederate monument at Victoria, Tex., located in
the public park, was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies in
the presence of two thousand people on July 10, 1912. Overton
Stoner, Commander of William R. Surry Camp, U. C. V.,
was master of ceremonies. The orator of the day was Hon.
Carlos Bee, of San Antonio, Tex., a worthy nephew of Gen.
Barnard E. Bee, who gave the sobriquet of "Stonewall" to
the immortal Jackson. The other speaker was Judge Sterling
F. Grimes (Company A, 6th Kentucky Cavalry), of Cuero,
Tex., whose address was, in part, as follows :
"Comrades, Daughters of the Confederacy, and Fellow
Citizens: For what have you this day assembled, and for what
does this monument stand? It stands for the memory of men
who gave their lives, their fortunes, their every hope in de-
fense of their homes, firesides, and for a cause that was dearer
than all else on earth to them. While the flag they followed
and under which they died went down in the battle's crimson
tide as a conquered banner and the end of a nation's hopes,
so far as the Confederacy was concerned, their heroism, their
devotion lo duty and loyalty to principle, their courage and
endurance through every hardship must
ever remain the adoration of the ages.
"The monument unveiled to-day in the
poetic benuty and grandeur of its con-
ception is in touching pathos of the story
it tells. It represents a young soldier
in a ragged and torn uniform in action
and making his last stand, wounded and
weakened in body, looking for the last
time upon life with undaunted heart,
courageous soul, and unflinching eye,
holding his trusty rifle to fire his last shot
in defense of his home, the institutions of
his country, and the rights of his people.
"There is no soldier, Federal or Con-
federate, w-ho faced the fire and fianic of
Ml Hilly liattle and bared his breast to its
leaden hail who can stand before this
munumonl .-uul fail to remove his hat and
salute it as an exemplification of that which is best in patriotic
self-sacrifice and devotion to duty. In its grandeur and poetic
beauty it stands alone, so far as I know, as the best and the
noblest tribute to the virtue, courage, and devotion of the
Confederate soldier. It best illustrates
" 'That strength whereby
The patriot girds himself to die.
The unconquerable power that fills
The freeman battling on his native hills.'
"Daughters of William P. Rogers Chapter, through your
persistent, patriotic cflforts this monument is here to speak
your appreciation of the heroic deeds of noblemen, men whose
blood courses through your veins and whose memory is a
sacred heritage to each of you as long as men value pride
of ancestry. It confers upon you a patent of nobility more
honorable than the order of the Star and Garter, the Golden
Fleece, or Roman Eagle.
"While we honor this boy hero let us not forget his South-
ern mother, who w-ith bleeding heart and tear-dimmed eyes
sent father, husband, or son to the battle's front to "return
with his shield or upon it.' To me it is a wish that ati least
one monument in every State of the old Con-
federacy be dedicated to the women of the
Old South, to perpetuate that which was the
purest, truest, and best of her civilization."
Among the distinguished guests of the W.
Rogers Chapter was Gen. Felix Robertson,
Commander of the Texas Division, U. C. V.,
Crawford, Tex. In the photo group General
Kobertson appears in his uniform as a bri-
gade commander, U. C. V. Judge Grimes in
introducing this gentleman said among other
things : "I want the young people to see a
real general who served under Bragg during
the war. He is a native Texan, born in In-
dependence, Washington County, son of Gen.
Jerome Robertson, of Mexican War renown.
He was four years at West Point. On the
eve of graduation he left for the South and
engaged in organizing and drilling coast and
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hea\T artillery at Charlestown and Mobile. He continued in
this service until before the battle of Murfreesboro, when he
was assigned to a brigade before that engagement, in which he
distinguished himself. His command was at Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, and all the campaigns from there to At-
lanta and on to the end of the contest."
General Robertson's response was impromptu and sparkled
with wit, humor, and patriotism.
The monument was saluted by John .Austin Saunders, 07
Wharton, Tex., who had with him the sword of his great-
grandfather. Col. William P. Rogers. He thanked the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy for the manner in which they have
preserved the name of Colonel Rogers. He greeted the vet-
erans who fought with his ancestors.
The monument is a creation of the gifted sculptor, Pompeo
Cappini. who, with many others, considers this his master-
piece. The only inscription it bears is this: "Dedicated to the
soldiers of the Confederate States of America by the William
P. Rogers Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy,
June 3, 1912, Victoria, Tex."
The motto, "On civilization's heights immutable they stand,"
is a contribution from the talented Miss Adelia Dunovant,
of Houston, Honorary President Texas Division, U. D. C.
To Mrs. J. M. Brownson, chairman of the committee, is
due the gratitude of the community for her untiring services
in the erection of the monument.
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MONUMENT AT VAIDEN, MISS..
FROM REPORT BY J. B. HAMAN.
Over fifteen hundred people gathered in Vaiden June 7,
1912, to witness the unveiling of the monument erected by the
Vaiden Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, to the
Confederate soldiers both living and deceased. The excellent
program was suitably carried out by all who took part. The
program lasted from 9:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. A brass band
rendered music for the day. The band played several fine
selections. The veterans occupied reserved seats facing the
host of school children, whose voices lent so much charm to
the occasion. "Dixie" was sung by them, after which the
divine blessing was asked by Rev. T. L. Haman.
In his own characteristic way Mr. C. L. Armstrong delivered
a pleasing address of welcome. Senator H. D. Money was to
have responded to this address in behalf of the old soldiers,
but was unable to be present on account of sickness. His
place was ably filled by Col. W. A. Montgomery, of Edwards,
Miss., whose speech was full of facts and went directly to the
hearts of men who were four years in the Confederate army.
Dr. B. F. Ward, the white-headed, silver-tongued orator,
delivered an address which was well received. He told of
incidents that occurred during the war in which Carroll
County men were participants.
A delicious dinner was spread on the long circular table in
the shade west of the courthouse. The good women vied
with each other in the serving. All present were served to
satisfaction and much was left over.
Dr. Ward's speech was concluded after the noon hour. The
readings, "The Conquered Banner," by Miss Addie B. Till-
man, "Reply to the Conquered Banner," by Miss Helen Avery,
and the "Response to the Reply," by Miss Zou Eddie Boyett,
were well given and the young ladies were congratulated. A
song. "Our Boys in Gray Are Growing Old," was well ren-
dered by Mesdames S. P. Armstrong, R. S. Bailey, and Harris
Stubblefield.
After this the crowd went out in the courthouse yard,
where the monument stood veiled. After a selection by the
band, the two young men and little Rhesa Hawkins and Rod-
ney Armstrong fulfilled their part of the program by taking
from the figure on the monument the veil which had hidden it
from view. As the veil fell the band struck up "Dixie."
"Lest We Forget" w'as sung by thirteen young ladies, con-
cluding with "God Be with You Till We Meet Again."
The monument is of much beauty and was procured through
SIX years of hard work by the local Chapter of the U. D. C.
[Report of this dedication has been held over for a good
picture of the monument, but we have failed to get one. — Ed.]
NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN'S MONUMENT.
Lftter from Hon. A.shley Horne, Who Contributes $10,000.
I am glad to receive your letter. I thank you most cor-
dially for your very kind expressions in behalf of our Con-
federate monument of the sixties.
My mother had six robust sons, strong Scotchmen. She
gave them to Lee in '61, and three were left on the battle
field. This was all she had — a noble gift.
Forty-seven years having passed away and the legislatures
of my State and the people having failed to mark the heroism
of the greatest women in the world, so now in my time,
around seventy, I felt impelled to give this monument for
fear it would never be done. It will be erected on our Capitol
Square, a well-chosen spot, facing the south with its back
to the north.
Our women were greater than the men. They impelled the
young men to shoulder arms and go to Lee and not be cow-
ards. They furnished clothing, food, and were in the rear of
every battle fought in Virginia, and they were in the hospital
soothing and nursing. These are the reasons why North
Carolina furnished more troops to the Civil War than any
other State in the South according to her voting population,
and there were no braver boys in General Lee's army.
It is a pleasure to me to do something in this permanent
way to commemorate the women of the South.
Letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings come to me
from nearly every State of the Confederacy, and I hope it
will be an inspiration for all the other States to do likewise.
This one stroke of my pen has evidently touched tlie hearts of
the whole South, and I am satisfied that the good work will
go on in the other States. Loyalty and patriotism to the
greatest women that ever lived should inspire every Southern
man to show his appreciation.
[This report has been held for a more extended sketch and
picture of Mr. Horne, which the Veteran still anticipates.]
To Members of 37TH Mississippi Regiment. — .-Mien Elli-
son, who served in Company G, 37th Mississippi Regi-
ment, under Captain Richardson and Col. O. S. Holland,
in Walthall's Brigade, desires testimony from some member
of that company or regiment who can testify to his service
in order to secure a pension. He names the following com-
rades of that company: A. B. Carr (orderly sergeant), Billy
Pinkston, Clabin Pinkston, Dock and Sam Suttles, Bill Ellis,
John Meeks, Henry Smith, Jr., Tampy Prime, and Whit-
worth. His address is Wealthy, Lion County, Tex., Route i.
Rev. A. M. Hill, of Normangee, Tex., writes in sending the
above : "In my rounds as a minister I came across an old
veteran of seventy-seven years who had been for five years
confined to a wheel chair from rheumatism, but who gets no
pension on account of inability to secure proof."
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NEl'V MEMBERS OF MISSISSIPPI DUISIOX, U. D. C.
The contest for new members was inaugurated by our Di-
vision President, Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, for the increased strength
and influence of the Mississippi Division. It was her per-
sonal work. The following rules were observed :
Old Chapters must show increase over number of members
reported at last convention.
New Chapters must show increase over number of members
enrolled as charter members.
Another condition was that Chapters send list of new mem-
bers to the President by April i, 1912.
A beautiful silver loving cup, surmounting an ebony base,
was presented the wimiing Chapter, the Col. H. M. Street
Chapter, of Meridian, on the opening night of the annual
State convention held in the historic city of Natchez. This
thriving Chapter, less than a year old, was organized with si.xty-
seven charter members. In the new member contest this
Chapter added one hundred and eleven new members.
A number of Chapters entered this contest, thereby adding
five hundred new members to the Mississippi Division. Was
this contest worth while?
Miss Lillian C. Perkins, Society Editor of the Meridian
Dispatch, wrote as follows concerning the loving cup presen-
tation :
"Mrs. S, E. K. Rose, tlie brilliant and capable President of
the Mississippi Division, United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, upon the occasion of her visit to Meridian in the spring
of 191 1, at the State convention made inany friends who ad-
mire her for her ardent patriotism and womanly attaimnents ;
but none are more loyal to her than Meridian's new Chapter
that was born of the inspiration of the U. D. C. convention in
which Mrs. Rose was such a factor and at which session she
was unanimously elected the executive officer of the State
Division.
"The Col. H. M. Street Chapter, U. D. C, was the first
Chapter organized after Mrs. Rose entered upon her brilliant
career as a State leader, marking every mile of the way so
far with beautiful monuments that stand forth speaking for
her executive ability in the way of clear insight and a per-
fect understanding of the work that has accomplished won-
ders not only for her in her honored position but for the
Mississippi Division.
"It was one of those clear insights that offered a roseate
horizon that could be reached in the way of obtaining new
members that has served its accomplishment — greatly enlarged
the Chapters of the Division. Mrs. Rose offered a silver lov-
ing cup to the Chapter that would add the greatest number of
members in a given time.
"Meridian's new Chapter saw the broad fields with the
ripening grain just ready for the harvester, and they went to
work. The honor of being presented this beautiful cup by
their beloved President at the Natchez convention this spring
made the heart of each member beat with pride and filled them
with renewed ardor, for they are not content with even this
great laurel wreath, but expect to work for other and greater
honors."
.\ddress of Mrs. S. E. F. Rose at Jackson.
(In an address at Jackson Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, President
of the Mississippi Division, U. D. C. to which reference has
ucen made in the Veteran, said in part, the unveiling of the
woman's monument being the occasion of tlic meeting:]
'The bravest battle that ever was fought—
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will find it not ;
'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay, not with cannon or battle shot.
With sword or nobler pen ;
Nay, not with words of eloquent thought
From mouths of wonderful men.
But deep in a waked-up woman's heart,
Of women that would not yield.
But bravely, silently bore her part —
Lo, there was the battle field"
We arc assembled to-day to memorialize tlie sublime sacri-
fices and unparalleled love and devotion of that noble band,
Ihe women of the Confederacy. Far from the noise and din
of battle, "with no marshaling troops, no bivouac song, no
banners to gleam and wave," these grand Southern women
w^aged a battle greater than any fought on land or sea.
One of the proudest memories of the War of the States
is the conduct of the women of the Confederacy, who willingly
gave their all — fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers — to the
service of the Confederacy. With no thought of self, at the
first call to arms in '61 they bade their protectors Godspeed
and undertook the support of their families, aged parents, and
children. They deprived themselves of even the necessities
of life in order to care for the sick and wounded soldiers and
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feed and clothe all those within their reach. There were no
idle moments in those Southern hotnes. The women were
constantly spinning, knitting, and weaving to provide gar-
ments for those in the army and struggling to carry on their
home affairs.
These women, reared in luxury, unused to aught but indoor
employments such as the customs of the country assigned to
women, in the absence of the men, all of whom were at the
front, planted, cultivated, and gathered the crops, chopped
and hauled wood, and fed and attended to the stock, cheerfully
performing such duties as their part of the sacrifices neces-
sary to achieve the independence of the Confederacy.
The heroism of these noble women was a moral heroism
even greater and grander than that of the soldiers who fell
in the excitement of battle. We hear heralded throughout
the world the courage of the Spartan mother who urged her
sons to go to battle and return with their shields or upon
them. We are proud to say that heroism did not die with
the ancients, for the women of the Confederacy gave to the
world an exhibition of bravery and unselfish devotion never
excelled and rarely equaled in all history. Many instances
of her courage could be related; one, although often told,
will be given again. Governor Letcher, war Governor of
Virginia, returning from a visit to his home at Staunton,
stopped at the house of an old friend. The good woman of
the house was alone, and she told the Governor that her hus-
band, father, and ten sons were all in the same company in
the army. "You must be very lonely," the Governor said,
"accustomed to so large a family." "Yes," this noble matron
replied, "it is hard to be alone ; but if I had ten more sons,
they should all be in the army."
Is it any wonder that w^ith such mothers the Confederate
soldiers for four years, ^although far outnumbered, poorly
equipped, almost starved, and often barefooted, thrilled the
world with their deeds of courage and daring? Never be-
fore in the annals of history did so many brave and patriotic
men with such a unanimity of purpose rally around a com-
mon standard from purely patriotic motives.
The great Napoleon on being asked what was the greatest
need of his country replied, "Mothers." The South had
mothers, and these same mothers furnished to the world the
Confederate soldier, whose courage has never been equaled
in the world's history. These mothers transmitted to their
sons this courage of adamant and devotion to principle which
the Northern general recognized when he refused to exchange
prisoners. He said : "If we let these men out of prison, it
will be a war of extermination, and will never end until the
last man is cold in death." What a tribute from the enemy
indirectly to the mothers of the Confederate soldier ! Truly
"the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."
How appropriate that this memorial should be erected to
these Confederate mothers while many of them yet live,
while their ears can hear our approving words and their hearts
be cheered and thrilled by them! It is indeed fitting that
these flowers should be placed in their living hands, and as
these dear mothers go on to life's sunset their hearts may be
made to rejoice in knowing that their deeds are appreciated
and remembered. These women "never forgot the Confed-
erate soldier on tented field, behind prison bars, or under
the sod," and now our veterans offer this tribute of their
love that the world may know they have not forgotten these
Southern heroines, the women of the Confederacy. * * *
On behalf of the splendid organization I have the honor to
represent, the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Mis-
sissippi, I renew our pledge of loyalty to the sacred trust
placed in our keeping and to forever cherish, preserve, and
defend the memorial erected by our beloved veterans and the
men of Mississippi to Southern womanhood and instill into
our children a reverence for the women of the Confederacy,
whose characters were adorned with gems more precious than
can be found in the richest mines of earth.
No greater day has ever dawned in Mississippi than this
June 3, 1912, when the men of our great State with one ac-
cord assemble to pay homage to the women of the Confed-
eracy. And no more appropriate date could have been se-
lected than this anniversary of the natal day of Jefferson
Davis, the central figure of the Confederacy, the incarnation
of the principles for which the South stood and the vicarious
sufferer for the South when at Fortress Monroe he suffered
all the humiliation and degradation that could be heaped upon
him ; but he was ever "sustained and soothed by an imfalter-
ing trust" and rose above the hatred of his enemies. * * *
Some day \vhen the South comes to her own — and even now
we can see the "dawning of the morning" — when that day
shall appear and the South like a radiant queen shall don her
coronation robes and a crown be placed upon her fair brow by
justice and truth, there will be many great and good things
to be told of her history. Men will never tire of speaking of
this land of romance so different in many respects from the
rest of the country, and women will read with joy and tears
the story of her long-fought battle for supremacy. When
the tale is all told and the history of her labor in war and
peace has been recounted, no grander chapter in all her his-
tory, no fairer page will ever be read than that which tells
the story of these illustrious Southern heroines, the noble
women of the Confederacy.
[By a singular blunder part of the foregoing was published
in the July Vetee.^n as part of Dr. DeB. Waddell's speech.]
TJrO FAITHFUL CONFEDERATE BROTHERS.
Coi.. W. B. Richmond and Priv.xte Ben Richmond.
The Tennessee Woman's Historical Society has become
custodian of the uniform of Lieut. W. B. Richmond, who
served on the staff of Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk. So high
in the confidence of his commander and so important was his
service that a faded pass reads as follows :
"He.'\dou.\rters Polk's Corps, .^rmy of Tennessee,
November 28, 1862.
"Col. W. B. Richmond, iny aid-de-camp, has permission
at all times to pass anywhere in the Confederate States, and
ail officers of this government and army are requested to
afford him any facilities. L. Polk, Lieutenant General."
In a list of his personal staff as inajor general dated at
Chattanooga August 27, 1862, is Lieut. W. B. Richmond.
Colonel Richmond had the greatest confidence of high of-
ficials, and his work may be seen in ten volumes of the "War
Records."
The parole of B. Richmond, a brother of W. B. Richmond,
whose family now resides in Nashville with his daughter,
Mrs. C. M. Morford, is dated Augusta, Ga., May 10, 1865, as
a private in the 2d Kentucky Regiment, Col. T. G. Woodward.
A parole for twenty days was given B. Richmond on March
21, 1864, as assistant paymaster of Forrest's Division.
A dingy pay roll of B. Richmond's on Confederate paper,
dated July 13. 1863, shows indorsements and payments at
various times by George Dashiell, captain and paymaster.
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EXECUTION OF WILLIAM B. MUMFORD.
The execution of William B. Mumford was one of the most
aggravating of all that occurred during the war. The order
for the fiendish deed was issued on June 5, 1862, to be carried
out on June 7. Many pages of the "War Records" are de-
voted to this cause. When the United States forces landed at
New Orleans, they made haste to display the United States
flag from a public building of the United States, and William
B. Mumford took it down and destroyed it. Butler states :
"Pulled it down, dragged it through the streets, followed by
an excited mob. tore it in shreds, and distributed the pieces
among the gamblers, assassins, and murderers, his comrades.
He was tried, condemned, and executed on the spot where he
committed his heinous crime." He further states that "the
lowering of the flag ought to have brought a bombardment
upon the city."
In an address by Thomas O. Moore, Governor of Louisiana,
at Opelousas on June 18 he referred to Mr. Mimiford as fol-
lows: "The heroism of the patriot Mumford has placed his
name high on the list of our martyred sons. When the Federal
navy reached New Orleans, a squad of marines were sent on
shore and they hoisted their flag on the mint. The city was
not occupied. Their troops had not reached there and the
place was not in their possession. William H. Mumford
pulled down the symbol with his own hands. .■Xfter condemna-
tion he was brought in full view of the scaffold, his murderers
hoping to appall his heroic soul. They offered him life on the
condition that he would abjure his country and swear alle-
giance to her foe, but he spurned the offer. He met his fate
courageously and transmitted to his countrymen a fresh ex-
ample of what men will do and dare when under the inspira-
tion of fervid patriotism."
.'\fter repealed unsuccessful efforts on the pari of the Con-
federate authorities for an explanation by the Federals, Presi-
dent Davis issued a proclamation on December 23, 1862, in
which, after reviewing the case of Mr. Mumford. he stated :
"Now. therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confed-
erate States of America, in their name do pronounce and de-
clare the said Benjamin F. Butler to be a felon deserving
capital punishment. T do order that he be no longer con-
sidered or treated simply as a public enemy of the Confed-
erate States, but as an outlaw and a common enemy of man-
kind, and that in the event of his capture the officer in com-
mand of the capturing force do immediately cause him to be
executed by hanging: and I do further order that no com-
missioned officer of the Ignited States taken captive shall be
released on parole before exchange until the said Butler shall
have met with the due punishment for his crimes." * * *
The proclamation further set forth that all commissioned
officers in the command of said Butler be declared not entitled
to be considered as soldiers engaged in honorable warfare, but
as robbers and criminals, deserving death, and that each of
them whenever captured be reserved for execution; but that
the "private soldiers of his command be not considered as
free agents, but when captured that they be treated as prison-
ers of war with kindness and humanity."
This subject was the occasion of much correspondence be-
tween the Secretaries of War ;ind Gen. R. E. Lee with Gen-
erals McClcllan and Halleck.
The Vetf.r.\n has not examined the records sufficiently to
be able to state w-hether "life for life" w-as taken in this case;
but the Confederate authorities deserve lasting credit for the
diligence witli which this case was investigated and for the
fearlessness with which they demanded retribution. Mean-
while the lone widow of William B. Mumford bore her sor-
row these fiftv vears. until now^ she rests with tlie faithful.
WILLI.^M B. MUMFORD.
William Bruce Mumford was born in Onslow County, N.
C. His father, Jehu Mumford. and his brothers lived in
Onslow and Duplin Counties. Wilmington District, of the
Old North State. The first census of the United States
(1790) gives the names of the heads of the families of the
Mumfords of that time. He went to school at Raleigh, N. C.
After the family moved to Alabama, he attended the Mobile
(Ala.) College. He was in the Seminole War in Florida
from 183s to 1839. He was mustered out of service and re-
ceived his bounty in land. Just at this time he had the mis-
fortune to break a leg. He was orderly sergeant of Company
B. 3d Regiment Louisiana Volunteers, and his brigade was
sent to relieve General Taylor just before the battle of Palo
.\Ito, sailing from New Orleans May 12, 1846. The injury
to his leg was so severe that he was sent home. As a Con-
federate he joined Company B. ist Regiment, from New Or-
leans : but he was unable to do field service and was commis-
sioned to remove stores from New Orleans, which he did up
to the time he was taken prisoner on the streets of New Or-
leans by the officers under Benjamin F. Butler. He was forty-
two years old when he was executed. His family consisted
of a wife, one daughter (Mary), and two sons (Charles B.
and William B. Mumford, Jr.).
In taking down the United States fiag he was assisted by
a young man named Harper, who helped him break the
skylight with a ladder and who held the ladder while Mr.
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Mumford went to llie roof of the mint .iiul got the flag. In
his effort to get it down he was shelled by the fleet in the river,
and one of the shots struck the chimney, one of the bricks of
which struck him and knocked him away from the flagstaff.
After he secured the flag, he intended to deliver it to the
Mayor, but could not; later he made an effort to deliver it
to the Picayune office, but could not for the great crowd that
surrounded him on the street. The crowd succeeded in tear-
ing nearly all of the flag from his arm. When he arrived
home, he had only a small portion of it, which his family has.
Now concerning the inscription on his grave. The lirst
tablet contained words as follows: "William Bruce Mumford,
executed by Benj. E. Butler June 7, 1862, for taking down
the United States flag from the mint." The tablet was re-
moved by some Federal soldiers at night. His wife com-
plained to the authorities, and they told her that she could
not place any such inscription there, but that she might place
something simple. The result is "Mumford's Grave."
MRS. WILLIAM B. MUMFORD.
Mrs. W. B. Mumford, widow of William B. Mumford, of
New Orleans, La., who was executed by Benjamin F. Butler
for taking the United States flag down from the mint, died on
June 19, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas
City, Mo., near the Confederate monument. She had resided
with her son, Charles B. Mumford, in Kansas City, and had
lived there since 1882. William B. Mumford, Jr., went to
Kansas City in 1877 and established a drug store, remain-
ing in the business until 1885. His brother Charles joined
him in 1879 and the mother in 1882, after the death of her
daughter Mary, who was buried at Washington, D. C. These
two brothers are all that remain of the family. Each is mar-
ried and has a grown daughter. William B. Mumford is in
Kansas City in the real estate business.
Mrs. William Bruce Mumford was the daughter of Dr.
Charles Frederick Von Baumlin, of Baden, Germany, born
October 24, 1825. Dr. Baumlin was one of the original stock-
holders of the town of Galveston, Tex., and after the town
was incorporated was one of the original aldermen. Dr.
Baumlin was in charge of the naval hospital at Galveston
when Texas was hgliting for licr independence. He was
buried in Galveston, Tex.
This daughter first married Capt. John Walter Taylor, of
the Texas navy. The wedding occurred on board of his
ship. He died in less than a year after his marriage. Captain
Taylor was a past midshipman in the United States navy and
resigned to enter the Texas navy. Captain Taylor fought
Commodore Remo. of the Mexican navy, was defeated, cap-
tured, and confined in a dungeon for seven inonths. When
he was released, Commodore Remo gave him a set of gold
c]>aulettes. Captain Taylor was promoted to commodore of
the Texas navy.
William B. Mumford, Jr., writes of his father and mother:
"I slept with iny father during the time he was confined in
the lower room in the customhouse just before his execution.
He talked to me much, and I recall vividly his conversations.
He told my mother that the little corporal with the buttons
up the front of his jacket told him that they intended to offer
him the oath of allegiance to the United States, but that he
could not take it. I can see niy mother now when she put
her hands on his arms and said: 'Well, William, if you feel
that you must not, then do not take it.' My father simply
folded her to his heart and kissed her. He was the kindest
of fathers, never saying a cross word to any of his children
in his life. He was exceedingly indulgent, and we children
had everything our httle hearts craved. My nurse, Bridget
Matthews, who was with me from the time of my birth until
the war broke out, simply worshiped him.
"When I took to him his meals, he would always save a
part for me to take to a sick marine who lay on a cot in the
room adjoining the one in which he was confined. When
1 asked him why he wanted to give that Yankee anything to
eat, he said : 'Why, son, you must always be kind to your
enemies ; and, another thing, that poor fellow is sick and needs
it.' As I sat beside him on the cot the day before he was
executed he said to me: 'You must always be brave and nevei
be afraid to die. You must always be truthful and never
lie ; none but cowards lie. Do your duty in any position you
may hold, but remember that you must be no man's slave. If
your employer ever abuses you, take your hat and walk out
if you have to go hungry.'
"My mother never whipped one of us children, and our
home life was the happiest. My father and mother were de-
voted to each other, and there never was any wrangling or
disturbance of any kind."
CooRAnE OF A Massachusetts Ensign. — At the dedication
of a monument to Union soldiers in Burlington, Vt., Hon.
C. A. Palmer told this story : "I can imagine the exultant
satisfaction experienced by that young color sergeant, scarce-
ly out of his teens, who at Antietam was bearing the colors
of a Massachusetts regiment in a charge upon a Confederate
battery, and the regiment received such a storm of grape and
canister in their faces that they staggered and wavered; but
the boy with the flag pushed on till he was far in advance of
the line. Seeing this, the colonel down at the left of the line
cried out : "Color sergeant, bring the colors back to the line.'
The young man with hands disabled by the enemy's fire
clutched the staff with both wounded arms and yelled back
to the colonel : 'These colors can't go backward ; bring the
line up to the colors.' This act of loyalty and courage was like
an electric shock to that regiment, and with the inspiration
caused by that act of the boy with the flag they swept forward
to victory."
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BLUNDER IN BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
BY DR. FRANK C. WILSON, LOUISVILLE, KY.
As Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in July, 1863,
tie moved his army in three columns, marching parallel with
■each other. A central column moved on the main pike, passing
through Carlisle, at the head of which column was our com-
mand ; flanking columns were on either side. The right col-
umn moved on the pike which passed through Gettysburg,
while a left flanking column was on a pike a few miles west.
Our column, which was some miles in advance, had reached
a point within sight of Carlisle on July I when information
was brought that a battle with General Mead's advancing col-
umn was imminent. The right flanking column of our di-
vision was commanded by General Ewell, who had succeeded
General Jackson, and he ordered us to countermarch and move
at quick time to the support of the right flanking column.
This was a rapid march of about twenty miles, and we reached
the neighborhood of Gettysburg without a straggler. As we
went upon the battle field we were in full view of the panic-
stricken, routed enemy, the advance of Mead's army, where
several brigades had been engaged with the result indicated.
This was about four o'clock in the afternoon of July i, 1863,
when our command, numbering about 20.000 men. who had
not fired a gun, came upon the field williin clear view of the
enemy in full retreat, throwing away in their haste guns, knap-
sacks, and haversacks, and they were in a perfect panic. It
was apparent to every private soldier that the thing to do
was to follow up the retreating foe without delay.
When this was not done, it was very diflicult to restrain
the men from just pitching forward after tlicni without wait-
ing for orders. But no orders came. There we had to stand
and witness the Yankees gradually reform and march through
Gettysburg and up the hill, where they commenced throwing
up breastworks, which they continued to work at all that
night and the next day, our command not even getting into
line until twelve o'clock that night. We did not fire a gun
until four o'clock the next afternoon, when we were ordered
to attack the earthworks which we had given them twenty-
four hours to prepare for us.
When we advanced up the wcwded hill to make the attack,
we found a regular line of breastworks, with the trees cut
down in front, branches sharpened in regular order, and then
found a second line several hundred yards higher up the hill
similarly made and manned by fresh troops. In advancing
through the abatis our line was thrown into some disorder;
and in order to dress up the line, as we were about to charge.
I turned to look along the line of the company, thus having
my side facing to the front. Just then a volley was fired by
the enemy manning the breastworks, and I felt a sharp sting
made by a bullet which struck me in the left groin. It simply
plowed a groove the depth of the ball without disturbing the
large blood vessels. As there did not seem to be much bleed-
ing, I went on with the command, and we drove the enemy
out of our first line. We were then ordered to retire, as no
fresh troops came up to our support to help in the attack upon
the second line. When we retired, a surgeon examined my
wound and ordered me to the rear.
It has always seemed to me that the evening of the 1st of
July, 1863, was the turning point of the War of the States.
Had Gen. Stonewall Jackson been in command, he would
never have lost that opportunity to follow up the routed Yan-
kees with the splendid body of 20,000 fresh troops that had
not fired a gun and were eager for the chance, and we could
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have had possession of the heights of Gettysburg in a half
hour and perhaps without firing a gun. The excuse assigned
for not following them up was that General Lee could not be
communicated with to give the order. Stonewall Jackson
would have seized the opportunity and gotten his orders for
it afterwards. I have no doubt that we would then have won
the battle of Gettysburg on the 2d of July and saved the dis-
astrous battles that followed. With that battle won, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, and Washington would have been at our
mercy.
SKETCH OF FIRST MISSOURI BATTERY, C. S. A.
BY CAPT. S. T. RUFFNER, FRONT ROYAL. VA.
.'\t the solicitation of comrades I write some reminiscences
of the 1st Missouri Battery. This company was designated
the "first" because it was the first organized after General
Price's army was transferred to the east of the Mississippi
River in April. 1862, to rcenforce Gen. J. E. Johnston at
Corinth, Miss. There was left no organized force of Missouri
troops in the Trans-Mississippi Department. But recruiting
officers were busy gathering the sick and wounded left be-
hind and enlisting others from Missouri and Arkansas. Gen.
Joe Shelby took back his old regiment during the summer, so
that by early autumn another army of eight or ten thousand
men was encamped around Fort Smith, Ark., an<l in the Frog
Bayou Valley without any cannon. Capt. W. Roberts recruited
for artillery, and the 1st Missouri Battery, C. S. A., of one hun-
dred men was organized in October, 1862. Roberts was cap-
tain, Phil Gatewood first lieutenant, and S. T. Ruffner second
lieutenant. After two months the captain and Gatewood re-
signed, and I was promoted to captain, with John O. Lock-
hart, Ben D. Weedin, and Oscar F. Stephens lieutenants.
Thus far in the war I Iiad served as a private in infantry.
I was in the battle of Lexington, Mo., and was in an open
field cliarge at Elk Horn. None of us knew anything about
the handling of cannon, but were fortunate enough to get
a copy of "Hardee's Tactics" from an old army officer (for
§100 in Confederate money), from which book we learned all
that we ever knew of artillery except from actual practice.
Colonel Jackm.an's regiment of Missouri mounted recruits
in a bitter little fight with a Federal force at Lone Jack cap-
tured two new James rifles, cannon (12-pounders), with the
horses, caissons, and ammunition, including a good supply of
friction tubes, the first we had ever seen. These guns were as-
signed to us, and two bronze smooth six-pounders were soon
added, completing the battery.
Maj. Gen. T. C. Hindman was assigned to the command of
this army in November, 1862. Then strong Federal forces
were north of us for our repulse. Brig. Gen. J. G. Blunt oc-
cupied Cain Hill, Ark., with 7,000 men and Gen. T. J. Herron
was approaching from the direction of F'ayettcvillc with 6.000
men and thirty cannon to unite with Blunt.
Hindman, intending to give them battle, marched from Van
Burcn on December 3, 1862, with three divisions. Gen. John
S. Marmadukc's division of cavalry (2,000 strong). Gen. M.
M. Parson's Missouri infantry, and Gen. T. A. Churchill's
.^rkansas infantry — in all 11,000 men and twenty-two cannon.
Hindman's plan w-as to engage and defeat Blunt before Her-
ron could come up, but the roughness of the road over Bos-
ton Mountains and the rawness of troops delayed his march,
and he failed in this. After several bitter cavalry engage-
ments the two armies joined battle on the 7th of December
at Prairie Grove. This was literally an open-field battle, and
a desperate one. There was no place of shelter upon any por-
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tion oi the- fieici. Wounds and death were inflicted by the
enemy's artillery among the reserves as well as in front.
During five hours shell and solid shot, grape and canister, and
storms of bullets swept the entire ground. The enemy greatly
outnumbered us and outranked us in the character of cannon,
having the most imiiroved rifle guns, and handled them with
remarkable skill.
At the opening of the battle our battery, with its infantry
support, was placed and fronted to the rear of the center of
our line to meet an e.xpected attack from that direction, and
were held there unengaged in suspense for two or three hours.
while the roar of the struggle increased behind us. When
Marmaduke ordered us to the front, it was a welcome sum-
mons, for nothing is more trying on the nerves than suspense
and inaction under fire. The approach to the front was under
terrific artillery fire from the enemy, their balls and shells
plowing the ground before and all around us. Cannoneers
dismounted from the limber boxes and ran alongside the gun
carriages and drivers ducked their heads as they urged the
horses at a gallop.
We took position in the center of Shelby's dismounted
cavalrymen on the brow of the hill overlooking the open prairie
before us, beyond which the enemy's line was drawn. One of
our batteries had occupied this position earlier in the day,
but could not hold it against the enemy's superior guns. We
soon discovered that the Federal batteries had direct range
on our position, and we asked the general's permission to go
below the hill to get out of range. He replied: "You can go
in that direction as far as you like." No man of the battery
who went down that hill that day expected ever to get back.
Gaining level ground some seventy-five yards in front of our
lines, we began to play on a battery in our immediate front.
They exploded a shell in our midst before we could jerk a
lanyard, wounding two men and two horses. We retaliated
in good form by landing conical shells among them, creating
havoc with men and horses. We drove them from their posi-
tion; then there was an advance of our whole line, and the
battle ended with the coming of night. In the absence of
the captain the battery was under iriy coinniand as lieutenant
throughout the day.
General Shelby in his official report has this to say : "I can-
not close this report without speaking in the highest terms of
Lieutenant Ruffner, commanding the only rifle battery we had.
He took position about three o'clock on the brow of the hill
just above the house, and for two mortal hours bore the storm
of shot and shell without a murmur, and it was only when
night and darkness came that he changed position."
The battle ended after a day of furious struggle and car-
nage. Our lines were unbroken at any point, and the enemy
had suffered severely as well as we. That ni.ght General Hind-
man withdrew his army. I did not understand it then, and
with others censured the comman<lcr for drawing off. We did
not know that heavy reenforcements were in easy march to
Bhmt ; we did not know that our supply of ammunition was
not sufficient for another day's fight, and we did not consider
that our men and horses had been without a full ration for
two days. One of the wonders is how we ever got ammunition
and how we obtained sufficient supplies of food and forage
from the desolate country through which we passed. Much of
the ammunition was made in the army. We made our horse-
shoes and nails; our harness oil was made from beef feet.
General Hindman withdrew to Van Buren, on the Arkansas
River, encamping in the forest until after Christmas. An
amusing incident occurred here on Christmas Eve. About
dark a squad of men came to the river bank to bury a com-
rade, a noncommissioned officer, who had died in camp. Hav-
ing interred the body, they fired the customary volley over
the grave. The troops up the line, thinking it was a Christ-
mas salute, commenced firing their muskets, and the con-
tagion spread until there was a roar of firearms along the
whole line, the battery joining with two guns. Presently a
mounted orderly from headquarters dashed up and put the
battery men under arrest. We were marched half a mile
through the brush and darkness and rain to Frost's head-
quarters. One of Parsons's infantry regiments was filing
out, having received their lecture, when we arrived. The
General was standing on an empty dry goods box before
a blazing fire, apparently feeling good, for he had been to
town, and it was Christmas. This was his speech: "Soldiers,
before I say anything I will read you an order which I have
just received from General Hindman at Van Buren. A courier
has just arrived with his horse all afoam, saying: 'General,
heavy firing has been heard in the direction of your camp since
an early hour this evening. Has the enemy engaged you? I
hope you are not permitting Christmas firing.' And what
should I hear on the receipt of this order but a salute from
Ruffner's Battery. Now, this has been done without the com-
mand or consent of the captain by one man or a few men ; and
if the man or men who did it will make themselves known, I
will do nothing further than turn them over to General Hind-
man. Otherwise the whole company will have to suffer; and
any man or set of men who will permit others to suffer for
what they have done is a dog." This was not consoling, for
Hindman had men shot by the wayside. To the surprise of
everybody, one man, Jim Kelly, stepped to the front, saying,
"I am one of them;" then another and another (three), at
which Dr. Small, a German staff surgeon, standing by, ex-
claimed : "Prave men, prave men !" The company was or-
dered to quarters, and the three men held under arrest. The
next day at meal time they came walking into quarters, saying
that their guards had left them and gone to dinner and they
thought they would do the same.
In the spring of 1863 General Price returned to the West
and was assigned to the command of our forces. In August
he occupied Little Rock with 8,000 men. About this time Gen.
Frederick Steele, of the Union army, left Helena with 13.000
men and fifty cannon, advancing toward Little Rock via Claren-
don and DeValls Bluff. Price formed his line and constructed
rifle pits and other defensive works on the north side of the
river two and one-half miles in front of Little Rock, prepared
to give battle.
There on the morning of September 6 Gen. J. S. Marmaduke
killed Gen. March L. Walker in a duel a short distance with-
out our lines. The feud seems to have grown out of Marma-
duke's reflection on Walker's courage. Walker challenged and
Marmaduke accepted, the conditions being "with pistols at ten
paces to fire and advance."
The same morning Steele's advance forced a passage of the
river eight miles below the city by fording. This turned our
right flank, and Price crossed the army on the pontoon oppo-
site the town, while the cavalry held Steele's advance in check.
Price was willing to give battle from his trenches, but would
not risk an engagetnent with his small force in open field, so
far from his base, without the possibility of reenforcements;
hence he withdrew in good order in the direction of Arka-
delphia. The Federals with Davidson's Division and Merrill's
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horse pressed our rear for two or three days, but were suc-
cessfully repulsed by Marniaduke's Cavalr>' Division in a
spirited and dashing engagement on the nth about twenty
miles south of Little Rock. For a brief account of this en-
gagement I quote an extract from the official report of Col.
G. W. Thompson, commanding Shelby's Brigade. I do so be-
cause it is due the gallant men who handled the guns of the
battery so splendidly that day, as they always did, and are
worthy of special mention :
"Camp of Ou.^chit.'v River, September 15, 1863.
"Capt. T. H. Lea, of my regiment, in ambush with his com-
pany, delivered them (the enemy) a deadly fire, which was
taken up by my regiment and B. G. Jean's regiment in one
deafening volley, after which they filed out of the way anrl
range of Capt. S. T. Ruffner's splendid battery of four guns,
which occupied a position immediately commanding the road.
This was a signal for Captain Ruffner, who in quick succes-
sion sent shot, shell, and grape roaring and whizzing through
the woods in such a demoralizing manner as to drive the enemy
out of sight and hearing for the time witli (as we learned sub-
sequently) many killed and wounded.
G. W. Thompson, Colonel Commanding Brigade."
In the spring of 1864 the Federal authorities at Washington
planned a campaign by which they thought effectually to crush
the "Little Western Viper." The plan was to send a strong
army up Red River and another from Little Rock to unite
at Shreveport, La., and destroy Kirby Smith's entire army.
Accordingly in March, 1864, Gen. N. P. Banks proceeded up
Red River witli an army, by his own estimate, of 20,000,
bayonets, twelve gims, a fleet of nine iron-clads, and a num-
ber of transports. Gen. Fred Steele about the same date
marched from Little Rock southward with 1,^,000 infantry.
2,000 cavalry, and fifty cannons.
Price's forces w'cre encamped on the .-Xrkansas and Louisiana
line near Bossier Parish. Dick Taylor, with the Louisiana and
Texas divisions, was on Red River, south of Shreveport.
Banks had an imposing army, all new — new wagons, new
harness, new artillery — everything glittering with freshness.
He moved with an air of leisure as if confident that the sight
of such an imposing force would terrify the unholy Rebels
into instant submission. Surely the sending of two such
armies with such splendid military provisions against the little
half-equipped army of Kirby Smith's is an everlasting tribute
to the valor of Southern arms. Price dispatched his entire
cavalry division under Marmaduke to confront Steele and
hold him in check, and hurried his infantry to assist Taylor.
General Taylor in his official report, as printed in the "Na-
tional Records," says: '"Our little army of 15.000 hurled upon
the enemy and defeated Banks in two signal victories on April
8 and 9 at Mansfield and at Pleasant Hill."
The fruits of this brilliant campaign in Louisiana were 4.000
Federals killed, wounded, and captured, twenty-one cannons,
two hundred wagons, one gunboat, the Eastport, and three
transports. The 1st Missouri Battery was not engaged at
Mansfield and Pleasant Hill ; it was not needed.
Taylor was now left to follow Banks, and Price turned his
divisions toward Arkansas, moving by forced marches to face
Steele, whom the cavalry had successfully held in check at
Camden, on the Washita.
The achievements of General Marniaduke's cavalry, with
Shelby's and Pagan's Brigades, were scarcely surpassed by
anything in the history of the war. Without the aid of any
infantry they arrested the progress of Steele's army of 13,000
infantry and a cavalry force equal to their own, 2,000. They
met and defeated the forces sent against them, fighting battles
almost daily, and captured Steele's entire baggage and forage
trains, forced him into intrenchments, and held him at bay
until Price could come up from Mansfield. So completely was
Steele beaten that he did not know that Banks was defeated
nor that Price was within four hours' march of Camden.
Some of the reports of Federal commanders of their experi-
ences in their cavalry engagements are really piteous. Gen.
W. D. Green in his report to Gen. W. T. Sherman at Nash-
ville of an engagement at Mark's Mills concludes with the
melancholy appeal : "Please send us 2,000 mules."
Col. James M. Williams, commanding the 1st Kansas Col-
ored Infantry, reports that he was sent out on a foraging
expedition in the direction of Pine Bluff with 695 men and
was reenforced by 875 infantry, 285 cavalry, and four guns.
"I had succeeded in filling one hundred wagons with corn
when I was attacked by the enemy. In the conflict fully one-
half of my infantry were killed, and I was forced to abandon
everything to the enemy."
.■\s soon as Steele knew that Price was within a few hours
of Camden he prepared for precipitous flight toward Little
Rock, destroying everything that would retard his movements
or would be of advantage to pursuers, crossing the Washita
and sinking the boats behind him. Price moved into the town,
but was delayed a day in constructing a footway for infantry
and raising a scuttled boat to carry the artillery across. He ther>
followed Steele's fleeing columns by forced marches day and
night. Kverywhcre along the enemy's track were signs of
haste. Mutilated overcoats and other heavy garments lined'
the way. bales of blankets were chucked into mudholes for
trains to pass over, cartridges in vast quantities were scat-
tered in the mud and water, and trains of wagons burnedl
until the red iron glowed in the smoldering ashes.
Price's advance came up with Steele at Jenkins's Ferry, on
the Saline River, forty miles from Little Rock, on the morn-
ing of .'\pril 30. Here Steele made a desperate resistance for
the safety of his army. He chose an almost impregnable-
position, forming his line along the bank of the river with,
the river behind him, an impassable swamp on his left flank,,
and a wide marsh in his front. Price's forces were roughly
handled and gave way in the first assault, but rallied in good"
order ; and after an all-day desperate battle, Steele was driven,
from his stronghold, and. crossing the swollen river on av
rubber pontoon, scuttled it and again retreated. In his re-
port he says he abandoned the pontoon because it was old and'
of little value, but there were two other better reasons: he did'
not have time and he had no wagons to haul it.
The 1st Missouri Battery suffered severely in this engage--
ment. On approaching the field of battle we were following-
an infantry command, the carriages running deep in the soggy
mud. when well on the way Gen. Kirby Smith rode up and I
asked who we were and where w-e were going. We replied :
'General Price has ordered us to the front." The General"
said: "The ground is so deep and bad I don't think you can.
handle artillery in there; but since General Price has ordered'
it, you had better send in a section (two guns and their cais-
sons) with a lieutenant and take the other guns back on the
ridge, as we may need them there." Immediately the sectiork
under Lieut. John O. Lockhart was sent on to the front and
the others placed as directed.
Because of the delay and heavy roads the infantry out-
marched the guns, and in the winding of tire, road passed out.
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of sight, having filed oflf the road to the right through the
woods. The section not observing the change of direction
taken by the infantry passed straight to the front and left of
our hne until they encountered the enemy. They at once
opened on them, the Federals advancing in force. As the
contact grew closer, the gunners plied the enemy with grape
and canister in quick succession. The opposing infantry, find-
ing that the guns were almost without support, charged them.
The cannoneers stood by their guns until all but six were
captured or killed. The horses (twenty-four in number)
were killed, and of course the guns were lost. This was a
terrific slaughter. Seventeen men out of twenty-three were
killed, wounded, or captured. The entire Southern loss here
was four hundred and forty-three killed and wounded ; that
of the enemy was something less.
It is said that Steele reached Little Rock with but one
wagon. This is not literally but it is metaphorically true. As
for the characteristic "running Rebel," Steele discounts him
in his gait from Camden to Little Rock.
Steele's only trophies of his campaign were the two guns
and five captured Missouri boys. The guns had been previ-
ously taken from the Federals and were soon replaced from
those captured at Mansfield a few days before. The boys
were taken to Rock Island Prison and kept until the next
April. But the lamented dead could not be replaced. Their
memory is dear, and they deserve a marble shaft over the
ground where they fought and fell. This was our last en-
gagement and a sad ending. No other campaigns were sent
into our department against us. Banks and Steele were hur-
ried to Grant to help take Petersburg.
We wintered in Louisiana and did not hear of Lee's sur-
render until May. Then we marched to Shreveport. At
the end there was a feeling of suppressed sadness as we took
a parting look at the guns shining in their silent and lonely
grimncss beneath the young leaves in front of the old church
at Rock Mount. We were transported from Shreveport to
Alexandria, La., where we were paroled by Maj. Gen. E. R.
S. Canby, U. S. A., on June 7, 1865.
GEN. H. B. GRANBURVS SCOUTS.
BY C. W. TRICE (cO. A, 7TH TEX.'\s), LEXINGTON, N. C.
In the summer of 1864 Granbury's Brigade (of which 1
was a member) was on top of the mountain near Dalton, Ga.
[This must have been "Rocky Face."— Ed.] Three members
of General Granbury's old company (Company A, 7th Texas
Infantry) were on detail as scouts. On the morning in ques-
tion General Granbury came to his old company while we
were eating our scanty breakfast and said that he wanted a
volunteer to take his place. One of the company responded
quickly. The General then told the three to go to his tent
as soon as they were through breakfast. They did so and he
gave them instructions. Pointing to the opposite side of the
mountain and diagonally about five miles away, he showed
them smoke, telling them that it was the Yankee camp. He
wanted them to go down as near as safety would permit, see
if they were making any preparations to move, in what direc-
tion, and as nearly how many of them they could find out.
He told them to meet the command at Snake Creek Gap, ex-
plaining that the command was going to move in the direc-
tion of Resaca.
The scouts soon began the descent diagonally in the direc-
tion of the smoke and came to a large field of corn as high
as a man's head. The first was about a half mile long and
sloped down to a creek. Near the creek was a farmhouse.
The new scout had not eaten a square meal in a long time.
The three scouts sat on the fence and discussed the situation.
.Across the creek was the Yankee camp and the usual noise
of camp life. The new scout suggested that they go down
through the corn to the house and see what they could find
out, but the others regarded it as too dangerous. Finally the
new scout got down inside the field and the other two on the
outside and started off toward the opposite corner, where,
they guessed, the Snake Creek road was located. The new
scout gradually turned out into the corn and then made way
in the direction of the house — and dinner. The others called
him, but he did not answer. He crossed the fence just above
the house and got into the road and walked to the front of
the house. A woman and boy about twelve years old urged
him to leave at once through the corn, which grew close
to the house, saying the Yankees were there every few min-
utes. The scout asked the lady if she would give him some
dinner, oflfering to pay her. She urged him to go at once ;
that she was afraid they would find him there and would
punish her. He said that if one of them made his appear-
ance he would get into the corn. She finally decided to give
him dinner.
Not having learned anything about the Federals, he decided
to walk down the road, but the lady began begging him not
to go. She said her husband was then in a Yankee prison.
He told her that if he saw any of them he would dodge in
the bushes and get away.
.\i the corner of the field, with the fence on one side and
the creek on the other and the sand too deep to hear the ap-
proach of even a horse, suddenly a horse stuck his head into
view, and on his back was a live Yankee who was leading
another horse. The scout knew that something had to happen,
and that very quick, so he drew his gun on the bluecoat and
said, "Surrender!" The Yankee hesitated and said he did
not like to do that so near camp ; but he was told that if he
made any noise or attempted to escape he was a dead man.
He was ordered to loose the guns and drop them to the
ground quick, being covered with a cocked gun and finger on
the trigger. In quick time the scout was on the other horse,
with the Yankee in front, and going at full speed up the road
by the house. The lady who gave him dinner waved a towel
and said : "God bless you !"
Near the top of the mountain they came upon some Con-
federate pickets, who halted them, and would have arrested
both, but the scout asked them if two men ahead of them did
not have a pass for three men. The pickets said they did, but
they said the other man had deserted. He convinced them
that he was the other man, and they let him pass with his
prisoner. On coming up with the brigade there was a yell,
and the scout with his prisoner and two horses and a carbine
and two Colt's navy pistols went on to the head of the bri-
gade and turned them over to General Granbury, who praised
him and made him a regular scout.
I was a member of General Granbury's old company and
was with him while captain, major, colonel, and brigadier gen-
eral ; and a better or braver man never lived. I was wounded
on the skirmish line at Kennesaw Mountain and lost my left
hand. May you and the dear Veter.\n live long and continue
to be a great blessing to the eountry and the old boys who
wore the gray is my prayer to the great Supreme Ruler of
the universe.
[While Comrade Trice does not intimate that he was the
scout conspicuous in the above, it is presumed that he was.]
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CARE OF WOUNDED PRISONERS IN BALTIMORE.
Letter Concerning Baltimore Women in War Times.
After the great battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam. in Sep-
tember, 1862, a number of heroic and patriotic women of
Baltimore offered their services as nurses for the Confed-
erate wounded in the hands of the Federals, which offer was
gladly accepted by the authorities. Every house and barn
in the neighborhood of Sharpsburg was filled with wounded
Federals, and the thousands of wounded Confederate prison-
ers were placed under shelters made of fence rails set up on
end in parallel rows, meeting at the top, when they were
secured and afterwards thatched with straw or covered with
canvas. Many Confederate officers were brought to Balti-
more and cared for in the homes of sympathizers. Among
them were Colonel Flynt, of Georgia, and a Major Floyd,
who were cared for by the late Dr. and Mrs. William F.
Stuart. Both recovered from their w-ounds and were ex-
changed, but their subsequent career is not known.
One Baltimore lady who rendered service at Sharpsburg
was the late Amelia J. Chenoweth, a noble Christian. Thai
she might not be interfered with in her missions of mercy,
Mrs. Chenoweth was given the following pass :
"Pass the bearer to and from the Burly Hospital.
C. Irving Wilson, AssI. Surgcoti, U. S. A., in Charge."
So faithful and true was she that had she gone to Presi-
dent Lincoln for a pass on such a mission, and had he asked
her if she was a loyal woman, she would have said, "Yes,
I am loyal to the Southern cause," and he would doubtless
have given her such a paper as this : "Pass this woman ; she
is honest and can be trusted."
Mrs. Chenoweth said that her chief matter of concern for
the suffering was the fear that in death Ihey would be buried
with the unknown dead and their families and friends left
in ignorance of their fate. In response to many earnest ap-
peals Mrs. Chenoweth made a list of those soldiers who came
under her care. This list will be read with interest by those
whose fathers and brothers never came back. Here is the list:
North Carolina.
First Infantry: I. II. Lewis. Company K; J. M. Failing,
Company I ; J. A. Wyatt, Company C.
Second Infantry : M. Sullivan, Company C : I. Jones. Com-
pany C : W. Gaines, Company D ; L. McCofty. Company F :
I. P. Imes, Company I ; R. B. Mines. Company H.
Fifth Infantry: O. L. Johnson. Company C; M. Pathissholl,
Company A; John Eldridge, Company D; W. H. Rigby,
Company E ; W. Bunn. Company K ; I. Pierce. Company K.
Sixth Infantry : D. C. Warren, Company C.
Twelfth Infantry : J. M. Meyeher, Company A ; W. R.
Hale, Company I.
Thirteenth Infantry: W. II. Hatchctt, Company A; W. H.
Vaden, Company .'\ ; Dr. C. G. Lea, Company .\ ; L. H. Bart-
let, Company B ; J. S. Gilliam, Company E ; C. N. Boon,
Company F ; H. B. Carter, Company I.
Fourteenth Infantry: J. Pea, Company F; C. G. Harting,
Company B; S. A. Williams. Company C; L. E. Forrest,
Company 1 1.
l^'iftccnth Inf.intry: 1. 1). Helms, Company B.
Eighteenth Infantry: James Danigh, Company I'".
Twentieth Infantry: I. C. Gibson, Company A; A. W. Mil-
home, Company A ; A. Royal, Company E ; W. T. Wilson,
Company E; W. Fipps, Company D.
Twenty-Third Infantry: C. Clank, Company E.
First Cavalry : B. C. Futriff, Company B.
Fourteenth Cavalry: John Drever and I. H. Loven, Co. K.
Georgia.
Phillips's Legion: Capt. James M. Johnson, Company L;
N. I. Davis. Company B ; George E. Brow-n, Company B.
Eighth Infantry: S. D. Sarthink, Company D; M. J. Chris-
tian. Company K.
Twenty-Eighth Infantry: E. A. Ware, Company B; J. H.
Matthews, Company B.
Fiftieth Infantry: I. A. Cower, Company C; J. Vinence,
Company C ; S. Jenson, Company K ; D. Daly, Company K.
Fifty-First Infantry: Corp. Lewis Cook, Company K; H.
J. Blue, Company K ; C. W. Sermon, Company A ; Silas Mc-
Clendon, Company D.
South Carolina.
Third Battalion : Jolin L. Speake, Newberry, S. C. ; Simon
Baruch, Assistant Sergeant, Camden, S. C.
First Infantry: I. H. Thompson, Company I.
Second Infantry: R. Isbcll, Company D.
Fifth Infantry: I. T. McClcvcyan, Company F.
Fifteenth Infantry: C. H. Giles, Sergeant Major, Unionville.
Eighteenth Infantry: I. F. Bailey, Company C.
Twenty-Third Infantry : J. C. Barley, Company H.
Alabama.
Fourth Infantry : J. A. Chapman. Company B.
Fifth Infantry: T. C. Hille. W. E. McCarty. Company K.
Sixth Infantry: A. A. McQueen.
Twelfth Infantry: George Whitfield.
Thirteenth Infantry: T. E. Kutt, Company D.
Fourteenth Infantry: B. F. Lindsey, Company G.
Virginia,
William W. Maiston, .'\ssistant Surgeon Company C ; S.
A. New, Kent County, Va.
Third Cavalry: H. I. Meridich, Company K.
I'ourth Cavalry: D. I, Barnes, Company I.
Ninth Cavalry: Robert Coleman and John I'Vancc. Co. K.
Floriiia.
Fifth Infantry: Joseph Hales. John Williams. Company B:
R. W. Burgess, Company D.
Marylanii.
Edward B. Simpson, Assistant Surgeon. C. S. A.. Liberty.
Md. ; C. C. Hart, of J. D. Imboden's battery.
ROCK ISLAND PRISON IN PEACE.
[A newspaper clipping about Rock Island, III., by Miss
Katie Daffan, of Texas, is interesting and instructive.]
There were 12.000 Confederates imprisoned there.
The center of industrial activity in the Upper Mississippi
\"alley. the most fertile section of equal area in the world, is
formed in three cities which overlook the great Father of
Waters — Davenport, Iowa, Moline. and Rock Island. 111.
These cities overlook the rock island in the river, which is
the largest and most picturesque of the many beautiful Mis-
sissippi islands. It is so called because the island rests upon
a solid base of limestone rock in horizontal strata. It is nearly
three miles long, and its greatest breadth is about four-fifths
of a mile and is at the foot of Rock Island Rapids. The is-
land is almost entirely covered with heavy timber. On all
sides are precipitous cliffs and rocky slopes.
The island was discovered by Louis Joliet and Jacques
Marquette in 1673. Black Hawk, the Sac chief, was born on
Rock River, a few miles south of the island.
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The United States was given possession of the east bank of
the Mississippi River by the treaty with Great Britain in 1873 ;
but through the Harrison treaty with the Sac and Fox tribes
of Indians made at St. Louis in November. 1804, the United
States gained its right to the possession of the island.
From 1845 to 1862 the island was in charge of a custodian
employed by the War Department. In 1862 an act was passed
for establishing Rock Island Arsenal, and it is still under
the control of the War Department.
It was my privilege to make a pilgrimage to Rock Island.
the scene of the military prison, where so many thousands of
Confederate soldiers were imprisoned in 1863. Rock Island
was considered by the Federal authorities secure and admirably
adapted for prison purposes. Just one Confederate soldier
lived in the city of Rock Island, and I found him at his desk,
above which hung a picture with a diagram of the prison in
the days of 1863. He was a member of that superb body of
men, the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, and no other
soldier of the Confederacy was nearer than Chicago. With
all of the courtesy and thoughtfulness of a Confederate vet-
eran he arranged to go with me to the prison scene and to
the magnificent United States arsenal.
Early the next morning we started from the Harper House
across the thriving, enterprising city of Rock Island, with
Davenport, Iowa, Moline, and Rock Island, III, all in
view. We .showed our passports to the guard at the entrance
and drove down the broad avenue, heavily shaded on either
side. Paths ran from the main avenue in every direction, all
with military names, and with stone benches placed at short
intervals. Here and there are immense piles of cannon
brought from many points and various battles and arranged in
long geometric rows. Many of these are Confederate trophies.
In the distance were immense factories built of stone, where
every necessity of war is manufactured. At headquarters we
were cordially received by Maj. Stanhope E. Blunt, Com-
mandant of the Rock Island Arsenal, a cultured man and a
fair representative of West Point, who seemed pleased with
the novelty of our visit and the nature of the pilgrimage.
My Confederate escort was familiar with every part of the
island, and his accounts of the privations, starvation, and
fearful experiences of the sixties and of the history of the
island before and since the war were most interesting. There
are made at the arsenal c&nteens, haversacks, saddles, saddle
tops, blankets, tilts, cups, all cavalry and all infantry accouter-
ments, and there is an immense workshop for repairs and
blacksmith and carpenter shops. The massive stone build-
ings are filled with busy workmen and wonderful heavy ma-
chinery. All the operatives live in Rock Island, Davenport,
or Moline.
The home of the commandant is very large, situated in a
grove of magnificent trees, the approach to which is a wide
tan bark drive. Over its entrance is a wing-spread eagle,
with the seal of the United States. The homes of the other
officers are of stone and of uniform size.
But it was to the scene of the Confederate prison that we
hastened. Golf links and distances of beautiful, well-kept
lawns now cover the prison division, which was near and
overlooked the river. The hospital of the garrison still re-
mains, an old two-story wooden building, now used by the
arsenal department. The extensive prison barracks were built
in 1863. Accommodations were made for 13,000 prisoners.
The prison was of rectangular shape and was on the north side
near the river front, covering nearly twelve acres. The four
sides face very nearly the points of the compass. The bar-
racks were one hundred feet long by twenty wide, with win-
dows at the side and doors in the end. They were neither
plastered nor painted. In the end of each was the kitchen.
On each side were rows of double-decked berths, or "bunks,"
for sleeping. One hundred were placed in each building. .\
broad avenue divided the rows in the north from the rows in
the south. * * *
In the long, idle days many employed their hands in making
clam shell, bone, and gutta-percha trinkets, many in reading
the few books that could be procured, and when a new build-
ing was needed the prisoners were sometimes employed in its
construction. Extending around the barracks about fifty feet
from its sides was the stockade, made of inch boards twelve
feet long placed on end. Four feet from the top was a para-
pet on which the sentinels passed. Armed guards were ever
on duty, watching every movement.
Some of the Confederate soldiers got away, and their deeds
of bravery and daring are without parallel. Many of them
preferred the risk of death in attempting to escape to remain-
ing there. After scaling the stockade or getting through the
gates, it was nearly impossible to leave the island.
Above the hospital in the center road coming from Moline,
out of sight from the government building, quiet and hidden
among the trees, is the Confederate cemetery with the dead
of Rock Island Prison Barracks, and across the main avenue,
with here and there a monument and the usual bronze tablets
of commemoration, is situated the Federal cemetery. In the
Confederate cemetery the dead were buried in trenches long
and deep, the bodies being placed in wooden boxes arranged
side by side about four feet apart. At the head of each of
these broad trenches is a wooden marker with the number of
the grave and the initials of the deceased, his company, regi-
ment, and date of death. The books of the Post contain the
names of our dead, their homes, regiments, date of death, etc.
I visited this cemetery and left a few flowers. It is said that
2,000 Confederate prisoners of war lie buried here. Only five
small marble markers were erected by friends of the dead
soldiers.
LONGSTREET'S FORCES AT CHICKAMAUGA.
Dr. William B. Conway, of Athens, Ga., who was corporal
of Company C, 4th Virginia Regiment, makes some important
corrections, stating: "I have been credibly informed that some
Northern historians claim that General Longstreet went to
Tennessee with his whole corps (Hood's, McLaws's, and
Pickett's Divisions). Now, the truth is, if I understand it,
Longstreet had only Hood's Division. I have just read 'Per-
sonal Reminiscences of the War, 1861-65,' by Capt. W. H.
Morgan, of Virginia, who was a member of Kemper's Bri-
gade. He states that Longstreet had both Hood's and Mc-
Laws's Divisions. In a letter from my brother, Catlett Con-
way, of Philadelphia, who was a member of Kemper's Brigade,
and who was badly wounded in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg,
he states that Longstreet carried only Hood's Division with
him to Tennessee. McLaws's Division was at Chancellors-
ville with Lee and Jackson, while Pickett with his division
was in Southeastern Virginia, near Suffolk, and that Pickett
made a forced march to reach Chancellorsville, but the battle
was fought and won before he arrived. Longstreet's three
divisions were again united and were with Lee at Gettysburg.
* * * Henderson's 'Stonewall Jackson,' page 467, gives
losses in killed and wounded in McLaws's Division at Chancel-
lorsville at 1,379." i
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DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
An Associated Press message from Washington, D. C. of
July 7 states that a resokition was offered by Senator Root
for the erection of a memorial in that city "to commemorate the
services and sacrifices of the loyal women of the United States
during the War of the States." The memorial, it says, shall be
monumental in character, and shall be used as the permanent
quarters of the American Red Cross. The government is to
contribute $400,000 for the site and building, which shall cost
not less than $700,000. The government contribution shall not
be payable until an additional sum of $300,000 has been raised
by the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion.
Much honor to the Woman's Relief Corps of the G. A. R. !
Many noble women ended their lives in zealous service to the
cause represented, and thousands still are diligent in what
they can do for unfortunate men who served their side in the
War of the States. But does Senator Root realize that his
resolution is not in the spirit of a "restored Union?" All
the world knows, save a few of the benighted in Washington
City and one man in Idaho, that there is another organization
of American women whose mission is similar to that of the
Woman's Relief Corps that has done more and at greater sac-
rifice than any other organization of women in America for the
comfort and the honor of men who made sacrifice for the
principles of government founded in George Washington's
time, safeguarded then by the Constitution of the United
States. That body of women expect to assemble in Washing-
ton City next November, and it has been anticipated that that
occasion is to be improved on the part of those in authority
to extend the olive branch and that lasting good might re-
sult. The men and the women of the South arc loyal to the
cause of the Red Cross, and yet the partisan spirit of Mr. Root
is as deplorable as it is subtle. Why not make the memorial a
tribute to patriotic women of America, and let each woman
examine her own heart and decide for herself whether she
can go to the sacrament? The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy ought to have a share in such a memorial.
OTHER SIDE OF THE FAYETTEVILLE ROAD FIGHT.
BY r.\PT. THEO F. NORTHROP (CHIEF OF SCOUTS KII.P.\TRICk's
DIVISION OF CAVALRY, SAVANNAH TO GOI.DSBORO ) ,
SUSSEX, N. J.
The articles in the Veteran on what is called tlic light at
Fayetteville, N. C, have interested me very mucli. 1 call it
the fight at Monroe Crossroads, and the location of it was
from fourteen to sixteen miles west of Fayetteville on the
Morganton Road, and about the same distance east of what is
now called Southern Pines. My knowledge of this fight be-
gins shortly after our men had been driven from tlie camp.
The scouts which I had the honor of conunanding at that
time had spent more than half of the previous day on this
battle ground. We had arrived before noon on the day before
and remained there until dark, hourly expecting the arrival
of the command. The house which afterwards became General
Kilpatrick's headquarters would have been a very comfortable
place for the scouts to spend the night ; but I considered it
too much exposed and crossed the swamp to a quiet place,
where we were awakened early in the morning by fugitives
who had escaped from the camp. They told us that General
Kilpatrick, the 3d Brigade, and the dismounted men had all
been captured, and they seemed to think that they alone had
escaped.
We mounted and started for the camp, hoping that we might
recapture some of the prisoners; but we soon heard the fight-
ing and knew by that that all had not been captured. I de-
cided to ride at a gallop until I reached the house which I
knew would be headquarters. We were followed by from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred mounted men who had
escaped from this captured camp. We had to pass through
the men who had been driven from the camp to the swamp,
where they had made a stand and at this time were fighting on
the defensive. When we dashed through them, they thought
it was the arrival of the ist Brigade, and they sang out, "Here
comes the ist Brigade!" and, led by General Kilpatrick, they
followed us in a charge that won back the camp. The Con-
federates at this time were very much interested in finding out
what was in the wagon trains, and they in turn were partly
surprised.
There is quite a difference of opinion among your corre-
spondents as to how many and who were engaged in the
fight. I shall tell you about our side and refer you to "Official
Records" for confirmation. I have no knowledge about the
Southern side, but never have believed, nor do I now believe,
that Generals Hampton and Wheeler were there with all their
forces. If they had been. 1 do not believe we would have re-
captured our camp.
Regarding the impassable swamp, that was there a sure
thing, and it may have prevented a portion of Wheeler's com-
mand from hitting our camp at the right time. I visited this
battle ground about five years ago and was informed that
skeletons of horse and rider, who had mired so quickly that
the rider had not dismounted, had been found.
The part of General Kilpatrick's command that was en-
gaged at this place consisted of the 3d Brigade, commanded
by General Spencer, and the dismounted men commanded by
Major Way. The 3d Brigade consisted of the ist Alabama
Cavalry, 5th Kentucky Cavalry, and the 5th Ohio Cavalry,
about 800 or 900 men. The dismounted men numbered about
three or four hundred, less than one-third of General Kil-
patrick's command, which on leaving Savannah numbered all
told about five thousand men for duty.
One of your correspondents says that the 5th Kentucky
Cavalry was captured the day or night before. He is surely
mistaken, as they were very much engaged in a desperate fight
in their camp, and it was here that I saw the largest Confed-
erate loss for any one point after the fight was over. It is
a long time to remember all these things, but I am sure that
I counted from sixty to eighty dead Confederates in this camp.
The information regarding what portion of General Kil-
patrick's command was engaged at this point is contained in
Volume XLVII.. "Official Records," especially on page 42 ; Kil-
patrick's report, page 859 ; also reports of Colonel Spencer,
Col. William B. Way, and others.
When I saw General Kilpatrick, and before he had an op-
portunity of changing his clothes, he had on shirt, vest,
trousers, and slippers or shoes. He was without hat, coat, and
probably boots; no night shirt was in evidence. General Estes
escaped from the camp and was not captured. Captain Hays,
now a retired brigadier general and a great Indian fighter,
with his Indian instincts to guide him. escaped to some hole
in the garret, and was there when the scouts retook the house.
We had quite a number of Confederate prisoners that had
been picked up from time to time on the march. Their lot
was not a very happy one, and I was glad that they were re-
leased. We called their camp the "Bull Pen," and at times
it was not better than one.
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CAPT. JOSEPH M. AXDERSOX.
BY JUDGE W. W. MOFFETT, SALEM, VA.
In Rappahannock County, Va., on the farm of his ancestors,
bordered by the Richmond road over which the greater part
of Lee's armies passed, lies buried Capt. Joseph M. Anderson,
a Confederate soldier.
Soon after the end came at Appomattox his devoted brothers
brought this soldier's body from Richmond and interred it in
the garden by the residence of his mother, a noble Southern
widow, who sent four of her sons in response to Virginia's
call to arms. Later relatives, justly proud of Captain Ander-
son's record, marked his grave by a beautiful and appropriate
monument. And yet this is not sufficient to preserve the
splendid manhood of "Joe" Anderson for the benefit of pos-
terity. Again, while
"The sage's book and the poet's lay
.'\re full of the deeds of the men in gray,"
yet to often have the heart, the mind, and the soul of the in-
dividual been lost in the multitude.
Joseph M. .\nderson was born on September 15, 1843, a
son of Peyton Anderson and Sallie (Jones) Anderson. His
father died several years before the commencement of hos-
tilities. He was a
strong, determined man
whose ancestors had
come to the Northern
Neck when that section
of Virginia was being
peopled by the Cava-
liers. Mrs. Anderson
was a sweet-spirited
Virginia lady whose
soul was surcharged
with the refinement and
nobility of the South-
ern Confederacy. Their
daughter, Eliza, be-
came the wife oi
Thomas B. Massie, the
gallant colonel of the
I2th Virginia Cavalry.
Joseph M. Anderson
was educated at Alle-
ghany College, Vir-
ginia, where he tooW
the gold medal for im-
provement in debate,
and where he was one
of the orators of the
Philomatean Society,
Peyton .'\ n d e r s o n,
one of the sons, vol-
unteered in Company B, 6th Virginia Cavalry, was wounded
in action May 27, 1861, and thus was perhaps the very first to
shed blood in defense of Virginia. He yet survives, although
"Green's Notes of Culpeper" states that he was killed in battle.
H. Branny Anderson, another son, enlisted in Company G,
I2th Virginia Cavalry. There he rendered honorable service
for a long time, when he was discharged on account of a dis-
located hip.
William F. Anderson (now of Covington, Va.), still an-
other son, was made first lieutenant of Company G, 12th Vir-
ginia Cavalry, of the memorable Laurel Brigade, many of
C.^Pr. JOSEPH M. ANDERSON.
whose members were trained by Turner Ashby to "do and
die." He was w'ounded in the thirty days' raid through West
Virginia, and the day before the Wilderness fight in May,
18O4, his horse was killed beneath him as he gallantly led his
command in a fierce charge. McDonald in his history of the
Laurel Brigade says that W. F. Anderson was a most gallant
officer and practically the commander of his company
throughout the war. from Buckton Station to Appomattox.
WILLIAM F. ANDERSON.
He often commanded a squadron and was frequently detailed
to act as adjutant of the regiment as well as to other posi-
tions of honor and trust. As senior officer of his regiment he
surrendered the remnant of that gallant band at Appomattox.
In i85i Joseph Anderson volunteered in Company A, 49th
Virginia Infantry Regiment, of which the far-famed Gov.
William ("Extra Billy") Smith was colonel. At the reor-
ganization at Yorktown in April, 1862, his company letter
was changed to E. and he was elected first lieutenant. He
commanded it in the battle of Seven Pines, in which the regi-
ment was in the thickest of the fight, losing fifty-two per cent
of its members in killed, wounded, and missing, and in which
he received a painful wound in the neck. In 1862, while at
home suffering from his wound, he was captured and paroled,
being too unwell to be moved, but was exchanged on the 21st
of September, 1862. Before the wound was healed he re-
turned to his command. He was again captured in the Wil-
derness campaign of 1864. He tied a cord around his thigh,
which caused the swelling of his leg below. The physician
believed that by this strategy he would never be fitted for
service again, and he was exchanged and united with his
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command at Petersburg in the fall of 1864. He was brave
without rashness ; he was careful, watchful, and alert. He
was appointed and commissioned captain, and after his sec-
ond exchange commanded General Pegram's sharpshooters.
On that awful night of March 25, 1865, when John B. Gor-
don, the beloved commander of Jackson's Corps, came so
near accomplishing his plan of leading his troops to the heart
of the Union army and routing or capturing its left wing,
Captain Anderson played a conspicuous part. He was selected
by General Gordon to command one of the three special com-
panies of one hundred chosen men who were to follow the
axmen and by a ruse secure possession of the three forts
that commanded Fort Stedman. The lines here were not
over two hundred yards apart, both being strongly intrenched,
and on the Federal side Fort Stedman was surrounded by
an abatis and other formidable obstructions and commanded
and protected by three forts in the rear furnished by the most
formidable munitions of war. Besides, the Federal forces
lined the ravine below. An open assault made by cither on
the other would have been fatal to the assaulting column.
Gordon pl.inned a night attack. His plan, which was ap-
proved by General Lee, was ingenious and hazardous, but it
was justified by the extremity of Lee's army and the chances
of success. If Gordon succeeded. Lee could evacuate Peters-
burg in safety, relieve his starving soldiers, and unite with
Johnston in North Carolina.
.^t 4:30 on the morning of March 25, l86j, the signal w-as
given. The fifty axmen sprang forw-ard and cut the cheval-
de-frise surrounding Fort Stedman. "Joe" Anderson at the
head of his company and the ntlicr associates with their
commanders rushed on through the gap made by the axmen
in the abatis, each toward one of the appointed forts com-
manding F'ort Stedman. Then Gordon's men captured Fort
Stedman and one thousand prisoners. They turned the captured
artillery on the lines of the Federals on either side of the
fort. Success seemed assured by the genius of Gordon and
the eflforts of his noble corps. ".\\ that tiine," says Cooke,
"Gordon's sword point was at the throat of Grant; an hour
later his whole command was dead or captured or retreating."
The reenforcements wliich Lee had ordered to follow Gordon
did not arrive on account of the breaking down of the railroad
train. The guides with which the commanders of the three
hundred had been supplied lost their way in the darkness. For
these reasons the forts in the rear were not captured, and
they were now filled with Federal troops. As daylight ap-
proached there was great confusion. Three forts opened theii
deadly fire, and Gordon was confronted by heavy masses of
infantry. He gave the command to withdraw; but some of
his men had advanced so far that they never heard the order,
and Gordon's loss was great.
I have dwelt on this battle at Hare's Hill, that commanded
the best efforts of the noble Gordon and his loVal soldiers, to
show the conspicuous and important part for which "Joe"
.Anderson was selected and wherein he received a mortal
wound. When Petersburg was evacuated, he was moved to
Richmond, c.iusin.e: a small artery to bleed which could not be
cauterized. He slowly grew weaker and passed away on the
day after the surrender at Appomattox.
Years afterwards Gen. James A. Walker, his division com-
mander, who was devoted to "Joe" Anderson, wept in speak-
ing of the tragedy.
The regimental officers of the 49th had cither been disabled
or captured since May 30, 1864. the regiment being com-
manded during most of that time by W. D. MoiTett, the sen-
ior captain. Some time before the battle of Fort Stedman it
had been determined to supply the regiment by at least
brevetting certain officers. Moffett was to be Colonel; R.
D. Funkhouser, Lieutenant Colonel ; and Joseph M. Anderson,
Major. Anderson's death, Funkhouser's capture on the night
of March 25, and the sore trials of General Lee thereafter
prevented his purpo.se from being consummated.
Of "Joe" Anderson (as his friends liked to call him), who
gave his life in the very prime of a promising young manhood,
it may be said, as of his worthy comrades in arms, that he
was inspired amid the severe ordeal of hunger and cold,
shot and shell by a pure and mighty impulse, for
" 'Twas not glory that they fought for through those weary
years of pain.
Though the glory fell upon them as it ne'er may fall again.
That sentiment inspired them which lifts men to make them
great —
Love of hearthstone, fiicnds, and neighbors, and devotion to
the State."
SHILOH.
(With AiKilogiea to "Hohenlinden." >
BY A. II. SHARP.
The following stanzas were suggested by a visit to the battle
ground after an absence of fifty years:
In Shiloh's wood, O day of woes !
That April day whose sun arose
All radiant over friends rfiid foes.
Where rolled the turbid Tennessee.
Peace reigned awhile. O'er everything
Was spread the emerald robe of spring,
-And birds took up their songs to sing.
Nor recked they what the day would be.
But .Shiloh saw tliat April day
.■\nother scene when blue and gray
Stood front to front in fearless fray —
A scene of death and cliivalry.
And darker grew the rolling Hood.
And redder yet the crimson mud
When Shiloh's hills, all stained with blood.
Resounded with war's dreadful cry.
Then shook the wood with cannon's thunder.
Then heard afar with fear and wonder
(It seeme'd to rend the sky asunder)
The deadlier roar of musketry.
On, Southland, on! On. on, yo brave!
Wave. Northland, wave ! Thy banners wave !
To glory go or to the grave.
To death this day or victory.
And death it was. Here Gladden fell,
.And down in yonder fated dell
Great Johnston bled. Ah ! war was hell
On thy red banks, O Tennessee !
.■\n(l death it was. Peabody too.
And on yon ridge lay Wallace true,
.^h ! war was hell to gray and blue
Along thy shores, O Tennessee ! 1
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ABOUT THE FIGHT AT RICHFIELD, MO.
BY MRS. LOU m'cOY (nOW MRS. GENTRY).
My husband. Moses McCoy, who was a participant in the
Richfield (Mo.) fight, did not enter the Confederate army in
the beginning of the War of the States. Our children were
small and I was young and inexperienced, and he shrank from
leaving me with such care. Our home was in the country,
and there was no one to run the farm and make a living for us.
But when the Federals began to force men into the Reserved
Missouri Militia, he at once placed these responsibilities upon
me and went with the Confederates.
I determined to remain on the farm, although a mile from
our nearest neighbor, with no protector except my little
brother Matt, ten years old. We lived on the north side of
the Missouri River, and it was difficult for recruits for the
Southern army to cross that dangerous stream. They usually
went in parties, under the leadership of some one who knew
the way, prepared to fight their way through if halted. To
organize they had to hide in the brush and sleep in out-of-the-
way barns or in the woods. The Federals knew this and were
constantly on the alert to intercept them and prevent their
crossing the river. AH crossing places were closely watched
by the Federals and militia. Sometimes they would discover
a "Rebel" camp in the woods, and a fight was the result. But
the Federals rarely ventured into the thick timber in search
of them.
These companies of recruits for the Southern army were
generally gotten together and taken over the river by men
sent from the main army as recruiting officers. They had to
watch for a chance to raise a sunken or hidden skiff and
cross the river at night, swimming their horses.
Here was where Quantrell generally gave aid. He would
send experienced men in to help them get out and protect
them until they could reach the main army. On Mr. Mc-
Coy's going his company was safely escorted by Quantrell
through to Shelby's command. Mr. McCoy entered as a
private, but later was promoted to captain, and served on
General Shelby's staff.
I aided the Confederates all I could, and always helped a
Confederate boy to secure an outfit for the army. For this 1
was closely watched by the Federals, who had detectives and
spies out all the time. But I gave aid to every one that came
to me. T fed them and had uniforms made for them when
they were preparing for the service. My efforts in behalf
of the Southern boys made the Federals suspect me as work-
ing for their deliverance. I recall this instance: One morning
the jail door in Liberty, county seat of Clay County, was found
wide open and the Confederate prisoners gone. The men had
been arrested and jailed as spies, to be tried by court-martial
and executed or sent to some dungeon. Having no clew to
the mystery, they conjectured that it must be Mrs. McCoy,
and accordingly laid it to my charge, alleging that I had taken
an impression of the keyhole in wax and had the key made
for opening the door for the captives.
One of my real (not alleged) ofifenses against the majesty of
the government was found out, which brought me into trouble,
and was the cause of the Richfield fight. (An account of this
skirmish is given in "War of the Rebellion," Series I., Vol-
ume XXII., page 336, by Captain Schmitz, which is unfair to
the Confederates engaged in it.) My ofifense was that I had
a suit of gray 'made for a Confederate soldier just about to
leave for the army. Captain Sessions, of Richfield, an officer
in the militia, by some means found out where I had concealed
the suit of gray. He at once took possession of it and had
me arrested. I have written of my arrest and imprisonment
at St. Joseph, Mo., in another paper. (See Veteran for May,
igi2.) Captain Sessions had lived in Richfield (now Missouri
City) for many years. I had often bought goods at his store.
He knew everybody in that part of the county and was well
known there. He no doubt thought that he was doing his
duty, but it cost him his life.
The pretext for arresting me was that my husband had
been seen in the neighborhood, and I must tell where he was
or go to prison. Just a few days before he seized the gray
uniform Captain McCoy and others had come in as recruiting
officers and to see their families. When they came to our
house seeking him. Captain McCoy and his recruits were al-
ready across the river on their way South. As the officer
with his detachment passed through Richfield with me, Mrs.
Adams rushed out to the gate at the home of Dr. Sheetz and
said : "I hope you are not a prisoner." "Yes," I said. She
raised her hands and said, shaking her head : "Never mind.
There will be a hereafter to this." The soldier turned on her
and replied : "You had better keep your lip or we will get
you next and some more like you." But she was nothing
daunted by his threat, and at once sent word to her brother,
Louis Vandiver, who was with Quantrell, not far away across
the river. Louis informed my husband of my arrest while
still in Jackson County on his way back to Shelby's command.
Captain McCoy called on Quantrell for volunteers to aid
him. Louis Vandiver was the first to ofTer his services, and
there were many others. Quantrell gave him a squad of six
or eight picked men, among them a brave leader, one Ferdi-
nant Scott, and with these Captain McCoy recrossed the river
and went to the house of one of our neighbors for breakfast.
This man was our friend, but ill health kept him out of the
army. He said : "Boys, I shall have to report on you. You
know we are ordered to report at once if we see any bush-
whackers, as they call you ; and if we do not, we will be ar-
rested, and that means prison if not death."
"That is just what we want and what we came for. You
go straight into Richfield and tell Sessions that Joe Hart is
here with a handful of men, and he can come right out and
get them if he will be quick."
They stationed themselves on either side of the road in the
woods where they knew the Federals would have to pass.
They had not long to wait, for Richfield was only about two
miles away ; and soon they came in a gallop. Sessions in the
lead. Lieutenant Grafifcnstein next, with Rapp and others fol-
lowing. They were fired into from both sides of the
road. Sessions fell mortally wounded ; Graffenstein was
hit, but went on for a hundred yards or more before he fell
from his horse. Rapp was thought to have been killed out-
right, but must have feigned death. The others ran away
unhurt. Louis Vandiver went to Sessions as he lay in the
road where he fell. He looked up and said : "Louis, I am a
dead man ; don't shoot me any more." Louis turned to Mc-
Coy and said: "He is at war with you and yours; you can
finish him." When McCoy went to Sessions, he was dying.
Some one passing with a wagon took up the wounded man
Rapp (supposed by Quantrell's men to be dead) and carried
him to the hotel in Richfield. When McCoy's men went to
Richfield and found that Rapp was not dead, Fletcher Taylor
tried to kill him. Pushing aside the doctor, he raised his
gun to shoot, but the landlady knocked his gun up and the
ball missed Rapp, who rolled off the couch and under it. It
should be remembered that Quantrell's men had been declared
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outlaws and tlie black flag raised against them by the Federals.
As no quarter was given them, they gave none, and as a rule
took no prisoners. They were driven to this course by the
severity of the Federals toward them.
The bushwhackers, so called, then went into one of the
stores and called for tobacco and cigars. The storekeeper
said : "Boys, you are welcome, but I can't be supposed to give
you anything. If I should, I would be arrested. Take what
you want." Thus they "robbed" the store.
McCoy and his men recrossed the river and returned to
Quantrell's camp. Contrary to his custom, Quantrell sent out
and captured a prisoner as a hostage for Mrs. McCoy in
prison at St. Joseph. He sent word to Colonel Hardy at St,
Josepli that he would release a provost marshal he had in
custody as soon as he had evidence that Mrs. McCoy was set
free and sent home to her children. I was released.
The men in the Richfield fight were not engaged in a
marauding expedition of robbery and murder. Captain Mc-
Coy's wife had been arrested for refusing to betray him to his
enemies or for the slight offense of procuring a suit of clothes
for a Confederate soldier. The arrest was a cruel wrong, and
lie avenged it on the perpetrators. She was put in prison, and
witli the aid of Quantrell he released her by threat of death
suspended over the head of the provost marshal. Like a true
defender of home, he restored his wife to her children and
her fireside and then went back to his post in Shelby's com-
mand to fight for his country.
While I have suffered much and endured many hardships
caused by that war. yet 1 have always felt sorry that any one
was killed on my account. I also reflect that Mr. McCoy
would have been less than a man and unworthy of a wife if
he had permitted such an injustice to go unpunished. I have
never recovered from the losses of that period of war and
reconstruction, but still feel that our people were in the right.
We had justice on our side; and though defeated, we gained
an imperishable heritage worth more than silver and gold.
Tlierc is .1 liigh destiny awaiting our people. Let us teach
our children that their fathers were not traitors but patriots.
[Mrs. Gentry is a .sister of Mrs. B. .'\. C. Fmerson, now of
Denver, Colo.]
RECORD OP GEX. GEORGE W. GORDOX.
[Memorial address of Hon. Kenneth D. McKellar, M.C.,
successor to Gen. George W. Gordon, of Tennessee, in the
House of Representatives on Sunday. May 12, 1912.]
Resomitions .XiJorTKii iiv thk llorsi: oi" Representatives.
Rcsolz'cd: T. That the business of the House be now sus-
pended that opportunity may be given for tributes to the mem-
ory of Hon. George Washington Gordon, late a member of
this House from the Slate of Tennessee; that as a particular
mark of respect to the memory of the deceased and in recog-
nition of his distinguished public career the House at the con-
clusion of these exercises shall stand adjourned.
2. That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the
Senate and send a copy to the family of the deceased.
Mr. McKellar said in addressing the Speaker : "On May
12 the House held memorial exercises in honor of my prede-
cessor from Memphis, the late Gen. George W. Gordon. Only
a few days before Judge L. B. McFarland, a distinguished
and eloquent lawyer of Memphis and an ex-Confederate soldier
and a lifelong friend of General Gordon, delivered an able
and beautiful address upon the life and character of General
Gordon before the annual Reunion of ex-Confederate veterans
at Macon, Ga., and it is so beautiful and fitting a tribute that
I ask unanimous consent that it may be printed in the Record
as a part of my remarks and included as one of the memorial
addresses of this House upon the life and character of my
distinguished predecessor. It is especially fitting that this ad-
dress should have a place in the Record, because it contains
an unfinished and hitherto unpublished farewell address of
General Gordon to his old comrades in arms."
.Address of L. B. McF.^rl.-vnd .\t Reunion in M.\con, Ga.
Beloved ComiiMiider and Comrade.':: When delegated by our
Commander in Chief to deliver on this occasion a memorial
of the life and character of your late Commander in Chief,
Gen. George W. Gordon. I hesitated to attempt compliance,
fearing that my great admiration for the subject, born from
years of intimate association, would tempt to adulation, and,
on the other hand, my incapacity to speak fittingly of a char-
acter so noble and a life so full of usefulness, self-sacrifice,
and noble deeds gave me pause. I felt that the deeds of such
a man should not be feebly uttered ; but I took the delegation
to be a command and an honor, and the opportunity to per-
petuate in the records of this association a tribute to a dead
friend and brother could not be disregarded.
George W. Gordon w-as born on the 5th of October, 1836,
in Giles County, Tenn. He was the son of .Andrew Gordon,
a native of Tennessee, and Eliza K. Gordon, a Virginian born.
This county — one of the blue grass region of Tennessee — was
one of the most fertile and fairest of the land, its people
educated, refined, and prosperous to a high degree. He was
reared there and in Mississippi and also Texas, he having
spent part of his youth in each. He gr.'.duated at the Western
Military Institute at Nashville, then the West Point of the
South, and was thus fitted for the performance of arms. He
first made civil engineering his occupation, and served in that
field from 1859 to 1861, and until Tennessee seceded from the
Union and called her sons to arms. He enlisted at once and
was made drill master of the afterwards famous nth Tennessee
Infantry, whose first colonel was Col. J. E. Rains, after-
wards General Rains, who fell in the desperate conflict at
Murfreesboro. Gordon was soon made captain of his company,
and then lieutenant colonel and colonel of his regiment, and
in 1864 was made brigadier general,
.■\t the close of the war he studied law, and was early elected
attorney-general of one of the criminal courts of Shelby
County, Tenn,, and served the State ably and well. He was
then appointed a railroad commissioner for the State, and
served until 1885, when upon the election of Mr. Cleveland
he received an appointment in the Department of the Interior,
and was assigned to duty in charge of an Indian agency amid
the mountains of Arizona and Nevada. He was eminently
fitted for this particular post, feeding, educating, and con-
trolling these children of nature and wards of the government,
and these duties and opportunities were congenial to the habits
of his then lonely life and his intense love of nature.
It required that he take, alone and unattended, long trips
amid the solitudes and vastnesses of the mountains, now wan-
dering through beautiful meadows where the dun deer fed and
the grizzly roamed, and then high above the clouds, threading
the narrow path that wound around seemingly bottomless
precipices ; often overtaken by storm, he reveled in the
grandeur of nature's supremest effort, saw the liglning flash
and heard the thunders roll, when
"Far along,
From peak to peak, the rattling crags
.■\niong, leaps the live thunder."
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And then at night, his horse tethered near, he made his
lonely bivouac under the clear heavens and near the clear stars,
and felt himself, as did Moses, communing with the God of
all these wondrous works. To him this was not solitude ;
" 'tw-as but to hold converse with nature's charms and view
her stores unrolled."
His term of office expired, he returned to Memphis and was
soon elected superintendent of the Memphis city schools, which
he held until March, 1907, when he was elected to Congress.
The growth and efficiency of the public school system of Mem-
phis during these years became a monument to his zeal, intelli-
gence, and devotion to his work ; and the spread of general
education and intelligence signaled his beneficent influence
upon the youthful thousands under his superintendence, while
the gratitude and devotion of teachers and scholars was after-
wards demonstrated by their activity and influence in his sev-
eral candidacies for Congress. He had raised an army of
constituents for any oflice in the gift of his people. He was
twice elected to Congress — in 1908 and reelected in 1910 — by
overwhelming majorities given by an appreciative constituency,
where he served with the same zeal, fidelity, and devotion that
he gave any duty of life.
General Gordon was married twice. While Attorney-
General of Shelby County, in 1876, he married Miss Ora Paine.
Their bridal trip was to Niagara Falls. I met them there —
she a lovely young woman in all the bloom and beauty of
youth ; he noble in manly bearing, his brow bound with the
oak of his many battles, and with them love was dear and
life was sweet, and their future horizon seemed spanned with
the golden bow of promise. They went to New York. In a
few weeks she was dead. Bridal carols turned to funeral
dolors; the orange wreath decked her bier, and instead of
the joyous wedding march was heard the sad words of the
ritual : "He cometh up and is cut down like a flower. Earth
to earth, dust to dust." He was alone and desolate.
In 1899 he was fortunate in finding a companion of con-
genial culture and taste in Miss Minnie Hannah, of Memphis,
to whom he was married, w^ho thence shared the honors
showered upon him by a grateful constituency, and graced his
every station. She survives him to remember with pride that
she was the wife of a soldier, a gentleman, and your Com-
mander in Chief.
The limits of this occasion will permit only a suggestion of
his services as a soldier, his adventures, and his distinguished
g.-illantry on every field. Captured early in 1862, he was a
prisoner for ten days and then exchanged. Desperately
wounded at Murfreesboro in one of the bloodiest struggles of
that field, he was left on the retreat and again became a
prisoner, and on recovery, after long suffering, was held in
prison at Camp Chase and then Fort Delaware, suffering the
horrors of those hells until May, 1863, when he was again
exchanged and returned to the command of his regiment, then
in Pres. Smith's brigade, Cheatham's Division. Then followed
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the campaign from Dalton
to Jonesboro (one hundred and twenty-one days under fire),
including the conflicts of Resaca, Calhoun, New Hope Church,
and Kennesaw Mountain. With his regiment he held part of
the celebrated Dead Angle. He was made brigadier general
at that time, and then the youngest of brigadier generals ht
first led his brigade at Peach Tree Creek, then on the 22d of
July at Jonesboro. Afterwards came the disastrous campaign
into Tennessee and perhaps the most useless battle and blood-
iest slaughter of the war — Franklin.
General Gordon led his brigade in the desperate charge up
to and over the breastworks "into the very jaws of hell," when
he was captured.
There is an interesting incident connected with this charge
and capture of Gordon. Earlier in the war Gordon had per-
mitted his hair to grow longer than military rules sanctioned,
and General Cheatham in sending him an order one day added
jocularly to his adjutant: "Ingram, tell Gordon to cut off that
hair." Ingram delivered his orders, adding, as directed, the
supplement. Gordon replied : "Tell General Cheatham I will
carry out his military order, but tell him it is none of his
business how I wear my hair."
It became somewhat a matter of jest with Cheatham, who
was devoted to Gordon, and of pride with Gordon, who was
equally devoted to Cheatham, to wear his hair long. When
Cheatham ordered the charge at Franklin, he sent word to
Gordon to go over the works if he had to be pulled over by
his hair. After his capture, when leaving with his captors, he
left word with a citizen to tell General Cheatham : "Gordon
had gone over the works and was not pulled over by his
hair, either."
During the terrible epidemic of yellow fever in Memphis
in 1873 he was one of a heroic band that remained, and for
many dark days of suffering and death preserved order, min-
istered to the sick, and buried the dead, displaying self-
sacrifice and heroism greater than all the mastery of arms.
He was after the war a Confederate in heart and soul and
purse. No appeal for help coming from the aged or crippled
GEN. GEORGE W, GORDON.
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Confederates, though often pretended nobility was made a
plea of pity, was ever disregarded. General Gordon was close-
ly affiliated with Confederate organizations, and successively
made Cominander of his Camp and Bivouac at Memphis,
President of the Confederate Historical Association, Memphis
(oldest of the Confederate organs), and of which Mr. Davis
himself was a member, President of the State Association of
Confederate Bivouacs, Major General commanding Tennessee
Division, United Confederate Veterans, Commander of the
Department of the Army of Tennessee, United Confederate
Veterans, and, crowning all, Commander in Chief of the
United Confederate Veterans.
His devotion to his comrades in arms and his duties in
this high office at your last Reunion at Little Rock hastened
his death, and at Memphis. Tenn., he died on the gth of
August, 191 1. His funeral cortege was a weeping city, his
dirge the farewell shot by his beloved comrades. Company A,
United Confederate Veterans, over the grave of the hero we
buried, and our Commander in Chief will be with us never-
more.
These arc in brief the prominent facts of his life, but they
naturally suggest inquiry from whence sprung such nobleness
of character, such high ideals of duty, and such ability of
performance.
The power of heredity and the intluence of climate, food,
and soils upon the character of men is an essential thesis of
science. These, with the impress of an age's morality, the ad-
vantages of education and fortune, the civilization of a par-
ticular era, shape and mold men to physical and intellectual
worth and greatness. It is also equally well established that
the tendency is to harmony of human types along east and
west isothermal lines; that, unless marked topographical and
race differentiation intervenes, the same characteristics will
mark the men of Carolina that appear in the men of Te.xas.
These elements, then, of heredity, climate, soil, and social
economy had united in the growth of a race of young men in
the South, from Maryland to Florida, and wxstward to the
Rio Grande, immediately preceding the Civil War, whose
superior, physically, intellectually, and morally, the world had
never seen. I know that some foreign and Northern writers.
Iiolitical economists, and pseudo-philosophers assert that re-
ligious freedom w-as the motive of the Xorthern settlement,
while greed of gold was that which populated Virginia and
the Carolinas, and from this argue a nobler race of men for
the North. Draper says : "The settlement of the South was in-
spired by material interests; that of the North by ideas.
* * * .\ristocratic influence was the motive power of
Southern immigration; it sought material profit in tobacco
and land speculation."
It is not appropriate here and now to attempt comparison
of sections nor depreciate the worth and greatness of any
portion of our people. We only assert that the early settlers
of the South, the ancestors of our Southern youth, brought
with them the physical, mental, and moral characteristics of
.1 high order of humanity and civilization. They brought with
iliem lofty ideas of the rights of man and man's relation to
God. In the face of obstacles that would have deterred a less
hardy race they subdued a wilderness, conquered the warlike
inhabitants, and assisted in the establishment of an empire.
They rebelled against the parental tyranny of England, and
the sons of Hampden and Sydney successfully fought the first
revolution. Their sons and daughters then addressed them-
selves to the extension of this territory, the perfection of
constitutional government, and the upbuilding of their private
and family fortunes. The South "blossomed one day and
bore fruit the next." That they had succeeded beyond the
dreams of Raleigh or the ambition of Baltimore, the popula-
tion, the wealth, and the culture of the South in 1861 attest.
I w-ish the time and the occasion would permit me to sketch
the condition of the South at this period; its material wealth,
its political economy, its social organization, the influence of
slavery upon this people, and particularly the habits of its
young men. Whatever may have been the influence of slavery
upon the material growth of the South, and whatever may
have been its evils, there was certainly a compensating effect
in the production of a society the highest and most delightful.
Mr. Burke in his celebrated oration on "Conciliation with
.'\incrica," one of the English classics, in speaking of the love
of liberty in America, says: "In Virginia and the Carolinas
they had a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case
in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the
most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them
not only an enjoyment but a kind of rank and privilege."
The well-to-do, including slave-owning, society of the South
had no superior. It was an aristocracy that fostered and cul-
tivated the noblest sentiments of humanity — culture, inde-
pendence, courage, and knightly courtesy among men ; grace,
beauty, and virtue among its women. Its hospitality was un-
bounded. The stately homes of the James, the homes and the
plantations of the whole South were scenes of elegant hospi-
tality. Roman riches and the Roman villas and gardens of
the days of Cicero. .'Vtticus. and Lucullus were not more famed
for elegant hospitality. The lives of the young men were but
a training in all manly arts, all noble endeavor. .'Ml outdoor
sports and manly exercise were theirs. They delighted in
horses and rode like centaurs. The ear and eye, accustomed
to hunt and chase, could detect the rustle of a leaf and spy
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ptarmigan in snow. They fished with skill and swam like
Leander. These manly exercises, with generous food and
genial but hardy climate, resulted in fine physical perfection.
They were as a class a handsome race of men. They were
graduates of the best schools, and many of them foreign
alumni. The first American to graduate in a foreign univer-
sity was a Virginian. While born and trained as masters, the
parental authority of the race taught tliem obedience and re-
straint. Their belief in the rights of man did not teach them
socialism, nor independence of thought and worship in religion,
nor skepticism of the great truths of Christianity. They were
taught that "valor was the chiefest virtue, the most dignified
the haver." They were near enough to the frontier life of
th.eir fathers and to the Revolution to catch at the fireside
stories of the endurance, the skill, and the bravery of those
who fought Indians, of how Washington commanded and
Marion rode. King's Mountain and Yorktown were to them
places of pilgrimage; the graves of the heroes of the Revo-
lution were around them. They had themselves declaimed in
every schoolhouse from Richmond to Austin the fiery and
patriotic words of Patrick Henry.
It was not wonderful, then, that when the South was to be
invaded — by whom they did not care, for what they did not
stop to ask — her youth poured out from every schoolhouse,
college, and university at the first call.
The log schoolhouses and colleges of the South— Lebanon,
La Grange, Chapel Hill, Lexington, Nashville, and hundreds
of others— each gave their all of youth. It was a goodly sight
to see these handsome boys and young men, full of courage,
ardor, and ambition, come and offer themselves, their lives,
and their fortunes to their beloved land. How well they re-
deemed the offer cannot be told. Their endurance in the cold
and weary marches with Jackson in the valley, with Bragg in
Kentucky, their courage at Manassas, Richmond, and Chicka-
mauga — all attest that this heredity, climate, and other in-
fluences had made a race of heroes. The story of "Marse
Chan" is a true epic of these days.
In this outline we have but suggested the genius and pic-
tured the character, the prowess, and the performances of
General Gordon. But it is of him as a man that I would fain
dwell longest and most lovingly. In his early manhood he
was a picture of manly grace and bearing — some five feet
eight and a half inches in height, weighing some one hundred
and forty pounds, erect and lithe, his face symmetrical in fe"a-
tures, but without a trace of effeminacy, with firmness and
decision written in every line. His eyes were dark, quickly
melting to tenderness at another's woes, but on occasions flash-
ing with the suppressed lightning of passion. His brown
hair, while a soldier unwittingly neglected, would sometimes
hang in golden brown to his shoulders, suggesting the cavalier
of the Charles I. age.
A gallant and distinguished officer writes of him as he then
appeared at the head of his brigade as "the long, curly-haired
young brigadier from Tennessee, of dashing field qualities
and handsome personal appearance."
He was a splendid horseman, witching the world with noble
horsemanship. Mounted and leading his men to battle, he
was a picture for troubadour song. It was thus he rode in
many a conflict. The romance and the history and song of
Southern literature are justly full of the pictures of Stuart
and Ashby and Forrest as they rode in battle; but had Gordon
been a cavalryman, with their opportunities for single combat
and individual display, his name would have linked with theirs.
He was earnest. To whatever he was called he devoted
himself earnestly and seriously. To him life was earnest, life
was real. He knew little of society, was too much of a
monologist, w'ith hobbies, to be entertainig in a drawing-
room, talked only occasionally and always with force. He was
fond of books and loved the beautiful in everything, devoted
to music, and in his early years, like "Our Bob," played the
violin well. One of the chief characteristics of his life was
his sense of and devotion to duty. Whatever he thought it
was his duty to do he did, like Luther, "though devils blocked
his v/Ay." Another characteristic was his high sense of honor,
or rather his sensitiveness to honor. Other men might do-
things and feel no wrong, but from the same acts he would in-
stinctively and intuitively shrink. His was a soul
"To whom dishonor's shadow is a substance
More terrible than death here and hereafter.
And who, though proof against all blandishments
Of pleasure and all pangs of pain, are feeble
When the proud name on which they pinnacled
Their fame is breathed on."
And woe to the man or men who breathed upon the bright
escutcheon of his honor. His attainments were scholarly,
and as a public speaker he was animated, forceful, and classic.
He was much in demand, and was ready on all Confederate
occasions and delighted at every opportunity for commemo-
rating the virtues and gallantry of Confederates. His eulogy
on the life and Services of the great commander Joseph E.
Johnston, delivered to an immense audience in Memphis, was
a masterpiece of power and pathos and a classic oration.
Another of his chiefest virtues was his earnest and con-
stant devotion to his friends, whose adoption he had tried.
To those virtues of valor and gentleness, of sense of duty and
practice of virtue add truth and honesty, and we have said it
all. No wonder that, living, he was loved by all, and, dying,
his obsequies were an affectionate outpouring of a whole people.
All felt that "this earth that bears him dead bears not alive
so true a gentleman." With him, as is often the case, death
brought a retrospect of the dearest aims and strongest emo-
tions of his life, and as the fluttering pulse presaged the com-
ing end he was upon the battle field among his men again.
The serried rank, the charging squadron, the waving banners,
the rattle of musketry, the roar of cannon, and all the pride,
pomp, and circumstance of the big war were his again, and
his last words were: "Send other couriers; those may be
killed."
But, comrades, I wish to add in conclusion that his chiefest
aim in life was to vindicate the justness of the Confederate
cause and to assist in the perpetuation of the honor and glory
of the Confederate soldier. His chiefest ambition was to be
your Commander and his love and devotion to you his in-
tensest emotion. The chief purpose of my coming before you
to-day was to bring you a message from him. His last
thoughts were of you. While gradually sinking to the great
beyond his thoughts were with you and he wrote you a last
farewell, and that I will read to you from his own pencil :
"To the Federation of United Confederate Veterans, Com-
rades and Countrymen: About to die, I salute you; and in bid-
ding you a final farewell I desire once more to make my pro-
foundest acknowledgments and to express my heartfelt grati-
tude to you for the many manifestations of your partiality and
devotion evidenced by the many honors that you have con-
ferred upon me, and more especially for the last profound
and exalted distinction with which you have crowned me —
that of making me your Commander in Chief. I esteem this
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last expression of your regard and consideration a grander
and more glorious distinction than all of the combined public
plaudits, achievements, decorations, and honors of my entire
life, and for which I would express my thanks and apprecia-
tion from the grave. What patriotic glory can equal that of
being the Commander in Chief of the surviving and venerable
fragments of those brave and heroic Confederate armies who
for four trying and perilous years maintained their cause
against odds of more than four to one, and who fought bat-
tles and won victories when barefooted, ragged, and hungry,
and who at last were overpowered more by the preponderance
of numbers and resources than by courage and prowess, more
by famine than by fighting" —
This last farewell to you was never finished. Here, my
comrades, the pulse of life throbbed low. His feeble hand
could write no more, and in a few days his noble spirit winged
its flight to join again, we hope, his comrades gone before,
all to await our speedy coming in the great reunion hereafter.
"RELIABLE (:') WAR NEWS" XORTII /.V IS6^.
[Copied from an old Metropolitan Record.]
Every impartial and unbiased mind must have been struck
with the untiring efforts of the War Department to furnish
the public with the most reliable news frotn the seat of war.
The conscientious manner in which they have performed this
task is something extraordinary in these degenerate days.
The historian when he comes to mold and shape his materials
into the permanent form of history can hardly be sufliciently
grateful for the authentic and reliable information with which
he is furnished in the way of dispatches from the War Depart-
ment, reports from the various generals, and narratives from
the different newspaper correspondents.
Kor our own part, we Iiavc often been astonislied at the
wonderful amount of talent and ingenuity exhibited in the
lireparation of news for the public. The style in which the
several Southern armies have been disposed of, the fearful
destruction that has been wrought in their ranks, the deci-
mating ravages of starvation, and the generally destitute con-
dition for clothing as W'ell as food to which they have been re-
duced must astound the European nations.
As a journalist we have been amazed at the terrific slaughter
which the Union armies have made in the ranks of the foe.
tlie irresistible nature of their onslaughts, and the admirable
Zenophon-like character of their retreats. We of the North
are indeed celebrated for the overwhelming character of our
charges from the most distinguished of our major generals.
We have demolished army after army; we have defeated gen-
eral after general, and by this time we should have depopu
lated the Soutli of all its fighting men were it not for its
greater numerical force in point of population. It is true
that according to the last census the Southern States are
represented as being far below the Northern States in the
number of inhabitants. But that was a mere ruse'on the part
of the South, for they not only carried ofT all the arms out
of our arsenals to enable them the better to accomplish
their deep designs in the future, but they actually falsified the
figures in the census reports.
Were it not for this contemptible system of scheming on
their part it is impossible that they could have held out so
long. But they might have been forgiven if they had not
gone even farther than this in their efforts to make us appear
ridiculous before the world. There certainly is not any doubt
in the mind of anv rational man that had it not been for the
false accounts of Southern spies in regard to the condition
of Richmond we would have made so many advances against
that city. We of the Xorth have been misled altogether. We
have been cajoled, duped- — in a word, badly treated. We sup-
posed that Richmond could be easily taken, and we sent out
various expeditions, all having that design in view ; but until
General Lee consents to evacuate it we may as well give it
up as a bad job.
Now, for all this we insist upon it that the Southerners are
to blame; for while we have prided ourselves on the reliability
of our war news, they have been engaged in the low and dis-
honorable occupation of circulating false intelligence.
According to the latest accounts it appears that the South
has got about half a million of men in the field despite all
we have done through our newspapers to annihilate them. It
i.i a notorious fact that there has scarcely been a skirmish since
the war commenced in which a dozen Rebels have not been
killed for one Union man. while it has not unfrcquently hap-
pened that we have annihilated a whole regiment without the
loss of a single soldier on our side.
Now, we should like to know what opinion can foreign
nations entertain of a belligerent that when he is beaten won't
slay beaten, that when he is annihilated won't stay anni-
hilated. * * *
COXDUCTOR J. L. BELL RETIRED.
The Atlanta Journal : "James L. Bell, dean of conductors on
the .'Xtlanta and West Point Railroad, handed his resignation
to President Wickersham Sunday; and after fifty-two years
of continuous railroad service, he has voluntarily retired on full
pay. He has made his last trip from Atlanta to Montgomery
at the three-quarter century mark of life's highway. The last
ticket has been punched, his last bell cord pulled, and those
who have frequented the route he has held so long will miss
the genial smile, the cheerful word of James L. Bell. His
first trip as conductor was made with the old road when he
was but twenty-three years of age. From that time on he
has worked unceasingly and faithfully for the good of his
employers. The declining years of his life Captain Bell will
spend quietly at home in Atlanta, away from the smoke and
cinders that have been a part of his daily life for over half a
hundred years."
The Journal misses accuracy in one particular. Conductor
Bell did not occupy all of his time in the sixties in punching
tickets. He was a Confederate soldier of the 7th Georgia
Regiment. One evening at Fair Oaks, after a hard day's
fighting (October 27 or 28. 1864), the regiment was resting
when the stalwart Confederate concluded to do some recon-
noitcring, and at the head of a ravine some four hundred
yards from his regiment he suddenly confronted the 19th Wis-
consin Infantry. He had gone too far to retreat, so as if
with sublime courage he fired and, rushing forward, demanded
the surrender of the regiment and that they throw down
their arms. The "th Georgia heard the shot and the yelling,
so they rushed to his rescue.
.^n application was made for a furlougli on November 30,
the day of the awful battle at Franklin, on the ground of his
gallantry in that marvelous capture, and was "respectfully ap-
proved and returned," signed by R. E. Lee. An account of
that remarkable deed was reported in the January (1899)
Veter.\n. pages 9 and 10.
Don't forget that in writing for the Veter.^n it is neces-
sary to condense, taking as little space as practicable.
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I ■ I God give us with his crowned and blest
! ' Reunion in the world above."
John Jefferson Johnson.
John J. Johnson, of White Bluff, Tenn., died in 1912.
"His father, Granville M. Johnson, Sr., was one of the early
■settlers in Hickman County, Tenn., and this son Granville
was born October 27, 1826. At the age of twenty he enlisted
in the ist Tennessee Regiment for the Mexican War under
Col. W. B. Campbell. His company, A, was known as the
Hickman Guards. He was in the capture of Vera Cruz.
When his regiment was mustered out of service, he reen-
listed under Col. B. F. Cheatham in the 3d Tennessee Regi-
ment, and endured other hard service in Mexico. After that
war closed he returned to his native place, and soon after-
wards was married to Miss Sarah Harris, of Maury County,
and they lived together nearly sixty years.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army with his
brothers, Jacob H. and Granville Johnson. Jr., in Company H,
nth Tennessee Regiment. Both his brothers were killed —
Jacob in the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and Granville
in the battle of Chickamauga. An account of the latter's
death is as follows : "Among the first to respond to his
State's call for troops in 1861 was Granville Johnson, of
Hickman County, Tenn. He enlisted with Company H, nth
Tennessee Infantry, and fell at Chickamauga on the fore-
noon of September 19. He was frightfully mangled by
grapeshot and Minie balls, and in the hot contest he could
not be removed, but lay between the lines all night, surrounded
by groaning comrades and the enemy, who were also in like
condition. He was taken to the field hospital the next morn-
ing. He could talk a little and sent a message to his parents
that he fell with his face to the foe; that he had tried to do
his duty and was ready to meet his God. His body is with
the unknown dead of Chickamauga."
Jacob, a lieutenant, with eighteen men, while searching for
their colonel (afterwards general), George W. Gordon, cap-
tured forty-two Federal soldiers. These soldiers were later
exchanged for General Gordon. Upon his return after the
surrender he found his wife and three young children in great
need. From the fall of Fort Donelson the section in which
the family lived was subjected to much privation. His wife
died September 18, 1897.
CoL. T. L. Waggener.
Col. T. L. Waggener entered into rest at Colorado Springs,
of which place he had been City Engineer for more than
two years, on March 10, 1912. His death brought deep sor-
row to hundreds in Colorado Springs, who extended their
sympathy to the bereaved relatives, his widow, Mrs. Belle
Waggener, a sister, Miss Sue Waggener, and a niece, Miss
Susie Waggener, the sister and niece being residents of Point
Pleasant, Va., the former Waggener hoifie.
He was recognized all over the West and Middle West as
one of the ablest civil engineers of that region. He had lived
in Colorado about thirty-five years, during which time he took
a prominent part in many of the great engineering accom-
plishments of that State. He became chief engineer for the
High Line Electric Railroad in the Cripple Creek district.
Later he was placed in charge of the work as chief engineer
during the construction of the Colorado Springs and Cripple
Creek District Railway, popularly known as the Short Line.
After finishing this work, he took a position as engineer for
the Oregon Short Line, constructing a railroad across the
State of Oregon from east to west, and also constructing a
short line to the southwest corner of the State.
Colonel Waggener was known throughout the Rocky Moun-
tain region, and was esteemed personally and honored by all
who knew him. He was born in Virginia, and served in the
War of the States in a Virginia regiment with the rank of
lieutenant and adjutant. The title of colonel was bestowed
upon him by his friends, which became him well.
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The following extracts from a letter written June 3, 1912,
to Colonel Waggener's sister by his immediate commanding
officer, Capt. J. B. Morgan, Company E, 36th Virginia Cav-
alry, evidences the high quality of his service as a soldier:
"I knew him intimately, and therefore knew his splendid
characteristics. He was loved by all with whom he came in
contact, and most by those who knew him best. Thoughtful
and kind, he was true to those he loved, and his charity for
humanity was without limit.
"He enlisted in 1862 in my company (E). 36th Virginia
Cavalry, William E. Jones's brigade, and remained continuous-
ly with this command, participating in all its battles to the
close of the war, and he made a distinguished record as a
soldier. In 1863 he was promoted to sergeant, and was in
many hard-fought battles, including that of Gettysburg. As
a soldier he was brave in the face of danger, never shirking
any duty, and was ever ready to help a comrade. He was
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devoted to the Confederate cause, served it with all the
energy of his tireless nature, and was absolutely true to his
convictions of right. He represented that type of civilization
that is fast passing away — that beautiful, chivalrous life that
flourished in the days of the dear Old South.
"In his death the South has lost one of her most loved sons,
while heaven has one more to join the fast-growing camp of
the boys in gray. They are not forgotten; their memory is
still precious to the surviving comrades whose bosoms, though
chilled with age, still grow warm with love as their com-
rades whisper their heroic deeds. The wounds and scars of
war may heal, but their glorious deeds of heroism should be
forever cherished and perpetuated as an inspiration to our
South of the future. One of O'Hara's beautiful verses is
very appropriate in this case :
■' 'The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldiers' last tattoo ;
No more on life's parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
.■\nd Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.' "
H. A. Dean.
H. A. Dean was born in Bedford Counly, Tcmi.. near
Shelbyvillc, March 25, 1844. He responded to the first call
for Tennessee volunteers when but seventeen, and served
faithfully during the entire four years. He enlisted in Com-
pany I, 1st Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A., in May,
1861, and had continuous service in the same regiment until
its surrender in May, 1865. He was on constant duty, was
never sick, wounded, or captured, but had five horses shot
from under him during those four eventful years. He served
successively under Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Gen. Earl Van
Dorn, Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Gen.
H. A. DEAN.
J. B. Hood. Gen. Joe Wheeler, and in the second campaign of
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, surrendering under the last-named
general at Concord, N. C, May 4, 1865.
He did not cease to serve his country when he sheathed his
sword. He prepared himself for teaching and established the
first normal school in the South. He entered college at the
close of the war and finished bis education with a university
degree in 1880. In 1882 he established the luka Normal In-
stitute at luka. Miss., and after twenty years closed the school
in 1902. It had an average annual attendance of three hundred
students, and its spirit and influences are seen and recognized
ii' every county of Mississippi and in many surrounding States.
He was a man whose integrity all trusted and whose high
character made him a model for the young. He was esteemed
by thousands of young people throughout the Southern States,
and his memory will be long and lovingly preserved in those
traditions which sire hands down to son, and his death will
cause universal sorrow. As a teacher he was preeminent.
Like Saul of Tarsus, he had a vision of the needs of the
educational system of his day, and his character as a man and
his unswerving devotion to duty brought a great change in our
educational system. The South is not only reaping the re-
wards of his labor in this respect, but in every line of en-
deavor resulting from pupils to whom were imparted a por-
tion at least of his great characteristics.
He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in 1880. and was a faithful, consistent member to the
end, possessing an unswerving faith in the truths of the Bible.
On October 3, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Douglass, whose devotion to and cooperation with him in all
his undertakings have been his inspiration and support through
forty years of his active, useful life. She survives him with
two children: Mrs. B. M. Hines. of Uvalde, Tex., and G. D.
Dean, of Pascagoula, Miss. In 1908 he, with his wife, moved
to Uvalde, Tex., where he died Monday morning. May 20, 1912.
Rev. Joseph H. Wilson.
Died at his home in Bascomville, S. C, March 28, 191 1,
Rev. Joseph H. Wilson, in the seventieth year of his age.
He was the son of Rev. James Wilson, formerly a missionary
to India, and the youngest of four brothers, all of whom
were in the Confederate army, three of them almost from the
beginning of the war to its close. He belonged to Company
A, 14th Tennessee Regiment, Archer's Brigade, which served in
the Army of Virginia throughout the war, and he was with it
in all its service from first to last. Archer's Brigade, of which
this regiment formed a part, was with Jackson at Chancellors-
ville, and at Gettysburg acted a conspicuous part in the three
days' fighting, losing heavily in the two days' fighting that
preceded the great battle of July 3. Among their losses was
that of General Archer himself, who was taken prisoner. In
Pickett's memorable charge on Cemetery Hill, where Tennessee
poured forth some of her richest blood, as she did on so
many of the hard-fought fields of the war both in the East and
the West, Joseph Wilson was twice wounded, but in neither
case severely enough to disable him for duty. During all
the subsequent campaigning and almost continuous conflict
from Gettysburg to Appomattox he was with his command,
participating with it in that almost unbroken series of san-
guinary engagements that terminated at last at Petersburg.
There on April 2. 1865, he was captured, with a large part
of his command, and sent a prisoner to Point Lookout, Md.
After his release from prison, he returned home and soon
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afterwards engaged in the profession of teaching, being at
diflferent times principal of various high schools and academies.
At one time he was president of a female college in Kentucky.
For several years a ruling elder in the Church, he afterwards
entered the Presbyterian ministry in South Carolina, and con-
tinued in it until his death. He was a true and a brave soldier
of his country, never shirking duty, a faithful officer in
the Church, and an earnest, useful, and self-denying minister
of the gospel.
Twice married, he leaves no survivor except his second
wife and an older brother. Blessed w'ith a cheerful and happy
disposition, he took life calmly in all its vicissitudes and trials,
diffusing sunshine wherever he \vent, and at last surrendering
his spirit to God. who gave it. Precious will be his memory
with those who knew and loved him best.
"Thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of days."
William H.\w.
William Haw, son of John Haw and Mary Austin Watt
Haw, was born at Oak Grove, Hanover County, Va., Sep-
tember i6, 1840; and died at Ashland, Va., August 7, 1911.
Soon after the John Brown raid he and two older brothers,
John H. and George P. Haw, joined the Hanover Grays, which
company was on the 23d of April, 1861, mustered into the
service and formed a part of the 15th Virginia Infantry, under
Gen. Bankhead ilagruder, and served under him on the Vir-
ginia Peninsula. General Magruder with a few thousand men
(not over 11,500) defeated General Butler at Big Bethel and
fortified and held a defensive line of fourteen miles against
McClellan with the Grand Army of the Potomac, 118,000
strong, until Gen. Joseph E. Johnston arrived, the regiment
fighting at Dam No. i, Williamsburg, and Baramsville. In
the seven days' fighting (1862) around Richmond Magruder
held the thin line in front of Richmond, while Lee, with
Jackson, Longstreet, and other generals, executed the flank
movement which relieved Richmond and defeated McClellan,
the regiment fighting at Malvern Hill and again at Sharpsburg.
After the battle of Fredericksburg, in which the regiment
took part, it was put in Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division,
and went with Longstreet on the Suffolk expedition in the
winter of '62-'63, the men suffering a great deal from ex-
posure, as they were poorly supplied with shoes, overcoats,
and other comforts, many being barefooted. In '63 the bri-
gade defended General Lee's communications in Virginia until
after the battle of Gettysburg. They captured and held Ches-
ter and Manassas Gaps and secured a safe retreat for Gen-
eneral Lee's army.
The winter of '63-'64 the brigade spent in an active
campaign in Southwest Virginia and Tennessee, marching
through sleet and snow, wading icy rivers, and camping with
no roof over them save the starry dome above. In '64 the
brigade fought at Newbern, N. C, and on May 16 at Drewry's
Bluff, where Butler was whipped, then with Lee at Hanover
Junction, Cold Harbor, and the capture of Howlett House
line, and in '65 fought Sheridan at Ashland, Dinwiddle C. H.,
Five Forks, and Saylor's Creek, In all of these trying cam-
paigns William Haw did his full duty, missing only one bat-
tle on account of sickness. He was wounded at Drewry's
Bluff, May 16, 1864, and at Five Forks was shot through both
arms and through the body just below the heart and left to
die. He was captured and imprisoned until August, 1S65.
At the close of the war he became a contractor, at one
time doing a good deal of work on the C. & O. Railroad and
Richmond and Danville, now the Southern, and doing his part
with thousands of Confederate soldiers to build up and de-
velop the South. Like many contractors, he had his times of
financial success and depression, reaping finally very little profit
financially from a strenuous life of labor and suffering from
wounds, accident, and sickness, through all of which he ex-
hibited the greatest fortitude and cheerfulness.
WILLIAM HAW.
In 1S77 William Haw married Virginia Bridges, who died
in 1883, leaving three daughters, Nannie B. and Virginia J.
Haw and Mrs. Josiah Leake, whose devotion to their
father, especially in his last sickness, was beautiful to sec.
Of four brothers, all Confederate soldiers, three survive
(John H., George P., and Joseph R. Haw), together with two
sisters (Mrs. S. E. Cross and Miss M. J. Haw).
William Haw was a member of William B. Newton Camp,
U. C. v., the Samuel Davies Presbyterian Church, and the
Masonic Lodge at Ashland, Va. The latter lodge buried him
with the service of their order at the old family home, Oak
Grove, which is on the battle field of Haw's shop. There he
sleeps beside that father and mother who had counted no sac-
rifice too great to make for their country, who sent five sons to
battle, and who sacrificed their entire property to the cause.
Gen. J. M. Byrnes.
Julian Morgan Byrnes was born in Pcnsacola, Fla., January
28, 1846; and died at Lagrange, Tex., June 9, 1912. He en-
listed in the Confederate army at the age of fifteen years with
Company A, 2d Florida Infantry Regiment, serving in the
Army of Northern Virginia, and was present for duty at Ap-
pomattox C. H. April 9, 1865.
After the war he returned to Mobile, Ala., and in 1868
married Miss Delph'ne Jordan, of Pensacola, who survives
him.
In 1877 he moved to Brenham, Tex., and engaged in the
cotton business. While there he was for ten years captain of
the Brenham Light Guard, and at the State encampment at
Galveston received the highest score as captain. In 1895 he
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was appointed major of the State Volunteer Guards, and
served as inspector general of the State for fifteen years,
retiring as colonel in 1900. In 1907 he was made brevet briga-
dier general. He was a member of the Washington County
Corps of the Confederate Veterans, Colonel of Timmon"s
Camp of Lagrange, and an honorary member of the Raphael
Semmes Camp. No. 11, of Mobile.
Governor Colquitt, Commander in Chief of the Texas Na-
tional Guard, announced with deep regret the death of Brevet
Brigadier General Byrnes. The order of retirement states
that General Byrnes performed every duty devolving upon him
in an efficient and soldierly manner for more than thirty years,
and for his distinguished service he was brevetted brigadier
general. * * *
Henry Hutchings, Adjutant General of Texas, wrote on
June 9 to Mrs. J. M. Byrnes, of Lagrange: "On receipt of
the sad news of the death of General Byrnes, his excellency
the Governor directed the flags on the Capitol lowered to
half mast and issued a general order to the Texas National
Guards, of which General Byrnes was for over a quarter of a
century a faithful and efficient officer. To me and mine it is
a personal as well as official loss."
"I'm only waiting" was General Byrnc^'s response to the in-
quiry of a friend who was admitted to liis room. In his hand
he held the New Teslanicnt. Daily he read from its pages
until liis vision was imjiaircd and his weakened condition re-
fused to grant the wish of his mind and heart. The Book
remained closed, yet clasped in his hand or near to his body,
until the roll was called. His faith in the hereafter, his con-
tentment in the hours preceding his departure, and his willing-
ness to go were exemplifications of his Christian character.
(,1;N. .1. M. BYRNES.
The pallbearers carried the remains to the Catholic church,
where Rev, Father Bauer conducted the religious services.
The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. From his
former Texas home there was sent a large emblem bearing
the insignia of the light guards company. The Handel Club
sang the beautiful hymns, "Lead, Kindly Light," and "Nearer,
My God, to Tlice." .Ml business houses were closed during
the funeral hour.
In 1895 General Byrnes moved to Lagrange and w-as given
the management of the cotton business there for H. W.
Garrow & Co,, which he retained until his death. He is sur-
vived by his wife and eight children: Mrs. Bernita Cline,
Misses Delphine, Mary, Aline, and Eulalia Byrnes, and
Messrs. V. M., Malcom, and J. M, Byrnes, One sister. Mrs.
W. H. Greenwood, lives in Mobile, Ala.
Walter J. Bennett.
Walter James Bennett entered into rest at his hoine in
Franklin. Tenn., May 17, 1912. He had been in poor health
since February 2, when he had a severe attack of la grippe.
The funeral services were conducted at St, Paul's Episcopal
Church Sunday morning at 10:30 by Rev, A. L. Seiter, and
was largely attended. The interment was at the new cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers were the vestry of the Church of
which he had been senior warden and McEwen Bivouac, of
which he had long been an honored member.
Mr. Bennett was seventy-six years old less nine days. He
w-as the son of Mr. John D. Bennett, one of the early citizens
of Franklin, and Elizabeth (Terrell) Bennett. As a young
man he went to Ripley, Miss., to engage in business. He en-
listed in the Confederate army in April, 1861, in Coinpany B,
2d Mississippi Infantry, and made a fine record in the Vir-
ginia campaigns, serving as captain on General Whiting's
staff and as his private secretary.
He was captured in Virginia in 1864, and remained in prison
at Fort Delaware until July, 1865, when he was released from
prison and returned to Franklin, Tenn.. w-here he engaged in
merchandising with his fatlier and continued in business there.
He was senior member of the firm of Bennett & Campbell for
many years.
Mr. Bennett had been twice married. His first wife wa»
Miss Dillie Caldwell, of Franklin, there being one child of
this union, Mr, John C. Bennett, now living in Nashville.
His second wife was Miss Lizzie G. Moore, of Na.shville, who,
with their only child. Mr. Walter M. Bennett, junior mem-
ber of the firm of Bennett & Campbell, survives him.
Resolutions were passed by the vestry of St. Paul's Church
in his memory in which he is mentioned as a wise counselor
and friend who by his exemplary life and many Christian
virtues was a shining example of the Christian life; also
the town of Franklin has lost a most valuable citizen, whose
example of honesty and integrity will be sadly missed by the
community.
Signed by .\rthur L. Seiter (Rector), H. P, Cochrane (Sen-
ior Warden), Otey Walker (Junior Warden), E. M. Per-
kins. Edward McGavock, George Teers. L. P. Brown, and J.
E, Rodes.
Col. R. W. Simpson.
Col. Richard Wright Simpson, of Pendleton, S. C, died re-
cently in a private sanitariuju. He was President of the Board
of Trustees of Clemson College. He was also a member of
several social and fraternal organizations. He was a veteran
Confederate soldier.
Surviving Colonel Simpson are his sister (Mrs. Mary Wil-
liams, of Knoxville, Tenn.), five daughters (Mrs, W. W.
Watkins and Mrs, Paul Sloan, of Pendleton, S. C. ; Mrs. A.
G. Holmes, Mrs. F. M. Martin, and Mrs. W. W. Klugh, of
Richmond. Va.), and three sons (R. W. Simpson, Jr., of
Richmond, Va.; J. G. Simpson, of Charlotte, N. C. ; and T. S.
Simpson, of Troy, S. C).
The burial was at Pendleton.
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J. Irwin Spivey.
J. Irwin Spivey was born in Coffee County, Ga.. July lo,
1838; and died in Hillsboro County, Fla., June 23, 191 1. He
was doubtless the best-known private soldier in Virginia.
In one of the seven days' battles below Richmond — Cold
Harbor — he commanded a charge on a twelve-gun brass
battery that was doing great damage. Spivey jumped
up and said, "Charge them!" and the 26th, 31st, and 6ist
Georgia Regiments, with Hays's Louisiana Brigade, did
charge them and captured the battery and turned it on the
enemy with telling effect. During this charge Spivey gave
the lionlike bellow which gave him the name of "Gordon's
Bull." He was a valuable soldier, a good marksman, and was
detailed for special picket duty and armed vinth the best-
improved rifle at hand. The enemy at one time offered a
thousand dollars for his capture.
Surrendering at Appomattox, Spivey returned to his home,
in Coffee County, Ga., but soon after removed to Hillsboro
County, Fla., joined the Church, and was ordained as a Bap-
tist minister, and from then to his death he fought sin and
Satan as valiantly as he did the Yankees. He is survived by
his wife and two brothers.
Enoch Pepper Clarke.
Enoch P. Clarke was born in Fleming County, Ky., May
20, 1839; and died at Millersburg, Ky., July 13, 1912. The
early years of his manhood were devoted to farming. When
there came a call to arms in 1861, he enlisted under the ban-
ner of the Confederacy on October i, 1861, and served until
the close of the war. His first commander was Gen. Humphrey
Marshall. He fought in Virginia under Gen. John L. Wil-
liams, and was with Wheeler in his famous raid through Mid-
dle Tennessee. He was in the battles at McMinnville, Charles-
ton, Nashville, Shelbyville, and at Chickamauga. After Gen-
eral Morgan escaped from prison, he joined his command, and
was in the engagements at Mount Sterling and Cynthiana,
Ky. Having been wounded and captured at Cynthiana in
June, 1864, he was taken to Camp Morton, Ind., where he
remained until April i, 1865, when he returned to Virginia a
few days before Lee's surrender. After the war he returned
to his native Kentucky, where he began to put together the
broken threads of life. .—
For thirty years prior to his death he had resided at Millers-
burg, Ky., with the exception of eight years spent in Paris,
Ky., while sheriff of the county. In Millersburg he was en-
gaged in several mercantile enterprises.
"Uncle Nuck" Clarke was widely known and had many
lasting friendships in Kentucky. He was well known as a
father to the fatherless. Kindness characterized this good
man's life, and he was indeed one of nature's noblemen. He
was a zealous Baptist, and throughout his illness from tuber-
culosis he was patient and manifested a willingness to bear
his cross.
At the expiration of his term of office as county sheriff in
March, 1910, he retired from an active business life at the age
of seventy and returned to Millersburg to spend the remainder
of his life there in quiet amidn his loved ones. He was laid
to rest in beautiful Millersbrrg Cemetery by the Masonic
order, wearing a Confederate button upon his breast, with
gray-haired veterans as honorary pallbearers and the flag
of Dixie upon his casket. He is survived by his wife, three
sons, two daughters, and one brother, James S. Clarke, of
Millersburg, Ky.
Mrs. Emily J. Lofland.
Mrs. Emily J. Lofland, widow of William O. Lofland, a
former Mayor of Memphis, Tenn., and a descendant of an old
Huguenot family, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Emily Robertson, in Berkeley, Cal., February 16, 1912. She
was eighty-three years old, and lived in California thirty years.
Mrs. Lofland's family were prominent in the Old South.
Her father was once private secretary to Gen. Edward P.
James and Gen. Winfield Scott, and was one of the pioneer
bankers and railroad promoters of Memphis. Her mother
was Miss Margaret Leese, whose brother, Jacob P. Leese, went
to California in 1833. He is said to have built the first dwell-
ing house in San Francisco at the outset of the gold rush.
Mrs. Lofland had been prominent in the Daughters of the
Confederacy, and was Honorary Vice President of Le Conte
Chapter. For nine years her home had been with her chil-
dren in Berkeley, Mrs. Roberson and Edward and Charles
Lofland.
REV. THOMAS H. WARE.
[An interesting sketch of Comrade Thomas H. Ware, whose
death occurred on June 7, 1912, appears in the August Vet-
eran, page 388, representing his service in the 4th Arkansas
Cavalry and his service in the ministry of the M. E. Church,
South, in which he held important offices.]
Wilson Bates.
Wilson Bates was born October 18, 183 1 ; and died February
24, 1912. He resided on Lake Creek, eleven miles north of
Gordon, Tex. He had been a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity and the Christian Church for forty years. He belonged
to the i8th Texas Cavalry, C. S. A., and was a member of
Camp Erath, U. C. V. He was a Texas ranger before the
Civil War, and was present when McCortz was killed in an
Indian fight in the West.
Comrade Bates was a good man and patriotic citizen, a
kind neighbor, true to his friends, and devoted to his family.
He leaves a widow, four sons, three daughters, and a number
of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His was a long
and eventful life, and the world is better by it.
[From G. W. Sorrett and A. S. Bunting, committee of
Camp Erath, U. C. V.]
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MAJ. GEN. ROBERT FREDERICK HOKE.
Gen. R. F. Hoke was born in Lincolnton, N. C, May 27,
1837; and died in 1912. In 1861 he was major of the 1st
North Carolina Regiment, C. S. A., and later major, lieutenant
colonel, and colonel of the 33d North Carolina Regiment. He
was appointed brigadier general January 17, 1863, and major
general April 20, 1864. His brigade served in Early's Di-
vision, and General Hoke commanded the division in the
battle of Cold Harbor. He commanded the district of North
Carolina at another time and surrendered with Gen. J. E.
Johnston at Durham Station April 26, 1865. After the war
he engaged in important business affairs, and was at one
time President of the Seaboard Air Railway system.
Shortly before his death the late Thomas M. Hufham had
prepared a biographical sketch and portraiture of Gen. Robert
F. Hoke, C. S. A., which appeared in the Charlotte (N. C.)
Observer July 21. Mr. Hufham's fatal illness prevented him
from finishing the sketch.
From Mr. Hufham's Sketch.
Who tirst said, "The eye is the window of the soul?''
A philosopher truly and a deep student of human nature.
The quotation flashed into my mind one morning as a
local freight bumped along between Hickory and New-
ton, on the "narrow gauge." Upon entering the car I
observed a vigorous-looking old gentleman whose face was
obscured by the folds of a newspaper. As the car jolted, my
fellow passenger looked up and I caught liis eye. Instantly
I thought : "Through that eye looks out the soul of a soldier
and a born leader of men." As I sat there the years fell
away as if by magic, and the stranger's face called up dreadful
scenes of carnage and death, of long lines of gray-clad, stern-
faced men sweeping forward to the charge in perfect align-
ment, their bayonets glistening in the sun, their battle flags
afloat upon the breeze. I seemed to hear the long, rolling
crash of musketry and the roar of heavy guns outthundcring
the thunders of heaven. * * *
The resemblance to General Lee could not have been more
striking and lifelike if one of the portraits of the mighty
Southerner had stepped down from its frame and become
incarnate in the figure before me. I inquired as to whether
the conductor would tell me tlie name of the gentlman who
was reading the paper. Certainly the conductor would, and
he did: "That is Maj, Gen. Robert F. Hoke.'' I was about to
ask if ho would secure me an introduction when the train
strag.glcd into Lincolnton, much to my disappointment, and
the double of the South's idol left the train. His resemblance
to Lee is one of the cases where appearances are not deceitful.
Promptly with the outbreak of the War of the States Gen-
eral Hoke entered the service, and was marked for rapid
promotions. He had the heaven-born gift of military genius.
He was prompt and cool in emergencies; made his plans
with swiftness and accuracy ; never struck until every detail
had been arranged, and then fell on the enemy W'ith the power
of a thunderbolt. His plan was to make the Federal com-
manders light when he was ready. The few independent com-
mands that he held were marked by soldierly daring and thor-
oughness and crowned by brilliant and indisputable success.
When General Hoke fought a battle, there was no question
as to who was the victor.
General Hoke once said in regard to the w-ar : "So many
times we failed of success by such a narrow margin that
it seems it was not intended that we should succeed."
The capture of Plymouth, where General Hoke commanded,
is said by competent military critics to have been one of the
most brilliant feats of the war. Newbern would have shared
a similar fate, for all preparations for the attack were nearly
completed when one courier after another arrived in hot
haste at General Hoke's headquarters bringing the astound-
ing news that Butler had been transferred to City Point and
there were no troops between him and Petersburg. General
Hoke was ordered to march immediately to Kinston, take
trains, and make all possible haste to Richmond. The steady
tramp of his advance guard marching toward Kinston was
heard within two hours after the fateful message had been
received, and through the night that long line of gray and
steel, bearing the fortunes of the Confederacy on their bayo-
nets, hastened toward Kinston as fast as legs and wheels
could carry them. From Newbern to Kinston he made the
most rapid march recorded in the history of warfare.
At the latter place the trains with steam up ready for
the journey stood awaiting them. Soon they were speeding
toward Richmond with a rush and roar that never ceased
except for momentary pauses to take on wood and water.
Reaching the scene of action, they found Butler between
Beauregard and Richmond. The only hope was to attack the
enemy and interpose between him and the capital. It was
decided that Beauregard as the commander should attack
while Hoke made a feint to deceive Butler. It was done and
Beauregard's attack failed. The situation was desperate. At
this juncture General Hoke offered to attack if Beauregard
would make a demonstration to hold the Federals in check.
Jefferson Davis, whom a situation so critical had brought to
the scene of action, concurred in the suggestion.
In General Hoke's opinion no braver man than Jefferson
Davis ever lived. Since on the success of Hoke hung the
success of the battle, Davis accompanied him on that fateful
occasion. "He rode all day," said General Hoke, "without
flinching under as terrible a fire as I ever saw. Some of us
who had been used to that kind of thing for a long time
didn't relish that day's experience any too well." But the
attack succeeded, as Hoke's attacks almost invariably did, and
the fate of Richmond was postponed for a few months. No
sooner, however, had the movement of Butler been balked
than fresh difficulties arose. A rumor reached General
Beauregard that Grant had in turn recalled a corps from
Butler's command. It was all-important to know the fact,
because if true it meant a fresh assault on Lee. "How in the
world," asked General Beauregard, "can we discover whether
Grant has recalled those troops?"
Again the cunning brains of Hoke solved the all-important
problem: "Have all our cannon heavily shotted. Let all the
troops be in line, and station officers at given intervals to
observe the enemy's works. At the same moment fire the
cannon and let all the men give the Rebel yell in concert.
The head of every Federal soldier will show above the works."
The plan was adopted and at the given signal the cannon
roared in defeaning concert, while from thousands of throats
burst the familiar Rebel yell. Just as General Hoke had
prophesied, curiosity and apprehension brought every Federal
soldier into view. It was plain that their number had grown
decidedly less. It meant that an assault by Grant's whole
army upon Lee's lines was imminent. With all possible secrecy
and dispatch Hoke's command glided away to take the posi-
tion in the lines occupied by Fitz Lee's cavalry. In front of
them lay the serried ranks of "Fighting" Phil Sheridan, impa-
tient for the attack and secure in the belief that they were
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to sweep over a feeble cavalry force in a blue wave of de-
struction, little dreaming that they were to assault behind in-
trenched lines one of the finest divisions of infantry that
ever stepped on a battle field, led by a commander who en-
joyed the complete confidence of that captain of captains,
Robert E. Lee. The story is told in a single term, "Cold
Harbor."
"At an early hour on June 3 the battle was opened by a
vicious assault upon our right and center," says Taylor. "The
attack was upon the portion of the right occupied by Hoke's
command. The loss of the enemy was frightful to contem-
plate. The ground in our front was covered w-jth their dead
and wounded. The Confederate guns commanded the field.
For two days Grant left the dead unburied, the wounded to
their loneliness and agony. Then he reluctantly asked a truce
to bury the one and care for the other."
Time and again the order was given to advance. New
troops were moved to the front and division after division
was hurled against the works held by Kershaw and Hoke,
where the cool veterans of Lee with steady nerve and ac-
curate aim sent death and destruction to the advancing hosts
of the enemy. Everywhere along the line Grant's mighty
army was hurled back by a storm of steel. General Lee in the
role of a humorist never occurs to the average reader. But
the first of these incidents, which relates to a meeting be-
tween Lee and Stuart, proves that Lee wa.s by no means des-
titute of genuine wit.
After Lee had retreated from that fated field and once more
encamped on Virginia soil. General Hoke, who, having been
wounded at Chancellorsville, had just returned to his com-
mand, called to see Lee. He foitnd the latter seated at a
table writing. Seeing him engaged, the visitor without seat-
ing himself remarked that he had merely called to pay his
respects and would not disturb him. "Be seated. General,"
replied Lee. "I am just preparing my report of the battle of
Gettysburg. I have taken all the blame ; but had General
Stuart kept me informed as he should have done, all would
have been different. He stopped to capture a wagon train ;
and what was a w-agon train compared with the tremendous
issues that we had at stake?" But General Hoke's story of
his interview with Lee shows beyond doubt or question whom
Lee held responsible.
The highest of many marks of trust shown by Lee to his
great lieutenant was displayed while they rode alone during
the dreary winter of 1865, when the somber shadows of the
final catastrophe were enveloping the South by land and sea.
Lee expressed his wish that if anything should prevent his
continuing in command Hoke should succeed him. What
prouder epitaph could any soldier have written above his
last resting place than the words, "Robert E. Lee chose this
man to succeed him as commander of the Armv of Northern
Virginia
[This last paragraph is puzzling. There seems
to have been no one present but General Hoke, and he
would not have repeated it except in closest confidence, if at
all. The report seems unfortunate, as it would have reflected
upon all of General Hoke's superior officers. — Editor.]
After the war General Hoke labored to revive the land
where havoc had done its work and where fruitful fields had
been turned into a desert by the trampling of five hundred
thousand hostile feet. In building railroads, developing iron
mines, and setting on foot many other useful industries General
Hoke walked in the footsteps of the man to whom he was
bound by the brotherhood of common service and affinity of
exalted aims.
Manj', both in public and private, have expressed surprise
that General Hoke never attended the Confederate Reunions,
nor ever took part in the demonstrations given to honor the
Confederate cause. His attachment to the cause for which
he fought was profound, inexpressible. Seeing the faces of
the comrades with whom he fought, remembering the faces
of those who fell by his side, dwelling upon the vanished
hopes of the past — all these would be too painful almost to
be borne, far less to be sought. So like a man striving to
keep out of mind some terrible bereavement, he dwelt upon
the past as little as he could. Such reasons as these suggest
themselves as an explanation of his absence from the gather-
ings of his brethren in arms. * * *
In view of his resemblance to the mighty chieftain of the
Confederacy, both in appearance and character, it is appropri-
ate to close this paper by relating an incident that occurred
during President Cleveland's first administration. Miss Mil-
dred Lee, daughter of the famous general, was visiting in
Washington and making a tour through the various depart-
ments of the national government when she entered the ofiice
GE.N'ERAL KuLERT ¥. liulst.
of the Secretary of the Interior, Hoke Smith. Observing a
photograph on his desk, she exclaimed: "Jlr. Smith, I sec
you have a splendid photograph of my father." "I am a great
admirer of your father," replied the Secretary. "But that is
a photograph of my uncle, General Hoke."
Thomas A. Eutrall, of Marianna, in Little Rock Gazette:
"I quote from your paper the following paragraph dated
Charlotte, N. C, July 5 : 'Gen. R. F. Hoke, ranking Confed-
erate officer and personal choice of General Lee to succeed
him in case he was killed in battle, died this morning at his
home at Lincolnton, N. C
"Every Confederate soldier now living who belonged to the
Army of Northern Virginia will be pained to learn of the
death of the dashing, chivalrous Maj. Gen. 'Bob' Hoke; but
a love for the 'truth of history' impels us to correct an error
in the above paragraph. Robert F. Hoke rose to the rank
of major general, and was in a class with Maj. Gens. Mati!
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Ransome, Ramseur, Baker, Lane, William ilahone, Fitzhugh
Lee, Harry Heth, grand old Jubal Early, and others famous
as division commanders ; but it is news to learn from our
modern makers of history that Gen. Robert Hoke outranked
all of the full generals, as well as Lieut Gens. James Long-
street, D. H. Hill, Ewell, Wade Hampton, A. P. Hill, Hood,
the glorious John B. Gordon, and others belonging to the
Army of Northern Virginia, whose skill and success as corps
commanders measured up to the full height of Napoleon's
best marshals.
"It will also be interesting to Lee's old veterans to learn
for the first time that Gen. Robert E. Lee desired to pass
over all of the full generals and the brilliant corps com-
manders and have appointed to succeed him a young man who
had but one rank above a brigadier general, and who was not
with Lee's army at all during the latter part of the war."
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Dr. Bi:n A. H.askins.
Dr. Ben Haskins entered into rest February ii, 1912, aged
seventy years. He was a member of Company .\, I4tli Ten-
nessee Regiment, Arclier's Brigade, and served throughout
the entire War of the States. He was the oldest child of Dr.
and Mrs. Edward Branch Haskins, of Clarksville, Tenn.
When quite a youth he was a junior at Stewart College (hiter
Southwest Presbyterian University). He was there when
Gov. I. G. Harris called for volunteers for the Confederate
army, and almost the entire student body of the old college
promptly responded. About a hundred enlisted in a company
organized by their professor, William A. Forbes, professor
of mathematics. He was a Virginian and a graduate of the
Virginia Military Institute, and was elected captain.
The classic campus was quickly turned into a camp of mili-
tary instruction. l'"orbes's company became A of the 14111
Tennessee Regiment. The men of the regiment were sworn
into service on May 14, and Captain Forbes was chosen
Colonel; M. G. Gholson, Lieutenant Colonel; Nathan Bran-
don, Major.
At Camp Quarles. nine miles from Clarksville, near the
L. & N. Railroad, the regiment was disciplined in the "arts
of war," and early in the summer it was ordered to Virginia.
The 1st, 7th, and 14th Regiments comprised the Tennessee
brigade. The Tennessee brigade on the great battle fields
of Virginia began w^ith the hard winter campaign of Cheat
Mountain and followed Jackson and Lee to the bitter end.
At Seven Pines the brave and glorious Robert Hatton lost his
life. Gen. James Archer was then placed in command of the
Tennessee brigade. There was added to it some of the best
of Alabama troops. .\rcher's Brigade was conspicuous in
opening the battle of Gettysburg. On the first day it lost its
gallant commander. While leading his men he was captured
by a flank movement with about a hundred of his men, in-
cluding First Lieut. Ben Haskins. and they were sent to John-
son's Island, Lake Eric.
After the long delay that made the heart sick, on the bitter
cold day of March 23, 1865, Ben Haskins and other fellow
prisoners were sent from Johnson's Island, walking several
miles on the frozen lake to Sandusky, where they were given
transportation to City Point for exchange. He joined his
regiment near Petersburg, and learned that June Kimball, his
dear classmate at college and comrade, had been made captain
of Company A during his long imprisonment. He received
his parole on April 15, 1865.
Ben Haskins carried a scar caused by a bursting shell from
the enemy at Chancellorsville. How fondly he wore his cross
of honor till the last time when he lay on his bier !
At Gettysburg the 14th Tennessee, after losing one hundred
men on the first day, went into the grand charge with three
hundred and seventy-five men and came out w^ith one lieu-
tenant and thirty-seven men. That splendid regiment planted
its colors on the stone wall and left ihem there. Col. James W.
Lockert, the commander there, led the 14th Tennessee up
Cemetery Hill.
.\fter the war Lieutenant Haskins returned home and read
medicine in his father's office, attended the required course of
lectures, and received a diploma with honors at the old Medical
College at Nashville. But he was not fond of professional life,
and in a few years he went with his widowed mother to thair
farm and devoted his best years to her. He never married.
His aged mother having passed away, he spent his last years
with his only sister, Mrs. H. P. Williams, in Birmingham,
Ala., w-here he was blessed w-ith tender care and affection by
her family. His ever-bright intellect remained to the end.
The last evening of his life was spent with his sister. The
next morning the summons came and his spirit had departed.
On February 12 he w-as buried beside his father and mother
at Clarksville, where many Confederate soldiers lie. The im-
pressive Episcopal and Confederate ritual services were used.
[From sketch and fond tribute by Mrs. Nannie H. Williams.]
M.VRTIN Ne\vm.\n.
Martin New-man, who died at Sweetwater, Tex., on De-
cember 8, igii, was born in Montgomery County, Ark., in
October, 1826 or 1827. He served as a private in Company
E, 13th Regiment of Texas Cavalry, during the war, having
removed from .\rkansas to Navarro County, Tex., sometime
previous to the beginning of the war. He had lived in Sweet-
water about twentv-five vears.
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MISSION OF THE SOUTH'S UNITED DAUGHTERS.
BY MRS. L. EUSTACE WILLIAMS, ANCHORAGE, KY.
I read with much concern the letter from Mr. P. J. Noyes,
of Lancaster, N. H., in the February Veteran, and am dis-
tressed that one who is evidently kind and sympathetic him-
self should so misunderstand and misconstrue the purposes
and objects of our U. D. C. organization. [Delay of publi-
cation is regretted. — Editor.]
So far from there being anything "sinister'' or "revolu-
tionary" in either our "influence or teachings," if he were more
familiar with the workings of our organization, which he so
unjustly criticizes, he would find that we hew closely to the
line of action laid down in our constitution, which piLScribes
that the objects of the U. D. C. association shall be "memorial,
historical, benevolent, educational, and social," and I believe
they are placed in the order in which the Daughters regard
their importance.
The organization is eighteen years old. A long period of
misconception and false history had brought the women of
the South to a realization of the fact that their children —
the descendants of men who had challenged the admiration
not only of the world outside but of many who had fought
against them — were being taught that their fathers were not
only "rebels" but guilty of almost every crime enumerated
in the decalogue.
The necessity for some organized effort to secure a true
history of those days came almost as an inspiration to South-
ern women, and one of our main objects has been to put into
the hands of our children a correct history, not biased in any
sense, for we are more than willing to stand by the verdict
written by the "men in gray" themselves on the tablets of
time.
I would remind Mr. Noyes, too, that in our benevolent work,
which consists chiefly in looking after the maintenance and
comfort of our disabled veterans before the State govern-
ments were able to take up the matter, we have no such
colossal fund at our disposal as is dispensed by the United
States Pension Bureau; and if he further reflects that a
goodly part of that fund is contributed by the "conquered"
territory, he may feel inore charitably inclined toward "those
certain ladies of the South" for doing what they can to relieve
the necessities and add to the comfort of the Confederate
veteran as well as to aid his descendants in securing a proper
and correct version of the history of the time which his own
valor made so conspicuous.
The Daughters have always been most appreciative of the
kind action of the government in permitting so uninterruptedly
the use of our memorial badge — the Confederate flag — and in
this connection I would like to remind our critic that some
of the best soldiers who fought under "Old Glory" in that
little affair with Cuba learned the art of war under the stars
?nd bars.
Since the government to which we surrendered those flags
permits their display on our part, I don't think it is altogether
consistent in a loyal citizen to criticize the action of the gov-
ernment he professes to regard with such reverence.
The people of the South are exerting their energies in de-
veloping their splendid resources, and the New Hampshire
hills had better look to their own guns rather than so far
afield for material development.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy extend Mr.
Noyes a most cordial invitation to visit them at their next
convention, which will assemble in Washington City next
November, so he can see for himself that we are not employ-
ing our energies either in hatching treason to "the best gov-
irnment," etc.. or in efforts to "debauch our vouth."
EXPERIEXCES OF A KENTUCKY BOY SOLDIER.
BY LEE SMITH, SHELBY COUNTY, KY.
I went to Shelbyville, Ky., to join Bragg, but they refused
to take me on account of my youth. I then went to Frankfort
and tried to enlist, when I was again refused on the same ac-
count. Late in the summer of 1863 I enlisted in Jessie's Bat-
talion (afterwards 6th Kentucky Battalion), Company H, but
it disbanded and I was placed in the 4th Kentucky, Giltner's
regiment, Captain Marshall's company. When we were ready
to leave the State, Col. D. C. Freeman took charge and piloted
us througli. We joined Morgan between the Cumberland
Mountains and Avington only the day before the fight at the
Salt Works, where Burbridge had negro troops, and we surely
slew negroes that day. Other battles in which I took part
were Strawberry Plains, Mudlick Springs, Perryville, Cyn-
thiana. Pound Gap, Leesburg, and Whitesburg.
We were about fifteen miles from Greeneville, Tenn., when
Morgan was shot. There Giltner took command, and for a
little while we were under Forrest. We were disbanded at
the edge of the mountain. The officers of my company were :
Captain Marshall, Lieuts. TuU Bryant, Joe Cox, and Bill
Mount, and Quarterly Sergeant Flurry Stevenson. During
the sickness of Co.x I was chosen second lieutenant, and so
served for several months.
On the Kentucky River I was taken, with others, to a room
in Wesley Dean's house. There were present General
Breckinridge and Cols. Tom Bullett, George M. Jessie, and
Basil Duke. They all shook hands with me, calling me the
baby soldier. These colonels wanted a message carried to
Col. Jack Allen, one mile below Boston, in Jefferson County.
Colonel Allen was stationed in a barn on the widow Harri-
son's farm. Four of us were chosen for the trip, and each
one of us had the message in our coat collars. We were three
nights making the trip. Several times we had to go through
Union pickets or around them. Once we drove the first ones
in and got through by going around. They fired on us, but
we got away, though we traveled only at night. We skir-
mished with pickets almost the entire trip. We reached Mrs.
Harrison's Sunday night in a torrent of rain.
When we entered the house, four soldiers, facing us, ordered
us to surrender. They were Sue Monday, one-armed Berry,
Walter Ferguson, and Henry Magruder. They were as brave
men as ever lived. Sue Monday and Magruder were shot in
Louisville. Bragg had Walter Ferguson shot for stealing a
chicken. Had Bragg in any way exposed himself that morn-
mg, his own men would have killed him. Tears were shed
by the whole company; many of the strong men wept. [Mr.
Smith must have misunderstood this in some way. — Editor.]
We delivered our message about midnight at the barn to
Colonel Allen, rested next day, and Monday night we piloted
Colonel Allen with about one hundred and si.xty men to meet
Colonel Jessie near Crab Orchard. We had about five hundred
men on the pike between Mount Sterling and Louisville. We
captured in a skirmish Colonel Wolford's pickets and took
them with us.
[Any one reading the above who remembers Lee Smith or
any one named therein will please communicate with Mrs. E.
K. Smith, of Clinton, Ky., who hopes to secure a pension
through the testimony of Mr. Smith's comrades.]
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I
IMPORTAXCE OF EMERGEXCY FUNDS.
BY MRS. N. V. RANDOLPH, CHAIRMAN RELIEF COMMITTEE,
U. D. C, RICHMOND, VA.
It was with the greatest interest that I read your article
in the July Veteran on "A Board of Adjusters for Charity/'
and reply as it concerns every Chapter of the U. D. C.
For twenty-five years Lee Camp AuxiHary, a small band
of devoted women of Ricliniond, has been such a board in
Richmond, but reacliing out its helping hands to Confederates
in need throughout our State. These women are auxiliary to
Lee Camp, which each month places in its treasury a sum to
be used in just such cases as you mention. Veterans and
iheir w'idows have been placed in hospitals for treatment, and
widows have been placed in Church homes of their own choice.
A section in Riverside Cemetery, adjoining Hullywood, was
purchased by T-ee Camp. This auxiliary has reached out not
only tn ihdsc in the humble stations of life, but many gentle-
women have been helped, often emergency cases, when twenty-
five and even fifty dollars have been spent at once to tide
over a breakdown.
Seeing the glorious work of this little Ijand of women not
connected with the U. D. C. or even with the Virginia Di-
vision, although every member of the auxiliary belongs to the
Richmiind Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, I deter-
mined that our State should have officially connected with a
Relief Committee planned exactly along the lines of Lee
Camp Auxiliary, but being appointed by the President of the
Virginia Division and resiionsible to the Division for money
collected and expended. This committee was appointed two
vcars ago at Suffolk. Each Chapter is asked to contribute to
this fund, uliich goes to the general treasury of the State, and
by proper voucher signed by any Chapter which has investi-
gated the case the applicant has sent to her each month sums
of from $3 to $10. It is true the amount is small, but it means
so much to some poor woman in the little home given her
by some one who can provide shelter and nothing more. So
splcndi<l were the results that al the Richmond Convention
a U. D. C. committee was aiipointed.
It is surprising how many States like Virginia have fine
reports to show of State w-ork. We do not intend to be
sati.slicd W'ith State work, but hope that every Chapter will
send to the General Treasurer not less than one dollar (think
how small the sum) in order that there shall be no such
cases as reported in your colunins calling for ai<l, and that
the United Daughters may not be able to help at once.
The Virginia Legislature gave last year $2,500 to be ex-
pended by the Virginia Division to help those who cannot
receive a pension from the State. Not only widows but un-
married sisters who. giving their lovers to die on the battle
fields, have been ever true to the memory of those lovers and
who now in their old age need assistance. The Daughters
are helping, but they can and will help more. They are a
body of women who, building their monuments, have kept
alive the spirit of the Confederacy, and now, having done this
for their dead, they are turning to the care of the old and
the education of the young. We ask every Chapter, no matter
what their home charities, to remember the Relief Connnittee
appointed at Richmond by your Prcsidiiit
.■\ United States army friend writes the Veteran that he
would like to subscribe the coming year for five brave old
Confederates, one-legged or onc-arnicd or otherwise seriously
disabled in battle. This he wishes to do, he states, because he
knows "it will give great pleasure to a little band of brother
soldiers and brother Americans." Last year this same friend
subscribed for five of his friends in the North, and says he
has had pleasant words from all of them about the Veteran.
Friends will confer a favor by reporting the addresses of
old comrades who would be entitled to receive the Veteran
through this good offer.
"DIXIE DATES."
Under this title the St. Louis Chapter, No. 624, U. D. C,
has issued a handsome book of quotations and general infor-
mation on happenings within the period of the War of the
States. This compilation was the w-ork of a committee ap-
pointed by the Chapter, of which Mrs. Folk Webb was chair-
man, and represents some exhaustive research. The purpose
of this work is to present the facts thus gathered in a con-
venient and attractive form for the benefit of the many who
haven't the time to look them up. Many complimentary re-
sponses have come from those to whom the book was sent,
and that from Mrs. ,'\lexander R. White, President General
U. D. C, expresses the general impression in saying: "The
'Dixie Dates' seems to contain every date of interest to and
pertaining to the South and is a mine of information. It is
artistically gotten up, and every one should have a copy."
The pamphlet is sold at fifty cents, postpaid. Address Mrs.
Frederick H. Starr, 6i_|o Weslnn'nster Place. .St. Louis. Mo.
4i
THE MEN IN GRAY"
"Tlie Men In Gray." ctolh-bountl. 1J3 pages, contains:
1. "Tlie Men in Gray." an oration delivered al the unveiling o£
the monument to the private soldiers and sailors ot tlie South in
Richmond. Va., which created quite a .sensation at the time it was
delivered, and was discussed for weeks by the press throuRhout
the country. One of the Virginia papers said : "It is a speech
from which notliing can be taken and to which nothing can be
added without injury. . . . It is a concise but clear state-
ment of the causes that led up to the war and an accurate pen
picture of the private soldier such as we know him to have been."
2. "A Defense of the South." a paper which refutes the mis-
representations of the social conditions existing in the South be-
fore the war and brielly. sharply, and convincingly states the
real issue in the controversy between the sections which culmi-
nated in secession and war.
3. "Cavalier Loyalty and Puritan Disloyalty." a paper which
briefly tells the story of Cavalier fidelity to constituted authority
and Puritan rebellion against lawful government, and shows how
the spirit of the one was manifested by the South and the spir-
it of the other dominated the North.
Gen. K. M. Van 7,andt, Commander Trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment. Fort Worth, Tex., says: "After a careful examination, I
most heartily indorse 'The Men in Gray,' by Dr. R. C. Cave, of
St. Louis. It is a most admirable defense of the South, and is
unanswerable. I cordially commend it to all students ot South-
ern liistory. It should be in the hands ot every boy and girl in
the Soutli."
Of tills book Gen. Bennett H. Young. Commander Department
Army of Tennessee. Louisville, Ky.. says : "I have read with al-
most inexpressible delight Dr. Cave's book, 'The Jlen in Gray."
No Confederate who desires to have an intelligent appreciation of
the great Civil War and its causes and the character of the men
who engaged in it on the Southern side can afford to be with-
out Dr. Cave's book. In its way and along its lines It is the
best publication since the war. It deserves and should have an
extended circulation."
Every Confederate soldier who wishes his children to under-
stand clearly what he fought for and truly honor him for fighting
on tlie Southern side should place this little volume in their
hands. Price. $1. postpaid.
Commanders of Camps are requested to write for particulars.
Address the Confederate Veteran, Nashville. Tenn.
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SIMPLE STORY OF A SOLDIER.
BY SAMUEL HANKINS, MERIDIAN, MISS.
[Samuel Hankins, of Meridian, Miss., has written a "Simple
Story of a Soldier" which is to appear as a serial in the
Veteran and may he issued in book form. The title describes
it with vivid accuracy. It teaches a lesson of army life and
the horrors of war in a pathetic yet most ingenuous way. The
reader will not tire of a sentence in it. Samuel W. Hankins
is a native of Itawamba County, Miss., and served in the 2d
Mississippi Infantry. The story is doubtless the most vivid
record of a Confederate soldier's life that has been or will
be written. He gives in detail the most ludicrous events as
vividly as if a mature, gifted writer had kept a diary at the
time, and his truly "simple story" will create sympathetic in-
terest. It is so void of bitterness that a man who served on
the "other side" will be as thoroughly interested, if possible,
as his own comrades. He would sympathize with him in the
hardships and privations of prison life and deplore that the
government he served did not when it could render more
humane service to him.]
Preface.
To fulfill a promise of long standing made to the boys I
give my experiences as a private soldier boy in the War of
the States from the early spring of 1861 to its close.
I do not attempt to explain the causes of the war, as that
theme engages the attention of the best historians ; but 1
sincerely believe that no truer men ever espoused any cause.
Suffice it to say that our leaders were well selected. As chief
executive of our Confederacy Jefiferson Davis stands the sever-
est tests. Our generals were brave and true. Our women
were good and ever faithful, and they have never been re-
constructed. The cause of our failure was not in lack of
efficient leaders, but of resources.
My personal experiences, with such incidents as came undei
my own observation in camp, on the march, and in prison, are
given to pay tribute to the merit of my comrades and people.
Meridian, Miss., January, 1912. Samuel Hankins.
Chapter I.
The spring loveliness of 1861 A.D, passed into summer un-
appreciated, for at that time excitement was widespread with
all classes throughout the whole of our Southland. Eminent
orators and others who had never before attempted public
address were proclaiming war by day and by night in every
city, town, and hamlet, together with the booming of cannon
and music by drum and fife as well as by brass bands. Every-
body was e.xcited.
I had just entered my sixteenth year, and, like most boys
of my age, I felt my importance. At the first secession and
war meeting held in Guntown, where I lived, I was one of
the first to enlist, and was eager for the fray; but my father
(God bless his memory!) was bitterly opposed to secession, al-
though, unlike many who advocated war freely and after-
wards took no part therein, he enlisted early and served to
the end. Upon learning of my intention to enlist he said :
"Why, my son, you are entirely too young to perform the
duties that will be required of a soldier. And as I intend
enlisting myself, you should remain at home to look after
your dear mother and sisters while I am away. This war is
going to be long and severe, and you will have ample time
after you have grown older to do your share." I made no
reply, as I was determined to enlist even without his consent.
Upon learning of my determination he consented, which pleased
me very much.
A full company of volunteers was raised in our little tov^'U
and county. We were sworn into the Confederate service
for twelve months. We then elected officers and a rush order
was sent to Mobile, Ala., for uniforms and guns. We went
into camp the following day and began to drill without wait-
ing for our equipment. .'\n open field was selected for a
drill ground.
Our company numbered one hundred and eight. None of
us, including officers, had any military training. The captain
was a splendid man and well posted in civil matters, though
ignorant as to military tactics. He was irritable by nature
and vain. He would not appear on the drill ground in citi-
zen's dress, but went about in search of a military suit ?na
found one, although the like of it could be found nowhere, else
in America. The coat of unknown cut was bedecked with
many large buttons and extra long epaulets, while the trousers
were on the Zouave order. The hat was about two feet tall,
with an additional height of ten or twelve inches of red,
white, black, green, and blue feathers. The oldest citizen
could not tell to what tribe or nation it had originally be-
longed. He also wore a sword, with a copy of Scott's "Mili-
tary Tactics" protruding from his pocket.
On the following morning the company met at the place
selected for our encampment. After organizing messes with
from si.x to eight each and arranging our sleeping quarters,
the captain ordered the company to assemble at the drill
ground. On reaching the gate we passed through one by one,
and were arranged against a plank fence in single file. This
was done in order to get as straight a line as possible. After
all had been lined up, the captain, arrayed as before de-
scribed, took his position in front near its center and said :
"Men, I will now proceed to instruct you in the first lessons
of warfare." As he spoke he drew from his pocket Scott's
"Tactics," which he opened and began to read aloud, telling
the position of a soldier, how he should stand, etc. Then he
began to read to us how we should move, and added : "Now,
men, as I have fully explained to you the position of a soldier,
I shall proceed to instruct you how you should march. When
I give the command, 'Forward, march !' you must step oflf on
your left foot, holding your bodies erect with your eyes cast
slightly to the right. By so doing it will enable you to keep
a straight line. Now, remember to step off on your left foot
at the command, 'Forward, march !' "
There was about an equal division in left and right feet
with us. "Hold on," said the captain ; "that will never do.
Go back to the fence again and we will try that over. Now
remember, men, to step off on the left foot at the command,
'Forward, march !' "
The second time there was little if any improvement on the
first. "Back against the fence, men!" said the captain. "Don't
you know your left foot? Now be careful this time to step
ofT on your left foot. Forward, march !"
It could be plainly seen from the captain's countenance that
the third attempt was but little improvement on the second
and that his temper was rising.
"Back against the fence, men ! Now, I want you to under-
stand me this time that when I say step off on your left
foot I mean it and you must do so. When I say, 'Forward,
march!' step ofif on your left foot. Now, don't forget this
time to step ofif on the right foot. Forward, march !"
Three-fourths of the company poked out their right feet.
"Hold on, you d— fools!" yelled the captain. "I meant the
left foot was the right foot."
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After several more efforts, we eventually moved off in fair
order, the captain walking backwards with book and sword
in hand, repeating as he went. "Left foot, right foot, left
foot, right foot ; eyes to the right ; left foot, right foot," and so
on. After marching several yards, we on the left having kept
our eyes entirely too much to the right had the captain
about surrounded, when he backed against a small stump and
fell over it flat on his back, his tall hat rolling several feet
away, while his book and sword went in the opposite direc-
tion. This incident, of course, brought forth a yell from the
entire company save the captain, who was in no mood for
such a mishap, and he was not long in giving vent to his
feelings. Thus ended our first attempt at drill.
On returning to our quarters the yelling had not subsided
altogether, nor had the captain cooled to normal. He spoke
seriously of resigning, though he was persuaded not to do so.
He was excusable for his display of temper; for if there ever
was an extreme test to try a man's patience, it is in drilling
raw recruits.
[It was intended to use more of this "Sini])lc Slory" in tliis
issue and a picture of the author, but the foregoing short
chapter will give an idea of its character. Comrades who
read the vivid narrative will see the vein of humor whi-.h
characterizes the story throughout. — EniTOR Vetera K.]
FLORIDA GIRL CUT. HER SHOES TO A SOLDIER.
Mrs. Enoch J. Vann. of Madison, Fla., would like to know
if any members of the ,32d Georgia Regiment are now living
who, when passing through this place in the spring of 1864
while en roulc for Olustec, witnessed the kindness of the noble
girl who gave the shoes from off her feet to a barefooted
drummer boy of that regiment.
The following is the first verse copied from an old news-
paper published in .\pril, 1864, in Lake City, Fla., called the
Columbian in honor of this brave girl. Evidently the writer
was a member of the regiment and perhaps a witness of the
kind (Iced, Miss Taylor has been dead many years:
"I know thee not, yet oft
.•\t evening's mystic hour,
When softly falls the dew'
LTpon each gentle flower.
When all is hushed and still
.A.nd moonbeams quit the lea.
There comes a soft low voice
Whispering of thee."
THAT APPLE TREE AT APPOMATTOX.
HY THOM.\S .^. FUTRELL, M.\RI.ANN.\. .\RK.
I see that Woodrow Wilson is to plant a tree on the spot
where grew the apple tree under which Lee surrendered (?).
Now. for the love of the truth of history, the oft-repeated ston,'
that Lee surrendered under an apple tree should be corrected.
It is true that there was an old orchard of apple trees at .Ap-
pomattox, and it is also true that on the 9th of April, 1865,
General Lee dismounted and sat on a pile of rails lying
against an old apple tree and wrote a reply to a communica-
tion from General Grant ; and it is also a fact that after Gen-
eral Lee rode off in the direction of the McClain house, where
he did surrender, the Confederate soldiers cut the tree down
into small pieces, each soldier carrying away a small piece.
The stump was dug up and the roots taken by the soldiers.
I well remember that when I reached the place where the
tree had stood hundreds of soldiers were there trying to get
a chip of the tree. I succeeded in getting a piece about one
and a half inch long by an inch wide and an eighth in
thickness, on which I wrote: "Gen. R. E. Lee surrendered on
Sunday. April 9, 1865." I cut the only star that had not been
shot to pieces from our regimental battle flag and wrapped it
around my chip from the "apple tree," and I now have both.
Any schoolboy can learn from any good school history that
General Lee surrendered in the McCIain house and not under
the famous apple tree.
BOOKS COMMEXDED AXD COXDEMXED BV U. C. V.
The veterans at Macon said : "We hereby most heartily com-
mend to the favorable consideration of the reading public the
book written by Hon. Hilary .\. Herbert entitled "The Aboli-
tion Crusade and Its Consequences." The book is written on
a fair and nonpartisan basis, the desire of its author evidently
being to state only conclusions that arc truthful and supported
by record. The book is especially adapted for use in the pub-
lic and other schools, and the school authorities would do well
to make it one of their books of history."
If this indorsement by the convention should lead to the
adoption of this work by the teachers of the South, a great
gain will result which will be enduring in its character.
The Veter.\ns on the Elsox History.
.\t the Macon Reunion the following resolution was passed
in regard to the Elson history : "This convention of the
I'nited Confederate Veterans desires placed upon record its
condemnation of 'Elson's History of the United States.' That
such a textbook should have been used in any of the schools
of the South is an insult to the men and women of the South-
l.md. We believe that it should be repudiated by every decent
representative of the traditions and history of the South, and
we regret that in the great State of Virginia defenders could
be found who condone it. We urge upon all members of the
U. C. V. to investigate and learn if this volume is still used
in any of the schools of the localities in which they resid.%
and to take the steps necessary to eliminate this disgraceful
volume from the use of the children of the South."
Sons to Be Members of U. C. V. C.\mps.
The only course to keep alive the Camps is to devise some
j)lan to admit the Sons into membership without permitting
the control of affairs to be taken from the old soldiers till all
have passed away was proposed at the Macon Reunion.
Acting on this suggestion, the convention passed a resolu-
tion and appointed a committee of five to confer with a like
committee of the Sons of Veterans to consider the matter of
a closer union between the two organizations.
This matter has the most hearty approval of the Commander
in Chief, and he appointed the following committee : Col. A.
H. Boyden, Salisbury, N. C. ; Gen. V. Y. Cook, Batesville,
.\rk. ; Gen. John H. McDonnell, Colliersville. Tenn. ; Col. A.
.\tkinson, Kansas City. Mo.: Gen. .A. D. Williams, Jackson-
ville, Fla.
"Influence of the C.\v.\uer upon the Country. ' — Mrs.
Frank S. Leach, President of the Emmett McDonald Chapter,
V. D. C, Sedalia, Mo., secured one of the State prizes for
an essay. Her subject was, "The Influence of the Cavalier
upon Our Country." Her paper was the only one read at the
State convention in St. Joseph. It treats of the ancestry of
Southern people and was most interesting. The paper has
been read before several literary clubs of which the author i?
a member.
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REUNION AT ADA, OKLA., SEPTEMBER 4-6.
BY LEROY M. ANDERSON.
Perhaps tlic members of no other clan are so ardently de-
voted as the Confederates. It is inherent. They are over-
joyed when they come together in reunions. In these matters
their interests are in common, especially as these interests
have called forth a fellowship in sacrifice and the shedding
of blood.
It is this love of conference in a common interest that
brings the old Confederate veterans to Ada, Okla., September
4-6. .As the years increase there is a corresponding decrease
in the ranks at these reunions ; but the interest continues, and
these are the greatest days in the lives of many sons of the
Southland. Many phases of the reunion contribute to this
interest, therefore every one who can should attend every
gathering until taps is sounded.
Realizing that these gatherings are freighted with much
that is tender, sacred, reminiscent, and pathetic, Ada is under-
taking to make it a real oasis for the veterans. On arrival in
Ada free transportation will be furnished to the homes and
headquarters, and entertainment will be provided free to each
veteran and his wife. A committee of ladies will be at the
disposal of the wives of the veterans. For those who want
them there will be tents and cots of regulation government
type. Many local features will add to the reunion.
Some men of national reputation will be at the gather-
ing, among them being the Commander in Chief of the
Trans-Mississippi Department. Prominent veterans from
other States and Senators Gore and Owens and Congressman
Carter are expected. A special rate of one and a third fare
lias been secured, and Ada urges a large attendance.
HISTORIAN GENERAL OF UNITED DAUGHTERS.
Two New York City reporters were discussing assignments,
and in reference to an address scheduled for Miss ^Mildred
Rutherford, Historian General of the U. D. C, to deliver a
lecture on "The South of Yesterday and To-Day" before a
New York audience one of them said: "What is this lecture,
anyhow?" "I don't know — some woman's weeping stuff on
the war. I'll let you know about it later, if I live through
it." On his return he solemnly said: "Look here! If you've
written any smart Aleck mess on Miss Rutherford, cut it out.
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ture is that she surely convinced me that somebody made a
mighty big mistake when I wasn't born in the South !''
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tmie he realized the relation between slave and master. Mrs.
Walter D. Lamar, President Georgia Division, U. D. C, grace-
fully introduced Miss Rutherford as "the greatest woman in
Georgia," the Historian General of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy."
This splendid Georgia woman, with an ancestry th;it has
honored the South, so ably represents her people that no op-
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NASHVILLE, TENN., OCTOBER, 1912.
Xo. 10.
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THE GATE CITY GVARD AXD PEACE MOXUMEXT.
The "peace monument," or the old Guard monument, on the
■-itle-page of this Vkteran deserved attention herein before
now, since it was dedicated in .Atlanta a year ago. The sen-
sation created throughout the country in 1878 by the noted
military company of Atlanta, the Gate City Guard, in a visit
to Northern cities and its consequences deserve record herein.
The members of this organization arc said to have been the
lirst in .Atlanta to enter the Confederate army. They recog-
nized and accepted the results of the war, looked forward
to a bright and prosperous future for our country, and deter-
mined to visit many of the cities of their former adversaries
in war and offer the hand of fellowship with the warmth of
a soldier's magnanimity. This patriotic mission was under-
taken against the advice of friends who said that the time
was inauspicious, that sectional animosity was still rife. But
encouraged by the press North and South, on October 6, 1S79,
tlie company, under the command of Capt. Joseph F. Burke,
who inspired the unselfish and patriotic mission of the Gviard,
left Atlanta on an undertaking which demonstrated to the peo-
ple of the North the true sentiment of the Southern people
who accepted the sword's decision and were again in "our
Father's house."
Before they reached Washington, D. C, the train was un-
expectedly stopped at Belle Isle, Va., where the officers of the
First Virginia Regiment, with Capt. John S. Wise, the Rich-
mond Light Infantry Blues, and Richinond Howitzers, had
prepared a bountiful and elaborate luncheon for the Guard,
and w'ith patriotic speeches warmly indorsed their mission.
.Arriving at Washington, D. C, about 8 p.m., the company
disembarked; and seeing no one that they knew, with not a
sound outside the depot, they formed and marched to the en-
trance, intending to .!>o to the .Arlington Hotel. But no sooner
had they reached the door than a vociferous yell from thou-
sands of people rent the air. and instantly as if by magic the
houses and streets were li.ghtcd and fireworks ilhtniined the
air, while the Battalion of Washington Light Infantry. Col.
William G. Moore, escorted the Guard for a night parade.
The Washington Post said of the event : "The brilliant
display of fireworks that lighted up Pcnn.sylvania .Avenue as
the Gate City Guard marched from the depot made a scene
of wild enchantment. Thousands who joined in the procession
and tliose who witncsse<l it will never forget the beautiful
sight. No visiting company ever met with such a welcoine in
this citv."
It is not possible to give herein an extended story of the
Guard's triumphal tour. It was heralded throughout the
Union by the magnanimous indorsement of the Guard's "mis-
sion of peace'' by the military and civic organizations. Grand
Army Posts, governors, mayors and councils, and the people.
The Baltimore Sun said of the visit there : "Never in the
history of Baltimore was there such a cordial, general, and
enthusiastic welcome as that which greeted the Gate City
Guard, of Atlanta. For miles the streets were crowded, and
everywhere the clapping of hands and rounds of cheers from
the immense crowds gave token of generous and earnest feel-
ing, and the admirable bearing and proficiency of the company
captured every one."
The Guard were the guests of the I-ifth Maryland Regi-
ment, who were most generous hosts. A sumptuous banquet
was prepared for them where everything that could tempt the
palate of a tired soldier was in evidence, and the whole-
souled manner in which the Guard's "mission of fraternity"
was applauded and indorsed was indeed flattering to the Geor-
gians.
The Philadelphia Press said of the reception there : "Tlie
city had on its holiday garb yesterday in honor of the visit
ot the Gate City Guard from Atlanta, Ga. * * * The
marching of the Guard was perfection itself, while their ma-
neuvers were admitted by military critics to be really aston-
ishing."
.As soon as the Guard reached the depot in Philadelphia the
Battalion of State Fencibles took charge of them, and after
the exchange of military courtesies the column began its march
through Chestnut Street to the Mayor's office. Mayor Stokely
welcomed the Guard, and in an appropriate speech told them
that the purpose of their visit would not be lost on the peo-
ple of Philadelphia ; that they joined hands for a closer and
more fraternal union of our countrymen. A bountiful lunch-
con was prepared at the Country Club, to which the Guard
and the invited guests drove in a long line of carriages. In
tlie evening they had a sumptuous banquet at the Union
Lea.guc Club with a distinguished assembly of guests. The
Fencibles proved to be most generous hosts, and many friend-
ly ties were cemented with the Georgians.
LTpon reaching New York the crowds of people blocked
every avenue leading to the ferry except that occupied by the
Seventh Regiment. The Guard looked at once the gentleman
and the soldier. Their appearance captured the crowds at
once, and the promptness and easy grace they displayed fii
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saluting the Seventh brought forth a storm of applause from
the spectators. The march up Broadway was an inspiring
sight. The walls of the buildings, the housetops, and tele-
graph poles were alive with humanity.
The New York Herald commented as follows : "The recep-
tion of the Gate City Guard at the armory of the Seventh
Regiment was one of those open, generous affairs that only
-■oldiers can give and which must be seen to be appreciated.
* * * The short drill that the Guard gave at the earnest
request of the officers of the Seventh astonished every one
present, and each evolution was cheered to the echo. The pre-
cision and accuracy of the strangers were certainly marvelous."
The Guard were detained in New York four days. One
whole day they were the guests of the city, visiting the public
institutions, and they were given a bounteous banquet and a
delightful sail around the harbor. Mayor Edward Cooper
gave a dinner at the Union Club to the officers, and the com-
pany visited the theater in the evening. The Seventh were
the most generous of hosts. Everywhere the Guard were in-
vited companies were detailed by the Seventh as their escort.
These courtesies were not lost on the gentlemanly Georgians.
The Guard's entrance into Hartford, Conn., was accom-
panied by the booming of cannon and enthusiastic demonstra-
tions of pleasure by the people, and nothing was left undone
to give the Georgians a generous welcome. The decorations
were profuse and the mottoes strikingly appropriate. The
parade was cheered all along the line. The magnificent ban-
quet by the Phalanx in honor of the Guard and the mission
they represented brought out many distinguished men. The
speeches were patriotic and highly complimentary to the
tJiotives that inspired the Guard's visit in the cause of fra-
ternity and union among the people of all the States.
In Boston the first entertainment was a visit to Deer Is-
l.md and Fort Warren, followed by a parade in the city. All
along the line of march the citizens gave the Georgians a
hearty welcome. The Guard drilled for nearly an hour on
the common which was roped by order of the Council, and
complimentary tickets for admission inside the roped space
were issued by the Mayor. The graceful maneuvers of the
Guard in the most difficult evolutions of Upton's tactics
■brought enthusiastic cheers from the immense gathering of
citizens who were present. In the evening an elaborate ban-
quet brought together the leading men of the city and State
who in their speeches most warmly indorsed the public mis-
sion of the Guard and praised them for their patriotism. A
handsome diamond-niounted .gold badge was presented to
Capt. J. F. Burke.
The Boston Herald said : "The dril] uf the Gate City Guard
i.estcrday surpassed anything nf the kind c\er seen on Ros-
tun Connniin."
Many other New England cities were visited, and tlie result
•everywhere was delightful and gratifying.
Much more might be added to illustrate the profound sensa-
tion of the Gate City Guard's visit at that time. The men
"were patriots and were ever gratified witli the results of their
trip, but they would hardly claim that it was more than a
■frolic. Tlieir conception of its results was no doubt .as im-
perfect as was that of the Ku-Klux Klan in its wonderful in-
fluence for good results when they organized. The Guard was
■superbly equipped and their movements were most fasci-
nating. Through all the intervening years the founder of the
Veteran has remembered the event with gratitude to mem-
t)frs of the company and, without knowing personally Capt.
J. 1", Burke, with positive admiration and gratitude.
N. c. n.wis.
I.IHUTEN.VNT SUGG.
Mrs. John E. Smith, of Wa.xahachie, Tex., a daughter of
Jonas L. Wilson, of Boon's Hill, Tenn., sends a brief record
of Capt. N. C. Davis, her uncle, whose picture appears with
that of Lieutenant Sugg in the illustration: "On .April 19,
1861, Captain Davis was elected commander of Company H
in Pete Turney's regiment, the ist Tennessee, Provisional
.Army. He went with his company to Richmond, Va., thence
to Harper's Ferry, from there to Winchester. Va., and from
Winchester he led his company at Manassas. Afterwards
tliey were at Vorktown, where his coinpany was reorganized
and Joe Turney was elected captain. Captain Davis then or-
ganized a company for the 4th Tennessee Regiment of I'or-
rest's Cavalry. He was as brave a soldier as the South knew.
He was honorably discharged after the surrender, but met a
tragic death while assisting Ids neighbors in capturing a liorse
thief. Of Lieutenant Sugg little is known except that he lived
in Nashville after the war and is thought to have died there
about two years ago."
Inquiry has been made of Mr. J. F. Sugg, a leading citizen
i>f Christiana. Ti-mi., a half-brother of Lieutenant .Sugg, who
confirms the report .'is to his brother's death.
Hoping to perfect her chiim fcr a pension, Mrs. Harriet
\'ucovich, of Pensacola, Fla., widow of .-\lexander Vucovich,
seeks testimony from some comrades of her husband, who en-
listed as .-Xlexander O'Neill in Company E, 21st .Manama In-
fantry. C. S. A., at Mobile. .-Ma., in June, 1862. He was trans-
ferred at Corinth. l\liss., June 24, 1862, to Captain Myers's
sharpshooters as Company D, 2d Battalion, Georgia Sharp-
shooters. His comrades may not know of his having changed
his surname. .At all events, comrades who knew Alex O'Neill
will be good enough to write Mrs. Vucovich.
N^oofedera t(^ l/eterai).
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COL. RICHARD OII'EX MEMORIAL.
The contribution list is held over this month because of
pressure for space with last form, as is also a strong paper by
a comrade who was in Camp Morton "when the memory of
Colonel Owen was like a lost tradition."
Judge C. W. Tyler, of Clarksville, Tcnn., writes : "I inclose
check for ten dollars as my subscription to the Owen Me-
morial, of which I read an account for the first time in tlie
August Veteran. It is a noble work, and I heartily indorse
it. Colonel Owen was our foe in the olden time, but he was
a generous foe, and it is well that your Confederate comrades
should join you in this tribute to his memory."
L. .K. Powers, of Athens. Tex.. Was in Camp Morton.
I am glad to see tin- Kicliard Owen Monument Fund grow-
ing. I wish every prisoner who was in Camp Morton in '62
could be represented in that fund. I believe that if the sons
and daughters of those who have passed away could realize
how- kind he was to us they would gladly send in their con-
tributions. As an evidence of his kindness to us I make ex-
tracts from a diary I kept at the time showing that this is
no spasmodic or workcd-up enthusiasm, but just what we
tliought of him then : "We left St. Louis on the .Jist of Veh-
ii'.ary, arrived at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 22<\. and were
jpiil in prison in the fair grounds called Camp Morton for
(.in. Oliver P. Morton. Wc were well treated, had plenty
111 eat of good, wholesome food, and a forty-acre lot to ex-
ircisc in. [Comrade Powers means "plenty to eat" after the
I'list few weeks. — I'.niTOK.) The camp was in command of Col.
Kichard Owen, w'lio was very kind to us."
.Again I wrote in my diary : ".\s before stated, wc were well
treated and Colonel Owen, the connnandcr, was always very
kind to us. We petitioned him to give us corn meal instead
of bakers' bread, .nul he did so; and he allowed us to dam up
the ravine that ran tlnnugli tlie jirison to make us a place in
which to swim."
There was a great contrast between our treatment here and
my three months' experience .it Camp Douglas in '65.
Petrieied I niAi. W.wes Discoverep nv Kkii.vkh Owen.
\ recent issue of the Xew Harmony (Ind. 1 Times states:
"Our attention has been called by Dr. W. H. Field, of Evans-
ville, to an article in the Literary Digest on "Petrified Tidal
Waves.' The article calls attention to a law said to have
been discovered as long ago as 1857 by Prof. Richard Owen,
of Indiana, to the effect that all great shore lines, world ridges,
and hollows are along great circles tangent to the polar cir-
cles. This has been unaccountably overlooked by later geolo-
gists. Their position is precisely that which would be taken
by tidal waves in a liquid globe. Moiuitain ranges and shore
lines might be called pet ri lied tidal waves, a view' that modern
geolo.gists arc now willing to accept. The first one to suggest
this theory was Prof. Richard Owen in 1857. When we con-
template the profundity of Colonel Owen's mind, we may the
more readily understand how his great soul was above cruelty
to prisoners."
It is so important to complete this work early tliat ;ippeal
ii made to friends who intend to share in the unprecedented
tribute to report, so the list may be completed or nearly so in
the November issue. F.very friend of the memorial is re-
quested to write if unable to contribute. Remember that, be-
ginning with 4,200 starving prisoners over fifty years ago,
none nruno him but to praise.
YOUNG SOLDIER KILLED AT PORT DOXELSOX.
BY THOMAS D. JEFFRESS (56TH VA. 1NFT.>, CHASE CITY, VA.
In your July issue I noticed "Killed at Fort Donelson —
Who Was He?" The picture I recognized as one of my
company. The circumstances related — the day, position, and
wound in the forehead— all confirm my recollection of the time
and the features of this noble boy. His name was James H.
Jeffrcss, private in Company G. s6th 'Virginia Regiment.
F'loyd's command. .As our regiment had no lield officers pres-
ent, I w'as acting major and lieutenant colonel on different
days of the battles. When the company reassembled after
the battle, I asked for Jeflfress and was told by the men that
he was struck in the forehead by a bullet and instantly killed
and left on the field in advance of the line.
He was from Mecklenburg County, Va., and has two
brothers and other relatives living. I remember telling his
father that his son "was shot in the forehead leading his
company, fell, and was left on the lield of battle the last day
of the fighting."
Mrs. Bettie P. Johnson, of Boulder, Colo., sister of the
young man Alex Poston, for whom the Cadiz Chapter, U. D.
C, is named, writes: "I am sorry that I cannot say positively
whether the picture is that of my brother, Alex Poston. T
have so written the Chapter at Cadiz, llie circumstances
given would confirm the belief that it is: but the picture docs
not agree with my very indistinct remembrance of bis face.
I was only six years old when he went to war. and he was.
I think, between sixteen and seventeen. The only picture
of him we had in the family was one taken when ten or
twelve years old, and he must have changed considerably by
the time of his fall at Fort Donelson."
(Mrs. Johnson has a sister, Mrs. Wilborn, of Marion, Ky.,
but she was born afterwards, so never saw him.]
Kentuckian Inquires of Georgia Comrades.— Mr. W. H.
Stanley, who served in Gerardey's Light .Artillery, Company
F, was in the 36th Georgia Infantry, and was corporal in Com-
pany A, 5th Georgia Reserves, would like to get the name of
some comrade who served with him, as he seeks a pension
under the laws of Kentucky. Any one having information will
kindly address W. H. Stanley, care of Courier Journal Com-
pany, Louisville. Ky.
To CoMRAiiES OF "Buck" Hukev.— Mrs. M. G. Hickey, of
Dawson, Ga.. seeks information in regav<l to her husband's
war record in the hope of procuring a pension from the State
of Georgia. She states that he belonged to a Tennessee com-
pany, enlisting either at Concord, Knoxville, or Loudon. Mr.
Hickey signed his name W. E. Hickey, but he was better
known as "Buck" Hickey. He was well known about Con-
cord for his age. Information by any of his comrades would
be gratefully received.
Mrs. Harlow, a Kentucky Widow, Seeks a Pension.—
Mrs. Paul C. Harlow, of New Haven, Ky., seeks a pension.
She doesn't know the command of her husband. When the
war began, he worked at William Schooler's mill at Wart-
burg, Morgan County, Tenn., He enlisted at Indian Tavern.
Morgan County, with Joe Byrd, Dave McPeters, and anothei
man named Mullins. She thinks he was the horseshoer for
the company. If any one can help her. he will please write
to Frank M. Hagan. New Haven. Ky.
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NOTES FROM GEORGIA STATE REUS ION.
Georgia veterans honored themselves and their State at the
annual State reunion held in Marietta. The News of Sep-
tember 5, 1912, of that splendid town states in regard to it :
"Fully two thousand veterans attended the big reunion here
last week. All were well housed and fed, and even' atten-
tion given them that could be shown.
"Marietta has done well. The various persons in charge
made proper arrangements and cared well for all. The wis-
dom of the bright and charming girl who invited the veterans
here proved good, and our city has found its strength for
future occasions of this sort. Best of all, the croakers who
opposed having the reunion here have been put to flight and
will now please go 'way back and sit down. Many fine speeches
were made, many old friends saw each other again, and many
battles and camp experiences were reviewed.
"By a rising vote of thanks the veterans showed their ap-
preciation of the excellent treatment received here. It was
frequently said on the streets that no veteran was drunk nor
was a word of profanity heard from their lips, .\lthough the
town was full to the brim with people, the order was perfect
and no e.xtra police were really needed. The number of veterans
registered was about 1,600, while many failed to register. The
crowd of people there may safely be estimated at 10,000 and
above. The next reunion goes to Brunswick in 1913."
Xew Comm.xnder Georci.\ Division, U. C. V.
A fine tribute was paid to Comrade H. T. Davenport, of
Americus, by his election as Commander of the Georgia Di-
vision at its recent annual convention in Marietta.
He enlisted and left home for Virginia on June 20, 1861,
leaving Mercer University (sophomore class) June 9 for that
jmrpose. He was mustered into service late in June as a pri-
vate in Company A, 12th Georgia Regiment. Edward John-
son was appointed colonel and Edward Willis adjutant of the
regiment by President Davis. The first was promoted to
major general and the latter to brigadier general.
The 1 2th Georgia was first in Northwest Virginia under
General Loring. Its first regular engagement, after many skir-
mishes, was at Greenbrier River in September, 1861, and later
on the summit of the Alleghany Mountains in December, 1861.
The regiment joined Stonewall Jackson in the battle of Mc-
Dowell May 8, 1862. This was the beginning of Jackson's
famous Valley Campaign. Comrade Davenport says : "I had
the honor of serving under this godly genius until May 10,
1864, when I was captured in the 'toe' of tlie 'horseshoe' at
Spottsylvania C. H., Va."
He was taken to Point Lookout, and after one month he
was transferred to Elmira, N. Y., "a hellish rival in cruelty
to all other military prisons." He endeavored to escape by
engaging with other prisoners in three tunnels and two charges
to break down the stockade. Failing in all on account of the
spies placed in the camp, he finally resorted to the making of
rings, which he exchanged for tobacco and the tobacco for
money ; and when he had ten dollars, he bribed the clerk of an
officer for a parole, and reached home about two weeks before
General Lee surrendered.
General Davenport said of his parole : "The bribe occurred
in this way : Elniyra Prison authorities had an order to parole
.WO sick prisoners each week from the five border Southern
.States. Now, Georgia was not a border State and I was not
on the sick list. But I wanted to leave prison and resolved
10 try. I interviewed the head clerk on that work, and soon
it was agreed that he would place me on the next list for the
trip to Richmond. When my name was called, standing be-
hind the clerk, I placed a $10 greenback in his hand. That
was the best purchase I ever made. It was a deferred start
from Elmyra, then a slow train to Balto, and a slower boat
to the neutral point on the James River. I seemed to live
an age in those few days. But finally we landed on the banks
of our historic old river and were marched under their guard
three miles to our flag of truce boat awaiting us. Never can
I forget the first sight of our flag on that boat, and the full
brass band played 'Dixie' as the head of our short column ap-
peared. The boat was anchored in midstream ; and when we
reached the bank of the river in a wild, cheering run ahead
MAJ. GEN. H. T. n.WFNPOKT. .\MERICUS, G.\.
of the guard, we stood, sat, or reclined on the bank. When
the band played 'Dixie,' it immediately struck up 'Home,
Sweet Home.' That was the first and only time I ever heard
cheering in emotional sobs. Each man received a good piece
of tobacco. Landing at Richmond, we passed through a near-
by building in two ranks, and each was given five days' rations
of bread and meat and then conducted to parole camp. It
was nearly two weeks before I reached home, and soon Leo
surrendered."
His selection to the command of the Georgia Division, U. C.
^■., he regards as the greatest honor to be conferred upon any
Georgian. He hopes to serve successfully his one-year term,
but says the Brigade Commanders and all the Camps must take
notice that the work is for them and by them. He asks tlieni
to begin now so that Georgia may keep up the reputation of
her Division, "the best in the LI. C. V. association." He said
ni regard to it : "We have been the banner Division for a
long time. Let us maintain the record."
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455
lie is practical in asking that every officer on his staff when
appointed and every other commissioned officer and every
Camp in the Georgia Division remit their assessments prompt-
ly to Gen. William E. Mickle, New Orleans, La., and subscribe
tor the VetiiKan for their own good and the cause. His patri-
otism is so ardent that he invites every other State Division
to try to wrest from Georgia her well-earned reputation of
licing the banner Division, and says : "Comrades of all the
Divisions, let us make a good showing at Chattanooga. Taps
will soon sound for all of us. Let us know each other better.
Let us strive to bring out our respective Camps and see that
;ill dues are promptly paid to General Mickle. By all means
let us have good order in our convention at Chattanooga. We
owe it to Gen. Bennett H. Young, to ourselves, and to our
beloved Daughters and Sons. Surely we must not ever again
be the least disorderly in the presence of our ladies. United
Daughters, and Memorial Associations"
The Atlanta Constitution's report of it on .\ugust 30 staled:
"To the blare of brass and the roll of drums nearly 2.000
Georgia veterans of the Confederate army marched for two
hours throu.ijh the streets of Marietta this afternoon, bringing
In a close the fourteciitli annual State reunion. Tlie parade
was the longest and best executed in the history of a State
1 Clin ion. and it was witnessed by the largest crowd that was
ever in Marietta. The most conservative estimates placed it
;i; 15,000. The ball for the sponsors, maids, and Sons of
\'eterans at the city auditorium was largely attended. This
was the most brilliant social function ever held in Marietta,
and was greatly enjoyed.
'The parade was, of course, the principal attraction of the
il:i\. It formed on the Public Square and made a detour of
the residence sections, coming back by the square twice as it
vound throu.tjh the pretty little city.
"The parade was headed by a squad of mounted police,
.•ifter which were autos with Governor Brown and staff
Miss Regina Rambo, of Marietta, occupied a scat by Governcir
I'rown and was cheered along the entire line of march,
lust behind the Governor and his staflf were several autos
< nntainiiig the Marietta committeemen, who arranged the
reunion, after which was the Marietta band. Then came the
<liffcrent commanding officers of the Georgia division, several
hundred strong.
"The cavalry was represented by a large delegation of
.\ugustans, all of whom were mounted, after which came the
other Georgia divisions by brigades. Many a veteran who
had left a limb on a distant battle field hobbled his way on tlie
march."
THE J EI' PERSON DAllS HOME .-ISSOCIAriOX.
Receipts from July 19, 1912, to September 14, 1912.
Alabama: Mrs. Ellen Bryce, Tuscaloosa, $1: James T. Gid-
dens, Sellers, $5; T. A. Nettles, Tunnel Springs, $5; J- H.
lUitler, New Hope, $2: B. F. McMillan, Stockton. $5; James
K. Maxwell, Thifcr. $5: W. H. Pierce, Sr., Petrouia, $1: A.
M. Ayres, Guntersville, $5.
.\rkausas: Mrs. E. D, Ragland, Marianna. $1; W. II. Keid,
I.cola, $1; R. E. Jett, Leola, $1 ; J. H Gold, Washington, $1;
Mrs. W. T. Russell, Nashville, $1; J. L. Reed, Nashville, $2:
J. D. Parks, Fayetteville, $1; Cal M. Anderson. Crosses, $1 ;
J R. Gibbons, Bauxite, $5; R. E. Cole, Dardancllc, $1; A. P.
Hill Camp, Texarkana, $10; D. M. Lovins, Benton, $1; Me-
morial Chapter, Little Rock, $5.
California: Mrs. Charles L. Trabert, Oakland, $23; Ray-
mond Schorn, Willows, $1.
Florida : R. T. King, Lebanon, $2 ; Southern Cross Chapter.
Miami, $5; Hugh W. Henry, Sr., Oklawaha, $5; Martha
Reid Chapter and F. .\. Chapman, Jacksonville, $5 each.
District of Columbia : .Aquila R. Yeakle. Washington,
3i ; Mrs. A. R. Yeakle. W;ishinglon. $1 ; Miss Marie Yeakle,
Washington, $1.
Illinois: G. W. Smith. Chicago, :?i ; Ramsey 11. Stewart.
Chicago, $2; Mary Lee Rehan. Chicago, $1: M. H. Peters,
Watseka, $r.
Iiuli:nia: Lee Howell, Evansville, $5; .\. P. I'itch, Craw-
fordsville, $1.
Louisiana: Dr. W. D. Wall, Slaughter, $1: C. .Marshall.
New Orleans, $2; Mrs. E. H. W. Jones, Shreveport, $2.
Maryland: James. R. Wheeler. Baltimore, $5; D. M. Hite,
P.altiniore, $2; S. W. Krebs, Bowie, $1; Miss .\. W. Krebs,
Howie, $1 : E. K. Yeatman, Catonsville, $5; William L. Ritter,
Reisterstown, $2; James .Mfrcd Pearce, Chestertown, $5:
Capt. W. S. Polke, Baltimore. $1 ; W. J. Hull, Baltimore, $2.
Massachusetts: F. W. Holden. Fitchburg, $2; W, M. Flynn,
Boston, $1; Mrs. E. J. Edwards. Boston. $2; Mrs, Henry
Shaw. Roslindale, $1.
Minnesota: William Hnu\n. .^t. P.uil, Si; W. T. Scanlan,
St. Paul, $1.
Mississippi: J. F. Provine. Coffecville, $1; W. L. Brannan,
CofTeeville, $1 ; W. T. Coleman. Biloxi, $1 ; B. W. Sadler,
Boonevillc, $1 ; John Jones, Brookeville, $2; J. H. Kimbrough,
Carrolhon. $1 ; J. .\. Carpenter, Batesville, $1 : William I'",
■['homas, Durant, $1 ; Capt. Francis Holmes, Plum Point, $1 :
.\. J. Shrader, Brookhaven, Ji ; Medora Cooke Cassity, Benoit,
$; : J. D. Laughlin, Vicksburg. $2 : J. P. Mason, Water Val-
ley, $T : Dr. R. .'K. Quinn. Vicksburg. $1 ; Dr. J. W. Young.
Grenada. $1.
Missouri: Stonewall Jackson Chapter. Kansas City. $25; R.
r. Ilaughton, St. Louis, $1; W. .\. Redd. Dover. $1; James
.\. Boone, Charleston. $1 ; S. S. Howdcshell. Excelsior
Springs. $3; John B. Stone. Kansas City, $10; Robert J.
Snyder, Bowling Green, $1 : Jo .X. Wilson. Lexington, $1 ; R.
N. Guyn, Lee"s Summit, $1 ; Mrs. L. F. Jones, Kirkwood, $25,
Texas: J, T. Rosborougb, Texarkana, $.? ; Mrs. M. R. M
Rosenburg, Galveston, $10.
I Quite a mtmber of the above subscribers have contribnled
one or more times previously.]
ARLIXGTOX CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Tkeasurer's Report for Montm Endinc. .\ugust 31, 1912.
Mr. W. N. Perry, Director for California, $23.90. Con-
iributed by Jeffers: n Davis Chapter. U. D. C, California. $20:
(ien. Joe Wheeler Chapter. U. D. C, California, $3.90.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida, $30. Contributed
by Martha Reid Chapter, No. 19, U. D. C, Jacksonville, Ma..
$25: J. J. Finley Chapter. No. 585. L'. D. C, Gainesville, $5.
Mrs. J. W. Heatfield, Director for Illinois, $25. Contributed
b)- Chicago Chapter, No. 858, U. D. C, Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia, $25. Con-
tributed by Hamilton Wade Chapter, U. D. C, Christians-
burg, Va., $5 ; Shenandoah Chapter, No. s^. U. D. C, Wood-
stock, Va.. $5 ; Lee-Jackson Chapter, No. 1284, U. D. C, Fair-
I'eld. Va., $10; Danville Chapter, No. 1235, U. D. C. Danville,
Va., $5.
Receipts for the month, $103.90.
.\mount on hand August i, 1912. $20,867.34.
Total to be accounted for, $20,971.24.
Balance on hand September i, 1912. $20,971.24.
Wali..\ce Strfater. Trcuuicr.
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Qoijfederate l/eteraij.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Tenru
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
sons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso*
dationsthroug-hout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
loOperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIOXS.
The continued and persistent effort to oblige unfortunate
comrades who at times need such favor lias involved the Vet-
KRAN in the loss of thousands of dollars. There is no other
jileasure in the work equal to favoring those who appreciate
it; but after many years it is demonstrated that the rule can-
not be exercised without much of injustice. Many of these
comrades do not enlist others: they die in arrears and notice
is not sent, so that in the aggregate much loss is sustained by
being continued on the list without either pleasure or bene-
lit. Good women even take the Vetkr.Jl.n. and stalwart sons
give notice of their death and to stop it without proposing to
pay what is due. Many in refusing to pay state that they did
not order it, and indicate ofTensc that it was sent after the time
of expiration. Others claim that it was sent them compli-
nientary w-ithout even naming those who did it. Again, a
large number state that they notified the office to discontinue,
and assume that such notice exempts them from obligation.
To such persons the assertion is emphasized that the Veteran
has never been sent to anybody after notice to discontinue,
and it doesn't seek the patronage of people who are not in-
terested in it.
It is not intended to deprive the class indicated; but a move
specific understanding must be had, so thai in the event of
death some friend must agree to send notice. Notices sent
recently have set forth that the cost of publication is about
$1,000 each month, and those who are behind should pay
what is due in ordering discontinuance. These notices must
annoy the thousands and thousands who pay promptly, but
their indulgence is presumed under the peculiar circumstances.
Gratitude to all who pay is more than can be expressed.
A sad comment ; "1 am a subscriber to the Veteran and a
friend of the Lost Cause." This statement shows a lack of
discrimination in terms that ought not to prevail with any com-
rade. If an article be considered with hesitation and the
terms "New South" and "Lost Cause" are used freely, they
discredit the article. These terms meet with favor, but are
not accepted by the Veteran. They ori.ginated with people
in hatred to the South. Youn.E; men in politics who are in-
terested mainly for the South as an aid to office are the most
blatant in using these objectionable terms. No dili.scnt stu-
dent among us will do it.
A letter from Poplar Bluff, Mo., states of the Veteran :
"I have just received the September Veteran. I was away,
but had hoped to get home in time to notify you of my
shortness of means. I am the widow of , who wrote
tc you and proved his record as a soldier in the cause of th-;
South. I am sorry I haven't the $i. I like to read the maga-
zine so much ; I live over the old times with every number. I
can't say whether I shall ever have the dollar or not. I am
liassed seventy-one, and not able to earn money an\ more.
While I write to stop it my eyes are full of tears. But God
is my strength; in him I trust. I laid my dear old soldier
boy away nineteen vears ago."
.\ reply to the notice sent to J. L. While. Sr.. whose subscrip-
tion expired in December. 1909, states : "The within party died
in December, H)io. His widow has married again and moved
••nvay ; and .is his children are all grown and married, there
is no one from whom you e.in collect your bill."
.■\ letter from Bristol, Teiin., states : "Yours to hand re-
questing remittance for Confederate Veteran. In reply I
can only say that no one of our family lias ever subscribed for
tlic journal, antl we supposed it to have been sent us by an
interested relative or friend, we knew not whom. Under the
circumstances I beg to say that, conscientiously, I do not feel
obligated to send the remittance. Otherwise I should be glad
to do so."
It being impossible in a list of so many thousands to avoid
errors, it is unforlunale that any reader of the Veteran would
fail to do a liberal part in its maintenance, anyhow.
"Mrs. D — has been dead for over two years. Please don't
continue the paper, as it is not read."
"I do not owe you anything. I would like to renew, but 1
do not feel able ; so please do not worry me with further com-
munications."
"Dr. is dead. Please do not continue the Veteran."
Nothing is said as to what is due.
"I never subscribed for the Veteran and never requested
it sent to me. I believe some one did subscribe for me, and
I supposed they were still doing so. If so, send it on ; other-
wise you can discontinue it."
A widow writes that her husband h;is been dead two years
and she doesn't propose to pay.
W. W. Heartsill writes from Marshall, Tex.: "In the Au-
gust Veteran, page 381, my eyes caught the inquiry for in-
formation concerning Comrade J. H. Taggart for the benefit
of his widow, which I promptly answer, giving the necessary
information. I simply write this to show the value of the
Confederate Veteran and how important it is for every vet-
eran to take this worthy publication, and also how important
that every veteran should be a member of a Camp. But some
grouchy old fellow will say : 'I took the Veteran ten years,
and it never helped me or caused me to help anybody.' Per-
chance the next number gave him a chance to help some noble
old Confederate widow to get :i pension. No more argument
is necessary."
Importance of .AccuRAty in Statements. — W. W. Estill,
of Lexington, Ky., writes: "In the September number of the
Veteran, page 440, Lee Smith, of Shelby County, Ky., states
that Walter Ferguson was shot by order of General BragR.
This is a mistake. Walter was hanged at Lexington, Ky., In-
order of Gen. Steve Burbridge, U. S. A., and his body now
lies in our cemetery. He also states that he enlisted in the
Y summer of 186.? and participated in the battle of Perryvillc.
This battle occurred in October, 1S62. Evidently something
wrong here."
History Ought to Be in .Accord with Facts.— W. K.
Gildart, of Greenville, Miss., who served in Humphrey's
Brigade, 21st Mississippi Regiment, replies to the last ar-
ticle on page 422 of the September Veteran : "When Long-
sireet was transferred to Bragg's army in Tennessee, he car-
i.ed two divisions— viz.. Hood's and McLaws's. Only two bri-
gades of McLaws's Division were engaged— viz., Kershaw's
South Carolina and Humphrey's Mississippi Brigade. War-
ford's and Semmes's Brigades of Georgia did not arrive in
time for the fight."
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457
SIMPLE STORY OF A SOLDIER— 11.
BY SAMUEL HANKINS^ MERIDIAN. MISS.
Our general equipments arrived earlier than we expected.
We were all anxious to be off to the war. Our uniforms, con-
sisting of gray jackets, trousers, and caps, were very nice.
We also drew knapsacks, haversacks, and cartridge boxes.
Our guns were the old army muskets, though they looked new.
There has never lived a prouder boy than I when or-
dered into line for the first time fully equipped. The time
for our departure was fixed ; so on that day fathers, mothers,
and all the kith and kin, including sweethearts far and near,
gathered at the depot to bid us good-by. Many were the tears
shed and many were the loved ones separated never to meet
again. I seemed to be a target, being the youngest member
of the company, and was given but little encouragement. Old
men and women would say : "Good-by, my boy : we shall never
see you any more." Little did I care whether I ever saw
them again or not. I was headed for war and could not be
bluffed off. Not a single tear did I shed, and I was astonished
at the others for weeping. I expected that we would settle
the matter to our liking and be at home in a few days.
The train that was to bear us away whistled, which brought
forth more tears and more kissing. I was glad when the
train moved away.
Corinth, Miss., was our first stopping place, as we were to
meet there with nine other companies organized in North and
East Mississippi to form a regiment. This was done the day
following our arrival by electing field officers. The regiment
became the 2d Mississippi Infantry. We were ordered at
imce to Harper's Ferry, Va., via the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad. Freight cars were used principally in transporting
troops. Every car, both in,side and on top. was crowded with
men, baggage, and boxes of provisions the like of which we
saw no more.
My favorite place was on top of the car. where I could see
and be seen. Many citizens gathered at the stations along
the line to see the soldiers pass. Those who had tears to
shed upon leaving home had now dried their eyes, and merry-
making was in order. Speeches, some of which were ludi-
crous, were delivered from car doors and from the tops of
cars at all stopping points. I recall a specimen delivered by a
long, slim fellow from the top of a car, wdiich I quote:
"Ladies and .gentlemen, I have just left my home, my dear
wife, and nine small children ; also a very lucrative business, that
of a crossroads saloon — all of which I gave up to battle for
my country. It was like tearing my heartstrings to part
from my dear ones, and especially my saloon."
The wag had neither w-ife, children, saloon, nor anything.
I was having a high old time until near Chattanooga, Tenn.,
when I noticed that our train was headed for a dark hole in
the earth at the base of a mountain. I could plainly see that
the hole was entirely too small for the train with me on
top to pass through, and something had to be done, and done
quickly. Down 1 went like a lizard on the running board,
clinging to it by both hands with a deathlike grip. In a
few moments we darted into the black and strangling smoke.
1 thou.ght 1 had gone to the judgment before I had slain a
single Yankee.
On our arrival at Harper's Ferry a brigade was formed of
the following regiments: 2d and nth Mississippi, ist Ten-
nessee, and 4th .Mabama, with that .gallant brigadier general,
Bernard K. Bee. who a few months l.Tter fell at Bull Run, in
command.
10*
Here we got our satisfaction in drilling by brigade, regi-
ment, company, and squad. We were drilled by Hardee's
"Tactics," which contained many movements that were worth-
less in a fight. There is a vast difference between a soldier on
dress parade and one in battle. In battle he has no time to
^ee, if he can see, whether he is dressed right or left. About
this time I had my first opportunity of testing my old musket.
I was not at all acquainted with its character; though after
the first command to fire, when I had recovered my courage, I
wanted no further introduction. Why such a weapon was
ever dealt us with which to fight the enemy is a puzzle to me,
as there is about equal danger at either end. I was glad
enough when I procured a good rifle from a dead Yankee.
Soldiers purchased, at twenty-five cents each, souvenirs said
to have been of the rope and gallows used in the execution
of John Brown. They were no doubt fraudulent.
When not at drill, the time was often spent in the vices of
army life. A gambling epidemic broke out which spread with
great rapidity, and but few escaped. I saw men give half
their rations to have the other half cooked rather than stop
.gaming. All kinds of gambling were practiced. Morality for
the time was ignored, and the soldier who endeavored to live
right was ridiculed. If caught reading his Bible, such expres-
sions were heard as, "Hello, parson; you must be scared. I
don't think there will be any fighting soon ;" or, "Hello, parson ;
what time do you expect to start a revival in camp?" Later
on, however, serious thoughts of religion prevailed. When
the shot and shell began to whiz by them, splintering rails and
teiiring off tree tops, with comrades falling aromid. they began
to realize the great need of religion. One good battery with
a good supply of grape shell holding an elevated position
could bring hard-hearted sinners to repentance quickly. It
did not require a good old sister to sit by and plead and fan
with her turkey wing, begging him to repent of his sins. He
was truly good then, but the great trouble was in keeping him
so. If his life was spared, the sacred resolve would not long
be remembered.
Often while on the march, when we would hear the sound
of cannon, comrades would say; "Boys, do you hear that?"
'i'hen after moving on nearer, when the cannonading became
more frequent, you could hear ; "Boys, we are going to get
into it." Then there would begin the searching of pockets
for gambling goods, playing cards especially. The thought
of being killed with such in their pockets induced the soldiers
to throw them away. The road would soon be covered with
playing cards, dice, dice boxes, etc. Some w^ould be slow-
in ridding themselves, although they would do so before en-
tering battle. After the fight was over and all those who had
passed through safely had gone into camp, every man not on
duty could be found reading his Bible, except the few who
could not read, and they were anxious to learn. Everything
about camp would be as quiet as at the home of a good old
Presbyterian on the Sabbath day.
This order of things lasted only a few days, however, when
some fellow would slip around to the sutler's tent and pur-
chase a new deck of cards, return to his quarters, pick up an
oilcloth and spread it on the ground, open up his new deck,
and begin to shufile. Soon three or four others would step up,
and a regular game of draw poker would begin. In less than a
week the Bible-reading would be a thing of the past, when
gambling generally would go on as before and would not stop
until the next signal for a fight was heard in the front, when
the same unloading would take place.
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The army is about the only place where a man's clinracter
can be thoroughly analyzed. One might have a neighbor u liom
he had known from childhood and whom he thought he under-
stood fully, when, after serving with him in the army for a
few months, he would find out that the half had not been
told. If there be a single good trait or damaging fault within,
it will, like the measles, be sure to break out in the army.
A mistaken idea prevailed among the people, including mem-
bers of our company, as to who would make the best soldiers
and what class of men could stand army life best. For in-
stance, we had two members w'ho were a holy terror at home
and kept chips on their shoulders ready for a fracas at any
time. All peaceable people were very polite to them in order
to prevent a difficulty, and it was the general opinion that if
the Confederacy could only muster up a few regiments of their
kind the war would be of short duration. Those two fellows
proved to be the only cowards we had. They could never be
urged into battle, always claiming to be sick on such occa-
sions. The only bugle call they learned was that for tlie sick.
Any morning they could be seen moping up to the surgeon's
quarters with pains in the back and hip and a dreadful taste in
their mouths. They would not resent a gross insult given by
the lowliest members. This was the case with such charac-
ters throughout the army. The most quiet and peaceable men
at home were the best soldiers. Some crack shots at home
who always returned from the woods with a dozen squirrels,
each shot in the head, when in battle could not hit a "barn
door" through excitement. The general opinion was that
farmers, on account of the outdoor life to which they were
accustomed, could stand the exposure of camp life best ; but
this was not always so.
All are familiar with the history of the battle of Bull Run,
July 21, 1861 ; how we so greatly surprised the enemy and
the result. The death of General Bee was our greatest loss.
It was on that day that he proclaimed to his troops: "Sec
Jackson's men standing like a stone wall."
In the most dangerous places something amusing quite fre-
quently happened. A certain captain in our regiment had a
great fondness for oratory. He would never let an oppor-
tunity pass for making a speech to his company. When we
first fronted into line of battle and were awaiting orders, this
captain, considering it a most opportune moment for address-
ing his men, began as follows ; "Men, here you are for the
first time in life drawn up in line of battle in front of a most
bitter and damaging enemy, and one that does not only pro-
pose to rob you of your property but to deprive you of yout
constitutional rights and privileges for which your ancestors
fought, bled, and died. Now, men, it behooves each of you
to stand firm without dodging, and show them that you are a
chip of the old block and will not submit to anything of the
kind." Just then, boom ! a shell burst overhead, scatter-
ing fragments here and there, while down went the captain
flat on his face. He soon arose, nothing abashed, and con-
tinued his speech thus: "Yes, men, you must stand firm and
not dodge." Boom ! went the second shell, and down again
went the captain. Rising again promptly, he continued: "Yes,
men, to be dodging and showing any kind of fear will be
placing a stigma upon your character and upon those loved
ones at home which time can never erase." Boom ! went the
third shell, and down went the captain. On rising the tliird
time he said with a grin: "But you may dodge the big ones
if you like ; it was the small ones I had reference to. I will
finish my remarks when this thing is over."
iliDUKis B — , a member of our company, during the engage-
ment wanted to know of the captain if he did not believe they
'vould have to fall back soon. "I would not be surprised.
Tom," replied the captain. "Well," Tom answered, "I had
better start on now, as I am crippled."
Many have inquired of me as to how one felt on entering
b;ittle. Speaking for myself, at first it produced a feeling
such as I could never explain, although my second entrance
was one of dread. I have heard a few say that after one be-
comes accustomed to battle he will not dread it. There is
no truth in this, and I believe all experienced soldiers dread it
more and more after each experience. It is true, however,
that after one gets squarely into an engagement, althougli
comrades are falling thick and fast around him, the dread and
fear are diminished and he forgets tlie danger.
S.\MUEL HANKIN.S, AUTHOR OF SIMPLE STORY OF A SOLDIER.
One poor soldier was seen running for dear life, when a
guard halted him and wanted to know why he was running.
"They are jest a-fightin' over yonder!" exclaimed the soldier
breathlessly. "Where are you going?" asked the guard. "I
don't want to fight," said the soldier. Whereupon the guard
ordered him back to the front, which he obeyed, although on
starting back he was crying. The guard told him that he, a
big, grown man, ought to be ashamed of crying like a baby. "I
wish I was a baby," replied the soldier, "and a gal baby, too."
The first year of the war (1861) was a picnic compared to
the three remaining years. We had good tents in which to
quarter, plenty of clothing, with little marching and fighting
to do; also we had plenty of rations and there was an excess
of rice. I became so tired of rice that I have had no appetite
for it since.
It was not until April, 1862, that the war began in earnest.
It seemed that the commanders of both armies at that time
came to the conclusion that maintaining armies was very ex-
pensive and that the issues must be forced.
We were stationed at that time on the heights south of
the Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg, Va., when or-
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ders were read to us on dress parade one evening to cook
three days' rations, strike tents next morning by daylight,
and be ready to move by sunrise. There was an unusually
busy time in camp. At that period of the war every soldier
had either a trunk or valise in connection with his knapsack,
and every company had its tent, cooking utensils, and bag-
gage wagons. In order to lighten my load I took from my
knapsack and placed in my trunk everything except one change
of underwear, one towel, a cake of soap, a comb, and a little
book on how to cook fancy dishes — a thing that the Lord
knows I had no need for. I also had two heavy blankets, a
rug, a knapsack, three days' rations, a heavy gun, and a cartridge
box containing forty rounds of ammunition — a good load for
a broncho. I placed my trunk in one of the baggage wagons.
When all was in readiness, the bugle sounded for us to fall
into line. There was a heavy cloud, ,ind just as our orderly
.-■ergeanL finished calling the roll the cloud seemed to split
wide open, and such a downpour of water I had never seen.
Almost drowned, and notwithstanding that the deluge con-
tinued, we moved off. When we reached the lowlands, a dis-
tance of about one mile, we found all the small streams ovcr-
tiowing, and those not bridged had to be forded. Frequent
heavy showers continued, and we were drenched.
After some three miles' march, my rug weighed about fifty
pounds, so I decided to drop it. A few hundred yards farther
on I abandoned one of my blankets and a little later my knap-
sack. I knew I had plenty of clothing in my trunk, so I fell
easy. Here let me state, however, that when I threw away
tny knapsack I lost the last change of underwear, the last
towel, the last cake of soap, and my comb. My garments re-
mained on me until they wore off, except for some sunshiny
(lays when on the bank of some stream they were taken off
and waslied. What became of the wagon with my trunk I
have not foinid out up to the present time. Fifty years have
come and gone since I began looking for it. I was not alone.
What became of the thousands of blankets and clothing
thrown away that day?
The road was worked into a very soft mortar bed ankle
deep, and rain was still falling. It was fearful. One mem-
ber of our company while attempting to cross a bad place on
a log fell full length into the mud. Some one asked him how
he felt. He replied that he regretted only one thing, which was
that he did not drown.
The adage that politeness is the cheapest and best-paying
investment which one can make is no doubt true, but
it is at times inconvenient. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, then
in command of the Army of Northern Virginia, was passing
from the rear to the front. As soon as he appeared the sol-
diers began cheering him all along the line. Through polite-
ness and to show his appreciation of the ovation given him
hr pulled off his cap and rode w'ith it in his hand for miles,
while the rain was pelting down on his sleek bald head.
(To be continued.)
MRS. MARTHA STEfEXS.
[Judge John T. Goolrick. in Richmond Times-Dispatch.]
In the "Long Roll" the author in her very thrilling and ac-
curate description and narrative of the battle of Fredericks-
burg pays this very just tribute to one who "did what she
could" for the soldiers of the South: "It was a stern fight at
I'redericksburg. and blue and gray fought it sternly and well.
.At hand for target for the fire on either force was a small
house, and in this house lived Mrs. Martha Stevens. She
would not leave before the battle, though warned and warned
again and again to do so. She said she had an idea that she
could help. She stayed, and wounded men dragged themselves
or were dragged upon her little porch and within her doors.
General Cobb, of Georgia, died there. And wherever man
could be laid there were stretched the ghastly wounded. Past
the home shrieked the shells. Bullets imbedded themselves
in its walls ; to and fro went Martha Stevens doing wliat she
could, bandaging hurts until the bandages gave out. She tore
into strips what cloth there was in the little meager house —
her sheets, her towels, her tablecloths, her poor wardrobe.
When all was gone, she tore her calico dress. When she saw
from the open door a man who could not drag himself that
f;ir, she went to help him with as little reck as may be con-
ceived of shell and Minie."
I knew this woman well. She was one of my first clients.
She was illiterate, uneducated, too free and too outspoken in
what she said and how she said it; but she was sincere, loyal,
and true, and her love and devotion for the Confederate sol-
diers was like unto Eastern idolatry. Her humble home was
in the very forefront of the battle, in its very center. Death
pulsated the very air she breathed. She was in the midst of
war's most awful carnival, yet she never faltered or failed
fluring it all in her ministration to the w-ounded soldiers.
She was a veritable heroine in that great drama of war. I
have heard her tell in her simple way without boast or os-
tentation what she did for the wounded and suffering sol-
diers. Especially do I remember with what pathos she told
me how agonized would be their cry for water in their feverish
delirium : and though it was inviting death to do so, how she
would go and get it for them at the well, where the shells
shrieked and the shot fell thick and fast. Her house was
perforated with balls and bullets. Why she was not killed
God only knows. After the war her home was the hospitable
headquarters for the soldiers: they always received a warm
welcome, for their was nothing within her ability that she
would not do for them. She was their friend and benefactor
to her life's end.
She sleeps now in a lonely grave in the yard of her old
home, where, at her own request, she w-as buried. No monu-
ment marks the spot to tell what she did for the soldiers of
our Southland or to emphasize her love for them. I have
rietermined that, if possible, her grave shall no longer be ueg-
lected. and that her memory and the story of her heroism
and good deeds shall be preserved and perpetuated ; so I have
constituted myself a committee of one to receive subscrip-
tions from all who desire to subscribe, and with this fund
wlicn gathered there shall be erected a simple monument to
the mcmorv of Mrs. Martha Stevens.
D. A. Sheffer, of Neosho, Mo., desires to hear from Cnpt.
William R. Lyman, of Company B, 31st Virginia Infantry.
C. S. A. He came from New Orleans, La., was elected lieu-
tenant, and afterwards was made captain of the above-named
company in which Comrade Sheffer served.
Captain Lyman, one of the finest and noblest of our com-
rades, resided in New Orleans for some years after the war,
and later engaged in banking at Louisiana.
C. W. Earle, of Dodd City, Tex., corrects errors in his
tribute to Sergeant Daggett as printed on page 385 of the
.\ugust Vf-Tf.r.vn. The initials are F. H. instead of F. M.
Daggett, and his company in the 2d Mississippi Regiment was
G ins'.cad of C.
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Qopfederat^ l/eteraij.
f- MRS. MARY G. PRICHARD,
The Mother of Four Surviving Confederates.
In your issue of August, 1912, you ask for additional sketches
of living mothers of Confederates. In my home, Lexington,
Va.. at the present time as an honored guest is Mrs. Mary G.
Prichard, an original unreconstructed female rebel ninety-one
years of age. She is the mother of twelve living children,
eight sons and four daughters. Four of her sons (William,
John. Charles, and Nathan) are Confederate veterans. Mrs.
Prichard was born at Fleet's Hill, Petersburg, Va., in 1822.
For nine months she was under a constant Yankee fire at
Petersburg during the shelling of that city, and she does not
deny that she spent many nights in a bombproof under her
cellar. She has also the distinction of being the mother-in-
law of that true Daughter of the Confederacy, Margaret
Johnston Prichard, of San Francisco, the honored President
of the .Mbert Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 79, U. D. C,
named in honor of her distinguished father. Mrs. Prichard is
also the grandmother of twenty-eight children, and the great-
grandmother of five children. She is unusually well pre-
served, possessing a strong and vigorous mind, a tenacious and
abiding memory, reads, sews, crochets, and embroiders with-
out glasses as skillfully as when a girl. Mrs. Prichard is
•descended from John Howland, of the Mayflower, who mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Governor Carver, the first Gov-
■ernor of Massachusetts. She is also descended from the Con-
ways, of Conway Castle, Wales; from the Brooks, Stokes,
Hammatts. and many other distinguished Massachusetts
families of Maryland and Virginia. Mrs. Prichard remembers
as a girl of twelve the stirring times of the Nat Turner in-
surrection, and is considered an authority on the early history
of her native city, Petersburg. Her wit and repartee is still
as keen as a rapier. She remembers the organization of the
first Baptist Church in Petersburg at the home of her grand-
father, Edward Francis Stokes, of Fleet's Hill. During the
war she fed and nursed many Confederate soldiers regardless
of where they came from.
Each one of her four soldier sons bears on his body to-day
the scars received in deadly conflict. One of them reecived
three separate wounds in three separate battles, another two
desperate wounds in two separate battles, while each of the other
two bears a wound from battle. Notwithstanding these serious
wounds, they all returned to the battle line and all four sur-
rendered with Lee at Appomattox. She has a right to a
mother's pride in her sons; they are her jewels.
Together with the above data Mr. W. G. Dowell wrote the
Editor of the Veteran :
"You may remember coming to Lexington for the unveiling
of the Stonewall Jackson monument. I found you at the
hotel and took you to my home, where you met another vet-
eran. Hoge Tyler, who became Governor of Virginia. You
also met General Munford and my mother-in-law, Mrs.
Prichard, who was visiting me at that time.
"Seeing your request in the Veter.\n for sketches of
mothers of veterans, I send the inclosed. I have often thought
I would send you the sketch of Lieut. Col. A. S. Pendleton,
adjutant general of three lieutenant generals, Stonewall Jack-
son, Ewell, and Early. Killed before he was twenty-four
years old and thrice having refused the brigadier generalship,
I regard him as the greatest young soldier of the Confed-
eracy, and gave my reason for thinking so. It is a short
address I made by request of the veterans of this county. I
have alwavs taken much interest in Confederate matters, and
have assisted three veterans in making a complete roster of the
Confederate soldiers of Rockbridge County, having proposed
the work to the Camp of this county. As far as I know, it is
the only complete roster of any county in the Confederacy. It
is not generally known that the county of Rockbridge alone
furnished seven generals to the Confederate army. 2,055 native
soldiers, and several hundred soldiers that were not natives.
MRS. MARY C. PRICHARD.
"I also contributed a good many articles to the war record
of the Times-Dispatch when Senator John W. Daniel was
editor of that department. I have recently contributed the
true story of the capture of Generals Kelly and Cook at
Cumberland, Md., as related by a friend who was both wit-
ness and participant."
Mr. McDowell's personal note, added as the occasion re-
cited, is one of delightful memory. Conversations with Mrs
Prichard have been recalled many times, but it had never
occurred that she is the mother of the venerable Mr. Prichard,
of San Francisco, whose wife has beeen so zealous for the
Veteran, even in writing personal letters to every Chapter
in California in its behalf. There is no survivor of the great
war doubtless who bears in vivid memory the many remark-
able incidents connected with distinguished people as this
grand old lady, Mrs. Prichard.
It was Capt. W. B. Prichard, of the 38th Virginia Regiment
of Infantry, Pickett's Division, that discovered Col. Fletcher
Webster, son of Daniel Webster, soon after he was mortally
wounded. Kneeling over his enemy, he asked if he could be
of any service, and received the reply: "Water! Water!"
Captain Prichard brought him a canteen of water and asked
if he could be of further service. Webster replied: "I am
dying!" Captain Prichard assured him that he would see his
body delivered to his friends. Webster handed Captain
Prichard his eyeglasses and a ring, which Prichard restored
to Webster's wife in Boston after the close of the war.
Mrs. Prichard is evidently the most noted of all living
mothers of Confederate veterans.
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461
THE OKLAHOMA COS FEDERATES AT ADA.
On September 4 the three Confederate organizations of
Oklahoma met in Ada for an annual reunion and conventions.
Early on the opening day about four hundred veterans had
assembled. Gen. D. M. Hailey called the convention to order,
a band played "Dixie," and Rev. T. F. Brewer, Chaplain Gen-
eral, offered the invocation. Prof. C. W. Briles, President of
the Normal College there, expressed the heartiest kind of
welcome to the remnant of "the greatest army that ever
marched to battle," concluding with a splendid tribute to the
memory of Jefferson Davis.
Following the appointment of committees, memorial serv-
ices were held to the memory of members who have died
since the meeting a year ago at Ardmore. Adjt. Gen. R. B.
Coleman read the names to the assembly.
Meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy met the same
morning in the library of the Normal. Mrs. W. R. Clement,
of Oklahoma City, the State President, called the meeting to
order. Mrs. Tom Hope made the address of welcome in be-
half of the Daughters living at Ada and also in behalf of the
town. Mrs. T. D. Davis, of McAlester, First Vice President
of the State organization, responded.
The only unhappy discussion by the Daughters was in the
revival of the trouble from the Shawnee Chapter as to what
delegates should be seated, but no final action was taken.
In the afternoon Mayor Ratliff delivered an address of wel-
come which was responded to by Col. A. P. Watson, who
paid a glowing tribute to sweethearts. J. W. Davis welcomed
the visitors and A. M. Barrett, of Vinita, made a happy re-
sponse. Gen. D. M. Hailey delivered his annual address.
The general reception in the evening of the first day was at
the Normal with the usual crowd at such gatherings, and at
ten o'clock the sponsors' ball was opened in the Elks' Hall.
The Governor of Oklahoma, Lee Cruce, made an address
on the second day.
Mr. Tate Brady, of Tulsa. Commander of tlic Oklahoma
Division, U. S. C. V., made an address in which he dealt
with important issues pertinent to the occasion. W. F. Gil-
mer, of Oklahoma City, and a former member of the Okla-
homa Legislature, spoke for ten minutes.
The closing scenes of the reunion were very interesting.
After tlie crowd had sung "God be with you," Commander
Hailey spoke a few words of cheer and good will, and closed
with "God be with you till we meet next year at Muskogee."
A committee, consisting of Col. A. P. Watson, of Shawnee,
Dr. John Threadgill. of Oklahoma City, and Rev. T. F. Brewer,
of Muskogee, was appointed to collect all the history of Okla-
homa relating to the Confederate veterans and have it pub-
lished in book form. The book is also to contain a full ac-
count of the conditions of the Indians and whites in the Indian
and Oklahoma Territories during war times.
A committee on general order of business for the next re-
union, to be held in Muskogee next year, composed of Colonel
Watson, Dr. Threadgill, and Captain Agnew, was appointed.
Gen. D. M. Hailey was reelected Major General for the
third term, and the Brigadier Generals for the different Bri-
gades are as follows : Gen. John Threadgill, First ; A. L. Cot-
ton, Second ; Gen. Jarrett Todd, Third. For the Indians
the following were chosen : Gen. A. M. Crow, Chickasaw ;
Hon. James J. McAlester, Choctaw ; General Lindsay, Chero-
kee ; Gen. W. E. Rogers, Creek.
The Sons elected Gen. Tate Brady, of Tulsa, Commander;
A. M. Roddie, Adjutant General; W. W. Sledge and N. F.
Hancock, Brigadier Generals for the Brigades.
The parade, which was over half a mile in length, was
headed by A. M. Crow. The drum corps came next, playing
popular airs. General Hailey and most of the officers were
on horseback. Several decorated automobiles containing
sponsors, maids of honor. Daughters of the Confederacy, and
others contributed to the display. All along the parade route
appeared Confederate flags and a lavish display of bunting.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans adopted the following
resolution against the proposed school histories :
"Resolved, That we, the Oklahoma Division, U. S. C. V.,
hereby condemn and disapprove of the "Gordy Elementary His-
tory of the United States," the Gordy history of the United
States for grammar schools, and the James and Sanford .Ameri-
can history for high schools, recently adopted by the State
Board of Education for use in the public schools in this State
for the next five years. Said books are strongly partisan and
sectional, filled with inflammatory illustrations and quota-
tions, and practically all their references arc strongly partisan
of the North. The entire spirit of these books will prejudice
the child's mind against the South and the Southern people."
A committee of three was appointed to act with kindred
organizations to present this resolution to the State Board
of Education, together with a list of books that are fair to
the South, and demand of the Board that they supplant these
books with some text that deals fairly with the South as well
as the North, both politically and sectionally.
New Officers of Daughters' Organization.
Mrs. T. D. Davis, McAlester, President.
Mrs. Freeman, Cliccotah, Third Vice President.
Mrs. Copas, Altus, Second Vice President.
Mr.;. Freeman, Checotah, Third Vice President.
Mrs. Hancock, Kiowa. Fourth Vice President.
Mrs. R. M. Johnson, Muskogee, Recording Secretary.
Mrs. Arthur Walcott, Ardmore. Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. Farmer, Tulsa, Treasurer.
Mrs. Kelly, Eufaula, Registrar.
Mrs. Brown, Mangum, Historian.
Mrs. Beall, Muskogee, Recorder of Crosses.
Mrs. Ellis, Chickasha, Custodian of Flags.
Annual Convention Arkansas Division, U. D. C. — The
annual convention of the Arkansas United Daughters will
meet with the David O. Dodd Chapter, Pine Bluff. Ark., Oc-
tober 22-25, 1912. A most interesting program has been pre-
pared. Col. Charles Coffin, Commander of the U. C. V.'s of
.Arkansas, will address the Daughters at their opening meet-
ing Tuesday evening, October 22.
Secretary of War Feared a Southern Woman. — On April
II. 1863, P. H. Watson, acting Secretary of War, directed
Major General Schenck, commanding at Baltimore, as fol-
lows : "Remove Mrs. Faulkner and her family beyond our
lines if, in your judgment, their disloyal practices endanger
the success of military operations or the safety of your troops."
New Officers of Longstreet Camp, Atlanta, Ga. —
Robert S. Ozborn, Commander; S. A. Gardner, G. W. Key,
and W. B. Thomas, Lieutenant Commanders ; Joseph S. Al-
ford. Adjutant; W. F. Hemerwoupf, Treasurer; T. J. Terrell,
Color Bearer; S. A. Gardner, Chaplain.
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ARLINGTON.
By FLORA E. STEVENS, KANSAS CITY, MO.
Height of renunciation, thou art made
Monument unto his fame for whom no shade
Darkens his magnificence of light,
Save as a shadow cast of easeful night.
Here dwelt in pureness long upon a height
Scorn of the aftermath, \aught save heights he trod.
Then his vale of suffering rose a mount to God.
For him each steep in consecration shone
As, bathed in heaven, each step transfigured grown.
Ne'er need hath he of shaft, nor any stone ;
Here 'mong the mighty yet the mightiest he.
Aye, here is master, yet here is Lee.
Not here he lies ; his slumbering foes him all
Do give their marbles for memorial.
excellent free "bed and board" entertainment. AH the peo-
ple in Winston-Salem vied with each other in their endeavors
to make the old Confederate soldiers feel at home. Winston-
STATE REUNION AT WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Our last State reunion was held at Winston-Salem on Au-
gust 7 and 8, and it was one of the largest attended reunions
for many years and decidedly the most successful. Miss
Blanche Thornton, of Fayetteville, served as sponsor. Miss
Gladys Gorman, of Durham, was maid of honor, and Mrs.
Matthews, of Winston-Salem, was chaperon.
More than seventeen hundred old Confederate veterans en-
rolled their names at headquarters, and all were given most
MISS BLANCHE ALPEN THORNTON,
Sponsor for North Carolina Reunion, \\*inston-S;ilein, 1913.
MISS GLADYS GORMAN,
Maid of Honor.
Salem demonstrated tliat nothing was too good for the Con-
federate veterans.
The following officers were unanimously elected : Julian S.
Carr, Major General, Commanding North Carolina Division;
P. C. Carlton, Statesville, N. C, Brigadier General, Command-
ing First Brigade ; William L. London, Pittsboro, N. C, Briga-
dier General, Commanding Second Brigade ; James L Metts,
Wilmington, N. C, Brigadier General, Commanding Third
Brigade; James M. Ray, Asheville, N. C, Brigadier General,
Commanding Fourth Brigade.
The business sessions were held in the handsome opera
house at Winston-Salem, which was filled at every session.
Dr. Bahson, of Winston-Salem, delivered a most cordial and
beautiful address of welcome, and Maj. E. J. Hale, of Fay-
etteville, responded most happily.
The parade on Thursday compared very favorably with the
parade at Macon, Ga., at our General Reunion. An invitation
was accepted to participate in the exercises to be held at
Gettysburg in July, 1913.
The sponsor is the daughter of Mr. Frank W. Thornton, of
Fayetteville, and her maid of honor is the granddaughter of
the late Capt. John C. Gorman, Company B, 2d North Caro-
hna Regiment.
A more extended report of this State reunion of Tarheels
was desired. Comrades should make prompt reports.
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463
REUNION WITH CAPT. FRANK B. GURLEY.
On August 21 and 22 Captain Gurley entertained for two
days the survivors of his Confederate company. C, 4th Ala-
bama Cavalry, and other veterans. There was barbecue each
day near his residence, Gurley, Ala. This is the seventh annual
reunion he has given.
There were present of his company the following ; J. E,
Hewlett, Birmingham. Ala. : T. J. Kelly. Ryland. .Ma. ; G
B. Gill, Petersburg. Va. ; J. B. Weaver, Nashville, Tenn. ; J
E. Butler, New Hope, Ala. ; F. T. Given, Brownsboro, .'Ma.
J. P. Gullatt, Hollywood, Ala.: J. W. Proctor, Mud Creek,
Ala. ; D. W. Spivey. Gurley, Ala. ; J. C. Giddens, Lcighton
Ala. ; John Burdine, Deposit, Ala.
Other veterans present were : J. B. Joplin, Gurley, Ala
J. S. Renfro, Gurley, Ala. ; W. C. Bragg, Gurley, Ala. ;. C. L.
Pritchett, New Hope, Ala. ; R. F. Pritchett, New Hope, Ala.
W. D. Buford, New Hope, Ala. ; J, W. Grayson, Gurley, .\\n.
W. H. Beason, Gurley, Ala. ; J. R. Russell, Gurley, Ala. ; R. B
I.cadbetter, Gurley, Ala.: W. T. Campbell. Gurley, .Ma.; J
L. Smith, Gurley, Ala. : T. B. Ragsdale, Gurley, .\la. : J. S
Orr, Gurley, Ala.; J. W. Coiuially. Gurley. .Ma.; C. O. Shep-
perd, Huntsville, Ala. : C. S. McCalley, Huntsvillc, Ala. : R.
L. Coyle, Huntsville, Ala. : W. T. Hooper, Huntsville, Ala. ;
A. W. Moseley, Huntsville, Ala. ; George .\. Morris, Hunts-
ville, Ala. ; D. H. Turner. Huntsville, .Ma. ; Henry Goldsmith ;
E. O. Martin, R. E. Wiggins, and R. D. Tribble, Madi-
son, Ala.; D. M. Jones, Maysville, Ala.; John A. Douglass,
John B. Douglass, and A. J. Esslinger. Chase, Ala. ; L. M.
Sloan and J. R. Harris, Scottsboro, Ala. ; R. F. Cole, Upton,
.Ma.; T. F. Delony, Decatur. Ala.; John Glover and N. G.
Chandler, Owens Crossroads. Ala. ; John Sims. Larkinsville,
.Ma.; .\. W. Baker and John Horner. New Market, Ala.; J.
P. Davis, Holly Tree. Ala. ; G. M. Gibson, Ryland, Ala. ; W.
K. Webster, Brownsboro, Ala.; W. J. Potts, Meridianville,
.\la. ; ^I. T. Johnson, Hollywood, Ala. ; J. B. Ferguson and
R. E. McGaha, Grant, .Ma. ; W. B. Leedy. J. M. Robinson, and
T. S. McCalley. Birmingham, Ala.; T. Bright Connally, Jack-
son, Tenn. ; G. G. Lilly, Chattanooga, Tcim. ; W. H. Moore,
Memphis. Teiui. ; J. C. Bean, South Pittsburg, Tenn.
.At the closing of the reunion Maj. J. M. Robinson pre-
sided and Captain Grayson offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted by a rising vote :
"Whereas the great Commander of the universe has re-
moved by <lcath the beloved Commanding General of the Con-
federate Veterans, G. W. Gordon, and a number of other
comrades who resided near here since our last reunion — to
wit, W. T. Spivey, Co. E, 37th Tenn. ; J. P. :Moon, Co. E, 37th
Tenn. ; T. T. Cobb, Co. E, 37th Tenn. ; Madison Powers, Co.
F, 41st Tenn.; J. W. Moody, S5th Ala.; Bradford Hill, 4th
Ala. Cav. ; William Hambrick, Lee's army; Thomas Morris,
Lee's army; Wiley Cotton, Co. C, 4th Ala. Cav.; Edward
Aday, Co. F, 4th Ala. Cav. — therefore be it
"Resolved: l. That we bow reverently to His inexorable de-
crees, offering grateful thanks that so many of us have been
spared so long, and trust that we may so live that our lives
will be an honor to the great cause for which we fought.
"2. That as the years come and go faster and faster and
our comradeshi]! grows stronger and stronger, our appre-
ciation of Captain Gurley 's annual hospitality grows deeper
and more pathetic.
"3. That we hereby extend to him our most grateful ap-
preciation of his heroic services during the war and our keen
remembrance of the punishment intlictcd upon him after the
war by imprisonment, fettered with chains, and a narrow es-
cape from execution by the Federal authorities, all because he
participated conspicuously in a fight in which the Federal
General McCook was killed."
Maj. J. M. Robinson offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted :
"Resolved: l. That we hereby express our sincere apprecia-
tion of the splendid services rendered during the war by our
noble women who, with their daughters, lent their aid to
the pleasure and social happiness of the veterans on such oc-
casions as the present.
"2. That a copy of these proceedings be furnished the
Veteran and Alabama papers."
"God be with you till we meet again" was feelingly sung
as the veterans marched around and gave a parting hand to
c.nch other. Then with a benediction by Rev. G. M. Gipson
the reunion ended. J. M. Robinson, Chairman;
J. W. Grayson, Secretary.
THE SHILOH MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Roy W. McKinnev. Treasurer, from
August 7 to September 7, 1912.
.Arkansas : Mrs. L. C. Hall (personal), Dardanellc, $10.
Georgia: Agnes Lee Chapter. Decatur, $10.
Kentucky: Tandy Pr>or Chapter. Carrollton, $1.
Maryland: E. V. White Chapter, Pooleville, post cards,
S1.25; Miss Georgia White, Baltimore, post cards, $1.13; Mrs.
W. R. B. Hundy, donation and post cards, $5: post cards, 25
cents; Ridgely Brown Chapter, Rockville, Shiloh Day, $6;
Fitzhugh Lee Chapter, Frederick, Shiloh Day. $1.75; Miss
.Annie Jackson (personal), $5.
Oklahoma: General Forrest Chapter, Muskogee, $8.75; Gen.
Joe Wheeler Chapter, Wagoner, $10.
Tennessee: Mrs. .Anna Robinson Walson (personal), Mem-
phis, $5; Gen. J. C. Vaughn Chapter, Sweetwater, $2.50; com-
mission on copy of "Historical Monuments," sold by Mrs.
Kavanaugh, of .A. P. Stewart Chapter. Chattanooga, $1.75-
Virginia: Holston Chapter, Marion, $10; New River Grays
Chapter, Radford, $2; Tazewell Chapter, $3; Hope-Maury
Chapter, Norfolk, $5: Chesterfield Juniors, South Richmond,
S6; Greenville Chapter. Emporia, $s; Hamilton- Wade Chapter,
Christiansburg, $5; IXanville Chapter, $5; Virginia Division,
I". D. C. (pledge), $50.
Interest, $209.07.
Total collections since .August 7, $3(59.45.
To expense of Secretary, $10.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $15,001.39.
Total in hands of Treasurer to dale, $15,360.84.
BASEBALL PROCEEDS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
.At Henderson, N. C, the Confederate sentiment remains
zealous, and the utility of baseball proceeds is being put to
good account. On July 30 a rich entertainment was given in
a game between the merchants and professional men. The
net proceeds of the game. $62.50, will be used in the purchase
of uniforms for veterans. Another game was scheduled to
be played for the benefit of the Orren Randolph Smith
Chapter, U. D. C, between the married and the single men,
of whicli a per cent goes to the Chapter.
.An enthusiastic band of youngsters that the Children of the
Confederacy have organized is named also for Orren Ran-
dolpli Smith, "because he gave the stars and bars to the Con-
federacy." This band promises to do much for the cause.
Prizes were given to the winners in the baseball games.
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"VIRGINIA IX THE WAR TRAGEDIES" CRITICIZED.
BY MAYNARD F. STILES, CHARLESTON, W. VA.
If Rev. R C. Cave's criticism of Maj. J. Coleman Alder-
son's article, "Virginia in the War Tragedies," which criticism
appears on page 561 in the December (1911) Veteran under
the title, "A False Idea of the Union," shall serve to attract
attention to Major Alderson's admirable article, it will per-
form a worthy office ; but upon no other ground does it seem
to be justifiable. If our State governments and our national
government were not all and equally the result of the Revolu-
tionary struggle; if it were not literally true that the Vir-
ginia fathers 'fought to create the Union," it would still be
unjustifiable to attempt at this time to drag from its closet
the moldy skeleton of the dead and buried contention that one
component of our dual government within its proper sphere
and scope is less sacred or less binding upon our allegiance
and our conscience than the other.
The first resistance to British authority, which brought on
war, was interposed against the collecting of a tax, and did
not contemplate the creation or the preservation of any in-
dependent government. The conflicts at Concord and Lexing-
ton and Bunker Hill did not directly affect the Virginia and
other colonists, nor inspire them with a desire for a political
existence separate and apart from all authority beyond their
respective colonial boundaries, nor lead them to take up arms
in their sole and separate behalf against a mighty nation ; but
all the people of the American colonies, menaced by a com-
mon danger, united by common interest and the ties of blood
and common origin, inspired by one spirit, moved by a com-
mon purpose— the purpose of throwing from their necks the
British yoke— joined hands and hearts and fortunes, and in
the accomplishment of that purpose mingled their blood in
streams that flowed across colonial boundaries, and Cavalier
and Puritan found a common grave in the soil of New York
beside the Carolinian and Pennsylvanian.
No sooner were the flames of war kindled on the shores of
New England than the people came together from all quarters
to form a Federal Union, which foreshadowed and became the
foundation of "a more perfect Union" under the Constitution
afterwards adopted and which conducted the war against
Britain. The Declaration of Independence, which was the
final act and declaration of war as well as the final renuncia-
tion of allegiance to Britain, was not the declaration alone of
Virginia, whose illustrious son penned its immortal lines, nor
of those other patriots only who signed; but it was the joint
declaration of all the colonists made by the "representatives
of the United States of America in General Congress assem-
bled." The several colonies did not severally declare their
mdependence, but all together and as one people they declared
it, and as one people they fought to maintain it and to es-
tablish for themselves in place of the government overthrown
such government as they should please to create. And when
victory had crowned their arms, they proceeded to make "more
perfect" that Union which they had fought to create and
maintain and whicli had insured the triumph of their asserted
right to any independent government or union they might
choose to make. And let us not forget that the State gov-
ernments which the fathers "fought to create" are modeled
after, and are not the model for, the Constitution which es-
tablished that "more perfect Union" which they also created.
Mr. Justice Brewer said in effect that no one can properly
understand the Constitution unless he reads it by the light
of the Declaration of Independence. One who does so read
It will sec that it has its inspiration and the Union its im-
maculate conception in that sacred instrument, and that the
Revolutionary fathers fought to create and to preserve that
Union and to secure the right to create for it and for the com-
ponent States such government as Divine Providence, upon
whose protection they relied for their freedom, might give
them wisdom to adopt.
ARKAXSAS SOLDIERS IX VIRGIXIA.
[.\. C. Jones. Three Creeks, Ark., in Religious Herald.]
I send you a little war story which illustrates that noblest
quality of the Southern soldier, the spirit of fraternity which
prevailed in our army and which constituted its principal ele-
ment of success.
The 3d Arkansas Regiment of Infantry was the sole repre-
sentative of our State in the Army of Virginia for nearly
two years. We were brigaded with the 30th Virginia (from
Fredericksburg and vicinity) and the 27th and 36th North
Carolina. The Virginia and Arkansas soldiers became better
acquainted and more intimate than the other regiments ; in-
deed, we became very social and friendly.
Shortly after the awful fatigues and marches of the first
Maryland campaign, culminating in the bloody battle of
Sharpsburg, the troops were camped somewhere between
Shepherdstown and Winchester. We were sorely in need of
clothing and shoes, and there was not a blanket in the com-
mand, while the frosty nights of that cold climate pinched
severelj'. At that time the 30th Virginia received a consider-
able supply of shoes and blankets from their friends and rela-
tives at Fredericksburg, about eighty miles distant. When
these supplies arrived, we of the 3d Arkansas were surprised to
receive a message from the headquarters of the 30th, requesting
that we send a detail to receive our share of these good things.
Colonel Manning called a meeting of the officers, and we
passed some resolutions warmly thanking the Virginians for
their generous offer, but declining to accept on the ground
that the donors of those goods intended them for the relief
of their own kin. The reply came back immediately and in
the strongest terms : "We are brothers fighting in the same
cause, and, besides, you are a long distance from home, and
it is impossible for your friends to help you. We insist upon
it that we divide." And they did.
Some months afterwards we had an opportunity to show
our appreciation of this kind and generous act. The great
battle of Fredericksburg was fought. One hundred and
fifty pieces of heavy artillery planted on Stafford Heights
poured shot and shell upon the old town. The wom-
en and children had to crawl into the cellars, while their
houses were being battered down over their heads; and not
only this, but while the enemy occupied the town they robbed
the citizens of everything they could lay their hands on. After
we had driven the enemy back across the river and the town
had been evacuated, word came to us that there were a num-
ber of women and children actually starving. The 3d Arkan-
sas immediately took the initiative. We divided our rations
in half (and they were slim enough, God knows) and stirred
among the other regiments and gathered quite a little supply
of food which we sent over, relieving their immediate neces-
sities. Sometime afterwards the ladies of Fredericksburg sent
us a beautiful new silk flag.
I know not what others may think, but in my judgment this
incident deserves to be recorded in Confederate history, as
do the most heroic deeds of personal valor.
(^or^federat^ Ue.erai),
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cox'JKoriiRsy about uErrysBCRC.
BY .MA.I. E. C. CORDON (25TH ALABAMA), AMARILI.O, TEX.
My attention liaS been called to an alleged interview with
}J Reiman Duval, of New York, in which he refers to an in-
cident stated by liim to have occurred duiing the first day of
the battle of Gettysburg. His statements are so erroneous
and unjust that they ought not to go unchallenged. He says:
"I was a courier the first day at Gettysburg. The Federals
were driven through the town to the hills beyond. John B.
Gordon, of Georgia, was in command of a brigade. Lee,
Early, Ewell, Hill, Gordon, and other generals held a council
of war in the evening. Early said : 'Unless we go up the hills
to-night the Yankees will be down upon us in the morning.'
Had Jackson been alive and present, Early's warning would
Tiave been accepted and we would have won tlic battle of
Gettysburg and would have marched on to Philadelphia. In
some way Early's warning became known throughout our
army. Many years afterwards I asked Gordon, then a Senator
in Congress, about the incident. He confirmed all that I had
heard at Gettysburg, saying: 'You have repeated Early's
words exactly as I remember them.' Jackson's wounds at
Chanccllorsville just two nioiuhs previous to the battle of
Gettysburg, from which he died, prevented us, 1 think, from
defeating Meade and capturing the city of Philadelphia. No
one can tell what else might have happened."
The writer of this reply was personally present as a staff
ofificer at that "council of w-ar" to which Mr. Duval alludes,
and is prob:ibly the only living witness as to what occurred
on that occasion — an occasion which, in the expressed opinion
of General Lee himself, was the pivotal point in the fortunes
of the Confederacy.
The "council of war" alluded to did not occur on the even-
ing of July I, but about two o'clock on the morning of the
2(1 of July; nor did General Early make any such statement
as: "Unless we go up the hill to-night the Yankees will be
down upon us in the morning." On the contrary. General
Early's persistent refusal and that of Gen. Edward Johnson
to assent to the forward movement that night prevented the
renewal of the advance which General Gordon was then so
earnestly urging. General Gordon had sought the conference
for that specific purpose.
In proof of these statements I quote from General Gordon's
"Reminiscences of the Civil War," and shall later add my
own, as my recollections of the occurrences arc distinct to my
mind. General Gordon, after having referred to the rapid
forced march of his command from the Susquehanna River on
July I, of his attack on the right flank of the Union army
in a hand-to-hand struggle, of his breaking that line and his
pursuit of tlic flying troops of the Union army until he was'
ordered three or four times (by General F.arly) to stop be-
fore he would obey the order, on page 156 says: "My thoughts
were so harrowed and my heart was so burdened by the fatal
mistake of the afternoon that I was unable to sleep that night.
Mounting my horse at two o'clock in the morning, I rode
with one or two of my staff officers to the red birn in which
Generals Ewell and Early then had their headquar-
ters. Much of my time after nightfall had been spent on the
front picket line listening to the busy strokes of Union picks
and shovels on the hills, to the rumbling of artillery wheels,
and to the tramp of fresh troops as they were hurried forward
by llnion commanders and placed in position. There was,
therefore, no difficulty in divining the scene that would break
OM our view at the coming dawn. I did not hesitate to say
to both Generals Ewell and Early that a line of heavy earth-
works, with heavy guns and ranks of infantry behind them,
would frown upon us at daylight. I expressed the opuiion
even at that hour (two o'clock) that by a concentrated and
vigorous night assault we would carry those heights, and that
if we waited until morning it would cost us ten thousand
men to take them. There was a disposition to yield to my
suggestion, but other counsels prevailed. Those works were
never carried; but the cost of the assault upon them, the
appalling carnage resulting from the efforts to take thcni. far
exceeded that which I ventured to predict."
I now submit my statement as to that "council of war:"
General Gordon was urging the advance. General Early
strenuously opposing it by stating that the movement forward
that night would be exceedingly hazardous, and that it would
be much safer and better to await the arrival of Longstrect's
Corps, expected the next morning.
Gen. Edward Johnson said: "My division has just finished
a forced march and the men, broken down, are in no condi-
tion to fight to-night."
When both Major Generals Early and Johnson had finished
their statements, General Ewell said: "Let's hear what Gen-
eral Gordon has to say." Whereupon General Gordon made
the appeal quoted above from his book and further added :
"General Johnson says that his troops are broken down. I
wish to say that my brigade has made during the day a forced
march from the Susquehanna River, and in addition thereto
we have fought a terrific battle. My losses have been heavy.
but my men are ready to fight again to-night. I would prefer
to lose a few more men to-night than to lose ther.i all to-
morrow."
Lieutenant General Ewell, after a moment's thought, said,
"General Gordon is right;" hut from the strong opposition
of Generals Early and Johnson he did not order the forward
movement. This is evidently what General Gordon meant
wdien he wrote as above quoted : "There was a disposition to
yield to my suggestion, but other counsels prevailed."
The only general officers present at that "council of war"
were: Lieutenant General Ewell, Major Generals Early and
Johnson, and Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon. General Lee, as
is well known, did not reach Gettysburg until the second day.
The above statement and proofs are cited to indicate that
-Mr. Duval must be mistaken as to what General Gor-
don said to him in Washington about that "council of war"
and as to the words of General Early.
[The statement of Major Gordon will be accepted implicitly.
He is a brother of Gen. J. B. Gordon and of .Augustus Gor-
don, one of the youngest and most gallant colonels in the
Confederate army, who had a presentiment that he would be
killed on a certain day and so told the General, adding :
"Brother, don't be uneasy; I'll do my duty." .And he did to
the moment of his death. Major Gordon was familiar with
the conditions prevailing at the time.]
An .\ppreciatkd Letter from a.v .Appreciative Patron. —
Ernest W. Winkler. State Librarian at Austin, Tex., writes
as follows: "In the Veteran for .August you inserted a list
of the State Library's wants. My attention was called to the
notice by an offer of some of the numbers wanted. .After se-
curing these numbers, this morning's mail brought all the
remaining missing numbers except one. I thank you for this
kind service. The State Library now needs only No. I of
Vol, I. to complete its file."
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MAJ. JOSKI'H
ANDERSON.
HUH' MAJ. JOSEPH If. A.\DERSOX WAS KILLED.
BY FRANK JOHNSTON, ESQ.. JACKSON, MISS.
Recently a comrade sent me a sketch of Maj. Joseph W.
Anderson — how he was killed in the battle of Baker's Creek —
which appeared in the Confederate Veteran for March, 191 1,
page 116. This statement is not correct. I saw Major Ander-
son when he was killed in the battle of Baker's Creek. I was
in command of a section of artillery of Battery .\, 1st Mis-
sissippi Light Artillery, in that battle. The report does not
do Major Anderson full justice. I remember clearly the
events connected with this battle and know personally of the
occurrences that took place on our left in the last stand made.
Miss Mary Johnston, of Virginia, last year delivered ai;
address at Vicksburg on the occasion of the dedication of a
Virginia monument, and in that address she gave a descrip-
tion tif Major .Anderson's death
similar to the one published in
the Veteran. From General
Barton's report she fell into thi
error of thinking that Major
.Anderson was killed in leading
a charge of the Georgia brigade.
General Barton fell into thi>
error because the last time h'
saw Major .Anderson was when
he was leading this charge; aivl
not seeing him come out of tlii.
charge, he naturally fell into
the error of supposing that he
had been killed in that charge,
but it was after that charge
that he was killed and under the following circumstances :
Barton's Brigade, on the extreme left of the Confederate
line, was overlapped by General Hovey's right ; and it being
impossible for the brigade to hold its position, it fell back
in a good deal of disorder. Major Anderson appeared about
that time, rallied the Georgia command, made a magnificent
charge on the Federal lines, and drove them back, clearing
his front and reestablishing the line. .At that time General
Featherston's brigade was moving from Loring's Division, on
the extreme right, to the left to support Barton's Brigade.
Having reestablished the line. Major Anderson, who was
General Stevenson's chief of artillery, dashed up the road
where he had left some of Wither's guns. He ordered my
section at once to move to the left, and he and Captain Rid-
ley, commanding the battery, and I look this section of Na-
poleon guns and galloped down the line to Barton's position
Barton's men had again been driven back, and this was final.
There was a space in our line which had been occupied by
Barton's men. and into this we dashed with tlie guns and
unlimbercd and came into action within about three hundred
and fifty yards of the Federal line. The Federals were taken
in front and to the left of us.
Major Anderson's purpose in rushing this .-irtillcry to this
point was to hold the line, if possible, until General Feather-
slon could come up; but in the meantime General Stevenson
and General Bowen had withdrawn their troops and were in
retreat. General Featherston saw at once the hopelessness
of attempting to reenforce the Confederate left, and he moved
his men rapidly back and joined Loring to cover the fords on
Baker's Creek to protect Generals Bowen and Stevenson.
W'liile there we used doub.le-shotted canister.
It was here and at this time that Major Anderson was killed.
He was shot very soon after the guns were put into action.
Captain Ridley was killed at the same time, and the horses
of both were killed. All of their artillery and officers' horses,
about forty in number, were killed, and thirty-three out of
the forty men were killed and wounded. Major .Anderson
acted with extraordinary courage and with a desperate pur-
pose to try to hold the left of the line for the coming re-
enforcements. So that instead of being killed in the charge
of the Georgia brigade Major .Anderson had come back to
the place with this section of artillery and was in a second
heroic and desperate effort to hold the Confederate line.
It would have been a heroic thing for Major Anderson to
have been killed in the splendid charge that he led, but it was
c\cn more Iieroic that he should have come back and made
ihe desperate stand that he did with my guns in the forlorn
hope of retrieving that part of the field.
THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAR IS.
Sherman's .Authority in "Marching through Georgia."
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
.A telegram of historic importance from Gen. U. S. Grant
to General Sherman, dated at City Point, Va., October 12,
1864, is shortly to be sold at auction. It is quoted in part :
"On reflection I think better of your proposition. It will
be much better to go South than to be forced to come North.
\'o\x will no doubt clean the country w-here you go of rail-
road tracks and supplies. I would also move every wagon,
horse, mule, and hoof of stock, as well as the negroes. As
far as arms can be supplied * * * i would put them in
the hands of the negro men. Give them such organization as
you can. They will be of some use.
U. S. Grant, Uculenant General."
It thus appears tliat Sherman was ordered by his superior
officer not only to lay waste those sections of Georgia and the
Carolinas through which he passed, but to encourage and fur-
nish the arms for negro uprisings. The friends of Grant
may hold that he did not direct Sherman to burn agricultural
noncombatants out of house and home or to put the torch
to the city of Columbia, but this telegram shows that Grant
favored and urged the even more terrible measure of foment-
ing and equipping servile insurrections.
Undoubtedly Sherman believed that he had full authority
for all that he did, including the burning of the farms along
his route and the slaughter of hapless beasts. In one of his
letters to Grant, which was dated December 16. 1864. and
which may be found on pages 726 and 727, Vol. XLIV.,
Series I. of the "Official Rebellion Records." he says: "I have
no doubt the State of Georgia has lost by our operations
15.000 first-rate mules. * * * Great numbers of horses
were shot by my orders." .As it was not convenient to "move
every wagon, horse, mule, and hoof of stock," Sherman
achieved the desired result of frightful slaughter.
The final verdict of dispassionate history will no doubt be
that Sherman was merely a willing instrument in the hands
of a government that had concluded to resort to desperate
measures. Sherman's orders were from Grant.
[As Southern people are generally so unrelenting in their
condemnation of General Sherman, it may be well to con-
sider such order; but when the war ended, he continued his
enmity consistent with his letter to his brother, John Sher-
man, favoring the confiscation of lands in the South and send-
ing Northern people here to possess them. — Editor.]
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467
OTHER SIDE IX BATTLE OF LEXIXGTOX. MO.
The article on the battle of Lexington by Mrs. S. A. A.
McCausland, which appeared in the Veteran for May, brought
out a sharp protest from Robert Armstrong, of Winsted,
Ark., who was one of the men participating in the capture of
the hospital after its possession by the Confederates. He
writes as follows :
"On September i", 1861, while the battle of Lexington was
in progress. Colonels Mulligan and Pcabody came to our
company (B), 23d Illinois, and said that some men had taken
possession of the . Anderson house and w'ere firing on our
works, and that we could not return the fire by reason of the
sick men in the building. They directed Captain Gleeson
to take his company and dislodge or capture them, if possible,
hut not to fire until he got to the house, and not then if he
could avoid it, and not to fire on any outside forces. They
lUnounced General Price in the severest terms for not re-
specting a hospital. Captain Gleeson remarked that he had
no fear of the men in the house or that General Price would
try to protect them there, as Price had been his colonel in
the Mexican War and was the very soul of honor, and would
not tolerate such disgraceful acts, nor would he allow his
men to seek tlic protection of a hospital to fire on us if he
knew it.
"There was sonic demonstration made in our favor. The
music struck up and every gun opened; all the men jumped
on the works when we started. The house stood about one
hundred and fifty yards from our works and about one hun-
dred yards from the Confederate line. We soon got to the
house, a long brick building two stories high, with a white
I'ag on each end. Our captain halted his company and called
I) the men to surrender. They answered w-ith a volley that
wounded the captain so he was no longer able to command.
We then broke the doors and windows in and crowded into
the house, the enemy, or what was left of them, getting out
on the west side. When we had cleared the house, we made
.111 attempt to retreat, but found that they had thrown out
;i force from the other side and that we were surrounded,
llic fighting was terrible for a few minutes, when a company
under Captain Smith made a charge from the works and
opened a gap that let our side out, and they left, taking all
the wounded they could with them.
"I was wounded in the arm and lost too much blood to
get away, so I stayed and faced what I supposed would be
death. When the firing ceased, some one called to know if
we had surrendcicd. I answered no, but that they could
Kiiie in. as we could make no resistance. Soon the house
was full of Confederates; but they seemed to be in a
;:ood humor, and instead of shooting, as I expected, they made
I'un of me and asked if my mother knew I was out. and said
thoy knew she was uneasy about me. Soon some Confederate
officers came in, among whom was General Harris. There
was a Catholic priest there — Father Butler — who talked with
General Harris and asked permission to remove the sick and
wounded to the works. General Harris said that by the rules
of war they were all under his protection; that there was no
sifcty inside the works, as he had them surrounded, and he
would protect us where we were ; that the men who had taken
the building at first did not belong to his command, and that
he was not responsible for their acts. He ordered all armed
men to keep at least fifty yards from the building and not to
seek protection near it under any circumstances. He told the
priest that neither he nor his men were pagans, and that he
held all the wounded as Iiis prisoners and was responsible
for tlieir care. He sent men to bring water, spoke kindlj
to the wounded, and did all he could to relieve our sufTering.
We have always had the most kindly feeling for General Har-
ris and his men.
"We remained in the house until the night of the iSth, when
they called truce to remove the wounded from under fire. We
were taken to the Madison House and all ilie severely wounded
were placed in the hotel parlor, where we stayed three weeks.
We were a sight, our dotliing clotted with blood and fly-
blown, our wounds festering. The battle lost, we were a sad
lot ; but relief came from an unexpected quarter. The ladies
of Lexington were far above the passions and excitement of
the hour, and many of them — the wives, mothers, daughters
and sisters of the enemy — brought soap and clothing and
washed our wounds. I learned that among them were the
wives and daughters of coal diggers and bankers. They con-
tmued their kindly ministrations all the time I was there,
and they need no bard to sing their praise nor monuments
to commemorate their noble deeds. I wish I had language
to express my own gratitude, but can only say: 'I was sick
and in prison, and ye visited me.'
"I have tried to make a true statement of what occurred.
1 here was a rumor that both sides charged the other with
killing men after they had surrendered. General Price had
the matter investigated and found that not a man of either
side had surrendered. I don't believe that any act was com-
mitted not in the line of duty. We lost thirty killed and thirty-
three wounded out of eighty engaged. The heavy loss from
the small number engaged and the short time it lasted — not
over twenty minutes — made many believe there was foul play."
The foregoing was submitted to Mrs. McCausland, who re-
sponded with some extracts from an old history of Lafayette
County, Mo., in which this battle is written up, and which
account, she thinks, shows Mr. Armstrong's letter to be
corroborative of her statements rather than contradictory.
She says: "His statements that General Price ordered an
investigation of the said killing by Federal soldiers of sur-
rendered men tells the tale of something needing punishment ;
but this investigation showed that the savagely mutilated men
never surrendered, and were captured and fiercely resisted
their disarmament. Therefore no punishment was meted
out, and I can even now recall my otcii sax'agc regret that
the perpetrators were not taken out and shot. My paper had
been published long before it appeared in the VeteR-XN, and
the fact of the bodies of Confederates having been treated
as I stated was disputed here by citizens of the other side,
which led to my going to a man here who was at the time
of the bnlile a captain inside the defenses for information as
to the accuracy of the accusation. Literally this was his
answer: 'Mrs. McCausland, I was not of the assaulting col-
umn, but the men who were said when they came back that
that was what they had done. I read your account and was
surprised at the accuracy of it after all this time.' This
gentleman is still living here."
The account from the old history states that the Federals
had occupied as a hospitaf the then magnificent residence of
Oliver Anderson. Esq., a two-and-a-half-story brick build-
ing, down the slope about twenty rods west from the outer
line of their intrenchments. A yellow flag was displayed on
top of the building, marking it as a hospital, and in it were
some twenty-four sick and ninety-six wounded, according to
Mulligan's report. The hospital was in charge of Dr. Cooley
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as surgeon and Rev. Father Butler, a Catholic priest, who
was chaplain of Mulligan's Regiment.
On the i8th of September this hospital was captured by
the State troops, the reasons for which were given by Gen.
Thomas A. Harris in his official report to General Price im-
mediately after the close of the siege, in which he says : "At
11:15 I received the order from yourself in person to move
my command along the bank of the river to the support of
General McBride's command and General Slack's division
under command of Colonel Rives. At the same time you
gave me instructions to capture the brick house, outside the
enemy's lines of defense, known as the Anderson house, or
hospital, provided that if upon my arrival there I was of the
opinion that I could carry it without too great a loss. * * *
Upon my reaclijng the point known as the hospital I dis-
mounted and ascended the hill on foot. On my arrival I
found Colonel Rives's command supported by a portion of
Lieutenant Colonel Hull's and Major Milton's (cavalry)
command of my division. From a personal inspection of the
position occupied by the hospital I became satisfied that it
was invaluable to me as a point of annoyance and masque for
the approach to the enemy. I at the same time received your
communication as to the result of your reconnoissance through
your glass. I therefore immediately ordered an assault upon
the position, in which I was promptly and gallantly sec-
onded by Colonel Rives and his command, together with Lieu-
tenant Colonel Hull and Major Milton and their commands
of my own division. The hospital was promptly carried and
occupied by our troops ; but during the evening the enemy
retook it and were afterwards driven out again by our men
with some loss." (The State troops first captured the hos-
pital about noon or between twelve and one o'clock. About
two or three o'clock it was retaken by Mulligan's men, and
about four or five o'clock was charged upon and captured a
second time by the State troops, and thereafter held by them.)
It is thus seen that the capture o£ the Anderson house, or
liospital, was planned and ordered because, as General Har-
ris says, "it was invaluable to me as a point of annoyance
and masque for the approach to the enemy." The hospital
matter has been much animadverted upon by partisan writers
of both sides. Colonel Mulligan assumed that the Confeder-
ates were guilty of a breach of civilized warfare in firing
on a hospital. Consequently when his men retook the build-
ing, having this belief firmly fi.xed in their minds, they gave
no quarter, but killed every armed man caught in the build-
ing. Some of the minor Confederate officers claimed as an
excuse or justification for the capture that the Federals had
fired upon them from the inside of the building, but this was
positively denied by the surgeon and the priest in charge
there. The official report of General Harris made at the
time shows that there was no such reason for the capture,
but that it was deliberately planned and ordered as a rightful
military movement, the Federals having no military right to
expect that a strategic position so important to their op-
ponents as the Anderson house and premisr.-i manifestly would
or should be left in their quiet possession merely because
they had seen fit to use some part of it for hospital purposes.
The account says further that the truth of history in this
matter, without any partisan coloring, is simply this : When
the first capture of the hospital occurred, which was between
twelve and one o'clock, the Federals did not have an armed
man in the building; and, on the other hand, it was not at all
oecessary to ?ay that they did in order to justify General
Harris's t.i. . Ik- did not assault the hospital, but its
capture was a necessary incident of any success that he might
have in assaulting that part of the Federal line. There were
Confederate sharpshooters lying under the edge of the banks
of a dug-down carriageway within eighty feet of the hospital
building. As soon as it became known that a charge was
going to be made on the hospital front of the Federal works,
and even before the assaulting column got in motion, some of
the sharpshooters, probably not belonging to any command,
had run across that eighty-foot space and up into the build-
ing and commenced firing down on the Federals from the
upper windows. It was this firing that was seen by some of
the Confederate troops as they rushed forward in the regular
assaulting column ; but not knowing anything about that bit
of independent and successful strategy which the sharp-
shooters had played on their own hook, these troops in line
very naturally supposed that the firing from the windows was
by Federals, and so reported.
This state of things shows plainly enough how it happened
that such contrary assertions were positively made in regard
to this matter, and both sides can now afford to accept the
truth of it — that the Federals did not perfidiously use a hos-
pital building as a garrison, nor did the Confederates wanton-
ly assault a hospital.
BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUCA, SEPTEMBER ig, 20, 1863.
.A.CROSTIC BY J. M. MoRG.iiN, A. Q. M. TO Gener.\l Dibrell.
T-ramp, tramp, tramp in the early morning light ;
H-ear the ominous sounds of Chickam^uga's fight;
E-ager thousands of soldiers, both blue and gray,
B-ore onward to the field in battle array.
.\-ll along the banks of the river of death
T-housands and thousands of the invading foe,
T-hrough undergrowth dense, under towering trees,
L-ong lines of men stepped gallantry forward,
E-ver sending and receiving canister and shell.
0-ver Chickamauga's surface the death missiles fell.
F-ear had vanished, and the artillery roared;
C-loudward the smoke from the cannon's mouth soared;
H-igh-rolling volumes of vapory fog
I-nfolded the legions of Rosecrans and Bragg.
C-onflicts more deadly are rarely beheld;
K-illing and crashing, the cannon balls fell,
A-U across the ridges and down in the dell ;
M-erciless Minie balls flew through the air,
A-nd mingled shouts of victory with groans of despair.
U-nder Forrest and Dibrell the cavalry went in,
G-alloped through the creek by Lee and Gordon's mill ;
A-11 over the field the invaders were met,
And near the second day's ending were put to rout.
Save Thomas and his men, who held a point on the field
.-Knd stubbornly refused its tenure to yield.
Brig. Gen. X. B. DeBray, of Texas.— E. H. .\lexander,
.Adjutant Joe D. Harrison Camp at Llano, Tex., writes: "In
the August Veteran W. L. Leigh gives a list of Confederate
officers who served in the war from Texas. In it he omits
the name of Brig. Gen. X. B. DeBray, who was colonel of the
26th Texas Cavalry, and was promoted about May, 1864, for
bravery on the battle fields of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill,
La. He commanded a brigade composed of the 23d, 26th, and
32d Regiments Texas Cavalry, and was highly esteemed by
the men of the brigade. I was a member of the 32d Regiment
and served under him. 'Keep the record straight.' "
(;or?federat<^ l/eterai).
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POPULATION STATISTICS OF TEXAS.
The Veteran feels close kinship with Texas, as a large
patronage has been given it from that great State throughout
its history of nearly twenty years. Some interesting statistics
were compiled from records which are herewith given: The
population of Texas in 1870 was 818,579, of w-hich 62.415
were of foreign birth. Of the natives, 388,510 were born in
Texas; while of the remainder, 62,225 were born in Alabama,
51,4.^5 in Tennessee, 42,534 in Mississippi, 41,206 in Georgia.
IXJi'STICE TO THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE.
BY REV. GEORGE E. BREWER, MONTCOMERV. AI..\.
At many reunions and other memorial gatherings in the
South great injustice is done to the army bearing the name ol
tl'.e .Army of Mississippi or the Army of Tennessee. It may
be unintentional, but that does not take away injustice. In
the addresses on the first day of the recent U. C. V. Reunion
at Macon, Ga., a stranger would not have imagined that there
was an army of Confederates out of Virginia or other generals
than Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, or John B. Gordon.
This was not exceptional. It occurs on almost every similar
occasion either in the speeches or newspaper articles. Those
generals and that army arc entitled to much honor, and no
Southerner would wish to see their praises withheld. But is
that a reason for utterly ignoring the other army? Did it
lack patriotism? Did it lack valor? Did it not endure great
sufferings and sacrifices for the cause of the South?
I Take the battles of Shiloli, Murfrecsboro, Chickamauga.
Ringgold, Resaca, \ew Hope, and .'\tlanta. Did the Virginia
.'\rniy figlit any better and lose a hrger percentage of those
engaged? Take the battle of Richmond. Ky.. under Kirby
Smith. Was there a more brilliant affair in the whole war
and richer in results? Was there an army of the Confederacy
that .showed more valor and determination or endured such
• suffering for nearly two months as the defenders of Vicks-
burg? Did any troops ever display finer qualities of
true soldiers than Stevenson's and Clayton's Brigades on the
16th and l~th of December, 1864, in saving the routed army
of Hood from utter demolition? Were there ever soldiers
more daring and doggedly determined until nearly all were
exterminated than the Army of Tennessee at Fi"anklin, Tenn.,
November 30. 1864? Did the world ever show a more mas-
terly retreat, itself suffering so little loss in anything and
inflicting more on its antagonists, than the Army of Tennessee
under Joseph E. Johnston in the cver-mcmorablc campaign
from Dalton to Atlanta and on to Jonesboro? General Black,
once Commander of the G. A. R., said to the w-riter in Mont-
gomery that the world furnished no parallel to the masterly
skill with which it was conducted. Nothing was ever left
behind, no confusion, hardly a surprise, always ready to
counteract every effort for a successful turning of the flank.
These things being so, is it not time for public speakers
and writers to quit ignoring them as though they had not
been or had not done? Their marches were far longer and
under much greater difficulties, their sufferings and depriva-
tions far greater, and their supplies far more neglected than
in Virginia.
In the name of justice to these long sulTercrs, patient en-
durers, and brave fi.ghtcrs 1 beg that they may share at least
something of merit by the Southern speakers and the press
of the South.
[In a former letter Comrade Brewer, in giving a list of
commissioned officers who are survivors in Montgomery,
reports himself as captain. The "War Records" officially name
him as major. He is referred to in six volumes of the '"Rec-
ords," and often as in command of his regiment.]
CONFEDERATE WHO SERfED FROM COLORADO.
nv C. S. SEMPER, SERGEANT MAJOR 1ST LOUISIANA ARTILLERY.
I went from New Orleans, La., to Denver, Colo., arriving
there .April 20, 1859. and the next day set type on the first
number of the Rocky Mountain News, the first newspaper
printed in the Pike's Peak region. Early m i85o the printers
organized the first labor union in Colorado, composed of eight
n'embers. There are now over six hundred members in the
Drnvcr Typographical Union, No. 49. This union was or-
ganized in my house in Denver, and I am a charter member.
In the fall of 1S60 I returned to New Orleans to look aftei
some property interests, .\fter that I volunteered for thirty
days, or during the war. in Company G, 1st Louisiana Heavy
Artillery. A part of the regiment was ordered to Fort Mc-
Comb and a part to Fort Pike, Pass Chef Montuer. From
these forts our regiment was ordered to Fort Jackson, on
the Mississippi River. After the capture of New Orleans by
the Federals, we went to Vicksburg. Miss., where we served
through both sieges of that city. At Vicksburg our troops
imderwent great hardships and privations from want of food,
cloth.iiig, etc.
We were paroled and went into camp at Enterprise, Miss.,
where we remained until exchanged, when we were ordered
to Mobile. Ala. .After the fall of Mobile, we served as dis-
mounted cavalry (virtually infantry") and were engaged in
several battles, etc., getting our full share of that hard serv-
ice and losing many of our men. Our brigade was the last
of the Confederate army to lay down their arms, as we were
detailed to mount guard over the Confederate commissary
supplies at Demopolis, Ala., where I was honorably discharged
as sergeant major of the regiment.
IVHAT HAPPENED L\ BATTLE AT B.4T0N ROUGE.
BY D. M. BALLARD, RAYMOND, MISS.
I saw in the Veteran incntion of Gen. Tom Benton Smith,
then a colonel, which reminds me of an incident in the battle
of Baton Rouge when he was in command of the brigade.
During a charge on the enemy, posted behind bales of hay and
in the cemetery, his horse was killed and fell on him. He
called to the boys not to leave him, and in pulling him out
from under the horse one boot was left, and he rode the rest
of the day without it.
It was there that Col. Beriah F. Moore, lieutenant colonel
of the 19th Tennessee, rode out in front of his men, threw his
leg across his saddle, lighted his pipe, and began smoking. I
thought it was the coolest thing I saw during the war. Can
any one explain why during the hottest of the fighting an
order was sent down both lines to cease firing and both sides
obeyed? Capt. Will Yerkcr, of General Clark's staff, and
Adjutant Fitzpatrick, of the 22d Mississippi Regiment, dashed
out in front of our lines and were met by a Federal officer
(I heard it was the lieutenant colonel of the 21st Illinois),
wlicn each side demanded the surrender of the other. The
I'cderal officer saluted, leaned over on his horse, and dashed
back to his command. Both sides resumed firing at once.
Our officers were both wounded. Gen. Charles Clark and
Colonel .Mien were both seriously wounded and left at Baton
Rouge, and at their request they were sent on the Federal
gunboats to New Orleans, where they were well treated.
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STORY OF OLD "COSFED" IX EAST TE.WESSEE.
BY L. H. BLANTON, D.D., LL.D., DANVILLE, KV.
Your correspondent was cliaplain of the 54th \'irginia Regi-
ment and served under Buckner in the East Tennessee Cam-
paign of 1863. This may explain his love for this attractive
region and that for three summers he has found rest and
recreation at the Roan Mountain Inn, on the headwaters of
the Doe, This entire region, it is known, was a Union strong-
hold during the war and is still intensely Republican. But I
was treated to a great surprise Sunday night when I preached
at the Methodist Episcopal ihurch. Curiosity to see and hear
an old Confederate chaplain brought a groat crowd. At the
close of the service an old scarred Confederate veteran rushed
to the front and actually hugged me in the presence of the
congregation. It was Elisha D, Hendrickson. a native of
Craig County, Va., who moved out into these mountains with
his young bride at the close of the war.
Young Hendrickson enlisted in the Confederate army in
March, 1861, and fought to the end. His regiment was the
28th Virginia, Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division. His first
fight was at Seven Pines and in succession Gaines's Mill,
Frazier's Farm, M.ilvern Hill, Second Manassas, Boonsboro,
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Sec-
ond Cold Harbor, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, .'Xppomattox,
At Gettysburg the 28th Virginia was commanded by Col,
William Watts, of Roanoke, a kinsman of the Breckinridges.
Hendrickson's company (C) went into the charge with thirty-
five men and came out with five, leaving thirty on the
field either killed or wounded, Hendrickson among the latter.
Their record was unsurpassed unless by the Orphan Brigade.
This whole region was and is intensely Republican, as al-
ready stated. Carter County alone sent several regiments to
the Union army. The men who surprised and killed Morgan
at Greeneville were from this county. For years prejudice was
intense against everything Southern. And yet this old Vir-
ginia veteran from his arrival won the respect and confidence
of all good men. He was industrious, honest, brave, and
withal a humble Christian. The old man is still full of snap
and vigor and runs a little water mill on the Doe which gives
him and his family a comfortable living. When he first ap-
peared in the neighborhood, some men, extra loyal, who had
never smelt gunpowder threatened to drive the "old Rebel"
out of the mountains. They took the precaution, however, to
consult the sheriff, an ex-Federal soldier and a brave man,
who gave them this advice: "If you fellows go fooling
about this man, some of you will get killed; and if you are
not, I w-ill prosecute you to the extent of tlie law."
A striking characteristic of this old veteran is his genuine,
earnest, happy Christian life. It is said of the late Justice
Harlan that he went to bed with his Bible under his pillow.
Such is in a real sense true of this old soldier. The Bible is
his constant companion. He is a member of the little Chris-
tian Church at the station. He conducts the Sunday school and
teaches the Bible class. He teaches also the Bible class in
the Baptist Church, for there is nothing narrow in his re-
ligion. During our sojourn at the inn last summer the writer
was called on every Sunday to help the old man with his
Bible class. After this a veteran Episcopalian and Comrade
Hendrickson studied together the Sunday school lesson. It
was in the book of Daniel, and the cild man in his excitement
exclaimed : "I tell you Daniel was a dandy !"
Another touching incident : Some years ago a man living
here was fataltv hurt on the railroad. His wife sent at one?
for the old soldier, saying: "I know that if John could speak
he would say, 'Send for 'Lish Hendrickson; I want him to pray
for me.' " The old man went and offered a simple, earnest
prayer for the sorrow^ing wife, "just like he was talking to
God."
THE J'ETERAX'S SLEEP.
BY ABBV CRAWFOKD MILTON.
Smooth out the quilt a mite, son, on my limbs.
Slow now, my lame leg! Alius strikes me queer
How wounds hurt most atter one's old. Caniille,
Are you there, daughter? Son, get you a chair.
I mind the day a ball tore off the toes
An' lamed my knee, 'Twas Shiloh, an' we made
Them Yanks skedaddle ! 'Twas at Charlottesville
Yo' Uncle Ben was hit. The bullet ripped
His rib, went in the lung, and is there yet.
Poor brother Ben never could understand
Why I'd not draw a pension. What's the need?
A man with two good arms can make his way,
An' I made mine for Susie an' you two.
My mem'ry sorter strays back to old times.
I mind when pa died, an' ma, an' Sis Lou.
She was the cheerfulest of us all, though sick —
Took to her bed when she was near 'bout tw-elve.
An' died at eighteen. Sech patience an' grace !
Little Sis Lou!
Somehow I don't fear death
Same as I used to. Seems to me jes' like
A-fallin' to sleep an' wakin' up changed.-'
Was that the rain? Sounds like somebody cryin'.
Well, let it ; 'twill be good fer the poor crops.
Camille, child, reach me out yo' hand. There, there!
You've alius been a good daughter to me
An' Susie, an' you, Ben, a good son.
I've been a plain — jes' a plain. God-fearing man.
An' I've had Susie ! You both spoke to-day
How- I lay smilin'.
Well, I had a dream.
Or was it a dream? I can't say — who can fell?
Your ma — my Susie — she w-as with me here.
I thought — I saw — I felt her ! For she laid
Her hand an' then her head against my breast
Jes' like she used to. An' I stroked her hair.
All shinin' gold— I hadn't thought of that-
Like when she's young. "Susie," says I to her,
"Why do you stay away? Are you happy there?
What are you doin'? O, I've missed you so!"
"Marvin," she said in her own lovin' way,
"I'm laborin' in the vineyard of the King.
I'm happy, yes ! But you will come to me !"
Then she was gone — gone all these twenty years.
But I talked with her, saw her, felt her hair,
And ever since the missing her is past.
What time is it, son? Late as ten o'clock?
Don't sit up longer, darlings; it's no use.
Turn down the wick, all but a little flame
For company, an' leave me. I can sleep to-night,
I think; I'll soon drop off to sleep.
Vet l-.old the lamp first, Ben, above her head ;
I want to see Camille's face an' her hair,
So like her mother's — Susie! How it glows!
'Tis darkening now, too dark for aught but sleep.
Good night. I'll sleep well— without pain— I'll sleep.
Qopfederat^ Uetcraij.
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Ol-FICIAL SEAL MAKER FOR THE CONFEDERACY.
[R. M. Cheshire, in Baltimore Sun.]
Herman Baumgartcn, wlio died in Washington during the
past year, was the official seal maker for the Southern Con-
federacy. A short time before his death he talked entertain-
ingly to the writer, declaring that he had made every seal
u?ed by the Southern Confederacy, and that he was regularly
employed for that purpose. In the spring of 1861, at the
earnest solicitation of Judali P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes
with the Confederacy. lie had repeatedly declined to accept
assignments offered, fearing that he would be permanently
cut of? from his young wife and infant son. Senator Benja-
min and others held out very attractive proposals from a
fniancial standpoint, and he finally yielded to their persuasions.
"I first went to Montgomery. ,Ma.," said Mr. Baumgartcn,
"then the seat of the government, with letters of introduction
In .Mexander H. Stephens, who immediately oflered me a
very lucrative position, which I declined, agreeing, how-
ever, to do all the engraving at a price to be set by myself.
My offer was accepted, and I at once began engraving tlie
great seal. While at Montgomery I practically completed en-
graving all the seals for the several departments of the
government. I secured the services of two experienced en-
gravers from New Orleans; but after working two weeks and
earning $800 each, they threw up their jobs and left. When
I had worked six weeks, I sent for my wife and child, and I
put $2,joo in my wife's hands upon her arrival. When the
seat of government was moved from Montgomery to Rich-
mond, I accompanied the officials, traveling on the special
train. Immediately after reaching Richmond I established a
plant and soou had quite a shop. After finishing the seals. I
began preparing to make money and stamps on wood plates.
Eventually steel plates were obtained and beautiful specimens
of the engraver's art were turned out, equaling the best work
of to-day."
Mr. Baumgartcn rel;ilC(l a thrilling experience in running
the blockade at the closing of the struggle. In the latter two
years of the war the subject of erecting mints for coinage of
silver and gold was discussed, and Mr. Baumgartcn was fur-
nished with high credentials to parties in England and drafts
on the London fiscal agent of the Confederate States, amount-
ing to over two million pounds, to purchase machinery. Ho
went from Richmond to Wilmington, where a run of tlic
blockade was to be made. Presenting his credentials to the
oflicer in charge of the port, he was put aboard a blockade
runner to go out at the first favorable opportunity. After
waiting all day, Mr. Baumgarten approached the captain and
asked the reason for delay. He was handed a pair of marine
glasses and told to take a look. The glasses revealed the fact
tl'.at fourteen Yankee gunboats lay off the harbor in a semi-
circle. "Do you think you'd try to get through that?" asked
the captain. "We can go only under the most favorable con-
ditions, and I am prepared, rather than be captured, to blow
up the ship and all on board."
Mr. Baumgarten said the vessel had a cargo of cotton, and
the greater portion of the bales were ranged upon the decks
along the rails fastened together with chains, forming a bul-
wark about as high a; a man's head, making a splendid pro-
tection against camion shot. Mr. Baumgarten was shov.-n a
spot immediately over the forecastle, and, lifting a tarpaulin
which covered the deck, about six bushels of coarse gunpowder
was displayed. The captain said : "This is to be used in blow-
ing everybody to h — if capture seems inevitable."
At midnight the blockade runner started, but did not es-
cape observation of the Yankee gunboats. Their shots, though
enfilading, all went too high, but the chase was kept up until
after daylight. Bermuda was reached and the Confederate
ensign was raised at the peak and the stars and bars at the
taffraii, while three musicians struck up "Dixie" as we en-
tered port. The cotton was discharged and the runner started
back with munitions of war. Mr. Baumgartcn. however, had
10 wait in Bermuda two weeks to get a vessel to Liverpool,
and this delay proved disastrous to his mission — that is, sc
far as he was concerned in a financial way.
-Xn uneventful voyage brought him to Liverpool and thence
to London. There he reported to the fiscal officer at 29 Ger-
niyn Street, presented credentials and drafts, and sought to get
down to business at once. The fiscal agent was out of funds,
and, handing him £ioo as pocket money, directed him to put
up at the Queen Hotel, where all expenses would b; met until
news could be received from Richmond. What the fiscal
agent heard from Richmond was the downfall of the Confed-
eracy. This left the fiscal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the
lurch; but Mr. Baumgartcn was provided with a ticket to
Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then repre-
senting the Confederate government at the French capital.
Mr. Slidell look care of the Confederacy's seal engraver until
the President issued his amnesty proclamation, when he pulled
out for home.
"I got here in time." said Mr. Baumgartcn, "to be arrested
an average of six times a day; and if I had arrived two weeks
sooner, I suppose I would have been torn to pieces."
[The foregoing is given for what it is worth and not to dis-
credit publications already made. If Mr. Baumgarten had
completed the great seal at the time that he slates he went to
work upon it, there probably would have been evidences of its
use. Let us accept his report as in the main correct. How
ever, if his work on the great seal had been perfected in face
of so much controversy, he should have been more specific.
In the Journal of the Confederate Congress for October 11,
1862, there is reported and approved "an account in favor
of Julius Baumgarten for making a drawing of seal, $25."
On September 2<i, 1862, Julius Baumgarten was paid $60 "for
making a drawing of seals." There is no record in the Jour-
nal of "Herman" B., but such mistake may have been made by
the correspondent, Mr. Cheshire. — Editor.]
"WAR OF THE STATES.''
W. F. Dent, a member of Camp Lomax. U. C. V.. Mont-
gomery, Ala., sends this indorsement of the position taken by
the Veteran as to the proper name for the war between the
States: "I heartily indorse the position you take in regard
to the naiTie which should be given to the war of 1861-65.
I also note that Alexander H. Stephens in his great history
written in 1867 calls the great struggle the 'War between
the States,' and .A.dmiral Semmcs in his book, published in
1868 or 1869, designates it as the 'War between the States.'
This shows that your position was the one held by these great
leaders, and should be the only title ever used by Southern
people. I am perhaps the youngest meinber of any Confed-
erate Camp, as I was born March 3, 1855, and obtained my
cross of honor on account of services rendered to the Con-
federate secret .service in Maryland by me as a boy."
Comrade Dent miscontrues the claim of the Veteran as to
a name for the war. It is simply suggesting the shorter word
"of" for "between." "War of the States," like "War of the
Roses," seems a little more dignified and a little less harsh
than "War between the States."
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Qo9fcderaC<j l/eceraQ.
IIIGHTEESTH REUXION OF JIM PEARCE CAMP.
The eighteenth annual reunion of the Jim Pcarce Camp was
held, as usual, on August 7 at Kuttawa Springs, near Kut-
tawa, Ky. This Camp, named in memory of Capt. Jim Pearce,
is composed chiefly of veterans of Caldwell and Lyon Counties
who fell at Shiloh.
Although the day began with a light rain, many people gath-
ered with the veterans. At the request of Commander J. T.
Dorroh, Gen. W. J. Stone, a member of the Camp, presided.
The Adjutant, T. J. Johnson, being absent, Alvin Richey, an
honorary member, served as Secretary. Thirty-si.x members of
the Camp were present and, in addition, four other comrades.
.Among those present was Comrade Martin, eighty-six years
old, who is a Mexican War veteran. The Memorial Committee
had not a death to report during the past year.
General Stone, who is a Commissioner of the Kentucky Con-
federate Pension Board, spoke of the workings of the State
pension law for Confederate veterans, and said that many of
the soldiers have usually failed to preserve to their families
their own w'ar records and even their respective commands.
These should be preserved, as they will be matters of pride
to their descendants, and for the lack of such many are de-
barred from becoming beneficiaries of the pension law.
Mr. Hartley Skinner, of Kuttawa, son of a Confederate
veteran, offered to make complete records of the Confederate
soldiers if the data were sent to him, and said that at the
next annual meeting he would be present to rectify and com-
plete such records.
At the request of Comrade J. W. Hollingsworth, General
Stone related the circumstances which led to the establish-
ment of the Kentucky Confederate Home. It was started by
a conference between a few veterans at a U. C. V. Reunion in
Memphis a few years ago.
At noon a bountiful dinner was spread, and the large crowd
greatly enjoyed the shades of the forest and the delicious
mineral waters.
At the afternoon session the Camp elected the following of-
ficers for the ensuing year: H. H. Thompson, Commander;
C. W. Wood. Vice Commander ; J. T. Dorroh, Chaplain.
Comrade T. J. Johnson is the life .Adjutant, having been so
elected several years ago.
Speeches were made by Comrade W. H. Patterson, of
Paducah, Hon. Elliott Baker, Hon. J. Syke Hodges, Mr. Bart-
ley Skinner, Mr. Kelsie Cummins, son of Comrade W. W.
Cummins, Mr. Loton Molloy, and Rev. J. D. Woodson.
A. D. Calmes, editor of the Lyon County Herald, urged
upon the audience that prompt steps be taken to erect upon
the Shiloh battle field a monument to Cobb's Battery.
Mr. Alvin Richey urged prompt contributions to the Con-
federate monument which is to be erected in Princeton.
.Acting Commander Stone reminded the Camp of the re-
union of the gray with the blue at Gettysburg in 1913.
Southern songs by Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Daniels, assisted
by other ladies, were greatly enjoyed.
This reunion was one of the most enjoyable ever held by
the Jim Pearce Camp.
OLUSTEE AND HOW I WAS CAPTURED.
BY WILLIAM H. TRIMMER, MOLING, FL.A.
February 8. 1864, was a busy day moving our battery and
stores from Camp Finegan to Picketts, on the railroad out
from Jacksonville, as a raid on the camp was expected. I
was quartermaster sergeant of Milton's .\rtillery. Company B;
H. F. Abell captain. We had six guns, two brass Howitzers
and four Parrott rifles, battery wagon, forge, and about eighty
horses. Many of our horses had distemper. .At night we
camped by the railroad ready to get aboard the train upon its
arrival.
I was detailed with six men to go back about two miles and
bring to camp a disabled caisson that had been left with the
men and four horses. We dragged the caisson out of the mud,
and near midnight arrived at camp. It was a cold, frosty
night. We were eating and warming when we heard the
tramp of cavalry, and in a few minutes a furious onslaught
on the sleeping camp was made. As it was, I had to get away.
Crossing the railroad into the pine timber away from the
camp light, I witnessed the capture and total destruction of
our camp. In less than an hour they captured battery, wagon,
forge, the caisson we had brought in out of the mud, and two
tl-.ree-inch Parrott guns, set fire to the camp, and were gone.
I could plainly hear the Yankee troopers, "Surrender, you.
d — n Rebels !" and see them use their sabers. Rob Munn,
from Apalachicola, had joined me, wounded by a sword cut
on his forehead, which I bound up with a piece of shirt.
When the raiders had gone, we walked to Baldwin, about
ten miles along the railroad, arriving there before daylight.
We went into the waiting room of the Askem House, and, to
my surprise, sitting by the fire was Captain Abell, who got
away from the camp on his horse, which had been hitched by
the tent, and without sword or saddle had ridden into a
cypress swamp. His animal bogging down, he abandoned his
horse. He was muddy from head to foot, without cap or
sword, and very wet.
Just at daybreak some one called out : "Men, save your-
selves ! The Yankees are coming !"
It took but a minute to empty that room. I ran
through the village of Baldwin as they charged us on their
horses, firing their carbines and calling, "Surrender!" In the
palmetto I threw myself down and they rode on by me. * * *
By 10 A.M. all was quiet again in the village, but I lay in
the palmetto within twenty yards of the railroad until late in
the evening. In the meantime the Yankees found a pen of
cattle in the woods, which they turned loose, driving them
on their horses and shooting them down for sport. They
came very close to me, and would have ridden over me but for
the palmetto. At dark I heard bugles sounding, and very
soon I found myself surrounded by cavalry. I heard orders
to stretch their picket rope and hitch their horses in a square
from tree to tree, surrounding me. They soon had fires and
cooking was in progress. The fire got started in the woods
and came my way in a hurry. Dry grass and palmetto burned
rapidly, and I had to vacate.
1 had proceeded but a few steps to get away from the fire
when I was grabbed by two troopers, who got me by my col-
lar. They took me to their captain. By him I was interro-
gated and then sent to General Seymour, who had his head-
quarters at the Askem House.
When the captain took me to General Seymour, he said:
"General, my men caught this Rebel sergeant. They let the
fire go out and he was hid away in the grass."
The General said: "What were you doing there, sergeant?"
I told him I got away from the raid the night before. He
asked where I was from, and I told him Apalachicola, and he
then asked if I knew a man named Tonge at Bainbridge, Ga.
I told him I did. "Now, sergeant," he said, "you appear to
be an intelligent man. Suppose you take the oath, and I will
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turn you loose in our lines, as we are going on to Tallahassee
and can give you work."
I replied that I had taken an oath to serve the Confed-
erate government.
"Well, then, he said, "I shall send you north as a prisoner.
Orderly, take this incorrigible Rebel and put him with the
other prisoners."
I told him I was very innigry, not having eaten for twenty-
four hours, and he replied : "We will attend to that," I was
put with about sixty others, and at midnight they brought us
in some boiled rice without salt. We had to eat with our
hands, each man taking up a handful.
The next morning we w-ere put into empty army wagons and
sent to Jacksonville in charge of guards from the Il2th New
York, who divided their rations witli us. Arriving at Jack-
sonville, we were turned over to the 54th Massachusetts Negro
Regiment, who had been at Battery Wagner. We were put
into a two-story brick building on Bay Street. We could
see from the windows our captured guns, forge, and caisson.
A.fter keeping us about a week in Jacksonville, we were put
on a boat and taken to Hilton Head and kept there one
month during the severest weather, and few of us liad even
a blanket. I had nothing and suffered very mucli. In the
latter part of March we were put on board the steamer Baltic,
of the Collins line, running to Liverpool, and taken to New
'i'ork. We w'crc taken to Governor's Island and put in one
1 i the casements of old Castle William. This casement was
about 20x20 feet, and here for a month sixty-two of us were
kept and not allowed out for any purpose except to empty the
tubs once each day. The only ventilation was the barred and
grated entrance and one embrasure where the gun would be
run out. Had the weather been hot, crowding us in such
small space, we should have suffered much more. The guard
told us that they were crowded for room with their own
prisoners, who were deserters and bounty jumpers. Again
we were transferred, this tiinc to Fort Delaware, and I re-
mained for several months in that earthly hell.
C.-iPT. JAMES U\ PATTERSON, TWELFTH GEORGIA.
James W Patterson was born in King Wiiliam County,
Va., in 1823, the son of Thomas and Susan G. Patterson,
both highly esteemed in the community in which they resided.
He was a bright and noble youth, and aspired to an honorable
career in life. After thorough instruction in the schools of
hi? neighborhood, he went to Brown University. Rhode Is-
land, where he graduated with distinction in law. When
ready for practice he moved to Forsythc County, Ga., where
he married a Miss Stephens and formed a law partnership.
Later he moved to Valdosta, Ga., and practiced there suc-
cessfully until 1861.
Karly in 1861 he organized a company of infantry in
Lowndes County, Ga., and was elected captain. On June 20.
i86t, the company, with Captain Patterson in command, left
Valdosta by rail for Richmond. Va., where, joining nine
other Georgia companies, the 12th Georgia Regiment was or-
ganized and placed under the command of Col. (afterwards
Gen.) Edward Johnson, of Virginia. Captain Patterson's
company was made I. After a few weeks in camp and drill-
ing, the regiment was ordered to reenforce Gen. Robert S.
Garnctt in Northwest Virginia. The command went by rail
to Staunton and from there to Greenbrier River, where it
met General Garnett's command retreating from Laurel Hill,
where General Garnett had been killed and his army defeated.
The Confederate forces then fell back to the top of the Alle-
ghany Mountains, where fortifications were constructed.
Captain Patterson was detailed with his company and other
detachments from the regiment and was frequently sent into
the mountains to perform arduous duties in reconnoitering and
scout service. Owing to exposure Captain Patterson became
-sc ill that he was sent to a hospital in Richmond, where he
remained until some time in March, 1862.
Soon after his return the entire force, under the command
of Gen. Edward Johnson, was attached to the army of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson and advanced on the enemy at McDowell,
in Highland County, where on the 8th of May, 1862, a san-
guinary battle was fought which resulted in a victory for
the Confederate troops, but at great sacrifice of life. In this
battle the 12th Georgia Regiment bore a conspicuous part,
holding as it did the center of the Confederate lines, where
the enemy's most desperate assault was made. While in
conmiand of his company and cheering his men he sacrificed
his life, as did Captains Dawson, Furlow, and McMillan.
Lieutenant Gold wire, and others. The loss of the regiment
was severe in killed (35) and wounded (140). In that battle
all were \'irginians except the 12th Georgia Regiment, nth
Regiment, and the ist Virginia Battalion. The total cas-
ualties in the battle were sixteen oflicers and three hundred
and eighty-five enlisted men. Surgeon Hunter McGuire's ac-
count is sixty-nine killed and three hundred and ninety-three
wounded, not including the 2d Brigade. (See "War Records,"
Series I., Vol. XII.. Part I., page 476.')
Captain Patterson's body was taken to Richmond, and now
lies in beautiful Hollywood Cemetery, together with that of
Lieut John Goldwire.
THE STAMPEDE AT LA FAYETTE, GA.
ViviD Description of Life in the Army.
BV CH.\RLES GORE JOY, COMP.\NY C, MTU TENNESSEE CAVALRY.
One evening in June, 1864. the 14th and 15th Tennessee
Cavalry Regiments, Forrest's command, left Grenada, Miss.,
for Oxford, Ala., under the command of Col. J. J. Netly.
We went into camp early, and I cut little pine boughs for oui
bed. The next day we began a dreary, monotonous ride
through a dismal pine forest, and there did not seem to be a
living thing in those woods, not even birds. The day was hot
and sultry. Late in the evening Al Emerson said: "Charlie,
let's cut out the first chance and hunt some grub." His
brother .'Vngus was our first lieutenant. Al was the best
forager in the company; and if there was anything to cat in
the vicinity, he generally got it.
We slipped out of the column and followed a blind road
for about three miles, coming to a log cabin. When we rode
up to the gate, a girl of about seventeen years came out of
the door. Al asked if we could get food for ourselves and
horses and stay all night. She said she reckoned so; that
"pap" and "mammy'' had gone to the stilt, but would be back
soon. Before we had finished feeding the old man and his
wife arrived, and we spent the night. The old man looked
the typical moonshiner of a later period. He had a bottle of
"speerits" which Al shared. I tasted it; that was enough.
If was whiter than water and smelled like turpentine. For
supper and breakfast we had corn bread, bacon, and coffee
made of some substitute. We were up early, had breakfast,
and after thanking our kind host we easily caught up with
the command.
About the third day after leaving Grenada we rode into
Columbus, Miss., meeting, as we thought, a cold reception.
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(;^oi)federat^ Ueterap.
In passing through towns before this ladies, girls, and children
were out with flags waving and sometimes singing some patri-
otic song of those times; but nothing of the kind occurred
in Columbus. That evening three days' rations of poor flour
and poor beef were issued us, with orders to be ready to
march early the next morning. Usually when near a town we
could get some good lady to cook for us or have it done, but
we were not successful there. Others tried to get some w'ash-
ing done, but failed. We left, not caring to see the place again.
It was a hot and tiresome ride to Oxford, much of the way
being through a poor, hilly country almost destitute of food
for man or beast. We all suffered, as did our horses. We
had to eat corn, and every man had a nubbin or two in his
haversack ; good ears of corn were not to be found.
(.)ne evening Robert S. Bullock, of Hall's Company, and I
left the column and rode eight or ten miles without finding
any food. The country was the picture of despair. The men
and boys were all in the army. Farms were growing up in
weeds, fencing and houses were dilapidated, many of them
deserted. Some owners had been killed in battle and their
families had moved away. Only women and children were to
l)C- seen, with occasionally a feeble old man or wounded sol-
dier. Late in the day we came to a deserted blacksmith shop.
A dead pig lay near the door. It did not appear to have been
dead long. We were very hungry, so we skinned and cleaned
the pig. We dug a trench and with pieces of wagon timbers
made a good fire, and had barbecued shoat for supper. 1
went to a house about half a mile distant to get some bread
and salt. It was the home of the owner of the shop, who
was in the army. When I asked his wife for bread and salt,
she said they had meal enough to last only a few days, and
she did not know when she could get any more, and had only
half a cup of salt, but would divide with us. I did not accept
any of it. I told her of the pig. She said it was theirs, but
she didn't know what killed it; that we were welcome to it.
She gave me a cup of vinegar and some red pepper. We
swabbed the meat with the vinegar and pepper to flavor it.
When it was done, we had a good supper. It was better than
anything we had eaten in many days. We slept without a
care for the morrow. In the morning we had another fine
meal, saddled up, and joined the command.
When we arrived at Oxford, men and horses were in a bad
shape ; quite a number were sick from eating spoiled corn.
We camped on a hillside near a large boiling spring of fairly
cold water. I was one of a detail for a scout to Rome.
Ga. ; but I was not well nor was my horse in good condition,
which I very much regretted, as I generally had a good horse
and was ever ready for any duty.
One day three of us rode out to look for some fodder for
our horses and found an old man who offered to swap us
some for gun caps, so we gave him fifteen caps for fifteen
bundles of fodder. There were some Alabama cavalry camped
here with whom we had much fun. We would call them "but-
termilk rangers" or "yellow-hammers" and imitate that bird's
voice, which aroused their ire and brought on wordy quarrels.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow now took command of the force.
We were soon rested and ready to go anywhere. We had
good rations for a few days, but they had about given out.
The country could not supply them. After camping here a
week or more, we left for La Fayette, Ga. The day before
the fight there we got feed from a wheat field for- our horses,
each man riding to the shocks and getting a bundle or two
of wheat. In 1908 a Mr. Hassel, who lived in that neighbor-
hood, told me that it was Lowery Wilson's wheat field.
The next morning we stopped a little distance from tl;e
town, where there were some four or five hundred Yankee
troops. After a delay of nearly half an hour, we galloped
into town. The Yankees were in a brick building (the court-
house, I think) and opened fire on us. They wounded sev-
eral and killed Col. E. Herbert Armistead, of the 22d Ala-
bama Infantry, which was greatly regretted, as he was said
to be a fine officer and very popular. [The "War Records"
reported Colonel Armistead killed, but added a post note say-
ing that it was a mistake. — Editor.] As we had no artillery,
our firing did them no harm. There were some rock or brick
buildings near, and Lieutenant Pirtle with four men, I being
one of the number, rode to the rear of one of these buildings
and went upstairs, intending to shoot from the windows down
into the building where the Yankees were. When we got
into the room, we found that it was the quarters of one of the
Yankee officers, and his wife was there. She was very lady-
like, polite, and did not seem at all excited or scared. We
were not in the room longer than a minute or two when the
Lieutenant said, "Boys, we will not fire any from this room."
and started down with the intention of going up into some
of the other rooms. Before getting to the bottom of the steps
we heard shots on the left, and knew that they were not from
the courthouse. When we got down, I found my friend Bub
Bullock holding my horse and calling to me to hurry, that the
Yankees were coming. I could see Federal cavalry some
two hundred yards away galloping toward us and shooting
as they came. In a few seconds I was in the saddle, and we
left that place much quicker than we went there. We rode
down a steep hill, through an old tanyard, our horses jumping
the vats, then uphill again, and we did not stop until, about
half a mile from town, we found the officers of our regi-
ment rallying the men. How many of the Yankees there were
I never knew, but they stampeded us. We lost two of our
best boys that day, Jessie Derryberry and Jim Scoggins, and
we never knew what became of them.
We went back to Oxford and to our former camp. Men
and horses were on short and very poor rations. In a few
days we returned to Columbus. We were eating corn again,
and our horses were eating the ends of limbs of bushes, weeds,
and leaves wherever they could get a bite. .About the fifth
day in the afternoon we left the main road and went into
camp. A farmer had some goats and corn, and goat was is-
sued to us without bread or salt. We had a good supper and
breakfast, our horses faring well too ; but we had exhausted
the farmer's goats and granary.
The next morning, being greatly refreshed, we traveled much
faster. During the day there were occasional refreshing
showers. All day long we went at a good gait until about
nine o'clock, when we went into camp. The men and horses had
had nothing to eat since breakfast, nor did we get anything
that night. As soon as we could tie and unsaddle we laid
our oilcloths on the damp ground and were soon asleep. The
next morning at daybreak I was awakened by the neighing of
the horses, and looked up to see Whit ("Pap") Savage, "an old
young man," slow of movement and speech, with a load of
half-green corn in the stalk on one shoulder and a big water-
melon under the other arm. I was in that melon patch in
about two minutes, and was soon back with a load of corn
and a good melon. We had camped in a graveyard. On the
side of the hill away from the road was the melon patch and
cornfield. After giving our horses a good feed, we made
fires of fence rails, and soon had a good breakfast of corn
and melons.
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Wc broke camp early, and as it was cloudy and pleasant
\vc traveled fast. Sometime after twelve o'clock we rode
into a grove in the suburbs of Columbus. The first thing
that attracted our attention was the music of a brass band.
We formed into line and counted off fours and were ordered
to dismount, every fourth man holding horses. We marched
around to where the band was and w-ere informed that the
citizens had prepared a barbecue for us. We were ordered
to break ranks and go to dinner, which we were not slow in
doing. There was a board table about two liundred yards
long loaded with meats, light bread, corn bread, and biscuits.
It looked like a gala occasion ; flags were flying ; a great crowd
of people were present, mostly ladies and children, the ladies
vying with each other in tlieir attentions to the soldiers, and
all seemed happy. One good woman had an old negro man
following her with a large basket of nice biscuits, and she put
some in my haversack. I then filled it as full as I could with
meat and bread and ate until I was tired. Some of the boys
got with some girls and had pics, cakes, and pickles. We all
had a great time, but we were puzzled as to what it meant.
The dinner was a Godsend to us, and the good people of
Columbus redeemed themselves in our estimation.
After wc had a good rest, the bugle blew for us to fall in
line, and we were told that we would be dismounted here and
take cars for Okolona. We also learned that the Federal
Gen. .v. J, Smith was near Pontotoc with an army of 15,000,
which was the explanation of the forced march from O.xford
and the barbecue. We went on old dirty flat cars pulled by
an old wheezing locomotive. Wc got to Okolona just as the
sun was rising. We jumped ofT the cars and were on the
march to Pontotoc without a minute's delay. It had rained
a little in the night, and my clothing and haversack were
damp. It was soon hot and sultry, and wc were not accus-
tomed to marching on foot. My haversack got so heavy that
I finally threw some of the grub away, and others did the
same. About six o'clock in the evening we came to a little
creek right at Pontotoc, tlic water six to ten inches deep.
JMany of the boys crossed on a foot log, but several of us
waded across. Soon after crossing we went into camp. We
had marched about thirty-three miles, and I was never so
tired. 1 went to sleep where I stopped without thinking of
eating or even of looking for a good place to lie down. .Xbout
3 :,?o the next morning we were on the march again. General
Smith had gone toward Tupelo, and near there had intrenched
his army and made ready for battle. Here on that hot
and sultry day in July. 1S64. the terrible battle of Harrisburg
was fought.
This accurate account of that expedition to La Fayette. Ga.,
may be called "unwritten history." It was a trip of nearly
a month's duration, of five hundred miles or over, very trying
on the men and horses, and nothing accomplished. The ex-
periences recited were conunon in similar ways to Forrest's
Cavalry. The last two years of the war the Confederate gov-
ernment furnished guns, ammunition, and rations only when
they could be had, the men furnishing everything else — cloth-
ing, horses, saddles, etc. — much of which was contributed by
the enemy. Many a blue overcoat did we have dyed black,
and we sometimes threw away an old blanket upon getting a
better one. We would not have their sabers. We did not
receive any pay from the government, nor did we have any
tents ; but with a pole, a couple of forks, blankets, and oil-
cloths we could make "dog" tents that protected us from the
severe weather. However, we did not use these except in the
event of rain or when very cold, preferring to sleep in the
open air; and this, with coarse food and exercise, gave to
niany a delicate boy bone and muscle, health and strength.
The only kind of rations ever issued to us was flour or meal
and beef or bacon and salt. Sugar and cofTee were unknown.
Our only cooking utensils were frying pans, tin buckets or
cans, tin cups. We made "good coffee'' with parched meal. H
we had bacon and flour, we fried the bacon and mixed the
fiour with the grease; if beef and flour, we used water. Wc
sometimes had to wash the dirty rock salt broken up. We
ate bacon raw most of the time, many preferring it that way,
especially in winter. A strip of bacon, "streak of lean and
streak of fat," was greatly enjoyed after a hard day's march.
We had no plates, cups, saucers, spoons, knives, or
forks, yet every man had a pocketknifc. Occasionally some
fortunate boy would have a tin pie pan. Our company officers
fared just as we did. Sometimes wc imagined that they had
better at headquarters, but I doubt if they fared as well. We
were better rustlers and at times had things not on the regu-
lar bill of fare, not issued by the commissary. Maj. J. Gwynn
Thurmond, once our captain, often came to our mess for a
meal. We sent for him if we had anything extra. When
our wagons were up, we got along some better, as some of
us had ovens.
There was little red tape in our command. Our officers
were our friends and comrades. As officers they had our
greatest respect and obedience. There never was a body of
soldiers that obeyed orders and performed duties more faith-
fully than Forrest's command. Rarely was even a trivial
order violated. Off duty we were equals; they were gentle-
men, so were we. We had confidence in them and they in us,
and this cordiality and friendship elevated and helped us,
made us better soldiers and better men of officers and pri-
vates. W. C. Pirtle (wc called him Will) was the second
lieutenant of our company, a fine officer and the friend of
every man in the company. Most of our officers did not be-
lieve in punishment for every little offense. On one of our
marches there was some straggling, and before moving out
one morning an order was passed down the line that it had
to be slopped, and that any one caught out of column without
permission would be punished. Major Thurmond was put
in the rear to look out for stragglers.
About dinner time three of us left the column, taking a little
road leading off to the left. We thought we had picked a
good time, as the Major was not in sight. We rode briskly
for over a mile, and were congratulating ourselves on how
well we had maneuvered. Wc rode up to a house and asked
if we could get dinner. The lady of the house said: "Yes;
hitch your horses right there and go around to the barn and
get feed." As we were unsaddling we looked down the road
and saw the Major coming. We did not feel exactly easy,
but went on as if unconscious of violating orders ; and when
he rode up, one of us said : "We'll bring feed for your horse.
Major." Presently the lady came out and said it would be half
an hour or more before dinner. The Major told her to take
her time, that we would rest in the shade, and we went to
sleep on the grass. For dinner we had bacon and greens,
corn bread and buttermilk, and were treated as honored
guests. Well do I remember the bright-eyed children stand-
ing around and their mother's good face beaming with hos-
pitality and happy in seeing us enjoy the feast. She apologized
for the delay. Her husb«nd and brothers were in the army.
We could not thank her enough. The Major said he was in-
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debted to us for a good dinner. We loved him before and
now we loved him more. He was killed at Yazoo City by a
negro soldier whom he had ordered to surrender. The man-
ner of his death and recovery of his body was very harrowing,
and cast a gloom over the regiment. Ilis brother, Frank Thur-
mond, was my chum and bunkmate, a lovable boy about a year
my junior. I have not heard from him since the war.
W'e were always ready for sport. We had horse-racing
and foot races; sometimes we had big snowball battles. We
delighted to camp at Aberdeen, Miss., and to bathe in the
Tombigbee River. Often I have seen hundreds of men in
swimming with their horses. Tuscaloosa, Ala., was' another
favorite camping place. Here were nice shady woods and
the Black Warrior to bathe in. When wc went into camp at
a new place, often we would find squirrels in the trees, and
we were sure to get them, not by shooting; for no matter
how large the tree or how tall, some one would climb it. If
a rabbit got into camp, it would never get out. With three or
four hundred boys after one, yelling and shouting, it would
stop from sheer fright. When we had any fun on like this,
some of the officers would become ringleaders.
We did not have uniforms. .-Xniong the officers there was
some attempt to wear the Confederate gray, and the private
did too if possible; but we were a motley crowd and wore
whatever we could get. It mattered little abput color, quality,
or fit, and it was nothing uncommon for those who had been
immaculate in their dress at home to be wearing pants several
inches too short, without socks, shoes too large, and hats with
holes in them. Our guns were all muzzle-loading, with dif-
ferent kinds in a company. The first gun I had was a double-
barrel shotgun. I swapped it for a long Enfield rifle with
which I was told that I could kill a Yankee a mile off. It
was long and unwieldy, and I was glad to exchange it for a
Sharpe rifle. They were little short breech-loaders, the first
we had ever seen, and they were "dandies." After using them
a while we exchanged them for short Enfield cavalry rifles,
muzzle-loaders, and these we had when we surrendered at
Gainesville, Ala., in May, 1865. We all had pistols. I had
one that was issued to me by the government that looked as
if it had been made in a country blacksmith's shop.
When we went into Memphis in August, 1864, Buck Teague,
a member of our company, had lost his pistol in the great ride
that we had just made, and I loaned him my Confederate navy
si.\. He was one of the first of our men killed. I did not ex-
pect to see it again. The next day, however. Jack Gamble, of
our company, said to mc in his drawling tone: "O Charlie,
didn't you lend Buck one of your pistols? I was on the in-
firmary corps ; and when we found his body, I got your pis-
tol." I thanked him, but he said he thought it was worth
$20 for saving it, and I gave him the money. Jack was a
simple fellow and, according to his idea, it was all right. M\
other pistol was a contribution from a Yank of the 7th Illi-
nois Cavalry Regiment on Christmas Day, 1863, near Somer-
ville, Tenn. We did not have sabers. They were cumbersome
and not so effective a weapon as the navy si.x. We dismounted
and fought on foot on nearly all occasions. We could shoot
better than on horseback and with not as much danger of
being shot. The Johnnie on foot was a terror to the Yankee
cavalryman. We met their infantry, with their polished gtms
with bayonets that we sometimes could see glistening in the
sun, and held our ground. Occasionally we met under a
flag of truce. They called us Johnnies, we called them Yanks,
and we would talk and laugh as if we were not foes, although
we expected that we might be shooting at each other soon.
We did a great deal of hard riding or marching, day or '
night, rain or shine. Sometimes we left our camp after dark
and appeared next morning miles away where least expected.
Sometimes we were in the saddle continuously for weeks.
W"e were rough and ready riders, healthy and strong, and
could endure all kinds of hardships, and our horses were the
same way. General Forrest was always ready for a fight, and
at any odds. He fought many battles, killed, wounded, and
captured thousands of men : captured thousands of guns and
ammunition, many pieces of artillery, hundreds of wagons,
horses, mules, ambulances, clothing, provisions; tore up rail-
roads, burned bridges, trestles, cars, engines, and much other
property.
In November, 1864, General Forrest was ordered to join
General Hood on his march into Middle Tennessee and
take command of all the cavalry. We crossed the Tennessee
River about the middle of the month, and the second day
after leaving Florence, Ala., we met the Yankee cavalry, and
then it was skirmishing and fighting every day, sometimes
even into the night. In the first night's fight Cannon Justice,
of Hall's Company, our regiment, had an eye shot out, and
several others were wounded. As the cavalry led the ad-
vance, this work fell to them, and the way was stubbornly
contested. At Fouche's Springs we had quite a sharp fight.
There was a heavy snow on the ground and we were on
foot. Here part of a regiment of Yankee cavalry that had
been cut off rode through our skirmish line at a fast run
without firing a gun and joined their command in front of
us. We moved on, fighting every day.
The battle of Franklin was fought on November 30. It
was one of the most desperate engagements of the war and
a fatal blow to our army. The Federals were superior in
numbers, behind fortifications and breastworks. The South-
ern troops charged across open fields in plain view of the
enemy, and were mowed down like weeds. It might well
have been called the field of blood. Hood's army lost in
killed and wounded about 5,000 and the Federals about 2,500;
and although they retreated that night, it was a dearly won
victory. Many of the best and most able generals and other
officers were killed or wounded. The spirit of the men was
crushed.
Our army was in front of Nashville about the 2d of De-
cember. General Forrest was sent to Murfreesboro with part
of his command. Hood's army had terrible experiences. The
weather was very severe, raining and snowing every day,
freezing and thawing, ice, snow, and water in the trenches,
without shelter, and many without overcoats or blankets and
with but scant and irregular rations. The suffering was indeed
great. About the middle of December commenced the great
battle of Nashville ; and after two days' hard fighting against a
force of fresh troops well armed and well fed fully three times
as great, Hood's army was completely routed. It was very
cold, still raining and snowing, the roads heavy with mud.
the men suffering from hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Their
clothing was ragged, often exposing the flesh. They looked
like an army of tramps. Many were barefooted and had cut
their feet on the ice and frozen ground, leaving blood marks
in the snow. Hundreds of them whose feet had become sore
and inflamed were hauled in the wagons, as were also some of
the sick and wounded. The retreat was covered by the cav-
alry, fighting day and night, often hand-to-hand conflicts, the
muskets used as clubs, the six-shooter against the saber, both
sides displaying the greatest bravery and fearlessness. That
Hood's entire army was not captured was due to the stubborn,
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Tecklcss, and desperate lighting of the cavalry. General For-
rest with his command and some infantry that he had gath-
ered up from various commands under General Walthall
formed the rear guard and saved the army from destruction.
^t last the Tennessee River was reached. There was a
pontoon bridge, a frail-looking affair, as if it were nothing
but inch boards laid on top of the water, the current being
so strong that it was in the shape of a rainbow; yet all the
command passed over safely, the cavalry being the last to
cross. The bridge was cut loose from the north bank, the
retreat was over, our endurance nearly exhausted, and we
gave a sigh of relief.
The suffering and hardships endured by the soldiers on that
retreat cannot be described. It stands without a parallel in
history. It was the rougliest, the severest, the hardest and
most desperate fighting, the saddest and most pitiable, the
bloodiest and most disastrous of the war to the Southern sol-
diers. Tlie Army of Northern Virginia will recall the last
days before Appomattox.
The foregoing tells in a feeble way of the life of llic sol-
<liers of Forrest's Cavalry in '63, '64, and '05. The brief ac-
count of the invasion of Middle Tennessee is related to por-
tray the part performed by that great cavalry leader and his
command in that memorable campaign.
PENSIVE IN THE HALL 01' FAME.
BY COMRADE GEORGE N. EAKIN, ATLANTA, GA.
My itinerary, which covers a large section of the United
States, brought me to Washington City, and as a day of
recreation from my work I visited several points of interest
in the city. Among them was the Hall of Fame in the Capitol,
where stand the statues of many of our most illustrious
patriots and statesmen. Entering alone, something seemed to
say: "Tread lightly here and remove the covering from thy
head, for the atmosphere within these walls is sacred.
These forms stand as faithful guardians over the revered mem-
ories of souls, which by illustrious deeds of valor and words
of wisdom fitly spoken have contributed material for tht- up-
building and establishing of our great American republic, plac-
ing her in the forefront as the leading constellation in the
galaxy of stars that picture the world's history of nations
whose inspiration is from the omnipotent, living God and built
upon a foundation the material of which is the teachings of
his Son Jesus Christ himself."
These works (as it seemed) speaking to me, I passed quietly
beneath and before these monuments of great interest, causing
my soul to swell with pride and patriotic emotion as an Ameri.
can citizen. I came upon the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
I'ausing for a moment, my thoughts assumed force in char-
acter to almost verbal expression as I would say: "Hail, my
honored chieftain. Christian hero, and martyr patriot to a
cause, although numbered among the lost, yet the principle
of which lives in the hearts of this people and generations to
come, a germ from which shall yet give vitality to principles
and noble inspiration of action worthy of emulation by na-
tions whose aspirations are limited only by access to the
pinnacle of fame !" I felt like saying further to this represen-
tation of a character so honored by us all : "The last words
I heard you speak were uttered at Appomattox, where with
utmost sincerity of purpose, tearful eyes, and humiliating sub-
mission you advised us, your devoted followers, to return to
loved ones and devote the remaining energies of life to loyal
devotion to our government and to the restoration of the
devastated homes and flowerbeds of our beautiful Southland."
BARBARA FRIETCHIE—A MYTH.
BY A VIRGINIAN, SHENANDOAH CHAPTER.
One pleasant morn in bright September,
A day we all have cause to remember,
A martial host climbed a mountain crest.
Pausing a moment there to rest ;
Then faster descended, looking down
On the clustered spires of Fredericktown —
Looked down upon a valley that yields
Plenteous crops from its fertile fields.
Weary and footsore that early morn.
They hungrily gazed on the fruit and corn,
But hastened on to the tune of the band
That started the air, "My Maryland." "
Then mountain and soldier took up llie strain
And echoed "My Maryland'' back again.
Brave and true and hopeful were they,
Inspired by their leaders, those boys in gray ;
For they were commanded by Jackson and Lee —
More valiant generals ne'er could be.
Now, Barbara Frietchie was living there.
But history shows she did not care
For the tramp, tramp, tramp of the soldiers that day.
And the narrative should run another way.
Stonewall and his men by that route never came,
So they passed not the house of the good old dame.
And for them her flag was not unfurled,
Thougli this myth has been proclaimed to the world.
THE EAGLE.
"He clasps the crag with hooked hands ;
Close to the sun in lonely lands.
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls.
.\nd like a thunderbolt he falls."
"Every year they're marching slower.
Every year they're stooping lower,
Every year the lilting music stirs the hearts of older men.
Every year the flags above them
Seem to bend and bless and love them
.•\s if grieving for the future, when they'll never march again."
"Providence Spring" in .Andersonville. — .\ correspondent
for the V^ETERAN writes: "I have often wondered why the
Lord would answer the prayers of prisoners at Andersonville
for water when he paid no heed to the cry of the starving
and freezing in the midst of plenty in the North. Truly 'he
moves in a mvsterious way.' "
Mrs. P. .'\. Cannon, 412 East Market Street, Decatur, .Ma.,
writes: "I am the widow of William Cannon, who served in
a Company B, raised at Athens, Ala., and I should like to hear
from any of his comrades who could assist me in securing a
pension. 1 am now old and in need."
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I!IKI<«I<W!IWIMI!«IMIW.I
"lie is not dead, but has simply passed
Beyond the mists which blind us here
Into that serener. sublimer sphere
Where winding sheets are never woven
And funeral knells are never rung;
Blessed land beyond the sky.
To reach it we must die."
Maj. Felix C. McRnvNOLDS.
A. S. Johnston Camp, No. 75, U. C. V., of Beaumont, Tex.,
passed resolutions upon the character of F. C. McReynolds
from w^hich extracts are made :
"Comrade F. C. McReynolds was born at Martinsville,
Tenn., on September 16, 1835 ; and died in Beaumont, Tex.,
February 7, 1912. He first moved from Tenessee to Arkansas,
engaging in the mercantile business at Fayetteville. Later on
he moved to Jacksboro, Tex., then a frontier town, when In-
dian raids were of frequent occurrence. Young McReynolds
displayed great courage and sagacity in the pursuit and chas-
ti.sement of the redskins.
"In 1861 a call was made for volunteers. A company was
organized at Jacksboro, and F. C. McReynolds was elected
captain of the company. This company was assigned to Grif-
lin's Battalion. Capt. F. C. McReynolds was promoted to
the office of major, and with his command took part in the
battle of Galveston, Tex., where he repeatedly charged the
breastworks of the Federals, finally driving them from their
position. The island was freed from the invader.
"In the battle of Calcasieu Parish, La., on the 6th of May,
iR()4. Major McReynolds was in command of the infantry,
and sliowed great gallantry and skill in maneuvering his men
under a heavy fire from the Federal fleet. After this Griffin's
and Speight's Battalions were merged, forming the 21st Texas
Regiment, and Major McReynolds was made lieutenant col-
onel, serving in Louisiana and Arkansas the remainder of the
war."
The Camp resolved that it has "lost one of its most worthy
members and the city of Beaumont and county of Jefferson
one of her best citizens. He w'as a devoted husband and father.
The committee was composed of C. H. McGill, T. J. Russell.
T. W. Redman, and J. A. Brickhouse.
C.\PT. George H. Packwood.
Capt. George II. Packwood was born on his father's plan-
tation, near St. Helena Parish, La., June 10, 1S33, a son of
William Packwood, wlio came from Connecticut and who was
an early settler in that section. During his early boyhood his
parents died, leaving him ;in only child. He was taken to
Clinton, La., where his three aunts lived and were mar-
ried. They cared for him until, in his early manhood, he
secured employment in a mercantile store in which he proved
I'.is honesty and integrity which gave him a good start.
In the spring of 1862 he raised a company of soldiers and
v.as elected captain, and the company became the Packwood
Guards. It became a part of the 14th Louisiana Infantry,
then at 'Vicksburg, Miss. 'J'he regiment was soon in the battle
of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862, when he proved his ability
as a commander. He was with his company and regiment in
fortifying Port Hudson, La. The regiment was ordered from
Port Hudson to intercept the Gricrson Cavalry raid from
Memphis, Tenn., and making for Baton Rouge, which liiey
reached a few hours ahead of the regiment. It was then
with the regiment in Mississippi in the rear of Vicksburg and
in the siege at Jackson, Miss. After that his command was in
the campaign from Dalton, Ga., to Atlanta, and on the 5th
of August, 1863, he was captured while out on picket duty in
front of Atlanta and was sent to Johnson's Island. He was
kept in prison until the war ended. Returning home, he re-
engaged in the mercantile business, in which he was very suc-
cessful for a number of years.
He was married to Martha Ann Wheat on her father's plan-
tation in St. Helena Parish, La., May 4, 1854. He was elected
Commander of S. E. Hunter Camp, No. 1185, U. C. V., of
Clinton, in 1889. and served until his death.
He was Major General Commander of the Louisiana
Division, U. C. V., for one term, from 1900 to tpoi. He at-
tended all the State and national reunions for a nuinber of
years. He attended all the meetings of his Camp and never
lost interest in the cause for which he fought. He was treas-
urer of the parish for a number of years, and was a member
of the M. E. Church, in which he took a leading interest for
years. He was a member of several fraternal orders. He is
survived by his aged wife, two sons, three daughters, and
three grandchildren.
[Sketch written by John A. White, Clintcui. La]
Rev. R. H. Wuiteheau.
On July 23, 1912. Rev. R. H. Whitehead, in the seventy-
seventh year of his age, answered the last roll call. He was
born in Carroll County, Miss., in 1836, a son of Judge W. W.
Whitehead, prominent in his county and State. His mother.
Elizabeth Davis, was a relative of President Jefferson Davis.
He had two brothers who served througliout the entire war —
W. D., who was badly wounded and died in Florida in 1907,
and E. M. Whitehead, now living in Denton, Tex.
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R. H. Wliitcliead graduated in the literary course at the
University of Mississippi in 1855 and in law in 1857. In 1861
he was ordained to preach by the Missionary Baptist Church.
He was prom;itly appointed chaplain of the 20th Mississippi
Regiment. In 186.^ his health declined so much that he had
to resign as chaplain. He went home and served Churches
in Mississippi until 1875, when he moved to Texas. He
remained there preaching until 1888, when he moved to
Plant City, Fla., afterwards moving to Palmetto, where he
died. He was an able expounder of the Scriptures.
I.iEUT. \V. F. Hrittain.
William h". Hrittain, of New York, died after a hrgcring ill-
ness at his home, 560 West 165th Street, July 20, and was
buried at Athens, Ga., the place of his birth, in Oconee Ceme-
tery. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. John
II. Mcll, assisted by one of Mr. Brittain's intimate friends,
Capt. R. K. Reeves. A large number of mourning friends of
.'\thens and adjacent sections attended the obsequies.
William F. Brittain was sixty-four years old. "Bill" Brit-
tain, as he delighted in being called by his familiars, entered
the University of Georgia at the age of fifteen, but soon aban-
doned his studies to join Lee's army in the War of the States,
becoming a member of Carlton's Artillery, rapidly rising to
tlie grade of first lieutenant through his wonderful daring as
demonstrated when he swam the James River to convey an
important message from Gen. E. Porter Alexander to Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
At the close of hostilities he took a business course at the
Poughkecpsie Commercial College, entered mercantile busi-
ness in New York, and rose in a short time to a high position
as a dry goods salesman for James H. Dunhain & Co., former-
ly Dunham, Buckley & Co. In business he had a host of
customers and friends, principally from the South, who yearly
liioked forward with fond anticipations to their annual pil-
grimage and to be with "Bill" Brittain. His place among his
friends can never 1 e filled.
Mr. Brittain was a member of the Georgia and Southern
Societies as well as the Arkwright and Suburban Driving and
Riding Clubs, the Xew York Drivers' .Association, the Ocean
Pond Hunting and Fishing Club, and other lesser ones. His
fondness for blooded horses, particularly for driving, ac-
counted for his membership in the latter.
He married rather late in life Miss Adele LaForge, of New
\ork Huguenot stock, and maintained a delightful domestic
establishment provided with comforts in becoming taste as to
value and elegance. He died without owing a cent, but with
thousands owing him.
William I". Brittain leaves a widow and a sister, Mrs. Sue-
r.rittain Martin, wife of the dean of the faculty of Cumber-
land University, Lebanon, Tenn. ; also W. H. Brittain, State
Superintendent M. L. Brittain, Mrs. Frank Weldon, and
l'"rank Wright, all of Georgia. Lovable and just, energetic
and brave, he passed away from loving friends like a man
who had done his duty and was ready to go.
[l^'rom sketch by Jack Childcrs, New York.] 1 i
Capt. George W. X.\RONr. " ~°
Capt. George W. Naron was born in Coweta County. Ga..
\pril 16, 1828, the third of nine children born to Thomas and
.Mary Xaron, natives respectively of South Carolina and Ken-
tucky. In 1833 they moved to Chambers County, Ala., which
was then in the Creek Xalion. The Indians at that time were
iiot friendly with their white neighbors; and when a call was
made for volunteers, Thomas Xaron enlisted, leaving his wife
and six children, .ilthnugh they were at the mercy of the
natives.
In September, 1842, Thomas Xaron an<l family moved to
Mississippi, passing through Columbus, on the banks of the
Tombigbce River, and crossing Big Black at Colonel Holland's.
Crossing then a very sparsely settled country, he settled in
the fork of Topashaw and Bear Creeks, called at that lime
"the Chickasaw strip," not subject to entry. Two years later
they moved to what is now Little Rock, Ark., where in the
same year (1844) Thomas Xaron died. Mrs. Naron died
two days later.
George W. Naron, the subject of this sketch, then quite
young, became familiar with the duties of farm life. His
educational advantages were in consequence very limited.
He attended school but six months. He and his brother,
with eighty other volunteers, left their Chickasaw home for
Mexico. They walked to Greenwood, eighty miles, where they
secured a small steamer that carried them to Vicksburg, where
lliey took a large steamer to Xew Orleans. Yellow fever was
raging there at the lime. Three weeks passed before arrange-
ments could be made for the voyage to the Rio Grande, which
they ascended five hundred miles. They joined General Tay-
lor's army and were in the battles of Monterey and Saltillo.
He then returned to Mississippi, and in 1849 he married Miss
Mahala Few, a native of Morgan County, Ga. Mrs. Naron
died June II, 1890, the mother of seven children and a devoted
member of the Baptist Church : also a member of a Masonic
fraternity, Lodges 392 and 224, of Maben, Miss. In company
with Senator X. B. Crawford he walked to his Mississippi
home, where his wife and children struggled hard for a living
during those trying times.
In 1875 Captain Naron began merchandising at Atlanta,
Chickasaw County, Miss., where he made his home until he
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moved to the growing little town of Mabcn, Miss., where he
was very successful.
In April, 1862, George Naron enlisted under the Confed-
erate banner in the 31st Mississippi Volunteers. He was
elected second lieutenant of the company and later promoted
to first lieutenant. After the battle of Baton Rouge he was
promoted to captain. He was wounded three times. He was in
the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Baker's Creek, and Jackson ;
then under Joseph E. Johnston from Dalton to .\tlanta, and
Atlanta to Franklin and Xashville.
Captain Naron "crossed over the river" on March i, 1911.
in his eighty-third year. With Masonic honors he was laid in
a tomb made large enough to contain him and his wife. A
very large procession of Masons and Confederate comrades
attended tlie funeral.
[From sketch by J. W. Allen. Maben. Miss.]
George A. R.\kestr.\\v. '
George .\nderson Rakestraw was born in Lexington, Ga.,
November 7, 1824. He was educated at Emory College, Ox-
ford, Ga., and after graduation taught both in Alabama and
Georgia, and meanwhile was preparing for the practice of law.
On December 7, 1848, he was very happily married to Miss
Rebecca Kirksey, of Talladega, Ala, In the early fifties they
moved to Texas, settling in Anderson County, where Mr.
Rakestraw again engaged in teaching. In 1858 he was made
President of Fairfield Male Academy, which position he held
until his admittance to the bar at Fairfield in i860.
In response to his country's call in 1862 he enlisted in the
army in Company G, 7th Texas Infantry; and although he
was wounded nine times, the close of the war found liim
still at his post, true to every trust. He participated in the
following battles: Raymond, Miss., Port Hudson, Chicka-
mauga. Missionary Ridge, Dug Gap (near Dalton, Ga.),
Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta (two battles). Spring
Hill, Tenn., and the Franklin carnage.
Returning home in 1865, he moved to his farm in Navarro
County ; but the devastation of war and the unsettled condi-
tions in general prompted hiin to seek a more peaceful gov-
ernment, and in 1867 he went to Brazil. But liking neitlier
the country nor the climate, he returned to his home in Navarro
County, where he resided until his death, January 4, 1912. He
was highly honored and respected by all who knew him, for
he was a true Southern gentleman of the old school. His
refined and elegant manners, courtly bearing, and cultured
•mind made him a fit representative of the real South wliich
:gave to the world the highest type of manhood it has evei
known.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, for over seventy-three years, and to the very last he
took an active interest in all its aflfairs, being always ready
for any post of service either in the Church or Sunday school.
To the young people he was a friend and wise counselor. By
word and deed he constantly planted seeds of truth and love
in the minds and hearts of those whose lives came in touch
with his. Much of the time for several years he had been an
invalid, but children and grandchildren alike delighted in min-
istering to him, and the untiring devotion to his daughter,
Mrs. Leta Fulton, who made her home with her father, was
beautiful.
Though the day of his burial was bitter cold, a large crowd
assembled 10 pay respect to this worthy friend and citi-
zen. By the side of his wife, who had preceded him several
yealB, loving hands laid the mortal body gently to rest.
Rare and lovely flowers hid the grave entirely from sight,
their beauty and fragrance typifying the character of the man
to whom they paid tribute in a life that knows no death.
GEORGE ANDERSON R.\KESTR.\W.
Mr. Rakestraw is survived by the following children, all of
Texas: Mrs. C. W. Jester, Corsicana ; Mrs. S. J. Cl:iry.
Sabinal ; Mrs. Lem Starley, Tyler; Mrs. Lynn Davis, Corsi-
cana ; Mrs. Leta Fulton and .-Mbert Rakestraw. Grape Creek.
Rev. E. Z. Simmons.
Rev. E. Z. Simmons, a missionary to China, who died in S:in
Francisco, Cal., on August 8, 1912, was a native Mississippian.
He was born and reared near Corinth, and was sixty-seven
years old. Early in the war he enlisted in Company H, I2t!i
Mississippi Cavalry, and remained with the command until tlie
close of the war. He was a gallant soldier.
After the war he became a minister of the Baptist Church.
He was sent as a missionary to China, where he served his
Church for forty years, returning to the United States every
ten years. He was on his return to his old home when he
was stricken, and died among strangers, except the presence of
his wife, who was with him. He was a Christian gcntlenrin.
[Sketch by D. J. Hyneman, of Corinth, Miss.]
C.\PT. George Cox.
Died at Corinth, Miss., on June 19, 1912, Capt. George Cox,
aged seventy-four years. He was a native of Huntsville, Ala.,
but went to Mississippi .in 1857 and resided in that State
until his death. He was a perfect type of the old-time South-
ern gentleman and was well known to the traveling public as
the proprietor of the Cox House at Corinth.
At the commencement of the war he enlisted in the 26th
Mississippi Regiment, and served with it until the close of
the war, coming out with the rank of captain. In the death
of Captain Cox, Corinth has lost one of her best citizens.
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James Reynolds Pickett.
James R. Pickett was born in Henry County, Ala., March
17, 1843, and was taken by his parents to Apalachicola, Fla.,
in 1845, arriving there on the child's birthday. The Irish
citizens of the city were celebrating the day in honor of St.
Patrick, but the two-year-old youngster thought it was in
honor of his birthday.
James Pickett enlisted in Company E, 2d Florida Cavalry,
on May 8, 1862, under Captain Blocker. He was transferred
to Houston's artillery company late in 1863, and after about
a year's service with tliat company he was transferred to the
navy and ordered to Wilmington, N. C. The struggle was
over and Lee had surrendered before he could reach Wilming-
ton. He was in the battles of Natural Bridge and Olustee,
Fla. He was faithful to all the duties of his soldiership, was
never sick a day in camp, always answered roll call, and was
always ready for duty.
He was never paroled and never took the oath of allegiance,
yet he made one of the best of citizens. He was a fearless
and competent seaman, and after returning home from the
war he shipped on a bark bound for Liverpool. While in mid-
Atlantic fire broke out in the cotton and the ship was burned.
A vessel saved the crew and landed them at Quebec. Canada,
where he stayed for some time, working and studying naviga-
tion, and he returned to Apalachicola with a certificate as
navigator of the deep sea. After his marriage, in July, 1869,
he was made a pilot, and was still engaged in this occupation
on the Gulf of Mexico when he was taken with his last sick-
ness. His death occurred at Carrabelle, Fla., on July 5, 1912.
Surviving him are his wife, five daughters, and a son.
[Sketch by his comrade, J. R. Blocker, of Carrabelle, Fla.]
George Nash Truss.
George Kash Truss was born March 21, 1839, at Trussville,
Jefferson County, Ala. When but a lad his father, Warren
Truss, moved to Mississippi, but on account of the climate
disagreeing with his family he retraced his steps and located
in Lincoln, Ala, When a young man "Nash," as his friends
called him, went to Talladega. .Ala., to live, and he there en-
GEORI.E X. TKLbS.
listed as a private in the Confederate army June 4, 1861, vrith
Company E, loth Alabama Regiment. The regiment served in
Wilco.x's Brigade, Anderson's Division, Hill's Corps, A. N. V.
He, together with James Dye and W. W. Draper, joined the
Jeff Davis Bluecoats, and were soon at the front with Gen-
eral Lee, through the defeats and victories of C. Mi Wilcox,
whose brigade has the credit of reaching high-water mark in
the great battle of Gettysburg. He was shot down five times,
was sent to the hospital at Richmond three times, to the
hospital at Lynchburg once, and the other time he went home.
When discharged from the hospital, he joined his command
at Orange C. H., Va. He was promoted to commissary ser-
geant and captured in the battle of Reams Station; but the
enemy could not hold him, being recaptured by his forces a
few hours after falling into their hands. Following are the
battles in which he was wounded : Gaines's Mill, Fredericks-
burg, the Wilderness, Gettysburg, and Reams Station.
He was in the battle of Seven Pines, Drainsville, and several
others (detached service). He was in the hospital during the
siege of Petersburg. His brother, Milton Truss, who wa»
a boy of nineteen and a member of the sharpshooters' corps,
lost his life there. Two other brothers, Thomas Fielding and
Samuel W. Truss, were in the war, but survived it. S. W.
Truss was sent from Gettysburg to Fort Delaware, where he
almost starved to death; but he lived to be an old man.
Nash Truss was never discharged nor paroled, being at
home with a broken leg at the close of hostilities. The first
year after the close of the war he lived in Sclma, Ala. From
there he went to Utah and through the entire West, being
gone two years. He then located at White Station, Shelby
County, Tenn., near Memphis, where he lived until 1889, when
he moved to Jackson, Tenn. That was his home afterwards.
He was a good citizen, a genial gentleman, a happy Christian,
a good husband, and a proud father. He was a member of the
First Baptist Church, a Knight of Honor, and a member of
Knights and Ladies of Honor. He was an active member of
the John Ingram Bivouac and Southern Cross Drill Corps of
Jackson. He loved his old comrades and was zealous for the
L'nited Daughters of the Confederacy, of which his daughter
IS a member. He requested to be "laid away in his uniform
by the boys in gray" and that a notice be sent to the Confed-
FR.^TE Veteran, the magazine he dearly loved and for which
he pleaded with comrades to subscribe. He was laid away in
a gray casket, his head resting on the Confederate flag. Among
the songs sung by the Confederate Choir was "Tenting on
the Old Camp Ground," and Capl. A. B. Jones, former Chap-
lain of the Bivouac, conducted the impressive service.
He leaves a wife, one daughter (l\Irs. J. W. Weis, of Jack-
son, Tenn.), one sister (Mrs. Jim Howard, of Byhalia, Miss.),
and two brothers (Felix W. Truss, of Memphis, Tenn., and
Alden P. Truss, of Meridian. Miss.).
ToMLiNSON Fort Newell.
Capt. T. F. Newell was born in 1838 and lived for nearly
seventy years in the same residence in Milledgeville, Ga. He
died at Tate Springs, Tenn., August 7, 1912- He graduated
at Oglethorpe University, and was a roommate and intimate
companion of Sidney Lanier, the poet. .Afterwards he grad-
uated in law from the State University at Athens, taking his
degree under Judge Howell Cobb, immediately before the
outbreak of the War of the States.
He was among the first to enlist, and went out as a lieu-
tenant in the 45th Georgia Infantry. When his captain. Conn,
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was killed in battle, he succeeded to the command of the com-
pany. His regiment was in Thomas's Brigade, A. P. Hill's
division, and Stonewall Jackson's corps. He was in all the
great battles of his command. At Chancellorsville he was
wounded in the knee.
During the second day's fight at Gettysburg he received a
wound which necessitated the amputation of his left foot. In
this condition he was left on the battle field and was taken
prisoner. For seventeen months he was at Forts McHenry
and Delaware. He was exchanged and arrived at Milledge-
ville just before the entrance of Sherman on his march to the
sea. He was of a family of eight just before the war, and
within a year after its close only himself and his eldest sister
survived. This sister, now Mrs. Mary McCorkle, is known
throughout Georgia as "Big Auntie."
Captain Newell was the Mayor of the old State capital in
Reconstruction times. For a time he practiced law, but later
gave his time to his large plantations in Central and South
Georgia. In iS68 he married Ann Lane Colquitt, daughter
of Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt, for many years Governor and
United States Senator. She died in 189S.
Captain Newell was a member of the State Constitutional
Convention of 1877. He was for years President of the Board
cf Trustees of the State Sanitarium. He also served as one
of the first trustees of the Girls' Normal and Industrial Col-
lege. He was for thirty years a steward of the Milledgeville
Methodist Church.
Surviving Captain Newell are the following children : Al-
fred C. Newell, of Atlanta; Capt. Isaac Newell, United States
army, now stationed at West Point, N. Y. ; Tomlinson F.
Newell, Jr., of Atlanta ; Fred T. Newell, of Albany, Ga. ; Miss
Mary Newell, of Columbus, Ga. ; Mrs. William Schultz, of
Washington, D. C. ; and Miss Colquitt Newell, now taking
postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md.
Wythe B.\ne Gr.\h.\m.
Wythe Bane Graham was born in Wythe County. Va.. Feb-
ruary 21, 1840; and died at his beautiful home in that county
on March 12, 1912. His father, John Crockett Graham, was
a prominent and well-to-do farmer of Wythe County, and his
mother was before her marriage Jane Bane, of Giles County.
The Grahams and the Banes are sturdy stock, and have long
stood in Southwest Virginia for the best in high character and
worthy citizenship.
Mr. Graham's early education was acquired in private
schools near his home. Later he was sent to Draper's Valley,
where he was under the tutelage of Rev. George Painter and
Rev. George D. Hudson; and then he attended a school at
Newbern, Va., taught by Profs. James .\. McNutt and Charles
Heuser. Following this he entered Emory and Henry Col-
lege, where he had almost completed the studies of the junior
year when the War of the States broke out and the college was
disbanded. During all of his school life he was a diligent
student and held the confidence and esteem of his teachers
by his upright demeanor and his devotion to his work. He
was not during his youth very robust in health, but possessed
the power of endurance, and with clear intellect and quiet
force he took rank with the best and brightest in his class.
In after years he liked to talk about his college associates,
particularly those of his fellow students who attained distinc-
tion in the course. He regarded the late lamented Capl.
Charles E. Vawter and his brother, James E. Vawter. as per-
haps the most gifted students at the college in his day. All
three of these young men promptly answered their country's
call to arms and have since answered the final summons and
gone to join the innumerable hosts beyond the great divide.
J:imes Vawter, while still scarcely more than a mere youth,
was killed in battle. Charles Vawter and Wythe Graham were
spared for many years of usefulness to their generation.
Mr. Graham enlisted as a private in Company A, 8th Vir-
ginia Cavalry, on July 20, 1961. The commanding officer of
this company was Capt. John H. Thompson, who had been a
soldier in the Mexican War. Prof. William E. Peters, then
a member of the faculty at Emory and Henry College and
subsequently for many years professor of Latin at the Uni-
versity of Virginia, was first lieutenant, and John P. Sheflfey.
afterwards a prominent lawyer and judge of Marion, Va.,
was the second lieutenant.
As a soldier Mr. Graham
measured up fully to the
highest type of the Southern
volunteer. With him the
service was a matter of prin-
ciple and of duty, and he was
never false to either. Having
come under the observation
of Gen. William Edmondson
Jones, a distinguished officer
who later lost his life in bat-
tle near Staunton, Va., Mr.
Graham was by General
Jones recommended for ap-
pointment as adjutant of the
8th Virginia Cavalry, and re-
ceived appointment as such
on the 20th of June, 1864.
This appointment, signed by
James A. Sedden, the able
Secretary of War of the Con-
federate States, is preserved
among the private papers of
Mr. Graham at his late home, near Max Meadows, Va. Pre-
vious to his appointment as adjutant of his regiment he had
served for some time on the staflf of Col. William E. Peters.
Mr. Graham was twice wounded, the first time seriously, the
second time slightly but painfully. On September 4, 1864, in
a regular cavalry engagement at Bunker Hill, ten miles east
ol Winchester, Gen. Bradley T. Johnson commanding, Mr.
Graham received a very serious and severe bullet wound, the
linllet passing through his leg into the horse he was riding.
He was taken to the home of a Mrs. Hollinsworth, in or
near Winchester, where he was very kindly treated. As soon
as he was able to travel he went home upon a three months'
furlough, which dated from September 4 to December 4, 1864.
With this exception, he was never absent from his command
during the four years of the war. Upon another occasion he
was struck on the foot by a spent bullet, which caused him a
•great deal of pain long afterwards, although the wound when
inflicted was not serious. Several times he very narrowly es-
caped capture by the enemy. He was with General Munford
at Five Forks on the last day's fighting, which, so far as Gen-
eral Lee's army was concerned, was the last pitched battle of
the war.
His love for the cause for which he thus bled and suffered
and to which he gave four years of hard service never abated.
To the end of his long and useful life he retained the keenest
interest in everything that related to the history of the strug-
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gle. and was a frequent attendant upon the Confederate Re-
unions. Few men could converse more intelligently or more
entertainingly than he upon any phase of this the greatest
conflict in iiistory. The writer of this paper recalls with af-
fectionate and grateful remembrance many of Mr. Graham's
delightful talks upon men and measures and events connected
with the war. The failure to record here more of the lat-
ter's own part in the great struggle is due to his unaffected
but unyielding modesty which made it practically impossible
to elicit from him any detailed narration of his own achieve-
ments. But, after all, it was in the private walks of life and
in times of peace that Mr. Graham's greatest work was done.
A gallant soldier is generally a true man. A hero in war is
usually a hero in peace. Such was true of him.
Going back to his home after the war was over, he settled
upon a part of the farm on which he was born, and remained
there until the time of his death. During this nearly half a
century, as nearly perhaps as mortals ever do, he wore "the
white flower of a blameless life." In habits he was strictly
temperate; in business he was scrupulously honest, unremit-
tingly diligent, conspicuously clear in judgment, and abun-
dantly successful. In his intercourse with his neighbors he
was generous and just, always a help and benediction to his
community. In matters of public concern, involving the in-
terests of his local community or of his Stale or nation, he
always had definite and decided views which he expressed on
all proper occasions with a directness and positiveness which
left no room for doubt as to his position. His very nature
revolted at everything that smacked of sham or pretense either
in public or private life, and a demagogue in politics was his
"pet aversion."
His standing among those who had known him best was
well described in a letter to his son, Mr. Zeb Grahaiu, written
by Mr. William V. Wilson, Jr., of Lynchburg, on the ne.xt day
after Mr. Graham's death. Mr. Wilson said: "I feel a per-
sonal loss in his death, as I always admired his sterling quali-
ties and was very proud of being considered one of his
friends. My father was exceedingly fond of him, and would
often refer to the fact tliat 'Wythe Graham was a man w'hose
word was never doubted and whose integrity was never ques-
tioned.' "
Mr. Wilson's fatlicr. the late Rev. William V. Wilson, was
for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church, with which
Mr. Graham aftiliated and of which he afterwards became an
active and useful member. The many hundreds of people in
Southwest Virginia and elsewhere who knew Mr. Wilson, Sr.,
and who know Mr. Wilson, Jr., will recognize in the brief
quotation above a tribute of more than ordinary import.
Mr. Graham was married in May, i86g, to Miss Jennie
Gwyn, of North Carolina. She and two children, Mr. Zeb
Graham and Miss Mary Graliam, survive him. In addition
to the rich heritage of a good name, he leaves to these de-
voted survivors a tine estate, the fruit of his honesty. in<lustry,
and business acumen.
He had no brothers. His only sister is still living at Marion,
Va., the wife of Capt. D. D. Hull, a proiriinent and successful
business man, who was a gallant soldier and officer in the
Confederate army.
In religious preference Mr. Graham was a Presbyterian.
He was always a liberal supporter of the Church, and for
some years prior to his death he was an active and exceed-
ingly useful member. His work as teacher of a splendid Bible
class in tlie Sunday school was especially noteworthy. Here,
as in the other varied relationships which he sustained to those
around him, he will be sadly missed.
He was buried in the family cemetery upon a beautiful knoll
in sight of the home where he had lived so long. The remains
were followed to their last resting place by a large assembly
of admirers and friends from almost all walks of life, attest-
ing the wide and general esteem in w'hich he was held. These
and many others who knew him will long deplore the loss of
this good man whose place will be so hard to fill, and they
and many who come after them will treasure his memory and
will be made better and stronger by his example.
[From a sketch by Judge Joseph L. Kelly, of Bristol, Va.]
Capt. J.\mes P. Cooper.
[From resolutions passed in his honor by Fitzgerald Camp,
U. C. v., of Paris, Tenn.]
James P. Cooper was born March 13, 1842, and reared at
Paris, Tenn. He enlisted in Company F, 5th Tennessee In-
fantry, May 20, 1861, and
was elected second lieu-
tenant, afterwards being pro-
moted to first lieutenant. In
May, 1862, at the reorgani-
zation of the army. Com-
panies F and H were con-
solidated, at which time
Lieutenant Cooper was
elected captain of the con-
solidated companies, which
he commanded with pride,
always being at his post and
when in action on the firing
line. At Pcrryville, Ky.,
October 2, 1862, he was
severely w-ounded and cap-
I I II:. tured, and was in prison
until 1863, when he was ex-
changed. Returning to the army, he joined a company of
cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war.
Notwithstanding his great affliction and suffering for more
than two years before his death, his interest in his comrades
never failed, and especially that for Fitzgerald Camp, of which
he was Lieutenant Conunander. Shortly before his death he
went to Memphis for treatment, but on July 20, 1912. his spirit
went to the God who gave it, and his body was returned to
Paris for burial.
Captain Cooper became a Christian soon after the war,
and continued zealous during the rest of his life. As a citi-
zen he was an example, as a soldier brave and true, and in
his domestic life he was kind and affectionate and beloved
by comrades and friends.
Mrs. Lima C. Mitchell.
Joseph W. Ellis writes from Ozan, Ark : "In June, 1912,
Mrs. Lidia Carlock Mitchell died at Belton, Hempstead
County, Ark., in her eighty-ninth year. She was the mother
of Ben. H. Mitchell, of Company E, 4th .Arkansas Infantry,
who w-as a brave and true soldier. He was in the battles of
Pea Ridge and Cross Hollows, in North Arkansas, in 1862,
and lost his life in the hospital at Little Rock, Ark., in May,
1862. His patriotism and gallantry as a Confederate soldier
are cherished. His parents came from Tennessee before the
war. The father, Samuel T. Mitchell, died here some twenty
years ago."
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Capt. Henry Martin Stringfellow.
Henry M. Stringfellow answered the last roll call on the
17th of June, 1912, in the seventy-fourth year of a well-spent
life, at his home in Fayetteville, Ark. He was born at Win-
chester, Va., in 1839, tlie son of Rev. Horace Stringfellow and
Harriet Strothers, attended the Episcopal High School, and
graduated from William and Mary College in 1858. He later
attended the Virginia Theological Seminary, at Alexandria,
from 1859 to 1861, receiving his degree from this institution
about the beginning of the War of the States. He immediately
entered the Confederate service as a private, afterwards be-
coming a captain and serving in the ordnance department.
He was under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in the Peninsula Cam-
paign and around Richmond in 1862. He went to Texas with
General Magruder and was in the battle of Galveston. On
December 16, 1863, while still in the service, he was married
to Miss Alice, daughter of Dr. J. R. Johnston, of Seguin, Tex
After the war he studied law for several years,, but never
practiced. He was inclined toward horticulture, and in this
he was eminently successful, having been a pioneer in this
department of science, demonstrating its possibilities on the
Gulf Coast. He planted the first pear orchard in 1882 and
the first Satsuma orange orchard two years later at Hitch-
cock. To visit these he invited the members of the American
Pomological Society in session at Austin in 1890, and the
members attended in a body. He was a member of the Texas
Farmers' Congress and all of the State horticultural societies.
In the latter organizations he became quite prominent, having
published a book on the subject. His "The New Horticul-
ture" was published in several languages and became widely
circulated. Mr. Stringfellow generously gave away the copy-
rights, both foreign and domestic, never having received a
dollar of royalty for them.
In 1899 Captain Stringfellow went to Lampasas, Tex.,
where he lived for ten years, contributing largely to the horti-
cultural interests of that section. On account of his wife's
health he removed to Fayetteville, Ark., in 1909, but his own
health failed, which put an end to his horticultural pursuits.
He built an elegant home there, spending his last days sur-
rounded by every comfort and attended by his affectionate wife
and daughter.
Discarding the garb of the clergy, for which he was edu-
cated, Captain Stringfellow buckled on the sword in defense of
his native land, and as a captain of ordnance he played a
creditable part in the service of the Confederacy. Being a
fine draftsman, he drew the plan for the Merrimac's con-
struction into an iron-clad after she was raised, for which
he received honorable mention and many compliments.
Wherever he lived he was known as one of the most public-
spirited, generous, progressive, and enterprising citizens, con-
tributing largely to every effort at civic betterment and pub-
lic welfare. In charity there are hundreds that can call him
blessed. A kind and indulgent husband and father, a generous
friend, he deserves to live in the memory of those who knew
him. Besides his wife, he is survived by his daughter (Mrs.
James J. Read, of Fayetteville), a sister (Mrs. Gilliam, of St
Louis, Mo.), and relatives in Virginia.
General Magruder in his report of the battle of Galveston
states that Lieutenants Stringfellow, Jones, and Hill behaved
with remarkable gallantry during the engagement, each of
them volunteering to take charge of guns after the officers
originally in charge had been wounded, and he designated
Lieutenant Stringfellow to be promoted to captain.
Mrs. George W. Nelms.
Resolutions have been passed by the J. E. B. Stuart Camp
in honor of Mrs. George W. Nelms in which they extend to
Comrade Nelms their heartfelt sympathy in his great be-
reavement and express their "own deep sense of loss in the
death of one who gave so freely of her heart and life to per-
petuate and maintain the sentiments and ideals of the dear old
Southland." They further earnestly commend to all Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy her devotion to the veterans, their
widows, and the cause for which they fought.
The committee was composed of George N. Wise (Com-
mandant), W. E. Thomas, and T. C. Darst.
[Sent by George B. McCorkle, Adjutant.]
Benjamin Walker.
Comrade Benjamin Walker, a member of R. E. Lee Camp,
No. 401, U. C. v., was born February 18, 1835, in Upson
County, Ga., near Thomaston ; and died at his home in Alex-
ander City, Ala., August 9, 191 1. He was the son of Benja-
min Walker, Sr., and Elizabeth Swinney Walker, deceased.
He was ever an ardent Southerner. He was educated in the
public schools and at Mercer University, Ga.. whence he
graduated with honor m 1855.
Comrade Walker was hap-
pily married to Miss Myra
Russell, daughter of Rev. T.
J. Russell, of Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 20, 1858,
which union was blessed with
seven children. The devoted
wife and five children survive
him. Early after their mar-
riage they moved to Alabama
and settled near the Talla-
BENjAMiN WALKER. poosa River at Island Home
in i860. He was always de-
voted to his native Georgia and ever cherished the memory
of her great sons who had an open passport to his home.
He was from his youth a member of the Baptist Church
and a stanch Democrat. He volunteered and reported for
duty at the Confederate camp at Auburn in 1861 ; but owing to
physical disability from birth he was not mustered into active
service, but served his Southland in civil capacity with fervor
and efficiency throughout the four years of carnage and trial.
He was a true patriot, a good citizen, a successful planter, a
devoted husband and father, and a Christian gentleman. He
was never more happy than when entertaining his friends. He
was a scholarly man and a Southerner of the old school. He
never quite forgave the despoilers of his Southland. His ex-
pressed wish that the stars and bars might be his shroud was
carried out by the Sidney Lanier Chapter, U. D. C. 1
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Mrs. M.\ttie McF. Thomas.
Mrs. Mattie McFarland Thomas died August 6, 1912, at her
residence in Rossville, Ga. She had been in ill health for
several years. The death of Mrs. Thomas, who was a most
beloved resident of Rossville, leaves sorrow in the hearts of
a wide circle of friends. She was truly a good woman of high
Christian character, and her life was a fine example to every
one with whom she came in contact.
She is survived by a sister (Mrs. James Morrison) and
two brothers (J. A. and T. F. McFarland). The funeral was
held from the residence at Rossville, conducted by Bishop
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James Atkins, assisted by Rev. John Wesley Smith, and the
interment was at Forest Hills Cemetery.
The Editor of the Veteran would pay personal tribute to
this noble woman as a personal and family friend for many
years. She was devoted to her family, especially her ven-
erable father, who was an intimate social and political friend
of Alexander H. Stephens.
In a letter of October 15, 1906, Mrs. Thomas wrote: "If 1
were only my young self again, I could do so much for the
Veteran." In October, 191 1, she mailed a letter with another
of October, 1906, when she wrote: "Tell me all about your-
self, how the world goes with you. I read the outer part, but
you know I'm an ever-abiding friend, the truest of friends on
whom you can depend for sympathy like a son clinging to his
mother. You have always been that way to me, and you must
not forget it. I was a born mother without a child, and,
thank God, many of his children have found me helping to
liold up their arms. * * * Please do not tell me you arc
.selfish enough to wish your dear brilliant boy with you. It
seems such a superlative happiness for liim to be with his pure,
grand, sainted mother,"
In the same letter she wrote of her own mother, whose
place she had to take early with several younger children:
"My mother was so young (aged thirty-two), so bright, so
very beautiful, and gave her life to 'the cause.' In giving sev-
eral rooms of her home for a hospital she contracted camp
fever while administering to our soldiers, and thus we be-
came motherless."
Mrs. Thomas's father, Hon. Thomas G. McFarland, owned
and occupied the John Ross house, with additions that he
made, in Ross's Gap, one of the most famous places on the
battle field of Chickamaugn
Makk \V. Searcy.
The life of Mark \V. Searcy was an example of the heights
lo which human nature may attain, for few men live up to a
higher standard. His rare personality radiated sunshine and
he nurite<l this saying: "You always felt better for knowing
and seeing him." He was of French Huguenot ancestry of
South Carolina and was born in Cross County, Ark., near
Wittsburg. on February 6, 1841.
Mr. Searcy was preparing to enter Chapel Hill University,
North Carolina, when the call to arms came, and he spent
the four years in active service for the honor of the South.
Mr. Searcy's career as a soldier is of interest to others than
his intimate friends and family, for during the four years of
his enlistment valuable service is recorded. He enlisted in
ihe 5th Arkansas Regiment on April 30, 1861, and was identi-
fied with Sanders's Battalion, serving under General Van Dorn.
Throughout the Carolinas and Georgia he was with General
Hood and Gen. .Mbert Sidney Johnston. At the close of the
war Mr. Searcy returned to Memphis, becoming identified
with the life of the place. In 1874 he was married to Miss
.Mary A. Rice, of Memphis.
For a few years Mr. Searcy lived in Helena, Ark. He was
one of the pioneer cotton men, and it was through his ability
and progressive spirit that Helena was opened as a cotton
port, .^t that time the cotton business was only local.
He was indeed a true gentleman of the old stock, whose
refinement and sweetness of nature was rare in the extreme,
and he leaves a place that no one else can fill. He was a man
of force and fixedness of purpose, never faltering as to his
position; a man whose intellectual tastes predominated. He
was always interested in uplifting; and although a man of no
wealth, many instances are known where he gave modestly
and in an altruistic spirit the materia! help toward education
and ils practical application.
On the 25th of July, 1912, he passed away at his home in
Memphis. He was laid to rest beside his three children in
Maple Hill Cemetery at Helena, Ark. He is survived by his
wife and three children, Elizabeth, Marguerite, and Albert.
A friend has said: "Never was a husband and father more
honored and loved than was he." A comrade said: "His
name, memory, and manifold virtues have been enshrined in
the hearts of his friends, and as long as they live he will be
sweetly remembered."
Surely the angel could record him as one who loved his
fellow man. In Helena and Memphis he was honored.
Comrade R. M. Hubbell, of Fort Collins. Colo., who sent
the foregoing, writes: "From the beginning of hostilities in
Missouri until the surrender of Johnston's army in North
Carolina I was an active participant in trials that proved the
heroism of men in all the emergencies of war, and can truly
say that none of my companions in arms exhibited more quali-
t'es of excellence than my dear departed friend, Mark Searcy.
I'or three long years we were side by side on the march, in
camp, and in bloody encounters, and I always found him the
liright, courageous comrade, cheering us by word and example
lo endure hardships, privations, and dangers unknown in any
previous struggle. T consider it an honor to have been his
friend. Love and peace to his memory."
Capt. Hugh Harvey Han.\a.
Capt. Hugh H. Hanna died at Ozan, .Ark., in May, 1912, in
his eighty-fourth year. He went to Hempstead County, Ark.,
from South Carolina in 1857, and served throughout the war
in an Arkansas regiment, rising to the rank of captain of in-
fantry. No truer patriot or soldier served his country.
Deaths in Camp Plemons at Amarili.o, Tex.
Three members were lost to Camp Plemons, Amarillo, Tex.,
during the past year. They were : A. G. Brice, of the 18th
Texas Regiment: J. H. McDowell, Captain Company K, 5th
South Carolina Regiment ; and Mell Thompson, of the 7th
Texas Cavalrv.
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Herbert Temple Nash.
Herbert T. Nash, familiarly known as "Jerry" Nash, was
born in San Augustine, Tex., in 1840. He moved to Kaufman
County and settled near the town of Kaufman at an early
day. He lived with his father until the war commenced, when
he joined the Confederate army, and was fourth corporal in
Company A, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment. On September 10,
1861, the regiment joined McCulloch's army at Carthage, Mo.
Their first fight was with the Indians at Opothlohola and the
next at Elkhorn. The regiment was then dismounted and
transferred to the Army of Tennessee at Corinth, and was
in the Farmington, luka, and Corinth battles. It was then
remounted and Jerry Nash was sent to Texas to get the horses
for his company, which he did. Following this the command
continued fighting in front of Grant, and was next in the
raid that went to his rear and captured his army supplies,
forcing him to fall back to Memphis.
After the fights at Davis's Mills and Middlesburg, the com-
mand was ordered to Middle Tennessee, where it fought at
Thompson's Station and about Franklin. It was sent back
to Mississippi near Vicksburg. It fought at Raymond, Miss.,
and did much skirmishing in that section pending the siege
of Vicksburg, and from there engaged Sherman from Vicks-
burg to Meridian and back to Vicksburg, and was in a fight
at Yazoo City. The command was then transferred to North
Alabama, joined Johnston's army at Rome, Ga., and was
in the fighting from there to Jonesboro on the Johnston-
Sherman campaign in Georgia. Afterwards it was in Hood's
campaign, fighting at Murfreesboro, Franklin, and on the
retreat was in a continual fight from Nashville to Florence,
Ala. It was then sent back to the vicinity of Vicksburg, where
the command surrendered.
Comrade Nash at that time was second sergeant of his
company. He was frequently detailed with the scouts and
many times was in close places. He was always at his post,
yet, strange to say, he was never wounded. When the troops
were surrendering, a group of four, composed of Jerry Nash,
Jack Phillips, Joe Hardin, and John West, determined not
to surrender; and believing that the war would continue west
of the Mississippi River, they ran the gauntlet, crossed the
Mississippi (then flooded) in a skiff, and made their way to
Monroe, La., and from there on to Texas.
Comrade Nash was a man of noble impulses and so cour-
ageous that he was apparently indifferent to his own safely,
but was always interested in the welfare of his comrade.s,
and whatever he possessed was as freely theirs as his own.
Comrade Nash died suddenly at his home in Kaufman, Tex.,
March 26, 1912, at the age of seventy-one years. He had
accumulated considerable property, and was ever liberal in
distributing to those in need. Two sons and a daughter sur-
vive him, W. T. and J. A. Nash and Mrs. James Young. Mr.
Young is a member of Congress from Texas. The descend-
ants of this noble man are of the same material, and their
lives daily exemplify that truth.
[Sketch by J. W. Hardin, of Terrell, Tex.]
Mrs. Anne J. Hamill.
Mrs. Anne J. Hamill, who died at Cullman, Ala., on Au-
gust 29, 1912, was born near Elberton, Ga., October 2, 1819.
Her last illness extended through several weeks and was due
chiefly to the weakness of extreme old age, as she was
ninety-three at her death. In her twenty-fourth year
she was married to Rev, Edward J. Hamill, of the Alabama
Conference. Her father was Col. Holnian F. Simmons, of
Talladega County, a prominent planter and contractor, who
died in 1870 at her home in Auburn, and is interred there.
Her mother's maiden name was Sarah Burns, a lineal de-
scendant of the poet Robert Burns, of Scotland. Upon her
father's side she came of Revolutionarv stock, two of her
MRS. A. J. HAMILL.
great-uncles being officers in the War of the Revolution.
Governors Pickens and Bibb of Alabama, of the earlier Gov-
ernors of the State, were her kinsmen. Of the ten brothers
and sisters who composed the family, the youngest sister, Mrs.
Capt. Terry Saxon, of Texas, alone survives. Her husband, a
prominent preacher for many years in Alabama and the West,
died in 1891, and was buried at Marshall, 111.
Mrs. Hamill was the mother of eight children, in the
order of age as follows : Edward, a noted physician, the chief
medical inspector of the Prudential Insurance Company of
Newark, N. J., who died in 1910; Dr. Howard M. HamilU
who has charge of the Sunday school training work of the
M. E. Church, South, and is chairman of the chief committee
of the International Sunday School Association ; Chalmers F.
Hamill, who was State senator at the time of his death at^
Birmingham; George Gordon Hamill, who died in childhood
at .'\uburn during the War of the States : Albert Sidney
Hamill, who died when a college student, and is buried at
Blountsville ; Mrs. Julia Gillespie, editor of the Cullman
Tribune; Robert Emmett Hamill, General Attorney of the Bal-
timore and Ohio Railroad at Cincinnati, who died in 1899, and
is buried by the side of his father at Marshall, 111.
An infant daughter, Mary, the third child, had died and
was buried at Marion, Ala., during the pastorate of Rev. E. H.
Hamill at that place. The two surviving children. Dr. H. M.
Hamill and Mrs. Gillespie, were present at the funeral, to-
gether with the following-named grandchildren : Judge E. N.
Hamill and wife, of Birmingham, and his sisters, Misses Ger-
trude and Annabel Hamill, and Mrs. Sidney T. Morrow, of
Nebo, Ky., with her little son, the great-grandchild. Other
relatives, on account of great distance, could not arrive in time.
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Airs. Hamill was a graduate of the old Lagrange (Ga.)
College at a time when Dr. (afterwards Bishop) George F.
Pierce was President. Her father was wealthy and her so-
cial position was distinguished, yet she left it all to marry a
Methodist preacher upon a small salary and with the hard-
ships and limitations of a circuit preacher's life. She knew
both the shadows and lights of the humble parsonage, and
was a noble helpmeet to her husband, as thousands of saints,
now mostly with her in heaven, could testify. She w'as a
great reader and notable scholar, choosing always tlie nobler
classics for her study and reading. Site learned French after
litr eightieth year, and was conversant with the liner litera-
ture of several languages. She was keenly alive to current
events, political, commercial, educational, and otherwise, and
was a student and admirer and partisan of such men as Gov.
Woodrow Wilson, candidate for tlie presidency, and espe-
cially William J. Bryan, whom she knew and greatly esteemed.
No purer nor abler mind could be found among the women
of the South in these respects, as not a few- distinguished
men like Bishops McTyeire, Hoss, and Fitzgerald have tcsti-
lied. In all things she was a devout Christian and Bible .stu-
dent and Methodist, a dear lover of all God's people. Protes-
tant and Catholic. Jew and Gentile, black and white, high and
low. Her life was strangely long and singularly noble and
beautiful.
The funeral service was ccmducted at the home of the
(laughter at Cullman, Ala., on Friday afternoon, August 30,
|<)I2, by Rev. C. F. Stansell. pastor of the Cullman Southern
Methodist Church, assisted by Dr. H. M. Hamill, after wliich
interment was made in (In- Cnllnian Cemetery.
Mrs. S.\k.\ii ICwing Gaut.
Mrs. Sarah Ewing Gaut passed away Wednesday afternoon,
August 21, 1912, at the home of her daugliter, Mrs. R. N.
Richardson, in Franklin, Tenn., in her eighty-seventh year.
For a year or more her health had been failing, the loss of
strength being a .ijradn.i] surrender to the inhrniities of age;
but she preserved her mental faculties to the last, evincing
in her last days that interest in current events and in her
friends which had been so marked a characteristic. With her
only two surviving children, Mrs. Richardson and Mr. William
K. Carter, of South Pittsburg, at her bedside and the recipient
of inany attentions from friends, she approached' the end
uithout a tremor and serenely passed from that to eternity.
The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church, of which
she had long been a member, and the obsequies strikingly at-
tested the wide regard in which she was held.
Mrs. Gaut was a daughter of Alexander C. Ewing, and
was born July 12, 1826. on the homestead near Franklin which
had been given to her grandfather, Alexander C. Ewing, in
1787 by the Federal government in recognition of his serv-
ices as a Revolutionary soldier. This farm has been owned
by five generations of Ewings. its senior immediate representa-
tive being Mr. Alexander H. Ewing. Her parents dying in
her childhood, she was reared by Mrs. Sallie McGavock. a
neighbor and relative, and when fifteen years old married
Boyd McNairy Sims, who had not attained his majority. He
was a law-yer and rich planter. They lived near Brentwood,
and three children were born to them.
She was left a widow at the age of twenty-three. .After
four years she inarricd Joseph W. Carter, then of the State
Senate from Winchester and one of the foremost lawyers and
public men of the section. Two children were born to them.
Mr. Carter died in about three years, and in i860 his widow
moved to Franklin, where she lived nearly a quarter of a
century.
After a widowhood of nineteen years following the death
of Mr. Carter, Mrs. Carter in 1875 married Judge John M.
Gaut, a prominent Nashville lawyer, and resided there until
his death, in 1895. Her last years were spent in the house to
which she came a widow over fifty years ago : and never los-
ing interest in the affairs of her time, the fortunes of her
friends, and often visited by those whom she had long known
and loved, the evening of her days gently passed away and
she fell asleep, uniuurmuring and at peace.
Her sympathies were strongly enlisted for the Confederate
cause, and this she showed in various ways both during the
war and subsequent to it. It is said that the first Confed-
erate flag raised in Franklin was the one which she and a
number of friends hastily made and placed on the front of
her house the day that one was unfurled from the Capitol in
Nashville. She was actively connected with the organization
of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She was one of the
most active spirits also in the Ladies' Hermitage .Association.
[The fore.going is from the Franklin Review-.Appea!.]
In an interesting sketch of Mrs. Gaut "Anna Bland." the
Franklin correspondent of the Nashville Banner, wrote :
"Many interesting incidents in the life of Mrs. Carter oc-
curred during the war. It is said that she gave the first posi-
tive information to General Bragg that the Federals contcm-
jilated an immediate advance on Murfreesboro. She liad
gone to Nashville upon personal matters, accompanied by
two Franklin ladies, and was arrested and taken to headquar-
ters. Hardly knowing what to do to secure a release, she
?cnt for Ex-Gov. William Campbell, her kinsman, to secure
her release, which he did. She then asked him to get a pass
for her that she might go through the Union lines and return
home. This. Governor Campbell said, would be impossible,
as no one was allowed to leave the city at that time because
cf the plan of General Rosecrans to attack Bragg at Mur-
freesboro. Realizing the importance of gettin,g this news to
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General Bragg at the earliest moment, Mrs. Carter determined
to hurry to Franklin so as to notify Col. Baxter Smith, who
was in command of cavalry stationed at that place, that the
news might be sent on to Murfreesboro. She got a horse and
buggy, and with a yoimg boy (Joe DoUis) to drive she started
to Franklin. Taking a road leading north from Nashville.
she cut across fields and pastures, heading for the Hillsboro
'i'urnpike. As all fences were down, this was done without
trouble. Finally the Federal picket lines were safely passed.
Once on the Hillsboro Turnpike, the rest of the journey was
quickly accomplished. Reaching Franklin, Mrs. Carter sent
at once for Colonel Smith, gave him her news, and he dis-
patched a courier to Murfreesboro to give General Bragg
warning of the contemplated attack.
"During the fall of 1863 Mrs. Adelicia Acklen, of Nashville,
a cousin and close friend of Mrs. Carter, received the news
that her large cotton crop in Louisiana was in danger of
being burned by the Federals. [Mrs. Gaut gave an account
in the Veteran for September, 1904, page 422, of how she
and Mrs. Acklen, owner of the cotton, went to Louisiana, got
the cotton through the blockade, and saved the crop, which
they sold for $960,000 gold. — Editor.]
"In the winter of 1864, after the battle of Franklin, the
bloodiest of the War of the States, where five generals were
killed, many of the wounded were carried to the home of
Mrs. Carter and tenderly cared for until they were able to
be sent to prison. One soldier, Capt. John Hickey, who had
lost a leg. was never able to be moved, and remained at her
home until the close of the war. Dr. J. D. Wallis, who was
a surgeon in the Confederate army, stayed with Captain
Hickey, and afterwards married one of Franklin's most
charming girls, Miss Fanny Park. Captain Hickey moved
to Columbia, where after a few years he was married to Miss
Nannie Beard. Another of the wounded boys who was c.ired
for in the home of Mrs. Carter was Capt. Matt Pilcher, who
married Miss Judith Winston, of Nashville.
"The Federals, knowing of the shelter which had been given
bv Mrs. Carter to the Confederate soldiers, ordered her to
prepare to receive a number of wounded Union men ; but a
change of orders was made, and the greater number v/ere
taken to Nashville, only four being left in the care of Mrs.
Carter. She assisted in nursing these as tenderly as she had
nursed the Confederates, although they had their own phy-
sicians and nurses. In after years Mrs. Carter received letters
from many of the Union soldiers who were cared for under
her roof thanking her for her goodness and kind treatment.
"A few days after the battle of Franklin, when General
Quarles lay wounded at the home of Col. John McGavock,
which had been turned into a hospital for Confederate
wounded, Mrs. Carter visited him. General Quarles told her
that if he recovered he was to be married to Miss Alice
Vivian, a beautiful Mississippi girl, but that he did not pos-
sess a suit of clothes he was willing for his bride to see. Mrs.
Carter went to Nashville and bought a suit for him and also
an engagement ring for his sweetheart. Mrs. Carter visited
them at Clarksville, Tcnn., and was royally entertained.
"Soon after the war Mrs. Felicia Grundy Porter, of Nash-
ville, a noble daughter of the eminent Felix Grundy, conceived
the idea of raising funds for the disabled Confederate soldiers
who had lost limbs. A society was organized for this pur-
pose, and Mrs. Carter was appointed President for the Wil-
liamson County branch. Soon after her appointment Mrs.
Carter arranged an entertainment to be given for the benefit
of this orgmization, and from it over $7,000 was realized."
Wife of Rev. E. A. Wright.
Mrs. E. .\. Wright was born in New Hope Township,
Wayne County, N. C, October 20, 1846, the oldest daughter
of that noted Confederate, Col. George C. Moses. Her mother
was Mrs. Elva Thomas Moses. All the family were true
to their native land, our dear old Dixie. Rev. E. A. Wright
.Tnd Mary E. Moses were united in marriage by Rev. William
C. Hunter, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at the resi-
dence of Col. Aaron F. Moses, her grandfather, in Goldsboro.
X. C, on January 18, 1866. She was converted on the 15th
of September, 1876, under the ministry of Rev. John R.
Brooks, D.D., pastor of the M. E. Church in Goldsboro, N.
C, and became an unceasingly active member of the Church.
She was educated at Wayne College, Goldsboro, N. C, under
the presidency of Rev. Samuel Milton Frost, D.D., and com-
pleted her curriculum at Greensboro, N. C, under the presi-
dency of Rev. J. M. Turner, D.D. Having lived the life of
the righteous, her end was peaceful and happy.
Camp Hardee of Birmingham passed this resolution:
"We as comrades are deeply touched by the death of one
who for nearly half a century has shared the joys and sor-
rows of one dear to us, leaving his home in gloom, and ex-
press our sympathy at the great affliction visited upon our
beloved Chaplain, Comrade E. A. Wright ; therefore be it
"Resolved by the members of Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39,
1.'. C. v.. That upon the loss of that beloved Christian woman,
the wife of Rev. E. A. Wright, this Camp of Veterans ex-
tends to him its deepest sympathy as to one who from his
youth up has been true to his God, his country, and to our
cause. God has transplanted the treasure of his earthly home
to that 'not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.' "
Robert T. Bond.
An exchange states of "that grand and noble soldier:"
"His life had been one of earnest eflfort and true purpose,
yet without ostentation.
"Robert T. Bond was born in Shelby County, Tenn., March
ly, i8-|i. His parents. Robert and Sarah Bond, went from
Virginia to Tennessee in early life. Robert left school on
the 24th of May, i85i, to enlist in the first company that
formed in his neighborhood, which became Company E, 9th
Tennessee Infantry, was sworn in at Jackson, Tenn., and was
discharged on July 22, 1864. He was wounded in the battle
of Shiloh on the 7th of April, and received si.x wounds at
Perryville, Ky., and one at Atlanta, Ga.
"He professed religion during a revival in camp and joined
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church after his return ho.ne.
"On October 25, 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss
Bettie P. Harrison, youngest daughter of Dr. Jesse and Mar-
garet Harrison. Unto this union seven children were given,
four sons and three daughters. There are twenty-three grand-
children and one great-granddaughter. In 1866 they moved
from Shelby County to Obion County, Tenn., and in 1906 they
moved to Gulfport, Miss., in search of health. He bore his
sufferings with fortitude.
"His remains were taken to Lhiion City, where the funeral
service was held at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by
Rev. Mr. Zwingle, after which the Confederate veterans took
charge, conducting the burial service at the City Cemetery.
"He is survived by his wife, four sons (Dr. Van Bond, Cot-
ton Plant, Ark.; Dr. J. B. Bond, Union City; R. H. Bond,
Elbridge ; Dr. J. Fred Bond, St. Louis), and three daughters
(Mrs. Margaret Whitson, Union City; Mrs. Z. E. Morehead
and Mrs. Sadie Chaiubers, Gulfport, Miss.)."
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nVELFlH COM'ENriOX CAUI-ORKIA DIl'., U. D. C.
Rkport by Louise L. Lightcap, Historian of Division.
TIio twelfth aiinii.il convention of tlic California Division,
V. D. C, was held in Sacramento May i and 2, 1912, with
delegates from nearly all Chapters in attendance. The ses-
sions were held in University Hall of the Hotel Sacramento.
The convention was called to order hy the President, Mrs.
Samuel Cary Dnnlap, of Los .-Xngcles. After a prayer by
Rev. J. J. Kvans. pastor of the First Christian Cluircli. a most
cordial welcome was extended to tlic delegates .•iiul visitoi >
by Mayor Beard.
Mrs. Eleanor Ashby extended a welcome in behalf of the
George G. Brooke Chapter, of Sacramento. Mrs. B. .\. Davis,
of Los Angeles, responde<l most gracefully for the delegates.
Then followed the intnxluction of the Stale President, Mrs.
Dunlap, by Mrs. I'".lcanor .\shby. President of the George G.
Brooke Chapter.
Mrs. Dunlap gracefully and brilliantly expressed the senti-
ment actuating the motives and ideals of the L^ D. C. and the
great good that is being accomplished by the organization.
She gave a resmne of the work dune the past year ;ind set
forth the plans for the next year.
.After the ritual came the roll call of Chapters, of which
there are twenty-two. One new Chapter was org.ani/ed .it
Stockton last year and one this year at Long Beach.
The report of the Credential Cotmuittee was read by Nfrs.
Hancock Johnston. Chairman ; the Program Committee, by
Mrs. D. C. Farnham, Chairman ; the Recording Secretary,
by Mrs. M. M. luinsten ; the Corresponding Secretary, by
Mrs. Joseph Ellison; Registrar, by Mrs. B. A. Davis; Auditing
Committee, by Mrs. J. H. Stewart. The reports of the Cb.ip-
ter Historian were read by Mrs. F. \V. Lightcap, Slate His-
torian.
It was found th.it some Chapters are doing a great deal
of historical work, while others arc neglecting it, so the State
Historian prepared an outline suggestive of a line of work
for all the Chapters which was .approved and ordered pub-
lished in the Yearbook.
The report of the Conimitlee on limds for Confeder.ale
Veterans and ,\ged Soulhern W'onU'U li.v Mrs. Victor Mont-
gomery, Chairman, was read. .Mrs. Montgomery w.is not
present owing to a recent bereavcmeni in the loss of licr hus-
band.
.\n important subject. "I'.nlert.iinment Ide.is for .Monthly
Meetings," by Mrs. L. S. Jones, was so ably handled th.it a
rising vote of thanks was given Mrs. Jones, and her p.iper
was ordered published in the Vktkran.
The following interesting papers were read ,iiul greatly en-
joyed: "Our Blessings and Our rrivilegcs." by Mrs. .1. P.
Massie ; "Monuments," by Mrs. Mary Polk Du Bose ; "Clur
Needs," by Mrs. 1?. F. Allison: "Our Future," by Mrs. J. II.
Stewart; "Echoes from the Xalion.d Convention." by .Mrs
C. C. Clay.
The opening prayer of the second day's session was olTcred
by Rev. L. S. Jones, pastor of the M. F. Church, South, who
also gave a most delightful talk about his love for the South
.ind of his longing to go back once more to visit his native
land.
The parliamentarian, Mrs. M.atthevv S. Robertson, of Los
Angeles, gave a parliamentary drill just before the close of
the secon<l day's session. Her theme was educational and high-
ly appreciated.
A reception was held in ihe parlors of the Hotel Sacramento
on the first evening, the President and past Presidents of the
Tuesday Club acting as patronesses.
On the second evening a musicalc was held in the hotel
parlors. Readings were given by Mrs. B. A. Davis, of Los
.■\ngeles, and Mrs. Pleasants, of Santa Rosa. Mrs. Mathew
S. Robertson told some good stories, as did also Col. W H.
.\shby, a distinguished lawyer and Confederate veteran, who
resides in Sacramento.
The visitors were delighted with an early morning ride and
visit to I'ort Sutter, and also with a reception given by Mrs.
Ilodson on the afternoon of the last day of the convention.
.Mrs. Dodson is a member of a Tennessee Chapter.
The press of Sacramento gave great publicity to the con-
veniion. and in consequence a dearer conception of what the
r. D. C. st.inds for has been gained by the public of Su-
perior California.
It was urged by various speakers during the convention
that all V. D. C. members of the California Division subscribe
for the Co.NFKDERATE Vetkran. inasmuch as it is the official
organ of the U. C. V.
Much of the success of the convention was due to Mrs. D.
C. I'^irnham, Chairman of the Program Conniiittee ; Mrs.
W. H. Ashby, President of the George G. Brooke Chapter;
.'.nd Mrs. .\nnie S. Pratt, Cliairnian of General .Xrr.ingcnients.
Mrs. Pratt, who has great e.xecutivc ability, ministered to the
pleasure and comfort of the guests in no small degree. She
has been active also as a State organizer for Northern C;ili-
fornia.
Our 191J convention was characterized by great harmony
and good will, due in no small measure to the skillful leader-
ship of our beautiful ami gifted President. Her personality
and exposition of the objects of the I'. D. C. have left a lasting
impression upon Superior California, and the charm of Soutli-
ern womanhood still lies upon this fair capital city.
Our next convention will be held at Visalia and the 1914
convention at Long Beach. The General Convention will be
invited to meet willi u-- in San Francisco in 1915.
MRS. SAMUEL CARY DUNL.\P. PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Dunlap is the daughter of Capt. J. T. and Anna May
ell and the granddaughter of Gen. T> rce Harris Bell, of
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Tennessee, who was a brigadier general in the Confederate
army. She was born in Lexington, Tenn., but was educated
in California, graduated from the Visalia High School in
1896, and from Stanford University in igoo. She taught in
the Visalia Grammar School, also in the Visalia High School;
she also taught English literature and composition two years
in the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School. She was mar-
ried to Samuel Cary Dunlap in 1908, and has one young
daughter. She was elected President of the California Di-
vision, U. D. C, in 191 1 and reiilected this year for another
term. Mrs. Dunlap is a beautiful, gifted, and charming wom-
an, and is peculiarly fitted for the high position she holds
through her executive ability. The California Division, U.
D. C, is proud to honor her with its highest office.
HOIV ELISHA HENDRICKSON COT A FURLOUGH.
[Part of "Story of old 'Confed' in East Tennessee," page 470.]
Young Hendrickson was married in the midst of the great
struggle on Sinking Creek, near Roanoke, Va., and I shall
assume that it is the identical couple of whom the story is
told in connection
with Gen. Jubal
Early. The young
soldier applied to
t h e rugged o 1 d
bachelor-general for
a furlough to go
home and get mar-
ried. Furloughs
were hard to get,
but General Early
said : "I am not giv-
ing furloughs now ;
but if I knew,
Elisha, that you
were really going to
get married, I would
give you a furlough
of a few days."
"Well, General,
what will satisfy
you that I am telling
the truth?" replied
the young soldier.
"Write home and
ask the girl if she is
willing to marry you
and show me the
letter."
In due time Elislia
appeared before the
General, letter in hand, a]id this is what India Givens wrote:
'You say that the General will give you a furlough if I am
willing to marry you. Tell the General that I am not only
willing but anxious."
Elisha got the furlough, and on the 14th of October. 1863,
India Givens and Elisha Hendrickson were duly married, and
they are still walking life's long and loving pilgrimage.
ELISHA HIiNURICKSON.
FOR MONUMENT AT HARRISBURG, MISS.
Capt. A. J. Kennedy, Commandant of the J. M. Stone Camp,
Tupelo, Miss., sends this appeal : "The time is here for the
U. C. V. to lie up and doing. The Daughters have done and
are still trying to do everything they can to raise funds for
a monument at Harrisburg. We have a deed to the property
and a good substantial fence around same and a portion of
the fund raised for a monument. Now let each one see how
much lie can raise and turn it in with a list of every one
that makes a donation, and we shall have it published and keep
a record of the same. Consider yourself on this committee."
MONUMENT FOR NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS.
The Gen. George B. .Anderson Chapter, U. D. C, a mere
handful of women, is raising funds for a monument to the
men of Orange County, N. C, who served at the front in the
lighting days of the sixties. These women claim for this
county that, in proportion to her fighting strength, she sent
more men to the defense of the South than any other county.
By actual record of names and commands, with a voting
population of 1,818 men in November, i860, the county sent
1.727 men into the army, independent of Orange County men
who served in the regiments of other States. There were
Orange County men in the Bethel regiment on that historic
Sunday in June, 1861. Orange County men furled the flag
of Company G, 27th Regiment North Varolina Volunteers, at
.Appomattox. From the first drum tap, from Bethel to Gettys-
burg, through the Trans-Mississippi, on land and on sea, her
sons of all ages and conditions served with distinguished gal-
lantry wherever they were placed until April, 1865.
Contributions should be sent to ]\Iiss Rebecca Cameron.
President of the Gen. George Burgwyn .Anderson Chapter,
P. O. Box 32, Hillsboro, N. C.
"PRIDE OF DIXIE"— SMOKINC TOBACCO.
Tlie advertisement of the old-fashioned smoking tobacco,
the "Pride of Dixie," deserves special notice. Without their
saying so, and while the young gentlemen at the helm want to
make money and should do so, they are evidently very senti
mental in their effort to supply war veterans with a smoking
tobacco that will give them real pleasure. The trio who oflfer
lliis "Pride of Dixie" are: J. H. Parkes, of the Foster-Parkcs
Company, a large publishing house ; J. O. Burge, Sr,, Manager
of the Ford Tobacco Works ; and D. H. Pinner, of the Over-
ton and Bush Coal Compan\-, and one of the most progressive
and enterprising coal men of Nashville. They launched this
enterprise, looking mainly to the Vetf,r.\n for its establish-
ment. They are eminently trustworthy.
The death of Col. A. W. Terrell at Mineral Wells, Tex.,
on September 12 recalls an event of the war as reported from
the office of Mayor D. J. Kendall at Sulphur, Okla. Captain
Kendall was a private in Company F, 34th Texas Cavalry,
commanded by Colonel Terrell at that time. After the battle
at Alexandria, La., young Kendall, then sixteen years of age,
had been in the firing practically all day. He called at Colonel
Terrell's tent that night, and after the proper salutation asked
Colonel Terrell for an order to the ordnance officer for a
gun, as his was choked. The Colonel in reproachful tone
asked the boy why he had not kept his gun clean, and the
soldier replied that if a soldier had done his duty that day
he had no time to clean his gun. The Colonel ordered him to
his company with the same gun. The boy did so with a heavv
heart. Evidently Colonel Terrell regretted his rebuke, and
early the next day he sent his orderly with a new gun. The
boy was happy, and it is needless to suggest that the gun was
[ ut in operation as soon as the opportunity occurred.
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that some member of the Sth Florida
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but that the plana found on his person
were stolen from Federal headquarters at
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bis master, an old farmer, in Giles County,
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Ill's ami aliiiipsi, cNciy dllicr ciiii- wlio in llir ni-ar liilnrc liiul llicmsi'lvos
cc'ivalili' suit of wi'npdiis wiic hauling up a coil wilh a ii'voIvit
ii'iriilly i-asi mill IIh' sra al .\i'\v Vnrk f;raspi'il in his (I'l-lh, or a wraUlisli
by llir i'il\ aiil Imril irs. Thi" iMioriinis wilh a swoi'ii lurUi'il umliT ont' lin,
rolli'i'linn hail aiTiimiillali'ii at polirc need not fear llial Ihey have been
heailijuarlers siinr Ihe eai'ly "OO's. Mail pai'lakinn loo fierly of llie hail. Iliat
this cojleclion I n sold al aiu'lion il llie linny denizens have hrt-nin lo ai'm
would lia\e piolialily hi'outihl several Ihemselves in self defense oi' even Ihal
Ihoiisands ol dollars, liul Ihis method, the tale will he looked upon with any
il, was feai'ed, minlit put many of the more suspicion than the a\era!i:e lish
weapons hack into the hands of the story. Indeed, il will he enlilled lo
eriimnal element, so tlie police decided more credence, as the result of the big-
to liiii> them at sea. It is estimated gest burial al sea of lli'earms and other
tliat llir original cost of the weapons nuu'dei'ous weapons m Hie history of
destroyed was si^ll.ddd. The men in the the nation,
accompanying illustration are Kxecu-
lixr Clerk Kennedy and ('.apt Libbers.
In the cottei-tion were pislols and re- '
Mihers of all makes and agi'S, from tin
ild-fasliioned single-sliot alTairs, new
TIBKT.W WKAPONS
est magazine revolvers and army re- X^/' 11 .1.IAM W( »()l )\TLI-E HOCK-
volvers to Ihe tiny pearl handle revol- ^^ lllld.-S "Notes on tin- Klhnol-
vers of about two inches in length, ogy of liliel, ba.sed on the collection in
Itiiise whiidi are carried by women in Hie 1 iiiled States .National Museum."
Ihcii- stockings. .Ml kinds of sabres. hi the Smithsonian Heport for IH'.l.'i.
swoi'd.s, including two Japanese "Ka- pages iW) to 7'i7. contains several pages
tana" (swihmIs of Samurai" were Ibere. on the weapons of Tiliel. includinir a
wlule fencing foils, can openers, iien ilescripl imi of the Tdielan match lock
kniM's. swoi'il canes, sandbags and t^mi me'-ila or pao . II is accoin-
clubs weiv ri'invsenled in targe num- panied by line plates illustrating the
liers. \arions weapons, and is an interesting
l-'islicrnien in the vicinity of 'llic treatise of the subject.
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WILL H. EVERSOXV CAIUX AT ItOZEMAX. MONTANA.
The Making of a Collector
By Will H. Everson
[First Installinpiit Publislied in May]
II.
IN THE SPRING of '84, I obtainod
from one of our sheep herders a
new Henry rifle. No. 2,226, which
is still in good shooting order. This is
the first rifle I ever owned, and with
one possible exception, I tliinlc it is
the best Henry I have ever seen.
In '86, my brother, returning from
horse-camp (breeding) in the high
foothills, found a human skull stuck
on a broken bush beside a sheep camp.
He tied the old head-piece on the back
of his saddle and brought it to me. Its
appearance indicates 15 or 20 years
exposure to the elements, yet it is in
a good state of preservation, and the
.jaws continue to hold 6 or 7 well worn
and broken old "grinders;" a hole in
the back of skull looks to have been
made by bullet, or arrow.
Sometime in tlip same year ('861,
"Pap" 1). brought me an old iron spear
head (8"X2ys"X3V4" shank) which he
had plowed up in his fields, close to the
head of Missouri River and which may
very likely have been lost there by
soiiie one with llie Lewis & (Mark party
when they camped "near a plateau at
head of the .Missouri;"— July 26, ISnS,
or on llieir return trip the following
year. I forgot to ask "Pap" how long
he had kept the spear head.
About two years later he brought me
a bison hair-ball, which he found on
the range, east and not far from the
canon which marks the head of the
Missouri River. This ball is composed
of hair lickings, carried with food into
the stomach of a buffalo, where gastric
juices and action of the organs shaped
it into a very solid and .symmetrical
hall. If is solid, smooth and hard, but
light — looks like a water-worn cobble,
or "nigger head" stone — almost ex-
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73
actly round. i% inches in diameter and
3 int-hes thick. Thi.s ball of hair is
fonsiijered a rai'e freak.
In '87 I vi.sited tlie old linriii'slcad in
Pennsylvania, and while there my hag-
gage ab,sorhed a paii' of ancient .silver
knee buckels. ami a genuine tortnise-
shell comij — hack hair — SV^i - inch
teetti. back 2'/>( inches high by 6 inclies
wide; ""riie Sclioolinafler's .Mllftant."*
by 'rimiiias I >ill\voclli. I.oniidn. 1711'.':
"A Journal of the Life of .John (iiaf-
ton." printed i)y I)aniel Lawrence. Slan-
ford. N. Y.. IHii.'): "I'lie f.dhnnhian (tra-
tor," — Biislciii. IKI7, ei)|iyrighle(l in the
My brother bibliophile, wouldn't you
bet I was the blind and nenighted blun-
derer', thought"? I likewise passed up
a line Indian stone pestle which my
gi'andad plowed up in the process of
converting a [lortion of the virgin for-
est into a farm. All this loot lay neg-
lected and more or less forgotten in
the put-away places of my grand-
father's farm home, known to me and
well remembered as far back ol 1871.
In I8'.»L'. I secured the trophy cup
and a siher handled salad fork and
spotm Willi vei-y tine grained black
Imrn Imwl ami |inini.'-piei'e which our
I.IKIKI.NC 1(1 llli: KAST. WIl.l. II. f.VKUSON S CAI'.IN. lil (/.KM A N. MONT.
Ihirly-litlli year id Ihe indeiiendem-e
of the I'niled Slales of America;
W'eems' "\\'asliiiit;ton," I'hiladelphia,
1837: and dllier luinUs, nearly ail iii
old fashion full calf lor sheep hind-
ings. And I piinilered ofl and eanie-ily
if 'Iwere wnrlh while Ici burden m\
wai-liag Willi a large, leallier bound,
very old. worn, and greatly illustraled
family Holy Ihble; — 1| looked rallier
"bum" and I llnaily lurned il down.
*01d English form of "The School
master's Assistant."
nlil slide maker hciuiglit over from Ihe
I'alherlaiid about 187(1. The cup is of
solid siher. gilt lined, stands S% inches
hif^li. Hilled stem, clover leaf base,
scrolls, oak leap detail, wreath, coat of
arms. etc.. and a very elaborate in-
scriplion in lierman. The old (ierman
always claimed that he had won this
prize at a gi'and shooling match.
One day in 'ill. I called at the ranch
of a tneiid. and idcked up an old
jiowdei' horn lying near the bunk-
house, one glance prompted me to de-
mand il for my own, and the friend
AIAGAZIXE OF AXTIQl'E FIIU.AHMS
as promptly gavi' it In me wilh \hc in-
dilTorcMit staliMiiriil llial some of his
recent haying' hands liad found il in
some ohscu rr spot on the ranidi.As orig-
inally finisln'd tins horn n-rlainly was
a hi'aulv; unfnrlvnialrly it liad onri'
AN INDIAN WARRIOR'S BEADED AND
KRIN(iED GUN CASE.
laid uniiislni-licil on llio ground for so
many ycai's llial il was decayed quite
hadly at tlir curve on which its for-
wai'd end rested, while the butt eml
was iirohahly so hadly rolled thai I he
first finder cut off several inches of it.
and fdted in a new bottom. It is now
8^4 inches long, and has a 2-incli luUI.
Its decorations are a spread eagle with
.shield on breast, scrolls, and orna-
mented defail; two I'unning deer pui-
sued by six hounds. The engraving is
clean, clear ami delicate, and beai's
eloquent exidence of the skill and lin-
ing care wilh which some maybe rude
and bouhlless long forgotten artist-
craftsman wrought for himself a com-
bination of beauty and utility.
With one or two exceptions, I have
mentioned nothing which I have ac-
qnii-ed by barter or payment in the
"coin of the I'ealm," and while I liaM'
not been too proud nor too good to beg.
bnri'ow or steal, observant friends have
often (Imiati'd something, and thus
wilhonl money or price I have come
into Ihe possession of quartz miner's
candlesticks: a jiair of bi'ass balances
fgold scales) used in Ihe .\lder Culcli
in the early "OO's when Mnnlana lM'i:an
making hisloi-y wilh her oriranized
Vigilantes vs. Road Agents, and limling
fame ill her placer diggings: the ildiihle
li.'iiTi'leil pei'cussion rilli' which (1. II.
liroiii;lil along wilh his young wife
from Miidiigan in 187i: a Joslyn rifle.
No. I(l,'3;i Two pairs white-tailed deer
horns in Ihe \ehcl. killed in the '70's;
from an ex-sheiilf an old cavalry sa-
ble, and much worn but scrvicable
Siiringfield needle gun (.50 calibre Ca-
det rifle) stamped 1866, etc.: decorated
with band of brass tacks around liiUI.
and a nine-tack cross on eacli side of
stock wilh bars of same on fore stock
indicating it to have been thus deco-
rated and carried by an Indian, as fore
stock is very much worn from rubbing
"ST.MtTINIi l).\ TllH WAIM'ATU.
againsi liorn of saddle when carried on
horseback ami across tlie "buck's"
knees. This gun is claimed to have
1 11 picKeil up near the Custer bat Ho-
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.01, II r(l\\|ii:i! IlllltX IN KVKltSdN fOl.l.KCTIOX.
flclii siHiioliiiii' nlliT ihc light. — From
Judge III' |)i,slncl Cdurl :» very rusl\-
and iiHicli used ;dnisi'd Snvage oori lis-
sion I'l'volviT, Iduiid sonu'win'ii" liei-i'
along llii' Ycllow.sloiii' Hi\ci'.
Among oIlicT rurids I have a pair of
fi'('al< di'c!' Iionis, llicy arc shown in
Iho a(U-onipan> ing illuslralions and aio
a very rare and uinisual freak.
Among (he reminders of hy-gone
fime.s are mi\ olil I,e Marie field glasses
which my slep-l'alller carried on liie
range for many yi'ars. He and Hill wore
onl llie oi'igiiial carrying i-ase. coxered
il with huclsskin and wore il onl: I hen
re-covei'cd I he hody at^ani Willi home
tamied ilcei' skin ami re-hnill Hie lid
Willi old hiiiil-lrj: hMlhrr. I'lien my
hrolher lunl I apjiiNired on Hie scene,
learned Hie ludimi'nls of roping, sad-
dling and riding a cow-horse ainl han-
dling callle and horses on Hie range
and Ihns one or H ihei- df us carried
liu' glasses maii> a day for IweUe or
tifU'en years. Though slill preliy good,
the>- are now on Hie relired lisl. our
brands and inilials long ago scralclied
glasses and view again some of the
many scenes and incidenl.s they so long
ago were focuseil nn. w'c'd get a few
Ihrills and maylie some lillle .jolts, —
Hie iionndless and unfenci'd "free"
range, wilh hulTalo, anielope and other
game in plenty. Hie roving Indian, of-
l(Mi on Hie war-path, mayiie a large
huiiling party of many lodges, wilh
(railing Iravois. many dogs and happy
(diildren. Hie pappooses slung in a fold
of hlanket on Hie molher's hack: scmil-
iiig parlies or palroling squads of U.
S. ca\arly; craw'ling, dusly freight
learns: the four or six horse stage
coaidi: the prospeclor wilh his i)atd<
or huiiiis; scores of horses and hun-
dreds of callle dolling Hie ranges in
all direclioiis. wilh here ami Hiere a
liand of shei'p and ils lone herder; the
roundup, wilh ils milling herds, cow-
boys ami bucking "bronks:"' Hie sur-
lii'isingl>- new cabin of the si|ualter.
Hie lillle t;rniip nf lug builiiiiigs and
cm-rals ol' a liniiiesleader nestling in
some slielleii'd nook wliere the callle
ei-slwliile songlil shelter from the
sliiiiii or Hie sheep-man pitcln'd Ins
IXUIII 1: 1; Ai;i!|-|,K|i IMII.K IN TIIK KVKUSOX COM .Kl'TII IN.
on Hie iiKUiicM roveiing. Hie old case- hi'id li'iil.
rraiiie .-iiid lis imrplc \el\cl lininp slill Sure!- The coiiiitry i-^ selllnig up,
held Idgellier Willi suiidiy sii-aps and the railroads have i-oiiie, Hie iMillmaii
thongs. — Could we look into these idd and Hie hand-car lia\e bidiiglil us the
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Dude and tlic Dago. Tiie tidcphone got
us in its toils, we swapped our saddles
for bicycles and our cayuses for cam-
eras;— really, pard, these old glasses
don't seem to show me much of any-
thing now but landscape gardening ef-
fects, electric lines, bungalows and au-
tomobiles. Here! — These old binocu-
lars are no longer "good medicine," put
'em away before we see one of them
biplane bird-lhings!
Concluding my partial list of the
varied curios and odds and ends, I
have collected without money, or vio-
lence, I'll show you a picture and give
a brief sketch of an Indian's gun case
and a headless ari'ow.
When the news of the fate that
had befallen General Custer and his
command on IIih blulTs overlooking
POWDEK llOIt.V IX TllK EVERSOX
('()I>LE(TI()X.
the Little Bighorn. June 25, 1876, was
being carried through the then thinly
settled country, an old Confederate
soldier, who is one of my very good
friends now, was somewhere in the
Yellowstone country, and he, with
others, at once started for the battle-
ground. Sometime before dark, on the
day after the battle, he and a compan-
ion discovered an Indian burial lodge
in the river bottoms. The bodies of 40
ponies encircled the lodge — sacrificed
to the use of the seven dead warriors
within the lodge who had gone to the
"Happy Hunting Grounds" two days
previously. The lodge was gaily dec-
orated, and contained food, saddles,
etc., for the journey to the Spirit-
Land. These "good" Indians were
wrapped in blankets and robes, with
their weapons, ornaments, medicine,
etc. My friend, the old soldier, and his
pard hurriedly unwrapped one of the
bucks and when he rolled out of his
shroud, his gun, within its beaded and
fringed case, and a roll of greenbacks
as big as your wrist rolled out with
him. The two men fell over them-
selves in the scuffle for the loot, and
my friend got the rifle and its fringed
case.
On the following day they helped to
bury the troopers where they fell in
Custer's last fight, and it was then and
there that my friend plucked the
short-shafted arrow shown in the pic-
ture with the beaded gun-case from
out the breast of Lieut. Calhoun, who
fell with the men of Troop L. The
arrow head pulled away from the
s,tiaft and was left in the lieutenant's
body.
My friends, (for all collectors must
feel a mutual friendshipi I have tried
to be as brief as seemed consistent
with the element of "human interest"
which is supposed to invest camp fire
chats and hearth-side storfies. The
bare statenient that John Doe owns a
Colt's "Paterson" does not excite me,
and I'm apt to fancy that his late
daddy left him a lot of money which
he is merely spending because he don't
know what else to do with it. What
I want to know is: How did the lucky
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Mr. Doe get this rare "Colt" that made
Paterson famous? — did he steal it,
at great personal risk? — did he rap-
tur'e il by physical powers? — or was
he one of those grim "get-there"s" who
religiously pt)t aside eaeh week or
WILI, H. EVERSOX
monlh some pillanre from his wage,
salai'y oi- profits vmtii the saered sav-
ings wei-e preal enoiigli to seenri' the
prize?
So far as this magazine and its read-
ers are concerned, I have no axe to
grind, or selfish ends to gain: the
truthful history of my humble hold-
ings has been wrought of my own
brawn and sweat and made plain by
pictures (which [ can do with one
hand^ for the joy of doing it. and the
hope I hat the magazini' pmiits there-
hy.
I believe a broader exchange of ex-
pi'iiences would be entertaining and
often instructive.
While I have not been able to se-
cui-e much of a collection yet, and I do
not pretend to think I'm a "thorough-
bred," I will assert that I do not be-
long to that mongrel breed of so-called
"collectors" who prize nothing but a
high percentage of profits. II has not
been my intention to fell "How I Be-
came a i;olleclor." hul simply to show
a .succession of simple incidents and
let the reader judge for himself
whether "collectors, like poets, are
liorn. no! made."
l-UE.VK PKI'.i! IlOliNS,- EVLKSON COLLECTIOX.
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When Dueling Pistols Were Used in
Missouri
THE gpographips usod in Ihp
schools today do nol slmw HIimhIv
Island, a one timo notorious ro-
sort in tlie Mississippi Hivci' noar St.
Louis. The spot remains, but it is no
longer an island. It now is a part of
East St. Louis.
The opprobrious title was derived
from the many sanguinary encounters
which took place on the island. Here
it was that the fatal alTaire d'honneur
between Thomas H. Benlmi and
Charles H. Lucas took place.
One day in 1816 these two men were
engaged in trying a lawsuit, one repre-
senting the plaintiff and the other the
defendant. Lucas was 25 years old,
son of a judge, and the district al-
torney of the teritory. Benton, too was
well known, and later became United
States Senator. Lucas won the case.
His opponent accused him of juggling
with the evidence. The accusation was
resented, and it was responsible for a
challenge issued by Benton. Lucas re-
fused to fight, .saying that he could not
be held accountable for defending his
client.
Bad blood ensued and from time to
time the two men the next year often
engaged in harsh words. Finally on
an election day Benton questioned Lu-
cas' right to vote, saying that the other
had not paid his taxes. It irked Lucas,
who later referred to his enemy as a
"puppy." This appellation was foo
mucli for Benton, who again chal-
lenged Lucas to a duel. This time the
challenge was accepted.
The two met on Bloody Island Aug-
ust 12, 1817. The encounter took place
at a distance of thirty feet. Lucas fell
with a bullet in his neck upon the
exchange of shots. Upon the advice
of seconds, Lucas declared him.self sat-
isfie<l, (he men shook hands and went
to their homes. Tln' woiuid was not
dangerous. A few days lah'r the two
men met on the street again, and like
two scliool boys, another fight was
planned. This time il was to be at a
distance of only ten feet. Lucas w^as
miii'tally wounded. Henlon was un-
injured. He aproaciied the dying man
accoi-ding to custom and expressed his
sorrow. Lucas flashed forth an ac-
cusation of nnirder, but a few minutes
later before dying lie recanted and ex-
pressed iiis forgiveness. This afl'air
is said to have come very nearly de-
feating Benton for the United States
Senate lhrei. years later.
But the first duel that ever took
place on Bloody Island was fought in
1810 between Doctor Farrar and James
\. <iraham. One of Doctor Farrar's
friends had challenged Graham, but
the challenge was refused on the
grounds that Farrar's friend was not
a gentleman. Doctor Farrar was then
under obligation to defend the honor
of his friend. This challenge was ac-
cepted, and as a result Graham was
severely injured ami died after months
of sutfering.
There were many oilier duels fought
here between some of Missouri's early
statesmen and pioneers. A few of the
encounters were the Capt. Henry S.
Geyer-Capt. George H. Kennerly duel
of 1816; the Thomas Hempstead-
Joshua Barton duel in 1816; the Mar-
tin-Ramsey affair in 1818; the Rey-
nolds-Brown; the Walker-Mai'mailuke
conflict of Ci\il War time; and the Pet-
tus-Biddle duel.
While duels would not be counte-
nanced under any consideration today,
it nnist be rr-membered that at this
time they were almost as common as
flights among school boys. If a man
felt that his honor had been impeached
in any way the popular thing to do
was to settle it by a duel, pistols being
used in neai'ly evi'ry instance. In Kng-
laiiil such men as William Pitt, Charles
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^9
James P'ox, Lord Canning and tlu' Duke
of Wellington iiad participated in du-
els, and in America there were Hamil-
ton, Clay, Jackson, Decalur, Laurens,
Handolpli, Benlon, Cilley and Prentis
who met on Ihe "field nl' lionor." Tiiere
wei'e laws against duelling, even under
the old territorial governments of Ihi'
Ameiican states, but ollicers winked
at it, and their altitude was typical of
the people. And no law can he en-
forced that is mil in accord with iiuh-
lic opinion. A man who openly and
chivalrously pitted his life against that
of an antagiinisl was not looked upon
as a murdeier.
There was a certain unwrillen imkIc
men ohscrved. for inslanci'. in the
tluel helween <icyi'r and Ki'mn'cly.
touKhl on Hloody Island in ini(i, tli>'
following wi're the I'ules:
1. 'I'he ground shall he mrasurcd olT
to six paces.
2. The gentlemen shall stand hack
to hack at Ihe distance of six yards
from each othei\
3. At the word ".March" Ihe genlle-
men shall immediately step off three
pnci's anil turn without further order.
1. If either party reserves his fire,
and continues to take aim after the
otiii'r has tired, he shall be shot in-
stantly hy the adverse second.
.'i. Till' seconds shall decide hy lot
which gives the woi'd.
(). The only words shall be, "Are
you I'eady?" and being answered in the
atlirmatixe. Ihe word "March" shall be
till' order tor stepping off and turning
and liring as above staled.
7. The meeting, at 5 o'clock this
exening, on the island in the Missis-
sippi opposite Leroy, on the upper end
of the island.
8. The weapon, smooth bore pistols.
'.'. The pistols to be delivered cocked
to Ihe gentlemen after they Inne taken
their places, and to he held hanging
down hy the side luilil after the word
".March"
Signed in duiilicale. .August In. 1810,
at SI. Louis.
T. H. Benton, for Mi. lliinpslead.
Edwaid Hates, for Mr. Barton.
fe$5 1^«^
Pistols in Parliament
Fdlt a parallel .scene to llial which
was I'ecently witnessed in the
Lobby of the English House of Com-
mons when a young clergyman dis-
charged a revolvei- — happily without
causing injury to anyone — one nuisl
go back close upon an hundred years,
when, on May II, IKIJ. John Bellin;;-
hani assassinateil .Mr. Spencei' Perceval
who was then prime minister of Euf;-
land. Bellingham. who was a bankrupt
of disordered hi'ain, and who had a
grievance against the govermnent —
which had refused to interfere with
certain processes of the Hussian law
under which he had been arrested —
went up to Perceval as the Premier
passed through the Lobby, placed a
pistol at his bi'east. and lired. Perceval
w,ilked on one or two paces, faintly
nun inured, "Oh, 1 am murdered," and
fell on the floor. Bellingham was af-
terwards fried, convicted and banged.
These are the oidy two occasions
that shots have been fired in the House
of (^onnnons. In October last, however,
a startling scene was enacted in the
Austrian Parliament at Vienna, five
revolver shots being fired from the
public gallery at the Minister of Jus-
tice, who, however, escaped unhurt.
All the doors of the House were im-
mediately closed, and the would-be
assassin, a Lialmatian workman, who
after the firing of the shots raised loud
cheers for the "Internationale" and the
social democracy, was arrested.
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Collecting: Pistols Along the Ohio and
Mississippi*
AT the suggestion of Mr. Utho J.
Bierly, whom you are all likt-ly
to know. I send ttie following stiort
account of a trip tliat I indugled my-
self in during the last Winter.
Every city visited furnished oppor-
tunity for fesearcii. in the line of old
firearms, and while some proved prac-
tically a baiTen desert as far as se-
curing anything of value was con-
cerned, sometliing of interest always
turned up.
Evansville, Indiana, has a collection
of weapons at the Central Police Sta-
tion that proved exceedingly interest-
ing, as each piece had its history at-
tached and visible proof of bloody his-
tory on many of them.
As is invariable in towns bordering
on the South, I was treated with great
courtesy and also shown through the
the Rogues' Gallery and Bertillion
room.
At Louisvilli\ (ieiieral Bennett Young
was kind enougli to send one of the
gentlemen of his otTice out to his res-
idence with me. He was apparently
endeavoring to get the threads of his
business tied up in such a shape that
he could leave for Macon, Georgia,
where the convention of the Confed-
erate Veterans was about to convene.
The short amount of time that he
was able to favoi' me with convinced
me that a leisurely inspection of his
collection, with the General to tell the
history of each piece, would have been
a I'are event to one interested. Being
a man of high standing and prominent
connection, it is likely that he has
weapons that [ilayed a prominent part
in the rarly histoi'y of Old Ki-ntucky
* Mr. Johnson is I'eferring to his trip
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
last Winter when he went on a long
tour in his pleasure boat, the "Marga-
retta." — Editor.
and cibtained from friends who would
I erasure both the weapon and its his-
tory, through its connection with their
ancestor's, to an extent that would pre-
clude the weapon from barter. His
collection proved to be so large that
even a hasty glance at each made me
feel as if I was imposing upon the
courtesy of his charming wife, who
was kind enough to show me thr'ough
his den. Daniel Boone's rifle was the
(inly wiMiKin that I really examined
aii<l it looks tlie character of a weapon
used by a plain, sturdy and reliable
man who would str'ike a hard blow,
when occasion arose.
Lack of time also prevented me from
staying with another enthusiast, Mr.
Hiiiikic, whose collection proves the
possibility of a much crippled man
getting around enough to dig up a
very interesting lot of articles. His
wife, also, proved to be the right kind
and the fine beer that we enjoyed in
her company did much to make me
feel happier bodily, as well.
While in Cincinnati, I ran across a
pair (d' nice dueling pistols, all fitted
out witlr tine case and equipments.
.Ml the deah-r' wanted for them was
•$350.00 and he was very indepcndi^nt
about it, at that, stating lliat he liad
the paper's jn'oving that they bi'lont;i'il
to Lor'd Cor'riwallis, of Revolutioruu'y
fanie. While it did not seem wise to
post him on the fact that percussion
cap pistols were not in existence dur-
ing that gentleman's time, he was
equally skeptical when told that I had
no use for pistols that were worth
less than $500.00
He rlid not have anything else or' I
might have obtained sometliing worth
while, at a fool's pr'ice, as happened
several times at other places. As a
general thing, the owners usually sold
a weapon cheap because the kind of
anrmuriition needed was unobtainable,
rather than for any other reason.
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81
The market was pretty well eleaneii
out at all the largre cities are oftfii
visited hy collet'lnrs and stufT is nfteii
laid away foi- ttieiii.
This stiitr all drifts in from remote
places and I have the matter so ar-
ranged that, next lime, I can get into
coimtry remote from travel and yet
^f'l around myself. Maybe tluMv will
1)1' something worth while turn up.
.\s it was, ahoiil lliirly weapons came
my way and a lot more were located
that might be exactly what someone
else had been hunting for.
•kS* v5* t^w
Mr. Anderson Tells Why His Collection
Will Be Sold
TlIK CUr.I.KCTIO.X of (). M. .Ander-
son, of Upham, Nortli Dakota,
will be sold at auction .lune .51 h and
()lh, at Hoston. Mr. .Anderson liad been
askeil li> Magazine of .Antique Fire-
arms wliy he was selling his collection
and also to tell something about how
he obtained it. .Mr. Anderson was
asked if lie were going to specialize in
Colt arms: he answers this in one of
the following [laragraphs:
IBK(i.AN collecting when I was a
youngstei' of about the age of ten.
I had at thai lime what was consid-
ered an up-lii-dale ri'xolver. but 1
Iradi'd it olV lor an old cap and ball
Whilney and llial was (he commence-
ment of my collect inf;. 1 have bought
lliem from dealers, traded with oilier
collectors, and right here I wish to
say this: — Kxcry collector of tirearms
should .join "The Ameiican Society of
.Antiipie Weapon Collectoi's," as it is
a great help to the small collector: you
can buy cheaper from a collector than
you can from a dealer.
In this part of the country, wlinh
has bei'n seltli>d for only L'9 years, it
is M'ry hard to lind old arms of
any kind. Oncc^ in a while you run
across an old f'.ivil War nniskel or an
old model cartridge revolver: I was
\ery fortunate two years ago in se-
curing an old 1818 model Colt revolver,
weight a tritle over foui' pounds anil
condition good, the serial number of it
is 1848, so 1 suppose it must be an early
one. II formerly belonged to an old
slieeplierder who is now a county of-
licial. I had to talk to him some time
before he would let go of it.
I certainly en.joy collecting firearms
and could spend the rest of my life
doing iiolhinK else if it was not be-
cause a man has to work in order to
make a li\ing. and most of us have to
wiiik nullity hard at lliat.
^(||l wish to know why I am selling
my collection; well, I will tell you and
if you don"! think tln' reason a good
one, then I will treat. Fixe years ago
I married, bought a lot and built a
liouse: went into debt further than I
I should have, but you know life al-
ways looks rosy to newly-married peo-
ple, they cannot see the thorns on the
rose bushes until after tliey have got-
ti'ii inicked on them.
I am working for a salary. Iiaxe bor-
rowed moni^y fi'om the bank where
tlii'y only charge a man iL"/; interest,
sometimes a man has to be glad he caii
get money al that even. Often the
case is that a man's salary does not
iiicrea.se as fast as the family increases,
hut then I only have two children^
>;irls at that, and tliey are as interested
111 old tireaiins as I am, very often
llii\ have to f.'o with me to Itie otlice
and look at the old guns and relics.
So now in order to make both ends
iiii'el I am selling the colection and
lio|ie it will bring me a good sum of
money, I certainly am in need of it.
I am not going to quit collecting,
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though I am selling nearly all I have,
but I am mil poing to buy anything un-
less I can plainly see that I don't really
need the money, if a man is a collector
once, he is a collector for a life-time,
I don't care what he collects.
Yes, I would like to specialize in
Colt revolvers, but here the same good
reason prevents me, any weapon with
the good name of Colt on it has an
attraction for me, I don't know why,
but I always did favor the Colt arms
more than any other make. After read-
ing llie hislory of Col. Colt's early boy-
hood and the troubles and discouratje-
ment he had to overcome, a person
can not lu'lp but admire him and his
work.
Next to the Colt arms I was greatly
intert'sled in the old Kentucky rifles,
though I only had a few of them and
they we,re not e>{tra good ones. I
liked the looks of these slender-looking
rifles, the way the stock was built, it
did not look so clumsy and large as
it is on most rifles; some rifles of othf^r
makes have stocks that are entirely
out of proportion to the balance of
the arm.
There is one thing I would suggest
the Magazine of .\nti(iue Firearms
ought to try to do, and that is estab-
lish a grade as to condition of firearms
— that is, if a certain arm is listed as
being in good condition it ought to be
such.
Some couple of years ago I bought a
small revolver from a party and it was
listed as good condition. When it ar-
rived I found one screw missing, an
important one at that; trigger spring
no good, and the arm as a whole very
dirty. I cleaned it up and put in a
screw and sold it back to him not very
long ago and he had the nerve to say
that it was in very poor condition.
If you would work out a rule for the
grading of firearms and make the rule
a standard for the dealers and collec-
tors to go by, it would be a great bene-
fit to the collectors. 1 have bought
goods from dealers that were supposed
to be in fine condition, at least listed
as such, and when they arrived proved
to he broken and repaired, lose in the
.jdinls and badly scarred up, sometimes
wilh parts missing; then to top it off,
they ask a prici- thai sometimes is
outrageous and if the piece does not
fit into your collection of arms on ac-
count of the poor condition it is in,
you will have to disjiose of it at a loss,
or else beat some other poor collector
the same way as you were beat in the
fli'st place.
For an illustration, we will say you
ari' a dealer and I am a collector. You
are offering a Colt's House pistol for
sale, in fine condition; now this is the
kind of a pistol I am looking for and
1 also want it in fine condition. I will
either send you the money or have it
shipped on approval; if shipped on ap-
proval of course I have to pay the
carrying charges at least one way, the
pistol turns out to be in only fair con-
dition and you don't want if, now why
should I pay the carrying charges on
this when I don't want it and would
not have ordered it sent if I had known
the condition of it as it really was;
why should not the dealer, or who ever
he is, pay the charges both ways when
he misrepresents his goods, when I pay
charges one or both way I am out so
much money and liave nothing to show
for it? The dealer stands a chance
to sell the goods as some people prefer
to buy rather than to ship it back and
pay carrying charges. This has hap-
pened to so often that I got tired
of it.
MAGAZINE OF AXTIQLT: FIREARMS
83
Brittish Bar Shot Dug- Up In New York
FOF sevpral wi^cks woikinm liavi'
lipon oxciualing (ho tiJaiiKiilar
lilock lictwrpii Binadway, St.
Nicholas AvoniiP. One Humiroil and
Sixty-sixth and One Hundred and Six-
ty-fifth Streots, New York, vvherp a
threat rp is to be erecled. The other
day one of llie men came armss wliat
he ttiongli was a rusty dunihliell. sev-
eral feet helow the svirfare. ami tossed
it aside. Hut a passer-liy I'eaiizod it
o
4>
was sometiiing more valuahle, picked
it. up and carried it away. II was a
British bar shot, which had been rust-
ing in the eai'th since the days of the
Revohition, more liian 130 years ago.
In tliose sanguinary days there was
mucli lighting along W'ashingtou
Heights, and rigid where the .American
League Baseball Park is now, across
the street wliere the shot was dug up.
according to the New York Woild.
was a camp of Hessian sohliers. In
fact, the bublding spring from which
they got theii' drinking water is today
a source of trouble lo the subway peo-
ple, because il is always leaking into
the One Hundred and Sixly-eighlh
station, more than 12.') fe(-| below the
surface lit Broadway.
.Mmost, every time thai ground is
broken on Washington Heights Revo-
lutionary relics are unearthed — but-
tons, bullets, cannon shot, gin and rum
bol Ill's, pipes, canteens, bayonets and
gun barerls. In liisloric ,Iumel Mansion
further down are several rooms tilled
with these rusty relics of bygone days.
Bui the newly found bar shot is one
of the most interesting and important.
It is about two feet long and it
weighs about twenty pounds, A .square
bar about twenty inches long and an
inch and a half thick connects two
half sliot aboid eight inches in diame-
ler. tired from a caTuion end-lirst, it
went luu'tling and shrieking through
the air, cutting lo pi 's any luckles
patriot it might Int. l-'ortunately, it
couldn't explode.
«J* «^«<^
Army Collection at Fort Leavenworth
By George J. Remsburg
SOMK riMK ago. through the
cour-tesy of ( M-diinnce Sergant
I'ordinand Br.vanl. Ilie writer
was permitted to examine the inter-
esting colleclion of old guns and army
equipmeni belonging lo the ordnance
department at Fort Leavenworth, Kan-
sas. This collection, which is now. or
was then, stored in the arsenal build-
ing at that iiost. comprises what was
ffirmerly the museum of the Infantry
and I'.axalry School, and forms an in-
lereslnig stmly in the rvolulion of
military armameiil ami I'liuipment.
Here is almost every conceivable kind
of a gun from the antique Hint lock and
other early types to (he latest nn-
proveil Springtields. Krag .lorgensens
and Mausers.
Here are French carbines, Spanish
Mausers, .\uslrian and Russian gun.? of
\arious patterns: one of the lirst jier-
cussion cap gims e\er used, remodeled
from an old llinllock; old-time pepper
box, cap and ball Hint lock pistols: a
Spanish carbine caiilured in Cuba: a
C.ocliorn mortal' captured in llie War
of 1SI2; the various models of guns
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MAGAZINE OF ANTIQUE FIREARMS
duririff tho Civil War: Spanish marli-
oKas ami shells from the Spanish tielil
fruns; old fasliinneil knap saeks. ean-
teens ami (illier equipage.
Sergeant Ri-yant. then in eharpo. was
a Southern colored man, and an inter-
esting personage. At that time he had
seen twenty-five years of army ex-
perience, and had been ordnance ser-
geant in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Pliil-
ippines. In his liome lie had many
personal relics and mementoes of his
travels in the islands and elsewhere.
When the great eruption of Mount Pe-
lee occurred one of the vessels to
which ScigeanI Hiyaiit was altached.
was doing coast duly in that vicinity
and the sergeant li;is a (|uantity of
volcanic ashes thai fell mi I he deck of
the vessel. He is the pidud possessor
of a beautiful medal made from a
Spanish $l'0 gold piece, which was
awarded him by the Spanish commis-
sioner for services rendered them
while in I lie islands.
v5»«^ v5»
Firearms of the Kansas State Historical
Society
AMONG the relics of interest to col-
lectors of old firearms in the mu-
seum of the Kansas State Historical
Society are the following: Gun bairel
and lock of a Sharp's rifle No. es.-'JL'd,
picked up by the donor, J. W. Edwards,
of Newton, Kansas, on the badletield
of the wililei-ness, Virginia, in June,
1884, twenty years after the battle: a
six-pounder cannon sight found on the
battlefield of Lexington, Missouri, and
donted by F. X. Wagner, of Cimarron,
Kansas; Piece of a box in which
Sharp's rifles were shipped to Kansas,
by General George W, Deitzler, in 1855,
donated by \>'m. Jordan, Alma, Kan-
sas: English musket found by Col. A.
S. Johnson on the battlefield of West-
port, Missiouii, and presented by him
to Major Abbott. This battle was
fought October 23, 1864. The gun was
presented to the .society by J. B. Abbott,
of De Soto, Kansas: antirpie Colt's re-
volver, found on the farm of the donor,
Timothy CcCarthy, near Fort Famed,
in 1887; sword and gun of (leneral John
Ritchie, used by him during the Civil
War, donated by Mrs. Hannah Ritchie,
Topeka, Kansas; powder horn madi' in
October, 1775, by Nathan Washbiiiii, a
Connecticutl Hevolulionary soldier,
while in camp at Roxbury. Massachu-
chetts, during the investment of Bos-
ton. The horn was given by Mr.
Washburn to his grandson. A. Wash-
burn, of Topeka, Kansas, who donated
it to the society; revolving pistol No.
27(39, the property of Colonel James
Montgomery during the Border War in
Kansas 'J'erritory, and during the Civil
War; Burnside rifle No. 84, manufac-
tured by Bristol Firearms Co., Provi-
dence, R, I.; invented by Cieneral A. E.
Burnside while on duly in the Mexican
War, and adopted by him for Rhode
Island troops in the (Uvil War. This
rifle was given to the rioiior. Prof. I.
T. Goodnow, of Manhattan, Kansas, by
Govei'nor Jackson, of Rhode Island,
in Dec. 1860, for introduction in the
West. It was shown by Prof. Goodnow
to Ciovei'nor \\'ood, of Illinois, and Col.
Ephrain Palmer Ellsworth, al Spring-
field. January 17, 1861. A box of amu-
nition accompanies the gun; a pair of
silver mounted, gold plated cylinder
Remington revolvers presented to Ma-
jor J. Arret Johnson, by his comrades
of the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Regi-
ment, as testimonials of their respect
and conlidencc in him as u brave sol-
dier in the war for the Union.
MAGAZINE OF ANTIQUE FIKEARMS
85
New York to Have Greatest Museum in
the World
THAT New York in the near fulurc
will bl-'COIlK:' IIh,' |)(I.SS(\SS0I' (if tlu'
gretitpst ail imisiaiiii in the foiiii-
try and in all prnhaliility in tlif worlil.
far surpassing tlii! fanimis foi'oign gal-
leries, is now becoming assured. By
many this is looked upon as a most
signilicanl step in the movement wliicli
they believe will eventually make il
the art center of ttie world. I'lie arrival
theie of the wonderful Morgan art col-
lection lias biiiuglil to nil acute crisis
a situation which has been impending
for a number of years; that is, the
proper tiousing of the city's art treas-
ures. At pieseiil, there is not ad-
equate place for the exhibilion e\eii
of that portion of the Morgan collection
which has arriveil. and even the com-
pletion of the new wing of the famous
Metropolitan Museum of Art will alford
only partial relief. Accordingly, con-
certed action is now being taken look-
ing to the establishmeni of the great-
est museum of its kind in I he world
and already three plans liiixe been sug-
gested. One plan conteniplales addit-
ions to tlie present museum at a cost
of something like «!i,Otl().()00, but ob-
jection is made to this because of the
fact that it would require about lifteen
acres of land now used as a part of
Central t'ark and bar it out from Fifth
Avenue for a distance of six blocks.
(ONI EDKRATE SEAL
THE HKl'dltT comes
mond, Virginia, that t
of the (>onfederate Stales
which disappeareii half a
had been found, ideidifled
lish makers, and acquiri
Hunton, Jr., William H.
Thomas P. Hiyan, of Hie
brought back to the old c;
Confederate States. The
1 OINU
from llich-
he great seal
of America,
century ago,
by the Eng-
'd by Eppa
White and
limond. and
ipital of the
sacred relic
was ohlaiiii'd from Heal' Admiral Thos.
O. Selfridge, U. S. .N'. (retired i, who
got it from Col. John T. Pickett. Tlie
wierd stories told by James Jones, the
negro hackman for President Jelferson
Davis, that the great seal was in his
possession, are now forever set aside.
The seal will lie placed in the Con-
fererate .Museum, or the Hallle Abbey,
now under construction, may become
its custodian.
\ (;K(>ir oi' PISTOLS i.\
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ON .\ HUP IN THK KAST
Al\IOX(i I he proniinpiit cnllcclors
who will tin to Bnslon to altPi.il
the coming auction .sale of the big
Andcr.son collection of llrearm.s. wliicli
C. F. Libbie cS; Company have on ex-
hibition at their salesrooms, is Ulho
J. Bierly. of Pittsburg. Mr. Bierly is
well known as the biggest colled or
away from the East, his immensi' cul-
lection occupying a promlnenf place
in the Cai'negie Museum. Pittsburg.
Mr. Bierly, after the sale, will spi'ml
three weeks in the East, anil will prob-
aby \isil ami iiisiiccl I he larger col-
lections before returning. Mr. Bierly
i.s a devotee to complete groups of the
rarer firearms, having the largest col-
lection of pepper box revolvers in thi'
world, a magnilicieiit collection of Colt
arms, the most near'ly complete si'l
of Maynard tape priming revolvei's. a
splendid assortmcnL of the most im-
portant government horse pistols in
paii's, and in other lines he can show
groups excelling and clusidy rivaling
anything in the .American I'olleclions.
Since the establishment of Magazine
of Antirpie ]'"irearms over a year ago.
he has allowed the pviblicatiou of sev-
eral fine groups of [■cnoIn i^rs, and in
the issues to come we are proud to be
able to reproduce engraving.s and cata-
logues of a number of his vei-y com-
plete groups \vlii(di i:i\ III show I he
countless variations in rexnhers and
small arms that Inne occuri'ed in the
last six score years.
THE .ANDERSON SALE CATALOGUE
Pnnv. CH.\HLES WIXI'HROP S.\W-
YKH has the honor of being the
author of the catalogue of the .Ander-
son collection which will go on sale
.lune ,')lli and Cth at Boston. The cat-
alogue cai'ries with it the stamp of
authenticity and elegance so charact-
ei'islic of liis work. It is a constant
I'eiiiinder nf the descriptions he gives
ill his liiioks on lirearms and every col-
lecloi' slioidd place it on the shelf as
a fit companion to the Firearms in
Amei'ican History series and the Mark
I'ield catalogue. These auction sale
calaliigues cannot be looked upon ns
mere conniiercial publications; they
are of permanent interest and value
and worthy of the closest attention
by e\ery collector.
LAII)A(:Ki:it TO VISIT SOUTH
O.N'E iif the well known Pennsyl-
\ania colleidors who will lour the
Siiiilli in llie inleresi, nf his nijleclion
during the appi'oaching summer is .J.
(i. Laiilacker. of Moconnqua. His col-
led mn of Kcniiicky rilles is accepted
as I lie laigesi and iiinst representative
ill the wiirlil. Mr. Laidacker is said to
he line 111' llir best informed collectors
in the couiilry when it comes to tech-
nical points ridating to firearms. He
lias at his finger tips the mechanical
periiliarilies of the specially rare sorts
made in his slate dui'ing the early
years of I he last century.
JIAGAZINE OF ANTIQliE FIHKAHMS 87
Mr. Laidacker gives oul I he inler- Co,1y. Wild Hill Hirknk. Hal Maslerson
esting information that ho is i)repar- and ollieis. who. as I he writer says.
ing a calalngiie nf iiis great cnlleelidii Idnitied hirj-'e in Ihi^ niakiiiL.' of Inslory
which will go lo the press in a sliorl in (lie iinddle West.
time. The eolleeldi's may look f(u-wai'd .
In it with aniicipalion Ural lliey will CY SMITH. Collcdor
receive a cnmpldle and accurale pub- x-r , <Mirn . , ,
'icalion regarding Ihe Kenlnckv rdle C '? ,','," 'V' i ,""" ' ?""
. ^^ III Mil' (i| III,' III. si kimwn police
and Ihe I'ennsylvania-made pislnl. Mr.
liaiilacker shoulil inserl a preface deal-
ing with his life and experiences as a
collector— he call lell some miglily in-
teresting Ihiiifis ;iiid il will t-'o Inwards
making his hook more valuahle In Hie
collector of (irearms.
ollicers 111 ilie Wcsl. bill who is now
lull-keeper III llir Missouri ri\er
hridt;e. al Alidiismi, Kansas, is much
inleresled in old firearms, and has
sonie rare and cuiimis specinn'iis along
Mils lini'.
BOOKLET ON FIHEAR.MS
MI., ,i.\i c ,./> ,1 >-i ■ 1 1 llH- KAS'l'dli. eliiel' sriiseon of the
|{< MtN \- (,().. Ihe Chicago who|c>- I f,, ,
. I , , ,1 . I ■--'.Mchinson. I opeka \ ^anla 1-e
• sale lailors. rerenlly issued :\ ,, ., .,, , , , . ,„ ,
neat calalofiue or liooklel m which
Hallway, willi headrpiarlei's in Topeka.
near caiaiojiue oi iioomci in wnicii ,. , , ., ,. . , . ,.
,, 1 ■ I- 1 • , I. .■ Kansas, has on exhihilion in his oliice
tlipy givfi a lirief history of lirearnis, ^ i .. ■ . i ,■ . .
.,, ,, , ,• r 41 II' •'"' i^iinla !•(■ hospital m lliat citv.
with illnslralions of Ihe same. , , . , . , ^ ,, . .
wh.'A IS said lo lie one of Ihe Im'sI
<!-•■-.»■• i-»- <^'/><\i^<i'iv- /■ II I prival'" collections of old lirearnis in
SIAM.I'.l «.OOn\\l\. (.ollcctor , , ,, i, ,
Ihe Wesl. In Ihe cnlleclion are 1111111-
S'l'A.MJ'lV CIHinW |\ is a lively ciil- erous rilles. rexolver. pislols. Perin-
leclor al (".olumlnis Crove. Ohio. ;r,,,.j;_ ||Jnllo(d<s and m.dcliloelvs. One
Hy Ir.ide he is a farmer. He say< llial of the most inleresling pieces is a
when play lime c > lie ;jives il all Chinese inahdiloid; which went llirongh
to colli>cling and sludyiiif.' aniiiine wea- ||,,. linxer njirising. It is Ihe crudest
pmis and hoasis of oiii' of Ihe liesi col- sort of a lirearm and so heavy thai it
leclioiis in thai pari ofllieslali\ Once lakes lliree men In handle it.
he hail Ihe liesI and larjiesl colleclion
of airha'olof^ical relics in N. W. ohin. JONES UETl'llNS FHOM KfHOPE
Ol.l. <;rN YET IN SEHVKi: W AK.M'S, whose home is at
» ▼ • l.al'orle. Indiana, and l)n.smess
Tllf: Herkner lirolhers. Millon and headipiarlers m Chicafio, has only re-
William. employees of Ihe Mis- cenlly relurneil from a Irip lo Kurope.
soUT'i I'acilic Hailroad. al Oak Mills. ,,,, accounl id' illness while while in
K.'insas. i;uaid llieir haclielor limne in I he Old World. .\l r. Jones was deprixed
Ihe Missouri lliver liluIVs near lli.it of (he opportunily for loading himself
lowii. Willi ;in old rille madi' by llieii' ilown with Ihe iiuanlily of rare old
grandfallier. I'eirr Overly, a Keiiluck- arms which his fellow colleidors m
iaii. durini: Ihe War of IS12. America had expecled liiiii lo secun-.
Ills \isil was ciil slioi-l by Ibis illness
W l\TF.I{l-:STI\(; AirnCLK ami he did not gel lo lake in Ihe sights
T UK Kansas Citv Dailv Slar of Sun- ^d Vi'nice wliilber be was hound, nor
dav Mairh :tl, cmilained a long did he get in make a mund ot the
and miereslinu' arlicle enlilled. "Tlie shops al I'aris. He says, however. iJirl
Weapons and Ilahils of Ihe dun Man," I here is an exiu'ess package tollowing
lieing an accounl of I be ladies and bmi. now perhaps in America, con-
weapons used by Ihe "uun men' of laiiuiii; lliii'ly or birly i^ems - Alger-
llii. rnmliei. of Ihe l\pe (d liiilTalo Hill lan. .Mooi'isb and ■rnrkisb arms.
MAGAZINE OF AXTIQL^ FIREARJIS
SOME I'KITI.IAI! KAlil.V KKVdI.VIOUS IX TIIK lilKUl.V ( 'I iLLKrTIO.X.
EARLY PERCl SSION RE\ OLVERS
AM) magazim: pistols in the
BIERLV COLLECTION
lAKING tlip specimens in their or-
iler. beginning with the llrst one
in the tii-st column: —
1. Twenly-sliiil pin fire revolver, sil-
ver plated, calihre .32; length liy2
inches: found in Pai'is.
2. Douhle barrel pin lire revoher,
barrels superposed; the top barrel is
.4i calibre, the lower barrel .36 calibre;
15-sliol: the III chambers in the outer
row around the cylinder take calibre
.44 cartridges, the .5 chambers in the
inside row take calibre .36 cartridges;
length 11V1> inches; French patent.
3. Double barrel pin fire revolver;
barrels .superposed; 20 shots, .32 cali-
bre; has two chambers in cylinder as
No. 2; there are 12 chambers in the
outside row and 8 in the inside row;
shoots out top barrel and 8 lower bar-
rels; length iOV> inches; both barrels
same calibre; French patent.
4. 12-Shot pin fire revolver; .44 cal-
ibre; 11 M> inches; French patent.
5. 15-Shot pin fire revolver; .32 cali-
bre, folding trigger; 11 inches long;
French patent.
6. 10-Shot pin fire revolver; .44 cali-
bre; 11% inches; French patent.
7. 10-Sliot pin fire revolver which is
often called the "Bulldog" Le Mat. The
cylinder holds 9 pin fire cartridges
which are shot out of top barrel, while
the lower barrel can be loaded with
buck shot. Length 9V2 inches. This
MAGAZINE OF ANTIQUE FIREARMS
89
pattern revolver was used extensively
by Southern army oflTicfrs. delivered In
to the South by blockade running
steamers during the Civil War.
8. 10-Shot pin fiie I'evohi'r. same as
No. 7, except in length which is 8Vt.
inches.
9. in-Shn| .22 calibre, pocket revolver:
nickl(> plated: 0 inches: loads from tin'
left side of frame.
10. Bavarian lightening pistol ; used by
the Bavarian cavalry and artillery.
Claimed to shoot as far as a caibint\
11. Le Mat in-shot revolver; cylinder
contains chamber for 9 cartridges; cal-
ibre .'i2; loaded with pnwder and ball;
fired by percussion cap in the uppei'
barrel; under barrel is .66 calibre and
can be loaded with buck shot, you
turn down the folding lever attached
to the hannuer to shoot the lower bar-
rel; length 13'i inches; invented by
Col. Le Mat, of New Orleans; u.sed by
Confederate officers.
12. Same as Nd. II. except it has oc-
tagon barrel .tikI loading lever on left
hand side.
t.'}. Same as No. 12, except (rigger
guard variety.
li. Same as No. I,S, except cylinder, and
i.s several oimces lightei-.
15. Bitiier's bolt action clip magazine
pistol; length 12 inches.
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DEATH OF r,H ARIES STEIGERWALT
Pi:HH.\I'S e\ery I'oljeclor in the
I'niteil States has heard of
Charles Steigerwalt. of Lancaster.
Pennsylvania. He conuuitfed suicide
last March by hanging himself. I'or
many years he was a dealer in coins
^t Lancaster, ami was nih-ri'sled in an-
tique weapons especially. He was a
gi'and old man. and his intimate friends
among the cullecling fralernily will
miss him.
! When Writing To [—
jAdverlisers 'fell 'I'hein 'I'haf You
-Saw I'lieir .\d In 'I'liis .Maga7.ine-j —
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I : TRADE COLUMN : |
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Prires for tliis di'paiimenl: 2 cents
fill' each word per insertion. Subse-
t|uent insertions witliout cliange of
copy al half iirir-r. Minimum charge
25 cents. 'IMiase dn not remit by
slainps. silxiT in aniduiils under 511
cents nia.N' In' scnl at nur risk. No
cliarge fill' addiTssi's. Al I hi' low rate
at wiiicli adxertisenients are publislied
in I his department we cannot open
any accounts as we do with patrons of
our display advertising space. Cash
iiui.st lU'coiripany copy.
FOR SALE — Hall flintlock rifle,' 1826;
Volcanic I'ifle: Evans IMagazine car-
bine: I'ahnetlo musket; I. Kunz. Phila..
rifle; Aljrii tV Wheelock cellar door
gun: llriiiy underhannner rifle; Colt
Paterson 1836 model; (^oll Paterson
1837 model. .John Huston, 1.50(1 Ells-
worth Slreet, I'hiiad.'liiliia, Pa.
W ANTED — American znade pistols
with hammi>r underneath barrel, al-
so all kinds of pistols in original cases.
Will gi\e 1^(1(1(1 exchange in |iislols. or
pay cash. A. C <iruhlke, Waterloo,
Indiana.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE— A Grena-
dier's flint musket in bright condit-
ion for a pistol or gun stamped C. S. A.
in working order; Fayetteville or Ty-
ler, 'I'e-xas, preferred. Address. E. B.
Bowie, 811 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore,
Md.
WANTED— Most any old-style pisldl.
Am getting up a collection fnr 1915
San Francisco Fail'. High prices paid.
Also have some tluplicates for sale or
trade. Address, "12," — care Anli(iue
Firearms, Athens, Tennesse.
WANTED — Horse pistols and dueling
pistols made in Pennsylvaiua; for
cash, or will exchange. Have 60 du-
plicates. O. J. Bierly, 6322 Frankstown
Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
WANTED — Books, pamphlets, maga-
zine articles, etc., on Archaeology. In-
dians, early West, Missouri River re-
gion. Kansas, etc. Give lowest cash
price, or state what you want in ex-
change. George Renisburg. Potter.
Kansas.
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I The American Qunmakers |
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WILLIAM STALTER— Maker of squir-
rel and deer rifles. Location, Logan,
Ohio. Period, about 40 years ago.
(Stanley Goodwin.)
GEORGE B. TRANT— Maker of squir-
rel and deer rifles. Location, Thorn-
villa, Ohio. Period, about 30 years ago.
Living. (Stanley Goodwin.)
WILLIAM CHASE— Maker of sporting
rifles; specially was the C. ('.H.\SE
confljination turkey and deer gun
which was a superposed shot gun and
rifle. Leading gunmaker in North-
western Ohio Location, Pandora, 0.
Period, 50 years ago. (Stanley Good-
win.)
JEREMIAH SHIRLEY— Maker of sport-
ing guns; specially was a target rifle
shooting a ball weighing 110 to the
pound. Location, Cloverdale, Ohio.
Period, about 45 years ago. Living.
(.Stanley Goodwin.)
C. A. CROW— Maker of sporting rifles.
Location, Lima Ohio. Period, about -'lO
years ago. Living. (Stanley Goodwin.^
GEORGE H. HOLMES— Maker of fine
deer and squirrel rifles. His products
often exhibited his expertness in inlay-
ing with silver and ornamental metals.
Loi'ation, Defiance, Ohio. Period,
about -iO years ago. Living. (Stanley
Goodwin.)
JOHN CARTWRIGHT— Maker of fine
sporting and target rifles. Was an ex-
cellent marksman. Location, Ottowah,
Ohio. Period, 55 years ago. (Stanley
Goodwin.)
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aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii collkctors' qi'estiox box
I THIC AMERICAN SOC.IvTY I ^ QUESTIONS from colleelors invol-
g E ymg ri'search work along new or or-
■ ' m iginal lines and lopics of firearm his-
|A\'TJUIE WEAPON- COLLECTORS I foi-y are solicile.l for this .leparlmenl.
1 A l'"i'a tern III ami llislorical Or^'an- B All thai you do lowai'ds riMidering ser-
§ izatinii Inr llii' Ciillecloi- of An- § vice to the eolleclors in this way will
1 neiil Anns Knnnded April Iii09. i ^^. ap|.reeialed. Th,. replies will be
= Address all (■(ininiuincal ions lo m ,, , , ., , .. .,
I the Seerelary. (ien. F. Hi-own, | liublislieii over llie si;;nalnivs o1 llie
g 5507 Howe tSreel., I'illsliurg, I'a. g colleelor fa\orin>; us willi assistance
g I in this work. 'I'lie (niestions will be
aJllllllllllllillllMllllllllllllllllllllliniiilillllllMllllilllllillllllllli numbered an<:l all llial is mvessai'y is
to refer lo I he nurnlu'r. The imiuirer's
The American Soi'iely of Antique j„j|i.,|^ ...j,, j„, ;,|,a,.hed lo each sep-
ai-ale tpiestion pvdilished. — Editor.
Weapon Cdllcclois lii'ld a nieetini; al
its headipiarlers, Ci.'iL'L' hrankslown Av
enue. I'ittsbur^', Pennsylvania, on Kri- „ , ... ,, ,, , , ,^,„ ,,,,,.,, ,
, II .„• I,. I > I. . . 1 •■ 'I 111'' Mode 1818 Pocket, Coll and
da.\- excnnifr. ,\prd L'd. I'.Hl'; Pirsnli'nl ,7 ,, ,,. ,,. ,, ,. ,
,, , i, I , , Ihe (,(dl s Wells l-argo revolvers are
I). ,1 liirrly Ml Ihe clnur. , , ..i'«»- »-,>i.i- >.i-i.i- ■ .i ■
.,,, ,1, , stamped NEW ^OHIv Cir\, is Ihat not
llie lollowilif; mrinlicis were pres- ' ... ,, , .1 1, 1 . 1
.. proof positive that the Pocket revol-
,.' ,, I , ,. ,. ,. ,, II \ers so marked were made prior lo
Nice I'li'sidenl d. )• . I',, W i liailii. ,, . ,,, , ,..,,,.,,., t, .. ,>
,, ... ,, ,, ,, , those stamped U. S. AME1U(.A?—E.B.H.
I ir. W . U. ( .allicait.
l.oM'll .lolinsoii
(i. .M. Hunter.
.1. K. I'oss.
!■■. .Marl III.
S. .M. .Mddner.
Wec'y Geo. F. Brown.
H. Hoss. of Pitlshuifz. Penn.svlvania, ^ 3. Are Whitney hand turning re-
was .lectrd as a member. A resolution volvers unusual, and have any been
of thanks was olVered lo Mr. Hamilton. •'^"'•' »' auction lately? — E.B.H.
of I >es Moines. Iowa, foi- a set of pliolo-
jri'aplis of his line collection of Ken-
IJ 2. W tiere were the Confederate Colt
ii'Nohirs wmi octagonal barrels and
iron frames made, and by whom?
— EB.B.
luckv Ititles, which were presented to *" ' '< ' VnT KNoW 'nLVT SdMK-
th,. Socielv. A teller was reeened li"l'V. SO M K W 1 1 KH K . W.X.NTS
from Mr. Kolb, of Koll, (J,,,, W ork.s. \\II.\T MU ii.Wi;. .\Mt IS
Philadelphia, staling that at an early Wll.l.l.Mi TH lilNI'l SOMh-
dale we will receive a set ot photo- TlU\r, riLVi' Ydl W A.NT FdH
graphs of his collection. I" '■
Next 111. 'etiiig will he held some lime *' U.NIJ'ISS \i\[ TW ( I 111"!' TO-
in Sept. ■mher. memhers will he advised ( iKTI IKI! ■n!i;iil-: WILL UK .NO
of ,iai,.. TH.MiK (ii{ K.\(:ii.\,\r.i':.
(iKO. V. I'lltnWN. See'//.
i"-^ Tin: itKsT \\.\^ I'd r.KT .vc-
nu.\!.\'TKi> wrni K.\i:n hth-
KH IS T(» HK.Mi .\Mi .\I»VKR-
riSK IN THK THADI-: COIAMX
Colh'clors who do nol wani lo al- ( ip Ma.jazink ol' .Xntkjf. FirE-
laeli llieir names Id nolice.s in Ihe new .MiMS.
IRAOE COM AIN inav iiaxi- replies lo »^ IT IS. Hi:.\|t \\\ .MdHI'. WIL-
lln-ir ads dire. led lo this majia/liie LlNl! .\N|I .MiLI'; SlUSCHl-
aiiil Ihe pnhlish.r uill. upon re. cipl liKliS Tl l.\N .\N^ ( ITII KH I K IL-
ol' posla.M'. il all Ihe replies lo Ihe LKiri'OHS' M.MJAZINK LN THE
adxerliser. COUNTRY.
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MAGAZINE OF ANTIQLIE FIREARMS
Siiliscrilic to
THE CIHIO COLLECTOR
Piiblislicd ill Osiijic loua.
ARTICLES BY THE LEADING
AMATEUR ARCH.EOLOfilSTS.
B O T A N I r- T S, ( )R.M THOLO-
GISTS. (iEULCXilSTS AM)
CONCHOL()(ilsrS. —Edited by
Mrs. F. Miiv Till lie. : : :
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COLLECTORS' MONTHLY
A Journal fnr tlio Collector
and Student o f Minerals,
Relics, Curios, Coins and
Stamps. ::::::::::
Published By
J. B. GARDELLA,
2724 Chestnut St. Oalvland, California
WANTED
.\ Fa.vetti'villp, N. C. horse pistol
marked C. S. A. A Colt's revolvhig
rifle, .32 or ..'5fi calibre in fine order. A
T.vler, Texas, Rille marked C. S. Want
Confederate ollieer's swords marked C.
S. or C. S. A. Want a Confederate
battle flag. Want a Virfjinia 2-pieee
bell buckle with "Virginia" in center or
coat of arms, or state seal; also want a
Virginia oval buckle with coat of arms:
al.so Georgia 2-piece buckle and C. S.
Palmetto tree buckle. Good cash price
for above relics.
C. E. TRIBRETT, Darlington, Indiana.
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OLD GUNS AND PISTOLS
War, Pioneer and Indian Relics, and
a general line of Curios and Antique
Objects. ::::::
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q THE PUBLISHER HAS A FEW
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Qopfederate l/eterap.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS.
Entered nt the post office at Nashville, Tenn., as second-class matter.
Contributors are n-quested to use only one side of the paper, and to ahbrcvi-
ii« as much as practicable. These suj^rgestions are important.
Where clipping's are sent copv should be kept, as the X'eteran cannot iin
iertake to return them. Advertisintr rates furnished on applicati<»n.
The (late In ;i subscription is always jtriven to the month hrforc it ends. For
Instance, if the Vktkkan is ordered to begin witti J.anuary, the dale on mail
U«t will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number.
The f/r// war was too lon^ ago to be called the late war, and when cor-
-lespondents use that term " War between the ^tales" will be substituted.
The terms "New South" and " lost cause" are objectionable to the Veteran.
OFFICIALLT REPRESENTS :
United Confederate Veterans,
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Sons of Veterans, and Other Organizations,
Confederated Southern Memorial Association.
The \ eteran is approved and indorsed officially by a larger and n
elevated patronage, doubtless, than any other publication in existence.
Though men deserve, they may not win success;
The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less.
Prick. fl.OO per Tear, y
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Vol. XX.
XASHVILLK. TEXX., NOVEMBER, 1912.
No. II.
) S. A. CUN XING HAM.
\ Propk.kior.
PU BUS I HID BY ORDER OF P. O. DEPARTMENT.
"Stalcmcnt of the (luiu-rshii). in.inagenieiit, circulation," etc.,
of the CoNKEDEK.NTE Vkjkkan. piiblislictl montlily at Nashville,
Tenn., is required by the .Act of .\ugust 24. 1912. The name
of the editor, mana.siiug editor, business manager, and pub-
lisher is S. A. Cunningham, who is also the owner. The rc-
)iort rciinires the average number of copies of each issue of
ihis publication sold or distributed through the mails or
otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months pre-
ceding the date of this statement. This information is re-
iiuired (if daily newspapers only, but it is given anyhow. The
nnmber of copies is 20.500. Occasionally 22.000 are printed.
DAUGHTERS TQ MEET IN WASHINGTOX.
Much of this issue already in lypi' is held over that fea-
tures more particularly of cuncern Id the United Daughters
of the Cnnfcdcracy may be used for their Convention, to be
held November i2-!(i in W;ishington City, which is to b
more than ordin.arily well represented.
Dixie Land ni.ay anticijiatc witli assurance the cfiiciency of
tiiat Convention. Some important members may be un-
avoidably prevented from attending ; but the organization is
so perfected and it has so high a class of representative
WDUien who are so capable and so well informed that occi:-
p.mts i>f the national capital may contidently expect entcr-
l.iinnKiil of the highest order and the promulgation of as
high principles of patriotism as ever have been expressed
in that beautiful city consecrated by its founders to the "God
we trust."
Of niuch cimcern is tlic doubtful attendance of the Presi-
<lcnl General, Mrs. Alexander B. White, who has been con-
stantly confined with her afflicted husband since the meetir;;
last year in Richmond. If practicable, she will be present.
The First Vice President General, Mrs. Frank G. Odcr-
hcimer, of Maryland, is capable and quite at home in Wash-
ington; while the Second Vice President General. Mrs. Drur;-
C. Ludlow, resides there, and Mrs. J. J. Mc.Mester. the Third
Vice President General, will doubtless be present to repre-
sent the Trans-Mississippi Department.
These distinguished women and nearly all of the surviving
Presidents General may be expected there an<l zealously
acting for the principles th.it the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy have been endeavoring so faithfully to establish for
the truth of history and for the good of the entire country.
^^rs. Cornelia Branch Stone, one of the eflieient former
Presidents General, as Chairman General of the Arlington
Monument Committee will have much to do, as the laying
of the corner stone to the Confederate monument will be the
most important feature of the occasion, aside from the gen-
era! Convention work. In this connection it is due to men-
tion Hon. Hilary A. Herbert. President, and Mr. Wallace
Streater. Treasurer of the .\ssocialion, who have been con-
stantly diligent for the success of the .Arlington monument.
In mentioning members of the great Association of work-
ers it would be difficult to find a stopping place. All honor
to the United Daughters of the Confederacy!
Of the important articles held over to the next issue arc
reports of reunions from Texas, Tennessee, and Missouri;
six papers in regard to Longstreet's forces at Chickamauga,
one concerning General Butler and Mrs. Mumford ; and
many miscellaneous articles which will appear ere long.
LOUISLIXA VETERANS. SONS. AND DAUGHTERS.
The Louisiana Veteran,->, Sons, and Daughters of the Con-
federacy had fine annual meetings at Baton Rouge October
14-17. Reports, according to the Picayune, are that there
were more Veterans present than at any meeting for years.
In the parade there were four hundred Veterans in line.
A.'uch that lends to the good of the cause was enacted. Only
a mere mention can be given at present.
Gen. T. J. ShatTcr was elected for ih.e fourth term as Di-
vision Commander, and he \v\\\ reappoint bis former stafT.
The next place of meeting to be named by General Shaffer.
The Sons of Veter.ans took an active part in the proceedings.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy attended the
meetings of the Veterans, and a sort of love feast prevailed
throughout the entire time. They elected the following of-
liccrs for the ensuing year :
President, Mrs,. Peter Vouree, Shrcveport.
Vice Presidents: Miss Doriska Gautreaux. New Orleans;
Jlrs. .\. P. Miller, Baton Rouge; Mrs. .\. N. Simnis, Tangi-
pahoa ; Mrs. W. H. Scanland, Renton.
Recording Secretary, Miss Battic ^fcGrath. Baton Rouge ;
Corresponding, Miss W. M. Bannerman. Grand Cane.
Treasurer, Miss Mary Rallins, New Orleans.
Registrar. Mrs. E. T. C. Longmire. New Orleans.
Custodian, Miss Elise Allain. New Orleans.
Soo
Qoi?federat^ l/eterap.
State Organizer, Mrs. E. T. Denson, Amite City.
Resolutions were adopted thanking the citizens of Baton
"Rouge, the university authorities, and all who contributed
-to the success of the three days' reunion.
The annual reunion of the Veterans was close<l with a ball
;given in the Louisiana State University pavilion to the
visiting Veterans and Daughters.
Order of the Gr.\nd P.\r.\i)e.
The parade was headed by mounted police following the
Louisiana State University band. Mounted came General
Shaffer. General Castleman. and General Prudhomme, witli
the four hundred Veterans, ninrching two abreast. The
State and Camp sponsors and maids of honor followed in
automobiles. Next was the Cadet Battalion, under com-
mand of Capt. J. H. Cockran. The Baton Rouge Ladies'
Mounted Cavalry wore red and white, their costumes at-
tracting a great deal of attention. The Children of Dixie
and the Children of the Confederacy came next on two floats.
The children were dressed in white and red, and each carried
a Confederate flag. Following them were the school children.
A motion picture of the entire parade was taken.
«
Miss M. Louise Rogers, of Paris, Tex., applies for mem
bcrship in the Daughters of the Confederacy and seeks infor-
mation. Her grandfatlier, Benjamin Rogers, served under
•Captain .\aron from Columbia County. .Ark., and died al
Fort Pillow, Tenn., .\pril 26. 1862. Send her information con-
•cerning Fienj:niiin Rogers if you can.
IXiriAI. irORK FOR THE SIIILOIl MONUMENT.
Savannah, Tenn., is situated within eight miles of the battle
•field of Shiloh. From this point during the two days of that
■sanguinary battle could be heard the booming of cannon and
•even the rattle of musketry. Mothers and wives had sons and
"husbands in that battle, while all had friends in the strife.
No wonder that these good women bc.gan in a huinble way
1c erect a monument there.
In 1900 a few patriotic women of Savannah organized the
Shiloh Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, with the
prime object of erecting a monument in memory of the Con-
federate soldiers engaged in the battle. This Chapter -was
chartered witli tweniy-si.x members. These good women
Ijegan the work witli much enthusiasm and labored with
unceasing zeal.
In May, T902, the Chapter President sent a communication
tc the Veter.\n setting forth the importance of the work and
.asking the co()peration of Daughters everywhere. This was
the first published article from any source concerning a mon-
amnent at Shiloh. Soon contributions were received from
Chapters and indixiduals in other States, and it is worthy of
record that the fn'st conlriliulion w;is l"r< 'in Mr. Jacobus S.
Jones, of Washington. D. C.
The Teimessee Division having become enlisted in the
work, a State committee was appointed and an annual ap-
propriation of $25 was voted by the Convention of 1904.
At San Francisco the General V. D. C. Convention voted
to take up the work, cooperation was agreed upon, and through
the management of the able Director General, Mrs. ,\. B.
White, it certainly will be brought to a happy consummation.
Since the election of a Treasurer Gener:d .-ill ammnits
secured by Shiloh Chapter have been sent to the general
treasury. The .-imnunt al present in llie h;nids of Shiloh
Chapter is sntnrthing over JiTi.o'JO, be'iriiig interest with safe
seciM-ii.-.
The editor of the Veter.\n calls attention, not for credit to
himself, to the fact that in that Convention the suggestion
was made that this monument by all the people of the South
should be surmounted by a statue of Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston, so that no monument committee will fail to con-
sider this obligation in its plans. Of course there could be
no opposition to tliis in the South or North. This suggestion
created magic interest in the monument, and it is important.
A FEW OF the charter MEMBERS OF SHILOH CHAPTER.
N.ames of officers in front ro^v, readinjj from left In liglit; Mrs. D. A.
Welcli, Treasurer: Mrs. I^. V'. Sexier. Recording Secret;irv; Mrs. J. W, Irwin,
President; Mrs. D.J. lluglies. Second Vice President; Mrs. H. E. Woodside,
Corresponding Secretary.
BROWN M'MILLIN, A GIFTED YOUNG JOURNALIST.
There is general sorrow in Tennessee over the death of
Brown McMillin, a gifted young journalist, which occurred in
Bristol, October 25. He had gone there on a visit to friends
when a fatal illness attacked him. A brief sketch of him ap-
peared in the .\pril Veteran, on page 156.
The funeral services were conducted in the Episcopal
church, Pulaski, on the Sunday following, by Bishop Thomas
F. Gailor, at the conclusion of which the Bishop read from
the young man's poems, one of which, under the title "A
Cross of Honor," described the going down of the Titanic,
in which are the words, "God blessed that waste of sea," and
the anthem, "Nearer, My God, to Thee."'
In discussing the life work of Mr. McMillin the Nashville
Press Club brought out the exquisite characteristics of his
faithful career as a journalist in never having willingly written
a line that injured a human being.
Brown McMillin. while never knowing life's greatest bless-
ing in the care of his gifted mother, who was conceded to be
the most popular woman in Washington (her place was filled
as nearly as could be by his grandmother), was favored with a
distinguished ancestry. His father was twenty years in Con-
gress and later Governor of Tennessee. His grandfather.
John C. Brown, was a major general in the Confederate ariny,
President of the Constitutional Convention. Governor of the
State, and President of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad
Company al the time of his death, and wdiose eminent business
capacity was shown in the rehabilitation of the Texas and
Pacific Railroad Company. While his grandmother, wlm
reared him with fondest and unceasing care, was the second
President General of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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PRESIDENT GENERAL U. D. C. IN NEW ENGLAND.
Mrs. Alexander B. White, while sojourning in New England
with Mr. White, who was there ill, was an invited guest on
Flag Day, and the North Adams (Mass.) Herald states in
regard to it :
"Under the auspices of the Woman's Relief Corps, Flag
Day exercises were carried out last night in the parlors of
the Grand Army Hall. The meeting was one of unusual in-
terest from the fact that as the guest of honor the Corps had
with it President General Mrs. White, of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, who spoke of the South and its part in the war.
"Mrs. White is a most forceful sepaker, possessed of a
strong magnetism that gripped every one who heard her. Of
graceful presence and possessed of an excellent command of
language, she moved her listeners from laughter to tears and
from tears to laughter. Her word pictures of Southern
slavery, of the devotion of the slaves to their Southern mas-
ters, could not but impress any one who was present. The
Corps was not only honored but extremely fortunate in having
such a noted woman present at its gathering.
"Patriotic Instructor Mrs. Josephine Biirdick presided over
the meeting in her usual able manner."
Substance of Mrs. Wiute's Address.
"I was born and reared in Mississippi, which, as vou know,
is Jefferson Davis's State, and my first appearance as a public
speaker was when I welcomed the State Press Association
and President Davis to my home town. I was only a >'0ung
girl then ; but as I look back on that day I recall it as the
greatest day in my life. I sat among men who were statesmen,
men who upheld the Confederacy and its principles.
"You talk of the enthusiasm of the South. .\s I look back
to that summer afternoon when we stood at the railroad sta-
tion awaiting the coming of that great man who had suf-
fered more than any other man for the Confederacy. I can
see the children as they went forward strewing flowers in his
path. Then as the tall, gaunt man walked forth men and
women rushed toward him to touch his hand. The next day
I was chosen to sit beside Winnie Davis, his daughter, at a
dinner. Jefferson Davis was there also. He talked and chatted
with the men about him. They talked about battles, about
incidents of their childhood, and T with rapt attention sat and
listened. My friends, you can't wonder at our devotion to this
great man. You can't wonder at the work which the women
of the South have taken up. Had it not been for the women,
the war would never have lasted as long as it did. Often-
times I have heard veterans of the South say that had it not
been for the women at home, who were urging them on, the
war \vo\iI(l have ended long before it did. The women of the
South were the bitterest rebels that yon men of the North had
to contend with. We women of the South are now tr>-ing to
show our appreciation of the efforts of those who fought to
uphold the principles.
"Your own Congressman Lawrence asked me but a short
time ago why it was that the men of the South did not carry
on guerrilla warfare and carry the war still farther. I told
him that Robert E. Lee said to the men of the South after
he had surrendered to U. S. Grant. "Go home, be good citi-
zens," and that is what they di<l. They went home, and
what homes they were ! They had been devastated. You of
the North have no idea of the extent of our plantations. Thou-
sands of acres extended as far as the eye could reach. These
were useless. There were no workmen to cultivate them.
.\nd after the war a negro, a man who could not write his
own name, was sent to the Senate from Mississippi! That
was hard and humiliating. You have no idea what that
meant. The slave was placed above his master. But the South
believes that if Abraham Lincoln had lived it never would
have occurred.
"Many of you think our slaves were treated harshly. I only
wish you could go to the South with me and see the devotion
which some of those one-time slaves have for the families
who once owned them. Many of them are still with the chil-
dren of their old masters and consider it a high honor to be
.allowed to remain. It was not real slavery : it was more like
a patriarchal government. The slaves looked to their masters
and mistresses for everjthing. If they were ill, they were
cared for; if they were hungry, they were fed. They were
treated humanely. But the young negro of to-day is not like
the old negro of yesterday.
"People have written to me from the South and asked ine
how the Yankees were treating me. I can write back and
say to them that I am being treated beautifully. I have been
made a guest of honor, and they will be proud and delighted
to know that I am with such fine people."
In further expression of her devotion to the cause of the
South Mrs. White said : "I am glad to meet with you this
evening on Flag Day to honor that flag hanging there, for it
is my flag as much as yours : it is the flag of the South as
well as of the North. My people and my family helped to
make that flag. My family has had a representative in every
war this country has had, beginning with colonial days, and
my grandfather was in the War of 1812 and my father's eldest
brother was in the war with Mexico. It is true that my
father and his brothers and every male of my family capa-
ble of bearing arms, from fifteen-year-old boys up, fought
against that flag from 1861 to 1865; yet they accepted the re-
sult in good faith and came back into the Union, and now
there is no section more loyal to the stars and stripes than
the South."
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Tre.ksurer's Report for Month Ending September 30, 1912.
Mrs. Clementine \N. Boles, Director for ,\rkansas, $25.30.
Contributed by Sidney Johnston Chapter, No. 133, U. D. C,
Batesville, -Ark., $5: Margaret Davis Hayes Chapter, No. 1149,
U. D. C, De Witt. Ark., $5 : D. C. Govan Chapter, No. 281, U.
D. C, Marianna. Ark.. $5 : T. J. Churchill Chapter, No. 1373,
U. D. C. Little Rock, .\rk., $10; Etta Engli.sh. Dutch Mills,
.\rk., 30 cents.
Mrs. Jerry .\. Lovell, Director for Colorado, $3. Con-
tributed by Gibson Clark. Cheyenne, Wyo., $1 ; H. W. Lloyd,
Fort Collins. Colo., $1 ; S. B. Robuck, Denver, Colo., $1.
Mrs. John W. Tench, Director for Florida, $5. Contributed
by Father Ryan Chapter, No. 439, U. D. C. Bartow, Fla.
Mrs. J. W. Heatfield, Director for Illinois. $25. Contributed
by Stonewall Chapter, No. 1038. LT. D. C, Chicago. 111.
Mrs. James B. Gantt. Director for Missouri, $25. Con-
tributed by Sterling Price Chapter, No. 401, U. D. C, St.
Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Thomas Keitt, Director for South Carolina. $80.50.
Contributed by Williamsburg Chapter. No. 1005, U. D. C,
Kingstrec, S. C. $25 ; John D. Kennedy Chapter, No. 308, U.
D. C, Camden, S. C, $5; Chester Chapter, No. 234, U. D. C,
Chester, S. C, $5; Florence Thornwell Chapter, No. 246, U.
D. C, Fort Mill, S. C, $2.50 ; Ellison Capers Chapter, No. 70,
S02
QoQfederat^ l/eterap.
U. D. C, Florence, S. C, $io; Sam Davis Chapter, Children
of the Confederacy, $5; ilarion Chapter, No. 38, U. D. C,
Marion, S. C, $20; Marion Chapter, Children of the Confed-
eracy. $5 ; Margaret Gaston Chapter, Children of the Con-
federacy, $1 ; Pendleton Chapter, Xo. 585, U. D. C, Pendle-
ton, S. C, $1 ; D. A. Dickert Chapter, Children of the Con-
federacy, $1.
Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter, No. 17, U. D. C, Galves-
ton, Tex., $60.
Turner-Ashby Chapter, No. 162, U. D. C Harrisonburg,
Va., $10.
Mrs. Thomas S. Bocock, Director for Virginia, $251.50.
Contributed by Greenville Chapter, No. 1247, U. D. C, Em-
poria, Va., $12; William R. Terry Chapter, No. 580, U. D. C,
Bedford City, Va.. $15; Middlesex Chapter, No. 1054, U. D.
C, Saluda, Va., $10; H. A. Carrington Chapter, No. 1055, U.
D. C, Charlotte C. H., Va., $2.50; New River Grays Chapter,
No. 513, U. D. C, Radford, Va., $6; Sally Tompkins Chapter,
U. D. C, Mathews, Va., $5 ; Virginia Division, U. D. C, $25 :
Petersburg Chapter, No. 155, U. D. C, Petersburg, Va., $10;
Mrs. T. GrifKn, Bedford City, Va., $1; Stonewall Chapter,
XJ. D. C, , Va., $5 ; Surry Chapter, No. 498, U. D. C,
Surry, Va., $10; Wythe Grays Chapter, No. 136, U. D. C.
Wytheville, Va., $15: Dixie Chapter, No. 1162, U. D. C,
Jenkinsburg, Va., $5 ; sources not enumerated, $15 ; Sall>
Tompkins Chapter, No. 96, U. D. C, Gloucester, Va., $1;
Washington-Lee Chapter of Westmoreland, No. 1189, U. D.
C, Kinsale, Va., $25: Stonewall Chapter, U. D. C, .
Va., $20; Richmond Chapter, No. 158, U. D. C, Richmond,
Va., $25 ; Waynesboro Chapter, No. 160, U. D. C, Waynes-
boro, Va., $s; Agnes Lee Chapter, No. 168, \J. D. C, Frank-
lin, Va., $5; Fredericksburg Chapter, No. 163, U. D. C,
Fredericksburg, Va., $10; Chapters not named, $24.
Mrs. Walter C. Pollock, Director for West Virginia, $10.
Contributed by Parkersburg Chapter, No. 385, U. D. C.
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Mr. John Sealy, Galveston, Tex., $50.
Receipts for September, 19x2, $545.30.
.Amount on hand September i, 1912, $20,971.24.
Total to be accounted for, $21,516.54.
Sir Moses Ezekiel, fourth payment as per contract on work
on monument, $5,000.
.\. C. Weeks for typewriting specifications for bids on con
Crete foundation, $2.25.
Balance on hand October i, 1912, $16,514.29.
W.'\LLACE Streater, Treasurer.
Mississippi : Gen. Charles Clark Chapter, Beulah, $5 ; John
M. Stone Chapter, luka, $7.50; Beauvoir Chapter, Biloxi, $5;
K. E. Lee Chapter, Aberdeen, $10; Tupelo Chapter, $10; Boli-
var Troop Chapter, Cleveland, $15 ; Julia Jackson Chapter,
Crystal Springs, $5; Stephen D. Lee Chapter, Laurel, $5;
^Jrs. Sarah D. Eggleston (personal), Raymond, $2.50; Vaiden
Chapter, $1 ; Durant Daughters Chapter, Durant, $4.25 ; Mrs.
Lizzie George Henderson (personal), $40; Coffeeville Chap-
ter, $10; Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, Oxford, $5; H. D.
Ivloney Chapter, Carrollton, 60 cents ; Mississippi Division,
$25; J. Z. George Chapter, Greenwood, $10; R. S. Thomas
Chapter, Verona, $10 ; Dr. Zeno S. Goss Chapter, Columbia,
$10; Kosciusko Chapter, $5; Jefferson County Chapter, Fay-
ette, $5 ; William Fitzgerald Chapter, Webb, $5 ; B. F. Ward
Chapter, Winona, $3.30; Mississippi College Rifles Chapter,
Clinton, $30; Corinth Chapter, $16.30; G. B. Shelby Chapter,
Shelby, $10; Mississippi Point Chapter, Moss Point, $2; John
M. Stone Chapter, West Point, $5.50; Mrs. J. D. Beck for
post cards sold, $1 ; Mildred Humphries Chapter. Ita Bena,
f3 ; Beauvoir Chapter, Biloxi, $1 ; post cards sold, $5.
Missouri : Missouri Division, $15.
Oklahoma : Stanley-Posey Chapter, Atoka, $2.50.
Tennessee; Mrs. J. D. Beasley (personal), Paris, $1; Capt.
A. J. Harris Chapter, Nashville, $5 ; Mary Latham Chapter,
Memphis, $15 ; F. M. Walker Chapter, St. Elmo, $5.
Virginia : Sallie Thoinpkins Chapter. Gloucester C. H., $1 ;
Fluvanna Chapter, Palmyra, $5; Middlesex Chapter, Saluda,
$2; H. A. Carrington Chapter, Charlotte C. H., $2.50; Radford
Chapter, $20; Surry Chapter, $10; William R. Terry Chapter,
Bedford City, $2; Petersburg Chapter, $10; Wythe Grey Chap-
ter, Wytheville, $1; Suffolk Chapter, $10; Stonewall Chapter,
Portsmouth, $5 ; Mildred Lee Chapter, Martinsville, $5 ; Rich-
irond Chapter, $33.85 ; Old Dominion Chapter, Lynchburg, $1 ;
I'redericksburg Chapter, $1 ; Bland Chapter, $1 ; Madison
Chapter, $5.
Interest, $5.35.
Total collections since September 7, $466.65.
Total in hands of Treasurer at last report, $15,360.84.
Total collections to date, $15,827.49.
To expense of Director Mississippi Division, $5.
Total in hands of Treasurer to date, $15,822.49.
I
THE SHILOH MONUMENT FUND.
Report of Mrs. Rov W. McKinney, Treasurer, from
September 7 to October 7, 1912.
Arkansas; W. C. Sloan Chapter, Imbodcn, $5; Margaret
Davis Hayes Chapter, De Witt. $5; T. J. Churchill Chapter,
Little Rock, $10; J. M. Keller Chapter, Little Rock, $10; W.
C. Denson Chapter, Arkansas City, $1.
Georgia ; James H. Gresham Chapter, Social Circle, $i ;
Vienna Chapter, $2.50; Oglethorpe Chapter, Lexington, $10;
Bartow Chapter, Cartersville, $10 ; Morgan County Chapter,
Madison, $5.
Illinois; Stonewall Chapter, Chicago, $25.
Lidiana : Evansville Chapter, $10.
Kentucky; Alex Poston Chapter, Cadiz. $1; J. N. Williams
Chapter, Murray, $5; Jefferson Davis Chapter. Guthrie, $5;
Joseph H. Lewis Chapter, Frankfort, $1 ; Paducah Chapter,
post cards, $2.50.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL.
R. H. Jennings sends a contribution from Columbia, S. C,
and states ; "I am in sympathy with your scheme. I was a
prisoner in Fort Delaware in 1862, and I wish that the officer
in comiTiand of that den had been such a man as Owen."
Mrs. Julia A. Kern, Historian Edward Pickett Chapter,
Kansas City, Mo., with remittance writes ; "I regret to see
that the U. D. C. and Camps of Veterans are showing so little
interest in the Richard Owen Memorial, which you have so
nobly initiated. Surely we must appreciate a human spirit
in the breast of an enemy. Tears well into my eyes when 1
read of a kind deed by a soldier to his helpless victims of the
other side. No matter if a subsequent administration at Camp
Alorton was cruel, it reflects greater credit on this man who
would alleviate the sufferings of a helpless foe, bringing as it
did criticism upon him from his own people. I am urging
my own and other Chapters to respond liberally to your mag-
nanimous enterprise in paying belated tribute to a generous
foe."
Louis Bennett, of Weston, W. Va., in sending $5 states;
"I was on the Confederate side, and think such a monument
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by us a worthy tribute to Colonel Owen for his kindness to
Confederate prisoners."
E. J. Fry. of Marshall. Tex., in sending $5 states: "I trust
a creditable amount will be raised, and feel certain that it will.
This monument has done a great deal in creating a kindlier
feeling fur us who wore the gray toward old 'Yanks' who
did the fighting, nearly all of whom know the war is over
and are glad to shake hands with an old 'Kcb.' "
Isaac R. M. Beeson. of Savannah, Mo. (called "Mario'i
Beeson" by his comrades), sends one dollar each to the
Richard Owen Memorial and to the Jefferson Davis HoiTic
Association. Comrade Beeson was wounded twice. He was
also captured twice, and escaped each time. He can appre-
CoMPLETE Contributions to the
ciate kindness to prisoners. He sends these contributions
.-'.fter passing his threescore and ten years. While in college
■c.< Georgetown. Ky.. he was a classmate of Rev. J. M. Frost.
IJ.D.. Secretary of the Sunday School Board of the Southern
I'aptist Church.
\V. W. Heartsell. of Marshall. Tex., inclosing a subscrip-
tion to the Richard Owen Memorial, writes: "I spent the
winter of iiS62-63 in Camp Butler, 111., and know what a mean.
t; r.iimical keeper we had — old Colonel Lynch."
Charles B. Munford. of Kansas City, Mo., sends $.5 for it.
The sentiment grows splendidly. Will those about to decide
do so now, that it may be dedicated by Gov. Thomas R. Mar-
shall before he retires, January i6, 19T3?
Richard Owen Memori.al to Date.
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A Friend. Vernon. Tex
A I'^riend, Nashville
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Alder.son. J. C, Cliarleston. W. Va.
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Anderson. John, Enfield, N. C
Ander.son. S. B., Mineola, Tex
Anderson, W. A., Hollv Springs.
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Armstrong, Mrs. Nora Owen. Mem-
phis, Tenn
Arnold. J. M., Covington. Ky
Asbury, Col. A. E., Higginsville,
Mo
Barron, S. B., Rusk, Tex
Bean, William H.. Howe. Tex
Hofson. !:. M.. Savannali. Mo
Behan, W. J.. New Orleans. La. . . .
Bell. G. W. R.. Galesville. Ala
Bennett. Tjonis
Bevens. Hr. W. K.. Newport. Ark. . .
Boger. A. T.. Vernon. Tex
Bradley. .T. P.. Linneus. Mo
Brad.street. J. R.. Vernon. Tex
Brooke, St. George T.. Charles-
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Brown, B. R., Shouns. Tenn
Brownson. Airs. J. M., Victoria.
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Brusle. C. A.. Plaqiiemine. La
Bryant, V. H., Orlando, Fla
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Lester. John H.. Deming. N. Mex. 1 00
Lewis, John H., Memphi.s. Tenn... 1 00
Lewis, R. B., Longtown, S. C 1 00
Lipscomb. H. G.. Nashville, Tenn.. 5 00
McCarys. R. P.. Olive Branch, Miss. 1 00
McCaskev, T. B., Bucatunna, Miss. 60
Macbeth, Mrs. R. Y., Pinopolis,
S. C 1 00
Magnus, J. A., and wife, Cincinnat-
ti. Ohio 10 00
Mathis, A. J., Vernon, Tex 50
Means, James, Columbus, Ohio.,.. 1 00
Miller. W J.. Burlington. Iowa. ... 1 00
Miller. W. J., Burlington, Iowa... 5 50
Milner. W. J., Birmingham. Ala. ... 1 00
Mizell, J.. King's Ferry, Fla 10 00
M. M. Parsons Camp, U. C. V.,
Warrensburg, Mo 5
Moore. Henrv, Texarkana. Ark.... 2
Moore. Miss E. I.. Buda. Tex 1
Moore. A. J., Newbern. Ala 1
Morrisett. F. T.. Newbern. Ala. ... 1
Muniford. C. B.. Kansas City. Mo.. 3
Mvers. J. M.. FIsherville. Ky 1
Newton. H. H., BennettsvlUe. S. C. 1
Norwood. J. P., Lockesburg, Ark.. 1
Nutt. Miss Nannie, Alva, Fla 1
Nutt, Mrs. L. A., Alva, Fla 2
Oltrogge, Mrs. E. T., Jacksonville,
Fla 1 00
Palmer, N. G., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00
Parker. Arthur. Abeville. S. C 1 00
Parker, S. H., PhiKadelphia. Miss., 1 00
Parker, P. P., Washington. D. C. . . . 1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
2 00
1 00
1 00
2 00
1 00
Paikcr. P. P.. Washington. N. C. . . .$ 1 00
Paulett. S. W., Farmville. Va 1 00
Peak, W. D.. Oliver Springs. Tenn. . 1 00
Phillips, Capt. Joseph, Nashville,
Tenn 5 00
Pleasants, Edw., Richmond, Va. . . 1 00
Porter. J. B.. Harmony. Ark 1 00
Powell, Rev. Lewis, Owensboro,
Ky 1 00
Powers, L. A., Athens, Tex 1 00
Ray. B. F., Kosciusko. Miss 1 00
Rice. James T., Iva, S. C 2 00
Robertson, Dr. J. J., Ridgeway. S.
C 1 00
Rogers, B. H., Plantersville, Miss. 1 00
Rosamond, J. S., Durant, Miss.... 1 00
Rosenberg. Mrs. M. R. Macgill. Gal-
veston. Tex 5 00
Rothrock, G. M., Pulaski, Tenn... 1 00
Ruff. D. W.. Ridgeway. S. C
Ruff, W. H., Ridgeway, S. C
Rutledge. J. S., Vernon. Tex
Scott, J. A., Muskogee, Okla
Seagraves, J. F., Mlddletown, Ohio.
Setton, Emmett, Pulaski, Tenn....
Shaifer. A. K.. Port Gibson. Miss. .
Shannahan, J. K., Newcomb, Md..
Shearer, John, McCrory, Ark
Shipp, J. F., Chattanooga. Tenn... 1 00
Sims. T. H.. Texakana, .-Vrk 1 00
Sinclair. G. Terrv. New York City. 1 00
Slocum. J. W.. Gray, Ga 1 00
Smith, Miss Jessica R., Henderson,
N. C 1 00
Smith, Judge C. J., Ridgewav, S.
r ,io
Smith, W. A., Ansonvllle, N. C 1 00
Smith, J. F.. Morgan, Tex 1 00
Smith, G. W., Cliicaijo. Ill 1 00
Starr. J. B.. Fayetteville, N. C 1 00
Stewart, Col. W. H., Portsmouth,
Va 1 00
Stone, J. B., Kansas City, Mo.... 1 00
Stone. John B., Kansa-s Citv. Mo.. 5 00
Stones. Mrs. C. B.. Galveston. Tex. 1 00
Streigler, C. Menardvllle. Tex.,.. 1 00
Sword. Alarion L.. Opelousas, La. . 1 00
Thaver, Albert, Indianapolis, Ind. 2 00
Teague. Dr. B. H.. Aiken. S. C 1 00
Team. Dr. J. W.. Ridgeway, S. C 1 00
Thompson. R. M., Culpeper. Va . . . . 1 no
Thompson, W. A., Gurley, La 1 00
Tilghman. Sidell, Madison. N. J... 10 00
Tyler. C. \V.. Clarksville. Tenn.... 10 00
Vanmeter, G. J., Bowling Green,
Ky 6 00
Van Pelt, S. W., Farmville, Va. . . 1 00
Varnadoe. J. O.. Valdosta. (ja 1 00
Wall. Dr. W. D.. Slaughter. La 1 00
\\'ardensville. \V.
6 00
M..
A\'arden.
Va
Watson, Richard Vidmer, Belvldere,
III
Watts, W. P.. Waverly Hall, Ga,.
Weslbr.iok. M. L., Waeo. Tex
Whitsett, J. B., Nashville, Tenn..,
Whitehead, E. M., Denton, Tex.,..
Whiteside. Miss Florence. Cleve-
land. Tenn
Wilder. E. G., Socrum, Fla
Wilson, C. B., Taylor, Tex
Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C,
Savannah, Ga
Womaek. J. K.. Easleville, Tenn...
Wrav, C. P., Ridgeway, S, C
Wveth. Dr. John A.. New York City.
Young, B. H., Louisville, Ky
Total to date J509 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
no
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C^opfederat^ [Jetera^),
QoT^federate l/eteraij*
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing- House Building, Nashville, Tenn.
This publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All pcr-
■ons who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
cUlions throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
•oOperate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
DO UNDERSTAND ME.
Ill connection with so much printed about subscriptions
an erroneous impression prevails. It is painful that so many
who owe for one, two, or three years complain that they had
ordered the Veteran discontinued; and that others, instead of
paying what they owe, write a lecture upon the injustice of
continuing the publication after the time paid for has expired,
when it is published again and again that the indulgence rule
has been for poor comrades to whom such extension has
been extended as a special personal favor. But to oblige that
class the "pay in advance rule" would have been adhered
to long ago. Many persons to whom the Veteran is sent
seem to feel that advantage is sought to be taken of them.
Such is a sad reflection. The Veteran has never been sent
intentionally to anybody who had requested its discontinuance.
The founder, who has done his best these twenty years in
achieving all the good possible, has never knowingly done
a selfish thing. He has never asked anybody to take it, as-
suming that they know about it; he has never sold a single
copy, but has given away thousands singly; he has never
failed to show unstinted hospitality to any patron when having
the opportunity; he has never urged a patron to pay a cent
and has rarely stopped sending it to anybody who seemed
to enjoy it, regardless of the pay. It is not the money for
which he has pleaded, but information as to whether it was
being received and if sending it on was desirable. Thou-
sands have not had the courtesy to respond, even with :i
stamped and addressed envelope supplied them. Now when
indulgence is extended in this way, is it fair to withhold a re-
ply? Is it fair to refuse payment or explanation?
With the new year new rules must be adopted. Answers
must be sent so that it will be understood whether the con-
tinuance is desired. During the past twenty years, with ail
the deaths— much more than half— there has been no dropping
back in the circulation. For this blessing gratitude is ex-
pressed first of all to the Daughters of the Confederacy, and
they will still do their part. It will be a Herculean task with
the change of rule to keep the list at 21,000. It is necessary
to add more than fifty every day (or the average of it) in
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by this, so much economy in typesetting, that the offer is
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for $2.50. A rich comrade once said after paying the three
years : "Well, now I have paid three years, and I hope we will
both live the time out." Was tliat spirit narrow? Was he
doubtful of having made a risky investment? If so, he should
romeniber that with every issue several hundred dollars is given
t ^ comrades and the cause. Suppose he should lose part of the
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the service and sacrifice of loved ones. Now is the time to
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have sent articles that should long since have appeared. There
are thousands of them on hand. Delay has not been from
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and it is modest. Send the names — a post card will do — of
one or more persons by whom sample copies would be appre-
ciated and who might become patrons. Thousands of South-
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thousand answers at least and the names and addresses of at
least 20.000. Now just a word. Is it intended for you? Do
\ou think of somebody near or far that you believe would
enjoy reading a copy free? If so, send the name.
Illustrative of the spirit that ought to prevail as to prompt-
ness, the liberty is taken to copy a card from Miss Katherine
Mclntyre, one of two girls who have been traveling abroad for
a year. She wrote to the President of the Richmond Chapter:
"Dear Mrs. Randolph: I am separated from writing paper
and check book, so I am asking you to do something for me.
I think the subscription of Captain W , at Lee Camp Sol-
diers' Home, is about to expire. Will you renew it for me?
I don't want the old man to miss it."
Several days have elapsed since the foregoing was written,
and meditation has strengthened the conviction that such pro-
longed silence which has caused the loss of thousands of dollars
to the Veteran is unjust to it and to patrons who pay
promptly, and a change will be made after December. All
subscribers not paid to within this year will be stricken from
the list and request made to pay what is due to that date. It
is not expected that many will do it. .^s a rule, the families
of those who die are not interested, hence the importame of
every friend who realizes the good that is being done by it
soliciting those who would appreciate it if they only realized
its mission. Having samples sent would often be suflicient.
A sense of gratitude to coworkers in the cause of the South
in the struggle, the issues of which are enough to make us
feel that it is well we lived in ihe time, is humbly acknowl-
edged. Men and women are perfected through suffering.
Qorjfederat^ l/eterai>.
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THE TEXNESSEE DIIISION.
The General Convention of the U. D. C. convenes in Wash-
ington, D. C, November 12, lasting four days.
The Tennessee delegation is expected to travel en route
by way of the Southern. Rates will be put on the 8th of
November on the certificate plan. A large delegation is hoped
for by the State President. It is the first time our organiza-
tion has ever met north of Mason and Dixon's line, and a
loyal love for the cause should prompt many to go.
Mrs. White offers a certificate of merit to that one of the
thirty Divisions which sends the best representation, by pay-
ment of general per capita tax, that has the largest increase
of membership, best number of new Chapters and Auxiliaries,
and the largest delegation.
Tennessee is offering a resolution for the endowment of a
chair in history at the Peabody College for Teachers, located
at Nashville, that correct history may be taught our descend-
ants. All the other Divisions have been asked to cooperate.
All the Chapters over the State are urged to send their cre-
dential blanks ten days before the Convention to Mrs. Roy
McKinney, Paducah, Ky.
The laying of the foundation of the Arlington monument
will occur on the afternoon of the 12th of November. Let
all be there to witness this longed-for event, when our feet
will stand on sacred soil.
Board has been secured at special rates for delegates at the
New Willard, the Raleigh, the Dewey, and surrounding good
stopping places on the Europcm plan, from $2 to $7 per day.
ONLY (,k.\Mi,-MlN dh .MK.--. I'kEMDENT HllLL.\Nt).
The Tennessee State President wishes her del^ation to
meet her in the committee room at the official headquarters,
the New Willard, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
XAMES OF NEIV PARISHES IN LOUISIANA.
Report from Mrs. B. Orv, First Vice President Jefferson
Davis Monument Associ.\tion.
The name of Jefferson Davis has been appropriately hon-
ored in New Orleans and in the State of Louisiana. First
came t!ic naming of a parkway Jefferson Davis, in which
1 1*
has since been placed the splendid bronze statue of the great
chieftain. Since then a parish in the richest and most fertile
part of the State has been created and named for him.
The Jefferson Davis Monument Association takes special
pride in this last honor which will still further immortalize
the name of Mr. Davis. It was through the efforts of a com-
n-.ittee from that Association with the President, Mrs. W. J.
Behan, that this consummation was brought about.
In 1908 the committee appeared before the General As-
sembly in an endeavor to secure an appropriation toward the
erection of their monument. Just about this time a bill was
submitted to the legislature providing for the division of
Calcasieu Parish. The names selected for the new parishes
were Pine, Rice, and Sanders. The committee, realizing that
the names of Rice and Pine were not dignified enough, called
r.i,on Hon. E. O. Bruner, of Rayne, La., the framer of the
bill, and offered as a substitute the names of Jefferson Davis
and Beauregard. The arguments and reasons advanced were
convincing, and the amended bill was passed. The acts
creating these parishes, however, failed of confirmation by
the people of Calcasieu Parish. This necessitated the re-
introduction of the bill by Hon. Frank L. Powell, of Calcasieu,
at this year's session of the General .Assembly. When it is
known that this parish of Calcasieu is larger than the States
of Rhode Island and Delaware together, containing about
36.000 square miles, collecting millions of dollars' worth of
taxes, having varied agricultural interests, etc.. it may readily
be seen that the division, with its boundary lines, names, and
all else pertaining thereto, was of much importance.
The Jefferson Davis Monument Association, however, con-
tinued to storm the citadel of government, added aids and
allies to their forces from the veterans' organizations and
other friends, and finally saw Jefferson Davis, Beauregard,
and Allen Parishes rise from out the ashes of Calcasieu.
Thus not only has the chieftain and his Louisiana general
been honored, but the State's great war Governor, Allen as
well.
Now the Jefferson Davis Monument Association is having
made a handsome oil painting of Mr. Davis, to be presented
to the parish seat of Jefferson Davis Parish just as soon as
the town has been designated. Beauregard and .Allen Parishes
will also be appropriately honored by other bodies.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, Commander in Chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, expressed great satisfaction at the nam-
ing of the new parishes, and in a letter to Gov. Luther H.
Hall says : "Louisiana deserves the thanks of all the survivors
of the great struggle and of all their descendants who appre-
ciate the courage and valor and patriotism of those who were
engaged in the great struggle for the independence of the
South in 1861-65."
Louisiana is singularly free from prejudice in the naming
oi' all her parishes. We have a Lincoln Parish called for
the War President, a Grant Parish called for the com-
mander in chief of the Union forces, and having for its parish
seat the town of Colfax, named in honor of the Vice President
of that name. Then Cameron, the first of the Northern war
Secretaries, was Jionored Vy a parish being named for him,
wliile the parish of Union 'jilells its cw^n story." It" is doubt-
ful if such a broad .American condition exists in any other
State in the reunited country. It is a vibrant, healthy condi-
tion, breathing of the "signs of the times."
[It seems that they went far to honor so many Northerners
ill Louisiana. — Editor.]
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C^oi?federat^ l/eteraij.
DEDICATION OF HENRY WYATT MONUMENT.
Near the tall, clear-cut shaft to "Our Confederate Dead'' in
Raleigh, N. C, stands the handsome statue of Henry L.
Wyatt, who fell at Bethel, the first soldier to give up his life
for the Confederate cause. When the string was pulled by
Master W. Henry Wyatt, his nephew, the flag of the Old
North State fell away, revealing the noble figure in bronze
of young Wyatt in Confederate uniform. With his musket
grasped in his hand and Southern patriotism burning in his
eye, he stands poised forward, and his old comrades who were
with him when he fell could see him again as in response to
the command to take possession of the house behind which
the Federal forces were intrenched he rushed forward only
to be shot down.
Shortly after noon on June 9 the procession moved up
I-'ayetteville Street. Banners, martial music, and uniforms of
gray stirred the patriotism of every one who witnessed the
procession. The order was as follows :
Chief marshal and assistant marshal; Third Regiment Band;
Edgecombe Guards, Co. A, Second Infantry, N. C. N. G. ;
Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry; Franklin Guards;
Co. F and Co. B, Third Infantry; Raleigh Light Infantry.
Gen. Julian S. Carr and staff.
L. O'B. Branch Drum Corps.
H. L. Wyatt Camp, Confederate Veterans, Vance County.
Visiting Camps, Confederate Veterans.
L. O'B. Branch Camp, Confederate Veterans, Raleigh.
Ambulance Company, No. i, Raleigh.
Automobiles and carriages containing the Governor, the
orator of the day, Maj. E. J. Hale, Mrs. F. M. Williams, Presi-
dent North Carolina Division, U. D. C, and guests.
Circling the Capitol, the procession entered the north gate.
The veiled statue was near the platform, which was draped
in State and Confederate flags. Orators, Daughters of the
Confederacy, and special guests occupied seats. Among the
banners so proudly carried in the procession were two of the
Edgecombe Guards, one bearing the dates 1861, 1865, the
other 1898. A large banner of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy was carried by the State President, Mrs. Fannie
Ransom Williams. Tlie famous Tarheel banner, a large
THE llENRV WYATT MONUMENT.
R. H. HICKS, KOCI'Cy MOUNT, N. C.
[He gave $1,000 for the Wyatt statue, and thereby brought
about the early completion of the undertaking by the Henry
L. Wyatt Chapter, U. D. C]
foot with a tar heel, was in evidence. While the guests were
being seated the famous L. O'B. Branch Confederate Drum
Corps called forth applause and Rebel yells with "Di.xie."
Hundreds of visitors, many of them from other cities in
the State, witnessed the e.xercises. Music by the Third Regi-
ment Band began the e.xercises, after which Hon. J. Bryan
Grimes, Secretary of State, as master of ceremonies, pre-
sented Rev. A. D. Betts, who served through the Army of
Northern Virginia as chaplain of the 30th Regiment of North
Carolina. While men stood with uncovered heads the old
chaplain, once more in his uniform of gray, stood and offered
thanks to God, craving his blessing on the people gathered
there, especially the old Confederates.
In introducing Maj. E. J. Hale, of the Bethel regiment.
Colonel Grimes spoke of the day just fifty-one years ago when
the battle of Bethel was fought and of the 1,000 men selected
from the 10,000 men gathered in Raleigh that were sent by
D, H. Hill to Virginia. The story of the five men who vol-
unteered to burn the house behind which the Federal troops
were intrenched was recited, these men being Thomas Tollin,
Capt. J. H. Thorpe, of Edgecombe County, Hon. R. H. Hicks,
Qo^federat^ Ucteraij.
507
and Maj. R. H. Bradley. The fifth man was Henry L. Wyatt,
whose fortune it was to give his life for North Carolina.
In 1909 the legislature supplemented with $2,500 the money
already raised by the Daughters of the Confederacy to build
the monument.
R. H. BRADLEY. T. H. THORP. R. H. HICKS.
(Associates and Comrades of Henry I.. Wyatl )
On behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. Faimie Ransom Williams, State President U. D. C,
presented the statue. As the daughter of Gen. Robert Ran-
som, a gallant Confederate, she loves the Confederacy as her
father did. Mrs. Williams said in part : "To-day is a glad
day in the annals of the Daughters of the Confederacy of
North Carolina. From one end of the State to another hearts
beat with pride to see the completion of a work in which
every Daughter feels a pride." She expressed the true senti-
ment that the United Daughters of the Confederacy is the
grandest organization ever known for the heritage it claims.
.lOH.V A. .MlTCllli.VKl;.
Mrs. Williams recited the efforts of the Daugluers to raise
the money for the monument. Inspired by John A. Mitchener,
of Selma, they undertook the work. The little Chapter at
Selma came to the mother, the State Daughters, and they in
turn went to their mother, the State, for aid in the work, a
committee being appointed by the legislature and $2,500 being
donated to supplement that already raised by them. Mrs.
Williams thanked Miss Margaret Etheridge, of Selma, chair-
man of the committee, and her assistant, Mrs. Josephus Dan-
iels, for their part in the work.
John A. Mitchener, who started the movement and worked
as secretary of the local Wyatt Memorial Committee, was ap-
pointed by the Henry L. Wyatt Chapter, U. D. C, at the
start and was with them to the end, made a few remarks,
saying that he felt too profoundly thankful to make a speech.
Mr. Mitchener gives credit to all who worked for this monu-
ment and contributed to it. But he claims that special credit
and honor is due R. H. Ricks, a companion of Wyatt's and
who was near him when he fell, for giving him $1,000 for
the fund on condition that the Wyatt Chapter raise $1,000 by
January i. This they did, and Captain Ricks promptly paid
one thousand dollars for the fund. .All honor to him, for
without his aid we could not have secured the result.
North Carolina claims the honor of being the first at Bethel,
foremost at Gettysburg, and last at -Appomattox. It claims
also to be first to erect a statue to a private soldier.
Senator L. V. Bassett, of Edgecombe, then on the part of
the legislative committee presented the statue. He recited
something of the ancestry and family history of Wyatt, who
was a carpenter's apprentice.
His excellency Gov. W. W. Kitchen, of North Carolina,
then in his usual direct manner accepted the statue for the
State, expressing the pride that for two generations North
Carolina has felt in the fact that Wyatt was the first soldier
to fall in battle. "No greater sacrifice," declared the Gov-
ernor, "can be made than that a man lay down his life for
his country. The spirit of Wyatt was the spirit that has
actuated North Carolinians in all great periods."
Master W. Henry Wyatt, third cousin of the man in whose
honor the statue was erected, assisted by Mr. Gulzon Borglum
of New York, the artist and sculptor, then pulled the cords
that released the flag veiling from the statue. Mrs. Williams
with the flag of the Daughters of the Confederacy, with Miss
Margaret Etheridge. chairman of tlie committee, stood just
in front of the statue as the flag slipped away. Maj. E. J.
Hale was the orator of the occasion.
While the crowds cheered the Edgecombe Guards, Company
A, Second Infantry, N. C. N. G., fired the salute. There was
music by the Third Regiment Band, and the exercises were
concluded with taps by Darnell Tliomas.
Col. James B. McGruder (afterwards a major general)
wrote oflicially: "Henry Wyatt was one of the four who
volunteered to set fire to a house in our front which was
thought to afford protection to our enemy. .Advancing alone
between the two fires, he fell midway pierced in the forehead
by a musket ball. Henry L. Wyatt is the name of the brave
soldier and patriotic member of the gallant North Carolina
regitnent."
[The N%:tf.r.\.\ has designed a more elaborate tribute to
Henry Wyatt and his associates, but it nuist forego more
that was inl ended for the present.]
Information is sought by Mr. George R. Brown, Secretary
of the Little Rock Board of Trade, concerning the service in
the C. S. A. of Dr. R. P. Bateman. Mr. Brown, who married
Dr. Bateman's daugliter, understands that he was sergeant
major of his regiment, but what regiment is not known. Dr.
Bateman resided in Memphis soon after the war.
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Qopfederat^ l/cterap.
A GOOD NAME— ITS RESPONSIBILITY.
On Saturday, June 28, 1890, an address was delivered at the
la>Tng of a corner stone in Nashville, which it has been
intended ever since to reproduce in the Veteran. It was
that of the magnificent high school building for Nashville on
the most prominent corner lot in the city. It was a happy
coincidence that the speaker was a grandson of the distin-
guished citizen for whom one of the two old and honored in-
stitutions was named.
Although a very young man, the orator, Dr. Alfred Hume,
had recently been chosen to fill the chair of mathematics in
the University of Mississippi, and he had recently been hon-
ored with the degree of Doctor of Science by Vanderbilt Uni-
versity at Nashville.
In the year 1883 Dr. Hume graduated from the public
schools of Nashville with the first honors of his class, and
his valedictory was on the "Influences and Uses of
Imagination." Four years later he graduated from Vander-
bilt University at the head of his class and secured the
Founder's Department medal in engineering. The Nashville
American said of him: "No alumnus of Vanderbilt has ever
been able so soon after his graduation to step into so hon-
orable and so lucrative a position in an institution of such
high grade as the University of Mississippi."
Responsibility to Eminent Ancestry.
The prime purpose of this sketch is to quote Dr. Hume's
sense of responsibility in perpetuating the name of his ancestor
for whom the great school is named and of which he said :
"A good name is indeed a goodly heritage, one to be trans-
mitted to posterity without a stain. Respectable parentage is
a blessing not so much to be proud of as to be profoundly
grateful for. Ancestral pride, though pardonable possibly in
private, finds no proper place for expression in public. No
roan should boast about that for which he was not in any
sense responsible or claim credit for that in which he had
absolutely no part. Honorable ancestry simply levies obliga-
tions to be something worthy and to do something worth
while. It cannot bestow exemptions or relieve of responsi-
bilities. Every one must stand on his own individual merit.
Nothing but shame to him who misuses or abuses his birth-
right, and, on the other hand, honor to that one who, rising
from obscurity, makes for himself a place among men.
"Doubtless very few within the sound of my voice ever
saw the man whose name, linked with that of Francis B. Fogg,
is to grace the building whose corner stone we lay to-day.
And yet many of the older citizens of Nashville felt the friend-
ly touch of his hand, came tuider the magic spell of his school,
and learned lessons in right living from his unselfish soul.
All too rapidly these gentlemen of the Old South are passing
away. But even after their tongues cease to tell of his vir-
tues we shall look upon his likeness and see stamped upon
his face the unmistakable evidences of gentle breeding, genuine
refinement, kindly disposition, inexhaustible patience, and will-
ing sacrifices.
"Little wonder that such a man is remembered and revered,
for he left the impress of his own personality upon his boys
and gave them that kind of culture which comes from con-
tact elevating and ennobling. Let us not forget amid the con-
fusion and complexity of our more modern world that true
teaching, with the culture that accompanies it, has more to
do with manhood than with subject-matter, methods, or school
management. A teacher's strength is influence, that intangible
thing which defies analysis and baflles every attempt at dis-
section. It cannot be measured by material standards; its
value cannot be estimated in dollars and cents ; its effects can-
not be tabulated or expressed in percentages. It is a spiritual
DR. ALFRED HUME, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.
force as powerful and all-pervasive in the realm of miiul as
is gravitation in the realm of matter."
CONFEDERATED MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
We have enrolled the Immortal Six Hundred Memorial As-
sociation in our C. S. M. A. It was organized in June, 1912,
at Lyon, Miss., with Miss Jeanie W. Fontaine as President and
Mrs. John Mays as Secretary. This band of patriotic women
are endeavoring to erect a monument in memory of the Im-
mortal Six Hundred of their community.
The Ladies' Memorial Association of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
has been reorganized and is affiliated with the C. S. M. A.
Jilrs. M. S. Armstrong is President and Miss Eva D. Bachmari
IS Secretary. In its membership are numbered many daugh-
ters of the old charter members who consider it a privilege to
be allowed to serve in place of their mothers. As our next
annual meeting will be in their city, we hope to clasp the
hand of each member of that organization and feel that our
hearts and hands are bound closer in one great and common
cr'use of love and sympathy.
Attention, All Associations !
Our President, Mrs. W. J. Behan, is very desirous of dis-
posing of the four hundred volumes of the "History of the
Confederated Memorial Associations of the South" as soon
;;s possible, as there is urgent need of funds. The book is
a treasure for patriotic women who cherish the memories of
our fallen heroes. It is full of interest and incidents of the
work of our women of the South, and no Southern library is
complete without it. The book is well bound and a beautiful
and fitting gift for birthday or Christmas. It can be pur-
chased for $1.20 delivered. Write to Mrs. W. J. Behan, New
Orleans, or Mrs. W. W. Whitfield, 23 East Gonzales Street,
Pensacola, Fla., and the book will be promptly mailed to you.
O. A. Williams, of Butler, Pa., has a Bible with "C. C. Wall,
Company K, i6th Georgia Regiment," written in it.
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NOIV GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY.
BY MRS. M. T. NORMS, RALEIGH, N. C.
James T. Adams, lieutenant colonel of the 26th North Caro-
lina Regiment, was born in Wake County, N. C, September
7, 1839. His ancestors, both paternal and maternal, were
among the sturdy, substantial families who assisted in form-
ing the colonies. He was a son of James Adams, a direct
descendant of Abram Adams, one of the oldest settlers in
Beaufort County (or old Bath) early in 1700. His mother's.
Elizabeth Avery Adams, forefathers came from New En-
gland about 1707, Alexander Avery having been a member
of the Provincial Congress and several times a member of
the assemblies during and after the Revolutionary period.
Lieutenant Colonel Adams was a young man when the call
to arms was given in defense of the South. He rose from
second lieutenant in Company D to be lieutenant colonel of
the 26th North Carolina Regiment, and during the last days
ol the War of the States he was in command of the regiment,
and on the retreat from Petersburg was at times in com-
mand of the brigade.
The 26th North Carolina Regiment was first Ransom's Bri-
gade, but in 1862 it was assigned to Pettigrew's Brigade, the
one to become so famous in military annals. Lieutenant
Colonel Adams was wounded in the right hip at Malvern
Hill on July i. 1862, and seriously wounded in the left
shoulder at Gettysburg July i, 1863. just one year after, and
e.xcept while on furlough from these wounds he was never
excused from duty. He was in every battle in which the
26th North Carolina Regiment was engaged in the war
except the battle at Bristol Station, at which time he was
at home wounded on furlough.
At the brilliant victory' of Reams's Station, after Colonel
Lane was wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Adams took command,
and was ever thereafter present with his regiment until its
surrender at Appomattox, when he signed the parole of his
command. Since that time he has been a useful citizen ot
Wake County and is now living in his old home in Hollx
Springs, N. C. He is in his seventy-third year, and his faith-
the war in 1865. This shows his activity and clearness of
mind and still proves his loyalty by leaving a certified ac-
count for coming generations of this gallant regiment which
General Heth pronounced to be one of the best-drilled regi-
ments in Northern Virginia.
I.IEUT. COI.. .T.\MES T. .\I1.\MS .XXn WIFE. I.UCV BECKWITII .\I).\MS.
ful companion cheers him in his old a.gc. although ho is quite
feeble, the two living a most beautiful and restful life happily
surrounded by children and grandchildren.
Just a few months ago Lieutenant Colonel Adams com-
piled for a niece who is an enthusiastic Daughter of tlie Con-
federacy a complete history of the 26th North Carolina Regi-
ment from the time it left Raleigh in 1861 until the close of
M'LAWS'S DIVISION AT CHICKAMAUGA.
BY RUFUS LEDDEN, SPRINGVALE, GA.
[The author was sergeant in Company H. 51st Georgia In-
fantry. McLaws's Division. Longstreet's Corps.]
In the Veteran for September, 1912, page 422, is an article
to the eflfect that McLaws's Division was not at Chickamauga
with General Longstreet. Dr. Conway, of Athens, Ga., says
that we were at Chancellorsville. That is true, but after the
battle of Chancellorsville General Hooker (Federal) moved
back from the Rappahannock River to the fortification near
Washington City. So McLaws's Division went to Gettysburg
with General Lee and recrossed back into Virginia, when
General Longstreet was ordered to Chickamauga to reenforce
General Bragg. That battle was fought on September 17,
1863. After the battle of Chickamauga. General Longstreet
with his corps passed the winter up in East Tennessee, and
on our way McLaws's Division attacked Fort Sanders at
Knoxville. Tenn.. on October 9. 1863. Bryan's Brigade of
.McLaws's Division attacked the south side of the fort and
landed two regiments on top, the 50th and 51st Georgia. We
went into winter quarters at Greeneville and Bristol, Tenn.
In April, 1864, we went back to Virginia : were in the battle
of the Wilderness in May and on those lines all summer.
St..\te Committeemen for Gettysburg Celebration.— Gen.
C. Irvine Walker. Charleston, S. C, Chairman; Alabama,
Col. W. W. Screws: Arkansas. Gen. Thomas Green. Sr. ;
Florida, Gen. A. D. Williams ; Georgia. Col. W. N. Harrison ;
Kentucky, Col. John H. Leathers: Louisiana, Gen. T. W.
Castleman: Maryland, Col. Bartlett S. Johnston: Mississippi,
Hon. T. E. Cooper; Missouri, Gen. J. William Towson ; North
Carolina, Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn ; Oklahoma. Gen. John Thread-
gill ; South Carolina. Col. C. K. Henderson ; Tennessee, Col.
S. A. Cunningham; Texas. Gen. Felix H. Robertson; Vir-
ginia. Gen. J. Thompson Brown: West Virginia. Col. R, Pres-
ton Chew; Northwest Division, Col. J. P. Reins; Pacific Di-
vision, Gen. W. C. Harrison.
In a postscript to a letter General Walker writes : "General
Robertson, of Texas, suggests that the date of our 1913 Re-
union at Chattanooga be fixed for the last week in June, so
that we can go on to Gettysburg for the first week in July.
It would be a capital arrangement. The double attraction will
insure, I think, an increased attendance both at our Reunion
and at the Gettysburg celebration. It would enable many a
comrade to take in both, if one followed the other, who could
only make one or the other. L'nfortunately there are many of
our comrades who would have to consider this, particularly
from the Trans-Mississippi Department and the Southwest."
In printing the suggestion due deference is given our host,
Chattanooga. The entertaining city is given the privilege ot
naming the time for Reunions in conformity with the Com-
mander in Chief and the three Department Commanders; but
it is without question that Chattanooga will endeavor to con-
serve the best interest of the organization. The date sug-
gested being late, it is all the greater reason for confidence
that her authorities can the more certainly conform to this
suggestion. Other letters of like nature are at hand.
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SENTIMENT ON THE "EASTERN SHORE."
BY T. C. KELLEY, ADJUTANT U. C. V. CAMP, HALLWOOD, VA.
The annual reunion of Harmanson-West Camp, U. C. V.,
No. 651, of the eastern shore of Virginia and Maryland, was
held on October 3, 1912, at Eastville, Northampton County
C. H., Va. It was a delightfully successful occasion. The
eastern shore is composed of Accomac and Northampton
Counties, Va., and Worcester County, Md. These three
counties make a peninsula nearly one hundred miles long by
ten miles wide, lying between the Chesapeake Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean. The N. Y., P. & N. Railroad runs through
this peninsula from north to south, terminating at Cape
Charles City and connected by ferry with Norfolk. This road
is very convenient to the people at any point.
Early on reunion day the people began to arrive at East-
ville by train, carriages of every description, and automobiles
until a large assemblage filled the park, variously estimated at
from two to four thousand. The parade was along Main
Street, leading from the station to the park. The veterans
were escorted by the Red Men and citizens on foot and in
automobiles and young ladies and men on horseback. Hon.
William Bullet Fitzhugh was marshal of the day. The houses
were beautifully decorated with Confederate flags and bunt-
ing, and the trees, the dinner tables, and booths were profusely
decorated with Confederate colors. The large residence of
Mr. Arthur Saunders in the park was exquisitely decorated
with the Confederate colors and the United States flags.
Everybody seemed intent on a good time, and all vied in doing
honor to the old "grizzly" veterans who were present. Five
veterans answered the last roll call since our last reunion a
year ago.
The Camp was called to order by Commander Dr. Frank
Fletcher, and the invocation was offered by Chaplain Rev.
John W. Hundley. The address of welcome in behalf of
Eastville was by Hon. John S. Wise, and the oration of the
day was by Hon. S. W. Williams, Attorney-General of Vir-
ginia. Immediately after dinner Mr. Thomas Downing de-
livered a fine address and Mrs. Crockett, of Pocomoke City,
Md., recited a beautiful poem of her own to the memory of
our fallen comrades. Fine music was interspersed during the
day by the Italian brass band of Norfolk and a choir of young
ladies of the shore.
This Camp, by the aid of their lady friends, has erected a
beautiful monument at Parksley, Accomac County, Va., to
the memory 01 their fallen comrades, and now we have nearly
enough money on hand to erect one in Northampton County
to the memory of comrades there. It will soon be erected so
that it may be seen by them. We had one Confederate mother
at our reunion past ninety-five years old and cheerful.
FINE MONUMENT AT COLUMBUS, MISS.
"Let history that lives to-day not die to-morrow ;
Plant it deep in that richest soil, a child's heart."
The unveiling of the monument to the Confederate veterans
of Lowndes County, Miss., by the Stephen D. Lee Chapter,
v. D, C, of Columbus, Miss., August 9, 1912, was an event
HOME FOR NEEDY CONFEDERATE WOMEN.
Although established October 15, 1900, it already shelters
twenty-seven worthy widows and sisters of gallant Confeder-
ates who did actual service on the field of battle, with a
trained nurse, matron, and four servants. This Home has no
State aid and is dependent solely upon voluntary contributions
from its friends. Money and provisions will be gratefully re-
ceived at the Home, No. 3 East Grace Street, Richmond, Va.
Persons desiring to honor the women of the Confederacy can
do so in no better manner.
The wife of former Governor Montague made an earnest
appeal for this Home to the Grand Camp at Pulaski at its
1912 Reunion.
DEDICATING THE MONUMENT AT COLUMBUS. ' -^
of much interest and importance. The invocation was by
Rev. J. B. Lawrence. "Maryland, My Maryland" was played
by the Seventeenth Infantry Band, U. S. A. An address was
delivered by Gov. Earl Brewer. The presentation address was
by Mrs. S. E. F. Rose, State President Mississippi Division,
U. D. C. The unveiling was by seventeen children. During
(he unveiling the Seventeenth Infantry Band played "My
Country, 'Tis of Thee." The address of acceptance was by
Gen. E. T. Sykes, followed by an address by Hon. Blewett
Lee, the son of Gen. Stephen D. Lee. The benediction was pro-
nounced by Rev. B. de Waddell, of Meridian. The master of
ceremonies was by Hon. Thomas J. Locke, Jr., aided by John
A. Stinson.
An appropriate account of the dedication of this magnificent
monument cannot be given at present. While its cost is but
$5,000, the Stephen D. Lee Chapter, U. D. C, has made a
superb showing with the money. The monument is thirty-
two feet high and is embellished with three handsome statues.
As was fitting, the ceremony was participated in by Mississippi
State and Federal troops. It was an occasion well worthy of
an extended account.
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MEMBERS OF STOCKDALE CAMP, U. C. V., MAGNOLIA, MISS., JULY 4, igi2.
CASUALTIES AMONG GENERALS OF BOTH ARMIES.
BY MA J. W. A. OBENCHAIN, BOWLING GREEN, KY.
Tlic number of Federal generals in tlic War of the States
as shown by the hst given in the "Photographic History of
tlie Civil War,'' Vol. X., pages 306-316, was i.QQT. According
to the "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United
States Army." Vol. II., pages 176-179, there were in all 464
Confederate generals. The number of P'edcral generals killed,
or wlio died of wounds received in battle, was forty-six.
(Page 173 of the same volume.) The number of Confed-
erate generals killed, or who died of wounds received in battle,
as given on pages 174 and 175, was seventy-five. To this list
should be added the name of Gen. W. H. C. Whiting, who was
seriously wounded when Fort Fisher was captured in Feb-
ruary, 1865, and who died, evidently from the effects of his
wound, some three weeks afterwards w-hile a prisoner of war
on Governor's Island, N, Y. This makes the number seventy-
six. It will thus be seen that, while the number of Federal
generals was more than four times as great as that of Con-
federate generals, the number of Confederate generals killed
in battle was thirty more, or nearly twice as great.
Taking it by percentage, the Federals lost in battle 2.3 per
cent of their generals ; the Confederates, 16.3 per cent, a per-
centage seven times as great. The Federals lost in battle one
general out of every forty-three; the Confederates one out of
every six.
As the Federal sliarpshooters were no better marksmen than
Confederate sliarpshooters, these figures show conclusively
that Confederate generals led their troops oftener and exposed
themselves more in battle than did Federal generals.
Two Confederate generals fell at critical moments in the
niidst of victory: Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh and
Gen. Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. And doubtless
their loss was at the time most fortunate for the enemy.
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was the only commander of
an army on cither side killed in battle during the war.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT QUITMAN, MISS.
Over a thousand people gathered in Quitman October 24,
1511, to witness the unveiling of the monument erected to the
Confederate soldiers, Mrs. Lewis, President of the local
Chapter, U. D. C, assisted by eleven young ladies (Misses
Ruth Edmiston, Mattie Neal, Gladys Barbour, Pauline Neal,
Christine Lewis, Bessie Arring^on, Lillian Doby, Grace Bor-
bour, Mary Alice Massingale, Anna Lou .-Xdams, Minnie May
Boykin), all clad in white, represented the Confederate States.
The monument was presented to the local Camp, U. C. V., in
a beautiful speech by Mrs. C. S. Edmiston, and was accepted
in behalf of the veterans by Col. L. B. Brown, who in turn
presented it to Clarke County through the board of super-
visors, and it was accepted by Joe E. McCartz, a popular
member of the board from the Enterprise District. A de-
licious dinner was served by the ladies near the courthouse.
ABOUT THE ATTACK AT COLD HARBOR.
BY J. H. COSGRO\'E, SHREVEPORT, LA.
In a review of Major General Hoke in the September issue
it is stated that the attack at Cold Harbor was made "upon
that portion of the line occupied by Hoke's command." leaving
the impression that his division alone repulsed with bloody
effect that disastrous assault made June 3, 1864. I was on the
picket line the whole of the night before with a comrade of
my regiment,' 4th Texas (Hood's) Brigade; and as the enemy
was advancing through a heavy fog to the charge, he was
sent to the lines to inform the command and to have them
prepared to meet the shock.
When he returned we stood and saw the enemy's lines
emerge from the fog and converge to the left not two hundred
yards from where we were. We both fired and chased to the
breastworks, where we found the men in line four deep. The
impact of the assault fell largely upon Law's Alabama Brigade,
ours pouring a heavy flank fire into the enemy's lines of bat-
tle as they moved on. The artillery also played havoc with a
heavy cross-fire at close range. I saw Genera! Law quite
plainly standing on the works about the center of his brigade,
and that volley of that grand Alabama command I can never
forget. Law was wounded in the head by a shot from the
enemy as he stood on his works. General Hoke may have
been to the left of our division, that of General Field's, Long-
street's Corps, therefore to the left of Law; but that the brunt
of that assault fell upon his command is news to me.
The evening before the assault our line was driven out, the
line captured, and we were rushed to cover the break.
H. C. Harlan writes from Dialville, Tex. : "I wish to find
some member of my regiment, Company K, 7th Tennessee
Cavalry (Col. J. D. Bennett), who can make proof so that
I might enter the Confederate Home at ,\ustin. I am now
seventy-two years old and can't work. I enlisted in the above
company and regiment at Hartsville, Tenn., in 1863."
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IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHERX HISTORY.
[Rev. R. Lin Cave, Chap'n Gen. U. C. V., in Nashville Banner.]
I wish to thank you for your editorial of the 3d inst. in re-
gard to the election of Mr. S. A. Cunningham as President of
the .^ssociation of Confederate Soldiers in Tennessee, and
heartily indorse all you say. especially as to the great value
of his services as editor of the Confeder,\te Veteran in pre-
ser\'ing a correct history of the South. I agree with you fully
in your statement that "if a real history of the War of the
States is ever written, the writer of that history must depend
largely upon the files of the Confeder.^te Veteran for fully
half of his material." I wish so much that our young people
would take the Veteran and read it and other Southern his-
tory also, for many of them are ignorant of the subject, and,
worse still, they do not take interest in it, and some have said
they don't care to know anything about it. This is really pa-
thetic. Many of them think that we fought for slavery. At
our State reunion in Shelbyville I heard Professor Webb make
this statement, and his contact for many years with thou-
sands of young men of the South certainly makes him good
authority.
It seems to me that if my father had been a Confederate
soldier I would know all about the war, its causes, that if need
be I might defend his course and conduct. Instead of this
ignorance our young people should be fully posted as to all
the essential facts and could anywhere, at any time success-
fully defend the cause of the South. Many are still trying to
fasten upon the South the stigma of slavery and that we
fought for it. If they succeed in doing so, the Southern sol-
dier w^ill go down in history dishonored; and they will unless
we while we can see to it that a correct history of the cause
of the war and the South's relation to it is established.
It has been truly said that the luster of glorious achieve-
ments on the battle field is dimmed by time; but the stain of
treason, like the "damned spot" on the hand of Lady Macbeth,
will not "out." Benedict Arnold is a striking example of the
truth of this statement. His valiant deeds as a soldier are
obscured by his treason and no longer remembered with
honor, while his name always suggests only the blackest in-
famy. And so, to some extent at least, it may be with the sol-
diers of the South if we allow unfriendly historians to write
our history. I am proud of the Daughters and their work in
this most important service and of many of the Sons, but 1
do wish they would as a body take more interest. It will
soon be too late. Now is the time.
CONFEDERATE GIRLS' HOME FOR TENNESSEE.
Mrs. N. B. Dozier, of Franklin, the originator of the move-
ment to erect on the campus of the George Peabody College
for Teachers a Confederate Girls' Home as a memorial to
the women of the Confederacy and the Confederate soldiers
of Tennessee, and at the same time a home for their women
descendants during their term in school, addressed the Asso-
ciation. She came as chairman of a conmiittee appointerl by
the President of the Tennessee Division, U. D. C, Mrs.
Harriett B. Holland, to confer with the veterans at their re-
union and to urge them to unite with the U. D. C. in build-
ing this home.
After a fitting tribute to the valor of Southern soldiers,
Tenncsseeans in particular, she spoke in the interest of the
Confederate Girls' Home. When Mrs. Dozier had finished.
Prof. W. R. Webb, of Bellbuckle, than whom no man in
Tennessee has done more for education in the South, spoke
in the highest terms of this movement and gave to it his
strong personal indorsement. On motion of McEwen Bivouac
and Starnes Camp, the veterans gave to the movement their
hearty indorsement and pledged their moral and financial
support to the Confederate Girls' Home.
MISS RIJIN.V ¥.. K.\Ml;OLS, MARIETTA, GA.
[Miss Rambols took the responsibility of inviting the Georgia
Division for their State Convention to Marietta. Its success is
known.]
GEN. ROBERT WHITE RETIRES.
On October 12 at the State reunion of West Virginia in
Moorefield formal official action was taken in regard to the
retirement of Maj. Gen. Robert White. A committee com-
posed of John S. Pancake, W. B. Colston. H. C. Avis, Wayne
P. Ferguson, H. C. L. Gatewood, William H. Cackley, and
Henry Mitchell approve the following:
"Whereas Gen. Robert White, of Wheeling, W. Va., has
been the able Commander of the West Virginia Division, U.
C. v., since its organization, in 1897, with the rank of Ma.'o
General, and has devoted his time and money at heavy ex-
pense to the duties of said Division, and having arrived at
the age of fourscore years requests to be retired from the
arduous duties of said office; therefore be it
"Resolved, That it is our duty to General White, in order
that he may spend the remainder of his years with his family
in the quiet of private life, that we accede to his request and
that he be retired with the rank of Honorary Major General
of this Division during the remainder of his life.
"This Division also desires to express to General White
its appreciation of his faithful service as chairman of the
Battle Abbey Executive Committee since its organization,
in 1897, and congratulate him and his associates on the erec-
tion to Confederates of the grandest monument on earth.
"Resolved, further, That these resolutions be published in
the Confederate Veteran."
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WHEN PRESIDENT DAVIS IV AS RELEASED.
BY HIS NIECE, MRS. CHARLES J. MITCHELL.
Just after the release of President Davis from the prison of
Fortress Monroe he went South to visit his brother, Joseph
Emery Davis, whose home was in Vicksburg, Miss., with his
son-in-law, Dr. Charles J. Mitchell, my husband. Although
he wished to enjoy the privacy of intimate communion with
his brother, who had been as a father to him, being twenty-
one years his senior, it was impossible, for the entire country
wished to meet him. Crowds from far and near came to ex-
press their happiness on seeing him alive. Many fell on their
knees to touch his ankles that had worn the cruel shackles
for us nil. They in spirit exclaimed: "He has been the victim
to suffer indignity, imprisonment, insult, and calumny .<;o un-
just, so cruel for his people."
He was so emaciated and so feeble that women and even
■children wept when they beheld him. Gen. Wade Hampton
and Governor Humphrey and such men shed tears. He was
much beloved, even idolized. There was a charm about him
that drew aflfection from all who knew him. His wonderful
voice, so musical, so impressive, and his manner were always
adapted to his audiences. His elder brotlicr was in many re-
spects a great man. He directed Jeflferiioirs studies, after he
resigned from the army, in statesmanship, reading the works
of Calhoun, Jefferson, General Washington, and Webster, and
taking the political papers of the day, noting the acts of Con-
gress and the administrations. Through these studies Jeffer-
son Davis was induced to enter Congress, where he made a
record that led to the Senate. .Afterwards he was Secretary
of War under President Pierce. In that ofiice he introduced
many important measures which still retlcct upon his ability.
His farewell address to the Senate after the secession of Mis-
sissippi should be cherished as a masterpiece of oratory and
as a guide to patriots. His enemies join in praising him.
MRS. LULV liK.VDFORU ,\1 H\ IIKLL.
]riu' fciregning was contributed by tlic widow of Dr. Mitchell,
as she states, "to fulfdl my promise to write something." She
is very much like her distinguished uncle in manner and dis-
position. Recently she has been visiting friends in Kentucky,
II**
and she took part in the centennial celebration of the school
at Nazareth where she and her sisters were educated. The
notice furnished by her is altogether too modest and too brief.
During his first weeks of convalescence Mr. Davis was ex-
tremely emaciated and feeble, but his great soul overcame
nature's heavy draft upon the system and his restoration to
fairly good health was a blessing to his people in their vindi-
cation before the world despite Reconstruction infamy.]
MOTHER OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
Elizabeth M. Adams was born in Wilson County. Tenn.,
May I, 1826, and was taken by her parents to Missouri when
eight years of age. She was married to Lalvi Stites in 1841.
To this union were born ten children, live of whom are living.
The first child of this family, William R. Stites, was born
July 14. 1843— less than seventeen years younger than the
mother. He enlisted in the Confederate army in January,
1862, and served faithfully throughout the entire war in the
Army of Tennessee. He was severely wounded at Thompson's
Station, Tenn. Mother and son live in Benton County, Ark.
WOULD HELP MAIMED CONFEDERATES.
BY U. H. B. ABERN.\THV. BUFFALO, ALA.
In the September Veteran a statement is made that a friend
wants to give five dollars to aid one-legged or one-armed
veterans. I send you the names of four : Edward McClendon,
minus right arm above elbow, wounded near Dandridge,
Tenn.; D. H. B. Abernathy. minus left arm above elbow,
wounded in battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; J. J. Robin-
son, Sr.. minus right arm, wounded at Sharpsburg, Md., a
member of the 4th Georgia Volunteers: also J. W. Stallings,
minus right leg above knee, a member of a Mississippi regi-
ment. All of these except the writer are of Lafayette, Ala.
This makes four of the five that he asks for. I am not
begging for any gift. I also have a brother. S. J. S. .Aber-
nathy. of Palo Pinto. Tex., who was wounded in the hip so
high up that amputation was impossible; so he has both legs,
but is a permanent cripple. All five of us are past seventy
years old. All of us have reared fainilies of sons and daugh-
ters. I have four sons. Two of them belong to the .Mabama
militia in the 4th .Alabama Infantry.
If I could, I would pay the subscription price of the Vet-
eran for every one of my old brigade (Law's), of Hood's Di-
vision, Longst reel's Corps, A. N. V.
SOLDIERS FROM DIFFERENT STATES. C. S. A.
BY J. W. TINSLEY. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
It is usually stated that there were not over 600.000 en-
listments in the Confederate army. The claims set up by the
various States of the South of the number of men from each
State are approximately as follows : Maryland, 20,000 ; Vir-
ginia, 125,000; North Carolina. 125,000; South Carolina, 60,-
000; Georgia, 80.000; Florida. 10,000; Alabama, 75,000; Mis-
sissippi, 60.000: Louisiana, 60,000; Texas. 40,000; Arkansas,
35.000: Tennessee. 100.000: Missouri, 35.000; Kentucky, 40.-
000. These give a total of 865.000. Conservative estimates
give some States credit for fewer men than they furnished.
[The Veteran disagrees with Mr. Tinsley in this opinion
and explains : Each State has ever been anxious to make the
best possible showing for its reputation, and yet all want in
the aggregate to make low figures. Tennessee claims 25,000
or 26,000 more than his estimate. It seems now impossible
for any accurate report ever to be made. — Editor.]
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THE SOUTHERN CROSS OP HONOR.
'Twas on the Gila River,
Eleven thousand altitude high,
When the wild things sought for kiver,
For a huntsman he was nigh.
I had heard of his arm's prowess,
Of his ghastly wounds had heard;
His death escape I trow is
Nearest told in writ or word.
For the grizzly b'ar he tore open
His brave breast to his beating heart ;
His fierce claw it had holpen,
His scalp from his skull to part.
"How kum in this wilderness, stranger?
How did your path hap to stray so fur?
These wild woods are full of danger ;
Here a tenderfoot dar' not stir."
His eyes strayed to the face before him.
His lips framed the words "Old Pard."
He's beset with emotions that tore him ;
Tears trickle down his lineaments marred.
"Lord, Bill, I no more thought Fd seen you
Since we parted at Bull Run
And I threw my body between you
And the Yanks to sp'ile their fun !
What's that cross you've on your lapel?
Cross of honor, 'sign of the old Confed !'
Makes a man feel like he's in a chapel,
His old blood course virile and red.
'Pears to me Fll start out for mine ;
Fll hitch up these Shanks' mares.
You don't know how for old times I pine.
To know how the old home fares.
But you say I can't get it now ;
That they won't give it any more?
You break my heart. Bill; and how
Can they make an old soldier so sore?
Don't they know when the war was ended
Many men sought the wildest haunts
To hide their hearts so rended
And flee from the gibes and taunts?
Of the cross of honor I never heard tell
More than the infant unborn.
Though in my ears rings the Rebel yell
Of many a battle's fateful morn.
And my heart is but as a great grave
For Lee, Jackson — all our brave boys.
I can't tell how that cross I crave.
Sign I shared their sorrows and joys.
Tell this. Bill, to the ladies who give the cross
As they ride in their satins and laces :
Search out each man whom Fate did toss
Into most distant and desolate places.
As long as a veteran's heart beats
And can answer the roll call
To the reveille and retreats
Search them out, one and all.'
On this mundane sphere we'll enroll them.
Heroes of the honor cross.
Thus "on the great divide" they'll toll them,
While we here bemoan their loss.
As Constantine in the days of yore
Saw the cross supreme in the sky,
So our heroes won the cross they bore,
The crown awaiting them on high.
In sending the foregoing "Chalmers of Virginia" writes:
"I have been thinking much of the distant veterans and those
on the frontier, having lived out there myself. I doubt if the
one mentioned here has yet heard of the cross of honor.
Many never have."
TRIBUTE TO JAMES Z. GEORGE, MISSISSIPPTS SON.
BY SOPHIA GRAVES FOXWORTH, COLUMBIA, MISS.
'Twixt North and South 'twas said that peace was made ;
We heard no more the army's cannonade,
But war clouds thickly hung o'er battle field,
And greedy hordes our wreck and ruin sealed.
Like hungry wolves they came with open mouth
And, all devouring, preyed upon the South,
Defenseless and unarmed to meet a foe
Whose base-born spirit stooped to deeds so low —
To deeds so dire that phantom armies, 'mazed,
Arose to crush a foe that greed had crazed,
That came in Reconstruction's shameful mask
And set the low on liigh a bootless task :
As water seeks its level in a way.
So spirits do the selfsame laws obey.
Our J. Z. George amidst the State's alarm —
He came a spirit born to rule the storm;
His genius saw the cause, the means applied.
And soon a people on his strength relied.
His faith his armor or his coat of mail.
He fearless stood to conquer, not to fail ;
He sought in steady, forceful way to rule
The different factions trained in different school.
His faith prevailed, the ear of reason heard
The tale of crime and wrong of laws absurd.
And mighty cohorts rose and cleared the State
Of demagogues that ruled at ruinous rate,
And banished all disorder and misrule.
Then sat the wise where erstwhile sat the fool ;
Our peaceful era then in truth began ;
Our losses to repair when every man.
His shoulder to the wlieel, did glorious work.
And Heaven's blessings fell on State and kirk.
Then higher rose our J. Z. George's star.
In conjimction with our L. Q. C. Lamar
He labored hard, achieved a hero's part,
And died the idol of a people's heart.
[Read on the occasion of Col. J. Z. George's anniversary.]
The battle was growing hot and a fellow who had lost a
finger was making much noise when an Irishman upbraided
him, saying : "Dry up, you bloody booger. A man yonder has
just lost his head, and divil the word you hear out of him."
An inquiry comes as to when and by whom the first surgical
operation was performed in the War of the States. Whoever
can, please answer through the Veteran.
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NEGRO SERVANTS IVITH HARrEY'S SCOUTS.
BY JAMES L. GOODLOE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
Reference to monuments to our servants in the Confederate
army in tlie Veteran for September recalls a work of that
grand patriot, WilHam H. Howcott, of New Orleans. With
the hearty approval of the citizens of Canton, Miss., from
which locality many of us enlisted in Harvey's Scouts, of
General Forrest's army, he, at his individual expense, bought
a lot adjoining the Canton Cemetery and erected a very im-
posing monument to our faithful negroes. It is splendid and
cost about $3,000. Like "Black Hawk," who has a letter in
the September Veteran on the same page (410) as your
notice, my "boy" Ben was captured by the Federals, escaped,
and returned to our company. Mr. Howcott belotiged to it.
MONUMENT TO MARYLAND WOMEN.
Mr. Charles E. Campbell, of Macon, Ga., has sent to Mrs.
Thomas Baxter Gresham, 815 Park Avenue, a handsome check
as a contribution to the proposed monument to the Con-
federate women of Maryland.
Mr. Campbell writes : "When I went to Baltimore in 1866
to secure my brother's body, among other articles found in his
satchel was his notebook, one page of which is dedicated to
Mrs. Charles J. Baker, Mrs. Loyal Cow-les, Mrs. S. A. Berry,
Mrs. Anna Hoffman, and Miss Ellen Charron. On the occa-
sion of the visit above mentioned Mr. Charles Baker took me
to his home, Athol, where 1 met his lovely family. Mrs.
Baker and other ladies helped me to locate the temporary
resting place of my brother in Greenmount Cemetery. The
treasury of the nation could not measure in money the grati-
tude of my sainted mother to these dear women for their lov-
ing care while he lived and suffered and for his final rest until
we could bring him home — her oldest son. So as the last
representative of my family I beg to add my mite in the in-
closed check to the proposed memorial to the dc.ir women of
Baltimore."
Maj. Samuel H, Lyon, loi East Preston Street, is the treas-
urer of the fund, which already amounts to some $2,000.
BIRTHDAY J'lSIONS.
BY J. W. SANDELL, MAGNOLIA, MISS.
For the twentieth year and the eleventh number I write for
the Veteran. I was born in Pike County, Miss., September
18, 1829, and hence I am at the close of my eighty-third year.
A half century has passed since the beginning of the war
against the Confederate States.
.'\ndrcw Jackson was President of the United States when
I first saw the light of day, but vision has increased and many
Presidents have had their day and passed away.
The birth of the Confederacy had its vision in the single
term of "chief magistrate." That vision is growing and a
great party is committed to it, while second- and third-term
parties are contending for the presidency.
Durin.g the war against the Confederate States the writer
viewed it as a beastly attack of the Republican administration
on the rights and principles of the States. An illustration of
that view is contained in a little book, "The United States in
Scripture," which reveals the work of the beast in this na-
tion. Tf the readers of the newspapers will read now the
nature of the beasts used by the cartoonists in the fight for
the presidency, they may learn more about the beasts of
prophecy as we read of them in Scripture. The vision of the
Confedcrncv srows Iiriglitcr.
HARD TIMES ABOUT MURFREESBORO.
BY S. EMORY SWEET, WIDENER, ARK.
• On December 15, 1862, the gth Tennessee Infantry was de-
tached from the army at Murfreesboro and sent to La Vergne,
sixteen miles from Nashville, and there deployed as skirmish-
ers to combat the entire Federal army. This position was
maintained until the night of December 28, when we burned
a bridge across Bacon Creek and delayed the battle of Mur-
freesboro one day, the Yankees having to rebuild before they
could cross with their artillery.
On the night of the .^oth vvc were placed in line of battle
on the north bank of Stone's River; and although the ground
was frozen hard, we were not allowed a spark of fire. The
Yankees were in line on the Wilkerson Pike with a battery
composed of eighteen Napoleon guns, with their line of pickets
and sharpshooters only three hundred yards in our front. We
had orders from the commanding general to watch for the
skyrocket that would go up in the town of Murfreesboro the
next morning for Cheatham's Division to open fire and ad-
vance on the enemy. The signal was given; we caught the
^■ankecs asleep and got some of their good coffee and ham.
Well do I remember that on the night of the 31st we were
in line of battle all night, still cold and without fire or light,
and that on January i the gallant General Rains charged those
masked field pieces on the Murfreesboro Pike and thereby
lost his own life. I served in Company C, 9th Tennessee
Infantry, and am now Colonel in the U. C. V. I should be
glad to hear from any comrades.
WORK OI- A GEORGIA WO.MA.\'.
BY T. L, MITCHELL. ATLANTA, GA.
.■\t the Little Rock Convention, U. D. C, in 1910 the fact
was elicited that the State of Georgia owned over three times
as ttiany free scholarships for indigent descendants of veterans
as the State owning the next highest number. At present
Georgia possesses something like sixty. Georgia owes her
position in this respect to Miss Ada Ramp, a clever young
woman of .Xugusta, Ga., who has secured about thirty of the
scholarships owned by the Division. As an active Daughter
of the Confederacy she is at present Corresponding Secretary
of the Augusta Chapter, Director of the Children's Chapter,
and Chairman of Scholarship Committee in Georgia Division.
Miss Ramp is a very bright and talented young woman.
For some years she has been a teacher in the public schools
of Richmond County, and she is a talented artist. A mag-
nificent oil painting of the Confederate flags which hangs in
the U. D. C. hall in Augusta is her work. Recently she was
the winner of the prize offered by the Philomathic Literary
Club, a prominent local organization, for the best short story
written by a member. She is the daughter of a native Pari-
sian, who was an intrepid member of the Louisiana Tigers,
llcr mother, a Miss Sinclair, was a relative of Carrie Bell
Sinclair, author of "The Homespun Dress" and other poems.
One of the scholarships secured by Miss Ramp at the Tub-
man School for Young Ladies, of which she is a graduate,
was named by her the "Carrie Bell Sinclair Scholarship."
Her work in securing scholarships is indeed marvelous.
She said to your correspondent : "I find that all one has to
do is to ask, and that is a very easy matter when one has in
mind the hundreds of poor boys and girls who find an edu-
cation out of their reach. Why. for one scholarship our Chap-
ter had twenty-seven applicants!" Let us continue to hustle.
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GENERAL LEE ASD THE APPLE TREE.
[Col. Henry E. Young, in the Charleston Sunday News.]
On the morning of April 9, 1865, General Lee went with
Colonel Taylor to the end of his lines looking toward Rich-
mond to meet General Grant. There he received a message
from General Grant that he would meet him as soon as pos-
sible at the other end of the line; that he was on the march
and was sure that this would be earlier than to return, and
that he would notify General Lee as soon as he was in reach.
Consequently General Lee returned to the other end of his
Jine and there awaited General Grant.
The day was comparatively warm and the shade of the cele-
brated apple tree was pleasant. However, it was damp, and
the staff spread their waterproof coats under the apple tree,
and General Lee took his seat there. As soon as this was
seen an owner of a neighboring house came out and insisted
on General Lee's taking a more comfortable seat in his house,
near by. There General Lee was sitting when General Bab-
cock came with the message from General Grant asking Gen-
eral Lee to meet him at Appomattox Courthouse. General
Grant then occupied the house of Mr. McLean. As General
Lee came up General Grant stepped out of the house and,
offering his hand to General Lee. apologized for having no
sword on, as it was several miles behind in his wagon.
General Lee and Colonel Marshall, the only staff officer who
accompanied him, were invited and wetiir^ito Mr. McLean's
house. Here a general and pleasant conversation took place,
which. General Grant tells us, led into various subjects, diver-
gent from the immediate purpose of the meeting, talking of
old army matters and companions and recollections witli Gen-
eral Lee.
In Mr. McLean's house, upon a small table, the articles of
€urrender were reduced to writing, with Colonel Marshall
acting as secretary, though several of General Grant's staff
were also present. This ended. General Lee returned to his
army, to be met by his men in tears at the surrender. General
Lee's short address to his army is well known.
There was no surrender under the celebrated apple tree, .
■nor did General Lee remain there more than a few minutes,
awaiting the message from General Grant, before he was in-
vited to enter the house of which I have spoken. I do not re-
member the name of the owner of the house.
[Colonel Young served as staff officer to Gens. R. E. Lee,
R. D. Jones, and Drayton. He was for more than a year on
Jhe staff of the commander in chief and was promoted.]
Apple Tree for .Army of Tennessee.
A contributor from the Army of Tennessee states : "I was
with a scouting party from General Wheeler's cavalry corps
near the Virginia line when we began to meet small squads
of General Lee's paroled soldiers on foot going home. As
proof of their paroles being genuine they showed us small
twigs cut from that famous apple tree so much mentioned
in connection with General Lee's surrender. Now, small bits
of the twigs were much sought after by the citizens along
the road on our return to Greensboro and all the way through
Georgia to our home. Our Western army had no 'apple tree.'
Being handicapped thereby, the boys supplied themselves from
overhanging apple trees along the road, filling their pockets
with short sticks which were distributed from Greensboro, N.
C, through South Carolina and Georgia to Alabama in ex-
change to citizens for any favors shown us. After these years,
the twigs from North Carolina trees have proved to be as
5;ood as those from Appomattox, Va."
TO WHOM THE FLORIDA GIRL GAVE HER SHOES.
Z. L Williams writes from San Angelo, Tex., in reply to
Mrs. Enoch J. Vann, of Madison, Fla., concerning the giving
of her shoes by a Florida girl to a drummer boy of a Georgia
regiment. (See page 443, September Veteran.) Comrade Wil-
liams states that the boy belonged to the 23d Georgia instead
of the 32d. He was present, a member of Company E of that
regiment, and shared the basket dinner and the delightful com-
pany of the young ladies. It was Nelson Mosby for whom
the young lady removed her shoes and gave them to him.
MISS ETTA HARDEMAN, GAINESVILLE^ GA., AND THE FL.\G
SHE GAVE TO THE GEORGIA CAVALRY, U. C. V.
Miss Hardeman's father, Andrew Jacksoii Hardeman, en-
listed in the Confederate army at the age of thirty-three years
with the 38th Georgia Regiment in August. 1862, and served
to the end of the war. He died at his home in Forsyth
County May 18, 1912. This daughter was maid of honor for
the Georgia Brigade of Cavalry at Rome, Ga., in 1912 ; and
seeing that the command had no banner and after a confer-
ence with Adjutant General Lester, they agreed between
themselves to have one ready for the Macon Reunion. General
Lester died very suddenly a few months later, and Miss
Hardeman determined to carry out their agreement in-
dividually, so the beautiful flag was in the parade at Macon.
General Gilmore appointed her ensign (color bearer) at
Macon and sponsor for the Georgia Cavalry at Marietta.
She expresses gratitude to Maj. and Mrs. A. J. Julian for
tncouragetnent in the work.. Miss Hardeman does not pro-
pose to rest on her laurels now, but says she is ready at any
time to do anything in her power "for tlie men of the sixties."
Information Wanted from Comrades of S4th Georgia. —
Edward J. Ritchey. of Company .A, 54th Georgia Regiment,
Mercer's old brigade, transferred to Walker, General Cle-
burne's division, wants to hear from some of his old comrades
in order to secure a pension. Comrade Ritchey was in the
service from May, 1862, till he was mustered out at the sur-
render. He was wounded seven times, six of these being by
bullets and once by a shell. Any one reading this who recalls
him will please write him at Ashburn, Ga.
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THE KIMBERLINS IN THE SIXTIES.
BY J. N. KIMBERLIN, A SOLDIER UNDER CHARLES W. QUANTRILL.
The author of this sketch was born in Washington County,
Ky., December 18, 1846. In 1862 the father moved with his
family to Jackson County. Mo. In 1855 the elder Kimberlin
began hauling freight from Missouri to the government posts,
situated in the far distant West. The first trip was from
Kansas City to Salt Lake City. In 1856 the second trip was
made, this time from Kansas City, Mo., to Santa Fe, Mexico.
The next trip was made in the year 1858 from Kansas City to
Fort Union. The fourth and last trip was made to Fort
Scott, Kans. His father had five sons, all of whom accom-
panied him on these long and perilous journeys. The young-
est, J. N. Kimberlin. although but ten years of age, served
as a full-grown hand, driving two yoke of long-horned oxen,
hauling the mess wagon. The country through which these
ox trains traveled was a continuous wilderness, uninhabited
by white man and without any indication of civilization.
The wild scenery presented the most attractive picture that
had ever met the gaze of man — the beauty and grandeur of
the landscape with its oceans of wild flowers, the twittering
brooks, the unhampered rivers as clear as crystal rushing madly
on to contribute their limpid burdens into the moaning sea,
the gorgeous snow-capped mountains clothed with a verdant
mantle of cedars whose lives are made a picture of beauty
by the melting snows from their summits. These mountains
afforded a sure and safe retreat for vast herds of wild deer,
turkeys, bears, elks, and, in fact, thousands of other animals
too nutnerous to mention.
The vast plains were covered with a grass known as the
mcsquite, which is very hardy and prolific and will produce
firm animal fat quickly. In those days Indians were the "land-
lords" and the bufTaIn their tenants. But at this time these
redskins were on friendly terms with the Americans, and
would visit the teamsters' camps almost every day for the
purpose of trading their beaded wares for sugar, coflFee, and
tobacco. Those Indians wore very little apparel; indeed,
some of them wore nothing except their frail imaginations,
while others wore a "breech clout" of buckskin extending
down halfway to the knees, the upper portion of the body
remaining absolutely nude.
These early experiences of young Kimberlin prepared him
for the terrible scenes of war soon to be encountered.
In 1856 we first heard of old John Brown. He did not
then molest the freighters, for they were well armed. He
sent his jayhawkcrs into the State of Missouri, where most
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of liis depredations were made— in Jackson, Cass, and the
counties bordering on the Missouri and Kansas line. This
band of outlaws invaded the homes of the helpless, murdering
the old men and burning their once happy homes. It was not
long, however, until the sturdy sons of old Missouri became
acquainted with their deeds of outlawry' and promptly organ-
ized into small companies, arming themselves with such imple-
ments of warfare as they could get, and went in pursuit.
These home guards used the tactics of their enemies— took
no prisoners and asked no quarter. Soon John Brown and
l;is jayhawkers were back in Kansas with their ranks sadly
depleted. Quiet reigned for about one year, until they had
been reenforced by a few more cutthroats, when they began
another series of raids in Jackson and Cass Counties. They
had now changed their tactics, and seemed to be bent on steal-
ing all the negroes they could get. This state of affairs con-
tinued until the winter of i860, about which time Brown went
to Virginia and was captured at Harper's Ferry.
Just prior to the beginning of the War of the States Charles
Quantrill and an older brother started from Leavenworth,
Kans., for the reported gold mines at Pike's Peak. On their
second ni.ght out. after they had encamped and had fallen
asleep, a band of jayhawkers fired into them, killing the elder
brother and seriously wounding Charles. They then robbed
them of everything they possessed and left both for dead.
Charles was rescued by a Kaw Indian and taken to his tepee
;nid nursed back to life and health, after which young Quan-
trill taught school near Fort Scott under an assumed name,
being ever watchful for an opportunity to avenge the death
of his brother.
Eventually he joined old Jim Lane's band of jayhawkers,
and as opportunity offered succeeded in killing about eighteen
of the men who engaged in the murder of his brother. The
jayhawkers finally became suspicious of him, and he made
his escape to Missouri. However, before he (Quantrill) left
the jayhawkers he was awarded this opportunity of ven-
geance: An old gentleman named Walker in the country near
Independence. Mo., owned many negroes, and John Brown had
made unsuccessful efforts to steal them. After Brown's death
a brute named Montgomery assumed command of the Brown
outlaws, and in December, i860, Montgomery, at the sugges-
tion of Quantrill, delegated him to make the final effort to
get Walker's negroes. Montgomery also told Quantrill to
select three men and go after the negroes. This suited Quan-
trill, as it enabled him to select the very men who he knew had
assisted in the murder of his brother. Well, on the 12th of
December they arrived in the neighborhood of Mr. Walker.
The three men hid in the brush about half a mile from the
Walker home, and Quantrill went to the house to get dinner
and look over the ground, preparatory to taking the negroes.
Quantrill's chief purpose was to acquaint Mr. Walker with
the whole plot, whereby a plan could be laid for the summary
vengeance upon these men who had in cold blood murdered
his brother.
On Quantrill's arrival at the hoihe of Mr. Walker he was
met by the host with a hearty Southern handshake and a cor-
dial greeting. After a good wholesome dinner. Quantrill laid
his plans before his unsuspecting host, who was more than
willing to assist in spinning the web to entrap these three
cowardly murderers. The Walker home was a large two-
story structure fronting the west, with a gallery on the east
side, and on the north of this gallery was a room con-
nected with a door which led out on to the gallery. It was
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arranged between Walker and Quantrill that the former was
to secure men and place them in this room. These men were
to be armed with shotguns and there to await the coming of
the bushwhackers. Accordingly at the appointed hour, 8 p.m.,
"the negro stealers," accompanied by Quantrill, entered the
Walker residence. Mr, Walker met them at the door and in-
vited them into the parlor, where they were seated. One of
the men wore a long black beard and did most of the talking.
He told Mr. Walker the object of their mission, and con-
tinued by saying : "Now, if you make any attempt to prohibit
us from taking your negroes, we will kill you." Mr. Walker
replied by saying: "Gentlemen, it seems as though you will
never be satisfied until you take my negroes. Now if they
will go with you, take them." Thereupon all arose and started
out on to the gallery before mentioned, Quantrill bringing up
the rear. As soon as the three stepped on to the gallery they
were fired upon from the adjoining room, one of them falling
dead at the first volley. One of the other two also fell, but
got up and ran, as also did the black-whiskered man, who
was not touched.
The following day a great number of the citizens went to
the Walker home to view the dead men. During the evening
the two that had escaped the previous night were found in
the near-by brush on the banks of a small creek, one of whom
was mortally wounded ; the whiskered man had remained
with his comrade. They were promptly killed, and Quantrill
was happy.
Thus ends the first chapter of the history of one of the
grandest figures who took part in the War of the States-
Charles William Quantrill. It mattered not where he was,
whether on the battle field amid the rain of bullets and burst-
ing shells, or at the midnight hour with nothing for a bed e.x-
cept a cold, sweaty horse blanket and nothing for a cover-
ing but the twinkling stars, the ghastly vision of his mur-
dered brother and the John Brown murderers was ever be-
fore him. He was loved by his friends and feared by his
enemies. Although he possessed a heart as tender as that of
a schoolgirl, when his passions were aroused by the unscrupu-
lous and blood-stained deeds of the enemy he at once became
a swift-winged demon. In the Louisville (Ky.) cemetery his
body is moldering back to its kindred dust.
We now return to the Walker home, where we left the
curious throng gazing upon the dead jayhawkers. The author
of this sketch assisted in burying the dead, which was only
three miles from the author's home.
Quantrill remained in that neighborhood until the spring
of 1861, when he raised a company of twenty-three men in
and around Blue Springs. They were young and anxious for
the fray, were well armed and equipped. The majority of
the able-bodied men in Jackson County enlisted in the South-
ern army and were soon in the front ranks of battle. This
left practically none at home but the aged men, helpless
women, and children. As soon as these conditions were
known, the "Red Legs" (jayhawkers) from Kansas seemed
wholly intent upon the destruction of the country. A man
named Jenison had charge of the Brown forces, and old
Colonel Pennock also had a company or part of a company
of jayhawkers, aided by old Jim Lane.
The cutthroats from Kansas would rob the women and
children by taking their clothing and their bedding from them.
They would then apply the torch, leaving the helpless women
and children wholly without food, clothing, or shelter. If they
met men who were too old to go into the army, they would
ask them if they were sympathizers with the South; and if
answered in the aflSrmative, they were shot down like dogs.
Listen to the following told in the words of Mr. Kiniber-
lin, the author of these notes:
Father and Four Sons in C. S. Army.
"My father and four brothers went out early in the defense
of the South. I was too young at that time, but remained at
home and did all that I was able to do for Quantrill. Father
was severely wounded, which disabled him for active service,
and he came back home to nurse his wounds. On reaching
home he soon learned that his life was in great danger, and
took refuge in hiding with the hope that he would soon be
able to return to his command. The Federal commander,
Colonel Pennock, by some means learned that father was at
home suffering from wounds, and at once began a scheme to
capture him. We had a neighbor named Massey, who was a
sympathizer with the Federal army. He and father had been
for years close friends. Pennock, having gained this infor-
mation, at once sought out Massey and had him go to my
father and pretend great friendship for him and advise
that if my father would come in and surrender and take the
oath of allegiance he could then return home and remain
under the protection of the United States flag. After con-
sidering the proposition made by Pennock through the lying,
deceptive Massey, my father accepted the offer, and in com-
pany with Massey they went direct to the Colonel's quarters.
Immediately on my father's being introduced, Pennock turned
to one of his guards and said: 'Put this old devil in jail.' On
the following morning father was sent under guard out home,
where he was brutally hanged in his own barn amid the cries
and pleadings of my heartbroken mother and her helpless
children. This was September 2, 1862. The home was then
stripped of its contents and burned to the ground. The barn,
having a great deal of feedstuff stored therein, was not burned
at that time; but about two weeks later, after hauling all the
feed away, the barn was burned. Not content with what they
had already done, they set fire to the rail fence around the
farm and burned it to the ground.
"About one month after the brutal murder of my father
these same robbers captured old man Sanders and another
old gentleman named Crawford and brought them to where
my mother then lived and killed them both in our yard. Mr.
Sanders was about seventy-three years old and Mr. Crawford
was about three years younger.
"The killing of old men was done all through that country.
So great was the destruction of life among the older men that
by the summer of 1863 there were very few left. During this
havoc of human life by the jayhawkers Quantrill was not idle
nor asleep, for he was killing the 'Red Legs' about as fast
as they could be hauled off and buried. His little company
of twenty-three had been reenforced until he had about two
hundred active men ready to answer their captain's call.
"The Federal commander, then realizing that it was only
a question of time when they would all be killed unless Quan-
trill and his men could be suppressed, sent a report to the
Governor (Ewing), who on receipt of the report issued his
notorious Order No. 11. This order was issued on August
3, 1863, and directed that everybody should either leave the
counties of Jackson and Cass or move into the city of Inde-
pendence. This order required the people to vacate their
homes within ten days. The Southern families were thus forced
to leave the county, as they dared not go to the post. The
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people were in straitened conditions— no teams, no wagons, and
no food, or but little at best. What had not been taken by one
army was taken by the other ; so all that was left were oxen
or blind horses or mules wholly unfit for service, and there
was not one-half enough of even this kind of stock to move
the people. The families went to work by splicing oxen and
blind mules and horses together, and by the 12th of the month
they were on the move, there being about three families to
each old wagon. This was one of the most pathetic scenes
that earthly eyes had ever gazed upon.
"The wagons being loaded to their full capacity, the hungry
and ragged women and children were forced to walk. Like a
funeral procession they slowly wended their way eastward ;
they dared not go toward Kansas. My mother's family and
party consisted of four wagons and twelve families, numbering
seventy-three women and children. All, even the smaller
ones, were forced to walk. The trip was slow and tedious,
averaging from four to five miles a day. The little ones travel-
ing barefooted over the flinty roads could be trailed by the
blood upon the cruel rocks ; their cries were piteous. The
party finally reached Lafayette County. The people of that
county had not suffered from the ravages of the jayhawkers
as had those of Jackson and Cass, and our little band were
met with outstretched Southern arms. Food and clothing
were given those who most needed them.
"These noble Southern women who had been driven from
their once happy homes in Jackson and Cass Counties were
now among strangers in a strange land, their men in the
army. They were brave and industrious, however. Their
helpless children must be fed and clothed. As a consequence
the loom and the spinning wheel could be heard by day and
by night. The good people of the community assisted them
in every way possible.
"When Governor Ewing banished the good people from
Jackson and Cass Counties, he thought it would aflford a bet-
ter opportunity for killing Quantrill. in which he was serious-
ly mistaken. He soon found out that it was just what Quan-
trill wanted, for he now had an open field. * * *
"President Jefferson Davis indorsed Quantrill's acts and
commissioned him as colonel of his regiment, and no honest
man can truthfully say that Jefferson Davis was not honest
and conscientious. I joined Quantrill's army in the fall of
1862 and remained with him until the surrender, and I know
that he was honest, brave, and true to every principle of jus-
tice, and that this statement will be verified by every mem-
ber of his command.
"When tlie war was over, wc returned to our former homes,
and the sight that we beheld was enough to destroy every
hope of recovery. On every side could be seen lone chimneys,
charred and blackened by incendiaries. These grim sentinels
were seemingly keeping watch. Around these hearthstones
there once gathered a happy and contented family.
"Quantrill's men, like other overpowered soldiers, armed
with axes, mauls, and wedges, went forth into the forests to
reestate their wasted homes. They worked as they had
fought, with a will power that knows not the meaning of fail-
ure; they built new homes on the ruins of the old ones; they
built schooUiouses and churches ; they cleared away the briers
and forests, and soon the country emerged from a state of
dormancy to a land of civilization and prosperity. For many
years after the close of the war the Indians were a great
menace to the frontiersmen of Texas. They being armed and
rationed by the government rendered it very difficult for the
people to stand their ground ; but they fought for their homes
as they did in the sixties, and after years of hardships and
privations they finally succeeded in driving the enemy back
to the government reservations. .\nd to-day where the war
whoop was heard and where the tomahawk flourished beau-
tiful homes abound. In the upbuilding of these homes and
the reestablishment of commercial prosperity no men were
more conspicuous than were the men who followed Quantrill
through fire and blood. We ask no praise or credit for doing
our duty. We owed it to our homes and to our countr\% and
we are satisfied that no man can truthfully say that we did
not 'fight a good fight,' always keeping the faith that we
were right.
"We are all now under one flag and have clasped hands
with all true and honest men who opposed us in the unequal
contest. We are willing to let bygones be bygones and remain
as such. I entertain a sacred respect for those who were
honest in their convictions, but we still hold and will die
with a death grip of hatred for the men who shed innocent
blood and destroyed the home of my sainted father.''
SKETCH OF THE MURFREESBORO BATTLE.
BY BETHENIA H. NANCE, MURFREESBORO, TF.NN.
The clouds were black and sounds of heavy firing were
such that the souls of men, women, children, and slaves were
trembling, and every fresh manifestation of horror heightened
their terror. The battle of Murfreesboro was in progress that
bitter winter's day. We were between Nashville and the op-
posing forces. The enemy had swept over us, leaving little
but our horror-stricken selves. We were all weeping. Our
father, a minister of the gospel, sat on his front balcony and
groaned at every belching forth of the terrible cannonading.
At sunset the troops filed into the front lawn with clanking
and rattling accouterments. A small gentleman stepped for-
ward, saying: "My men have strict orders to touch nothing,
sir." Then, turning to my pale-faced mother, he said: "We
have had nothing to eat for"—. "Millie," she called to the
cook, "put on both ovens and have them ready quick." Then,
turning to her flour barrel, she filled the old-fashioned bread
tray and deftly made dough which she rolled into journey
cakes. When the first were done, she said to General
Wheeler: "Call the men" He told them to step forward,
and they received from my mother's hands the fresh warm
light bread, while tears fell from her eyes and her lips moved
in prayer. As fast as the cakes were cooked she gave them to
the men. who passed along, making room for others.
Two miles north was the N. & C. Railroad, and the General
had orders to tear it up. They struck it after dark, and no
doubt some of the noble band died before their bread was
eaten. It was a holv sacrament.
NICKNAMES GIT-EN SOLDIERS OF THE STATES.
BY E. M. HICKS. WISNER, LA.
In reply to a request for nicknames of the States I give the
following: Louisiana, Pelican; Texas, Lone Star; Georgria,
Goober Grabbers: North Carolina. Tarheels: South Caro-
lina. Palmetto.
During the war Governor Vance made a speech in camp to
the North Carolina soldiers in which he said he could not say
"Fellow citizens" or "Brother soldiers," but "Fellow Tarheels."
Please see if you can help me find A. F. Mardis, who be-
longed to a Louisiana regiment, surrendered at Vicksburg.
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GOSSIPY LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
BY EDWARD S. LATHROP, DECATUR, GA.
I have just read the September Veteran. I wish I had a
thousand copies to distribute. If the old soldier is to be re-
membered, it will be the work of the Veteran. I much re-
gret that these memories are not brighter in the minds of our
young people. You'll never lose anything on my subscription,
for my estate will pay you if I don't. I'd a thousand times
rather have it than your poor $ioo histories that don't know
what they are talking about.
Here in Decatur, Ga.. Captain Hunter, a faithful soldier
now dead, one evening sat with the boys around him, each
with his ration of bacon on the end of a stick ready for his
hardtack, the Captain being honored with the frying pan.
The Federals came rushing down with the cry, "Surrender !"
Captain Hunter, a big, strong man, grabbed his frying pan,
and with the voice of a bull cried : "Come on, boys ; they can't
get our bacon." He waved the frying pan over his head,
and soon the Federals were prisoners.
I was in charge of two thousand Federal prisoners at Macon,
Ga., under Gibbs. I had four pieces of light artillery, one
fifteen feet high on a platform pointing down into the stock-
ade. When our men went to capture Stonenian, they left me
with twenty-five men and orders that if these men (all officers)
attempted to break out to fire until all were dead. Of course
they knew and I knew that they could bolt out any moment
if they undertook to do so. This was just before the sur-
render. Imagine their surprise when Gen. Howell Cobb rode
in with Major General Stoneman, a superb-looking soldier
over six feet and elegantly equipped. His saddle cost $500 in
gold, he said. I was made provost marshal to examine and
take care of all our officers. Stoneman had my deepest sym-
pathy as he sat on a small stool, putting his face in his hands
with his elbows on his knees, and bitter tears were flowing.
His major was a dark-skinned Kentuckian for whom I was
very sorry. I asked why he was in the Federal army, and he
replied that Wheeler had his family out in the woods and he
sought revenge. Of course they tried to give me all sorts of
things which I refused ; but one day this major knocked off
the silver spurs from his heels and handed them to me, say-
ing: "You can't refuse these." Of course I put them on. I've
found out only recently why Gen. Howell Cobb summoned me
to headquarters and handed me a commission in Battery.
Your last several copies speak of the Fayetteville (N. C '
fight. I was there. General Kilpatrick was not in his uni-
form, but in an elegant closed carriage with his woman.
Things were so mixed in the town by the unexpected com-
ing together that little fighting could be done. But the sad-
dest yet most laughable sight was to see our poor boys as the
dear women came to their front doors to feed them. The
boys would hold the rags over their nakedness and sidle up
to the ladies, grab the food, and get out of sight. I was al-
most naked myself, but had a piece of cloth on my saddle. I
heard of an old Savannah friend who was a tailor. I put
spurs to my horse and found him at his front door. "Will
you cut these out for me?" "Yes, come in." And soon he
did it. I put spurs to my horse for the bridge, and as it
burned I cleared the other side. My tailor was thoughtful
enough to put in thread and needles.
Next day I went to a little house on a hill and found two
old ladies with white caps on reading the Bible. Raising her
specs, one of them said: "My son, what can I do for you?
Did you know this was Sunday?" "No, ma'am, I did not.
But I'm the ox in the ditch, and I'll make them myself." I
went back to camp and made them. I surrendered in them
and wore them when I met my wife, whom I had not heard
from in six months. They were the first pants I ever made.
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGIN I A.
BY MRS. DUNBAR ROWLAND, HISTORIAN MISSISSIPPI DIVISION.
Among the armies of the world no fairer host ever paid its
vows to Mars than that which gathered in 1861 on the plains
and valleys of Old Virginia. As if by some power of the
gods, it seemed to spring into existence instantly — full-grown
and purposeful — a glorious embodiment whose deeds were
to leave the pages of history illumined with heroic figures
upon which the world must ever look with breathless wonder.
From epauletted officer to slim young private, its serried
gray ranks were clothed with the grace of knighthood. It
was composed of the fairest bloom of Virginia and the South's
young manhood, and ever bore itself with a Cavalier grace
and pride. Like some swift-rushing stream seeking broader
seas, it had gathered from the far-famed Carolinas to the
Gulf shores upon the soil of Virginia in answer to her coun-
try's call. The blood of the Old Dominion flowed plentifully
in its veins. From her loins had sprung much of the sturdy
yeomanry, and the heraldic lines of the lower South, a rare
and goodly race whose knightly bearing, dauntless courage,
and devotion to duty were full worthy of the mother State.
As in the days of Washington, she was gathering her army
once more about her, and with the battle song upon its hps
from city and hamlet and open country in defense of its char-
tered liberties it pressed forward valiantly to the front.
Not the Grecian Phalanx of Alexander, nor the Tenth
Legion of Cxsar, nor the Imperial Guard of Napoleon, nor
the Six Hundred at Balaklava charged the foe with more in-
trepid spirit. Not Xenophon's Ten Thousand bore itself with
more heroic courage in retreat.
How the eye kindles and the heart flames as we see the
Army of Northern Virginia advancing at Manassas, when we
behold it with the battle light in its eyes at Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville, and witness its courage at Gettysburg!
But the picture darkens, for a thousand battle fields have
wrought their havoc upon the gray host of the Confederacy,
until at last, after weary years, we see it, gaunt-visaged,
ragged, and starving, in the trenches at Petersburg, and a
little later on the weary seven days' march that the Muse of
history has with hushed and mournful voice called "the re-
treat of the Army of Northern Virginia."
How the cheek pales at the picture of that shattered but
godlike remnant of Lee's gray soldiery, wasted by hunger,
sickness, and disease, dying along the roadside by hundreds,
stumbling over the rough, rain-soaked roads and through the
darkness of night without sleep or food for seven days, dis-
puting with their lifeblood every mile and foot of the weary
v/ay, to finally surrender with crushed and broken columns
to a strong and victorious foe! Around them were strewn
the dead forms of their comrades, and on the brows of the
living was the shadow of the seal of death ; but still with sobs
shaking their gaunt frames like reeds they begged to longer
defend their country.
O Army of Northern Virginia ! Not Roland and his
paladins were more worthy of the battle song, nor King Ar-
thur and his knights of the Grail, nor Bruce and his clansmen
of triumph, nor Washington and his patriots of freedom than
tliou of victory !
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MEMORIALS TO THE STARS AND BARS.
BY W. B. SHEARER, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
It is doubtful that in any city in the fair SouihUuid the
heroic deeds of the Confederate soldier and his memory are
honored by a greater number of monuments and cherished
with deeper affection than in New Orleans.
In the beautiful Metairie Cemetery, just as you enter, is a
high mound upon the top of which is a life-size statue of Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston seated upon a horse, with his hand
pointing as though directing the movements of his troops in
battle. Under the mound are a number of burial vaults, in
which rest all that is mortal of many of the bravest veterans
of the Louisiana Division of the Army of Tennessee. At the
entrance to the vault is the statue of a soldier with a pad
and pencil, representing the last roll call. This beautiful in-
scription by the soldier, scholar, and historian, John Dimitry,
is carved upon a snow-white marble tablet : "Albert Sidney
Johnston, a general in the army of the Confederate States,
who fell at Shiloh, Tenn., on the si.xth day of April, 1862. A
man tried in many high offices and critical enterprises and
fovmd faithful in all. His life was one long sacrifice of in-
terest to conscience. Not wholly understood was he whiK
he lived, but in his death his greatness stands confessed in a
people's tears. Resolute, moderate, clear of envy, yet not
wanting in that finer ambition which makes men great and
pure. In his honor impregnable, in his simplicity subhme.
No country ever had a truer son, no cause a nobler champion,
no people a bolder defender, no principle a purer victim than
the dead soldier. His fame consigned to the keeping of time
which, happily, is not so much the tomb of virtue as its shrine
shall in the years to come fire modest worth to nobler ends.
In honor now our great captain rests. A bereaved people
niourn him, three commonwealths proudly claiin him, and his-
tory shall cherish him among those choicer spirits who, hold-
ing their conscience unmixed with blame, have been in all
conjunctures true to themselves, their people, and their God."
In the center of the cemetery is a massive shaft towering
heavenward on which stands the life-size statue of a Confed-
eiale soldier, marking the last home of the brave soldiers of
the Army of Northern Virginia. In this tomb were interred
the remains of President Jefferson Pavis, which were after-
wards removed to Richmond, Va.
The Washington .'\rtillery. to commemorate the deeds of
their heroic dead, have also a beautiful monument. This
famous military organization was engaged in sixty battles
during the War of the Slates, and the names of the battles,
as also the names of its members who were killed in service,
are engraved upon the base of the monument.
The memory of the beloved chaplain. Rev. Tliomas R. Mark-
ham, soldier and minister, has been perpetuated by a marble
shaft erected by the grateful contributions of a loving people.
The remains of the great minister, citizen, and patriot. Rev.
B. M. Palmer, repose in the family tomb in the Washington
Cemetery. Dr. Palmer delivered the last prayer and address
to the volunteer soldiery from the steps of the City Hall as
the troops were leaving for the four long years' struggle, and,
like Dr. Markliani, was laid to rest with the tears and love of
the entire city.
Perhaps one of the most touching and pathetic inscrip-
tions upon the many tombs commemorating the deeds of the
Confederate soldier is the tribute of a mother to her son.
It tells its own story of grief and heartburning: "To thr
memory of my son John, aged nineteen years, a lieutenant in
the Confederate States army, who fell in the battle of Shiloh.
The last of my cherished band, humbly I bend beneath the
chastening rod and give him to his country and his God."
To the memory of the Confederate soldiers the women of
New Orleans have erected a magnificent monument in Green-
wood Cemetery.
On St. Charles Avenue, said to be one of the most beauti-
ful residential avenues in this country, a marble shaft of great
height, with a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in bronze, occu-
pies a conspicuous place.
A park has been named for Jefferson Davis, and in this
nark a monument of the President of the Confederate States
has been erected, the cost of same being defrayed by popular
subscription.
There are many other statues and monuments to the Con-
federate soldiers in the metropolis of the South.
In Camp Street the Confederate Meinorial Hall holds thou-
sands of records, flags, cannons, and guns that are dear to
the hearts of the citizens of this great city, particularly those
who have lived and seen the city grow and prosper since the
days of the fierce, bloody conflict.
While the progress of time has developed the resources of
the South, its people are loyal to the stars and stripes, and
there is in every child of Louisiana parentage an innate love
for the cause for which his father fought. As time wears
on and the old Southern veterans cross to the mysterious
beyond, the younger generation will continue to record their
brave deeds upon tablets of marble and bronze.
(Substance of the foregoing has appeared in the Veteran
fiom time to tiinc. but is given again "lest we forget."]
DATA ABOUT THIRD TEXAS CAVALRY.
BY W. r. TERRY. DE LEON, TEX.
Seeing in the June issue a statement from Comrade Todd in
regard to Col. H. P. Mabry. and seeing the death of Com-
rade S. B. Barron recorded in the same issue, I give a brief
statement of the history of the 3d Texas Cavalry to verify
the statement of Comrade Barron. I was a member of Com-
pany B. of the regiment under Capt. R. H. Cumby, and was
with the company from June 13, 1861, until the end of the
war, in May. 1865.
Captain Cumby commanded the scouts that went within four
miles of Springfield. Captains Mabry and Johnson went into
the town on foot, and upon their return it was reported that
in escaping Captain Johnson jumped through a window, when
his spur caught on the curtain and was cut loose by a lady.
The regiment was transferred east of the Mississippi in
May instead of April. At the reorganization of the regiment
Capt. R. H. Cumby was elected colonel, H. P. Mabry lieu-
tenant colonel, and J. L. Barker major. The latter was killed
ar the evacuation of Corinth. In July or August Colonel
Cumby resigned, but led the regiment in the battle of luka.
In the fall of 1863 we were making a charge on the breast-
works of Yazoo City, and in crossing a ditch I threw my gun
over. Being almost unable to get out. Colonel Cumby said:
"Give me your foot." But just at that time I did not care
whether I got out or not.
The last I knew of Colonel Mabry was in the early spring
of 1864. When General Po1k went through to Georgia to re-
enforce General Johnston, Colonel Mabry was on detached
duty, commanding a brigade under Forrest, and that is the
last I knew of him until his death. J. S. Boggess was lieu-
tenant colonel, and was paroled as such in May, 1865.
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SHY'S HILL— IV HEX CE THE XAME?
BY PARK MARSHALL, ESQ., NASHVILLE, TENN.
In the September Veteran A. E. Glanville, of Poe, Kans.,
speaks of "Shy's Hill, one of the Overton Hills," as connected
with the battle of December i6, 1864, and yon say the pur-
pose is to start an inquiry, etc.
The origin of the name is clear. I have been on it twice in
the past three years. The breastworks were built on its crest
by Brigadier General Ector, of Stewart's Corps, the night of
December 15, 1864, and occupied by Maj. Gen. W. B. Bate, of
Cheatham's Corps, after General Ector had returned to his
own corps, and are the most distinct now of any of the lines
around Nashville. They are nearly as they were on that
day minus the head logs, and there are signs of stumps built
minus the head logs. The hill is thick with timber, brush, and
buck bushes. The line ran west to the top of the hill, where
it curved south, descended into the depression and to the
top of the smaller hill southward. Later the line was ex-
tended a short distance east from the smaller hill and faced
south. The Confederate lines thus formed a hook, facing
north, west, and south. Cheatham's Division was moved to
this position on the evening of December 15 after he had re-
pulsed Steedman near the Murfreesboro Pike. Tom Benton
Smith's brigade was placed on the hill, and Col. William Shy's
20th Tennessee Regiment w-as on the top of the hill. Colonel
Shy was killed, his head being powder-burned around the hole
made by the shot. Gen. T. B. Smith was captured at the same
time, and was struck on the head with a sword after he sur-
rendered.
General Bate's report in the "War Records," Vol. XLV.,
gives an account of these events. He says that the hill was
called Shy's Hill because of Colonel Shy's death there. J. A.
Smith's report (somewhat mutilated ) in the same book gives
further information.
The hill is not strictly one of the Overton Hills, as it is
an isolated hill lying within the curve of the Overton Hills,
but hardly over four hundred yards from the main Overton
Hills range. It lies between the Hillsboro and the Granny
White Pikes, about a quarter of a mile from each. On the
Granny White Pike you reach it through the gate of Obe
Sawyer, nearly opposite the famous Lea home.
The Nashville Industrial Bureau is just now in the act of
putting up about twenty large metal markers on the lines of
December 15, and this fall expects to place others on the lines
of December 16, including Shy's Hill. Their plan is also to
publish a booklet description of this battle field and to have.
if the County Court will so direct, a new road opened across
the country at Shy's Hill. The Nashville Battle Field Asso-
ciation is cooperating with the Industrial Bureau in the under-
taking. Mr. Cunningham will recall that this Association at-
tempted to get the government to take up this work and found
the committee of Congress favorable, but the bill has never
for some cause reached a vote. Hon. J. W. Byrns has
done all he could for it.
[The Editor of the Veteran was near the top of Shy's Hill
during the battle of December 16. The eastern slope was cov-
ered with blue grass. The right of Cheatham's Division ex-
tended to within about one hundred yards of the top of Shy's
Hill. The Federals broke Bate's line near the crest, but they
would have been forced back had it not become so apparent
that the Federals were getting in our rear on the left and that
the only hope of the Confederates was in running out. As
gallant men undertook to rally the Confederates there as ever
contended for Southern rights and homes. Retreating from
the Federal forces there was the most patriotic service that
could possibly be rendered, as that only saved the army. Pri-
vate soldiers realized that the greatest generals that ever lived
could not have done anything to save the army.]
From Mrs. Emily C. Thompson, of Birmingham.
In the September Veteran Mr. A. E. Glanville, of Poe,
Kans., asks why the hill between the Granny White and Hills-
boro Pikes was called Shy's Hill. As I claim to be a vet-
eran, especially of the battle before Nashville (for I was in
my old home with my parents a very short distance from the
place), I shall reply.
Colonel Shy fell on the afternoon of December 16. His
body, with many others of both armies, was laid upon the
front gallery of our home. Shortly afterwards a Federal
guard called my attention to Colonel Shy. Then turning back
from the face a gray blanket which some kind friend had
placed over the body, I saw him as he lay so peacefully there
with that cruel hole in his brow. I know of no other reason
for the name.
The hill was owned by my father, Felix Compton, for years,
and was known as Compton's Hill. It is not a part of the
Overton and Lea range, but stands alone, facing the hill,
which was also my father's, on which the Yankee batteries
were placed on the afternoon of December 15. The Overton
and Lea range of hills crosses the Granny White Pike about
three miles south of Compton's Hill and blends with the Har-
peth range to the Hillsboro Pike. Both the Granny White
and Hillsboro Pikes ran through the Compton farm.
SHY S hill, west OF GLENDALE PARK, NASHVILLE, BETWEEN THE GRANNY WHITE AND HILLSBORO PIKES.
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Many places around Nashville are spoken of as historical
and some are to be marked as such, but I have never seen the
Compton home mentioned as historical, while surely it ought
to be. The first night that Hood's army camped in front of
Nashville Gen. James R. Chalmers established his head-
quarters in my home. After ten days he moved across to the
Harding Pike, and General Walthall came with his staff and
were at our home until the afternoon of December 15. O
what a flood of memories comes over me as I write ! Both
of these generals were from Mississippi.
Old Compton Home Still Exists.
The old home of my girlhood is still standing, and my
brother, who saw it last spring, says it is just as it was in
the sixties. My personal experiences during those years of
trouble were venturesome. They had even some dash and
much of pathos. The old home was built in 1857 by my father.
It fronts the Hillsboro Pike on the left-hand side just five
miles from the Public Square in Nashville. It is a two-story
frame with long galleries in front and back. It shows now
only two marks of the shot and shell that rained about it.
One is a Minie ball hole in the front door, which is stopped
up with putty and painted over. This ball passed into the
staircase. Then at the south side of the house a shrapnell
.shot went through a tin gutter that my mother would never
allow repaired.
General French's command was just one mile nearer town
on the 15th of December. They fell rapidly back to the
Compton Hill, on which General Bate's command was in-
trenched. From the windows of our home I watched the
camp fires of our boys all night of the 15th of December.
They were camped in my father's hills and the hills of my
great-uncle, Harry Compton, between the Granny White and
Hillsboro Pikes. The next day our line gave way and passed
on to the south. There were one hundred and fifty dead and
wounded in our home at one time, so I was told. My mother
and I were permitted to give water to the Confederates and
some bread and milk, for that was all we had for three days
except what an old black mammy stole and begged from the
Yankees for us. For seventeen days the house was a hos-
pital. In the first three days Lieutenant Giles, of Franklin,
Tenn., and Lieut. John Chambers, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died
in the house. We buried Mr, Chambers in the garden. After
the war his father came for the body. Lieutenant Giles's
family buried him at his home.
Shy's Hill will long be regarded with much interest in con-
nection with the battle of Nashville.
RE^fI^uscE^^CEs of camp beauregard.
Camp Beauregard is located one mile northeast of Water
Valley, Ky., which is situated on the Illinois Central Railroad,
on the Louisville Division, about midway between Fulton and
Paducah, Ky. It was named in honor of General Beauregard,
who at one time commanded the western division of the Con-
federate forces. At this place there were considerable forti-
fications. The timber was cut and deep trenches were made
one hundred feet wide and half a mile long. Although there
was never any battle fought at Camp Beauregard, the loss of
life in camp was considerable, caused by camp diseases and
measles, the latter being an epidemic, with continuous cold
rains. General Beauregard was never there himself, but the
ten regiments of soldiers under him were encamped there
from September, 1861, to March, 1862. General Bowen was
in command of two Arkansas regiments, General Biffle of
troops from Mississippi, General Alcorn had mixed troops
from Tennessee and Mississippi, and Clay King was com-
mander of the Kentuckians commonly known as "Clay King's
Hell Hounds." The regiments there the longest were the ist
Missouri Infantry, 25th or 1st Mississippi, 9th and loth
Arkansas Infnatry. It is said that the loth Arkansas lost
over four hundred men there. Camp Beauregard was con-
sidered a very important fort on account of being so near the
middle of the dividing line between the Northern and South-
ern troops, this line of battle running from Columbus, Ky., to
Fort Donelson, Tenn.
Gen. Virgil Y. Cook, now living at Batesville, Ark., says
the following troops, or regiments, were stationed at Camp
Beauregard — viz.: ist Missouri Infantry, 22d Mississippi In-
fantry, 25th Mississippi Infantry (also called the 1st Missis-
sippi Valley), 9th Arkansas Infantry, loth Arkansas Infantry,
22d Tennessee (this regiment was there only a few days,
leaving October 31, 1861), 27th Tennessee Infantry, King's
Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, composed of Boyd's, Pell's, and
Swan's companies, recruited respectively in McCracken,
Graves, and Calloway Counties. Neeley's and Haywood's
companies, Tennessee cavalry, were there only a few days.
These two Tennessee companies were afterwards assigned to
the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Hutson's Mississippi Battery,
Bcltzhoover's Louisiana Battery, and Williams's Tennessee
Battery. These troops were commanded while there by Brig.
Gen. John S. Bowen, a West Pointer and formerly colonel
of the 1st Missouri Infantry and later a major general in the
provisional army of the Confederate States.
King's Kentucky Battalion of Cavalry was afterwards
merged into the ist and 6lh Confederate Cavalry, respectively.
Col. H. Clay King was a native of Paducah, Ky. ; his regi-
ment was composed of Tennessee, Alabama, and the three
Kentucky companies. This consolidation, however, occurred
after they left Camp Beauregard.
Mr. E. M. Taylor, now deputy warden of the Kentucky
branch penitentiary at Eddyville, gives the following informa-
tion : "The ist Missouri Infantry- was commanded by Colonel
Rich, the 9th Arkansas Infantr>' by Colonel Dunlap, the loth
Arkansas by Colonel Meredith, and a Mississippi company by
Colonel Bonham, who died there. His body was carried to
his home in Mississippi. The Mississippi Valley regiment
was commanded by Colonel Martin ; a battalion of cavalry
from Mississippi was commanded by Colonel Miller; Colonel
Logwood's battalion of Tennessee cavalry was in camp from
December 27, 1861, until the place was evacuated; Col. Bur-
rel Williams was in command of a Mississippi regiment."
Dr. Don Singletary, of Clinton, Ky., contributed the fol-
lowing; "Colonel Russell, who was in command of the 12th
Tennessee, soon after the battle of Belmont with his regiment
spent two nights at Camp Beauregard. Captain Holt, of
Murray, Ky., and Captain Outlaw, of Moscow, Ky., were in
command of two Kentucky companies there also."
There were only a few Kentuckians, if any, who died there,
because when taken sick they were removed to their homes
by their people.
The compiling of the history of Camp Beauregard has been
neglected so long that it is difficult to obtain the exact num-
ber of deaths and how many were buried there, but it is esti-
mated that there were between 1,210 and 1,500 of our un-
known Confederate dead.
[\ suggested plan for the monument at Water Valley is
a sliaft twenty-five feet high to cost between $2,000 and $2,500.]
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CONTRAST OF COMMANDERS AT CAMP MORTON.
BY A. CURRIE, SHREVEPORTj LA.
The writer hereof happened to become a guest at the hos-
telry Camp Morton while commanded by Colonel Stevens
toward the close of the war, when the name of Col. Richard
Owen was apparently a lost tradition and kind-hearted prison
overlords had become an obscurity in the literature of the
period. But as evidence of the chivalrous character of the
gentleman is unquestioned and that he honored the soldiers'
garb with such fortitude and admirable soldierly qualities in
times of fanatical tempest, discharging his duties with such
distinguishing kindness and sympathy as to greatly endear him
to those who, following the fortunes of war, fell under his
charge, it makes the proposed tribute to his memory proper
and appeals to one who suffered by contrast in a similar way
to that expressed by Dr. Wyeth, of New York, whose shadow,
like many others, flits across my memory like skeletons who
discarded their flesh to economize on their shrouds. I hope
the fund will swell to proportions that will honor the cause
and the lesson it affords. Add my $5, if you please.
During our last experiences in prison, when the sutler was
ordered to discontinue offering provisions for either love or
money to those who were famishing, we all became Chinese in
taste and discovered that rats were a real delicacy, and the
adjutant's bulldog, that accidently strayed into camp, was
good enough for a Christmas feast, the preparation of which
was a mystery, and a share in the same required several
"chaws" of currency (tobacco) that outranked the wealth of
Midas to get a morsel, but resulted in a few comrades being
tied up by their thumbs.
A contribution to your journal a few months ago relating
to a tunneling episode that occurred soon after my introduc-
tion to the camp had its initiation in a tent which adjoined
the one I occupied with a comrade named Julius Goez. The
writer overlooked the method adopted to put us out of busi-
ness after discovery. The hospital scavenger wagon that was
daily hauled and emptied at a point on the outside of the
prison was brought to the mouth of the tunnel and its con-
tents dumped into same until it overflowed. And as none of
us possessed the latest style of diving suit, we respected the
process. We were soon after separated from the tents to
one of the sheds called barracks.
To my mind the most inhuman and cruel regulation was in
forcing those called by nature to painfully discharge their
very meager voids during the winter nights and to appear
without wraps and almost naked and mark time in ten or more
inches of snow until the guard declared a vacancy, which in
freezing weather superinduced pneumonia, the greatest cause
for decimating our ranks, although smallpox was common and
the vaccine virus poisonous. We had an overlord sergeant
in my division, or barracks, named Baker whose dyspeptic and
apparently consumptive physique was animated only by the
liveliest germs of rancorous hatred, impelling him to make
frequent gun plays on the slightest apparent infraction of
prison rules.
I was acting as a special scout for Provost Marshal General
Hill when captured, and the circumstances attending the event
marked me for special investigation and surveillance which
followed me from Rome, Ga., near where I was captured and
imprisoned, through various other prisons to Camp Morton.
I have a very grateful recollection of the loyal and courageous
attention of some ladies of Rome who watched for oppor-
tunities to supply me with abundant provisions. This
is the only medium I have since had to acknowledge their
kindness, which I do now with heartfelt gratitude. After
reaching Camp Morton, the adjutant for a while at roll call
ordered me out of ranks, to salute and answer present to him
personally. My prison status being so clouded always inclined
me to play hooky from that college in every way possible, but
without success until too late.
It was announced in January, 1865, that the sick would be
exchanged. I promptly enrolled. Soon after it was reported
that our commissioner refused the sick and would accept only
the well. There was little difference, but my bunkmate, Wil-
liam Enders, exchanged his last $5 worth of sutler's tickets
tor my last $100 Confederate cotton bond. After the fall of
Richmond, the severity of prison rules relaxed and the sutler
reopened with some supplies. Provisions and clothing with-
held at headquarters during the winter were delivered very
moldy and in a bad condition ; but a moldy doughnut even
tasted good. Ben Sinclair, Pete Kinney, "Thugs" Hughes,
and others of Morgan's command from about Lexington were
generous sharers and very cheerful companions. Misery loved
company. Jack London, whose vivid mentality raises "horror
upon horror's head," might do the subject justice; but mine
IS doubtless a thrice-told tale, only reiterating a few of the
experiences of prison life which Dr. Wyeth has no doubt
depicted faithfully in the way you mention. He saw more
of it.
Best wishes for and appreciation of the value of the Vet-
eran as a conservative medium for recording the events of
our four years' struggle.
PRISON COMMANDER AT POINT LOOKOUT, MB.
BY A. J. CONE, RALEIGH, FLA.
Does any reader of the Veteran who was in Point Lookout,
Md., ever think of the officer in command of the prison at
that place in 1864-65? The memory of him is ineffaceably
stamped on my memory ; and if I were to live a hundred years
and all recollection of comrades dear by blood and association
in those perilous times could be effaced, Maj. A. G. Brady as
1 saw and knew him would have the sole distinction of having
impressed his brutal image, his cowardly and inhuman con-
duct to the prisoners in his keeping (the lowest and the mean-
est of whom were incomparably his superiors) as the lowest
and most consummate villain of which history makes record.
He was a typical commander of Federal prisons, arrogant,
domineering, without the slighest approach to human virtues.
He was the commandant from October 19, 1864, to the time I
was exchanged, March 19, 1865, five months to a day. He was
about forty years old, with florid complexion, sandy beard,
long nose, small head, goose-eyed, fidgity, wolfish in counte-
nance, savage and cruel. His Sunday exerciess were riding
through the streets of the camp on a tall, large- footed horse
at a breakneck speed when the poor men were out in the
prison streets to get the benefit of the sunshine, to restore their
benumbed limbs from the cold and cramped tents, where only
a little green pine wood was allowed, which in the attempt to
burn would fill the tents with suffocating smoke which could
be endured only by lying prone on our faces. I saw Southern
men cringingly and patronizingly approach him and talk to
him. I would have died a thousand deaths before I would
have sought his revolting presence or asked his aid.
To take out a work gang under a boss was quite a distinc-
tion, and I sought the boss and he took me out one fine morn-
ing to work on an old fort — under guard, of course. I heard
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a prisoner ask the guard if he could give him a chance to
take the oath of allegiance, and the guard asked me if I wanted
to take the oath too. I told him no ; that I would stajs there
until they starved me to death before I would desert my coun-
try and comrades. He replied, "You are the kind of soldier
I like to see;" that if the other man was out on oath he would
have no confidence in him.
On returning to the prison I got permission to go to a large
sirup kettle near the road, and I found it filled with odds
and ends of rusty bacon boiled to a jelly of which soap was
to be made. I fished out and filled my haversack with the best
of this putrid mass and carried it into the prison and gave
to my starved comrades, who ate it with avidity and thanked
me for the favor.
We were guarded by "buck" niggers clad in greatcoats,
boots, and gauntlet gloves, who stalked through the streets
at night. One of these devils shot into the tent nc,\t to mine
simply because one poor fellow could not suppress a cough
when ordered to do so by the black brute. I saw a gentleman
from Virginia meet one of his own slaves in uniform and on
guard in the prison. He cursed and abused the nigger, who
cowered and moved on with a musket on his shoulder.
MEMBER OF THE SIXTH AND NINTH TENNESSEE.
BY R. S. MATTHEWS, GADSDEN, TENN.
I am one of seven sons and the smallest. I was subject to
rheumatism early in life, and when twenty-one weighed only
ninety-six pounds. When the struggle commenced between
the North and South. Dr. W. J. McKinney was raising a com-
pany of volunteers at Gadsden. Tenn. He called on me to
enlist. I told him that I would not be of any service as a sol-
dier, but he replied: "I will take you; and if you can't stand
it, I will send you home." My health improved, and my weight
in 1863 was one hundred and forty-four pounds. The name of
the company was Gadsden Spartan's Company. 6th Tennessee
Infantry, Cheatham's Brigade. They were in thirty-three bat-
tles and skirmishes. I was in all except the battle of Mur-
frecsboro, and was wounded at Shiloh and Perryville, Ky.
My Bible was shot in my breast pocket while in the ditches
at Chickamauga, I was struck by two spent balls while on
picket duty, my gun was struck while entering a picket post,
and my knapsack was struck by a piece of cannon ball which
exploded near us. So I have felt the effects of two Minie
balls on my body, besides the cannon ball on my knapsack
and the shock of my gun on picket.
Of the one hundred and two men in the company, only four
were present at the surrender. The 6th and gtli. which con-
tained over a thousand men each, consolidated in '63. Only
thirty-three of these were present at the surrender at Greens-
boro, N. C. Thirty-two of this number had been wounded,
some of them from three to five times, and the one who was
not wounded had a hole shot through his hat.
N memorable amusement in camp life was a snowball bat-
tle. I was on guard during one of the big snows when some
one suggested the fun. Dividing the forces, they formed a
line and the battle commenced, about a hundred engaging in
it. Another interesting time was in dewberry season, when
our mess had gathered a camp kettle full and prepared them
for dinner. It was an enjoyable feast. Occasionally some one
would receive a box of provisions from home.
We were with General Bragg in the Kentucky campaign.
When the army left Chattanooga, the sick and weak soldiers
were ordered in camp near that place to stay until they were
able to march. My captain told me to report to the doctor.
I replied that I could keep up with the wagon train. The first
day I managed to keep up with my regiment, but the second
I failed to keep in ranks. A woman whose husband was a
teamster was riding horseback. She passed me and offered
to take my gun and knapsack. I gladly accepted, and she car-
ried them for me that day. Next day as we were going
through the mountains an old man overtook us riding a sorry-
looking bay mare. He asked me to ride his horse and he
would walk with my company. I accepted. That evening
when he was about to leave for home I asked him if he would
sell the horse. He said he would take $60 for her. I had only
5^50. so he accepted that. I rode old Kate on to Perrj-ville,
Ky. I was shot in the battle and old Kate was left in Ken-
tucky.
I was one of the few wounded who were carried to Knox-
ville in an ambulance. It was a cold journey. One night I
was left in the ambulance, and the driver fed and watered his
mules in the back part of it. My blanket got wet and froze,
and mv feet became frostbitten.
SCRIirORS OF OAK HILL BATTLE.
[From Texarkana Courier, August 11, 1912.]
The survivors of the battle of Oak Hill met on August 10,
the fifty-first anniversary of that bloody conflict, to talk over
incidents of that memorable battle between the Rebels and
the Yankees.
Prior to the war most of thf railroads generally ran cast
and west, nearly all in the Northern States. To the people
of the North the Rebels were a lot of heartless aristocrats.
To the people in the South the Yankees were a bunch of
wooden nutmegs, cunning, cowardly tricksters. This unfor-
tunate condition was illustrated by Capt. Thomas H. Simms,
who exhibited at the meeting a cap-and-ball pistol which he
had made to shoot Yankees with. In addition to this, he
cTrried a belt and large knife which had been made by a
blacksmith, and with these he expected to kill many Yankees.
It is well known that the greater part of the Federal army
when first called out enlisted for sixty days, or "during the
war." presuming that all the Rebels would be wiped off the
field before the expiration of that time.
To-d.ay, when transportation and commercial intercourse
between the North and the South is so convenient and inti-
mate, instead of meeting as strangers and each suspicious
I if the other, they meet as friends with common interests and
under a common flag.
The survivors of the battle of Oak Hill living in Texar-
kana are: Col. F. M. Thompson, Capt. Thomas H. Simms, G
E. Cheatham, and H. P. Hudgins. The first three of these
were in the Hempstead Rifles, from Washington, Ark., of which
Jim Gratiot was captain and Dan W. Jones was a lieutenant.
There are but few of these living to-day. One other survivor
in attendance was Capt. Ed Alexander, of Shreveport.
Captains Simms and Alexander were both shot in the bat-
tle and were supposed to have been killed, and the grave in
which the dead were placed was kept open for some time.
These survivors of Oak Hill haVe inet for several years.
Addresses were made by J. Q. MahafFey, Rollin Rodgers,
and J. M. Carter, and interesting talks by the survivors and
other veterans were made, including Frank M. Thompson and
Thomas IL Simms. An old Confederate song was sung by a
veteran who was also in the memorable battle. After the
speeches the crowd had a feast of watermelon and ice cream.
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"These grizzled, grim veteran soldiers,
These fellows that tramped it with Lee,
The frost of the winters have whitened
The locks that the bullets once kissed.
One by one they are meeting a foeman
That the stoutest can never resist.
To us they bequeath inspiration,
When at length mustered out they are free
And tramp it again with Lee."
W. A. Wilcox.
William A. Wilcox passed away at his home in Darien, Ga.,
on Wednesday, January 2, 1907, in his sixty-ninth year. In
his death another valiant and brave Confederate soldier has
gone to join his comrades. He was a native Georgian, and
at the outbreak of the War of the States he enlisted in the
8th Georgia Regiment, serving throughout the war with the
exception of a short time in which he was laid up from a
severe wound in the leg and which ever gave him trouble.
Mr. Wilcox at one time represented Mcintosh County in
the Georgia Senate, and he served his county in other capaci-
ties faithfully and well. He was married in 1869 to Editha,
only child of the late W. W. and Emma Churchill. His re-
mains were placed in the family vault in St. Andrew's Ceme-
tery, near Darien.
[From sketch sent by a friend.]
J. B. Simpson.
Comrade Hamilton presented to the Statham-Farrell Camp,
of Winona, Miss., a memorial to the memory of J. B. Simp-
son, deceased, which is as follows :
"Comrade Simpson was born in Abbeville District, S. C, in
December, 1836. He moved to Mississippi in early manhood
with his father, who settled in Montgomery County. ■ He
united with the Presbyterian Church in early life, and was
always a consistent member, a ruling elder, and a Sabbath
school superintendent, discharging his duties faithfully, stand-
ing tenaciously to what he believed to be right and abhorring
wrong. He may have been considered peculiar, but to know
him was to love him.
"Comrade Simpson enlisted at the beginning of the war with
the Carroll Rifles, the first company organized in Carroll
County, which became a part of the nth Mississippi Regi-
ment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia. He
served with that command until discharged on account of his
health. As soon as he was able he reenlisted in the Vaiden
Artillery, being elected orderly sergeant of that company at
its organization. He continued in that capacity until the end
of the war, having the confidence of the officers and men from
a faithful discharge of duty.
"When the proposition to organize the old boys into Camps
came, he entered into it heartily, and no one enjoyed the
meetings of 'the old soldiers' more than he. He was always
on hand at these meetings unless providentially prevented.
He was elected Commander of the Statham-Farrell Camp
several times, and took great interest in keeping the organiza-
tion intact. He loved his comrades and revered the cause for
which they fought.
"In the deatli of Brotlier Simpson our Camp has lost one of
its best members."
Robert David Jamison.
Prof. R. D. Jamison died at the home of his son, E. C.
Jamison, in Brooksville, Miss., on August 12, 1912. He was
reared in Rutherford County, Tenn., and the remains were
taken to Murfreesboro and interred by the side of his wife,
who had also lived long and usefully. They are survived by
five children — viz.: Rev. A. T. Jamison, of Greenwood, S. C. ;
A. H. Jamison, Nashville, Tenn. ; Mrs. W. L. Stooksbury, Los
Angeles, Cal. ; E. C. Jamison and Mrs. T. S. Gay, of
Brooksville, Miss.
The last named in sending a notice stated : "It was my
father's request that I send his photograph to the Veteran,
which he always enjoyed and delighted in extending its use-
fulness."
Many delightful visits were made to this office, and condi-
tions were pleasanter and better for them. Extracts from the
Noxubee County (Miss.) Review express beautifully what
the Veteran indorses :
"The dearest memory to us who knew him, who felt the
pressure of his hand and saw the sunlight on his face, is the
man himself. How gentle he was when sorrow folded her
pallid wings and brooded about
the homes or hearts of those he
loved ! In his presence sadness
seemed less sad and a softer
light crept in among the shadows,
for in whatever he said and did
there was something like the
melting music of woman's speech
and the delicate touch of wom-
an's hand.
"Such was the man we loved,
and we loved him all the more
because we knew that behind
this native gentleness, back of
this charming companionableness was the strong, manly heart
of a gentleman whose pleasure was always greatest when serv-
ing the needy.
"Will not the beautiful example of this man, who the other
day walked at our side, worked, talked, laughed, and wept
with us, but is now beyond the stars, bring peace to our toil-
worn brains and grieved hearts?
"Professor Jamison bore himself to the age of seventy-four
years not only untainted by the world but unworried with it.
No frown of discontent, no scowl of misanthropy was ever
seen upon his brow. He wrought for the welfare of others,
and in so doing found his own, for love is its own exceeding
great reward. Let us take this spirit with us, and we shall be
truer and braver citizens, purer men and women, worthy to
live and not afraid to die."
William W. Gordon.
W. W. Gordon, of Savannah, Ga., who was a brigadier gen-
eral commanding the 2d Brigade, 1st Division of the 4th
.^rmy Corps, United States Volunteers, during the Spanish-
American War and a Confederate veteran, died September
II, 1912, at White Sulphur Springs, Va. He was born in
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Savannah on October 14, 1834, a son of William Washington
Gordon, the first President of the Central Railroad of Geor-
gia. General Gordon served the Confederacy as a staff officer
and later in the infantry.
After the Spanish-American War he was one of the three
commissioners to arrange for the evacuation of Porto Rico,
serving with Rear Admiral Schley and Gen. John R.
Brooke.
In 1857 General Gordon married Miss Eleanor Lytle Kinsie,
of Chicago, the first white child born in Fort Dearborn in the
city of Chicago. He is survived by his widow and three sons.
In 1907 General and Mrs. Gordon celebrated the fiftieth anni-
versary of their marriage in Savannah, and the occasion was
a brilliant social event. It was at the home of General Gor-
don that President Taft was entertained as a guest during his
two visits to Savannah. For half a century he was the head
of the cotton firm of W. W. Gordon & Co.
Miss Loui.ie CoMrTON'.
Mi.<is Loulic Complon died Saturday, July 2g, 1912, at her
home, the Birmingham Seminary, after an illness of a few
days. She had not been in good health, however, for three
years or more.
In 1897, together with her associate principal. Miss Hattic
Morton, she established the school she loved and lived in for
fifteen years. She was a native of Nashville, Tenn., and a
daughter of Felix and Emily Webster Compton. Since child-
hood she had been a consistent member of the Presbyterian
Church. Her "works live after her."
[Miss Compton's childhood home was on the battle field of
Nashville. Some account of the area and surroundings may
be had in a letter about Shy's Hill in this Veter.\n. It was a
singular tribute to the gallant Colonel Shy to have named
the hill in his honor when it had been so long owned by the
family and so well known as Compton's Hill. Miss Loulie
Compton had done efficient educational work in various places.
She was well known and beloved in D.Tllns, Tex.. Inil hei
crowning work was in Birmingham.)
WiLLi.Mi Doniphan Frazee.
William D. Frazee was born in Kentucky November 17,
1843 ; and died in Okolona, Miss., August 17, 1912, aged
sixty-eight years and nine months. He was a gallant com-
rade, an honored citizen, and a devoted friend. When a child
his parents moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and he attended
the common schools of that State.
When the tocsin of war sounded in 1861 and the famous
Orphan Brigade was being organized in his native State,
William Frazee, then a mere boy, hurried from his Illinois
home to Louisville, Ky., where he enlisted as a private soldier
in Company E, 2d Kentucky Infantry. C. S. A.
In "Thompson's History of the First Kentucky (Orphan)
Brigade" the following authentic mention is made : "William
Frazee, of Illinois, was one of the sergeants of the company
(E, 2d Regiment), and fought at Donclson, Hartsville, Mur-
freesboro, and most of the other engagements to the close.
He was wounded at Murfrecsboro and awarded a medal of
honor for gallant and meritorious conduct at Chickamauga."
Shortly after the close of the war Sergeant Frazee became
a citizen of Mississippi, and at once studied law. He grad-
uated at the Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School, and began prac-
tice in Okolona in 1868. In 1873 the Governor appointed him
Chancellor for the First Chancery District of Mississippi, and
in this at that time most trying and difficult position he ac-
quitted himself with credit and to the entire satisfaction of
the public at large. He was appointed postmaster of the little
city of Okolona by President McKinley and served for a
term, afterwards being Assistant United Stales Attorney for
the Northern District of Mississippi. On the resignation of
his principal he was appointed by President Roosevelt to be
United States Attorney and reappointed by President Taft,
which position he held at the time of his death.
.\s .soldier, counselor, public official, and citizen he meas-
ured up to the full .standard for courage in the face of the
enemy, conservatism in council, honesty as an official, patri-
otic aspirations as a citizen, and unsurpassed devotion to his
interesting family. He died as he had lived, respected by all
who were acquainted with his virtues and sincerely mourned
by those who knew him best.
Capt. R. .\. Hardie.
Capt. Robert .Alexander Hardie, born at Thornhill, Talla-
dega County, Ala., in 1837, was the fourth son of John and
Mary Meade Hardie. He received his education in the Mardis-
ville and Talladega Academies. From an early age he had
charge of his mother's farm until the spring of 1862.
He enlisted in the Confederate army. He was elected first
lieutenant and later captain of his company in the 31st Regi-
n^ent of .Mabama Infantry. He served to the close of the war
In the fall of 1865 he took charge of the farm of Mr. T. C.
Brown, near Newbern, Ala., in the cancbrake section, and
engaged also in commercial business with Maj. James Spence
as Hardie & Spence. A few years afterwards he married
Miss Daisy Walthall. He was a successful farmer as well as
merchant, and accumulated much of the choicest land in
Perry County. His wife died in 1887. In later years he mar-
ried Miss Stella Poleneitz, of Marengo County, who survives
him.
Captain Hardie was a member of the Presbyterian Church
from his early boyhood, and for many years was a ruling elder
in the Uniontown Church. He was a member of the State
Ic.gislature for several years. His two sons. John and Robert
Hardie, succeeded to his business.
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Captain Hardic was esteemed as a patriotic citizen, active
in every movement calculated to promote the welfare of his
community. He was a devoted husband, an affectionate father
and brother, and a faithful friend. He had been ill for some
weeks, but had gone to Claremont Springs, and was much im-
proved in health when suddenly stricken with apoplexy and
died in Talladega on the 13th of August, 1912. His funeral
was largely attended at Uniontown. All the stores and places
of business were closed. More than two hundred of the col-
ored people attended "Marse Robert's" funeral, testifying theii
devotion to their "best friend." He was just and kind to the
many colored people in his employ. He had no enemies.
[From data supplied by Joseph Hardie, of Los Angeles,
Cal. Sketches and a group picture of the five brothers ap-
peared in the Veter.vn a few months ago.]
Joseph Bverlv Dunivi.n.
Joseph B. Dunivin, a gallant Confederate soldier whose
many deeds of daring on the battle field won for him an en-
viable reputation among his comrades at arms, died early in
August on his farm near Pleasant Valley. He was in his
seventy-first year. The funeral was held from the McGaheys-
ville Reformed Church, Rev. C. D. Lerch conducting the serv-
ices. Interment was made in the cemetery there. The S. B.
Gibbons Camp. U. C. V., w'as represented at the funeral by
Col. Dorilas Henry Lee Martz, commander of the loth Vir-
ginia Infantry, to which the deceased belonged.
Mr. Dimivin is survived by his wife, three daughters (Mrs.
C. A. Bolton, of Pleasant Valley, and Misses Kate and Mar-
garet Dunivin, who live at home), and two sons (Alvin, of
Alberta, Canada, and J. Nicholas, of North Carohna).
Joseph Byerly Dunivin was born August 9, 1842. His father
was John Dunivin, whose ancestors, of Scotch-Irish descent,
located in Eastern Virginia, and liis mother was Miss Eliza-
beth Byerly, of the Pleasant Valley district, a sister of Benja-
min and Jacob Byerly. He was born and reared near Monte-
video, Va., and lived on his father's farm until he was sixty
years of age, when he located near Pleasant Valley.
Mr. Dunivin was a model citizen, a devoted husband and
father, and a friend of all who were in need. He was rigidlv
truthful and honest. When only a boy during the war he
sought the love and forgiveness of Christ in a revival meet-
ing conducted by Rev. James Hyde, chaplain of the loth Vir-
ginia Infantry. Though a Christian in his daily life, he did
not unite with any Church until July, 1912, when he became
a member of the Reformed Church of Pleasant Valley.
As a soldier he had a record that would do honor to Na-
poleon's "Old Guard." In tlie early part of 1861 he joined
Company E. loth Virginia Infantry, and was with Gen. J. E.
Johnston's army at Harper's Ferry in Elzey's Brigade. During
1862 the loth Virginia Regiment was placed under Jackson,
and Mr. Dunivin was in all the battles of the Valley Cam-
paign. Afterwards he was in the seven days' fighting around
Richmond. He fought in the battle at Fredericksburg. On the
night of the second day's battle of Gettysburg he was in the
memorable charge of Ewell's Corps which captured the heights
and drove the enemy from the field. Here occurred an inci-
dent which he always related with great pleasure. The enemy
in the darkness, searching for the Confederates, came upon
them unexpectedly. After the usual challenge, the Federal
officers deliberately gave the regulation order: "Ready, aim,
fire !" But Captain Yancey impetuously shouted : "Shoot,
boys, shoot !" On the skirmish line Mr. Dunivin was wounded
in the leg by a Minie ball wliich the doctors never suc-
ceeded in removing. This was early on the third day. His
next battle of importance was that of the Wilderness, where
the gallant Gordon saved the army from destruction. In this
battle he was wounded in the head, from which he lost the use
of one ear. After his recovery, the severe winter of '64-'6s
found him in the trenches at Petersburg. The untold suffer-
ing endured and the incessant fighting are readily recalled.
One morning about four o'clock General Gordon drew up a
few regiments, including the loth Virginia and a Louisiana
regiment. Just across the level stretch of sand loomed Fort
Steadman, grim and silent. "Forward over the breastworks !"
came the clear, ringing tones of John B. Gordon. In a few
minutes the sleeping enemy was driven from his bed and the
fort was captured. Lee had pierced the Federal line. Grant
had tried all winter to break through the thin line of gray.
But these men must return. Back across the field they rushed,
and upon them were turned all the deadly engines of war that
Grant could bring to bear. In the fort Mr. Dunivin picked up
a new overcoat which he wore in front of Grant's endless
lines at .Appomattox.
C.\PT. Jesse C. McNeill.
The recent death of Capt. Jesse C. McNeill in Mahomet, 111.,
revives the unique position occupied by that gallant troop
known as McNeill's Rangers and the splendid service they
performed in Northern Virginia. General Lee had not in his
service a more industrious and efficient force than that band
which patrolled the mountains and narrow valleys of North-
western Virginia and whose captures in proportion to the
force employed were second to no other body of Confederates.
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C.M'T. JESSE C. M NEILL.
The capture of two major generals, Crook and Kelley, in
Cumberland, Md., is celebrated as one of the most daring
feats of the War of the States. It is so pronounced by Gen.
John B. Gordon in his "Reminiscences of the War," and a
similar tribute is paid by Gov. C. T. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, in
his "Four Years of Active Service." In the estimation of the
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general public, McNeill won his spurs in that remarkable cap-
ture ; but his men felt that this incident was matched by many
others in daring and success. His audacious boldness, coupled
with consummate skill, gave him mastery of a situation when
all the odds were against him.
The intrepid young leader — young when as first lieutenant
he succeeded his father, who had fallen mortally wounded in
a charge, to the command of the Rangers — secured and held
the confidence and good will of his men to the downfall of
the Confederacy, and in the long years which have followed he
grew in their esteem and affection, and remained till death the
central and engaging figure in the group. The wide circle of
devoted friends and the happy home which he loved most and
served best testify to those manly and tender qualities which
made him a leader in war and a favorite in peace.
At a memorial service by the McNeill Chapter, U. D. C, at
its regular monthly meeting which was opened with the U. D.
C. Ritual, Miss Hatch recited "Over the River," Miss Sue
Sheetz read "The Psalm of Life.'' Mrs. C. S. Hoffman sang
a solo, "Are You Tenting toward the Highlands?" Mrs. I. P.
Carksadon read a beautiful tribute to Captain .McNeill written
by John B. Fay, and the service closed by repeating the Lord's
Prayer in concert.
[Sketch by J. W. Duffey, of Winchester, Va.]
[In the Veteran for September, 1906, there is an extensive
history of McNeill's Partisan Rangers with pictures of father
and son, also a map of their route to and from Cumberland,
Md., when they captured Generals Crook and Kclley.]
D. C. RlETTI.
David C. Rietti, of Company D, loth Mississippi Regiment,
w;is born in New Jersey in 1S45; an.] fliid in Tackson. Miss.,
August 25, 1912.
Comrade Rietti was a
charter member of R. A.
Smith Camp, No. 24, U. C
v., and a resident of Jackson
from childhood. He enlisted
in April, 1862, and served
with credit through all the
campaigns of the Army of
Tennessee, and was present
with his company at the sur-
render in 1865. He had at-
tended all of the General Re-
unions, and they were tin-
joy of his life. He never
married, but leaves a devoted
sister, Mrs. Lou Harper, to
mourn his death. True to
the last, he requested that he
be buried in his gray uni
form.
[He evidently was a
brother of John C. Rietti.
who w-as an ardent friend m
the Veteran and a gallant
Confederate. He too was
born in New Jersey, and
served in the loth Mississippi
Regiment. He wrote a his
tory of the engagement
Clingan, of Jackson.]
UAVID C. RIETTI.
The sketch was supplied by J. W.
William H. Melvin.
[Green Ridge (Mo.) News, September 6.]
William H. Melvin was born in Logan County, Ohio, Oc-
tober 15, 1836; and died in Green Ridge, Mo., August 31,
1012. His parents moved to Missouri in 1854.
At the beginning of the War of the States he enlisted in
Company D, i6th Missouri Infantry, C. S. A., and served
throughout the entire struggle. On December 2, 1864, he was
transferred by special order No. ^,^~, signed by Major Gen-
eral Magruder at Camden, .'\rk., to service under Major Bur-
ton on December 12, 1864, for special duty, and was under
liis command until the close of the war.
After his discharge he returned to Pettis County, Mo., and
had resided there continuously since. He never married. Two
brothers and five sisters survive him.
William Melvin never shirked a duty in his life; he was
a good soldier and a good citizen.
The funeral was conducted at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
N. J. Koyl, Rev. George T. Beard officiating, and interment
was in Green Ridge Cemetery. .V large concourse of friends
paid tribute to the departed.
Lieut. Col. W. H. McCulloch.
Lieut. Col. William H. McCulloch was born in Talbot
County, Ga., in November, 1839; and died at Waverly Hall,
Harris County, Ga., on July 18, 191 2, being in his seventy-
third year. The company in which he enlisted and of which
he was chosen captain was raised in Harris County in the fall
of 1861. After reaching Virginia it was made a part of the
35th Georgia Regiment. Lieut. Col. Gustavus A. Bull, his
predecessor in rank, while gallantly leading his regiment
was killed in the battle of Seven Pines.
In all the battles of the War of the States fought by the
.\rmy of Northern Virginia the 35th Georgia Regiment bore
its part, and many who fought beneath its banner fell to rise
no more. Colonel McCulloch was with it to the end, yet
escaped without a wound. Of the many who faced death for
their beloved South, there was none more faithful, more de-
voted to the cause. In every relation of life, as husband,
father, citizen, he was the same high-loned Christian gentle-
man. His wife and seven children survive him.
[Data from J. A. H. Granberry.]
"Uncle Dock" Crutch field.
We offer tribute to the memory of our beloved comrade,
1". M. (Dock) Crutchfield. who died .Xugust 19, 1912. He was
in his eighty-first year, and was the youngest of a family of
tliirteen children, all of whom are dead except one sister,
Mrs. M. A. Moore, now in the nineties.
"Uncle Dock" enlisted in Company F, 5th Tennessee Regi-
ment, May 20, 1861. He served faithfully until July, 1862,
when on account of physical disability he was honorably
discharged. He was a charter member of Fitzgerald Camp,
No. 1284, and when able met with us promptly and was al-
ways ready to contribute his means to the veterans generally.
He was strictly honest and truthful, and possibly no man
among us was more beloved or leaves more friends than he.
Besides his only sister, he leaves a host of nieces and nephews
,Tud other relatives.
While he had grown quite feeble in his old age, he was sick
only a few days, and his death was unexpected.
Fitzgerald Camp tenders its sympathy to his sister and rela-
tives.
Committee; J. S. Orr, R. G. Kirby, .-md J. S. Aden.
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Maj. E. H. McDonald.
Entered into rest from his home, near Charlestown, W. Va.,
on September 20, after an illness of a few clays, Maj. Edward
Hitchcock McDonald in his eightieth year. He was identified
with that section for the last twenty-one years of his life.
Major McDonald, the second son of Col. Angus William
McDonald and Leacy Ann Naylor, was born in Romney,
Hampshire County, Va., October 26, 1832, and named for his
uncle. Col. Edward C. McDonald, and Gen. Ethan Allen Hitch-
cock, of I\Iassachusetts, his father's classmate at West Point.
Returning from Fauquier County, where he had gone for
his examination as a law student, he met General Harper
in Winchester while on his way to Harper's Ferry and joined
him as volunteer aid. Harper's command was part of the
first armed force that entered Harper's Ferry by the light
of its burning arsenal, which had been fired by the retiring
United States troops. From this time till the end came at
.Appomattox he was engaged in the active service of the Con-
federate States e.xcept about five months, during which period
he was ill with typhoid fever or in a Federal prison.
.■\t the beginning of the war he was made colonel of the
77th Regiment of Virginia Militia of Hampshire County,
which rendered valuable service shortly after the commence-
ment of the war, especially at Blue's Gap, when a part of
General Kelley's forces from Keyser was driven back in their
march upon Romney. Shortly afterwards he took a conspic-
uous part under General Jones in the battle at Brandy Station.
Later he was made major of the nth Virginia Cavalry in
the regular army. He established a fine reputation for fidelity
to duty and gallantry, yet not until the fight at High Bridge
just before the surrender was he wounded. Then he was
struck with a Minie ball that pierced his chin, shattered his
jaws, and lodged in his throat. If came very near being fatal.
MAJ. EDWARD H. M DONALD.
At a conference among the surgeons as to whether the ball
should be extracted they feared the giving of chloroform.
He was unable to speak ; but learning what the trouble was,
he took a pencil and wrote: "Leave off the chloroform; cut it
out ; I can stand it." So they cut the ball out.
About the year 1870 he and his brother William moved from
Clarke County, Va., to Louisville, Ky. Shortly after his re-
moval he organized the Kentucky Title Company, the first of
it.^ kind in the State. Of this company, which became very
successful, he was made manager. He and his brother Wil-
liam established the Southern Bivouac, which became very
popular. In 1892 he returned with his family to Jefferson
County and made his home at Meda, where he died.
On October 12, 1869, he was married to Julia Yates Leavell.
daughter of Rev. William T. Leavell, from which marriage
there were ten children, all of whom are living except Julia
T., who was the wife of Congressman John W. Davis.
R. S. Crovvder.
R. S. Crowder was born in Owen County, Ky., April 2,
1829, the son of James and Catherine Searcy Crowder, also
natives of Kentucky. John Searcy, the maternal grandfather,
was a Baptist preacher and a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Comrade Crowder was educated in the common schools of
his native State. In 1854 he moved to Cass County, Mo.,
and from there to Waco, Tex., in 1862. He joined the 30th
Texas and served throughout the war. He was married twice,
first in 1854 to Sallie Cull, of Kentucky. Eleven children were
born to them. In 1866 he was married to Mrs. Hulda Bell,
of Tennessee. To them were born three children. He was a
member of the Baptist Church, a member of the Waco Lodge,
No. 49, A. F. and A. M., and an Odd Fellow. He was a mem-
ber of W. L. Cabell Camp, U. C. V., No. 1761, of Tulia, Tex.
He died August 2, 1912, at his home in Tulia, Tex., aged
eighty-three years. In his death the veterans lost a brave
and valiant comrade, his family an indulgent father and de-
voted husband, and the country one of its best citizens.
Committee: Thomas Bruce. W. H. Denson, C. W. Ford.
Deaths in Stonewall Camp, Gainesville, Fla.
[The Gainesville (Fla.) Stonewall Camp pays tribute to its
dead. A committee composed of James Doig. James Ches-
nut, and E. C. F. Sanchez furnishes through the .'Adjutant. J.
C. McGrew, sketches of deceased members.]
Spivey. — J. M. Spivey died March 20, 1912. He was a
niember of Company A, isth North Carolina Volunteer In-
fantry, serving through most of the war. He was an ardent
defender of Dixie during and since the war. He was a
farmer and a zealous member of the Methodist Church.
Bennett. — W. L. Bennett was born in South Carolina ; and
died at Trenton, Alachua County, Fla., on December 7, 1910.
He enlisted in Company F, 7th Florida Regiment, at Gaines-
ville, and his regiment was soon ordered West, where they
became a part of the Western .\rmy. He served throughout
the entire war. His command underwent great trials and
hardships. He was a brave and faithful soldier. He was a
successful planter and a citizen who will be greatly missed.
Matheson. — James D. Matheson was born January 7, 1836,
ai Camden, S. C. ; and died at Gainesville, Fla., July 11, 1911.
He was a graduate of the South Carolina College. After
graduation he entered the army in the 7th South Carolina
Regiment of Cavalry, and was soon after made a commis
sioned officer. He served faithfully throughout the war. He
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was a leading merchant and business man. For several years
he was Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and
at his death was Treasurer of Alachua County. He was a
devout churchman and was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church. He was trusted by all men in all things. His death
was universally regretted.
George Smith Norris.
At his home in Bel Air, Md., George Smith Xorris an-
swered the last roll call on June 2, 1912, bringing to a close
the life of a fearless Confederate soldier and Christian citizen.
In the spring of 1862, fired with patriotism and inspired by
the rights of the Southern States, Mr. Norris, twenty-one
years of age, with his brother, Alex Xorris, and a friend,
started for Virginia to join the Confederate forces. They
endured dreadful perils, traveling by night and hiding during
the day. These valiant sons of Maryland reached the Potomac
River in lower Maryland. After securing a rowboat, they
were pursued by a Yankee gunboat, and they abandoned their
little craft as soon as they were near enough to the Virginia
sliore to wade. Wet and weary, with bleeding hands but faith-
ful hearts, they scrambled ashore and found shelter in a hospi-
(able Virginia farmhouse. Walking from there to Richmond,
they joined the forces and served with the immortal Robert
E. Lee until he met Grant at Appomattox.
Mr. Norris was a member of the ist Maryland Cavalry,
being first corporal and then sergeant of Company C. He was
an active member of the vestry of Emmanuel P. E. Church,
Pel Air, and it was said of him bv one of his manv friends:
<;hokge smith nokkis
"He was a man young in heart as he was in physique and
manner. His versatile personality built up around him a wide
circle of friends who will ever hold in remembrance his kindly
disposition and unquestionable loyalty toward all among whom
his lot was cast."
The Harford Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy (of which his wife was the first President and is now
Honorary President), with reverent hands placed beautiful
flowers, entwined with tender memories of his brave and
heroic deeds as a Confederate soldier, on his new-made grave.
Mr. Norris was a member of an old Maryland family, being
the son of Alexander and Cornelia Norris. In early manhood
he married Miss Mar\' Crawford, who survives him with three
daughters, Mrs. S. W. Bradford and Marie and Mamie Norris.
[L. Goldie M. Smith, Historian Harford Chapter, U. D. C,
Bel Air, Md.]
Preston G. Price.
P. G. Price was born June 9, 1834. He was educated in
Georgetown, Ky. At the age of eighteen years he went to
Frankfort and learned the printing business. He went from
there to Nashville, Tenn.. where he remained until the break-
ing out of the War of the Slates, when he joined Col. James
E. Rains's regiment, the nth Tennessee Infantry.
He was war correspondent for the regiment while stationed
at Camp Cheatham, and was made ensign of the regiment
later. He participated in all the battles in which the nth
took part, and was paroled at -Xugusta. Ga., May 1, 1865. He
was wounded once in the shoulder by the explosion of a shell.
In 1867 he married Miss Bell Brothers, of Rutherford
County, Tenn., who, with his son Mortimer and three grand-
children, survives him.
Comrade Price had been a member of the Baptist Church
for thirty-five years, and was active in Church and Sunday
school work. In 1888 his health failed, so he left Nashville
to live with his son near Dyersburg. and died there on May
iS, 1912.
Horatio Davis.
Horatio Davis was born at Wilmington, N. C, May 16,
1840. He entered the Confederate military service at Wil-
mington in 1861 as a private in Company E, loth Regiment
(artillery), North Carolina Troops, under Capt. Alexander
Moore and Col. J. A. Bradford.
Horatio Davis was promoted to lieutenant of artillery dur-
ing the war. His company was assigned largely to coast
defense service, and therefore did not participate in many of
the great battles of Virginia ; but in the battle of the Crater
it fought valiantly. Lieutenant Davis was highly compli-
mented for bravery there. During the winter of 1864-65 and
up to the evacuation of Petersburg his guns were in the
trenches at Petersburg; but on account of the scarcity of
forage several months before the surrender many of the horses
and some of the men under his command were sent into the
interior of Virginia, where forage was more plentiful.
During the latter part of the war his brother, George Davis,
was made Attorney-General of the Confederacy in the Cabi-
net of President Jefferson Davis.
In 1890 he removed to Gainesville, Fla., where he engaged
in the practice of law. He became a member of the Stone-
wall Jackson Camp, United Confederate Veterans, and was
twice elected Commander of the Catnp. On October 5, 1910,
he was chosen Brigade Commander. He died June 2, 1912.
His life was unobtrusive, peaceful, honorable.
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Capt. J. M. Pace.
Capt. James M. Pace, of Covington, Ga., died at his resi-
dence there on September 7, 1912, in his seventy-seventh year.
Captain Pace was a widely known and well-loved man. He
had been a prominent member of the Georgia bar for the past
fifty years, and during that time was honored with many
trusted positions. He was at one time law professor at Emory
College, and was still a member of its board of trustees. He
represented his section several times in the legislature both
as a senator and a member of the lower house. During the
war he served on General Gordon's staff.
The deceased married Miss Leonora Haralson, one of the
famous Haralson sisters, one of whom married Gen. John B.
Gordon, another Chief Justice Logan Bleckley, and a third
Judge D. H. Overby. Surviving Captain Pace are his wife,
two daughters (Mrs. Lucie Pace Owsley and Mrs. Annie
Pace Wooten, both of Covington), and two sons (Louis Pace,
of Washington, D. C, and Haralson Pace, of Blue Ridge, Ga.).
William F. Butler.
William F. Butler was a native of Richmond, Va. ; and
when the bugle called to arms in 1861, although but a youth,
he volunteered in the 15th Virginia Infantry, and nobly did
battle under our grand leader, Robert E. Lee. When the war
ended, having married a Wheeling (W. Va.) lady, he went
there to live, and ever since then had gone in and out before
this people quietly yet manfully performing life's varied duties
until strength and vigor failed him.
Gentle in his manner and ways, yet a manly man, of strong,
fixed convictions, and of the highest sense of honor, thought-
ful and kind, he passed through life loved by his friends,
trusted by the business men with whom he mingled, and was
considerate of all. His friends will miss him, and that dear
family to whom he clung with so much aflection will miss
his manly life, his gentle ways, his love and tenderness.
As was his life, quiet and peaceable, so in his death he
peacefully passed away from earth to the reward which
awaits the true soldier and man in the great hereafter.
[Tribute from Gen. Robert White, Wheeling, W. Va.]
James Wayne Deupree.
James Wayne Deupree, a native of No.xubee County, Miss.,
was born on November 9, 1845 ; and died where he had al-
ways lived, at the paternal homestead, on July 10, 1912, deeply
lamented, for none knew him but to love him.
He was a bright and cheerful Christian, a member of the
Baptist Church for forty-four years, an active deacon and
Church clerk for thirty-si.x years, and for many years Secre-
tary of the Columbus (Baptist) Association and leader of the
Laymen's Movement, in which he delighted and achieved great
success. He was often heard to say: "We are happiest when
doing our best for the Lord and Master."
He entered the Confederate army in 1862 at the age of
seventeen, enlisting in the Noxubee Cavalry to be with six
other Deuprees, three brothers and three cousins, who had
been mustered into service a year before. This was Company
G, 1st Mississippi (Col. R. A. Pinson), Armstrong's Brigade,
Jackson's Division, Van Dorn's Cavalry. With this gallant
command he participated in the capture of Thompson's Station
and l,iS7 prisoners, as well as in other important engage-
ments. Within a year, however, he was transferred to the
company of his oldest brother, Capt. W. D. Deupree, in
Colonel Spence's regiment, the l6th Confederate Cavalry,
where he continued to render constant, faithful, and heroic
service till the close of the war. During the last arduous
campaign in front of General Canby at the siege of Mobile,
Ala., his service was especially severe. Without naming in-
cidents, let it suffice to say that on picket, in camp, on the
march, and on the firing line he was a true soldier, cheerful,
optimistic, aflame with patriotic fervor, and resolute in the
discharge of every duty. A thorough believer in the right of
secession and in the doctrine that allegiance to Mississippi
preceded allegiance to the Union, he was ever a worthy com-
rade in the bravest of all legions, the army of the Confederate
States of America.
At the close of the war he returned to Noxubee County,
Miss., and after finishing his education under Dr. J. L. M.
Curry at Howard College, Alabama, he became a prominent
and useful citizen. In 1868 he married Miss Delia Bush,
daughter of Mr. John Bush, an eminent citizen of Macon,
Miss. They were a full complement to each other and never
ceased to be devoted lovers. If matches were ever made in
heaven, this one certainly was.
Born of Christian parents, reared in a community cultured,
refined, and religious, coming home from the war ennobled
rather than degraded, he gave his services freely to the resto-
ration of his country's prosperity and to the uplift of humanity.
His indeed was a model life, worthy of universal emulation.
JAMES WAYNE DEUPREE.
Noted for purity of character, courageous fidelity to duty,
gentleness and courtesy in all the relations of life, as well as
for philanthropic benevolence, and fondly remembered by
countless friends in many parts of the State, James Wayne
Deupree sleeps peacefully, awaiting the trumpet call to take
part in the resurrection of the righteous with the Johnstons,
the Lees, the Jacksons, Leonidas Polk, Jefferson Davis, and
the long roll of Confederate worthies that have gone before.
Capt. R. W. Tinsley.
Capt. R. W. Tinsley entered into rest at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. S. W. Pryor, in Chester, S. C, on May 24,
1912. He was a native of White Stone, Spartanburg
County, and was sixty-seven years of age. At the outbreak of
the war, although only a boy of sixteen years, he promptly en-
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listed in the Confederate army, becoming a member of Com-
pany C, 13th South Carolina Infantry, commanded originally
by Capt. D. R. Duncan and later by Capt. John W. Carlisle.
On the battle field of Cold Harbor, July 27, 1862, young Tins-
ley was shot through the body by a Minie ball which killed a
man directly behind him, and he was left for dead on the
R. W. TINSLEV.
field. He remembered that in the near vicinity there was a
small stream of water, and he worked his way to it, quenched
his thirst, and dressed his wound. The next morning he was
picked up by the ambulance corps. When he was being lifted
into the ambulance, he was helped by a soldier getting around
on one foot, the other foot having been shot off in the same
battle.
His mother dreamed that her son was in a certain hospital
badly wounded. So vivid was the impression that she per-
suaded her husband to commence in the night preparations
for the journey early next morning. The father went to the
hospital and found that the condition was even as the anxious
mother dreamed, the son being in almost a dying condition.
Mr. Tinsley was color bearer in the South Carolina Division
for years. He was first on General Davis's staflf and later,
until his death, with Gen. B. H. Teague. He was for years
a memlier of the Union County Pension Board, and the vet-
erans of tlie county attended his funeral in a body.
Mr. Tinsley was a member of Grace M. E. Church and a
member of the board of stewards. He settled in Union in
1S66. He was a watchmaker and jeweler, and continued at
the same business until within a few weeks of his death. He
always took a great interest in all that helped to perpetuate
the memory of the deeds of the veterans, and the Reunion
at Macon was the first he had failed to attend for ten years.
He also was a prominent Mason and the oldest member of the
I'nion Lodge, No. 75, F. and A. M. He was always inter-
ested in the affairs of the city and had served as alderman.
Golding Tinsley, of Revolutionary fame, was his great-
uncle and Col. William White, of the Revolution, was his
mother's cousin.
In July, iSf)6, he was married to Miss Sarah Rogers, of
Union, S. C, who died in 1906. Of this union the surviving
children are : Mrs. S. W. Pryor and Messrs. Eugene and Theo-
dore Tinsley, of Chester, S. C. ; Misses Edna and Clarice
Tinsley, Mrs. L. G. Meador, and Mr. J. E. Tinsley, of Union.
The deceased was upright in all the relations of life and
was highly esteemed.
Joseph C. Fowler.
Joseph C. Fowler was born in Tennessee June 28, 1836,
and at the age of three years moved with his parents to Mount
Vernon. Mo., and grew to manhood in Southwest Missouri.
He died at Crane, Mo., on the 24th of March, 1910, at the
age of seventy-three years. His wife, a true mother of the
Confederacy, and six children survive him.
When war was declared between the States, he was residing
in Carroll County, .^rk., and enlisted in one of the first com-
panies that went out from Carroll and Madison Counties. He
was with General Price in his last brave and chivalrous march
through Missouri, fighting bravely throughout the entire war,
during which time he did much valuable service as scout for
Generals Price and Shelby, He was a true Christian, a South-
ern gentleman, and a true soldier in time of war.
Capt. J. A. Strikeleather.
Capt. J. A. Strikeleather died September 12, 1912. We were
comrades in the army and had lived in the same village for
forty years. I was his family physician through that period.
He displayed the heroism all through his sickness that he did
while color bearer of the 4th North Carolina Infantry. Those
who knew him best loved him for the many beautiful traits
of character which he possessed. He renew-ed his subscrip-
tion to the Veteran not more than ten days before his death.
Captain Strikeleather was over seventy-three years of age.
He had been a member of the Methodist Church for many
years, and was buried by the Masonic order, of which he was
a popular member. A large circle of friends and neighbors
attended his funeral.
[Sketch by Dr. William P. Parks, Olin, N. C]
George L. Wrenn.
George Leonidas Wrenn was born in Lancaster County, S.
C, January 6, 1838; and died at his summer home at Mont-
eagle, Tenn., August 27, 1912. .'\t the age of seventeen he
went to Waxhaw, Miss., which was his home until some years
after the war, when he bought a plantation on which the town
of Gunnison is partly built.
When the McGehee Rifles of one hundred men were or-
ganized in 1861, they became Company A, 20th Mississippi
Regiment, and were ordered to luka. It was the finest drilled
company in the regiment. They did some skirmishing in
West Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee; but Fort Donelson
was their first real battle. The ensign was killed during the
first artillery fire, and the soldier appointed in his place was
killed the next morning during the first charge.
G. L. Wrenn raised the fiag and maintained it. (This flag
had been given them by the daughter of the gentleman for
whom their company was named.) When surrender was
ordered, the flag was burned on the banks of the Cumber-
land River and their guns were thrown into the river. The
prisoners were all put aboard boats and taken to Cairo, where
they were placed in box cars and sent to Chicago. When they
reached that city, they w-ere marched through deep mud to
Camp Douglas, where they remained prisoners about seven
months.
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After being exchanged they reorganized at Clinton, Miss.,
with the same officers in command. G. L. Wrenn was formally
appointed ensign, a particularly dangerous position, which he
held until the close of the war. He led his command in
many severe battles ; and although his clothes were often per-
forated with bullet holes, he was never wounded.
Just before the fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, eight or
ten of the McGehee Rifles were detailed to go to Port Gib-
son and Grand Gulf to see if Grant's troops were crossing the
Mississippi River and to learn what they could of the num-
bers and movements. They were a jolly set, and as they
rode along one day Ensign Wrenn was in the rear enjoying
his lunch of hard-boiled eggs. They were approaching Big
Spring, near Port Gibson, w^hen they were startled by the
enemy's guns. In a flash they wheeled and fled, but several
were killed and wounded. The others escaped except the
ensign, who was overtaken by a Federal soldier who tried
hard to kill him with his saber. Being armed with only a
pistol, he feared to turn and meet him. On he went in a mad
race for life and liberty until his horse was shot. He fell
over the animal's head to the ground, and was much stunned
and bruised. When he became conscious, the Federal sol-
dier was standing over him and said : "Well, Johnnie, what
are you going to do?" The poor ensign replied: "What can
I do but surrender?"
They rode back to General Austerhass's camp near Port
Gibson. Along the way the hard-boiled eggs were seen scat-
tered on the ground. The prisoner was too sore to dismount ;
hut the eggs were too precious to lose, so the Federal picked
them up and divided them between them. Arriving at head-
quarters, he was taken before General Austerhass and ques-
tioned as to the number of their troops and their positions.
His only reply was : "Go on a little farther, General, and you
will find out." "Well, Johnnie," said the General, "you seem
pretty sore. Can I do anything for you ?" "Yes, General," re-
plied the prisoner, "I would enjoy a cup of your hot coflfee
and some crackers." An orderly was directed to supply him.
An hour afterwards he was placed in a wagon and guarded
to Grand Gulf. On his way up the Mississippi River, as he
was nearing his old home, he saw a negro that belonged to
his aunt in a dugout filled with watermelons. He had car-
ried the melons to sell to the Federal soldiers, but he was so
glad to see his young master that he wanted to give him all
of the melons. Through this servant he was able to send a
message to his aunt that he was again a prisoner and was
being carried North, he knew not where. He was taken to
the old State prison at Alton, 111., where he remained a month.
His love, kindness, and justice to every one was very great,
especially to his servants. Many of the negroes remained
with him on the plantation from the close of the war until
his death. The Federals carried away all of his aunt's slaves ;
but the negro who wished to give him the melons worked his
way back from St. Louis and brought his family to serve
again the mistress they loved so well, and they were the only
help the family had in the house and field until the close of
the war. After the death of his aunt, the family lived with
Comrade Wrenn until their death.
The McGehee Rifles served in the Army of Tennessee,
fighting all the way to Franklin. All of the color corporals
were killed or wounded in this bloody battle, and so many
others that when they were reorganized in North Carolina
after the Tennessee Campaign it took three regiments to make
a company. It was surrendered shortly after this with Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina, but G. L. Wrenn and
some of his comrades reached home under many difficulties.
Having only one horse, they had to ride by turns until they
bought a blind horse for six hundred dollars. In this way
they traveled two hundred miles through mud, sleet, and rain.
Twentx'-four surrendered, but now only two are living.
l,EOkl,E LEON IDAS WKENN.
After the war Comrade Wrenn became a cotton planter,
and on April 8, 1886, married Nora C. Corsan, of Chester,
S. C. Only one child, a son, was bom to them, who died
in infancy. Five years ago Mr. Wrenn built a summer home
at Monteagle, Tenn. On August 19 he was attacked with ap-
pendicitis and an operation was performed, but it was too late.
He was a Southern gentleman, and it was said at his funeral
by one of the ministers officiating that he was like Barnabas
of old — "a good man and full of faith."
C.APT. William H. Atwood.
At Hebard Mills, Waycross, Ga., on June 4, 1912, Capt. Wil-
liam H. Atwood passed from this life. On June i he had
gone there from his home, near Darien, to visit his two sons.
He seemed in the best of health, but after a brief illness he
was taken away from us. His children have lost a most de-
voted father, Mcintosh County one of her noblest sons, and
the command of "Fighting Joe" Wheeler its last commissioned
officer. He was brought again to dear old Mcintosh County,
which to him was always home, and laid beside the devoted
and beloved wife whom he had sorely missed for nearly three
years. All were grieved at his going, and a pathetic feature
of this occasion was the sorrow of the few faithful old family
servants who felt that in giving up "Marse Henry" they had
indeed lost their best friend, as he was just, true, and kind.
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In a little volume entitled "Representative Georgians, " by
H. W. S. Ham, is a brief sketch o£ his life written by Mr.
H. A. Dunwody, of Macon, Ga., who states : "If called upon
to answer the question, 'Who is W. H. Atwood?' the writer,
who has known him from boyhood, would answer : 'Captain
Atwood is a true and typical Southern gentleman of the old
regime.' No title of nobility, no spurs of knighthood, no
decoration bestowed by crowned heads upon the proudest
scion of nobility implies such nicety of honor, such social re-
finements, such warm-hearted hospitality as are expressed in
these words. They describe a race peculiar to the coast of
tlic Southland in ante-bellum days not inaptly called 'the
cavaliers of the South.' Born September 7, 1836, in the county
of Mcintosh, where for generations his ancestors had held
the highest social positions, nurtured amid the refining in-
fluences peculiar to the wealthy planter of the South before
the war, and carrying in his veins the blood of that noble
band of Highland Scots who settled that portion of our State,
it is no wonder that Mr. Atwood should bear tlic impress of
the true gentleman and charm all who know him by his genial
manners and versatile accomplishments. On the paternal side
In- is descended from one of the oldest Connecticut families.
His father, Henry Skilton, of Watcrtown, fresh from his
.!!ma Mater, having cast his fortunes with the Soulli and
wooed and won Miss Ann Mcintosh, a descendant of the
clans McCoy, McKenzie, and Mcintosh, warmed for genera-
tions under a Southern sky. It is no wonder that such a
union should have resulted in a chivalric and noble race of
whom the subject of this sketch is the oldest surviving male
representative. Answering his country's call, he w'ent to the
front as a private in 1861 with a troop of kindred spirits in the
famous 5th Georgia Regiment, and remained true to his man-
hood and his country tlirough war's dread strife and sur-
rendered at its close his stainless sword and the few bleeding
survivors who had followed him. He did not remain a pri-
vate, but in one year as a reward for gallantry he was made
captain of his company. He married soon after the war the
eldest daughter of Mr. Jaines R. Butts, of Macon. His fellow
citizens brought him from his retirement and sent him to the
Lower House of the General Assembly in 1876-77. In 1886 he
was their choice for Senator, having been nominated by ac-
clamation, and he discharged the duties of both positions with
ability and devotion characteristic of the man."
Captain Atwood's first wife, Catherine Granlland Butts,
lived only a few years, leaving one little daughter. Later
he married his deceased wife's sister, Tallulah Ellen Butts,
of Macon, Ga., and she left six children. Their home was
Cedar Point, the beautiful seaboard estate which has been in
the family for seven generations and for which the children
hold the original grant from King George III. of England.
Captain Atwood leaves twin brothers, Messrs. John M. and
George E. Atwood, of Valona, Mcintosh County, Ga. He
also leaves seven children and six grandchildren. The chil-
dren are : Mrs. R. P. Hudson, Eola, La. ; Henry Grantland
Atwood, Oakland, Cal. ; Mrs. J. Bryce La Bruce, Charleston,
S. C. ; Jaines Roger and E. Mcintosh .Mwood, Waycross, Ga. ;
Misses Jane Camp and Sibyl J. .Atwood, Crescent, Ga.
C.M'T. Irving A. Buck.
[From the Reporter, of Front Royal, Va.]
Our community was never more shocked than wdien Capt.
Irving .'\. Buck died on September 8, igu. In the full bloom
of health, without a moment's warning, the suiuiuons came, as
he had often expressed the wish that it should, with no linger-
ing nor long suffering. He was in his seventj-- second year.
Irving A. Buck's boyhood was spent in his ancestral home,
Belair. When the War of the States began, he volunteered in
Company B, 17th Virginia Infantry. After serving a few
months he was detailed as a clerk in the office of General
Beauregard, and from thence was made adjutant general on
the stafT of Gen. Pat Cleburne. General Cleburne greatly ap-
preciated him and a warm friendship existed between them.
He was relied upon
in time of danger, and
never failed. His
career as a soldier
was marked by ability
and distinguished
service. His courage
was evinced in most
trying ordeals. He
was wounded while
bearing an important
dispatch to the front
for General Cleburne
in the battle of Jones-
lioro, Tcim., Septem-
ber I, 1862.
Succeeding the war.
with desolation on
every side. Captain
Ruck was for many
vears a popular and
successful merchant
in Baltimore. In later
days he moved to
Front Royal, Va., the
town of his birth, and remained there til! the end. He wrote
a history entitled "Cleburne and His Men" which was highly
regarded both in Europe and America. He was united in
marriage with Miss Fannie Ricards, of Maryland, in January.
1871 ; and though no children were born to them, they were
through life as young lovers.
Captain Buck had a singularly bright mind. He was ever
polite and gentle in his nature, and impressed all who knew
him with his own delightful personality. Courageous and
firm in his belief of the right, he was charitable to the views
of others. He was for several years Commander of William
Richardson Camp, U. C. V., and his interest in and brotherly
love of his comrades was a distinct characteristic. He was
active for the erection of a moiuiment to the Confederate
veterans of his native county, and he was proud of the com-
pleted work as it stands near the courthouse at Front Royal.
The funeral exercises were conducted by the Camp Chap-
l.iin. Dr. J. W. Webster, on September 10. The interiuent
was largely attended. The pallbearers w'cre composed of the
officials of the Front Royal National Bank, with which he
had been connected for several years. A large number of
veterans followed his bier to Prospect Hill Cemetery. He
was a prominent Mason, and the Masonic honors were con-
ferred at the grave, after wdiich there was a military salute
by Company D. Beautiful flowers covered the grave.
The editor concludes : "We wish we could pay a proper
tribute to his unselfish and loyal friendship. He has gone
from us and the circle he adorned is broken, but in the heart
his memory will ever be green."
CAPT. IRVIKi; .\. UUCK.
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SIMPLE STORY OF A SOLDIER— III.
BY SAMUEL \V. HANKINS.
I now began to consider seriously the advice that my dear
father had given me which, if I had followed it, would have
spared me this bitter pill.
We pulled along miserably through the mud and rain until
after dark, when we halted for the night, stacking arms on
the roadside. The distance we had gone that day was esti-
mated at thirty miles. None of the wagons containing oui
tents had arrived; and as there was no attempt made to start
a fire, not a light was to be seen anywhere. We were so
completely w-orn out that after partaking of a few bites of
hard-tack and boiled beef we searched for places to sleep.
I found some drifted leaves near, and, imroUing my wet
blanket, I spread it out and got on it in my soaked condition,
covering my head and ears and using my cartridge box for a
pillow. Notwithstanding that the rain still poured, I was soon
asleep, and did not wake until the bugle sounded for roll call
the next morning.
When I got up I found, to my horror, that our company
had occupied an old abandoned graveyard, and I had slept full
length in a sunken grave. I could not have been persuaded
to sleep there had I known the surroundings, having been
reared with ghost-telling darkies. Many a night had I sat
in a split-bottom chair in Uncle Sam's cabin and listened to
an old darky's dreadful stories. When my mother called me
to go to bed. Uncle Sam had to go with me to the house, and
once in bed I covered my head tight. The impression made
then remains with me still.
Soon our company was on the move again, with but little
change in the weather. The road we traversed was said to
be the one that Washington had gone over en route to York-
town, and it must have been from its old, worn appearance.
Pulling along as we had done the day previous, I became a full-
grown prodigal before many hours passed, and gladly would
I have returned to my father's house if such a privilege had
been allowed me. I never let them know at home about my
hardships; I was too proud. We marched about the same
distance that day and slept under wet blankets.
The next morning we found that our scanty third day's
rations had soured and were unfit for use. We threw them all
aw'ay and started out on empty stomachs. The weather had
now changed to a slow, drizzling rain. Soon I grew very
hungry. When night came, the outlook for rations was poor,
and we stacked arms hopelessly. However, in about an hour
the joyful call, "Come and draw your rations," was heard,
and there was no delay. The rations consisted of one cup of
flour, one pound of beef, and a tablespoonful of salt. Then
the question arose as to how we were going to prepare the
flour. We had no cooking utensils of any kind. Some enter-
prising fellow discovered that by cutting through the bark of
the green hickory tree it would peel off and answer for a
tray; so after mixing the flour, salt, and cold water, we soon
liad our dough in the shape of snakes which we twisted
around our gun rods and stuck in the ground in front of the
fire, changing front to rear occasionally. Bread cooked in
this way had to be eaten hot, if at all, so we had no bread
for breakfast.
We had one instinctive business man in our company, Billie
McC, who seemed to realize the importance of having a
skillet, and he secured a nice light one, made some straps, and
when on the move strapped it on his back where be had once
worn his knapsack. Much fun was poked at Billie and his
skillet, which he took good-naturedly ; but he himg on to the
skillet, and at night would sleep with it under his head.
No one dared to take issue with Billie upon any subject for fear
of offending him and being denied the loan of the skillet. Soon
the cooking utensils dwindled down to that one skillet, wliich
sixty-five or seventy men had to use. It was never allowed
to cool. Billie took it to his Mississippi home, and some o!
the boys said that he had it at his marriage some months after
tlie war closed, and had the officiating clergyman add an addi-
tional obligation that the bride would not only honor and
obey him, but that she would be careful of that skillet.
The sun rose bright the next morning for the first time
since leaving Fredericksburg. We moved off, but only a short
distance, when we halted and stacked arms in the vicinity of
Vorktown. Thus ended what I consider the most disagree-
able march of the war. True, we had some tough, cold, and
forced marches, but they were not so severe. We soon un-
folled our blankets, spreading them in the sunshine, and we
stood in the sun so as to dry our clothes.
About noon the wagons arrived and we arranged to live
in more comfort. Just then we were startled by a volley of
musketry all along our front, and we were quickly ordered
into line. I had not been feeling well, though the excitement
caused me to forget my condition. A detail of two or three
was made from each company to remain and guard the camp.
To this detail were handed by those in line watches, pocket-
books, and finger rings, with instructions as to whom the
articles were to be sent in case the owner was killed. We
remained in line a few moments, expecting to be ordered to
advance. Soon the firing ceased, and it was found to be a
false alarm caused by some foolish picket firing at an imagi-
nary enemy. We were ordered to break ranks and return
to our quarters.
The next morning found me with a high fever and the
nieasles well broken out. About ten o'clock a couple of my
messmates assisted me to an open-top wagon to be sent to the
hospital at Richmond. The wagon contained only one other
person, a little Virginian, who also had measles. We had
room to lie down in the wagon, where my comrades spread
out my blanket and bade me good-by. We started off in the
direction of Williamsburg, but had not proceeded far when
it began to rain, and continued the remainder of the day.
Having no protection, both of us got soaking wet. I had
often heard it said that it was sure death to get wet with
measles, and I felt very uneasy.
We reached Williamsburg at dark, and our driver assisted
us into an old vacant house, where he left us to shift for
ourselves. That house must have been built a century be-
fore, as the moss was three or four inches thick over the
leaky roof and hanging all around the building at the eaves
from four to six feet long.
Ihe next morning our driver returned and assisted us into
his wagon. In a short time we were at a landing on the James
River and helped aboard a boat that was bound for Rich-
mond. On our arrival there we were conducted to a fish
cart propelled by an old mule and driven by an ex-convict.
\ wanted to know of him our destination, and he replied:
"The hospital."
After jolting us around some eight or ten blocks, we halted
in front of an old tobacco factory that had been converted
into a so-called hospital, though it had more the appearance
of a morgue, as there was on each side of the main entrance
a stack of plain coffins of various lengths that extended to
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the second windows. Surely, thought I, they did not send
us to such a place to be nursed back to health!
My httle friend and I were consigned to Ward 4. The
number I shall never forget. That ward contained eighty
cots, all occupied save the two for my friend and myself
which had been that morning vacated by death.
The officials and nurses, all of whom had been detailed
from the army, received us cordially. The steward then came
lo enroll us. After giving him my full name, company, regi-
ment, and brigade, he wanted to know what county in Missis-
sippi I was from. I told him Itawamba. After surveying
me for a few moments, he remarked that I had no business
in the army ; that I had better be back home attending school.
The second night after our arrival my little friend passed
away and was placed in one of the boxes that we saw at the
front entrance. I decided that my bo.\ required another day's
seasoning. Every morning the hospital undertaker with his
measuring pole would visit each ward to get the measure of
those who had died during the night. There would always
be from five to six taken out. One poor fellow was sleeping
on his back with both eyes open, having all the appearance
a dead man, when the undertaker in taking his measure woke
the poor fellow, who was frightened half to death. He jumped
up, yelling, "I am not dead ! I am not dead !" knocking the
undertaker's measure winding.
I remained there about ten days and left at the first chance,
fully determined that if they ever attempted to send me to
another hospital they would have to tie me, and I would squeal
like a hog all the way.
Our brigade had moved from Vorktown nearly to Richmond
during the time 1 was confined at the hospital, so I had to go
only a short distance upon returning to find it. I reached
there just in time for the battle of Seven Pines. That battle
was more of an artillery engagement than one with small arms
on our part of the line. We supported our battery, one of the
most dangerous of positions. I had rather charge two bat-
teries than support one. In the latter case you are as help-
less as a babe, awaiting orders when it appears that eveo'-
body and everything are trying to murder you. It is true that
we had the privilege of lying down, which is some protection
if in an open field; but if the engagement is in timber, soldiers
are in greater danger of being crushed by falling tree tops.
The enemy fell back into another position, and our battery
moved up to where they commanded a lively "engagement."
While passing over the ground evacuated by the enemy
Thomas B., a member of our company, picked up a Northern
newspaper. Now, Tom was not a fellow to shirk duty by any
means; for, like myself and many others, he was a great
fighter on leaving home, but had by this time cooled down to
the opinion that all such matters should be settled by arbitra-
tion. After reaching our position, we were ordered down.
Tree tops and branches were falling thick and fast, with
grapeshot and fragments of shells whizzing in every direc-
tion. After cannonading had been going on for some time,
Tom raised his head and said to Jim C, who was also of
our company and noted for being the best reader we had,
"Jim, O Jim !" (you had to talk loud to be heard at all in that
uproar) and Jim yelled, "What is it, Tom?" he too having
his face to the earth like the rest. "I wish you would look
in this d — Yankee paper and see whether peace negotiations
are on hand or not." "Tom, this ain't any place for reading
newspapers," said Jim. We all had to smile at Tom's request
in spite of our serious surroundings.
(To be continued.)
lATERESTJXC CAREER OF A SOUTHERN WOMAN.
Statement by Mrs. Ell.\ K. Trader, Washington, D. C.
I was born in Brandon, Miss., May 3, 1836, or 1838 (the
family Bible was destroyed by Federal soldiers, hence the doubt
about exact date). During the war I was wealthy, gave much
money, the labor of five servants, and service of myself to the
Confederate hospitals for four years. A few years after the
war I was left penniless, and continued dependent on the kind-
ness of friends and charity for about twelve years. I then
came to Washington and secured a position at $1.50 for each
work day. My daughter was a schoolgirl, and had no employ-
ment. Senator Bate, of Tennessee, afterwards had my daugh-
ter appointed to a position at $900 a year. After a number
of years I was promoted until my present salary is $900 per
annum. I am compelled to take leave without pay every year,
as I am too feeble to continue the whole year through, even
with the month's annual and month's sick leave allowed gov-
ernment employees. I have never since the war owned a
liome ; I am totally blind in one eye, and almost entirely deaf,
being compelled to use a trumpet. My daughter has always
been delicate, but has assisted me in every way she was able.
I have been discharged from my position several times, but
the Republicans on the last occasion, because of my care of
sick and wounded Federal prisoners, had me reinstated or per-
mitted me to remain. I will be unable to stay in office much
longer on account of my age and infirmities.
My hospital work is fully vindicated in a book, "Gleanings
from Southland," written by Miss Kate Cummings, of Ala-
bama, a coworker in hospital service, and by letters from
Generals Hardee, Palmer. Polk, and by Governor Marks, of
Tennessee. I have also a book in manuscript — typewritten.
[Col. W'. H. Trader had command of the Arkansas State
troops, was on the staff of Gen. E. Kirby Smith in the
Trans-Mississippi Department, and was complimented officially
by Gen. W. L, Cabell for his service in the battle at Poison
Spring. Ark., in an engagement on April 18, 1864. In his re-
port General Cabell said (see Vol. XXXIV., Part I., page
792) : "I must mention, however, the gallant conduct of Colo-
nels Monroe, Gordon, Trader, and Morgan." In several vol-
umes there are references to Colonel Trader's service. Finally
he was relieved from the command of State troops upon his
own request to serve on the staflF of Gen. E. Kirby Smith.
The official order from the State's Adjutant General, Gordon
N. Peay, is as follows : "Col. William H. Trader, having re-
ported for duty at these headquarters under special orders
from the headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department
September 4, 1863. and having been assigned to the command
of the volunteer forces organized for State defense, is now.
in compliance with his own request, relieved from command
and ordered to report in person to Gen. E. Kirby Smith, com-
manding the Trans-Mississippi Department." Mrs. Trader
resides at 131 1 North Street. N. W. Washington.!
-RISE AND FALL CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT."
The Gre.\t History Is Being Repuplished.
It will gratify many Southerners especially to learn that
"The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" is being
republished and will be on the market soon exactly in the same
quality of paper, print, and illustrations of the original Apple-
ton edition. This work in cloth may be expected to be ready
for delivery before the holidays. Postage or express paid for
$7.50. For early copy write the Veteran promptly.
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Qopfederati^ V/eterap.
OKLAHOMA UAUGllTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
BY MRS. RUTH D. CLEMENT, RETIRING PRESIDENT, ADA, OKLA.
In presenting this second and last report of the work in-
trusted to your President she wishes to express her grati-
fication at the very material and substantial things accom-
plished by the Division. She rejoices that her term of office
came at the time of the completion of the Confederate Home;
that it was given to her to help gather into one the many
threads of action that have for so long had this one pur-
pose.
Last year I reported having visited sixty-five cities of the
State in this work, and this year I have thirty-eight more to
add, making a total of one hundred and three. I assure you
that this has been a privilege and a pleasure and a rare oppor-
tunity to tell many people from many sections what the
Daughters of the Confederacy stand for and what they have
accomplished in Oklahoma.
Having submitted to every Chapter a printed report of the
General Convention, meeting in Richmond, Va., last Novem-
ber, this will be passed with the mention of the third vice
presidency coming to us in the person of Mrs. J. J. McAlester,
a charter member of the charter Chapter of the State, the
Stonewall Jackson of McAlester. Ten years of existence as a
Division, first as Indian Territorj', Oklahoma Territory fol-
lowing, then by their union as a State Division, and being
duly represented at a number of the General Conventions,
prompts the statement that this is a late though none the less
appreciated and welcomed honor.
Tlie educational work of the Division was taken up me-
thodically only two years ago, but it has already three scholar-
ships to its credit. An Oklahoma girl, Miss Flo Alexander,
of .'Vrdmore, won the $i,ooo Bristol scholarship at Washing-
ton, D. C. ; Miss Willie Shipley, of Mangum, was awarded
the Alabama scholarship ; and our own scholarship at the
Chickasha Industrial School and College is held by Miss
Marita Baldridge, of Mountain View, It is with no small de-
gree of pride that these items are given, for your President
i:, truly glad to share with the Educational Committee in the
establishment of so great things for Oklahoma.
The programs arranged by the State Historian have been
very generally used. Two of them devoted exclusively to
Oklahoma Confederate history have proved of much interest.
During the year your President has written two hundred
and ninety letters and sent out circular letters to all Chap-
ters three times, making a total of three hundred and eighty-
nine letters. She has had the credentials and convention call
printed and has signed one hundred and ninety-one certificates
of membership.
l-'our new Chapters are under process of organization, and
in many places a little personal work on the part of the Daugh-
ters would result in the formation of other thrifty Chapters.
This year your President has given this work into the hands
of the Chapter Extension Committee, composed of the Second,
'I bird, and Fourth Vice Presidents, as prescribed by our by-
laws, with a subcommittee appointed to aid each.
Only a general outline of the year's work is given in this
report in the belief that it is the prerogative of the committee
chairmen to give in detail the result of the year's endeavors.
In the matter of the State textbook adoption, your Presi-
dent made some recommendations to some members of the
State Board of Education, and will later submit for your con-
sideration a resolution bearing on the adoption of histories.
The child fr,rnis his standards in a great measure from the
history he learns at school, and it behooves us to see that his
book presents history in a fair and unprejudiced manner.
Xo further bestowal of crosses of honor will be allowed
after Xovember i. Because of this the recommendation is
made that a special day be set apart for cross-giving before
that date. October 20, the fiftieth anniversary of the death
of Anne Carter Lee, daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, is sub-
mitted for consideration, \othing perhaps gives our vet-
erans more satisfaction than the possession of these crosses
of honor. It means mucli to them, and this last bestowal
should be made a memorable one, and one wherein no soldier
may be overlooked,
A more general and liberal subscription to the Confederate
Veteran is urged. Every month it contains a letter from the
President General giving much information for the Chapters.
The Veteran is the official publication of all our Southern
societies, and too much cannot be said in its praise and in com-
mendation of its editor and publisher, Mr. S. A. Cunningham.
The silk flag, Oklahoma State design, offered by your Presi-
dent to the Chapter making the greatest increase in member-
ship during the year is before you for your inspection. No
matter which Chapter is the winner, all must have profited by
the friendly contest.
Arlington and Shiloh are most heartily commended to you,
;ind each will be presented by the director thereof.
Many courtesies have been tendered you through your
President during the past year. Of particular interest was the
invitation from the Betsy Ross Association to be their guest
and respond to the toast, "Our Flag," at their annual meeting
held in June in Guthrie. Representatives of a number of the
patriotic societies of the State participated, and the occasion
was most enjoyable. Other invitations were to. the unveiling
ceremonies of the Arkansas monument at Shiloh, the monu-
ment to John H. Morgan and his men at Lexington, Ky., the
monument to Confederate dead in Philadelphia, the woman's
monument of South Carolina ; invitations to conventions of
three sister Divisions, to the Reunion, and to the reception
given by the Georgia Division to our President General dur-
ing the Reunion at ^lacon. Realizing that official invitations
were tendered in part in compliment to you, suitable acknowl-
edgment w-as made in each case.
In closing let me beg that the keynote of .our work be
harmony. The greatest danger in all organizations is from
within its own ranks, and those dangers are greatest when
growth and strength and a measure of success may engender
a forgetfulness of the "tie that binds" and of the first strug-
gling efforts. Let us not lose sight of the real purpose of
our organization. Through my love for the Daughters of the
Confederacy, my heart's devotion to the Oklahoma Division,
and the faithful service I have tried to give you for the
years past, I pray you let us in the busy days before us keep
uppermost in our minds and thoughts and actions such things
as are for the best interest of the work and for the good
thereof. Let us remember that this association is a memorial
of men and women who died for love of home and honor. If
personal acrimony and bitterness are to rule our conduct, if
prejudice and not patriotism must sway our judgment, if the
work is to be memorial in name only, then are our eflforts
useless ; then truly shall our banners be furled and their glory
be a thing of the past. Rather by far let us make our As-
sociation a living, breathing, eternal monument to the mem-
ory and the glory of our dead and an ever-present comfort
and source of happiness to the living.
C^09fcderat(^ l/eterai).
S39
Resolution agaI.vst False Historv.
The Oklahoma Division of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy condemns the "Gordy Elementary History of the
Ignited States," the "Gordy History of the United States
for Grammar Schools." and the "James and Sanford Ameri-
can History for High Schools," recently adopted by the State
i'.oard of Education for use in the public schools in that State
for the next five years. Said books are strongly partisan and
sectional. They contain inflammatory illustrations and quota-
tions, and practically all of their references are strongly par-
tisan for the North, The entire spirit of these books is such
that it will prejudice the child's mind against the South.
A committee of three was appomted to act with a commit-
tee from the Veterans and the Sons and instructed to present
resolutions embodying the above to the State Board of Educa-
tion, together with a list of books that are fair to the South,
and demand of the Board that they supplant these books with
some te.xt that deals fairly with the South.
The committee for the Daughters is composed of Mrs. W.
R. Clement, Oklahoma City; Mrs. T. C. llarril. Wagoner:
Mrs. G. A. Brown, Mangum.
The Sons' committee to coiiperale in this matter is com-
posed of Reuben M. Roddie, .\da ; Rev. Percy Knickerbocker.
Tulsa ; J. H. Payne, Oklahoma City.
The Division officers, U. D. C, are : President, Mrs. T. D.
Davis; Vice Presidents, Mrs. W. B. Crump. Mrs. J. H. Copass,
Mrs, G. H, Hancock; Recording Secretary, Mrs, B. L. Jones;
Treasurer, Mrs. M. C. Farmer; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Arthur Walcott; Registrar, Mrs, Kelly; Historian, Mrs.
G. A, Brown; Recorder of Crosses, Mrs. William Beal ; Cus-
todian of Flags, Mrs, Ellis; Auxiliary Director, Mrs. Durham.
Mrs, W, R. Clement was made Honorary President, sharing
that honor with Mrs. W, T, Culbertson.
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MRS, HOMER F. SLOAN. PRESIDENT ARKANSAS DIVISION,
U. D. C, SLOAN, ARK.
MISS MILDREn Rl'THF.RFORD, HISTORIAN GENERAL U. D, C.
SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO DELAY TO RENEW.
BY II, A. ARXOLD, KEYSER, \V. VA.
I nnisl oflfer an apology to you for neglecting so long to
renew my subscription to the Veteran. I assure you that it
i- from no lack of appreciation of the Veteran.
Mrs. Arnold and I read the Veteran together with a great
deal of interest, and consider it about the cleanest magazine
that comes to our table. Though we were both born a good
niany years after the war, our fathers fought through it, and
we learned from them the principles for which they fought.
We are trying to teach younger generations that the South
had rights that she w-as honor bound to protect and which
she did most gallantly. The Veteran is doing more to correct
wrong impressions than all otlier periodicals of the day.
My father was the late John S. Arnold, of Company F, 7th
Virginia Cavalry. He was at home on a furlough when Gen-
erals Crook and Kelley were captured and volunteered to go
with McNeill, as he was familiar with the country around
Cumberland. He got hold of General Kelley's fine charger
Philippi, and afterwards gave the horse to General Rosser.
Mrs. .Arnold is a granddaughter of the late Mr. George
Washington, of Hampshire County, at whose home the gallant
.'\shby died after he was wounded at the railroad crossing
near Cumberland,
Comments by Slbscriuers to the Veteran,
"You may discontinue the Veteran to . She died in
June, She was my mother," Not only does this person de-
cline to renew for that which was good enough for his mother,
but doesn't propose to pay what is due,
"My father has been dead about two years. Do not send it
any longer." Not a w-ord about what is already due.
"Now, you say that I owe you $2,50, You are in error that
much. I will not pay your claim," Strangely enough, he
adds : "1 expect to take the Veteran until I die and pay for it."
T. J. Butler sends two dollars in currency with no address.
We hope he will see this and send it. The letter was mailed
on a railway route and the postmark is indistinct.
540
C^opfederat^ V/eterai).
■THE STRIFE OF BROTHERS."
tFroiii a Review by Porter McFerrin, Nashville, Tenii.]
In "The Strife of Brothers"' (by Joseph Tyrone Derry, At-
lanta. Ga.) the author gives an elaborate poem which consti-
tutes the story of the War of the States. It is in sinoothly
flowing iambic verse, after the style of the "Iliad," and it re-
counts the scenes and incidents of the war with historic ac-
curacy. It is an epic poem of superior merit written by a
Confederate soldier w'ho was a participant in many of the
scenes that he so vividly portrays. The poem possesses the
vigor and ardor of one thoroughly en rapport with his sub-
ject. He twines a laurel wreath around the brow of every
Southern State, and the book breathes the spirit of lofty patri-
otism. It is a remarkable production and ought to be in the
library of every home in the North as well as the South.
In describing the first battle of Manassas and the gay and
rollicking crowd that followed the army from Washington to
see the "Rebels" so quickly and easily thrashed, whose watch-
word, "On to Richmond," was so precipitately changed to "Off
for Washington," he says :
"In gorgeous uniforms, a splendid sight,
With bayonets glancing in the morning light
.\nd silken banners floating to the breeze,
Marched the brave host whose leader proudly sees
In their firm ranks advancing buoyantly
The hope assured of certain victory.
Behind the army moved a pleasure train
Whose every thought was frivolous and vain.
Planning a merry fete upon the field
When vanquished rebels in defeat should yield
And on to Richmond, by McDowell led,
The victors march o'er wounded and o'er dead.
But heroes brave from each seceding State
Stood to contest the field upon whose fate.
All felt, the hopes of their dear Southland hung.
Virginia great and noble Tennessee
In this grand march and battle for the free
Joined with fair Maryland, who now again
Met with fond pride her sisters on the plain.
When her brave exiles, led by Elzey bold.
Fought with the dash of the proud days of old.
And how all cheered JefT Davis on the field
Just as the foe in headlong flight did yield !
Th' influence of that great triumphant day
Was felt in ev'ry step of that dark way
Which our Confed'racy so bravely trod,
On ev'ry field that stained Virginia's sod
Or dyed the plains and hills of all our land,
From broad Potomac to the Rio Grande."
(Address the author. Cloth, $i.io. Neale Publishing Com-
pany, Washington, D. C.)
"GEN. JOS. WHEELER AND ARMY OF TENNESSEE."
The author of this book, John Witherspoon DuBose, says it
is a memorial to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. A., to Gen.
Joseph Wheeler, the chief of cavalry, and to the officers and
members of Wheeler's Corps, including four brothers of the
author that enlisted in that corps : Lieut. James Henry Du-
Bose and Private Eugene DuBose, killed in battle; Private
Francis Marion DuBose, who died in a military hospital ; and
Private Nicholas Williams DuBose, survivor of the War of
the States.
In referring to service rendered the Confederacy by its
cavalry, the author is of the opinion that "the mounted arm
of the Confederate service represented with historic emphasis
the peculiar military capacity of the Southern people." He
illustrates this truth by citing instances — the ability of Gen-
eral Johnston to come to the rescue of Beauregard and save
him from impending defeat throiigh the leadership of Genera!
Stuart "with a regiment or tw'O of raw, half-armed cavalry."
The author says further that Bragg's retreat from Kentuckj'
the next year was safely covered by the 3,000 cavalry of Gen-
eral Wheeler's command ; that General Van Dorn some months
later burned the stores accumulated at Holly Springs by Gen-
eral Grant and compelled Grant to abandon his invasion of
the plantation region of Mississippi and Alabama and return
to Memphis ; that General Stuart utterly defeated Pleasanton's
Cavalry at Beverly's Ford after the battle of Chancellorsville
(showing the superiority of the Confederate to the Federal
cavalrymen) and enabled Lee to cross the Potomac River
undisturbed ; that Morgan's raid into Ohio arrested the march
of the Federal forces into East Tennessee and gave Bragg
time to fight at Chickamauga ; that Forrest struck Smith's
picked force of cavalry at Okolona, Miss., and with less than
half its numbers drove it pell-mell back to Memphis in Feb-
ruary, 1864; and that in June of the same year Hampton struck
Sheridan at Trevillian Station, Louisa County, and brought
Sheridan's e.xpedition to join Hunter at Lynchburg, Va., to a
close, so that Sheridan reported to Grant : "I regret my in-
ability to carry out your instructions."
The author quotes from a letter written to Halleck by Sher-
man in which the latter said : "The young bloods of the South,
sons of planters, the lawyers about town, good billiard players
and sportsmen, men who never did work and never will — war
suits them, and the rascals are brave, fine riders, and danger-
ous subjects in every sense. They are the best cavalry in the
world."
In so far as General Wheeler's career is concerned, Mr. Du-
Bose outlines in brief the incidents of his birth, lineage, and
education, which was finished at West Point and destined him
for the United States army; his resignation when Georgia
withdrew frotn the Union, his experiences in Pensacola and
Mobile, and his baptism of fire on the field of Shiloh and the
beginning of his career in .\ugust, 1862, when with five hun-
dred men much worn and jaded he made 3 successful raid
into West Tennessee in the rear of Halleck at Corinth.
Other chapters deal with the Kentuckj' and Murfreesboro
campaigns, the Horse Marine expedition and Dover, the
Streight raid, the Shelbyville fight, the evacuation of Tennes-
see, the Chickamauga campaign, the Sequatchie Valley raid,
the Knoxville and Dalton-Atlanta campaign, and that of
Hood at Atlanta, coming before Wheeler's last raid and the
destruction of Hood's army, soon followed by the downfall
of the Confederacy. A chapter is devoted to a sketch of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston, in which a high tribute is paid to this
great soldier. The author in referring to the wounding of
General Johnston at the beginning of McClellan's attack on
Richmond says that in the moment of returning consciousness
Johnston inquired for a Revolutionary sword his father had
given and a pair of revolvers, a present to him from the in-
ventor, Colt. To a young courier volunteer who sought and
found these relics Johnston presented the pistols. In the
winter at Centervillc General Johnston saw the colonel of a
regiment going out to the picket line without a waterproof.
He immediately handed him a coat, saying that he had two.
The book ends with the text of General Wheeler's farewell
C^opfederat^ l/eterai).
541
address to his soldiers, written from cavalry corps head-
quarters April 2<). 1865. Afterwards General Wheeler was ar-
rested near Washington. Ga.. taken North with Mr. Davis and
Mr. Stevens, and placed in solitary confinement at Fort Dela-
ware. After some months' impri-sonmen'. he was released by
order of the Secretary of War. Mr. DuBose's book is writ-
ten from the vantage of intimate personal acquaintance with
General Wheeler and a correspondence with him that cn
tended through years. His former biography. "Life and
Times of Vancey." established a standard that causes the
reader to expect in this book on a great soldier-leader in a
great army just what he has given — a true Confederate story
worthy of the man al)()ul whom it is written.
(Till- \'e;di' Publishing Company, of Xru >'.irk. $3 net.J
■ /7/t SOLDI r.R-nisifor—c.irEKs.
!n review of this \ery attractive biography of the late Bishop
Ellison Capers, of South Carolina, who was during the War
of the States a distinguished Confederate soldier, the reader
will soon realize that the enticing appearance of the volume,
with its .nttr.-ictive title. "The Soldier-Bishop." is but a fore-
taste of the interesting reading matter therein contained.
Bishop Capers's biographer, his son. Rev. Walter B. Capers.
President of the Columbia (Tenn.) Institute, has written a
most interesting biography of a great and good man who
ihroughout bis distinguished career as soldier, educator,
priest, and bisliop was a prominent ligure in the South, and
I'.e has also made a delinite contribution to the history of oui
country durin.g the eventful years of our great war.
The literary style of the book is pleasing. The author re-
lates ancestral history in a simple, direct, and most engaging
manner: while the whole narrative is replete with amusing
anecdotes charmingly told, as side lights, so to speak, illumi-
nating the character of the valuable historic work.
To the Confederate veteran the biography is of much in-
terest in its relation to the war. In this part of the work the
author has displayed an intimate knowledge of the details
(if the engagements described. He tells of the initial maneu-
vers precedin.g the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the
James Island campaign, in which enga.gement Colonel C'lper'-
distinguished himself, as evidenced by rapid prom itions
Grant's campaign against Vicksburg the author describes
as "Grant's masterpiece." It is sketched here to bring the
reader to the battle at Jiickson. Miss., May 13. ii%,^. where
Gist's Brigade made its first appearance in the battles of the
West. Ibis chapter gives a most interesting account from a
trenchant pen of the .great battle of Chickamauga. Johnston's
campai.gn from Dalton to near .\tlanla. and Hood's cam-
p;;ign from tlierc by .Xtl.inta to Jonesboro and then into Ten-
nessee, I he battle of Franklin is graphically described. Willi
the advaiMa.ge of his father's carefully kept journ.il the author
has bro\ight many new facts to light concerning the Tennes.^ee
Campai.gn under (ieneral Hood. an<l infuses new interest into
this part of the record of the War of the States. This is par-
ticularly true in regard to Hood's failure to take advantage
of his opportunity at Spring Hill, which caused the battle of
I-'ranklin under such disadvantages and resulted in the de-
.ilruction of Hood's army. .\ letter of the late Gen. John O.
Lane, of Pennsylvania, to Gen. Kllison Capers, written in
1S84 and published in this volume for the first time, gives
new light aboiU the failure to attack at Spring Hill and demon-
strates how disastrous such an attack would have been tn
llie I'ederal arniv.
That part of the volume dealing with Bishop Capers's min-
isterial and Episcopal career maintains the standard of in-
terest and literary excellence conspicuous throughout the first
[.art of the biography ; while the chapter devoted to a dis-
cussion of the good Bishop's churchmanship shows him to
h.ive been some years in advance of many of his contem-
poraries in theological and ecclesiastical thought and ideals.
His steady adherence to the Church of the prayer book and
his repeated refusal to form entangling alliances with eccle-
siastical parties in the Church, which he felt rather gendered
strife, left him free: and be never impaired his influence nor
curtailed his opportunity to advance the kingdom of God.
The tributes from the bishops, clergy, laity, and the press
with which the book closes show the good Bishop to have
been a man whose life and work merited the perpetuation of
bis name and influence in the libraries of our nation. The
volume is beaulifullv illustrated.
"SIMPLIE STORY OF A SOLDIER"
This is a booklet of intensely interesting reminiscences of
a Mississippi soldier in Vir.ginia and in prison. It has sixty
pages, entirely void of bitterness, and its Iiumor is a fasci-
nating feature. The entire story is being published in the
V'f.ter.\n, but it is now ready in pamphlet form and will be
mailed for twenty-five cents. In remitting for your subscrip-
tion get a new subscriber and the book will be sent free,
and both can read it. Do this and you will not regret it.
.\ Federal veteran writes from Minnesota : "You publish
much that is not of interest to me, but I get enough that re-
wards me richly for the investment. The 'Simple Story of a
Soldier' is worth the subscription price for several vrars."
BOOKS OFFERED BY THE iLII-.KJX.
The constant and zealous endeavor for nearly twenty years
by the Veter,\n to procure the best Confederate literature at
the lowest prices is recalled with satisfaction. Its unequalcd
facilities for advertising have enabled its management to pro-
cure exceptionally low prices on most of the Confederate
books, and the advantage has been shared with patrons. Many
valuable volumes can be supplied at half price, and anything as
low as the publisher's price with postage furnished. The
"Confederate Military History" at $24 and $30 is just half the
publisher's price : and this set of twelve volumes is of too
much importance to be left out of any Southern library,
whether public or private. Tn the December Veteran there
will be a list of many books suitable for Christmas presents.
UIIAT ADIERTISERS TILIXK OF THE J'ETERAN.
The Southern Tobacco Company, composed of three pro-
.grcssive young gentlemen, in ordering their advertisement
continued, state : "We are highly gratified with the results of
our advertisement in the October Vkter.vx We have received
orders, as a direct result of this ad., from the .Xtlantic to the
Pacific Coast. Your circulation, as shown by the results we
have obtained, is f;ir more widely distributed than we had any
idea. . We believe tb.il much of its success is due to the con-
lidence that its readers have in the Veter.\n : that its pub-
lisher woulil not accept an advertisement that was without
merit and tlint be could not personally recommend."
H. J. Keiiil.i]l. M:iy(ir of Snljibur. Okla.. w'ishes to find some
iremtier of his conip:iny. F. 34th Texas Cavalry.
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endeared cause and
every seeker after
truth. Judge Ty-
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that Id our great
Civil War the
South contended not
for secession or
slavery, but for the
right of self-govern-
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The story deals with the tragic fate of
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Sam Davis was not betrayed by his chief-
tain. Shaw, as has been generally asserted,
but that the plans found on his person
were stolen from Federal headquarters at
Pulaski by a negro boy. who gave them to
hie master, an old farmer, in Giles County.
who in turn gave them to Davis.
The heroine of the story l.s a Nashville
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EV MILFORD OVERLEY, QTH KENTUCKY
CAVALRY, C. S. A.
Early on November 25, 1863. General
Grant, commanding the Federal army at
Chattanooga, moved against Bragg's
army on Missionary Ridge. Grant had
with him Generals Sherman, Sheridan,
Hooker, and "Pap" Thomas, the last
named commanding the Army of the
Cinnbcrland, whose desperate lighting
saved the Federal army at Chickamauga.
After a bloody contest of nearly all
day, our army was driven from the ridge
to the Chickamauga Valley beyond,
where it remained during the night. On
the following morning the Federals pur-
sued. General Thomas leading. The rear
division of Confederates, commanded by
Gen. Pat Cleburne, an Irishman, was
overtaken at Ringgold Gap, in Taylor's
Ridge, near Ringgold, Ga., through which
passes the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road, also Chickamauga Creek. Here
Cleburne masked a battery, and just
back of it he concealed his infantry.
The following lines by this writer, who
witnessed all, tell the whole story :
From his perch on Orchard Knob,
Facing the frowning hill.
Grant saw he had an ugly job.
riiough he had an iron will.
With Sherman on the starboard.
With Hooker on the right.
With Thomas also in the ring.
He made a winning fight.
I stood among the booming guns
On Missionary Ridge.
Close to where the river runs.
Just al)Ove the wooden bridge.
Upon our left, not far away.
With field glass in his hand,
Stood General Bragg that autumn day
Watching brave Cumberland.
I saw the charge the Yankees made
That broke our battle lines
Just as the light began to fade
.Vniong the giant pines.
"['was this that lost to us the day,
And thus the Yankees won ;
But many a dying soldier lay
Beside his smoking gun.
Our brave boys made a manly fight.
But the Union soldiers won;
.\nd so he left the rugged height
Just with the setting of the sun.
On Chickamauga's bloody shore
We spent a sleepless night.
Listening for the cannon's roar
And w'atching for the morning light.
.\t dawn of day the Yankees came,
"Pap" Thomas in the van —
He of Chickamauga fame —
Trying to catch our Irishman.
And he caught him. too, at Taylor's Gap,
Where F'at had turned at bay.
And there tlicy hid ano:licr scrap, •
.\nil Clcburre won the day.
Thomas had his very best,
."Knd they were bravely led ;
But when they struck the hornet's nest,
.'\ thousand soldiers bled.
The general was a gallant man,
A soldier tried and true ;
But when he caught the Irishman,
He caught a fighter too.
"Pap" buried his head and faced about,
A wiser man, I know,
P'or he'd found he couldn't rout
Our Pat that licked him so.
"Bedad ! I think we served him right;
And though moightjvbad he feels,
He'll be a little more perlite
.\nd keep off o' gintlemen's heels."
On Franklin's gory field this son of
Erin fell —
.■\mong the bravest and the best —
In the cause he loved so well —
This "Stonewall of the West."
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XASHVILLE, TENN.. DECEMBER, 1912.
No. 12.
) S. A. CITNNINGHAM,
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THE UNITED DAUGHTERS AT WASHINC.TOW
Proceedings of the U. D. C. Convention in Washington, D.
C. November 12-15, may lie expected in tlie January Veteran.
Hrief data about the laying of the corner stone to the Arling-
ton monument is given now. \ flag episode in a paper to
the President General, U. D. C. by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
President General of the D. A. R., and the welcome address
by the President of the United States are here given in their
written text for the first time. The luanuscript of each was
given to the Recording Secretary General, Mrs. Roy W. Mc-
Kimiey, by Mrs. Scott and Mr. Taft, and she held them for
the Veter.vn. Mrs. McKinney at much inconvenience pre-
pared the large list of subscriptions to the .Xrlington monu-
niom ni,-L(lo by the Daughters in convention, as it is very
desirable to havx corrections made and sent to her so they
may appear accurately in the minutes. The Daughters should
lie diligent to examine the list and report lo her very prompt-
ly at raducab. Ky. See pages 581 and 5SJ.
Ibc oiVicial address by Mrs. Alexander I!. White, Presi-
dent General, was read to the Convention by the First Vice
President General, Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer, of Maryland, the
Irirge Convention body, with copies, going over the lengthy
and able booklet carefully as she read it.
It is proper to state here that in the main the same officers
were reelected for another year, and that Mrs. White, though
absent because of the severe affliction of Mr. White, shared
the tenderest sympathy of the great body of women who com-
posed the Convention. She had done her year's work well
despile her necessary vigil at the bedside of Mr. White, and
she grieved over the calamity which necessitated her absence.
The Veter,\n anticipated a luessage from her in this issue,
but the news from neighbors in Paris is such that nothing
of earth outside of her present care should be expected now.
It is fitting to bespeak the sympathy and prayers of the
women of the South, and the men too, in behalf of the twain
and of their only beloved daughter Mildred.
MESs.\r,E FROM President General Mrs. A. B. White.
.\fter the foregoing was ready for the press, a letter and
a message came from Mrs. White stating that Mr. White
bad been so ill that "we feared he would leave us every day."
Her brief message to the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy contains the following :
"Your appreciation of my report for the Washington Con-
vention is evidenced by the beautiful telegram the Conven-
tion sent me. and your setting the seal of your approval on the
work I did last year for our beloved cause in reelecting me
by acclamation to the high office of President General is
deeply appreciated, and I want to assure you that my interest
in our success will continue as heretofore.
"It was very gratifying to me to see how attentions and
honors were showered upon the Daughters of the South at
the national capital, and every one, from President Taft on
down the list, gave you such a cordial welcome.
"The reports of the officers for 1912 show- the best year
we have ever had financially and an increase of membership ;
and now I ask all of you, collectively and individually, to do
all you can to make 1913 even more successful along all lines.
.\s soon as I can I will call your attention to certain matters
and outline some work. Until then help me all you can, as
you have done in the past."
ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY PRESIDENT TAFT.
Ladies of the United Daughters of the Confederacy: I beg
10 welcome you to Washington. You have captured this city
beautiful and made it more lovely by your presence. As it&
temporary head I give you the freedom of the city, and recog-
nize that in what you have done you have founded a shrine
and an altar here which will be visited in the future by many
a faithful pilgrim.
If the occasion which brings you here were the mourning
at the bier of a lost cause, I know that the nice sense of pro-
priety of a fine old social school would have prevented j'ou
from inviting me as the President of the United States to be
present. You are not here to mourn or support a cause;
you are here to celebrate, and justly to celebrate, the heroism,
the courage, and ihe sacrifice to the uttermost of your fathers
and your brothers and your mothers and your sisters and of
all your kin in a cause which they believed in their hearts
to be right and for which they were willing to lay down their
lives. That cause ceased to be, except in history, now more
than half a century ago. It was one which could elicit from
half a nation and a brave and warlike race a four years'
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struggle in which lives, property, and everything save honor
were willingly parted with for its sake. So great was the
genius for military leadership of many of your generals, so
adaptable was the individual of your race to effective warlik.
training, so full of patriotic sacrifice were your people that
now, when all the bitterness of the struggle on our part of
the North has passed away, we are able to share with yon
■of the South your just pride in your men and women who
-carried on the unexampled contest to an exhaustion that few
■countries ever suffered. The calm observer and historian,
whatever his origin, may now rejoice in his heart that the
Lord ordained it as it is. But no son of the South and no
son of the Xorth with any spark in him of pride of race can
fail to rejoice in that common heritage of courage and
■glorious sacrifice that we have in the story of the Civil War
and on both sides in the Civil War.
It has naturally taken a long time for the spirit of hos-
tility that such an internecine struggle develops completely to
die away. Of course it has lasted a less time with those who
were the victors and into whose homes and domestic lives
the horrors of war were not directly thrust. The physical
■evidences of war were traceable in the South for decades
after they had utterly disappeared in the North in the few
places in which they existed. Then there are conditions in the
South which are a constant reminder of the history of the
-past. Until within recent decades prosperity has not shed
Tier boon of comfort upon the South with as generous a hand
as upon the North. Hence those of us at the North who
"have been sometimes impatient at a little flash now and then
■of the old sectional antagonism are unreasonable in our
-failure to appreciate these marked differences.
For years after the war the Republican party, which had
•carried the nation through the war to its successful conclu-
sion, was in control of the administration of the govern-
ment, and it was impossible for the Southerner to escape the
feeling that he was linked in his allegiance to an alien natior'
and one with whose destiny he found it difficult to identify
liimself. Time, however, cures much, and after a while thero
came a Democratic administration of four years and then an-
■other one of four years. Southerners were called to Federal
offices; they came to have more and more influence in the
lialls of Congress and in the Senate, and the responsibility of
the government brought with it a sense of closer relationshi])
to it and to all the people for whom the government was car-
ried on.
I speak for my immediate Republican predecessors in office
when I say that they all labored to bring the sections mora
■closely together. I am sure I can say that, so far as in me has
lain, I have left nothing undone to reduce the sectional feeling
and to make the divisions of this country geographical only.
But I am free to admit that circumstances have rendered it
more difficult for a Republican administration than for a
Democratic administration to give to our Southern brothers
and sisters the feeling of close relationship and ownership
in the government of the United States. Therefore in solving
the mystery of that providential dispensation which now
"brings on a Democratic administration to succeed this, we
must admit the good that will come to the whole country in a
more confirmed sense of partnership in this government which
our brothers and sisters of the Southland will enjoy in an
administration in which Southern opinion will naturally have
greater influence and the South greater proportionate repre-
sentation in the Cabinet, in Congress, and in other high of-
ficial stations. While I rejoice in the steps tliat I have been
able to take to heal the wounds of sectionalism and to con-
vey to the Southern people as far as I could my earnest desire
to make this country one, I cannot deny that my worthy and
distinguished successor has a greater opportunity, and I doubt
not he will use it for the benefit of the nation at large.
It fell to my official lot with universal popular approval
to issue the order which made it possible to erect in the
National Cemetery of Arlington the beautiful monument to
the heroic dead of the South that you founded to-day. The
event in itself speaks volumes as to the obliteration of section-
alism. It gives me not only great pleasure and great honor but
It gives me the greatest satisfaction as a lover of my country
and as President of the United States to pronounce upon this
occasion the benediction of all true Americans.
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IN WASHINGTON.
ExPL.-\N.\TiON BY Mrs. M. T. Scott, Pres. Gen. D. a. R.
[The following paper to the President General and members
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is official.]
I esteem it my good fortune, my especial privilege and
honor, that with the national officers of the National Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution, I have been permitted
in our Daughters of the American Revolution hall to extend
to your society the official welcome that so brilliantly in-
augurated your meetings on Monday evening, the nth.
It is but natural that on this occasion I find my new sense
of what God has wrought in uniting so many and so widely
separated commonwealths in a common spirit with a heritage
and a common destiny almost overpowering to the imagination.
Participating in the splendid pageant that marked the re-
cent ceremonies at Arlington, my whole heart went out to
my sisters of my own Southland, land of unrivaled gifts from
the Giver of all, of unequaled woe and losses, of matchless
heroism in an enduring struggle against them, of splendid
promise of a still more glorious future. In this great com-
memoration on Tuesday last of a triumph, not of war, but of
peace, I challenge any living soul — any soul not dead to com-
passion, to love, mercy, and justice — to have looked in imagi-
nation upon that Confederate monument, as sketched by the
President of the Arlington Association, without a mist rising
in the eyes, a swelling in the throat, a quickening of the
heart, and a lifting of the whole soul to a higher level. 1
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter,"
and this spirit embodied in marble of compassionate woman-
hood and of manhood's passion of patriotism speaks more
eloquently, teaching the deep significance of this historic
event, than is possible to any phrase of orator or poet of the
North or of the South, of any Jefferson or Webster, of any
Longfellow or Lanier, the Georgian poet laureate of peace.
Ancf so with strengthened confidence in and affection for
each other, riveted by this week of glorious companionship
and the quickening touch of fellowship, may we be encouraged ,
and uplifted with new impulse to that larger life and toward J
those higher ideals we are striving for ! May we have caught
fresh inspiration for our work in behalf of those noble in-
terests to advance which both our noble organizations wcr,
brought into being!
Ladies, in view of an article that appeared recently in Ten-
nessee papers to the effect that I and the Daughters of the
American Revolution had opposed the placing of the Con-
federate flag in ]\IemoriaI Continental Hall on the occasion
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of the U. D. C. meeting there, I wish to say that part of that
statement was true ; that a certain faction of the Daughters
of the American Revolution who are opposing and alwaj's
have opposed most hittcrly the present administration, of
which I am the head, did most virulently oppose the placing
of the flag in the hall, even going so far as to declare that
the meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in
that hall and the placing of the Confederate flag there would
be a desecration.
Ladies, the situation became so acute that I was forced
to go to the President of the United States, and I received
not only his indorsement of my action in placing the Con
federate flag in that hall, but also his permission to place his
personal flag over it in conjunction with Old Glory.
[In an address to the Convention Mrs. Scott proclaimed in
loyalty of sentiment the substance of the foregoing except as
to the flag niatler which she adds to "the flag episode."]
LAY I KG THE CORXER STOXE AT ARLINGTON.
The program for the corner stone dedication was arranged
by Mrs. Marion Butler, Mrs. Drury C. Ludlow, and Mr. Wal-
lace Streater. The fine music was by the United States com-
mandant's band at Fort Myers. In a personal letter Mr.
Streater writes: "And whatever you publish, I do hope that
Corporal Tanner's magnificent extemporaneous address will
be featured. He had no idea that he would be expected to
speak or to have any part in the exercises other than as
guest."
The announced orator was the eminent William Jennings
Bryan, who seemed as happy as on any occasion of his life.
He was present at the dedication of the JcfTcrson Davis monu-
ment in Richmond a few years ago, as great an event of the
kind as has ever occurred, and he knew what the United
Daughters of the Confederacy represent. He read his speech
from manuscript, and it was beautiful, of course; but it was
more like a sermon than a talk to representatives of the hun-
dreds of thousands of men who had stood for him for many,
many years. In his acceptance of the invitation it was ex-
pected, by some at least, that he would pay particular tribute
to the people whose dead lliat occasion was intended to honor.
Speech ok President Hii..\ry .\. Herbert.
[.After a disquisition upon the causes that led to the revo-
lution and consequent withdrawal of the Southern States
from the Union, Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, President of the
Association from its organization, said:]
The present is the era not only of honors to the dead but
of justice to the motives and patriotism of both Union and
Confederate soldiers. The historian no longer repeats the
falsehood that the men who lie here before us and their
comrades who sleep on a thousand battle fields died that
slavery might live, or that the soldiers who rest in those
graves over there enlisted to set the negroes free. That
was not the issue upon which the war between the North and
the South was fought. I'-our-lifths of the Confederate sol-
diers were non-slaveholders, and the soldiers in blue did not
enlist to emancipate the slave. They fought for the Union,
the Confederates for independence. All were freemen, fight-
ing for the perpetuity of free institutions. The survivors of
the two armies and civilians as well, North and South, now
vie with each other in honoring both the Federal and Con-
federate dead. Robert E. Lee, once called a traitor because
he resigned from the old army to ofTer his services to his
native State, is now recognized as one of nature's noblemen.
His name adorns the Hall of Fame in the city of New York.
His statue is in the Capitol at Washington. Charles Francis
.-\dams in his noble eulog>- at Lexington, Va., Morris SchaflF.
another brave Union general, in his "Sunset of the Confed-
eracy," and many others have joined in the chorus of praise
for Lee and his soldiers that is coming up from the North.
It is to those soldiers that we are to erect this monument —
the rank and file of the Confederate armies, the men whose-
courage and devotion lifted Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney
Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard, and Stonewall
Jackson higher and higher till they wrote their names among
the star.;. The rank and file of the Grand .\rmy of the Re-
public arc joining Northern orators and historians. A typi-
cal instance is a monument erected in 1007 on the hard-fought
liattle field of Salem Church, Va., by the Survivors' Associa-
tion of the brave 23d New Jersey Regiment. On one side
ij an appropriate inscription to their own gallant comrades,
on the other a tablet with the inscription : "To the brave
.Mabama boys who were our opponents on this field and
whose memory we honor, this tablet is dedicated." This is
magnanimity that is unparalleled in liistory.
-A. few days since 1 passed by the Tomb of Grant on River-
side Drive in New York City. I'herc at the gateway of
.America, looking out upon the harbor, stands that noble gift
of the .American people to the memory of the great captaitT
of the L^nion army, a mausoleum whose massive proportions
suggest that it is to be as nearly as possible as everlasting
as the fame of him whose services it commemorates. Before
it every thoughtful passing Confederate now lifts his hat, a
silent tribute to the magnanimity of that great chieftain.
Congress years ago provided for battle field parks at Get-
tysburg, at Shiloh, and at Chickamauga with monuments to
commemorate the deeds of both Federals and Confederates.
It was at the request of Gen. Marcus Wright, an ex-Confed-
erate, that a Union soldier. Senator Hawley, introduced and
Congress passeil unanimously the bill under which the Con-
federate dead were gathered and reinterred in this beautiful
spot. Tliis mound was left here in the center for the monu-
ment of which we are about to lay the corner stone. The
first thousand dollars for that purpose was collected by the
Robert F-. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy
in this District. Next followed a like contribution from the
Stonewall Jackson Chapter. Then came the organization of
an .Arlington Confederate Monument Association composed
cf representatives of five resident Chapters, of Camp 171 of
the Veterans, and of Sons of Veterans in the District. An
Executive Committee was formed. Funds grew to some nine-
thousand dollars, but the magnitude of the task we had under-
taken also grew upon us. It was a great work. Here in this-
National Cemetery, side by side with the many inonuments
to the Union dead, was to be a single Confederate memorial
to testify to all visitors of the love of ex-Confederates for
their dead. The task was beyond us, and we asked the
Daughters of the Confederacy to take it over. They com-
plied and retained as theirs our Executive Committee. Mrs.
Lizzie George Henderson, of Mississippi, the President of the
Dan.tjhicrs, and her successors, Mrs. Stone, of Texas, Mrs.
McSherry, of West Virginia, and Mrs. White, of Tennessee,,
with State directors under thcni. tlirough our committee have
carried on this work.
The organization of the L^nited Daughters of the Confed-
eracy now consists of Chapters in thirty-three States and
one in the City of Mexico. The membership exceeds 6o,oo(>.
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This body was organized to educate and care tor the de-
scendants of dead Confederates and to see justice done to
their mcmoiy. Contributions toward the monument, except-
ing one generous gift of $500, have come in little by little
from many thousands. The memorial will thus represent
Confederate sentiment. It will represent even more than
that. The survivors of the 23d New Jersey Regiment, un-
solicited, sent us $100. Other contributions have been volun-
tarily made by Union soldiers.
The monument is being constructed on his own design at
Rome, Italy, by the great artist. Sir Moses Ezekiel. The
chief figure is that of a woman representing the South. Her
extended right hand holds a wreath of laurel with which to
crown the Confederate dead; her left rests upon a plowstock
on which is a sickle. Underneath an inscription reads : "They
have turned their swords into plowshares, and their spear?
into pruning hooks."
Our hope is to unveil the completed monument on one of
the last days of June ne.xt year, just prior to the great reunio'
between the survivors of both armies on the battle field of
Gettysburg that begins on the 1st of July, 1913.
We are in America's second era of good feeling. In the
first it was only a dream of the fathers that the Union would
be perpetual — a dream inspired by the belief that the
th.eory of State rights was then generally accepted and there
never would be cause for secession. Now we know that the
Union is to be perpetual, because there never can be seces-
sion, that question having been settled forever. To us has
come, instead of uncertainty, certainty. Ours is the sub-
stance of what the fathers only hoped for. It has been given
to us to see w-ith our own eyes what their prophetic vision
could not have forecasted — the material prosperity, the
grandeur, the power of this united republic as it is to-day.
Our eyes have seen, too, the unspeakable horrors of disunion,
an outpouring during four years of war of blood and treas-
ure which never could have entered into the imagination of
our ancestors to conceive and for which nothing could atone
except the exultation of this hour in which there come to us
from every battle field of our great war memories of heroic
deeds that have brought us closer together in a union to pre-
serve which our posterity will never be called upon to make
sacrifices.
And now, speaking for myself and my surviving comrades,
we thank the noble body of women who have made sure the
noble monument that is soon to rise on this spot. We thank
the Giver of all good that he has bounteously lengthened out
■our lives that we might behold this glorious day, and that he
gave us the courage to stand in the day of battle by the side
of, and be able to claim comradeship with, the soldiers in
whose memory I now lay this corner stone.
Speech of Corpor.\l Tanner.
[The sensation of the event, after the interesting and most
worthy address of the President, Hon. Hilary A. Herbert,
and the beautiful words of William Jennings Bryan, though
disappointing in their lack of expressing a tribute to the peo-
ple of the South who for decades had shown their merit in
his unstinted indorsement (it was the best opportunity that
has or can come to him), was in the bold heart utterance
of James Tanner, known everywhere as "Corporal" Tanner.
While the speech was brief, it was a sensation, and its unction
convinced the great audience of his absolute sincerity.]
I would have serious reproach to make of my friend Her-
bert fnr drafting me on this occasion if I did not know that
his act which places me before you, to your surprise and
mine, was born out of the generous impulse of his heart. I
could have wished in justice to myself that I had a little
more notice, an hour or so, that I was to have this honor ;
for it is a fact that it was only when we stood down there
laying the corner stone that he told me he was not going
to close the exercises until he had called on me to say some-
thing. I felt that I could not decently say "No," and I had
no disposition so to do. I accept his detail ; I obey his order.
I expected on coming here to remain a quiet spectator and lis-
tener, glad to be here, cordially approving with all my heart
the purpose and the occasion which have brought us togellier.
I recall that just after the bill was introduced in Congress
setting aside this plot in which to inter the remains of the
Confederate dead, when our latest martyr President, the
lovable McKinley, was in the White House, I had business
with him one evening; and when we had finished the matter
ill hand and I had arisen to depart, he detained me and asked
if I had noticed the bill in question. I replied that I had.
Then he asked me what I thought of it. I answered him
that he and I served and fought, and that we did not make
war upon dead men nor bear animosity toward them ; that I
hoped and believed that the bill would pass unanimously, and
that if I sat where he did I would certainly sign it. His hand
came out in a warm grasp as he said : "I am glad to hear you
talk like that, Tanner. I shall sign it as soon as it reaches
my desk."
I am happy in the knowledge, standing in this presence
to-day and on an occasion bound to be of historic note in ali
the future of our nation, that I have not to attune my tongue
to any new line of thought to express to you, no new ideas to
present on the subject of the South's erecting memorials to
her battle field heroes. Years ago I expressed myself clearly
and unmistakably on this subject. The time that I did so
some of you can locate easier than I. It was when the news
went out on the wings of the press that it was proposed to
erect in Chicago a monument in memory of the six thousand
Southern dead buried there.
This notice brought to me a much-inflamed letter from one
who claimed to be a Union veteran. He was very peremptory
in his demand to know what I thought of "this proposed out-
rage of erecting on Northern soil a monument in memory
of the Rebel dead," and he demanded that my "voice ring
out in denunciation thereof." I answered him at once, and
I said to him, as I say to you to-day, that wherever on this
broad earth there exist a people who will encourage their
manhood of any and all ages to go out and battle for a cause
and then will permit those who gave their lives in sacrifice
to that cause to lie in unmarked sepulchers and the memory
of them to die out, they are a people regarding whom I have
no power of expression with which to convey to you the
measure of scorn and contempt I feel therefor, and I gave
my correspondent full permission to ring those sentiments
out as loud and as far as he cared or could.
In my library there is a small but treasured volume, rich
ill its expression of lofty sentiment, which was sent to me
by the author who, I am frank to confess, was one of the
loves of my life among men. He wore the gray; I wore the
blue. On the fly-leaf of that volume he inscribed the senti-
ment : "All brave men are true comrades." The signature
was that of the hon-hearted, sweet-souled John W. Daniel,
of Virginia. He and I had much in common, symbolized in
part by his crutch and my cane.
C^OF^federat^ l/eterap,
551
As we sat at times in social converse, though each carried
physical reminders of the searing effects of the contest which
would remain with us until the grave should close over us,
3nd though our brows might be furrowed with pain, there
was never a moan in our hearts. We had each played our
part in the mighty game of the sixties; and if to us had fallen
the rough end of it, still it was in the game. We resolutely
set our faces to the front for the speedy restoration of unity,
good feeling, and perfect peace between the hitherto dis-
cordant sections of our country. Daniel kept his face con-
sistently that way until God took him. I face that way yet,
and shall until tlie end comes; and it is that spirit which has
so readily brought me to my feet here to-day.
We of both sides, as we w-ere aligned of old, want you
young men — the men of to-day — to bear in mind that we old
fellows met these issues in the long ago and we fought them
out; we settled them for all lime. To-day the feet of in-
nocent children picking flowers press the sod once torn by
the ruthless wheels of artillery. Cannon rusting in disuse
lire enmeshed in clinging vines, and the birds in safety build
their nests in the mouths that once belched death and de-
struction. We have brought to you a great united nation, a
republic founded on principles that shall carry it along till the
end of time. Thirty millions in the sixties are a hundred
millions to-day. The United States, a fourth-rate power then,
ii in the front rank now, and your Uncle Sam in the parlia-
ment of the world occupies a front seat, coequal with all llvj
monarchs of the earth.
Enlisted September 21, 1861. Corporal Company C, 87th
New York Infantry. Engagements: Yorktown, Williams-
burg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days, Malvern Hill, and Second Bull
Run, in which on August 30, 1862, he was wounded and both
legs amputated on the field under fire.
Clerk in Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Washington.
D. C, 1865. Reported in the Peterson House on the night of
President Lincoln's assassination, the first testimony taken
tl'.crewith, and was present at his deathbed.
Clerk of committee in Xew York Legislature. Studied law
;ind admitted to the bir in 1869. Clerk in customhouse in
New York City and Deputy Collector of the port under Gen-
eral Arthur, 1869-7-. Collector of Taxes of the city of Brook-
lyn four terms, 1877-85. On the lecture platform 1885-89.
United States Commissioner of Pensions from March to
September 1889. Resigned. Practiced law in Washington.
1). C, 1889 to April, 1904.
.\ppointed Register of Wills for the District of Columbia in
.\pril, 1904, by President Roosevelt, and still holds that office.
Married in 1866 to Miss Mcro L. White, of Jefferson, K.
Y., who died in June. 1906. Four children: James Alfred,
lawyer, Philadelphia; Earle White, captain in the nth Unite:
States Infantry; and Misses .^da and .\ntionctte Tanner.
Kcsidence, Xo. 1733 P. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Joined Grand Army of the Republic in February, 1869,
member of LI. S. Grant Post, No. 327, Brooklyn. Twice
Commander of the Department of New York, 1876-77 and
1S77-78. While such was the moving spirit in establishing
the State Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y. ; laid the corner
stone and saw the roof on while Department Commander.
Served many years on the National Pension Committee of
tlie Grand Army of the Republic, and was Judge Advocat"
General of the order on the staffs of Commanders in Chief
Weisscrt, of Wisconsin, and Black, of Illinois.
Elected Commander in Chief of the Grand Army in 1905.
Meml)cr of the Union Veteran Legion and Past National
Commander tlu-rcof.]
It is expected that a carefully prepared report of all the
official proceedings of the U. D. C. Convention will appear
in the Vkteran for January. To make place for essential inat-
ter in this number there has been unavoidable delay, and ar-
ticles have been withheld that were planned for it. Indulgence
in these delays has been so gracious as to elicit deepest grati-
Uule.
CORPORAL TANNKR.
[James Tanner, farmer's son, born at Richmondville, Scho-
harie Coiuity, N. Y., on April 4, 1844. Education, district
school and business college. School-teacher 1861.
Plans for Fiftieth Anniversary Battle of Franklin. —
.\n interesting ceremony occurred in the Methodist church at
i'ranklin, Tenn., on November 30 the forty-eighth anni-
versary of the- great battle. The Daughters of the Confed-
eracy were of course the inspiration of the occasion. Mrs.
Owen Walker, the President of the Chapter, directed every-
thing in her own happy manner. The leading address was
liy Rev. J. H. McNcilly. of Nashville, who, though chaplain
of his regiment, was quite in the midst of the conflict, and a
brother of his was one of the multitude killed in the battle.
Steps were taken to invite all survivors of both armies to
meet there on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle on Novem-
ber 30. 1914. The Veteran repeats what it has stated pre-
viously that doubtless in no battle of the war was there more
to the credit of the contestants on both sides. Confederates
would like to meet and greet the men who rallied and re-
rallied in that circumscribed area of carnage.
552
Qopfederat^ l/eteraij.
Qoijfederate l/eteraQ.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
Office: Methodist Publishing House Building, Nashville, Term.
TWs publication is the personal property of S. A. Cunningham. All per-
Btms who approve its principles and realize its benefits as an organ for Asso-
rf«tions throughout the South are requested to commend its patronage and to
•oOpcrate in extending its circulation. Let each one be constantly diligent.
TWEXTY YEARS, AXD ALL IS WELL.
The rounding out of twenty years' service through the
Veteran has long been the wish of a contrite heart. Twenty
years in directing a periodical — a monthly magazine — from
its founding by one ownership and management has rarely
occurred in the history of journalism, and to have secured
and maintained the largest circulation for it ever maintained
in any State of the South for so long a period makes it an
occasion for thanksgiving. And then to be the authorized
representative of all the great Confederate organizations,
created for charity and the maintenance of truth, and the pro-
longed service accepted bj' all of them without a murmur,
should satisfy the ambition of any human being. This grati-
tude becomes the more heartfelt in the fact that through
all these years the founder has been in personal charge, ex-
cept in the closing of two numbers, each time near death,
making the achievement doubtless unparalleled.
The character of work has ever been an inspiration, while
the responsibility has been constantly exacting. Throughout
this fifth of a century the one purpose has been to give
expression for eternity. Faults in the work have been many,
more than readers have detected. Articles have been given
too much space or not enough, and better articles have been
in hand and too long withheld, while many were not printed
until after the death of contributors. But at all times the
best has been done that could be under the circumstances,
and scores of thousands of readers have been so considerate
as to create lasting gratitude, with renewed resolutions to
continuously do the best possible on and on to the end.
During these twenty years the Editor has come to know
better and better men who stood for the Union during the
strife, and he gratefully expresses the belief that many of
them realize through the Veteran as they did not before the
truth about the issues and the motives of those who main-
tained them. With these let us make common cause. But
the more the questions are considered, the less the inclina-
tion to apologize in any sense. The South fought for as
just a cause as ever engaged mankind.
The promoter has in this work been given a prominence
far beyond the conception of many people. He has been
greatly blessed with personal friends of long standing, and
this is the only class to whom he submits complaint. They
ought to become interested more generally, while thousands
of iTien and women who have never known him contribute
on and on, faithful, unstinted patrons, and have diligently
solicited the cooperation of others.
There are other data on this subject on page 583, to which
all patrons are referred, designated as important, and it is.
the check is in honor of her mother and three sisters, "all
of whom suffered during the war. and who deserve a nionu
ment as much as did any of our brave soldiers." Mrs. Rosen-
berg's father was Dr. Charles MacGill, of Hagerstown, Md.
^laj. S. H. Lyon, who is treasurer of the fund, writes as
follows to Mrs. Thomas B. Gresham, of Baltimore, through
whom the check was received: "Mrs. Rosenberg's father wa^
one of my fellow prisoners at Fort Warren. Boston Harbor —
a big man physically and mentally. His companionship was
like a breeze from a sunny mountain side. Spontaneously
kind to all men, he brought strength and cheer with him. I
wish that the men he knew in prison could know all that his
daughter has done for her father's cause."
THE RICHARD OIVEX MEMORIAL FUND.
In making common cause, as stated in another column
under "Twenty Years, and .All Is Well," an illustration is
cited by the Veteran in honoring the memory of Col. Richard
Owen, whose every act, while loyal to the Union, and offering
his life that it be preserved, was so faithful to the principles
of our fathers and to Christianity as to deserve the lasting
esteem of all patriots. While the Veteran is grateful in
having done much for the reconciliation of the sections, this
tribute to a man who stood the test through the crisis prom-
ises more than any other undertaking in the half century.
The bronze bust to be located in Indianapolis, his capital
city, by Confederates wdio were prisoners and their friends
is being made and it will be paid for by the Editor of the
Veteran at whatever sacrifice. He seeks not notoriety
by it, and he solicits the cooperation of all who come under
the heading, "Confederates and Their Friends." Do you wish
to cooperate in this? If so, please do it now.
A Memorial Tribute to Mother and Three Sisters. —
Mrs. Mollie MacGill Rosenberg, formerly of Maryland, now
of Galveston, Tex., has sent her check for four hundred dol-
lars toward the fund for the projected monument to the Con-
federate women of Maryland. Mrs. Rosenberg states that
The Durham (N. C.) Sun gives an interesting review of
the Richard Owen memorial monument, in which it states :
"There is a movement on foot to erect to the memory of
Col. Richard Owen a memorial in the Capitol of Indiana at
Indianapolis. S. A. Cunningham, Editor of the Confederate
Veteran, who was a prisoner at Camp Morton under Colonel
Owen, accompanied Miss Belle Kinney, who is the official
artist of the United Confederate Veterans Association, to
Indianapolis to locate the memorial. Col. Richard Owen was
in charge of the Southern soldiers in prison at Camp Morton
during the war. By his humane treatment' and courtesy to
and consideration for the prisoners they all came to respect
him very greatly, and there will be erected as a monument
tc his memory a bronze bust to be placed in a niche in the
walls of the Capitol building.
"Governor Marshall escorted Mr. Cunningham and Miss
Kinney throughout the building; and after showing the
choicest places, he said ; 'You may erect it where you wish.'
"Miss Belle Kinney is now engaged upon the model of
Colonel Owen, and when completed it will be unveiled with
proper ceremonies as a tribute to the honor and memory of
Colonel Owen from the Confederate prisoners and their
friends. Such a tribute is unparalleled in all history, and the
unveiling will doubtless be' the occasion of a great and notable
gathering.
"What particularly pleases us in the matter is that a South-
ern woman, born of Southern parentage, reared amid Southern
environments, and who understands Southern character, was
selected to do this great work. All hail to Miss Belle Kinney,
the official artist of the Confederate Veterans Association!"
Qopfederat^ Ueterai).
553
J. W. Minnich, of Grand Isle, La., adds his contribution
to the fund for the memorial to Col. Richard Owen, and
writes : "As you know, I was in Rock Island, and we were
not so fortunate as to have an Owen there. Such characters
as Colonel Owen in command of the military prisons of the
North were so rare that it is a pleasure to be able to con-
tribute a mite toward the perpetuation of the name of a man
who at a time when sectional prejudice and hatred ran riot
in the land could and did remember that those placed under
Complete Contributions to the
his charge were brothers in distress and were worthy of his
humane consideration. Whatever may be our political be-
liefs, whatever sectional or national prejudices, a noble char-
acter should always awaken and hold our respect and admira-
tion. Let the memorial stand as a lesson in kindness and hu-
manity that future generations may read and profit by it.
LTnfortunately our great war developed far too few such
characters as Col. Richard Ow-en. May his memory live
green and golden and grow the brighter as time grows old!"
Richard Owen Memorial to Date.
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TENNESSEE CONFEDERATES IN REUNION.
On October 2 and 3 the Tennessee Association of Confed-
erate Soldiers, the Bivouacs, and the Divisions of the United
Confederate Veterans held their 1912 meetings in Shelbyville.
The attendance from the different sections of the State was
very representative, and Bedford Countians demonstrated
that indeed "there's life in the old land yet." The expressions
of gratitude for genuine hospitality showed the sincere ap-
preciation of comrades generally.
Judge C W. Tyler, of Clarksville, President of the State
Association, presided, and the business was transacted in a
manner highly creditable to the organization.
The leading issues of importance— the Pension Board and
the Confederate Soldiers' Home — were reported upon.
In the report of the Pension Board, submitted by Capt.
Frank ^. jMoses and adopted by the Association, it was shown
that there were 7,668 pensioners on the roll, 5,306 being sol-
diers and 2,362 widows, the cost of administering the law
being a little more than seventy-five cents per capita. Rela-
tive to the application from Confederate widows for whom no
appropriation w-as made by the last legislature, the Board said:
"By reason of the lack of funds no widows have been added
to the roll since the April (1911) meeting, and the same con-
dition will exist until the legislature of 1913 makes an appro-
priation sufficient to enable us to put all worthy widow^s on
the roll as fast as their cases can be perfected. This will
entail a vast amount of work, as we have now on file seven
hundred and seventy-nine widows' applications which have
been filed since we ceased adding widows to the roll. Further-
more, quite a number of cases filed before that time have been
or can be perfected and inade pensionable. In view of these
facts we intend to urge the legislature to act with as little
delay as possible and to authorize the Pension Board to sit
continually until the docket shall be cleared.
"In view of the fact that we have possibly reached the high-
water mark in pensions, and the further fact that it will be
but a few short years until the pension roll will be a thing of
the past, we feel that the old, decrepit, needy, worthy soldier
and widow should be better provided for in their declining
days. The cost of living is greater ; the ability of the State
to pay is growing greater every day.
"We do not favor a further horizontal increase of pensions.
Some pensioners need more than others. A further horizontal
increase might give some pensioners more than they need and
others less than they deserve.
"We suggest that the laws be so amended that the widows
shall be included in the general pension system, and that there
be but one law and one appropriation which shall be large
enough to properly provide for all soldiers and widows who
are found to be eligible. We can see no good reason for two
separate laws and two separate appropriations.
"We suggest that the new law create at least two new
classes, one at $150 and one at $200 per annum. This would
give us classes at $100, $120, $150, $200, and $300 per annum
and enable us to give each pensioner what the circumstances
and conditions demand.
"The pension for widows is now limited to $100 per annum,
while many of them need more than that atnount to provide
the actual necessities of life. We can see no good reason
why a man should receive more money than a woman who is
i;'. the same physical and financial condition and circumstances.
We therefore suggest that all pensioners be made eligible for
any class that their circumstances may seem to demand.
"We suggest tliat the Pension Board be instructed to pro-
vide and furnish upon application proper blanks for applica-
tions for increase of pensions ; and when properly filled out
and filed, such applications should be acted upon at as early
a date as possible.
"We suggest that in the consideration of new applications
for pensions and all applications for increase the Board shall
look to the following points : The age of the applicant, the
physical condition, the financial condition, the age and physi-
cal condition of those claimed to be dependent upon the ap-
plicant for support, and the ability of such alleged dependents
to care for themselves and to the amount of the applicant's
income from all sources. We think these provisions or simi-
lar action should be urged by these associations, and we re-
spectfully submit these for your consideration.
"We are often asked to define a 'good war record.' As a
general proposition, we hold that a soldier should have
served either in the army or in prison until the surrender of
the Confederate armies in April and May, 1865, unless dis-
abled for service by an actual continuing physical disability.
An honorable discharge for actual physical disability, a parole
issued at the point of surrender of any one of the Confed-
erate armies in 1865, of a release from prison after the sur-
render of the armies in 1865 are the very best evidences of
what we call a 'good record.' However, there are many men
who were neither discharged, nor were with their commands,
nor in prison at the close of the war, who have been placed oit
the pension roll after furnishing satisfactory proof."
Report of the SECRET.^RY of the Soldiers' Home.
The Secretary, John P. Hickman, read the report of the
Soldiers' Home, which was unanimously adopted. One hun-
dred and four Confederate soldiers were reported inmates of
the Home. The following resolutions were presented and
unanimously adopted :
"Whereas one of the objects of the Confederate organiza-
tions of the State of Tennessee is to look after the interests.
of the worthy Confederate soldiers and the widows of our
comrades who have answered the last roll call; and whereas,
the State of Tennessee, through its representatives in the legis-
lature, has for many years made liberal appropriations for
pensions for old soldiers and widows of soldiers and for the
maintenance of our indigent and disabled comrades in the Sol-
diers' Home; and whereas the Confederate soldiers are rapid-
ly passing away and in the course of nature will soon be
known no more except as a tender memory; therefore be it
"Resolved: i. That the Tennessee Association of Bivouacs,.
U. C. v., hereby tenders to the old Volunteer State thanks-
for her tender and loving recognition of the boys in gray; and
we feel confident that this just tribute to the soldiers of Lee,
Jackson, Johnston, Forrest, Stewart, Bate, Cheatham, and
many other gallant Confederates and Tennessceans will be-
continued as long as there shall be any necessity therefor.
"2. That we, the members of the Tennessee Association of
Bivouacs, U. C. V., hereby call upon and urge every Camp-
and Bivouac of Confederate soldiers and every Chapter of
Daughters of the Confederacy in Tennessee to join in a con-
certed movement to assist the Tennessee Board of Pension:
Examiners and the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in secur-
ing such additional legislation and appropriations as they
deem necessary to enable them to carry forward the work of
making the last days of the old soldier and the widow com-
fortable and happy. We feel that it is right and proper for
uf to plead in behalf of our comrades and their widows. The
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555
Trustees of the Soldiers' Home and the members of the Pen-
sion Board by reason of their long service are better ac-
quainted with the necessities of these matters than those who
have not made a special study of the subject, and therefore
we call upon our comrades and friends to give these officials
the assistance of their active influence.
"3. That, distinctly disclaiming any desire or intention to
meddle in politics, we suggest that our comrades and friends
use their influence with candidates for the legislature to se-
cure their promises that, if elected, they will confer with the
above-named officials and, so far as their suggestions are
reasonable and proper, do all in their power to have them
enacted into law.
"4. That, without intending to discriminate unduly, we sug-
gest that in some parts of the State there arc candidates who
have served us before and have been of great assistance to
these boards. By reason of such experience they are better
fitted to do what we want ; and looking at it from the stand-
point of Confederate soldiers, wc think these gentlemen are
entitled to fair consideration and, other things equal, should
receive our hearty indorsement."
An invitatinn \v;is ;u'Cfi)lt'(l lo nu-ft in \iisli\illi' in ]0\i,.
M.\J. UEN. .lOHN V. HICKM.\N.
In the election of Division Connnandcr for the ensuing
year the honor and responsibility were placed upon Comrade
John r. Hickman as Major General. He has his new work
well in hand. Later will appear some account of the Tennes-
see Division of Confederate Soldiers, with some humor by
the President elect, who went to the war from Shelbyville.
Ages of .\ Dozfn Vetf.rans at Meeting of Ch.xpter. — At
the meeting of the Magnolia (Miss.) Chapter at the resi-
dence of Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Sparknian the ages of the vet-
erans present were taken, which are as follows : Rev. J. W.
Sandell. 83; W. T. Coumbe, 80; W. L. Varnado, 79; T. M.
Lard. 70; VV. H. Barrcmore, 77: W. L. Walker. 76; J. F.
Tull, 74: A. P. Sparknian. 72; W. C. Vaught, 71; R. G. Terry,
69; J. M. Hutson, 68; W. M. Wroten, 6.s. The ages of the
twelve aggregate 893 years, an average of 74 years, 5 months.
ERRORS IX DATES CORRECTED.
BY ch.\ri.es duclou.x, knoxville, tenn.
In the Xovcniber Veter.vn, page 509, Sergt. Rufus Ledden,
ol Company H, 51st Georgia Infantry, corrected Dr. Conway.
of .Kthcns, Ga., for having stated in the September number,
page 422, that McLaws"s Division of Longstreet's Corps was
not in the battle of Chickamauga. In this article Sergeant
Lcdden made two mistakes which should be corrected. He
slates that the Chickamauga battle was fought on September
17, 1863. It should have been stated "September 19 and 20."
.\gain he states that the attack on Fort Sanders at Knox-
ville took place on October 9, 1863. I am surprised that a
member of Bryan's Brigade, which stormed that fort so gal-
lantly, although unsuccessfully, does not remember that it
was on the 29th of November instead of October 9.
I was reading the other day the accounts of the Chicka-
mauga battle as given by various writers, and was very much
surprised to find that Mrs. Jcflferson Davis in her inag-
nilicent book entitled "Jefferson Davis: A Memoir by His
Wife" begins thus on page 449 of the second volume : "On
.'\ugust 20 the bloody battle of Chickamauga was fought."
I can't understand such a mistake from such a well-informed
pt rson as Mrs. Davis. But it seems that accidents will con-
tinue to happen.
I sincerely hope [Comrade Dudoux has represented thr-
Vf.tek.\n faithfully for many years] that your efforts to elim'-
nate from your subscription list all deadbeats and require
payment in advance will succeed. T find it very difficult, i:
not impossible, to collect from parties who are two or three
years in arrears or from the families of subscribers who,
having died, have allowed the paper to come without giving
notice that it was no longer desired.
Error in Amount from Shhoh Chapter.
The type on page 500 of the November Veteran gave an
erroneous account of the money in hand by the Shiloh Chap-
ter, LT. D. C, at Savannah, Tenn. The error was observed ir»
a hasty preparation of the brief sketch, and for the moment
it was a question as to whether the statement was intended
lo include the total amount collected, and by that hesitation
the error was allowed to occur. The first contribution to the
monument was by Dr. L. B. Irwin, of Savannah, Tenn.; while
it was in response to a circular letter that Mr. Jacobus S.
Jones, of Washington, D. C, made the first subscription.
CEN. DANIEL E. SICKLES ABOUT GETTYSBURG.
In a letter to W. A. Coursen, of Marietta, Ga., Maj. Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, a surviving major general, writes:
"I am glad that a large attendance of Southern veterans is
cspected at Gettysburg in July. 1913. As one who took part
in the battle of Gettysburg I shall be happy to meet the sur-
viving veterans from Georgia. Having fought those brave
men, I shall be especially pleased to shake hands with them.
I am commissioned by my State to take 25,000 New York
veterans to the battle field and return them to their homes.
"I quite agree with you that separate counter-marching
columns would be an effective formation for the great parade
of the gray and the blue, and shall suggest it to the command-
ing officer on the field.
"General Longstreet, my great adversary at Gettysburg,
was my intimate personal friend. I hope his widow may come
with the Georgia veterans to Gettysburg."
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FACTS ABOUT THE BARBARA FRIETCHIE CASE.
BY A RESIDENT OF FREDERICK, MD.
Perhaps no more persistent specter knocks at the door of
fame than that of old Dame Barbara Frietchie, of Frederick,
who in her day tried to live faithfully her daily life, and
sought not the limelight into which she is being thrust by
those who have come into the world since the sounds of the
Rebel horde and their martial tread have long passed away
from our streets. The shades of Dame Frietchie and Mrs.
Quantrill strive each for the other's honor almost as un-
ceasingly as do those of Shakespeare and Bacon.
For the benefit of those who live far away from our old-
fashioned little town which has sent real heroes to the front
and has helped to make real history, for which we are justly
entitled to honor, I want to say just a little about the photo-
graphic poem about which there has been much discussion.
I have met those who thought Barbara Frietchie a myth.
Far from it. Barbara Frietchie did really live, move, and
have her being among the German families who largely occu-
pied Frederick during the sixties, having moved there from
Lancaster, Pa., where she was born in 1766; so by simple de-
duction w'e realize that
"On that pleasant morn in the early fall,"
September 10, 1862, "Gros-mutter Frietchie" (as she was called
by the children) was within a few weeks of haying rounded
out ninety-six years. Two days before this date her pastor,
the late Dr. Zacharias, visited her home, where she was sick,
and administered the rite of communion to her, she being
propped up in bed to receive it. This fact would almost con-
vince us that so few hours later, no matter how patriotic her
spirit might have been (and I doubt not that slie was a brave,
true daughter of the North), she could not have had the
physical strength to
"Lean far out on her window sill
And shake the flag with a royal will."
But even granting that Barbara Frietchie had both the
strength and will to have defied the ungallant and unmanly
order to "fire" which Mr. Whittier puts into the mouth ot
our chivalrous Jackson, the opportunity was never given.
since historians of repute and unfailing reliability have proved
that General Jackson and his staff passed some yards to the
west of the Frietchie home.
J. Thomas Sharf in his "History of Western Maryland,"
Vol. L, page 564, says : "Dr. Samuel Tyler, the biographer
of Cliief Justice Taney, says that Stonewall Jackson never
passed Barbara P'rietchie's house, but passed down Mill Alley
and entered Patrick Street, west of Carroll Creek, about one
square, while the Frietchie house is on the east side of the
creek. All that relates to the Confederate general and his
troops is pure fiction."
Maj. Gen. Kyd Douglass, late of Hagerstown, was riding
by General Jackson's side, and testifies in Sharf's history to
the fact that they never saw Barbara Frietchie nor her house,
as does also Col. J. S. Mosby.
Mr. Jacob Englcbrecht, Mayor of Frederick from 1865 to
1S68, and Mr. Henry Nixdorff, both Northern sympathizers,
who lived just across the street from Mrs. Frietchie, state
that they spent the morning watching and counting the
troops on September 10, but did not see Barbara Frietchie at
her window, and that while Lee passed Jackson never did.
One of them relates the fact that a Mrs. Quantrill, living
several squares farther west, did wave a flag, and they say
a private is known to have parleyed with her on the subject
Here let me say that I believe from wdiat eyewitnesses have
told me tliat General Jackson himself saluted her and joked
with her, saying, "Madam, that flag would do you better service
as an apron," to which Mrs. Quantrill quickly replied, "And
if you had enough of them to make shirts for your men, they
would be much more comfortably clad," at which General
Jackson smiled and rode on. This has been told me by two
pupils of Mrs. Quantrill's who were standing at her side and
w'ho had a brother in the Union army. [One of Jackson's
officers might have so joked with Mrs. Q., but it isn't probable
that he would under those circumstances. — Editor.]
The poet says :
"Forty flags with their silver stars,
Forty flags with their crimson bars,
Flapped in the morning wind: the sun
Of noon looked down, and saw not one."
A note still in existence, which the leader himself left at
the Presbyterian manse for Mrs. Ross, the wife of the clergy-
man, disproves the above. It reads :
"September 10, '62, 5:15 a.m.
"Reg'c-t not being permitted to see Dr. and Mrs. Ross, but
could not expect to have that pleasure at so unreasonable an
hour. T. J. Jackson."
There is nothing more needed, it would seem, except to
quote Mr. Whittier himself in an article in the Scrapbook
of July, 1908 (first edition), published by Frank A. Mun-
sey: "I deplore the fact that through erroneous information
given me by Mrs. Southworth I gave to the reading world
the poem of 'Barbara Frietchie.' "
It is a beautiful description of Frederick and the country
round about, but thoroughly unjust in its references to our
beloved Jackson. History is a narration of facts, and it
behooves the Daughters of the Confederacy to prove that
"The 'shade of sadness and blush of shame,'
Which the poet alludes to, never came."
The fact that the Barbara Frietchie Monument Association
had to consider which version to give out as the true one
brings to my mind a short but very terse letter on this sub-
ject in the columns of the Baltimore Sun recently. The
writer says: "In reading of the Barbara Frietchie Monument
Association I am reminded of Mark Twain's experience. He
said that when he was a boy he could remember things
whether they happened or not, but as he grew older he could
remember only the things which hadn't happened."
ABOUT TIME FOR THE CHATTANOOGA REUNION.
A comrade makes a suggestion as to the time for holding
the annual Convention, U. C. V., at Chattanooga next year,
stating that if the Reunion should begin on the 26th of June,
continuing for three days, then those who desire to do so
could go on to Gettysburg from there for the great meeting
of the gray and blue on the fiftieth anniversary days of the
battle there. This would make it much less expensive for
those who have to travel a long distance and who want to
participate in both events. This comrade, B. M. Hughes, of
Aqua DUlce, Tex., says he was wounded at Gettysburg and
lay out in the woods of the Butts place without bed or cover
for one month and five days, and now he wants to go back
to that place of misery. He belonged to Company G, ilth
Alabama Regiment, Wilcox's Brigade.
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557
"THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME."
ADDRESS BY HON. W. J. BROWN AT JACKSON, MISS.
"One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er :
I'm nearer to my home to-day
Than I have been before."
Standing to-night in the eventide of life and glancing
down the flight of years, my best and fondest thoughts go
back to "the girl 1 left behind me." The Confederate sol-
dier, whether he left his books in the schoolroom, his mer-
chandise in the store, his plow upon the farm, or the office of
his chosen profession in the town or city, was the man of the
hour. He imbibed the spirit of '76. He knew the right
and dared do it, and he stands forth to-day one of the grandest
characters that ever graced the pages of either ancient or
modern history. But all that he was — every noble impulse of
his nature, every act of heroism on the field of battle — he
owed, and owed alone, to "the girl he left behind him."
Well do you remember that eventful day more than hall
a century ago when you were called upon to leave home and
loved ones and go to the front. I see tliat fond mother placing
her hand upon the head of her boy and looking up to the God
of her fathers and her God and calling down the choicest
b'essings of heaven upon him as she bids him go forth and
do battle for God, for country, for home, and for the right.
There lingers with me to-night the fond recollection of the
handclasp of that dear girl when with tear-dimmed eye she
gave that promise true — a promise that amid all the vicissi-
tudes of war stayed with you ; a promise that, whether aroun-,1
the camp fire or on the weary march or amid the smoke of
battle, inspired you to dare, to do, and to die.
And when the final hour of defeat came and with broken
heart you furled that flag which you had followed for four
weary years and for which you would at any time have given
up your life, and when you laid down the gun that had been
your true and tried companion through so many conflicts, and
when you liad started upon your weary homeward march,
there was but one thought left you, and that was of "the
girl you left behind you." Reaching home and realizing
that war's destructive hand had not been idle during your
absence ; that the home had been burned, fences torn down,
stock stolen and driven off, fields grown up in thorns and
thistles, and you penniless ; and when you were ready to give
up all as lost, who was it that stepped to your side and with
sweet words of encouragement said: "Nay, all is not lost;
but trusting in God, hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder,
we will make this wilderness to bloom as an Eden ?" It wa.-;
"the girl you left behind you."
Look abroad over our beloved Soutliland to-day. See its
fields of waving green, its cattle upon a thousand hills, its
growing towns and cities, its noble institutions of learning,
its grand and magnificent public buildings, even this mag-
nificent Stale Capilol in which we now stand, and remember
that you owe it all to the Confederate soldier and "the girl
ho left behind him."
Comrades, a few more passing days and you and I will
"cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees ;"
a few more fleeting years and places that know us now will
know us no more forever. But when we shall have passed from
the scene — yea, verily, when this grand old world of ours
shall have crumbled into ashes, and when the angel of the
Lord shall have stood with one foot upon the land and one
foot upon the sea and proclaimed that time shall be no more,,
the love of the Confederate soldier for "the girl he left be-
hind him" will live on and on and on through the endless
ages of eternity.
[The foregoing feast will be treasured by the closest lit-
erary critics, and it will revive memories delightful and pa-
thetic by those who lived in those glorious times.]
•'THE GIRLS FROM DIXIE."
[From the Washington Post.]
To say that Washington enjoyed the presence of the mem-
bers of the United Daughters of the Confederacy would be
to describe inadequately a really warm sentiment. Washing-
ton welcomed them with a cordiality that could not have been
exceeded in any city in Dixie. * * *
Washington knows how to entertain with equal enthusiasm-
a convention of the Grand .Army of the Republic or a con-
gress of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and we should
like to have the opportunity of demonstrating our hospitality
to the Confederate Veterans too. When the ladies from Dixie
return, we hope they will bring their husbands and fathers-
and grandfathers with them; and if it should come about
that their visit coincides with a reunion of the men>
who wore the blue in 1861, so much the better.
.MRS. W. W. WATT. CH.VRLOTTE, N. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reed Watt, daughter of William Gibbons-
Reed, of Savannah, Ga., an officer in the Confederate army,
with Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, organized Julia Jackson Chap-
ter, Children of the Confederacy, and was its first leader
under her. Mrs. Watt served as State Registrar of the North
Carolina Division, U. D. C, and for three years was a mem-
ber of the Committee on Education of the general organiza-
tion. She is Regent of the Thomas Polk Chapter, D. A. R..
of North Carolina, State President for the North Carolina
National Society U. S. Daughters of 1812, and is the North
Carolina member of the Jackson Highway Committee ; also
Secretary of Current Events in the President's National
Cabinet, and a member of the Historical Society of North
Carolina and German Hospital Aid Society.
558
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FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE FLAG.
In presenting a facsimile of the first Confederate flag made
by Maj. Orren Randolph Smith, of North Carolina, ^Irs. T.
W. Thrash spoke at length after President Taft made his
address (which he read from manuscript), in which she said:
"Madam President and Daughters of the North Carolina
Division, U. D. C: Go with me a few moments back fifty-one
years lo the town of Louisburg. It was there that yoinig Orren
Randolph Smith bought from J. Barrow's store some red,
wJiite, and blue material and with the assistance of Miss
Rebecca Murphy (now Jilrs. W'inburn) made and sent aloft
the flag that afterwards was accepted by the committee at
Montgomery as the flag of the Confederate States of Ameri-
ca. Major Smith, a brave veteran of several wars, is now
living in Henderson and is eighty-five years old. In his name
it gives me unspeakable pleasure and the greatest honor to
present to you his flag, the stars and bars, that led the men
in gray to such deeds of heroism and to the highest glory
won by any soldiers of the known world — the boys of '61-65."
MRS. THRASH HOLtllNG THE FLAG.
Mrs. Thrash is a granddaughter of the late Col. Elisha
Cromwell, of Tarboro, N. C, who commanded the 44th North
Carolina Regiment, and the daughter of the late Sergt. Andrew
Jackson Daniel, of Company F, 6ist -North Carolina Regi-
ment. Mrs. Thrash is President of the William Dorsey Pen-
der Chapter, U. D. C, of Tarboro, N. C, and is Recording
Secretary of the North Carolina Division, U. D. C.
A Quick and Clever Rejoinder. — Col. Phil. B. Spence,
of Nashville, and a Texas judge who was one of the Colonel's
subordinate officers incidentally met the late Senator Carmack
in Memphis some years ago, and with the greetings and in-
troductions Colonel Spence said: "I have but one objection to
this— rascal. He got shot in the heel." Quick as a flash the
judge said: "Yes, that is true; but Colonel Spence could not
condemn me. I was obeying orders to follow him, and I was
tloing rrty best. He was running like the devil." Comrades of
Colonel Spence sympathize with him in liis long illness.
"LX JUSTICE TO THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE."
IJY KEV. GEORGE E. BREWER, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
I wish through the Veteran to acknowledge the receipt of
a number of letters commending my article on "Injustice to
the Army of Tennessee" in the issue of October. The letters
are from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. They
show that I am not alone in believing that these brave and
enduring soldiers are entitled to better treatment. Some of
them are from men whose whole service was in Virginia. I
wish to thank them all, and especially Mrs. .'\ndrew (Bessie
Williams) Rose, State Historian Texas D. A. R. Mrs. Rose's
letter is as follows : "I want to commend you for your timely
article. It is a fact that I have noted for years and had
thought of writing a protest myself. My father, now with the
great hosts 'over the river,' was with the .Army of Tennessee,
and I have felt this lack of justice keenly."
John Witherspoon, author of "Gen. Joseph Wheeler and the
Army of Tennessee," has discussed this subject at length. In
it the story of the army organized at Pcnsacola by General
Bragg in 1861 is taken up in detail and followed through the
Shiloh Campaign, the evacuation of Corinth, the Kentucky Cam-
paign, the return to Tennessee, the Murfreesboro Campaign,
the battle of Chickaniauga, the campaign of Longstreet against
Knoxville, and the rout at Missionary Ridge.
These events related, the career with this army of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston is entered upon, and preparatory to this
part of the narrative an entire chapter is devoted to a biogra-
phy of the great strategist.
The author takes up the Dalton-.\tlanta Campaign in detail.
An interesting comparison is instituted between Lee's contem-
porary retreat from the Wilderness to Petersburg and John-
ston's retreat to Atlanta from Dalton. These two campaigns,
it is contended, were phenomenal in the art of war. '1 hey
were somewhat differently conducted, but in this difference
Johnston loses nothing. The actual result was that Lee's
victory over Grant at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, broke the
military prowess of the invading hosts there, and that John-
ston's victory over Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain June 27,
1864, a little later, had the same effect in the Middle West.
Mr. DuBose argues, with no little claim to correctness, that
if Lee had been permitted to continue his line of operations
Grant must have been destroyed in North Carolina, even if he
got that far down. Further, that if Johnston had not been
removed Sherman would have been annihilated or driven in
broken rout, with a starving mob at his heels, back to Chatta-
nooga. He quotes Grant's "Memoirs" and a later work,
"General Sherman's Letters to His Wife," to show that Grant
and Sherman were confessedly at their wits' ends by tlie re-
sults of the two battles respectively.
Mr. DuBose makes the candid claim that Hood's battle at
Franklin was fought more within the scientific rules of war
than Pickett's historic charge at Gettysburg ; that Hood's was
the better battle, however great the blunder in ordering it.
[Controversy is not encouraged. .All did their best. — Ed.]
R. A. Jackson, of Somerset, Ky., seeks information concern-
ing George S. Barnes, who lived at Cowan, Tenn. He en-
listed in the Confederate army early in the war, and was
in prison at Fort Delaware. His widow makes application for
a pension under the recent act of the Kentucky Legislature.
Information concerning his service would be of lasting bene-
fit to this destitute widow.
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CONCERNING GEN. BUTLER AND MRS. MUMFORD.
nv CORPORAL JAMES TANNER, WASHINGTON, D. C.
I Inve just returned from a five weeks' trip across and
around the country, and in looking over the Veteran for Sep-
tember my attention was attracted to your account of the exe-
cution of Muniford in New Orleans by General Butler's order.
It calls to mind that which I had from Butter's own lips,
which I think will be of interest to your many readers.
The incident, as the General related it to :ne, occurred some-
time during General Grant's administration. He said that he
was then a Republican member of Congress, and one morn-
ing while extremely busy a lady sent word that she wished
lu see him and was very insistent about it. He declined, re-
questing that she call again ; but she so persisted that finally
he directed that she be admitted. When she came in, he said
to her: "Ma<Iani, I do not wish to be discourteous, but every
second of my time is occupied, and I shall have to ask that
you be as brief as possible in what you have to say." She
thanked him and then said tliat she had come to see him in
the belief that there was a very diflferent General Butler in
existence from the one portrayed in the newspapers.
"I have come to sec you, General," she said, "in the interest
of the widow of Mumford, the man you hung at New
Orleans." "What about her?" asked the General. The lady
told him that Mrs. Mumford was in dire need; that she was
living out at Staunton, Va., in a little home on which there
was a niortgige for. I believe, some twelve hundred dollars,
the mortgage past due and the interest unpaid, and that a
notice of foreclosure proceedin.gs had been served upon her.
She sliowed him a newspaper clipping which proved to be a
Icgnl notice of the foreclosure proceedings. "Why, madam."
said the General, "I thought the South raised a fund of ten
Ihousaiul dollars for the benefit of Mrs. Mumford." "So they
did," she replied; "they intrusted it to an Episcopal minister
and he stole every dollar of it."'
Butler thought over the matter for a moment and said .
"Madam. I am entirely too busy to give consideration to this
matter at this time; but if you can manage to call on me the
d.iy after to-morrow about this hour, I will arrange the time
to talk to you concerning this case." The lady withdrew, de-
lighted that she had made this much progress. Turning to
his stenographer, the General asked: "Have you got all this?"
And the stenographer answered, "Yes." "Well," said the Gen-
eral, "I have no doubt but that the lady's statement is true.
However, take this notice of foreclosure, go down to Staun-
ton to-morrow morning, and see the attorney in the case. I
will give you a blank check signed; and if you find the case
as stated, fill out the check and clear up the mortgage. Have
the satisfaction piece recorded and bring it back to me."
This was done, and of course when the lady called at the
appointed time the interview was short, but emmcntly satis
factory to her. The General said that then, realizing that the
poor woman could not cat the house, he went to the Treasury
Department, saw the Secretary, and fold him of the case, and
that he wanted a place for Mumford's widow, and, to use his
own expression, he didn't want any d — n Civil Service foolish-
ness about it. She was appointed at his request to a position
in the Treasury Department, which she held for soine time,
when, the General said, there came one of those periodical re-
forms in the Treasury Department which landed her, among
others, on the outside. Then he said he went to the Post
Office Department and secured for her an appointment there
to a clerkship, "where she remained until President Hayes ap-
pointed that Key Postmaster-General, and Key held that
he could not afTord to have the widow of the gambler Mum-
ford in his clerical force and dismissed her." Butler added
that he had lost track of her after that occurred.
General Butler's connection with the Mumford family was
fated not to end in his effort to serve Mrs. Mumford, as he
explained to me while lying on board the old yacht America,
which the General owned and which at the time I speak of
was anchored in Marblehead Harbor, Massachusetts.
.-Xfter telling me of his action regarding the mortgage on
Mrs. Mumford's home at Staunton, Va., he went on to say
to me that in 18S4 he went as a delegate from Massachusetts
lo the Democratic presidential convention held in Chicago.
.\ day or two before the convention met the Chicago papers
came out one morning with flaming headlines covering a dis-
patch from Kansas City dated the night before which stated
that a young man who claimed to have been a son of Muinfonl
had left Kansas City for Chicago that night, declaring that
he was going to Chicago to kill Ben Butler. This matter
naturally excited a good deal of attention and was the subject
of considerable comment and consultation among prominent
ilelegates from the South, many of whom had served with dis-
tinction in the Southern ariny.
Several of these leadmg men gathered together and con-
sulted about the matter. They were unanimous in the ex-
pression of the belief that it would have a very bad effect
politically if General Butler were even assaulted, and the
result was that they concluded to form a volunteer guard
who should make it their business to have soine of them on
the watch whenever Butler left his quarters at the hotel and
try to protect him from any assault of any kind whatever.
Having come to this conclusion, they further determined
that it was only fair to the General that they should wail
upon and let him know what they had done. So eight or ten
of them, as the General related it to me, waited upon him in
his parlor and laid the matter before him. Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton, of South Carolina, being the spokesman. When Hamp-
ton had concluded his statement, the General responded by
saying: "Gentlemen, this call on your part and the spirit
which moved you to make it touch me deeply, none the less
so because there is not the slightest occasion for your appre-
hension. I have never been a man," he added, "who has worn
his heart upon his sleeve ; and what I say to you now I prefer
should be held confidential between these four walls. J hi
Kansas City man, whoever he may be, is a liar. He is no
son of Mumford's. H Mumford's son had any desire to as-
sassinate me, gentlemen, he has had plenty of opportunities
already, for I have educated that young man. He has spent
his school vacations in my home at Lowell, and many a night
ht and I have sat alone in my library very late, he prepar-
ing for his examination, I engaged on whatever might have
occupied my mind at the time. No, no, gentlemen," he added ;
"if I live until Mumford's son assassinates me, I shall rival
Mcthusehih in the number of my years."
In relating it to me the General added: "I prefer. Tanner,
that you never let this get out to the public — not, at least, until
after I am dead and gone." 1 am satisfied that I commit no
impropriety now in giving it to the Co.nfederate Veteran.
These statements made to me personally by Genera! Butler
can easily be verified by any one who has any disposition and
time to search the records. Perhaps they will give some peo-
ple an idea that there was another side to General Butler's
character from what they had imagined.
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Kki'lv to the Foregoing by W. B. Mumford, Kansas City.
In the first place, we never lived in Staunton, Va., nor were
we ever there. We left New Orleans via a flag of truce
granted b.v General Banks, went to Pascagoula, Miss., from
there to Mobile, Ala., and thence through the Confederacy
to Richmond, Va., and from there we w-ent to Wytheville, Va.,
where we remained until 1865. when the war was over. Then
we went back to New Orleans; and when the cholera broke
out there in 1866, we returned to Wytheville, Va., where
wc remained until either i86g or 1S70.
While in Wytheville my mother received a letter from one
of her relatives in Massachusetts stating that she had secured
a position for her in the Treasury Department at Washington.
My mother went there with my brother and sister, and I soon
followed. No minister ever had anything to do with the
handling of the money that was given for our little home
in Wytheville, Va. The dear people of Wytheville collecte'l
something over a thousand dollars and placed it in the hands
of a Mr. McDonald, of Wytheville, a hat manufacturer (who
afterwards taught school), who built us a small two-room
house in the suburbs on a five-acre lot. It had no basement
and was built on eight brick pillars. I helped dig the holes
for them. If there was ever a mortgage on the house for
more than a few hundred dollars, we are not aware of it.
It could not have been $1,200, as the property sold in 1880 or
1881 for about $600.
The Durants of Massachusetts are relatives of my mother
on her mother's side, and it was through this weathly family,
she said, that she got her position at Washington.
[In this matter there seems to be inconsistency. The Vet-
eran seeks to record the truth, and solicits evidence.]
MRS. WAYNE P. FERGUSON.
Mrs. Ferguson, of Kenova, W. Va., is the wife of General
Ferguson, Brigade Commander of the Second Brigade, West
Virginia Division. She was matron of honor of the West
Virginia Division, U. C. V., at the Macon (Ga.) Reunion in
May, 19 12.
MISS JEAN MILLER.
Miss Jean Miller, daugliter of Judge James H. Miller, of
Bellepoint, W. Va., was maid of honor for the West Vir-
ginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, at Macon, Ga.
IV ANTS PENSION LAW CHANGED.
Dr. J. P. Clark writes from Trezevant, Tenn., that at
the beginning of the great war he was in school in Nash-
ville. He went home and enlisted promptly in the Confed-
erate army. In the battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta,
one of his hands was practically shot off. After the war he
v;ent West, but later in life he concluded to end his days in
"Sunny Tennessee." He is now in his seventy-third year
and a cripple ; but according to the pension law of his native
State he must wait three years before he can share in its
pension fund. He, with others, favors the repeal of the law
and tliat the former law of one year's residence be substituted.
Dr. C. is informed that the three years' residence was adopted
because, as Tennessee paid more pensions than border States,
there was an influ.x of men across the border, especially from
the South, solely to secure that benefit. Some change in the
law should be made for the benefit of just such cases as this,
and no doubt it will be enacted. The Pension Board of this
State is diligent to have such improved legislation enacted.
New Officers of Camp Robert McLain, No. 1469, U. C. V.
— Commander, J. A. Fontaine ; Lieutenants, J. H. Harper,
T. J. Evans, H. H. Adams, J. J. Parker; Surgeon, Dr. W.
J. McNair: Chaplain, J. H. Melton; Sergeant Major, R. M.
McRee; Officer of the Day, W. G. Edwards; Color Sergeant,
William Allred; Vedette, J. R. McRee; Color Bearer, J. F.
Bass; Sponsor, Miss Bessie Adams; Adjutant, J. P. May;
Delegates to State Reunion, R. M. McRee, J. P. May; Alter-
nates, J. R. McRee, J. H. Helton.
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561
STORIES OF SERIICE IN V'IRCINIA.
BV E. M. HICKS, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
I kissed my mother and sister good-by on May 23, 1861,
and left for tlie war— "a little skirmish with the Yankees."
My company joined Maj. Bob Wheat's battalion of artillery
and was soon off for Virginia. We were later transferred to
Major St. Paul's battalion and served as guard for the Wash-
ington ,'\rtillery. and were afterwards connected with the 3d
Louisiana Battalion, forming the 15th Louisiana Regiment
and a part of the 2d Louisiana Brigade.
Our company was seventy-two strong, rank and file. We
lost ten men killed and twenty-five wounded in the Seven
I'nies battle. Our total loss in deaths during the war was
forty-si.x. We had some recruits, making the company one
hundred and fifteen all told. Three of these surrendered at
Appomatto.x, two have since died, leaving only the writer. I
was in some close places during the mix-up. General Gordon
asked for volunteers as sharpshooters, and 1 became one of
three hundred.
On the night of March 24, 1865, in front of Petersburg we
were called into line, when General Gordon stepped in our
front and said : "Boys, I want you to take Fort Steadman for
me at daybreak to-morrow morning, and I will give you
fiirloughs. Will you do it?" Our reply was: "General, we
will do our best." I can see that grand man now as he stood
before us making this earnest plea to his "boys," as he always
called us. The signal for the charge was to be three musket
shots. We went over the enemy's pickets and into the fort,
which was manned by a regiment eight hundred strong. We
took .some prisoners and killed and wounded a good many,
some escaping in their night clothes. All the forts in reach
v.. M. HICKS.
of us turned loose all of their artillery, and mortar shells
seemed to be as. thick as stars in the firmament. We were
not reenforced, as expected, and had to retreat back to our
breastworks, leaving many of our boys behind. On the way
back I picked up a scalp with a heavy suit of hair. I suppose
a cannon ball did this cruel work.
When General Grant took a part of this line, we were
fighting across the bombproofs, and a fellow took bad aim
.It me not over twenty feet away. One of our boys was
wounded, and I had a very narrow escape helping him out in
full view of the enemy. The bombproof was an all-wise
providence with us. I took refuge behind a rock pile at
Gettysburg, and a cannon ball struck in my front, making the
rocks fly. A good-sized rock hit me in the breast, but I soon
.got it again. Colonel Noland, leading the ist Louisiana Regi-
ment, was cut in two by a cannon ball. This was on July 2, and
we made the biggest racket ever heard. Our Johnston was on
the extreme left of General Lee's line of battle at the foot
of the hills, so it was like shooting at squirrels up trees.
When we would turn loose on the Yankees, they could not
depress their big guns so as to do us any harm. It became so
quiet in our front that General Walker concluded he would
see what was going on, and he rode to the works, put-
ting his hand on them and carefully examining the place, but
no Yankees were there. This was one of the most deliberate
brave deeds I ever witnessed.
We had a fine time on our advance march into Pennsylvania.
Cherries were ripe and the Dutch people gave us plenty of
onions, light bread, milk, and butter, with apple sauce to
spread on our bread. On the retreat we had to ford the
Potomac River. General Lee went into Pennsylvania with
rne of the best armies ever mustered, but we had our Water-
loo. I had a talk with Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and remarked
10 her that what we needed at Gettysburg was her husband,
and she said that was what General Lee said was wanting.
.After the surrender I walked to Culpeper County, about
line hundred miles, to visit some relatives. Soon after my
.irrival a cavalry brigade came by on its way to Washington
City to be mustered out of service. .About dark four of the
men rode up and wanted to spend the night with us. This
was fortunate, as they helped me to guard our horses against
exchanges for broken-down animals. They kept guard by re-
lief, and near daybreak the one on guard said that if I would
keep a lookout he would take a nap, and I agreed. I had
noticed a big bundle rolled up in an oilcloth and tied be-
Innd one of their saddles, and curiously I examined the con-
tents. I found some nice clothes and riding gloves, a good
fit for a man wearing a dead Yankee's pants ; so I replaced
!:is goods with some grea.sy sacks and retied the bundle just
as I found it. I presume the owner was a little disappointed
on opening his package. I hope he may see this and that
we may bump against each other some day so that I can ex-
plain conditions and make things all right with him.
.\nolhcr bad trick I played was on General Early's retreat
from Maryland. We were in sight of Washington City and
had a fight with Lew Wallace at Monocacy. General Gor-
don told the sharpshooters to capture horses and ride back
to Virginia. I saw a bunch of saddled horses grazing on the
roadside, and I took my choice for a mount. On my way to
(hem I happened to look down in the darkness and another
step would have put my foot right on "Old Jube," as we
boys called him. He was fast asleep, and these horses be-
longed to him and his st.iff. Knowing the old man's horse.
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I thought it would be too bad to put our commander afoot.
I happened to get hold of the horse of Colonel Moore, our
inspector general, and as soon as it was light enough I made
for the first farmhouse on a trading expedition and swapped
without his consent, leaving the old woman and children
crying. The woman said it was their old family horse. I
tried to tell them that they got the best of the bargain ; but
the old man put in that the next Reb coming along would
leave him afoot. I rode into Virginia, turning my steed over
to the quartermaster. I can't say just what kind of a talk the
colonel would put up if we ever meet, but you know that
everything is fair in war.
I will close by saying that I lost my Virginia girl. She
married a Scotchman and now lives in Nairn, Scotland, and
is a widow with nine children, four boys and five girls.
OVER THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
BY REV. W. D. BAHGER, HAGERSTOWN, MD.
Nearly half a century has passed away since the great bat-
tles lasting three days were fought by gallant soldiers of the
North and South around the hills and low valleys of this
famous and much-talked-of field. Twenty-five square miles
of territory in and around the town of Gettysburg was fiercely
contended for by men maddened in the heat and strife of
those never-to-be-forgotten July days in 1863. The historian
has made it one of the greatest conflicts of arms in modern
times, one in magnitude and mortality to compare strongly
with Waterloo, where Napoleon and Wellington fought for
the supremacy of Europe.
The battle opened early in the forenoon of July i by that
superb soldier and princely gentleman. Gen. A. P. Hill, who
met strong resistance west of the town and to the right of
the Chambersburg Pike. General Reynolds, commanding
the 1st Army Corps, was instantly killed by a sharpshooter
said to have belonged to Archer's Tennessee Brigade. At the
southwest edge of this wood by an unfortunate movement
General Archer and a part of his Tennessee brigade were cap-
tured. To the north a few hundred yards m the railroad cut
Gen. Joseph R. Davis and his Mississippi brigade suffered
heavy loss in killed and captured. Around this point and
near the Theological Seminary the battle raged long and
hard until Rhodes's Division of Ewell's Corps filed in by the
left flank, and soon everything in his front gave way. When
the sun went down behind the smoky line of hills, the Fed-
erals had lost more than a mile of their ground and thou-
sands of men in prisoners, killed, and wounded. In con-
fusion the remnant retreated to the rocky ridge known as
Cemetery Hill. It was a glorious victory for tlie South. All
seemed well. Amid the dead and the dying the weary men
bivouacked for the night and "thought of to-morrow."
The Second Day.
General Longstreet was on the field stretching his mag-
nificent line of battle to the Round Tops. Taking Little
Round Top, at that time unoccupied by the enemy and the
key to the situation, would have enabled Hood to enfilade
Meade's line all along Cemetery Ridge and win the day for
the Army of Northern Virginia. But, alas! too late. A few
years ago General Sickel told me when looking over this
ground that he saved the day for the Union. Moving his
corps without orders from General Meade, he met the divisions
of McLaw and Anderson in the famous peach orchard, when
he lost his leg and half his men. Yet he said he would do
the same thing over again under the same circumstances, for
the reason that if the impetus of the Confederate attack had
not been checked at the peach orchard they would have swept
the lines away and held the ground.
.•\round here was close and bloody fighting, reaching to the
wheat field, the Valley of Death, and about Devil's Den. Dis-
tinguished officers on both sides were killed in this neighbor-
liood. among them the fiery-souled Barksdale, of Mississippi,.
Wier and Vincent, of New York, with many under-officers
and private soldiers. In this battle many States were repre-
sented, New York suffering the greatest loss. Organizations
from thirteen States made up the Confederate .A.rmy of
Northern Virginia. Eleven States had seceded from the
Union, making the republic of the Confederacy. Yet four-
tten States furnished large numbers of troops for the South-
ern cause, three of which had not seceded, they being Mary-
l.-ind, Kentucky, and Missouri. The little State of Maryland
had sent some twenty thousand men to the ranks of the Vir-
ginia .'\rmy. Some of the guides about Gettysburg have much
to say of the charge that the Louisiana Tigers made on the
evening of the second day. At that time the Tigers had no
organization. Major Wheat, who commanded the battalion,
was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor in May, 1862. This
fighting battalion was disbanded and the men absorbed by
the 5th, 6th, and 8th Louisiana Regiments, and no doubt many
of the Tigers were in the desperate charge made on Cemetery
Hill by the brigades of Hoke and Hays on that memorable
evening when blood flowed as water on the green hillside.
The Third Day,
Gen. George E. Pickett and his splendid division of Vir-
g;nia troops had reached the field late that night and were
an.xious for the fray. They had been tested many times and
found true on more than one bloody battle field.
The supreme test was now at hand. At 1:15 p.m. on the
3d of July Gen. E. P. Alexander ordered the signal gun to be
fired by the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. Shots-
were fired in quick succession, then such cannonading as had
never been heard on this continent before or since. About
three hundred guns began a rapid and prolonged fire, shaking.,
the firm foundations of the hills around. The division moved'
grandly out from under the smoke and marched across the
almost level valley toward a cluster of low trees near Meade's-
left center. They were brave men and not afraid to die, for
they faced the test of death at every step.
In crossing the Emmitsburg Pike, General Garuett and his
horse were both killed at the same instant. His brother had/
been killed just about a year before at Carrick's Ford, on.
Cheat River, in West Virginia. General Kemper was shot
through the center of the body while within a few feet of the
enemy's works. The brave and chivalric Armstead hadi
crossed the works and died within the Union lines. General!
Pender being killed and the supporting columns giving way,.
the bravest of the brave could do no more.
I have thought and wished that the new Confederate monu-
ment might mark the ground where the heroic sons of Vir-
ginia made their farthest advance. It was a pleasure to meet-
and talk with Gen. L. L. Lomax, who is now the Confederate-
officer on the battle field commission, having succeeded the-
late Major Robins, of Alabama. He commanded a division-
of cavalry at Yellow Tavern when the dashing and brilliant
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart received a death wound. The spirit
of the sixties comes back and thrills the soul as we walk or
drive over this ground where death held high carnival on the
first, second, and third days of '63.
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REASONS FOR FAVORING I HE BLACK FLAG.
[Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard wrote a letter to Gov. James D.
Porter in regard to it, as shown by Mr. Robert Quarles, in
charge of the archives at the State Capitol of Tennessee, who
came upon an autograph letter written in 1875 by General
Beauregard to Gov. James D. Porter in answer to Governor
Porter's inquiry as to the truth of a statement made by
Gen. Frank Sherman that General Beauregard advocated rais-
ing the black flag during the War of the States. His letter,
though dated at New Orleans, was mailed in Havana, Cuba.]
New Orleans, La., April 23, 1875.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the l8th inst. has been received,
inclosing the form of an invitation adopted by a general
meeting of the soldiers, sailors, and citizens of Chicago to
be sent "to all who recognize the American flag as an em-
blem of nationality, undivided and undivisible, to attend a
grand reunion of all the soldiers and sailors of the United
States to be held at Chicago May 12-14, 1875," and inquiring
how much truth there is in the remarks of a certain Gen.
Frank Sherman, who objected to the invitation being sent to
me, as "he was not in favor of extending an invitation to a
man who had said he was in favor of shooting all prison-
ers taken under the American flag.'" I had hoped that the
passions and enmities occasioned by the late war were re-
placed by kindlier feelings ; but it seems that there are hearts
still rancorous enough to be ever anxious to stir again into
a flame the dying embers of the war.
In this section of our country such exhibitions of animosity
are confined to those who during the war were farthest from
the enemy, gathering up the spoils in the wake of the con-
tending armies. Is not this Gen. Frank Sherman one of those
despicable characters?
Not from any regard for such windy declamation, nor for the
man mean enough to sink to such base pandering to popular
passion, but out of respect to myself and to that cause whose
high and holy purpose history will some day vindicate I will
very briefly and frankly state the position I took in regard
to Federal prisoners.
.\fter the battle of the First Manassas, when it was reported
th.U the Federal government refused to recognize Confed-
erate prisoners as "prisoners of war," that Christian hero and
able soldier. Gen. Tliomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, and my-
self advocated tliat the Confederate government should then
proclaim a "war to the knife," neither asking nor granting
quarter. We, moreover, thought that the war would thereby
come sooner to an end with less destruction finally of life and
property. We thought also that such a mode of warfare
would inspire greater terror in the armed invaders of our
soil and reduce greatly the number of army followers, bum-
mers, etc., who arc ever the curse of all armed invasions.
Subsequently when the Federals had penetrated certain por-
tions of the South and developed a system of warfare so
di.Tmclrically opposed to the one practiced by the Confederates
wlun ihcy invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania under their
great commander. Gen. R. E. Lee, and I saw the emaciated
forms and wretched condition of our returned Southern
prisoners, I again advocated the hoisting of the black flag,
willing at any time to forfeit my life in the deadly struggle.
Notwithstanding these views, I always treated my prisoners
with humanity and proper consideration. I had the fortune of
taking many thousands of them at Manassas, Shiloh, Charles-
ton, Drewry's Bluff, Bcrnuida Hundred, and Petersburg, most
of whom are, I suppose, still alive and can (and certainly
v.ould) testify to the fact. After the fall of Fort Sumter,
in April. 1861, I granted to the garrison the same considerate
terms which I had offered before the attack.
Through my intercession the Federal surgeons and minis-
ters of the gospel taken at Manassas were released without
exchange by the Confederate government. The day after
that battle one of the Federal officers (whose friends I knew
in New York) applied to me for a small loan for himself and
friends, which I furnished at once from my private funds. It
was faithfully returned.
Shortly after the battle of Shiloh I sent under a cartel a
certain number of able-bodied Federal prisoners to General
Ilalleck, who several weeks after returned an equal number
of convalescents from St. Louis to Fort Pillow. The officer
in command there refused to receive them, because several ol
them were just from a smallpox hospital. General Halleck
failed afterwards to make good the exchange.
.\t Charleston I authorized Admiral Dahlgren to send sup-
plies of clothing, etc., to the prisoners we had taken from
him. These supplies were scrupulously issued to them.
.At Bermuda Hundred in May, 1864, when passing in front
of a large body of I-'ederal prisoners who had gallantly de-
fended a position which I considered indispensable to us, I
took off my hat to them and they answered with cheers.
Terribly as I desired the effects of the war to fall on alt
armed invaders of our country, I wanted the noncombatants —
that is, the old men, women, and children — exempted fronii
them, and wished also that private property not contraband of
war and not needed by the contending armies in the lield,
should be entirely protected from seizure or destruction.
Such would have been my course had I penetrated with an
army into Federal territory, unless it were in strict retal-
iation for material departures by the Federal forces from
this civilized code of carrying on the war, as, for instance,
their operations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia,,
the inexcusable burning of Atlanta and Columbia, and;
the destructive march of General Sherman through Georgiai
and South Carolina, whose track was marked by smoking;
ruins and blackened chimneys; the suggestion of General
Halleck to destroy Charleston and sprinkle salt on its site
tliat not even grass should grow thereon, to which Generali
Sherman replied that no salt would be needed, as one of his
most reliable corps formed the riglit wing of his army, and
that it always did its work thoroughly; the devastating
march of General Sheridan through the Shenandoah Valley,,
relative to which he reported to the general in chief of the
United Stales army that "a crow flying over the country
would have to carry its own rations," but he did not say
what became of the old men, women, and children who then
lived in that fertile valley.
With regard to the mortality of prisoners on both sides, the
Washington Union (Radical) of October, 1868, contained the
following article : "In reply to a resolution of the House of
Representatives calling upon the Secretary of War for the
number of prisoners of either side held and that died during
the war he makes the following report : Number of Union
prisoners South, 260.940; died, 22,590. Number of Confed-
erate prisoners North, 200,000; died, 26,435." That is. two of
the former out of twenty-two and two of the latter out of
every fifteen. Comment is here unnecessary in view of the
condition and resources of those two sections of country.
[The published official record shows be.vond question that "the
black ilag" was not proposed through personal hate.]
5''^4
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LOXCSI REETS FORCES AT CHICKAMAUGA.
h\ C.XPT. J. II. MARTIX, HAWKINSVILLE, GA.
My cslcenicd friend, Dr. William B. Conway, of .\ugusta,
Ga., in auempting to correct the misstatement relative to
Longstreet's forces at Chickamauga has fallen into error him-
self. Longstreet's Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia
was composed of Hood's, Pickett's, and McLaws's Divisions.
No part of Pickett's Division, which was composed exclusive-
ly of Virginians, w'as at Chickamauga. Hood's Division at
the time of the battle of Chickamauga was composed of five
brigades — .Xnderson's Georgia Brigade, Benning's Georgia
Brigade, Law's Alabama Brigade. Jenkins's South Carolina
Brigade, and Hood's old brigade, then commanded by General
Robertson, known as the Texas Brigade and composed of
the 1st, 4th. and 5th Texas Regiments and the 3d Arkansas.
Only three brigades of Hood's old division were at Chicka-
mauga— to w^it, Robertson's, Benning's. and Law's brigades.
Two other brigades, Kershaw's and Humphrey's, of McLaws's
Division, A. N. V., were in the battle. These five brigades
were the only troops from the Army of Northern Virginia
that participated in the battle of Chickamauga.
General Longstreet commanded the left wing of the Con-
federate forces, and had under him, in addition to the bri-
gades of his ow-n corps above named, the following Western
troops : Hindman's Division, composed of Patton Anderson's,
Deas's. and Manigault's Bri.gades; Johnson's Division, com-
posed of Johnson's, Gregg's, and McNair's Brigades : Buck-
ncr's Corps, composed of Stewart's Division, made up of the
brigades of Brown, Bates, and Clayton, and Preston's Di-
vision, made up of the brigades of Gracie, Trigg, and Kelly,
making in the aggregate six divisions and seventeen brigades
constituting the left wing of the army under Longstreet. The
foregoing is an accurate statement of the forces under Long-
street at Chickamauga.
On the 19th of September, 1863, Benning's and Robertson's
Brigades attacked the enemy on his right and drove him back.
I was woimded in the foot directly after we had driven the
enemy across the Lafayette road. I think this was the name
of the road. General Benning rode down the line between
the two forces, had his horse killed, and was shot through
his clothing. On the 20th we were moved to the right and
captured an eight-gun battery.
In less than twenty feet of this battery, while trying to cap-
ture a flag, I was shot through my under jaw, the bones on
both sides being crushed, from the efifects of which wound I
have never recovered. In the battle of Chickamauga every
officer and man in my company who went into the fight was
killed, w'oundcd. or struck with a ball. General Benning had
three horses killed under him, and the last I heard of him
before I was taken off the field he was rushing the enemy,
riding bareback an artillery horse without taking time to take
the harness off; and when some one suggested putting on a
saddle for him, he said it w-as no time to saddle horses, as
we had them going and must keep after them. I did not see
General Benning riding bareback, as it occurred after I was
shot, but I was told by men who saw it.
Dr. Conway states : "Longstreet's three divisions were again
united and were with Lee at Gettysburg." This gives the
j-mpression that the battle of Gettysburg was after the battle
of Chickamauga. This is an error. The battle of Gettysburg
was fought July i, 2, and 3, 1863, and the battle of Chicka-
mauga was on the 19th and 20th of the following Scptcnibor.
Having Iven in both and wounded in both. 1 know the facts.
On September 19 our regiment fought the 8th Kansas, and
just as our line was ready to advance a friend of mine in
Company C, of our regiment, and I had a contest as to who
should strike the enemy's line first, with the result that both
of us ran into the 8th Kansas Regiment and were captured
and held as prisoners for a short time, until some Confed-
erate cavalry rushed out to our left with a yell, and the
Federals fled, leaving us, and we rejoined our command, which
immediately came up. Corporal Thomas J. Rutledge, of Com-
pany F, 8th Regiment Kansas Volunteers, shot at me not
over ten feet distant after I got in the enemy's line, but
missed. I now have his commission as corporal written on
parchment at Winchester, Tenn., on July 17, 1863, and signed
"John M. Martin, Colonel 8th Ks. Vol. Infty., commanding the
Regiment. James E. Law, ist Lt. and .\djutant of the Regi-
ment.'" Should this ever be seen by any of his relatives and
they wish the commission, I shall give it to them.
J. W. Mi.N'NicK, OF Grand Isle, La., on the Sir.ikct.
Noting the corrections in regard to the above by Dr. Wil-
liam B. Conway in the September Veteran, permit me to
add thereto as taken from the Official Records. Series I.,
Vol. XXX., "War of the Rebellion."
Law's, Benning's, and Robertson's Brigades of Hood's Di-
vision were the only ones engaged. Jenkins's Brigade "did
not arrive in time to take part in the battle." (Longstreet,
pages 287-290.)
Only Humphrey's and Kershaw's Brigades arrived in time
for the battle of the 20th. Bryan's and Wofiford's Brigades
did not arrive to take part in the action. (Humphrey, page
.S09; Kershaw, pages 502-507.)
The above five brigades were all the troops of Longstreet's
Corps engaged at Chickamauga. .;\ccording to the official re-
ports, "Pickett's Division was left in Virginia." But there
is an error in the assignment of one of those brigades, since
one brigade which engaged Van Deveer north of Jay's Mill
on the 19th (after Wilson's attack on Croxton south of the
mill) is wholly unaccounted for in any report. Yet they
were there, and in the words of one of their officers to me in
the rear of their line they had "been getting hell." These
reports should settle any misapprehension in regard to the
number of brigades of Longstreet's Corps at Chickamauga.
They stand unquestioned.
J. W. Perry Writes from Greenville, Ga., .\i)olt It.
In the September Veteran Dr. William B. Conway, con-
cerning the forces that General Longstreet took to Chicka-
mauga, states that only Hood's Division was there. He will
find that part of McLaws's Division was on the ground and
did the same kind of work there that it did at Gettysburg less
than three months before. General Kershaw's brigade was
certainly there and captured a battery on Sunday afternoon
in spite of the orders of General Longstreet, who sent word
to them to desist after they had passed over five or si.x liun-
dred yards of ground under a withering fire and were Hear-
ing the enemy's guns. The order could not be enforced until
they had the guns, and then it w-as "out of date."
Whether Semmes's, Barksdale's, and Wofiford's Brigades,
which were under General McLaws in the Gettysburg cam-
paign, were on the ground at Chickamauga the writer is un-
able to say. But General Long in his "Life of General Lee"
says that Longstreet with two divisions was withdrawn from
the Army of Northern Virginia to reenforce General Bragg
in Tennessee, and the third division (Pickett's") was scut to
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the district south of Petersburg. At the reorganization fol-
lowing the battle of Chancellorsville General Lee's army was
divided into three army corps of three divisions each, and the
divisions in Longstreet's Corps were commanded by Hood,
McLaws, and Pickett. Of course General Hood was at
Chickamauga, as he there lost a leg.
But there were troops at Chickamauga that had been part of
Pickett's Division. Gen. Micah Jenkins's brigade of South
Carolina troops was sent to Chickamauga, but not all arrived
hi time for the fight. Some were in Atlanta awaiting trans-
portation while the fight was in progress. But at least one
regiment, the Palmetto Sharpshooters (possibly others), ar-
rived on the train Sunday afternoon and took part in the
closing events of the battle. This fact I received from a
member of the regiment some years ago.
I suppose Jenkins's Brigade had been transferred from
Pickett's to one of the other divisions, as it went to Knox-
ville with Longstreet, wintered in East Tennessee, and
got back to Lee's army in the early morning of May 6,
when General Jenkins was killed at the same time that Gen-
eral Longstreet was wounded and by the same lire. I enjoy
the Xktf.ran immensely.
W. H. Morgan, Floyd, Va., .^UTH0K ok thh Book.
In the September Veteran Dr. William B. Conway, of
Athens, Ga., brings into question the accuracy of a state-
ment in my book, "Personal Reminiscences of the War of
1861-65," on page 176 — viz., that Longstreet's two divisions.
Hood's and McLaws's, were in the Chickamauga fight. He
contends that only Hood's Division was with Longstreet in
Tennessee, and cites authority to show that McLaws's Division
was at Chancellorsville. I infer that this comrade is under
the impression that the battles of Chancellorsville and Chicka-
mauga were fought about the same time, when the truth is
that Chancellorsville was fought in May, 1863, and Chicka-
mauga in September, 1863. No fact in that great war is bet-
ter established by history and by the memory of many vet-
erans still living than that Longstreet led Hood's and McLaws's
Divisions into the severe battle of Chickamauga, and that they
rendered splendid service in the fight.
Comrade Conway says : "Some Northern historians claim
that General Longstreet went into Tennessee with his whole
corps (Hood's, McLaws's, and Pickett's Divisions)." This
is not surprising. The Yankees always overestimated and ex-
aggerated the "Rebels" opposed to them on the field of battle,
and tlicir historians keep it up.
[Statement by W. F. Clark, of Chase City, Va.. who served
in Company L 56th Virginia Regiment, Pickett's Division,
Longstreet's Corps.]
In the Veteran for September, 191J. page 42.', about Long-
street's forces at Chickamauga, there seems to be doubt as to
the troops General Longstreet took with him to Chickamauga.
It says that Pickett was near Suffolk. Va., and McLaws was
at Chancellorsville with Lee and Jackson. This statement
gets the cart before the horse.
I belonged to General Garnett's brigade, of Pickett's Di-
\ision, Longstreet's Corps. The battle of Fredericksburg was
fought on December 13, 1862. Burnside was defeated and re-
crossed the Rappahannock River to the Staflford Heights and
went into winter quarters. It seemed that the next move to
take Richmond would be made by the upper crossing of the
Rappahannock River above Fredericksburg or move down and
cross the James River and advance by way of Petersburg.
During ilic latter part of December and in January, 1863,
General Longstreet marked off the lines for rifle pits, etc., along
the upper fords and banks of the Rappahannock River. In
i-\bruary, 1863, he was ordered to take Pickett's, Hood's,
Dearing's, and Henry's artillery and occupy the country south
of the James between Petersburg and Suffolk and a portion of
Eastern North Carolina, leaving Generals McLaws and R. H.
.Anderson with General Lee at Fredericksburg,
With this disposition of his army General Lee was able to
meet either move General Burnside might make. Just before
the battle of Chancellorsville General Longstreet, with Pickett
and Hood, was in Southeastern Virginia, and he was ordered
to rejoin General Lee. but did not reach him until he had
defeated General Hooker, when the whole .\rmy of Northern
Virginia was reassembled. In June. 1863, the battle of Gettys-
burg was fought. The Army of Northern Virginia returned
!o Virginia and Longstreet's Corps was camped on the Mine
Run between Orange Courthouse and the Rapidan River.
(Jeneral Longstreet took from Pickett's Division Gen. M.
Jenkins's South Carolina Brigade and General Hood's and Mc-
Laws's Division and went to the Chickamauga field, arriving
in time to take part in the battle of September 30. 1863.
W. S. Chapman Writes on This Subject Also.
Dr. Conway contends that Longstreet brought with him
only Hood's Division, and quotes approvingly a letter from
his brother, Catlett Conway, who was a member of Kemper's
Brigade. This brother of Dr. Conway states that McLaws's
Division was at Chancellorsville with Lee and Jackson, while
Pickett's Division was in Southeastern Virginia near Suffolk,
and that Pickett made a forced march to reach Chancellors-
ville, but did not get there until the battle had been fought
and won.
Comrade Conway has lost sight of the fact that the battles
of Chancellorsville and Chickamauga were not fought con-
temporaneously. The battle of Chancellorsville began May
2, 1863, and ended the next day. The immortal Stonewall
J.-.ckson was wounded the first day of that battle and died on
Sunday, the loth of May. succeeding. Reference is also inade
to the fact that the three divisions of Longstreet were subse-
quently reunited at Gettysburg, where the battle between Gen-
eral Lee and General Meade began July i and ended July 3,
1863, holding the inference that this battle was subsequent to
the battle of Chickamauga. The battle of Chickamauga was
fought on the 19th and 20th of September. 1863. more than
four and a half months after the battle of Chancellorsville
and two months and a half after the battle of Gettysburg.
Longstreet started Hood's and McLaws's Divisions to
Chickamauga, including three of Hood's and two of Mc-
Laws's Brigades. Kershaw and Humphreys got there in time
to engage in the battle, but two of Hood's Brigades and two
of McLaws's Brigades with General McLaws never reached
the battle field in time to participate. General Longstreet's
book, "From Manassas to .\ppomattox," page 440, states :
"General McLaws and two of his brigades, two of Hood's, and
Alexander's Artillery were on the rails speeding for the bat-
tle as fast as steam could carry them, but failed to reach it."
The writer belonged to Cheatham's Division and fought in
the battle of Chickamauga.
[Others have written on the subject, but not on these lines]
Tins Veteran contains reference to many valuable books
wliich it will supply at very advantageous prices. .Ml Confed-
erate books siipplied at pulilishers' prices or less.
566
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ANNUAL REPORT OF TEXAS DIVISION, U. C. V.
BY JUDGE C. C. CUMMINGS, FORT WORTH.
Maj. Gen. Felix H. Robertson, Commanding Texas Division,
U. C. v.: I have the honor to submit my annual report as
Historian of the Division at this its twenty-first reunion.
We are assembled in Johnson County on historic ground
•which perpetuates the memory of one of the pioneers of the
republic, who commanded a regiment of Texas Rangers
guarding our frontier in the Mexican War and later raised
a regiment for the Confederacy. And this fair city of Cle-
burne, with its many sacred spires pointing heavenward,
Tionors one who died for his adopted country that the boon
of home rule, so long denied his native Erin, might not perish.
Middleton Tate Johnson, for whom this county was named.
-was born in Georgia and tarried in North Alabama till man-
hood. He came thence to Shelby County in the days of the
republic, and in 1847 was stationed with a company of rangers
from Shelby County, now Tarrant County, at a station which
bears his name.
In the spring of 1849 the War Department ordered Brevet
Maj. Gen. William Jenkins Worth, late from the Mexican
War, then stationed at San Antonio in command of the De-
partment of Texas, to establish a cordon of posts from Red
River to the Rio Grande to take the place of the Texas
Rangers by the terms of the admission of the State in 1845,
■one of which was designated to be at the junction of the
West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River, and Brevet
Maj. Ripley A. Arnold was ordered to build there a fort
and officers' quarters and occupy it with his command, two
■companies of United States dragoons.
In 1893, while the present granite structure was going up,
the commissioners requested the writer to compile a brief ac-
count of the history of the county and the establishment of
the fort, which I did as to the fort — from Farrar, the last
survivor of the six — in a letter dated September 23, 1893,
which was published in the Fort Worth Gazette March 17,
1894, the day of the laying of the corner stone, and deposited
it with other archives. * * *
A copy of the order from the War Department now be-
fore me states that the fort was established June 6, 1849, and
first named Camp Worth in honor of General Worth, being
changed to Fort Worth November 14, 1849. Major Arnold
was a native of Mississippi and General Worth of New York,
and a fine equestrian statue of him stands in Madison Square,
New York City. Major Arnold's regiment was organized by
Jefferson Davis while Secretary of War under President
Pierce.
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born in Cork County, Ire-
land, March 17 (St. Patrick's day), 1828; and fell at the
"bloody assizes of Franklin November 30, 1864, at the early
age of thirty-six years. While a student at Trinity College,
Dublin, he enlisted in the 41st British Infantry; and after
three years of service in India he settled in Helena, Ark.,
"where he read and practiced law till our great war arose,
■when he enlisted in an Arkansas infantry (Confederate) regi-
ment as a private and ascended through every grade till his
Celtic genius and superior military training crowned his collar
"with the stars of a major general, being one of the seven Con-
■federate generals this patriotic old Southern city furnished
the Southern Confederacy. On December i his body lay
stark and cold by the side of our Texas General Granbury and
many other general officers who perished there in a holo-
caust of men ill ranks. Our sister county adjoining ha<; hon-
ored itself in naming its county seat for Granbury and the
county after Hood, the commander of this forlorn hope.
"They fell where the wage of battle was thickest
And the brief pang of death was quickest."
School Histories as Our Fathers Taught.
For the fourth time in igii a textbook law has been re-
enacted which repeats again the requirement that United
States histories for use in our public schools shall contain the
construction of our constitution as placed on it by the fathers
fairly presented. This is rendered imperative to avoid the
false construction as contained in the case of Texas vs. White
in a decision rendered by Chief Justice Chase in 1868 and
followed ever since by Northern authorities — even down to
the present time — to the effect that our government was
founded on the plan of indestructible States in an inde-
structible Union. This is not history, but bench-made law
during the Reconstruction period in violation of all law and
when the South was voiceless and powerless under military
rule. Up to 1830 the New England idea of secession was
never questioned, and before that when Lee and Davis were
students at West Point Judge Tucker's commentaries on the
Constitution were in use, and followed the New Englander's.
Not the New South but the Old South Glorified.
From the old files of the Confederate Veteran we read
that in Reconstruction days a New England carpetbagger
Hoated down to Beaufort, S. C, and began the publication of
the New South and the confiscation of Southern homes round
about and the practice of miscegenation. * * * These were
the days when the little satrap, Phil Sheridan, lorded it over
Texas and declared that if he owned hell and Texas he would
rent out Texas and live in hell. He is not in Texas now.
But they still clung to the term "New South" till Bob Taylor
in one of his transcendental bursts of eloquence exclaimed:
"They call it the New South, those who would wipe us out
and begin anew with their isms and schisms. It is not the
new South; it is the same old South that needs must suffer
for the sins of our fathers to render more perfect the Union
aimed at in the very first line of our grand charter and by
her crucifixion on the blood-red Southern cross as a vicarious
offering on the altar of constitutional liberty and race purity
to bring peace and reconciliation to us all. It is not a 'lost
cause,' but one after laying in its grave has risen again with
a glorified body, with healing in its wings, and is yet to stand
as a balance wheel of power between the contending Northern
factions who are kicking, having waxed fat on the spoils of
the desolated South. The Old South is the stone cut out of
the mountain without hands as a sign for all nations every-
where that home rule may live forever."
Nothing is surer than that the opening of the canal will
bring about changes in trade and commerce on the earth's
surface equaled only by the discovery of Columbus when he
sailed in these Panama waters four centuries ago. Among
these is to be the beginning of th« end of our race troubles.
The great avalanche of labor overhanging us in the Northern
States will gradually slide southward and cover the myriad
of vacant opportunities now lying fallow in the South for
lack of proper development.
The pension amendment is to be voted on next month to
increase the monthly allowance to indigent pensioners. There
still stand on the rolls about 12,000, one-third of whom are
widows. It is feared that unless we pay more attention to it
than the woman's home amendment its enactment there will be
ilelaved 50 that but few can have it.
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567
Our Soldiers' Home, under the care of Comrade Lyle, who
succeeded our lamented Comrade Wynne, is sumptuously
provided for, and the four hundred inmates have all the atten-
tion necessary to their comfort. The newly acquired Woman's
Home, under the guidance of our talented Daughter of Hood's
Brigade and many times President of the United Daughters
of the State Division, is a model of its kind.
The Confederate Camps number 1,750, with a membership
of 55,000, and yet there is a large number not enrolled. The
United Daughters, numbering 1,200 Chapters, with a member-
ship of 80,000, are diligent in gathering authentic historical
data, and have ever led in erecting trionuments to our Confed-
erate dead all over our once stricken land. Our Sons are
leading in the burdensome functions of our annual Reunions
and are following the Veterans in thrilling oratory which in-
spires the present generation to look to the future glory of
llic Soulli, which is again to equal its past, and to hear re-
hearsed at each annual gatliering "the story of the glory of
the storm-cradled nation that fell."
We have consulted the old lilcs of the Vf.ter.\n for much
of the matter in this report, and without it we frequently would
be at a loss for accurate data of the past. It is now closing
its second decade, and the editor has carved a unique niche
tv history. His name will be bound up with the truths of that
history, and ages hence will be turned to by those who follow
for the myriad of facts his industry has gleaned and reduced
to these golden pages in recounting oiir great struggle for the
right,
UNANIMOUS ACTION OF MISSOURI COMRADES.
At the General Reunion, U. C. V., held at Macon, Ga., this
\ear the following resolutions were adopted providing for
the .Tp]iointment of a comniittee of five members to confer
with a like committee from the Sons of Veterans with a view
to effecting a closer union between the two organizations and
report back to the next General Reunion :
"Whereas in view of the fact that the Veterans of the Con-
federacy arc growing old. resulting in inactivity on the part
of many Camps, and at the saiue time, unhappily, the Sons of
Veterans do not seem to take the worthy interest in the cause
that they should ; and whereas many accounts of the War
of the States contained in the histories from which our chil-
dren are taught give but a part of the truth or treat with
gross injustice the principles for which the South stood and
the part her brave defenders acted in that memorable strug-
gle: and whereas many men of Southern sympathy and con-
nections who arc neither Veterans nor Sons of Veterans mani-
fest' a real and abiding interest in nur cause and its perpetuity
and in some localities have been of material assistance to the
Camps, and in view of this interest it would bo highly beneficial
to the Camps to admit such men as associate members: be it
"Resolved: i. That the United Confederate Veterans of
Missouri do heartily favor the adoption of some plan whereby
the Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans may be con-
solidated into one organization and other men of Southern
sympathy and connections may be brought into a closer work-
ing iniion with this body by being made associate members,
to the end that a proper understanding of the noble principles
for which we fought and the memory of the valorous deeds
performed by the unfaltering defenders of the South may be
perpetuated and strengthened.
"2. That a committee of five members of the body be ap-
pointed to consider the details of such a plan for consolida-
tion, hear suggestions, and report their conclusions to the com-
mittee appointed by the United Confederate Veterans in their
Reunion at Chattanooga in the spring of 1913.
"3. That as Maj. Gen. J. William Towson has been ap-
pointed to represent the Missouri Division of United Confed-
erate Veterans at the Gettysburg Reunion, we hereby express
our appreciation of this compliment to our honored Com-
mander, and we herewith record our confidence in him aivd
feel sure that Missouri Confederates will be honorably rep-
resented by our esteemed comrade."
The comtnittee was composed of Gen. John B. Stone and
Cols. John W. Halliburton and George W. Lankford.
lixpRESSivE OF Hospitality to the People of Warrensburg.
The Committee on Resolutions reported genuine senti-
ments of appreciation by stating:
"To the citizens of Warrensburg we tender our sincere
thanks for their cordial w-elcome and their genial and gener-
I us hospitality, and assure them that our visit will always be
membcred gratefully.
"Our comrades of M. Af. Parsons Camp have endeared
themselves to us by their efforts for our comfort and pleas-
ure and have exemplified true comradeship and brotherly love.
"The ladies of Warrensburg (God bless themH have made
our lives better and brighter, and we assure them that they
will ever be cherished in meinory.
"Our one-time enemies, the Federal soldiers of Warrens-
burg. by their generous welcome and hearty cooperation in
our entertainment have made us feel that the questions of
the great war no longer separate us; that we are united in
good faith for the welfare of our common country.
"As our Past Commander, Col. Elijah Gates, has passed
his fourscore years and ten, and is suffering from affliction
so that he cannot be with us in our meetings, we express to
him our sincere sorrow for his afflictions and our heartfelt
sympathy and assure him that we think of him with love and
affection and cherish him as one of the bravest and best."
JEFFERSON DAVIS'S LAST ADDRESS.
Edward T. Denson, writing from .Amite City, La., incloses
a clipping in proof of the statement on his part that President
Davis made one more public address after the touching and
dramatic farewell described by Mrs. .Augusta Evans Inge in
the May Veteran. This last public appearance of the aged
former President was the nomination of the Hon. Thomas
R. Stockdale by the Democrats of the Sixth Mississippi Con-
gressional Convention at Mississippi City in 1888. Mr. Davis
was very feeble at the time and was induced to address the
convention solely through his love of fair play as well as of
peace and harmony.
Mr. Denson presents his facts, not to make less of the
memorable scene described by Mrs. Inge, but simply, he ex-
plains, "to keep the record straight."
Mr. Denson sends with his letter also some very interesting
reminiscences of his father, who was captain of Company C,
14th Confederate Cavalry, and who died frorn the effect of a
wound received in the battle of Harrisburg. Mr. Denson was
too young for service, but during the Grierson Raid, in 1863,
he served as courier and was with Captain Thomas, of his
father's regiment, in preventing the burning of the Clear
Creek railroad bridge, and thus enabled the Confederate gov-
ernment to run its trains from Summit south to Camp Moore
until the surrender, this being the only section of the New
Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad still intact.
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yiVID REMIXISCEXCES OF THE OLD PLAXTATION.
BY CORNELIA BRANCH STONE.
Ring out, memor)' bells, and carry me back to the golden days
of childhood and life on the old plantation, where my mother
and father presided over their children in the "great house" and
their large family of darkies in the quarters ; where "marster"
and "mistess" were often relegated to the trundle-bed when all
the resources for sleeping were exhausted in order that with
true Southern hospitality the best rooms might be given to the
honored guests.
I fancy I hear again the soft, sweet melody of the banjo a.=
the pickaninnies danced in front of the cabin door by the
light of the moon, or when fair Luna's face was turned away
by the lightwood torch burning so brightly on the high scaf-
fold. In some of the cabins I hear the more religious of the
old darkies holding prayer meetings and singing hymns, each
line of which is given out by some one, making a regular
break in the monotone of quavering voices. I was permitted
to go with "mammy" on Sunday afternoons to the church that
my father had built for his servants, and where a colored
parson literally expounded the gospel and his audience re-
sponded lustily and shouted with energy as the "Sperit moved
them." Mother once asked mammy what was the matter
with Ben. the butler. "I dunno, Miss Anne, 'less Ben is seek
jng and is under conviction." This was their idea of the
plan of salvation.
My father. Judge Edward Thomas Branch, was a native of
Virginia, a graduate of the ancient college of William and
Mary; and when he came back with impaired health to his
widowed mother, she sent him to Jackson, Miss., where she
had a cousin, Dr. Walker, a physician of eminence. His health
was not improved , by the change, and with two young men
from Jackson he went to New Orleans to take a boat for a
sea voyage to Cuba. The brig Montezuma, on which he sailed,
was captured in the Gulf of Mexico by a Mexican cruiser
which was on guard to prevent any aid being sent to the colo-
nists in Texas, then under Mexican rule, who had become rest-
ive under the oppressions of that government. My father was
put ashore near Anahuac, as the authorities did not wish to be
troubled with a sick man, and his two companions were sent
as prisoners to Mexico under the pretext that they intended to
join the revolutionary movement in Texas.
After walking twenty miles, father reached the home of a
pioneer settler, who kindly cared for him without charge, as
his captors had relieved him of his money and all portable
property. There being little or no postal facilities in Texas,
no ready communication could be had with his mother; but
he was soon well enough to organize a school, and by this
means he expected to secure the necessary funds to return to
his home in Virginia.
Fate, however, had otherwise ordained ; for when the call
came for volunteers to meet Santa Anna, who was invading
Texas with an army of five thousand soldiers, father joined
Captain Logan's company and fought at San Jacinto in Gen.
Sidney Sherman's division. The decisive victory of that great
battle — great in its far-reaching results — brought about the
speedy organization of the government of the Republic of
Texas, and father was elected to represent the county of
Liberty in the first and second sessions of the Congress of that
republic, and was later appointed by President Lamar district
judge for one of the five judicial districts then organized; and
by provision of the constitution of the republic these five
judges constituted the supreme court, so that he had this
double honor. His marriage to Miss Anne Wharton Cleveland,
the adopted daughter of Col. and Mrs. ^^'illiam H. Wharton,
and the official trusts accepted, fixed his residence in the young
republic. In 1842 he returned to Virginia to receive his in-
heritance of negroes and other property, the death of his
mother, who had waited and wept for the absent son, having
made such division necessary. This was a journey of two
months in transit, with no railroads and w'ith the uncertain nav-
igation of rivers. Among these negroes w'as one who had been
my father's nurse in his infancy and until he was seven years
of age, when he dismissed her from such duty, as she said "he
thought hisself too big a man to be nussed."
She was a high authority on the plantation, having many
attentions and privileges not accorded to any other. By the
time she came to our home in Texas she had been the mother
of seventeen children, and was married but once. Her hus-
band, Nero Meade, was also a remarkable character. His
sense of honor and integrity was as high as that of any man's,
and in recognition of this my father had intrusted him with
his money on the trip from Virginia to Texas and told him
that when the boat landings were made on one side of the
Ohio River he was a free man ; but he placed this treasure
upon him as safer than with himself. It has been the regret
of my life that I did not make record of his many expressions
in grandiloquent language of his own coinage. Six feet three
inches in height, of commanding figure, he seemed fitted to
have been the descendant of some African king, and his high-
sounding words were most impressive. He poured into my
childish ears many accounts of scenes he had witnesed in
"Ole Virginny." One of these that I recall was the sur
render of "Gineral Bugwine." The fact that he had never
been out of Virginia did not shake my faith in the truth of
this statement until my own education saw the discrepancy,
and then so firm was my belief in him that I concluded he
had perhaps been at Yorktown and had confused the Corn-
wallis surrender with that of Burgoyne at Saratoga. His
wife, Phcebe Meade, with whom he lived more than fifty
years, by virtue of her distinction and honor in having been
my father's nurse, was installed as our "black mammy ;" and
very dearly was she loved and her authority respected by my
brother, my sisters, and myself. She was very religious, of
the orthodox kind, and was the only person that I ever lieard
speak to father on the subject of his faith.
My father was an Episcopalian, his mother having reared him
in that Church ; but his belief was of a sacred kind, "not to be
worn upon his sleeve," so to speak. Whenever he was
sick, mammy came into his bedroom with this leading ques-
tion: "Marster, does you pray?" Which question, considering
his dignity and reserve, seemed rather audacious; but she
was ever ready to declare herself as "not ashamed of Jesus."
When the emancipation proclamation was published, I drove
from my own home to my mother's plantation to tell her
the news, and then went out to mammy's room to tell her that
she was free. She quietly replied : "What do I want with
freedom? The Lord set me free many years ago."
One of her daughters was my maid, and her husband had
been purchased from a neighbor at a cost of $1,600 in gold
just one year before he was emancipated to prevent the possi-
ble separation of the pair; and when they were freed, my
husband gave them a home, where mammy went to live when
my mother's financial condition could no longer afford her
support. She did not long survive, and mother and I were
summoned to see her "cross the river." When we reached
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her bedside, she was speechless. I asked her : "Mammy,
do you still keep the faith and trust of your lifetime?" A
radiance not of earth but of the celestial world came over
that dear old black face, transfiguring it, as though she
saw the gates of Paradise opening to receive her, and she
nodded her head two or three times in reply. So sure was
I that she was entering the eternal city that on the impulse
I said ; "Tell Lena and father that 1 hope to meet them." She
sleeps in our family burial ground at the feet of the "marster"
she loved so well.
My father died a short time after the first battle of Ma-
nassas, and with prophetic vision he said to mc when I
went to see Jiim and tell him of that great victory: "I am
sorry for it, xpy child, for I fear that the South will under-
rate the obstacles that confront her and the valor of the foe
that ojjpuses. This will be a long and bloody war." With
all of the tire, enthusiasm, and hope of youth I felt that the
end would soon come and the Confederacy be established, and
his words were a great shock to me. In a few days he passi
away, bringing to me the first great grief of my life, for I
gave to him the love and loyalty that a good subject gives
the king — "he could do no wrong."
Christmas on the plantation was a gala time, and the serv-
ants thronged into and around the house in the early morn-
ing with their chorus of "Christmas gift!" to each one of the
family ; and none went away empty-handed, for a great bak-
ing of cakes and pies, with making of homemade candy, had
been kept up by the house servants for a week that all should
have an e.vtra share of good things. There were new suits
for the men, women, and children to be worn on Christmas
day. Big bowls of eggnog were beaten up and served to
the older darkies, and all were made happy.
Weddings too were great occasions, and the "infair," or
banquet, was the gift of the "marster" under the direction of
his wife, and she gave the bridal outfit, in which the veri
and orange blossoms had important parts. It was one of the
forms observed to ask the consent of "marster" and "mistess.'
which in nearly all cases was granted, and the ceremony took
place on the long veranda of the mansion performed by a col-
ored minister, who made it long and imposing, as the white
folks were all present and the darkies were gathered on tlu-
lawn to witness the interesting scene. Then the feasting began
with much merriment and concluded with a dance, in which
the family from the great house were observers for a while.
The darkies prided themselves on the high position of their
owners, and fixed their own caste on that basis, boasting
that "\\c are no low-class niggers; we belong to quality folks."
In the cabin or in the field their hearts and voices were full
of song, and in looking back they seemed to me to have been
the happiest people I have ever known, free of all responsi-
bility or care. With plenty to eat and wear, to them thert
was nothing more to be desired.
My father was a typical gentleman of the old school, cul-
tured and refined, with that high sense of honor which wouN
have scorned to abuse the authority that he possessed as lord
of the manor; hence his servants and dependents were always
kindly and justly treated, and he taught his children that
was an evidence of bad breeding to be otherwise than polite
and respectful to the servants and considerate to all who were
less fortunately placed in life than themselves.
The negro character takes very naturally to a disregard of
personal responsibility, and the freedom of that race has
tended to increase this characteristic. Another marked fea-
ture of the negro character, either in servitude or as free-
men, is that in physical e.xertion they have a limit and will
not go beyond that gait. So they were rarely if ever over-
worked. Public sentiment in the South was opposed to any
cruel treatment of the negroes, and a planter who was not
kind to his slaves lost caste and the respect of his neighbors;
and even if humanity had not so prompted, it was to
the interest of the planter to give the best care to his slaves.
It cannot be denied that there were occasional cases of the
abu.se of this power, but even under the boasted civilization of
the twentieth century men arc sometimes brutal to their
wives and children.
Those who did not live in the ante-bellum days cannot
realize the warm tie of mutual affection which bound to-
gether the master's family and these simple, faithful people.
This was fully shown during the War of the States, when
the wives and mothers of our soldiers in the field were
left alone on the great plantations to the protection only
of their negroes with no fear of harm from them. My
widowed mother was so situated for four long years. "Mam-
my's" husband, "Uncle Nero," insisted on sleeping on the back
veranda in summer and in the mansion in a rear room in
winter to serve as a "bodyguard for 'mistess' and her children."
These thoughts are not expressive of a desire to see the in-
stitution of slavery again established, for there is only re-
joicing in the hearts of the Southern people that it is no more.
Aside from the wrong of such servitude, I have the memory
of the labor that devolved on my mother in caring for this
large family. She was the greatest slave on the plantation,
as upon her fell so largely the burden of care "in sickness
and in health." The people of my dear Southland have been
misjudged and misunderstood in dealing with that problem of
wrong which was inherited at the formation of this govern-
ment and in which all of the thirteen colonies became partici-
pants by signing through their representatives that compact
known as the Constitution of the United States, which recog-
nized negroes as property and left the settlement of this
question to each one of the States. At that time all of the
colonies were slave-holding except Massachusetts, but slave
labor was not profitable in the New England States: yet it
is a little singular in view of the "irrepressible conflict" and
aggressive agitation on this subject, later developed in that
section, that the sense of tnoral wrong was not awakened in
these States until most of their slaves had been sold in South-
ern markets, and only a small proportion were emancipated.
Many planters of the South felt that slavery was wrong, but
so difficult and varied were the problems to be solved in
abolishing it that concert of action was not easy to secure.
In the trend of progress it would have come in time with less
tif political and financial revolution and without the loss of
so many precious lives had the Southern people been allowed
to settle this question in each State.
Happily these national differences are all adjusted, and
under one common government and one flag this republic
under wise administration will gnnv greater and grander
from year to year.
[The foregoing was written for the Galveston Chapter in
competition at the State Convention, but the Historian was
in Colorado on vacation : so this paper failed to reach her in
time. However, many thousands of women, and men too,
will enjoy anything from Mrs. Stone's pen, and the paper will
be cordially welcomed. Such papers should be commended
and, if necessary, urged upon boys and girls so that they will
know of ancestral times and realize their noble lineage,]
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TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEX. ROBERT F. HOKE.
BY CAMP HARDEE, NO. 39, BIRMINGHAM. .\LA.
Maj. Gen. Robert Frederick Hoke was born in Lincolnton,
N. C, on May 27, 1837; and died in the town of his birth
July 3, 1912. He w'as the son of iMichael Hoke, a descendant
of William Hoke, who was among the first settlers of York,
Pa. Michael Hoke died when his son was only seven years
old ; but his mother, w-ho was of a strong character with splen-
did business management, prepared him for the distinguished
career which he filled so well. He received his education in
the schools of Lincolnton, N. C, and at the Kentucky Military
College ; bu't he did not finish his education, leaving this in-
stitution at the age of seventeen in 1853. His training was
best in mathematics and engineering, which knowledge was
very useful to him as a soldier and as a general officer.
He became the head manager of his mother's business, and
at an early age he engaged successfully in a business whicii
consisted of a cotton mill, a paper mill, and in the manufacture
of iron. These connections also had the first cotton seed oil
mill ever established in North Carolina.
In 1861 he entered the service of the Confederate States
as a private in Company K, ist North Carolina Infantry. He
was soon promoted to second lieutenant of said company, and
after the battle of Big Bethel he was made its captain. He
was complimented for coolness and judgment by Gen. Daniel
H. Hill. He was promoted to major of the 33d Regiment
on November 27, 1861. On January 17, 1862, he was ad-
vanced to lieutenant colonel of the same regiment, and on
August 5, 1862, he was promoted to colonel of the 21st regi-
ment of North Carolina Troops. His ne.xt promotion was
to brigadier general on January 17, 1S63. In this capacity
he served until the battle of Plymouth, N. C, on the
Roanoke River. Immediately after the battle of Plymouth
and its capture by the Confederates he was promoted to
major general; but as the senior brigadier general he com-
manded all the Confederate forces engaged in the heroic at-
tack upon the strongly fortified and garrisoned town of Ply-
mouth. The Confederate troops engaged in this heroic at-
tack were: Kemper's Virginia Brigade, under Colonel Terry;
Hoke's Brigade, composed of the 21st Georgia, 6th, 21st, and
the 43d North Carolina Regulars, under Colonel Mercer, of
the 2ist Georgia, the senior colonel; and Ransom's Brigade.
under Gen. Matt W. Ransom, composed of the 24th, 2Sth,
3Sth, 56th, and 8th North Carolina Troops; also a part of a
cavalry regiment under Colonel Dearing, and several bat-
teries of artillery under Lieutenant Colonel Branch and Major
Reed, nearly all from Virginia; and the ram .-Mbermarle on
the Roanoke River in the rear of the city. These are the
troopers who captured Plymouth, N. C, on .-^pril 20, 1864.
This telegram was sent by President Davis to Brigadiei
General Hoke : "In the name of the Confederacy I thank you
for your success. You are a major general from the date of
the capture of Plymouth, N. C."
General Bragg sent from Richmond on April 21, 1864:
"Congratulations upon the brilliant affair at Plymouth under
the leadership of tlie young North Carolina brigadier gen-
eral, R. F. Hoke."
This attack upon the strongly fortified garrison is regarded
by military critics as one of tlie most brilliant of the war.
On April 20 the town was surrendered by Gen. Henry W
Wessell, in command of Plymouth, together with all his
troops of all branches, infantry, artillery, and cavalry, number
ing in all about 7,000 men, with the large and entire supply of
commissary and quartermaster's goods which had accumulated
in the town for two years or more. The Congress of the
Confederacy and the Legislature of North Carolina passed
complimentary resolutions upon both Hoke and Ransom and
all the troops under their commands and upon the gallant
Captain Cooke, commander of the ram Albermarle in the
rear of the town on the Roanoke River.
After the surrender of the Federal General Wessell, this
author saw Wessell ride up on his jet-black horse and hand
his sword to General Hoke. General Hoke turned over the
captured town to Brig. Gen. John G. Martin and his troops
and took up his march for New Bern, N. C, via Washington,
on Taw River. We drove the enemy out of this town, cap-
turing a number of prisoners. New Bern is situated between
the Neuse and Trent Rivers, near the junction. This city
would have had the same fate of Plymouth and Washington
but for the arrival of couriers in hot haste at General Hoke's
headquarters with the surprising news that General Butler
had been transferred to City Point, near the James River,
and that there were not more than l,Soo men under Genera!
Beauregard between him and Petersburg, Va. It was the
intention of Butler with his large army to capture Peters-
burg and thus enable General Grant to enter Richmond "by
the back door." General Hoke marched his army to Kinston,
N. C, taking trains and making all possible haste to Peters-
burg. *
From New Bern to Kinston, a distance of about forty miles.
General Hoke with his weary troopers made the most rapid
march known in any warfare. After his arrival at Peters-
burg, Va., General Hoke with his troops engaged in battle
with General Butler, and after several days of hard fighting
drove General Butler's army into Bermuda Hundred and
"completely bottled them up." It was well known that at the
time of this wonderful feat Secretary of War Stanton tele-
graphed from Washington to General Grant : "What has be-
come of Butler's army ?" General Grant replied : "The Rebs
have driven them into Bermuda Hundred, bottled them up,
and driven the stopper in."
In addition to General Hoke's strategic victorious attack
in capturing the strongly fortified town of Plymouth, N. C,
his long and tedious march to New Bern, and his quick march
from New Bern to Kinston, he engaged in the following im-
portant battles : Mechanicsville, Hanover Courthouse, Gaines-
ville, Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cold Harbor, Cedar
Run, second battle of Manassas, and Sharpsburg, Pa. He
also commanded a brigade on General Lee's right wing in
the battle of Fredericksburg. In the second battle of Bull
Run General Hoke received special praise for gallantry, as
he frequently did throughout the war.
General Hoke was a born soldier, brave, chivalrous, cour-
teous, daring, and considerate. He was idolized by his sol-
diers and subordinate officers alike. He had the confidence
and esteem of his great commander. Gen. Robert Edward Lee,
to whom he bore a striking likeness in physique and also in
qualities of mind and heart, gentleness, and modesty.
General Lee had such implicit confidence in General Hok-.'
as not to be afraid to put him forward at all times in the
most dangerous positions. He said that whenever and wher-
ever Hoke struck the enemy a blow victory followed. The
name of Lee is "one of the few immortal names that were
not born to die," and Hoke's name is and will forever be
linked with that of his chieftain. The last battle in which
General Hoke engaged was that of Bentonsville, N. C, under
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Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He then struck General Sherman's
army in a terrific engagement and drove his left wing back
several times. After this battle Hoke fell back with General
Johnston and surrendered at Durham, N. C, May 9, 1865.
General Hoke made the following patriotic and sublime ad-
dress to his soldiers : "You are to-day paroled as prisoners,
not as slaves. The love of liberty which led you into this
conflict burns as bright in your hearts as ever. Cherish it :
teach your children the principles of State rights and the
rights of freemen, and teach them ever to maintain these
principles. Teach them that the proudest day in all your
career was that on which you enlisted to fight for your owr
beloved Dixie Land, for God and native land. Farewell."
When this great soldier died, our Southland lost one of its
most heroic defenders. He died as Christian heroes do. His
body was carried fror- his Lincolnton home to his Raleigh
home and lay in state for an entire day, and thousands went
to take a farewell look at the sleeping form of one they
loved in life and revered in death. Veterans from nearly
every Camp in North Carolina went to pay tribute. The
Capitol and all other public buildings in Raleigh were draped
in mourning; the flag on the Capitol hung at half mast. His
funeral was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ra-
leigh, the Church of which he had long been a member. * * *
In view of the facts herein set forth Camp Hardee, No. 39,
U. C. v., expresses its heartfelt sympathy with his immediate
family and commends them to the God of all grace.
Committee : John G. Smith, E. A. Wright, John W. Dixon.
[Compiled and improved by one of Hoke's "boys," E. A.
Wright, 1218 North Thirty-Second Street, Birmingham, Ala.]
The author of the above was second lieutenant of Company
I. 35th North Carolina Regiment, Brig. Gen. Matt. W. Ran-
som's brigade, in the battle of
Plymouth, N. C, and was en-
gaged throughout that heroic
struggle. After the surrender of
riyniouth he was in the long
march from there to New Bern,
from New Bern to Kinston, and
on to Petersburg. On arriving
at Petersburg they dismounted
in front of the old Jarrclt Hotel
and marched across the Appo-
matto.x River and went forthwith
into battle with Butler, driving
him back to Bermuda Hundred.
Then Ransom's Brigade took
position behind the breastworks
near Drewry's Bluflf, near Ccn- rev. e. a. wright.
terville, Va., halfway between
Petersburg and Richmond, Va. On May 14, 1864, he was shot
down on this battle field by a musket ball through the right
leg just below the knee joint, from which wound he has never
fully recovered. This ended his services under his beloved
commander. Gen. Robert F. Hoke ; but after he recovered
sufficiently he returned from the hospital to Gen. Matt. W.
Ransom's brigade and served until September i, 1864, and
thereafter, until June 20, 1865, in Capt. William R. Bass's
company of Independent Rangers, and surrendered with this
company on the date above mentioned to Colonel Sheppard, of
the i2th New York Cavalry, at Stantonsburg, N, C.
SIMPLE STORY OF A SOLDIER— IF.
BY SAMUEL HANKIN.S. GVLFPORT. MISS.
After the battle of Seven Pines we went into camp near
Richmond, where we remained a few days, when our brigade
was sent to Stonewall Jackson, in the Shenandoah Valley.
Tliis trip was made by rail from Richmond to Staunton via
l-ynchburg. It required three long trains of box and flat cars
to move us. The train that contained our regiment and a
few additional companies, comprising fifteen hundred men,
was propelled by two engines.
.•\t Farmville, Va., we came to the noted long and tall
bridge. This bridge had been reported unsafe, and the travel-
ing public between Richmond and Lynchburg would go through
Danville, Va., many miles out of the way, to avoid it. We
had to risk it, though ; and knowing about its being con-
demned, I had been dreading the danger for some time. I
was on top of the car (my usual place) when we arrived at
the bridge, and when near its center the train came to a stand-
still. I looked over the edge of the car far down into the
valley, where cattle grazing looked as small as sheep. The en-
gines began to puflF and blow and slip, then a slack was fol-
lowed by a quick jerk, when it seemed that the frail structure
was giving way and sinking beneath me. This slacking and
jerking lasted one hour, though it appeared to last longer
than the war (four years). Conjectures were rife as to the
cause of the delay. It was my greatest fright during the war.
However, we passed over in safety.
On reaching Staunton we left the railroad and marched
down the valley a few miles, where we found Jackson's com-
mand. We went into camp just at the foot of the Shenan-
doah Mountains, where we received orders to cook three
days' rations. The next morning we moved across the valley
direct for the Blue Ridge. Crossing it, we went in a reverse
direction. In a few days we were down on the Peninsula in
the rear of McClellan's army.
Before we left Richmond for the valley a young man,
Joseph Crompton, attached himself to our company and was
received into our mess. Joe was a most noble fellow, hand-
some and polite. He had been reared by wealthy parents who
had both died, leaving him a considerable fortune. Money
had not spoiled him, as is often the case, and we greatly re-
spected him. He had just graduated from Emory and Henry
College (in June, 1862), winning the first prize in oratory,
and came direct from school to the army.
On the morning of June 28, while we were seated on the
ground eating breakfast, each one from his scanty haversack,
some one remarked that he was expecting a fight that day,
and two or three others concurred. "Well," said Joe, "if
we do have a fight, I am going in, though I will not get a
shot." When we expressed our surprise at his remark, he
steadily held to the conviction that he would be killed before
he got a shot. "Do you really feel that way?" two or three
asked. "I do," he replied solemnly. "Well, I wouldn't go
m then," said one. "Yes," said Joe; "if there is a fight, I
am going in, though it will be just as I have said."
About ten o'clock that morning a lively skirmish opened
up some distance in our front. We were ordered to double-
quick forward. There was a skirt of timber with much under-
growth through which we had to pass, which caused breaks
in the line, as we were marching by fours. The day was
hot ; our water had given out and none was available. We
reached an old-fashioned rail fence which we tore down, and
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entered a large level field. Beyond this field was another
skirt of timber, which was occupied by the enemy, where the
fighting was going on. Just as we were to charge, our first
lieutenant in command (the captain was in the hospital;
turned around with his back to the enemy and said : "Close
up, men ; I had rather fight than to double-quick this way."
We were about out of breath, and just as he uttered these
words I heard something like the noise of a rock thrown
against a plank. Then I saw the lieutenant fall forward. He
was shot in the back of the head and killed instantly.
After entering the field, we had changed from double-quick
to quick time, and had gone about twenty yards when Joe
said to me : "Let's drop our tin cups ; they are so much in
the way." I was next to the fence and Joe just to my left.
Just then, bang! a similar sound to that when the lieutenant
fell, and Joe Crompton fell forward on his face. I made an
effort to catch him, but failed. There was no other way to
pass except by stepping over his head and shoulders. As I
did so I heard him groan, and I saw a stream of blood about
the size of my finger shooting up through his black hair. 1
wanted to stop with him, but I knew he was dead and there
was nothing I could do. Thus passed away one of our best
young men. I never regretted anything more than his death.
We moved on some three or four hundred yards, halted,
and came to a front, when Gen. W. C. Whiting, commanding
our brigade, gave the order, "Come on!" (not go on). He was
seated on his spirited dapple gray. We gave the Rebel yell
and across that field we rushed, while men were falling thick
and fast. Our orderly sergeant was killed and our second lieu-
tenant wounded. Our third lieutenant being on detached duty,
our second sergeant took command of the company. For
a while the enemy was very stubborn ; but evidently learning
that it was Stonewall Jackson after them, they made a break.
We pressed them for some distance to the top of a hill over-
looking a small valley, where we halted and ceased firing, as
the smoke and dust were so dense that we could scarcely see
at all. When it had cleared, wc noticed down the valley to
our right many of the enemy moving out rapidly. They had
thrown away their arms and baggage and were making good
their escape, though in front of us on the hill across the
valley they had succeeded in checking their men to some
extent.
In a few minutes a balloon ascended containing a man whom
they had sent to make observations. The balloon was at-
tached to a long rope ; and as soon as it had ascended as far
as the rope would admit, it seemed to come to a perfect stand-
still. Just then Captain Riley, commanding our brigade bat-
tery at the time, had his guns in position and ordered a shot
at the balloon. Hundreds of us witnessed it, and I venture
to say that no better artillery shot was made during the war.
The shell exploded just between the car and basket containing
the man and the balloon, and out tumbled the poor fellow.
Not longer than three years ago I was passing along the
street in front of a hotel in Columbus, Miss., where some gentle-
men were sitting out in front talking. As I came near I
heard an old gray-haired gentleman remark that one of his
men was shot out of a balloon during the war. This caused
me to halt. I said to him : "My friend, did not that happen
at Gaines's Farm, Va., during the Seven Days' Battle?" "It
did," said he. "Well," I replied, "would you believe it when
I tell you that I was within fifty feet of the cannon that made
the shot? Was the man killed?" "He was," he replied, "and
was a member of my company." Then we had a long and
very pleasant conversation.
Well, we had no more fighting that day, and remained in
line where we first halted until about dark, when we fell
back one hundred yards or more into an open field for the
night. Our company had entered the fight with seventy-six
men. When we halted on top of the hill, there were only
sixteen of us left. The second sergeant was in command.
Many of the missing ones had broken down from the long
distance double-quicked in the heat and without water.
That night we were ordered to remain in line, and no one was
to break it. I know it was the most miserable night of my
life. The cry of the wounded for help and for water could
be heard in every direction by both armies, and no help or
water could we give. My own thirst was unspeakable tor-
ture. I had not had a drop of water since nine o'clock that
morning. My tongue was swollen. Gladly would I have
risked my life for a drink had I known where to find it.
To add to the discomfort, we were cold to freezing. It was
one of those hot days in June followed by a cold night.
At daybreak we moved oflf in the direction the enemy had
taken. We could hardly avoid stepping on the dead, so thickly
were they strewn ; many had died during the night. Some
lay on their backs with one arm uplifted as if signaling
for help. About eight o'clock we came to a small creek con-
taining holes of stagnant water which we drank gratefully.
GOD'S WAYS ACCEPT: THEY ARE UNCHANGEABLE.
BY W. J. SLATTER, WINCHESTER, TENN.
Cold days are here, and heartaches and distress
Doth blend with comfort, ease, and happiness ;
Some planning how their Christmas shall be spent,
.^nd some, alas ! how they shall pay their rent.
For fuel some and some for warmer clothes.
And how or what they'll do God only knows ;
.\nd God these days does not vouchsafe to man
His purposes except on general plan.
He makes not waters of the sea How back.
Nor stops the sun upon its ceaseless track;
.'\nd to shorn lambs he tempers not the wind,
But in the almanacs his will you'll find.
His mighty will — you see it everywhere,
In summers breeze and in the winter's air —
Relentless will that changes not at all
.•\nd never has, forsooth, since "Adam's fall."
Alas, poor me ! I know not what to do
For Mike, my dog, and I to pull it through.
I'd pray, I could, but then of what avail?
I've known so many earnest prayers to fail.
I'll tell you what I think would sure succeed
In giving joy and health to those in need
And place you en rapport with future Wiss
Without concern for creeds or Church. 'Tis this:
Give of the wealth you've gained, perhaps by chance
Or fraud or wrong or by inheritance ;
Go help the poor to clothes and meat and bread,
And help them now; wait not till you are dead.
[Major Slatter is one of the best-known and most beloved
of the Tennessee Press. In Confederate service he commanded
his father, who was a member of his company. The senior
Slatter was an insubordinate member.]
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MISSOURI STATE REUMON AT WARREN SBURG.
I regret that you were unable to be present at our State
convention on the 26th and 27lh of September at Warrensburg.
We had a successful reunion. There were about three hun-
dred and twenty veterans present, and the town took good
care of us. The parade was quite a success. The address
was delivered by Rev. C. C. Woods, Chaplain St. Louis Camp,
No. 731, who served as chaplain in the Confederate army.
The services were held in the hall of the State Normal School.
The room was packed, and it is estimated that there were at
least thirteen hundred poeple present. Comrade Woods de-
livered a most interesting, witty, and instructive address.
The reunion was closed by a ball in the Elks' Hall, and one
of the entertaining sights during the evening was an old Vir-
binia reel in which five old veterans took active part. Brig.
Gen. A. W. Moise, of St. Louis, led the dance.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
J. Will Hall. Liberty, Major General Commanding the Di-
vision ; A. W. Moisc, St. Louis, Brigadier General Eastern
Division; W. M. Minshall, Warnnslnirg. Brigadier General
Western Division. *
HE KXEIV WHERE TO GET MILK AND HOECAKE.
STORY nv THE LATE HON. JOHN M. BRIGHT.
I traveled with Gen. Sam R. Anderson, of the Confederate
army, across the Cumberland Mountains on the march of
General Bragg's army into Kentucky. He had achieved dis-
tinction in the Mexican War, and was recognized as a man
of much financial ability as President of the old Bank of
Tennessee. He was of genial disposition, princely in de-
meanor, and exceptionally fine in conversation.
As we rode on our way the subject of army rations was in-
troduced, and he remarked that a hot hoecake with fresh but-
ter and a glass of cool sweet milk would be a gratifying tribute
to his stomach. I replied that at the first house we came to
that could furnish such luxuries we would seek accommoda-
tion. Soon we passed a well-to-do-looking house, and he re-
marked: "Here we can be accommndalcd." But I said: "No,
not here."
We passed house after house, with the same disappointing
result. -At last as we were descending the mountain I dis-
covered a comfortable-looking cabin in a cove of the moun-
tain, and 1 exclaimed : "Well, General, here they are." We
rode up and a neatly dressed lady came to the door in re-
sponse to our call : and when we asked if she could give us
n^ilk and a hoecake, she replied promptly, saying: "Yes; come
in and I will give you something to eat." She called her hus-
band, who was working in a field near by. He took our horses
and fed them bountifully, while the good lady went about her
culinary affairs. Soon we were called to the repast, which
consisted of hot hoecake, cold milk, and butter from the
springhouse, also fried ham and eggs, with real bird's-eye
gravy. How we did eat ! The famous Delnionico never
spread a more satisfying meal to two hungry men. It taxed
our eloquence to express our appreciation of their generous
hospitality. Our hosts refused compensation.
.\s we rode off General .Anderson asked me to explain how
I knew that there were milk and butter at that house. I re-
plied : "Did you see that calf lot adjoining the yard with two
or three young calves in it? I knew that where there were
young calves there were flush cows." Those were the first
calves I had seen since we ascended the mountain. The Gen-
eral shook with laughter at the simple solution.
A TALE Of A GRANDMOTHER.
I By James Bumgardner, Jr., the author, of whom Col. W. H.
Harmon, his commander, reported in "War Records," Part L,
Vol. Xn., "It is due to mention in the very highest terms for
their gallantry and intrepidity Adjt. James Bumgardner, Jr.,
and Sergt. Maj. John W. Carroll" in the battle of Kernstown.
Comrade Bumgardner, although past threescore and ten, is
active in the practice of law at Staunton, Va.]
She died about sixty years ago. She was born one hundred
and fifty-three years ago. She knit socks and spun and wove
clothing for Washington's hungry and naked soldiers at Val-
ley Forge. Her parents came from Saxe Wcimer with tlic
earliest settlers in the Valley of Virginia. The speech of her
infancy was German ; but sixty years ago her ordinary con-
versation was in English, which she spoke, however, with a
German accent. She lived near a Presbyterian church.
Dr. Calhoun was then a leading Presbyterian minister. The
writer, then a boy some sixteen years old, occasionally at-
tended the church near which she lived, and always went to
see his grandmother after the church service was concluded.
On one Sabbath near the close of her long life I went, as
usual, to grandmother's room. After .saluting her and taking
my seat, she said to me : "Veil, you vas at church to-day." I
replied : "Yes." Then she asked who preached. I replied :
'"Dr. Calhoun." "Ah !'' she said, "Dr. Calhoun vas such a
funny man. I never heard him preach but vat he said some,
thing vat made me laugh right out in meetin'. The very
last time I heard Dr. Calhoun preach was here at Bethel.
It vas communion day, and there vas a great crowd at church.
There vas more people there than could get in. It vas a very
hot day and the vinders vas open. Some folks vas talking
outside close to the vindcr vile the Doctor vas preaching, and
he stopped preaching and said : 'Brother Blackwood, vill you
kindly step out and tell those people who are talking out there
by the vinder not to talk quite so loud? They vil! disturb some
members of the congregation who are asleep.' "
"NEIV SOUTH" AND "LOST CAUSE."
BY J. W. SANDEI.L, MAGNOLIA, MISS.
I observe in the Veteran that a standing notice is kept that
these terms are objectionable. The ideas conveyed by these
terms are contradicted by facts, for there is no New South
in this Southland. The sons and daughters of the fathers and
mothers who passed through the purifying fires of suffering
are improving the heritage of truth and righteousness in the
same order as did their ancestors from Revolutionary times.
No. we want no word, new or old, to separate us from the
South of our fathers. We reject any descriptive word joined
with South that would signify a change from the principles of
government claimed by our forefathers. When Jefferson
Davis left Richmond and R. E. Lee surrendered, the South re-
tained the right of press and speech. The "Lost Cause" is an
expression of despair that is inconsistent with the spirit of the
Southern people. It is especially so of the real cause — peace —
which was the leading principle of the Confederacy. The de-
sire for universal peace is greater now than ever before in
the history of mankind. The term "Lost Cause" as applied to
the South expresses lack of confidence in an all-wise Provi-
dence in human government.
[The Veteran continues its plea to omit use of these terms.
Their influence is against the acceptance of articles. For "lost"
cause use "Confederate.")
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Walter H. Caldwell.
(Company D, 8th Texas Cavalry, Terry Rangers.)
On many a field where valor bled
Beneath St. Andrew's cross,
On many a raid through sleet and snow,
No matter what the cost,
He rode with Terry's gallant troop,
A fearless cavalier ;
And when the sergeant called the roll.
He always answered "Here !"
A thousand times the bugle call
Rang in the stilly night ;
A thousand times he "saddled up"
And rode into the fight.
From old Kentucky's hazel dells
To Georgia's grassy glades
He followed brave Joe Wheeler
Through all his fights and raids.
A soldier true in time of war,
A Southern gentleman born.
We'll miss his cheerful greeting now —
They tell us he has gone.
Go ask his comrades living yet,
And every one will say
No braver, truer Southern lad
E'er wore Confederate gray.
And when the final roll was called,
He promptly answered "Here !"
Then passed across the river
To join old comrades there. — p'. C. G.
Deaths in Camp J. R. Woodside, No. 751, Couch, Mo.
The great Commander of all forces has detailed from J. R.
Woodside Camp, No. 751, Missouri Division, U. C. V., to
report on the other side of the Great Divide four of our com-
rades.
Capt. J. Posey Woodside, Company D, 4th Regiment, Mis-
souri Infantry, and the Sergeant Major of our Camp, No.
751, U. C. v., died May 21, 1912.
Private A. P. Couch, of Company C, loth Missouri In-
fantry, died on May 2, 1912.
Private O. F. Bettes, of Company I, Reeves's Regiment,
and a member of this Camp, died June 10, 1912.
B. Frank Huff, of Company F, Lawler's Regiment and a
member of this Camp, died .
These men were brave and chivalrous in battle, noble, gen-
erous, and patriotic as citizens, and in their death our Camp
has lost four worthy members, the country as many good
citizens, and their families devoted husbands and fathers.
This Camp extends heartfelt sympathy to their families.
Committee: H. C. Kirkpatrick, T. B. Garrison, and John
Yancey.
Capt. John E. Gilbert.
John Edmundson Gilbert died September 28, 1912, at the
age of seventy years, less two days. He joined Company B.
50th Alabama Regiment, in June, 1861, and surrendered May
8, 1865, at Greenville, S. C.
The "War Records" report Captain Gilbert as present for
duty in Hill's Division and Deas's Brigade on March 31, 1865.
While the funeral was conducted by the Masonic fraternity,
there was a large attendance of his comrades and many other
friends. The sermon was preached by Rev. John H. Nichols,
of Spring Hill. Four children and the wife survive. One of
the two sons surviving, W. E. Gilbert, resides in Nasliville,
while another son is dead.
Cai'i\ W. S. Peck.
William Smith Peck was born in Lexington, Ky., November
22, 1842; and died in New Orleans December 3, igio. He was
of distinguished ancestry, identified with the Democratic party
and prominent in the councils of the State and nation for
many years preceding the War of the States. His father.
Dr. Henry J. Peck, was an esteemed citizen, eminent phy
sician, a member of the legislature, and an ante-bellum planter
of Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, La.
This son was at college in Kentucky when the alarm of war
occurred early in 1861. He promptly returned to his home
in Louisiana, and in August of the same year he enlisted in
the Tensas Cavalry, organized for the war in Tensas and
Catahoula parishes, and which subsequently became Company
.-\ of the 1st Mississippi Cavalry, Col. Wirt Adams command-
ing. As a member of this regiment he participated in the bat-
tles of Shiloh, Corinth, and all the other battles and skir-
mishes fought during that time.
On April 8, 1862, after the battle of Shiloh had been fought
and the decimated regiments were falling back to Corinth, the
Tensas Cavalry, the rear guard of the Confederate army,
made a brilliant and successful resistance and forced the
enemy to retire with considerable loss in killed and wounded.
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Judge AijExander Watkins Terrell.
Ill the life of Judge Alexander W. Terrell there were
sterling attributes of a fearless and magnanimous soldier, a
wise and judicious statesman, and a sagacious jurist. He
was a broad-minded citizen, a true and loyal friend, and a
consecrated Christian. Every step was for a purpose, for the
sowing of seed for a harvest, and that harvest was the glorifi-
cation of God.
Judge Terrell was born in Patrick County, Va., on No-
vember 3, 1827, a descendant of an old English family. ]-]:>
father was a native of Virginia and a distinguished physicia ■
His mother was a daughter of Joseph Kennedy, of Virginia,
of German ancestry.
In 1832 the family emigrated to Cooper County, Miss,
where Judge Terrell was reared. He completed a thorough
course of studies in the University of Missouri, and in 1847
began the study of law at Booneville with Judge Peyton K.
Hayden, an eminent jurist. He was admitted to the bar in
1849 and began practice at St. Joseph, where he was emi-
nently successful. In 1852 he removed to Austin, Tex., where
he again took up the practice of law, and in a short while he
became distinguished as a member of the Texas bar. In
1857 he was elected judge of the Second Judicial District.
In 1863, at the expiration of his term of office, he entered the
Confederate army as lieutenant colonel of the 1st Regiment of
Texas Cavalry. He was soon promoted to the rank of
colonel, and commanded that regiment until near the close
of the war. He was prominent in the battles of Mansfield,
Pleasant Hill, Jenkins Ferry, and other engagements during
the campaign against General Ranks. He was a daring and
efficient officer. In 1865 he was promoted by Gen. K. Kirby
Smith to the rank of brigadier general, and was in command
of a brigade at the termination of hostilities.
HU.N. .\. W . lEKKELL.
.^t the close of the war he settled at Houston and resumed
the practice of law ; but in 1867 he retired to his plantation
m Robertson County, and for several years devoted his at-
tention to his planting interests. In 1871 he returned to
.Austin, where he again took up the practice of law.
In 1875 he was a member of the State Senate, and was dis-
tmguished for his fruitful efforts to clean Texas of the filth
of Reconstruction. His first effort effected a radical improve-
ment in the jury system. In 1879 he was again a member of
the Senate and drew the bill donating 3,000.000 acres of land
in the northwestern part of the State whereby the magnificent
granite capitol was erected. He wrote the bill that
gave to Texas her railroad commission law. He also wrote
the Terrell election law, which liberated the people from
the tyrannical decrees of predatory masters.
During President Cleveland's second administration Turkey
was again the bleeding victim of a reign of terror. The
Armenians and Turks were engaged in bloody conflicts and
deadly encounters. Many of the missionaries were taking
part on one side or the other, consequently being numbered
among the massacred. It was the time for this cool, discreet,
and clever diplomat to act well his part. President Cleveland
realized that the man for this place was Alexander W. Ter-
rell, of Texas, so he sent him as a minister to the royal
court of Abdul Hamid. It was during this ministry that
nearly one hundred thousand men. women, and children were
massacred and when the civilized world, aghast with horror,
branded the proud Sultan with the appellation of ".'\bdul the
Damned."
Judge Terrell, after reaching Turkey, soon realized that the
only avenue to the defense and protection of the American
missionary was through the friendship of the Sultan. It was not
long until this friendship was put to a test ; and while many
missionaries of other countries were tortured and put to
I'.eath, not one of the one hundred and seventy .American mis-
sionaries was injured.
The cause of education had no greater champion than
Judge Terrell. He was always active in the interest of every-
thing that tended toward the advancement and betterment
of social, political, and industrial conditions of Texas, and
he realized to the greatest extent that the safeguards of so-
ciety, the purity of government, and the development of the
various industries must rest upon the foundation of a better
educational system, the perfection of which is largely due to
his efforts. He served several years as Regent of the State
University, and his pride seemed anchored in the many mag-
nificent buildings that dot the university campus.
Judge Terrell was regarded as the greatest patriot and
statesman whose name ever adorned the pages of Texas his-
tory. He was unselfish and charitable, always ready to sacri-
fice himself or his personal interests for good of the country.
When the war clouds of civil strife hung over our nation,
he patriotically stood against secession ; but when his adopted
State seceded from the Union, he, like the immortal Lee,
sacrificed his own feelings and in that characteristic spirit,
"My country, right or wrong, my country !" buckled on his
sword and responded to the pleading call of the Southland,
his country.
One night during a series of public speeches at the tem-
porary capitol grounds Judge Terrell arose to speak, to the
surprise of the audience, as he had been a lifelong "anti."
.After a few introductory remarks he said in substance: "I
returned to Austin last night on a late train. The business
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houses were all closed. The saloons were open and many of
the young of the city were there, and I resolved that the re-
maining years of my life should be spent in fighting this
nefarious traffic against the manhood and womanhood of
Texas." His wise and diplomatic counsel was sought an
carried into action. The moral forces of this State owe to
Judge Terrell a debt of gratitude that even years of loving
tribute cannot pay.
On the walls of the State Senate hangs a life-size oil paint-
ing of Judge Terrell, placed there by a unanimous rising vote
of the twenty-eighth legislature, and beneath it are these
words: "The author of more good laws for Texas than an.\
other man living or dead."
On his return from his old home in Virginia, where he
went to visit his brother, he stopped off at Mineral Wells
for a few days' rest before continuing his journey to Austin.
In the afternoon he went out auto-riding with several friends,
and returned to his hotel about noon feeling well and was
unusually cheerful. A few hours later he was found dea i
in his room. Overexertion, together with old age, is sup-
posed to have been the cause of his sudden death. So on
September 9, 1912, the spirit of Judge Alexander Watkins
Terrell, the peerless statesman of Texas, broke loose from
its mortal moorings to answer the call of the One who gave it.
"A great man is a gift, in some measure a revelation of
God. A great man living for high ends is the divinest thing
that can be seen on earth. The value and interest of history
are derived chiefly from the lives and services of the eminent
men whom it commemorates. Indeed, without these there
would be no such thing as history, and the progress of a na-
tion would be little worth recording, as the march of a trading
caravan across a desert."
[The Veteran credits the Home and State with data in
the foregoing and the excellent engraving used.]
O. L. MONCRIEF.
O. L. Moncrief, sixty-five years old, died suddenly at Pres-
cott. Ark., on May 28, 1912. He was born in Lee County,
.Ala. He enlisted in the Confederate army when about six-
teen years of age and served until the end of the war. Soon
after the war he went to Louisiana and settled ic C'eborne
Parish, near Homer, where he resided a few years, ai..5 *hen
went to Prescott. He was well known throughout the Stite.
He was a Mason, K. of P., W. O. W., and I. O. O. F. He is
survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. W. G. Stain-
ton, of Prescott, and Mrs. Van H. Williams, of Hugo, Okla.
A Little Rock paper states of him: "A year ago his heart
was set on attending the Reunion here in Little Rock. He
came, though feeble, and, mounted, rode in the parade on the
last day. He felt that it was his last, and his soul was in it.
He was never very strong again. Upon his companion for so
long a journey and the children and grandchildren who have
shared his hospitality we pray for blessings and comfort."
WILU.^M George Bush.
Maj. William G. Bush, for many years one of the leading
brick manufacturers and contractors of the South, a Confed-
erate veteran, and a lifelong resident of Davidson County,
Tenn., died in Nashville in October, igii, in his eighty-third
year.
Major Bush came to Nashville as a penniless boy and served
as an apprentice to a brick layer. When the war began, he
joined the Confederate forces, and served throughout the
struggle under General Forrest. He ever took an active in-
terest in Confederate matters and was an esteemed member
ROIiERT T. BOND.
of Frank Cheatham Bivouac at Nashville, and ever lent liberal
aid in any undertaking by the members. He was affectionately
called "Major" by his employees and friends. As a soldier
he had a distinguished career, and as a citizen and business
man he will long be remembered for his sterling integrity.
Immediately after the war he went into business for himself
as a brick manufacturer and contractor. He was eminently
successful in his business, and at the time of his retirement,
some fifteen years ago, the firm of W. G. Bush & Co. was
known throughout the South. His son-in-law, T. L. Herbert,
;it whose home he died, succeeded him in the business.
Of his family, only a daughter, Mrs. T. L. Herbert, survives,
his only son having died some years ago.
Robert T. Bond.
Many friends and relatives at Union City, Tenn., were
grieved by the news from Gulfport, Miss., that R. H. Bond
was dead. For some time his
health had been failing; and while
iiis death was not unexpected, the
announcement created general sor-
row. He had spent many years in
L'nion City, a useful and honored
citizen. His life had been one of
earnest efTort and true purpose,
> et without ostentation. He was
.1 Mason of high degree and loved
the order. At his bedside with his
lieloved wife and daughter were
his family physician and nurse and
sympathetic friends. By his chil-
dren he was honored and loved.
Robert Bond was born in Shelby County, Tenn., March 19.
1841. His parents, Robert and Sarah Bond, were from Vir-
ginia, but came to Tennessee in early life. Robert left school
on May 24, 1861, to enlist in the first company that was or-
ganized in his neighborhood. Company E, 9th Tennessee
Regiment of Infantry. He was sworn in at Jackson, Tenn.,
by A. W. Campbell, and served with his command in the field
until July 22, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He
was wounded in the battle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862. He
also received six wounds at Perryville, Ky., and another at
Atlanta, Ga.
He professed religion during a revival in camp and joined
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church after his return home.
On October 25, 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss Bettie
P., the youngest daughter of Dr. Jesse and Margaret Harri-
son. To this union seven children were born, four sons
and three daughters. He had twenty-three grandchildren and
one great-granddaughter. In 1866 the family moved from
.Shelby County to Obion County, where they lived until 1906.
when the parents moved to Gulfport, Miss., in search of
health. He bore his sufferings with fortitude and begged
his dear wife not to grieve for him.
His remains were taken to Union City and the funeral serv-
ice was held in the Cumberland Presbyterian church by Rev.
Mr. Zwingle, after which the Confederate veterans took
charge, conducting the burial service at the City Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, four sons (Dr. Van Bond, of
Cotton Plant, Ark.; Dr. J. B. Bond, of Union City; R. H.
Bond, of Elbridge; Dr. J. Fred Bond, of St. Louis), and
three daughters (Mrs. Margaret Whitson, of Union City;
Mrs. Z. E. Morehead and Mrs. Sadie Chambers, of Gulfport,
Miss.).
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577
Col. Milton Walker Sims.
Col. Milton W. Sims was born in Haywood County, Tenn.,
January lo, 1831 ; and died on October 4, 1912. He had been
in feeble liealth for a few years. With Mrs. Sims and his
daughter, Mrs. Fred L. Smith, of Dallas, he spent the summer
at Chautauqua, N. Y., and enjoyed it greatly, though he failed
to regain his fast-ebbing strength. He was very feeble when
he reached home. He had no special illness, no great pain;
it was only the coming to the end of the way of a long and
useful life. Death came upon him so softly, so gently that
it was scarcely perceptible, and like a little child he fell
asleep, surrounded by his family. The sun had just risen.
lOL. M. W. SIMS.
Colonel Sims was reared in Alabama ami in Mississippi.
His education was completed at Emory and Henry College,
Virginia, where he graduated with high lienors. He moved
to Texas in 1857 and settled at Austin, where lie entered upon
the practice of law.
When the War of the States came on, the cause of tht
South was personal to him, and with all the devotion of h:.«
earnest soul he responded at once when the war alarm was
sounded and, laying aside his law books, gave up his practici.
and went into the tented field.
Of Colonel Sims as a soldier, his old war comrade, Capt.
Charles L. Martin, says:
"As tall and straight as one of the stately pines of Eastern
Texas, with a strong and well-knit frame, an elastic step,
keen and piercing blue eyes that beamed in kindliness on all
his fellow men, with a heart as tender as a woman's, and yet
absolutely fearless, he was a model soldier throughout the
four years of struggle against overwhelming odds. He was
colonel of a Confederate cavalry regiment, and I for a time
served as his adjutant and later was captain of Company A
of the regiment. I assisted him in its organization by scat-
tering depleted companies from various causes. They were
principally from furloughed men from east of the Mississippi.
I grew to love him quickly. He was the soul of honor, kind-
hearted, as tender in his sympathies as a woman, free-handed,
frank, and utterly fearless. W^e messed together, so I came to
know him well, to know every phase of his character, and at
no time under any circumstances was there ever a break in his
equable temperament.
"Colonel Sims while on staff duty and on detached service
in Louisiana aloii.g the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg
on a delicate and important mission from Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby
Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, was
captured by raiding Federal cavalrymen and taken across the
river. After a short imprisonment in Mississippi he was
sent, with a number of other prisoners, to Johnson's Island.
The horrors of that prison hole he bore philosophically, doing
all in his power to alleviate the suffering of his fellow prison-
ers, especially the privates who had not as many privileges
as the officers. With officers and enlisted men who had none
he shared his money.
".\fter some months of imprisonment on Johnson's Island,
he was started South under a strong guard without knowing,
until he reached Vicksburg, the reason for his being sent
South. /\ftcr arrival at Vicksburg he was informed that he
was one of a few officers designated by the Federal War De-
partment to be executed in retaliation for the hanging of some
Federal soldiers not authorized by the rules of war. His hope
of release from so cruel a fate never failed him. He was re-
moved to New Orleans, then Federal headquarters, to re-
ceive his sentence of death. The prison sergeant was a pleas-
ant-mannered fellow from Illinois, and showed clearly his
sympathy for his prisoner. The trip to New Orleans was
made on a steamboat, and Colonel Sims determined to tnake
an effort for his liberty. This prison sergeant was detailed
to have charge of the guard on the trip. With him Colonel
Sims had an understanding. So one dark and drizzly night
the sergeant, with some gold pieces snugly tucked away in his
clothes, watched for an opportunity. Visiting the sentinel,
the sergeant asked him if all was well; and being answered
in the affirmative, he covertly nodded his head to Colonel
Sims and then said to the sentinel : 'This is a muddy old
night, pard; let's go forward and get a nip. The barkeeper i.s
still on watch.' The sentinel followed the sergeant, and soon
they were washing the cobwebs from their throats.
"With a strap of one of his military boots slipped through
a strap of the other and hanging to his thumb. Colonel Sims
stole from his stateroom, stepped across the guard, climbed
over the guard railing, and slid down the fender info the river.
The sergeant played his part well, keeping the sentinel long
enough at the bar to give Colonel Sims time to escape. The
boat was nearly a mile away, rounding a point, as Colonel Sims
could see from the moving cabin lights, when he saw a flash
and heard the faint crack of a musket ; but he was safe. Put-
ting on his boots, his clothing dripping wet, he was in the
depths of a swamp without knowing the locality. For an hour
or more he made his way as best he could into the heart of the
swamp, so as to get as far from the river as possible. With
daylight came better walking, and in a few hours Colonel Sims
got out into the highlands and a few days later reached Shreve-
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port, reporting to his commanding officer, Gen. E. Kirby Smith,
again for duty. After a short leave of absence to visit his
home in Te.xas and to rest a while from his thrilling and fear-
some experiences, he was commissioned colonel and ordered
to organize a regiment, which he commanded to the end.
"After the war Colonel Sims faced and grappled with every
obstacle caused by the war and overcame it. As a lawyer he
won success at the bar during the short time he practiced, and
as a planter he mastered the situation so new and so puzzling
to the South, achieving success where many others failed.
Without guile, without ambition for public place or power, he
was content to be simply a worker in the private walks of
life, to be a good citizen, a good neighbor. Indeed, he was
an exemplar in all these respects for others. Like Abou Ben
Adhem's, his name was writ in the book of life as 'one who
loved his fellow men.' "
[The '"War Records" explain that Col. M. W. Sims was
captured by the Federals at Natchez on July 13, 1863, having
been captured while takirg dispatches from Gen. E. Kirby
Smith to Gen. J. E. Johnston. (See Series II., Vol. V!.,
page 394.) In Series I., Vol. XXIV, Part III., L. Kent, Pro-
vost Marshal General, reports that Major Situs and Lieutenant
Sparks caused to be put to death two Federal officers ; also that
•"he had four ministers to be dragged from their beds and
brutally murdered" (?).]
Capt. Cii.\rles F. Kohlheim.
Capt. Charles F. Kohlheim, aged seventy-three, and for
many years a prominent citizen of Saltillo, Miss., died April
8, 1912, at the home of his son, Dr. Louis Kohlheim. after
an illness of several months. He enlisted in the C. S. army
first as a private in tlie 14th Mississippi Infantry, and was
one among the few that escaped capture at Fort Donelson.
He returned to Mississippi and was elected first lieutenant of
a coinpany at Fulton, Miss., in May. 1862. After serving
some months in Virginia, he was transferred to the .'\rmy of
Tennessee under Bragg. He was captured at Missionary
Ridge, escaped, and again returned to Mississippi and was
elected captain of Company G, ilth Mississippi Cavalry, which
position 1 e held until the surrender. He was paroled at
Gainesville, Ala. At the time of his death he was colonel on
the staff of General "lylcr, of Foriest's Cavalry Corps. He
wrote several war articles for the Veteran. He leaves three
children. He was buried at Columbus, Miss.
CA?T. CHARLES F. KOHLHEIM.
Dk. Louis Kohlheim.
On June 4, 1912, Dr. Louis Kohlheim died suddenly in a
hospital in Memphis. He was from Saltillo, Miss., and had
accompanied his sister-in-law to Memphis to consult spe-
cialists. Dr. Kohlheim, who lost a leg in a railroad accident,
fell on the pavement and fractured his arm. Ether was ad-
ministered to relieve the suffering incident to setting his arm.
He never regained consciousness and died soon afterwards.
Dr. Kohlheim was the son of Capt. C. F. Kohlheim, who
died on .-^pril 8, 1912. He had received diplomas from sev-
eral of the leading medical colleges of the country, and had
secured an extensive practice. He was recognized as one of
th.; leadin.K physicians of the State. He was extensively read
outside of the professional works and enjoyed a wide literary
reputation.
Dr. Ko'.ilheim was a member of the Tupelo Camp, Sons
of Veterans, and was Surgeon of the Camp. As the son of
a loyal veteran he was an ardent believer in all the traditions
of the Old South, and his heart and soul were zealous in
the advancement of the material and social welfare of the
Southern people. He was ever courteous and held a wartn
place iir the hearts of many who were deeply grieved at his
untimely death.
James B. Henson.
James B. Henson, Adjutant of Camp Frank Phillips, No.
1506, U. C. v., Graceville, Fla., was born February 6, 1839;
and died October 8, 1912. He was livirg in Louisiana at the
commerccment of the war and enlisted in Benton's Artillery.
In 1873 he moved bick to Jackson County, Fla., his old home.
Tie was taken sick while attending the Reunion at Macon,
Ga., and was never well again.
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Members of Joe Johnston Camp, No. 94, Mexia, Tex.
Deatlis from July, 191 1, to July. 1912, were:
Adams, L. A. — Born in Dickson County, Tenn. ; died at
Coolidge, Tex. ; aged sixty-five years. Private in Company G,
nth Tennessee Infantry.
Frazier, W. D. — Born at Macon, Ga. ; died at Coolidge,
Tex.; aged sixly-eight years. Private in Co. I, 59th Ala. Inf.
Jennings, Rev. G. L. — Born in Edgefield District, S. C. ;
<lied at Kirk, Tex.; aged eighty-one years. Captain of Com-
pany H, 31st Mississippi Infantry.
Jordan, G. L. — Born in Washington County, Ga. ; died at
Mexia, Tex.; aged seventy-seven years. Private in Company
B, I2th Texas Cavalry.
Love. Sam B. — Born in Tennessee ; died at Fort Worth,
Tex. ; aged seventy-three years. Private in Company G, 61I1
Texas Cavalry.
RisiEN, Samuel. — Born in England; went down on steamer
Titantic April 4, 1912. Engineer on Confederate steamer
.Mabamn under Admiral Raphael Semmes.
Roberts, W. F. — Born near Knoxvillc, Tenn. ; died a\
Mexia, Tex.; aged eighty-one years. Captain of Company
<l, 2Sth Texas Cavalry.
Simmons, H, F. — Born at Kosciusko. Miss.; died at Dallas,
Tc.x. ; aged sixty-six years. Private in Company D, Wood's
Mississippi Cavalry.
Simmons. J. W. — Born in Mississippi; died at Mexia, Tex.;
aged seventy-three years. Private in Company F. 2"t1i Mis-
sissippi Infantry.
Storev. J. W. — I^orn in Pickens County, .\la. ; died at
Mexia, Tex.; aged eighty-three years. Orderly sergeant in
Company H, 28th Texas Cavalry.
Wai.kkr, S. S. — Born in Brazos County, Tex.; died at
Groesheck, Tex.; aged sixly-seven years. Private in Com-
pany I, 2d Texas Cavalry.
[Data sent hy .\djt. II, W. Williams.]
Joseph C. Fowi.kk.
A sketch of this comrade appeared in the Veteran for
November, page 5,'3. In it the statement was made that he
was born in Tennes-
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TOSEPH C. EOWl.ER.
a Southern gentleman, and
see, but grew up in
Missouri. When war
w-as declared be-
tween the States, he
was residing in Car-
roll County, Ark., and
enlisted in one of the
first companies th.il
went out from Car-
roll and Madison
Counties. He was
with General Price in
his last brave and
chivalrous march
through Missouri,
J fighting bravely
throughout the en-
tire war, during which
time he did much
valuable service as
scout for Generals
Price and Shelby. He
was a true Christian,
true soldier in time of war.
Capt. R. Y. Johnson.
On October 27, 1912, at his ancestral home in Montgomery
County, Tehn., Capt. R. Y. Johnson, after a long illness,
answered the last roll call and entered into rest in his seventy-
sixth year.
Captain Johnson, familiarly known as Yeatman, was a good
citizen, a brave soldier, a true man, and, trusting in the Lord
Jesus Christ, finished his course in peace. His father came
frt)m Virginia and settled the fine plantation near Guthrie,
Ky., where this son was born and reared.
When the war of the sections began, Yeatman Johnson was
true to his State and enlisted in the 49th Regiment of Ten-
nessee Infantry. He was elected first lieutenant of Company
1". On the promotion of his captain to major of the regiment
he became captain, and was with his regiment to the close of
the war. He was surrendered at Fort Donelson in February,
1862, and remained in prison at Camp Chase and Johnson's
Island until September, 1862, when he was exchanged at
X'icksburg, Miss. Thenceforth he was in active service at
Port Hudson, in the campaign of 1863 for the relief of Vicks-
Inirg, at Mobile until May, 1864, except at Dalton, Ga., for a
fiw weeks, and a short campaign in Mississippi. Then he
was in the campaign of 1864 in North Georgia until Atlanta
was given up. He came to Tennessee in Hood's disastrous
campaign, and in the battle of F'ranklin he was severely
wounded in the head and arm. The color bearer was shot,
.and as Captain Johnson stooped to pick up the colors he too
was shot. I took him oflf the field and helped dress his
wounds, and he held on to the colors through all. He was
sent to Mobile, where he was nursed back to health by the
lovely Southern authoress, Miss Augusta Evans. He rejoined
liis regiment in North Carolina, where he was paroled on the
surrender of General Johnston's army. He was a tried, faith
fnl, and true soldier to the end.
Returning to his home in l8;>5, he engaged in tobacco-
planting and was faithful as a citizen. He served his count\
in the legislature of the State, and w-as active in securing
legislation for the benefit of the disabled Confederate veterans.
He spent much time and labor in preparing a history of
(Juarles's Brigade, of which his regiment was a part. The
liistory was probably unfinished at the time of his death.
Captain Johnson was very popular. He was never married,
but lived with his sister at the old home. The house was
burned about two years ago ; but he refused to move from
the place, and lived in one of the outbuildings in the yard,
ministered to by faithful servants, his sister having died. In
his last illness he had the devoted attention of his niece. Mrs.
Puckett, and of neighbors and friends.
The funeral service was held under the trees in the yard
on a lovely autumn day, and a large concourse of friends
gathered from miles around. There was a large contingent
(if Confederate veterans, several from his old regiment. The
funeral sermon was by Rev. J. 1 1, McNeilly, of Nashville, the
cliaplain of the regiment ; and as the character of Captain
Johnson was set forth — his high principles, his great kind-
ness, his generous gifts to every good cause, his charity to
the needy, his patriotism, and finally his trust in the Saviour^
all testified to the truth of the preacher's words. The burial
in the family graveyard near the house was conducted by
the Forbes Bivouac of Clarksville, of which he was a mem-
ber. At the close Hon. Dancey Fort paid a beautiful tribute
to the life and character of the dead soldier.
[Data from Rev. James H. McNeilly, D.D., of Nashville.]
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5,4.1/ DAT IS MEMORIAL WINDOW IN RICHMOND.
November ii, 1912, was a memorable day at the Confed-
erate Museum in Richmond. Members of the U. D. C. from
North Carohna and Tennessee officiated in the dedication
of a fine portrait of Gen. M. C. Butler, of the Old North
State, and the Sam Davis memorial window in the Ten-
nessee Room.
Rev. Dr. J. P. Smith, who served on the staff of Stonewall
Jackson, opened the exercises for both events with most
appropriate prayers, and various addresses were made.
It seemed fitting that a memorial window to Sam Davis
be placed in the Tennessee Room directly over the main en-
trance. In response to the request that the Editor of the
Veter.an make comment, he said that the Sam Davis me-
morial window placed there was most appropriate; that he
had corresponded with Mrs. Jefferson Davis in her desire
to ascertain if his family was related to hers.
Remarks of Mrs. Harriet Holland, Pres. Tenn. Div.
Madam Regent and Daughters: We have gathered here in
this historic old city and in this building, the White House
of the Confederacy, hallowed by so many sweet memories
and sacred recollections, to express our appreciation and de-
votion to our heroic dead. Heroism is admired and extolled
by every nation on the earth. The story of Leonidas and his
three hundred Spartans at the Pass of Thermopylae has been
handed down through the centuries as an exhibition of
matchless heroism. Some of us have stood uncovered be-
neath the gray walls of the Alamo because of the undaunted
courage of the men who dared to die there for liberty. But
nowhere in the annals of history have deeds of valor and
heroic courage excelled those displayed by our soldiers.
One of the most pathetic incidents of the war was in the
battle of New Market, Va. It was in May, 1864, and General
Lee's army was well-nigh depleted. His communications with
the Shenandoah Valley were seriously threatened, and he was
reluctant to use the body cadets at the Virginia Military In-
stitute ; but the emergency was so great that the order was
finally given. As those noble lads moved with faultless step
through the lead-stricken air General Breckinridge turned
away ; the sight was too tragic for his soldierly eyes. Those
boys fought like veterans, capturing four pieces of artillery
and one hundred prisoners. Of the two hundred and twenty-
five boys who fought there, fifty-si.x were left on the field.
There was a Tennessee boy, a student at the old Military
Institute at Nashville, Tenn., who responded to the call to
arms which echoed in every valley in the South. This boy
was Sam Davis, for whose memory, after the lapse of half a
century, we have assembled here to honor. The story of this
''Boy Hero of the Confederacy" is widely known. It requires
no small courage to die for one's country, even amid the
"splendor and glory of battle," animated by flying banners
and the roar of cannon, under the leadership of brave com-
manders. But this boy was a prisoner, surrounded by his
enemies, with no friendly voice to speak a word of encour-
agement. He was offered life if he would break his word.
His response was in substance as follows :
"Had I a thousand lives to live,
Had I a thousand lives to give,
I'd lose them — nay, I'd gladly die
Before I'd live one life a lie."
Such sentiment implies more than mere personal courage;
it is in the truest sense heroic and places him in the pantheon
of the martyrs who have won immortality.
Mrs. A. R. Dodson, of Humboldt, Tenn., conceived the
idea of this memorial window several years ago when visiting
this room, and to her and her able committee are due the
thanks of not only every Tennesseean but of the entire South
for their loyalty and fidelity in this noble and patriotic work.
I congratulate them most heartily upon the completion of
their work, and it is with pride, Madam Vice Regent, that l!
present this gift and adornment to your museum from the
Tennessee Division.
The following is the committee on the Sam Davis window :
Mrs. A. R. Dodson, Mrs. J. C. Estes, Mrs. John P. Hickman,
Mrs. E. N. Gates, Mrs. E. B. Mosely, Mrs. Elise Abernathy.
There were other addresses, one by Mrs. Norman V.
Randolph. Vice Regent of Richmond, who has done so much
for the Tennessee Room that the Chautauqua salute was
proposed, and a multitude of white handkerchiefs began to
flutter, when the noble woman who was being honored sug-
gested that they make it the "Rebel Yell," which was splen-
didly executed by the large gathering of women.
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ARLINGTON MONUMENT SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Arkansas: Mrs. J. T. Beale, $5 in memory of her father,
Craven W. Harrison; Mrs. H. F. Sloan, $5 for her grand-
son; Mrs. SifTord, $5 for C. of C.
California: Mrs. VanWyke, $10 in memory of her father,
Alexander P. Crittenden, of Kentucky; $10 in memory of her
mother, of Virginia; $10 for the State of her birth, Texas;
$10 for the State of her rearing and home, California; $25
in memory of her son-in-law's father, Mr. Peters, of At-
lanta, Ga. ; $25 in memory of her son-in-law's father, Joseph
W. Chinn ; $1 each for seven grandchildren; $5 in apprecia-
tion of Sister Esther Carlotta's life work; $5 in apprecia-
tion of past President General Mrs. Lizzie George Hender-
son's service to the U. D. C. ; $5 in memory of her aunt,
Mrs. William Craighill. of Charleston, W. Va. ; $5 for a
<Iaughter-in-law waited for for fifteen years; $25 for Jeffer-
son Davis Chnpter. San Francisco. Mrs. C. C. Clay, $30 for
her six grandchildren and $5 personal; Mrs. DuBois, $25.
District of Columbia: Miss Jessie Dell, $10 in memory of
her father and mother; Mrs. Pierce Horn, $5 in memory of
Mrs. Miimie Louise Hill Briggs; Miss Nannie Heth, $10 in
memory of Gen. Harry Hcth and Mrs. Harriet Selden Heth;
Captain Hicky, $800 from old soldiers in the District of Co-
lumbia; Mrs. C. H. I'ord, $3 for Mildred T.ce, C. of C. ; Miss
Frances Weeks, $5.
Florida: $250 from the Division; $10 in memory of a father
who was with Pickett at Gettysburg; Mrs. M. E. Drew, $4
for her two granddaughters, Edna E. Aird and Mary Edna
Owen; Mildred Lee Chapter, $3; Mrs. Broom, $10; J. J
Findley Chapter, $10; Jacksonville Chapter, $-,2: Mrs. W. ^L
Dial, $5.
Illinois: Mrs. Manson, $5 for her grandson. Grant Carpenter
Manson ; Stonewall Chapter, Cliicago, $15; Illinois Division,
$10; Miss Margaret Breckinridge, $10 for Sisters of Loretta.
Kentucky: $100 from the Division; Mrs. Mallby, $5 in
memory of her father. James Monroe Goggin ; ?5 in memory
of her mother, Elizabeth Nelson Page Goggin; Mrs. Mary
Campbell, $10 for Christian County Chapter; Mrs. J. M.
.•\rnold. $10 for James Madison Arnold IV.; Mrs. Mary
C. Cantrell, $5 for her grandson, Cecil Cantrcll, Jr.; Mrs.
Mary Campbell, $5 for her grandson, John P. Campbell IV.
Louisiana : Mrs. D. A. S. Vaught, $5 for her two grand-
children, Anielie Longer May and John May, Jr.; $5 from
Dr. Vaught, of Beauregard Camp, U. S. C. V., grandson of
T L. Baync ; Mrs. Youree, $25 in memory of her only son:
Mrs. Yonree, $25 for the Children of the Confederacy.
Maryland: Mrs. Smith, $2; Mrs. William N. Allen, $5 in
memory of her husband and her brother, John E. Harding;
Mrs. Hunter, $5 for her nephew, S. H. Williams; Mrs. M.
C. Campbell, $5 in memory of her father, R. Lindsay Cole-
man ; $5 in memory of her nephew', Chester Coleman ; $5 in
memory of her mother, Elizabeth Elliott Coleman ; $5 in
memory of her sister, Maria W. Hart.
Mississippi: Mrs. Lizzie George Henderson, $25 for her god-
child, Alice Alexander Myers ; Mrs. Lillian C. Perkins, $10
in memory of her mother, Mary R. Crawford ; Mrs. Monroe
McClurge, $5 for her granddaughter, Helen Drain Irvin ;
Mrs. Lizzie George Henderson, $50 in memory of 50,000 lost
daughters; Mrs. Monroe McClurge, $S in appreciation of her
fnther-in-law. Captain McClurge; Mrs. Daisy McLaurin
Stevens. $5 for D. H. Money Chapter; Jefferson Davis Chap-
ter, Yazoo City, $10; Annie Kincaid Dent Chapter, C. of C,
$2.50.
New York; Mrs. J. D. Beale, $10 for her grandson; New
York Chapter, $25; Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter, $25;
Mrs. James Henry Parker, $100; Mrs. Burke, $25 for her
father, $25 for her mother, $25 for her native State, and $25
for the State of her present residence; Mrs. M. M. Sulli-
van, $5; cash contribution, $10; Mrs. .Xugustus Jones, $10 in
memory of her brother. Dr. Augustus Fitch.
North Carolina : Mrs. W. O. Shannon, $5 for Harley W.
Jefferson, Jr.; Mrs. Williams, $5; Mrs. I. W. Faison, $5 each
for her grandchildren, Harvey Allen Lamb and Eliza M. Ray.
Missouri: $15 from the Division.
Ohio : Mrs. Sells, $5 for her mother-in-law.
Oklahoma : Choctaw Chapter, McAlester, $5. from sale of
stamps; Mrs. T. D. Davis, $5 for her son, T. Jefferson Davis.
South Carolina : $50 from the Division.
Tennessee: $50 from the Division; Mrs. Davis, $5; Mrs.
J. B. .Armstrong, Nashville, $5: Mrs. Watson, $25 for Mrs.
Robert Bridges, of Stonewall Chapter, U. D. C. ; Mrs. Bridget
Worthington, $25.
Texas: Dick Dowling Chapter, $10; Barnard E. Bee Chap-
ter, $10; Children's Auxiliary to the Verve Jefferson Davis
Chapter, Galveston, $5; Mrs. Mollie R. Magill Rosenberg, $1
each for the twelve children she did not have; Mrs. Bryan,
$5 for her grandson, William F. Bryan ; Mrs. Baugh, $5 for
her grandson ; Mrs. A. R. Howard, $5 for her grandson, E.
E. Howard ; Mary West Chapter, $25 ; Mrs. Hal Greer, $5.
Utah : R. E. Lee Chapter, $1.
Virginia: $50 from the Division; Stonewall Jackson Chap-
ter. $25; Hanover Chapter, $5; Mrs. Pool, for Lancaster
Chapter, $10; J. E. B. Stuart Chapter, $25; Petersburg Chap-
ter, $25; Wythe Grey Chapter, $25; Barnes Rifles Chapter,
$10; Danville Chapter, $io; Middlesex Chapter, $20; Isle of
Wight Chapter, $10; Fincastle Chapter, $10; Rawlcy Martin
Chapter, $10; Radford Chapter, $50; Lee Chapter, $10; Hope
Maury Chapter, $5; Turner Ashby Chapter, $5; Mrs. Smoot,
$5 for her son, Albert A. Smoot ; Mrs. C. G. Blakey, $10 in
memory of her mother, Mrs. Louise B. Rice, and her two
sons ; Mrs. George L. Simpson, $5 for Lieut. G. R. Simpson
and F. C. Simpson ; Mrs. W. D. Cardwcll, $ — in memory of
Gen. T. L. Rosser; Mrs. B. A. Blenner, $5 in memory of
Mrs. J. H. Timberlake; Mrs. N. V. Randolph, $5 in memory
of her father and mother; Gen. Dabney Maury Chapter,
Philadelphia, $25; Mrs. Dorset Chesterfield Chapter, $3; Mrs.
J Taylor Ellyson, $10 for her grandson, EUyson Crump; Mrs.
IVank .Anthony Walke, in memoriam, $10; Mrs. O'Brien, of
Alexandria, $5; Mrs. H. K. Dillard, $5 in memory of her
father; Mrs. Montague, $5 in behalf of Lee Auxiliary, C. of
C. ; Mrs. Taylor, $5 for her grandchild ; Ella M. Howison, $ —
ill memory of Maj. Jed Hotchkiss; Mrs. Stnoot, $30 for 17th
Virginia Regiment Chapter; Mrs. Alice Magill Drury, 50
cents for each of her twelve grandchildren and $1 in mem-
ory of her husband ; Miss Betty Ellyson, $5 for the Grand-
children Chapter, C. of C, Richmond; Mrs. Griff Edwards.
$5 in memory of her husband ; Hope Maury Chapter, Nor-
folk, $5 ; Mrs. W. A. Anderson, $5 for her youngest grand-
child ; Virginia Davison, $10 in memory of Mrs. G. W.
Nelmes ; Mrs. C. G. Wright, $1 each for niece and nephew;
Mrs. Owen, $5 in memory of her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. James Chalmers; Mrs. R. K. Parker, West Point,
$5; Mrs. Pell, Harrisonburg, $25; Mary Custis Lee Chapter,
$10; Mrs. Randolph, $5 for the Grandchildren Chapter; Mrs.
Walter Christian, $10 for her grandson, Walter Christian
Johnson ; Floyd Chapter, $10.
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West Virginia : Lawson Botts Cliapter, $5 in memory of
Rev. A. C. Hopkins, Chaplain Stonewall Brigade ; Mrs. Smith,
of Parkersburg, $20.
Georgia : $300 from the Division ; Dorothy Blount Lamar,
C. of C, $5 ; Mrs. Raines, $20 for four hundred children in
one Chapter; for the descendants of Frances Bartow, $15;
Winnie Davis Chapter, C. of C, $5.
Mississippi: $50 from the Division; J. Z. George Chapter,
Greenwood, $50; Stonewall Jackson Chapter, $10; Col. H.
M. Street Chapter, $10; Private Taylor Rucks Chapter, $10;
Mary E. Snipes Chapter, $5; Corinth Chapter, $5; Regina
Harrison Lee Chapter, $s; Mississippi College Rifles Chap-
ter, $2.50; W. C. Boyd Auxiliary to Mary E. Snipes Chap-
ter, $2; Jefiferson Davis Chapter, C. of C, $2; E. C. Mitchell,
Tooly Springs, $2.50; J. M. Stone Chapter, $S ; Laura M.
Rose Chapter, $5.
Alabama : Mrs. John L. Moulton, $1 for each of her four
sons; Mrs. Clifford A. Lanier, $5 for her grandson, Clifford
Anderson Lanier; Mrs. Bashinsky, $6 for her daughter, Mary
Elizabeth Bashinsky.
Miscellaneous : Mrs. A. R. Shands, $4 in memory of Dr. R.
E. Shands. from his four children, Richard, Alfred, George,
and Agnes Shands; Mrs. Oglesby, $5 for her first grand-
daughter, Moselle Carswell Og'esby; Mrs. Clement L. Shaver,
$10 for her husband, in memory of his father; Mrs. Stephen
E. Dillon, $S in memory of her father, D. S. Ryan ; Mrs. Wil-
liam W. Huntley, $1 for her daughter, Helen L. Huntley;
Mrs. James Wysong, $10 for her grandson, C. N. Wysong ;
Mrs. Fred C. Newman, $10 for her great-granddaughter, Vir-
ginia Dennis; Mrs. Adelaide W. Bagley, $10 for Worth Bag-
ky Daniels; Mrs. Reid, $20; Frank Bennett Auxiliary, $10;
Mrs. Putney, $10 for her three grandchildren ; Mrs. Gamble,
$5 for her father, Lindsey Cole; Mrs. E. E. Moffett, $10 for
the Johnson Pettigrew Chapter, Raleigh, N. C. ; R. E. Lee
Chapter, Minnesota, $5 ; Mrs. R. C. Cooley, of Florida, $25;
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, $100 in memory of her father. Gen.
Henry L. Benning, her mother, Mary Howard Jones, and her
brother. Capt. Seaborn Jones Benning; Mrs. W. A. Wayne,
$5 for her grandnephew, Xoble Wayne Abrams.
FAITHFUL TO THE "OLD MAMMY."
[Rev. G. L. Tucker, in the Living Church.]
This incident is of personal knowledge to the writer.
Old Aunt Amanda, a negro mammy, lay dying in a hos-
pital in New Orleans. She had been a slave in one of the
sugar parishes of Louisiana. After the death of her mistress,
she cared for the children. The family scattered, the two
daughters making their home in a small city of the same State,
while the brother went to Chicago. News of the mortal
ilhigss of the old negro mammy brought one of the sisters
from her many responsibihties in the care of a large family
and several boarders half a day's journey into New Orleans
lo visit the old nurse. The other daughter, unable to leave,
sent her friend, a Christian minister, to offer prayer and to
minister the sacrament to the dying woman. The son, whose
residence is in Chicago, received the telegram in Pittsburg
while on a business trip, and immediately journeyed all tlu'
way to New Orleans to be at her bedside.
Some years ago on the death of the father of these three
persons, who had been the owner of the old woman, several
tlunis.'ind dollars came as an inheritance to each member of the
family. The son relinquished his share in favor of the old
woman that she might be cared for in her declining years.
IRAXSFORTATION FOR U. D. C. TO WASHINGTON.
BY SIDNEY DUFFIE BISHOP, CHAIRMAN, WASHINGTON, D. C.
^ our Committee on Transportation for the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy appointed to secure reduced rail-
ri\id raJes for the Convention to be held in Washington,
D. C, November 12-16, 1912, submits the following report:
"The matter was taken up with the Southeastern, the
Sourhwestern, and the Trunk Lines Associations.
"The Southwestern Passenger Association declined to make
us any reduced rate whatever, though repeatedly urged to do
so. The Trunk Lines and the Southeastern Passenger As-
sociations granted us a rate of one and one-half fare plus
fifty cents for the round trip on the certificate plan. As the
Trunk Lines had never before granted our Convention a
reduction, we were of course pleased and gratified with this
rate, but felt that the S. E. P. A., from which territory a
h'rge majority of delegates and visitors would come, should
have given us a much better rate. Much correspondence
with this S. E. P. A. failed of results, and I as chairman of
the committee then made a strong personal appeal to the
Southern Railway headquarters in this city, which resulted
in the very low rate of three cents a mile one way, plui
twenty-five cents, for the round trip from all points in South-
eastern territory, except that from distant points the rate
obtained was one fare plus twenty-five cents with unifornt
selling dates November 8-14, inclusive, and the very liberal
final limit of December i to reach home."
[The Veteran copies the above report especially to give
credit to the Southern Railway and the result of its action
by other systems. For years in the early period of the U.
D. C. the Editor of the Veteran sought diligently to secure
belter rates for the unselfish, devoted women who worked
all the year at home and then had to incur expenses that
many could ill afford in order to keep in touch with their
fellow workers in a cause that is as sacred to them as it
was to their fathers and mothers in the sixties. Railroad
authorities seem not to have yet comprehended the spirit
and purposes of this organization. Its magnitude deserves
such consideration as does the United Confederate Veterans,
r.rd railroad official bodies in conference should prepare to
give tlie United Daughters of the Confederacy rates in close
proximity, if not altogether equal, to the Veterans, for whom
they have been conspicuously liberal. — Editor.]
CONFEDERATES SEND CONGRATULATIONS.
The following letter of congratulation by the Adjutant, S.
L. Crute, of the William Watts Camp at Roanoke, Va., was
ordered sent to President-elect Wilson : "The William Watts
Camp, LInited Confederate Veterans, wishes to congratulate
you and the United Confederates throughout the United
States upon the selection of a Virginian by birth and the son
of a Confederate as President of our United States. Verily
we believe 'thou hast come to thy kingdom for such a time
as this.' The blue and gray will meet in July, 1913, on the
famous field of Gettysburg to clasp hands with truly loyal
hearts and present to the world an object lesson of friendship
such as only Americans can whose valor has been tried by
fire."
Votes for President of the United States.— Woodrow •>
Wilson, 6,156,748; Theodore Roosevelt, 3,428,140; W. H.
Taft, 3,376,422; Eugene V. Debs, 673,783; Chaffin, 160,644;
total, 13,795,737-
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VERY IMPORTANT— ABOUT THE VETERAN.
Many magazines have increased their subscription price,
while the Veteran, which is continued at $1 a year, has in-
creased its quality of paper in weight the ratio of two hun-
dred and forty to three hundred and twenty pounds with an
advance of at least twenty-five per cent in price. While
the Veteran does not show in bulk to be as large as other
^l magazines, in condensation of matter, the size of type
considered, it will challenge any magazine of its price in
America. A careful comparison will amaze the reader.
With these facts the lamentable condition prevails tha'
thousands of subscribers have allowed their dates to get far
behind in renewing. This feature must be eliminated, ar
it must begin with the January issue. Hundreds of dollars
have been expended in sending notices as reminders which
have been ignored.
With the January issue thousands of names will be erased.
This must be, for disappointment has resulted so many times
that serious loss results. This is not right and apologies arc
not due from the Veteran, but from the delinquent patrons.
Unless some error has occurred in the delivery, every sub-
scriber has been given more than the price paid for it.
In view of the foregoing all patrons who know the effort
that has been put forth through twenty years of service,
and who appreciate it, can be helpful in commending the
Veteran as they feel its merits and in sending the names of
persons who would be gratified in helping it along. It will
require heroic effort on the part of many friends in sub-
milling names at least of those who might become subscribers.
Many persons share the gratitude of neighbors by calling at-
tention to llie Veteran who became ardent patrons and de-
plore that they did not know of it sooner. Such persons
frequently try to secure all the back numbers and regret thai
they cannot do it. In the sense of doing your neighbor .1
favor, try this.
What Anoux Next Year?
1 be most sweeping measure ever undertaken by the Vet-
eran is to be adopted now. Every subscriber who is not as-
sured about his time is earnestly requested to look at the
date by his name ; and if, after the month given, the date
i.c prior to "12" or "1912," notice is served now that the
name will be withlield from this date. Anybody can tell what
is due. For instance, "June 11" means that the subscriber
owes from June. igu. one .iiid a half years. To those
who do iKil respond by the 20th of December a statement
will be sent naming the amount due and this notice repeated.
Don't misunderstand. It is more pleasant to oblige com-
rades than any other class of persons. If indulgence is neces-
sary, it will be extended on some suitable plan; but to ignore
request is evidence of lack of interest, and that must be pre-
sumed by silence after December 20 the latest.
.About Subscriptions Expiring in igi2.
Take notice, good friend, that your lime has expired. See
the date by your name and you can tcU in a moment how
much you are behind. If it be "March 12" or "1912," you owe
seventy-five cents. The Veteran should not, and it cannot,
continue the risk of sending them without a specific under-
standing. Much honestly earned money has been lost in the
eflFort to oblige specially comrades and the widows who ap-
preciate it but cannot always have the money at the time of
expiration. Harsh lectures to the management upon its
duly and refusal to pay have depressed the incentive to so
continue the effort to favor patrons.
Concession in the Price.
It is so much better to remit for three years at a lime that
the price of $2.50 is offered to all patrons. This is for those
who are in arrears as well as to advance payers. Bear this
in mind when remitting, stating that the payment is for three
years. This reduction makes the Veteran the cheapest, most
carefully prepared publication, and the most worthy reading
of any magazine in the country.
Be Sure to Read It.
The failure to read the Veteran carefully is the cause of
most indifference. Readers of fiction may find in it as much
of thrilling interest which is true and about their own peo-
ple. Get your neighbor to read it. Either send your own
copies or send the names to the Veteran and copies will be
sent free of charge. This request is not for your neighbor,
but for you. and hoic is the time to comply with it.
Advertising Suggested.
A genllemnn in New York who is well informed about the
desire of merchants there to secure advertising in the South
urges the importance of presenting the Veteran to them.
He says they use periodicals often specially to secure the cir-
culation they have in the South, and is assured that they
would gladly buy space in the Veteran if they only knew.
.•\t his suggestion request is made of friends who take the
Veteran in various sections, especially those in other States
than Tennessee, to write what they think of it as an adver-
tisirg medium. Will you do this now? Write on official
or business letterhead and be as concise and strong as possi-
ble. Compliance with this request might do much good.
INQUIRIES FOR VETERANS AND WIDOIVS.
J. W. Long, of Pea Ridge, Ark., seeks information concern-
ing Maj. J. W. Copper, who made up a battalion in North-
west Arkansas in 1864.
Thomas F. O'Rourke, of Mobile, .Ma., makes inquiry for
.\rchibild Bryant, member of the field band of the 22d Mis-
sissippi Regiment. Write any information to him.
Wirow OF Paul C. Harlow.
Mr. ("rank M. Hagan, of New Haven, Ky., writes: "Mrs;
Paul C. Harlow, living near this place, seeks a pension as a
widow of a Confederate veteran under the new law in Ken-
lucky. She does not know Mr. Harlow's company. He lived
.nt Wartburg. Tenn., and worked at William Schooler's mill.
He joined the army at Indian Tavern, in Morgan County,
and those she remembers joining with him were Joe Bird.
Dave McPeters, and Mullins. He was employed during
a part of the war shoeing horses for his company. Mrs. Har-
low is in great need."
The writer is a son of Edward C. Hagan, of Company B,
0th Kentucky Infantry, and replies may be sent him.
Incuiry about William Alex Thomp.son.
Will any one who knows kindly write me of William Alex-
ander Thompson, who was a soldier in the Confederate army,
and when discharged? He served in the 44th Tennessee
Regiment under Captain Bounds (or Bonds). He enlisted
.it Slielbyville. Tcnn., and was wounded in the battles of
Chirknmiuga and Franklin. His widow is aged, in poor
health, and without support or any one to depend upon, an.l
1 am trying to get her a pension. Kindly address Rev. W.
T. Allen. Chaplain General U. S. C. V., Jacksonville, Ala.
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Echoes from Dixie. A collection of songs so popular be-
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All of the foregoing are furnished at the publisher's price
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"A Folio of Old Songs."
Mrs. S. H. Watson, former Historian of the Texas Di-
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A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR VETERANS.
"Personal Reminiscences of the War, 1861-65," by Capt.
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on the march, on picket, and in battle under Kemper, Pickett,
Longstreet, Hill, and Lee, in plain, simple language, vindi-
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And it tells of the atrocities of the Yankees without mincing
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The style is natural and easy, relating the events and ex-
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The book has been highly commended by the press of the
South and North. Price, by mail, $1.15, from the author.
New Orleans Confederates Honor Union Soldiers with
a Wreath. — On the occasion of a joint reunion of Veterans
and Daughters of the Confederacy in October a floral wreath
was placed on the monument erected to the. Massachusetts
regiment in the National Cemetery, their reciprocal for the
splendid liberality of its survivors to the Louisiana Confeder-
ate veterans in the Home at New Orleans.
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MISSOURI CONVENTION, V. D. C, AT MARSHALL.
The Missouri Convention of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy held at Marshall, Mo., October 16-18, 1912, will
be remembered with pleasure for a long time by the Daugh-
ters, guests, and citizens. The M. E. Church, South, where
the Convention convened, was packed with Marshall's repre-
sentative people to welcome the ladies of the Missouri U.
D. C. in our midst and to witness the opening e-xercises ol
their fifteenth annual Convention. On the platform were the
officers of the State organization. Rev. A. R. Faris, Mayor Ed
Mitchell, Hon. A. F. Rector, and Miss Lulu Lamkin, Presi-
dent of the R. E. Lee Chapter of Marshall.
The invocation was made by Rev. Mr. Faris. After roll
call by the State President, Mayor Mitchell welcomed "this
band of inimitable Southern women to our city, our homes,
and our hearts." The beautiful response was made by Mrs.
Funkhauser, of St. Louis. Hon. A. F. Rector made an en-
thusiastic address of welcome in behalf of the Sons of Vet-
erans. Miss Lulu Lamkin, President of the hostess Chapter,
welcomed the guests in her dignified, easy manner, and her
address was enthusiastically received by the visiting ladies.
At the close of the evening session the dear old veterans
and the Sons of Veterans of John S. Marmaduke Camp gave
the delegates and home Chapter a brilliant reception. The
Elk Club rooms were never so beautifully decorated. The
veterans, headed by Col. James A. Gordon, were in receiving
line, and gave hearty welcome to the guests. F. E. Rigney.
Jr., Esq., in an address of welcome to the veterans paid a
glowing tribute to the undying faith of the Southern women.
On Wednesday at noon the ladies were served in the
Christian church classrooms with a luncheon by the Com-
mercial Club, in charge of the Young Ladies' Aid Society.
Their services were faultless in every detail. Colonel Gor-
don made a speech in which he paid a lovely tribute to the
Daughters, showing how an old veteran feels toward them.
A large number of guests left Thursday afternoon, ex-
pressing themselves delighted with Marshall and her peopU
We felt honored to have with us this strong, intellectual body
of .Southern women. ■*
■■HAND-irOrEN COIHRLETS."
In her latest work, ".\ Rook of 1 land-Woven Coverlets,"
the author of "Aunt Jane of Kentucky" writes of an art once
well and generally known in the South — namely, the art of
hand-weaving. Nearly every Southern family cherishes some
old hand-woven coverlet which recalls memories of days "be-
fore the war," and the names and patterns of these coverlets
are so rich in artistic and historic significance that a book has
been written about them. Two of the historic names are
"Confederate Flag" and "Lee's Surrender." The latter de-
sign is said to be a modification of a very old pattern called
in colonial days "Braddock's Defeat," and the renaming was
probably done by some Kentucky woman who sympathized
with the Confederacy and named her coverlet in commemora-
tion of its downfall. .A coverlet of this pattern has lately
been woven at the .Mlanstand Industries, in North Carolina,
and will be exhibited in Atlanta, Ga., and various other citi( <
where the products of the Allanstand looms are in demand.
Tt was the custom of the mountain weavers of the Southern
States to commemorate historical events in the names of
coverlet designs, and such record is wortliy. Published by
Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Boston.
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